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Dudley Road to open by ChristmasEDGEWOOD — Dudley Road

from Winding Trails to Madi-son Pike in Edgewood is closeto reopening after about sixmonths of closure.

“We hope to have the roadopened by Christmas, especial-ly for Santa’s sleigh,” teasedMayor John Link. “We’re fin-ishing the first layer of asphalt,will open the road and finishthe second layer and any otherpart of the project in thespring.”

Business owners and resi-dents along that stretch of Du-dley are thrilled – not just forSanta’s arrival, but a new andimproved Dudley Road.

“I’m absolutely excited tosee this project being complet-ed,” said Tommy Evans, ownerof Central Coast Dive Center, at913 Dudley Road. “Everybodyis. When it would rain therewere always a lot of accidents.We haven’t seen this now sincethe storm water improvementshave been made. This project isgoing to help the road a lot.”

This project included astreet widening, installation ofa drainage system, proper edgegrading, right-of-way acquisi-tion, installation of sidewalks,and lighting and utility reloca-tion.

Earlier in the year, the cityreceived approval from the

state to start the improvementproject. The road work cost atotal of $1,695,509. The city isresponsible for 20 percent – or$339,102 – the rest is beingfunded by a Kentucky Conges-tion Mitigation and Air Qualitygrant.

The project was originally

scheduled to be completed byNov. 15, however, in the fall, thecontractor was behind the esti-mated time table, Link said.

“The project has had multi-ple setbacks including delaysfor such things as gas and sew-er lines crossing under theroadway that were not known

to exist but were discoveredduring excavation, a water linethat upon installation had amanufacturing flaw and sever-al gas and water breaks due tooutdated lines,” he said.

Link said those issues arenow taken care of and that it isimperative to have the road-way opened for traffic beforethe inclement weather hits.

Resident Beatrice Powell,who has been waiting for im-provements to be made to Du-dley Road for 14 years, said sheis very excited about the pro-ject nearing completion.

“I’m ready for it,” she said.“It’s going to improve my prop-erty. It’s going to be nice. I’m soexcited to see the sidewalks,which had been a real safetyconcern for me.”

Powell commended the con-struction staff for workinghard and being considerate.

“I’ve never seen such hard-working people,” Powell said.“They work in the cold and therain. They’ve been so nice too.”

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ERLANGER — Alan Mackin-der and Bob Carl realize thatfinding complete balanced nu-trition can be tricky, but theyfound the answer is Magic.

They started Magic Nutri-tion in 2011, combining Mac-kinder’s marketing skills andCarl’s family business, DixieDew Products, which has man-ufactured a variety of food-re-lated products since the 1930s.

MagicMind, a 2-ounce nu-tritional drink, is available onthe Magic Nutrition website,www.magicnutrition.com, butsoon will hit store shelves.

Mackinder, the company’spresident, said the productfeatures a proprietary stan-dardized extract of sceletium,which was used as early as the16th century and publishedstudies show use of the extractproduce reports of improvedmood, anxiety, energy and fo-cus.

“We’re talking about a com-plete nutritional program forthe mind and body,” said Carl.“Diet and nutrition programs

ignore the mind-body connec-tion. They only talk about calo-ries, but if your mind can con-trol urges and fears, you’rebetter off because your bodyknows how to function. ”

MagicMind’s nutritional in-formation shows it includes 1gram of sugar, zero fat andcholesterol, 5 milligrams ofsodium and two grams of car-bohydrates, along with 25 per-cent of the recommended dai-ly allowance of vitamins A, B,B6, B12, C, D and E, biotin, cop-per, folate, iodine, niacin, pan-tothenic acid and zinc.

There are no artificial col-ors, flavors or aspartame andno caffeine. Carl said they usestevia for flavor, and one gramof sugar from evaporatedcane juice “for body,” he said.

“We want to be very respon-sible, because this is verypowerful,” said Mackinder.

MagicMind works togetherwith another Magic Nutritionproduct, Yip-Pea, which con-tains several vitamins andminerals along with probioticsand 16 grams of protein madefrom peas.

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During the first week ofDecember, Mackinder was in-terviewed by Ryan Seacreston his radio show. Three tele-vision networks and severalcelebrities have been workingwith Mackinder to develop fu-

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Judy Taylor, an owner ofPetropolis, a Union-basedpet hotel that offersboarding, day care,grooming and training.“But we still have to bevery careful and bewatchful of our pets.”

Holiday treatsTaylor said to keep

Christmas candies, espe-cially chocolate which is“highly toxic” to pets, outof reach. Other holidayfoods to avoid giving yourpet include alcohol, andrich fatty foods such asham and turkey which cancause pancreatitis.

Grapes and raisinsshould be avoided be-

It’s the most wonderfultime of the year and pos-sibly the most hazardousfor pets.

“We’re all really busyduring the holidays,” said

cause they can cause kid-ney failure in dogs. Bonesshould be avoided, as well,because they can splinterand cause an obstructionor lacerations of the di-gestive system.

When guests visit, shesaid, remind them to notgive your pet any tablescraps.

Holiday decorationsThe Christmas tree

lurks with danger for dogsand cats, Taylor said. Besure to anchor the tree se-curely. Regularly vacuumup fallen needles, for theyare sharp and can be toxic.Keep tinsels, ornamentsand ribbons out of yourpet’s reach, she said.

“Don’t let your petdrink out of the treestand,” she said. “It istreated water that haschemicals.”

Keep pets away fromtree lights. The cords areeasily chewed throughand can cause electrocu-tion. Battery-operatedlights are a good option.

Candles should beplaced high and out ofreach of wagging tails.

Taylor said because

dogs, especially puppies,are chewers, they willsometimes eat anything.Be sure to pick up wrap-ping, small toys, and rib-bon.

Christmas plants toavoid include ivy, lilies,mistletoe, amaryllis andpoinsettias, for they arehighly toxic for pets andcan cause severe stomachpains, throwing up anddiarrhea.

Holiday weather“If your dog stays out-

side, make sure they havea covered shelter,” shesaid. “If it gets 32 degreesor below, they need to bebrought in.”

When walking pets,keep walks short in belowfreezing weather. If thedog will allow you, dressthem in a dog sweater orjacket, Taylor said. Boo-ties are also a good option,especially for smaller ani-mals. When returning,wipe the pet’s paws offwith a wash cloth to helpthem stay dry and warm.

Holiday travelingFor families who are

traveling and must leave

their pet behind, Taylorsaid the best option is al-ways boarding at either avet or facility.

“The pet will be con-stantly monitored andyou’re sure of their safe-ty,” she said.

However, if that’s notan option she said to pet-proof your house andclear each room of any po-tential dangers. Ask a reli-able friend or neighbor tovisit the pet at least threetimes a day to walk, feedand play with them. Forcats, she said it’s impor-tant to leave out two litterboxes per cat.

Holiday giftingA popular gift this time

of year is often a pet, saidCampbell County AnimalShelter manager LisaBowman. However, itmay not always be thebest gift.

“Christmas time can bea very stressful time foreveryone so make surethat all in the family arewilling to take on this re-sponsibility of owning apet,” she said.

If everyone is willing,then make sure the pet

can be afforded.“Be sure that everyone

is aware of the cost ofowning a pet can be ashigh as $400 to $500 ayear,” she said. “So makesure your lifestyle and fi-nances can accommodatea pet.”

If you’re bringinghome a pet for the firsttime during the holiday,make sure you keep aclose eye on them and pre-pare your home and holi-day decorations for its ar-rival.

“There’s a lot of dan-gers that lurk in andaround your home soplease watch your pet ev-ery minute,” Bowmansaid.

Another option is topurchase a gift certificateso the family can pick outthe pet together at a latertime.

“We offer gift certifi-cates that are good for upto a year,” she said. “Thatway the entire family canbe a part of picking the petat their own pace.”


Keeping pets safe for the holidaysBy Melissa [email protected]

ture projects, but thecompany started gettingplay with local musicians.

Pete Dressman, ofFort Mitchell, wrote thesong “Share This World”to celebrate Magic Nutri-tion products that’s be-come the company’stheme song.

He said he met Mac-kinder through mutualfriends.

“He approached meabout writing a song, and30 minutes later, I had thechorus,” Dressman said.

He said he’s used thecompany’s nutritionproducts and endorsesthem.

“I think they’re great,especially if you have anykind of anxiety or focus

issues,” he said. “If youhave to be focused onplaying guitar or doingpaperwork, it helps you tostay in the moment and dothe job at hand.”

Dressman, along withthree other musical acts,performed a concert atCovington’s MadisonTheater on Dec. 6 to helpintroduce the products tothe public.

“The concert symbol-izes how our newest Mag-icMind Focus EnhancingBeverage can help relaxthe mind and create selfawareness though in-creased focus and inspi-ration such as music andart,” said Mackinder.“There is something spe-cial happening here, righthere in the biggest littlecity in America.”

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ism destination hasreached an agreementwith Remke Markets tostock cans of the farm’ssignature seasoning in 12stores, starting thismonth, said Brett Black-more, co-owner of Jane’sSaddlebag.

Thomas Morefreezes tuition

CRESTVIEW HILLS —Thomas More College willnot increase tuition fornext year. The college an-nounced in a news release

there will also be no costincrease for room andboard in the 2015-2016 aca-demic year.

David A. Armstrong,president of the college,informed students of thetuition freeze in a Dec. 11.

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Villa math students shine

THANKS TO PAM MCQUEEN

Villa Madonna Academy high school math students competed in the John O’Bryan MathTournament against over 130 students from 12 area schools.The Villa varsity team came infirst place for the five-person team test with team members Delphine Gao, Bella Fan,Elizabeth Byun, Alexia Zhou and Hiroto Takeuchi. Elizabeth Byun and Delphine Gao alsoearned honorable mention on the individual test. The JV team of Jaclyn Byun, MonicaSpritzky, Catherine Wang, Eve Jung and David Blincoe earned third place in thefive-person team competition.

First grade exceeds goal

THANKS TO SOSHANA BOSLEY

After hearing that many first-graders in our region do not have hats or gloves to wearoutside, Villa Madonna first-grade students decided to collect as many hats and gloves asthey could in a week. Their goal was to collect over 100 pairs of gloves and hats to give eachkindergartner at Glenn O. Swing Elementary a set. The students exceeded their goal andcollected over 350 sets.

HEBRON — Mount St. JosephUniversity’s Lauren Hill hasbeen an inspiration to the na-tion and her courageous na-ture has especially inspiredstudents at Conner MiddleSchool.

“What she’s done has struckour hearts,” said Adele Gorm-ley, assistant principal of Con-ner Middle School.

Since Hill’s game on Nov. 2at the Xavier Cintas Center forMount St. Joseph women’s bas-ketball team, nearly $500,000has been raised for Diffuse In-trinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)research. Last year, just 49days after Hill’s decision tocommit to play basketball atMount St. Joseph, she was di-agnosed with DIPG, a form ofbrain cancer.

Now, basketball gamesacross the country and theLayup for Lauren Challengeare raising additional funds

for the cause. Last month Con-ner Middle School sponsoredits own event to raise fundsduring a girls basketball gameagainst Twenhofel MiddleSchool in Independence.

In addition to the basketballgame, T-shirts, wrist bands,and towels were sold by stu-dent members of Conner’sColts Care volunteer group,and the Layup for Lauren Chal-

lenge was played. The chal-lenge involves making a bas-ket by first spinning aroundfive times and shooting withone’s non-dominant hand.Gormley said students and

fans from both schools sup-ported the effort.

“It was a great night,”Gormley said. “Lots of peoplecame to show support, it wasreally neat. When I hear aboutLauren Hill and all that she hasdone, one word comes to mindand that is strength. She andher family have done so muchfor others, that’s something weneed to teach our kids about.”

Conner Middle School bas-ketball coach and Colts Caresponsor Holly Cobble agreed.She said after studentswatched a video about Hill,they were deeply inspired.

“They see her story andthey take it in and live it,” shesaid. “They see she’s not mucholder than they are and theyconnect to her. It encouragedthem to make a difference.They were determined to workhard. That was really neat tosee. They inspired me.”


THANKS TO ADELE GORMLEY

Conner High School students raised $5,000 for The Cure Starts Now in honor of the University of Mount St. Joseph’s Lauren Hill.

Conner Middle School raises$5K in honor of Lauren HillBy Melissa [email protected] HILL ISSUES $1 MILLION WORLDWIDE CHALLENGE FOR DIPG RESEARCH

Lauren Hill has captured the hearts of people worldwide inspiring them to fund research to help put a stop toDIPG. But as Lauren has mentioned in countless interviews, she is painfully aware that her efforts will not saveher life, but will help the next child diagnosed with this deadly cancer.

“For Lauren, it’s not about her – it’s about the ‘home run cure’,” says Brooke Desserich, Executive Director ofThe Cure Starts Now Foundation, “She believes, just as researchers around the world agree, that by focusing onthose cancers that force us to innovate we’ll discover new strategies to help cure us all.”

Already having raised nearly $500,000 for cancer research through The Cure Starts Now Foundation, Hill isnow challenging herself to raise $1 million by the beginning of 2015. Next year, marks the opening of the GlobalDIPG Collaborative Conference in Chicago. Created in 2011 by The Cure Starts Now, it is the world’s leadingconference of foundations and chapters worldwide, all dedicated to the home run cure.

Together, as a group of nearly 100 leading hospitals, foundations and chapters, more than $2,600,000 hasbeen directed at some of the world’s most revolutionary cancer research from Australia, to Europe, to Canadaand the U.S.

With her $1 million challenge, Hill hopes to not only inspire new research, but issue a bounty on cancer thatwill win the fight for good.

“I want to win this fight,” Hill said. “From the beginning my motto has been to never give up, whether thatmeans winning at basketball or at life. I want to be a voice for not only children fighting cancer, but also for allin the pursuit for a home run cure. And if I’m not giving up, neither should we all on these children.”

For more information, or to donate, visit www.thecurestartsnow.org.

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Santa visited the Fort Mitchell tree lighting ceremony held Sunday, Dec. 7, at Fort Mitchell Baptist Church and wished everyone a Merry Christmas.

FORT MITCHELLLIGHTS THE WAYFOR CHRISTMAS

Cameron Hughes, 11 months,listens intently to Santa at FortMitchell Baptist Church.

Andy Adams, of Fort Mitchell, and his daughter Emma, 6,feed goats during the event.

Carriage rides were among the activities offering holiday enjoyment during the treelighting ceremony.

Ben, 9, and Will Mairose, 11, let Santa know what theywant for Christmas during the Fort Mitchell tree lightingceremony.

From left, Brittan and Andersyn Grubb, 7, and CharleyConarrow, 7, all from Fort Mitchell, work on a craft projectduring the ceremony.

Christmas lights shone brightly on the tree in Fort Mitchellduring the event.

From left, Tara Ford, of Fort Mitchell, and her sons Nolan, 3,and Elijah, 5, enjoy Christmas cookies and hot chocolateduring the event earlier this month.

From left, Josh Delph, Ryan and Natalie Morgan and NickNetherton, the worship team from Fort Mitchell BaptistChurch, performed at the tree lighting ceremony.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 19Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalismin Northern Kentucky, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600 Montague Road,Through selection of imagestaken by local photojournalistsworking for The Kentucky Post,The Kentucky Enquirer and theAssociated Press, premiereexhibit celebrates NorthernKentucky life and culture duringwinter season and commem-orates those who have dedicatedtheir careers to capturing com-munity’s memorable moments.$7, $6 seniors, $4 ages 3-17, freefor members. Presented byFotoFocus. 491-4003; www.foto-focuscincinnati.org. Covington.

Translations, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Covington Arts, 2 W. Pike St.,Curated by Saad Ghosn, exhibi-tion features four artists whosework examines nature of in-terpretation through use ofabstraction. Presented by Co-vington Arts District. ThroughDec. 26. 292-2322; www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.

Two Exhibitions, noon to 5p.m., The Carnegie, 1028 ScottBlvd., Clay Street Press: Cincin-nati Portfolio I-IV and Over Time:John Lanzador, William Messer,David Parks. Free. Through Feb.7. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Layout features Lionel trains andPlasticville. More than 250 feetof track. Patrons welcome tooperate more than 30 accesso-ries from buttons on layout.Through Jan. 18. Included withadmission: $7, $6 ages 60 andup, $4 ages 3-17; free ages 2 andunder. Wednesday Grandpar-ent’s Day: one grandchild ad-

mitted free with paying grand-parent. 491-4003; www.bcmu-seum.org. Covington.

Music - JazzBlue Chip Trio, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,Joseph-Beth Booksellers-Crest-view Hills, 2785 Dixie Highway,Free. 912-7860. Crestview Hills.

SATURDAY, DEC. 20Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalismin Northern Kentucky, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003; www.fotofocuscincinna-ti.org. Covington.

Two Exhibitions, noon to 5p.m., The Carnegie, Free. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie.com.Covington.

BenefitsWomen’s Alliance HolidayTri-State Talent Spectacular,4-8 p.m., The Carnegie, 1028Scott Blvd., Talent show show-casing local acts. Benefits Em-powering Youth. $52 cocktailhour, $32 general, $18 ages13-18, $10 ages 9 and under.Presented by The Women’sAlliance Inc.. 957-1940; www.wo-mensallianceinc.com. Covington.

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.

Dance ClassesTandem Squares, 8-10 p.m.,Promenade Palace, 3630 De-coursey Pike, Plus-level Western-style square dance club forexperienced dancers. $5. Pre-sented by Southwestern Ohio/Northern Kentucky SquareDancers Federation. 513-929-2427. Covington.

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

jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Live Nativity and IndoorPerformance, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,Cornerstone Church of God, 3413

Hillcrest Drive, Live nativity sceneoutside and indoor performancetelling story of salvation throughChrist’s birth. Live music andrefreshments to follow. Child-care provided for ages 4 andunder. Free. 727-0111;www.cchog.org. Erlanger.

Music - BenefitsRock for BLOC, 8 p.m., MadisonTheater, 730 Madison Ave.,Music by Prizoner, Hollywoodand Bad Habit. Ages 21 and up.Benefits BLOC Ministries. $10.Presented by Christ in Christmas.

491-2444; madiontheateronline-.com. Covington.

SUNDAY, DEC. 21Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalismin Northern Kentucky, 1-5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003; www.fotofocuscincinna-ti.org. Covington.

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

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,Included with admission: $7, $6ages 60 and up, $4 ages 3-17;free ages 2 and under. Wednes-day Grandparent’s Day: onegrandchild admitted free withpaying grandparent. 491-4003;

www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

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.

MONDAY, DEC. 22Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Literary - Story TimesHoliday Toy Trains Polar Ex-press Reading, 2-3 p.m., Beh-ringer-Crawford Museum, 1600Montague Road, Wear pajamas.Story reading, hot chocolate,cookies and special gifts fromSanta. Holiday Toy Trains ondisplay. Included with admission.Reservations required. 491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

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.

Music - ConcertsMushroomhead, 6:30 p.m.,Madison Theater, 730 MadisonAve., With Erihma, Thira, UnsaidFate, Automatic Evolution andGabriel’s Hounds. $20, $17advance. 491-2444; www.madi-sontheateronline.com. Coving-ton.

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My most fa-vorite Christmassong is “We needa little Christ-mas.” But rightnow, I need alittle more time.I’m sure you canrelate! Regard-less, I still say agift from thehand is a giftfrom the heart.

And I’m sharing one of myall-time favorites today.

Better than bestchocolate clusters

“A friend” contributed this.The ultimate cluster, really!Grandson Jack looked at thephoto of these and said, “Theylook so yummy.”

But, Jack has braces so hecan only enjoy the photo.Here’s my adaptation:

20 oz. pkg. Nestlé’s darkchocolate chips

8-9 ozs. dried cranberriesor cherries - I used cherriesand cut them up a bit

8 ozs. slivered almonds,toasted

8 plump dried apricots,diced or snipped with scissors

Coarse sea salt to sprinkle -just a teeny bit

Roast almonds in 350 degreeoven just until fragrant andgolden, stirring a couple timesfor a total of 10-15 minutes. Becareful as they can burn easily.

Melt chocolate in a nonstickpan over low heat. Removefrom heat when some lumpsremain and stir until smooth.Stir in everything but salt.Scoop out on sprayed pans orwaxed paper.

Sprinkle very, very lightlywith salt (just a few granules)and refrigerate until hard. Istore mine in the frig betweenpieces of parchment.

Paula’s foolproofstanding rib roast

Here’s one from Paula Deen,who, when I interviewed herway back when, said this is hermost popular and perfect reci-pe for rib roast. This cooks at alower temperature so you won’tget the splatter in the oven thatcomes with higher heat recipes,like the one I’m sharing on mysite. For Larry, who wants tomake sure this expensive cut ofmeat that he’s buying will turnout well.

1 (5-pound) standing ribroast

1 tablespoon House Sea-soning, recipe follows

House seasoning:Keeps in cool place, cov-

ered, up to 6 months.

1 cup salt1/4 cup black pepper1/4 cup garlic powderTip from Rita’s kitchen:I usually divide this in half

and then add sweet paprika totaste and a couple finely crum-bled bay leaves to one half anduse that as a general purposestew, etc. seasoning.

Allow roast to stand at roomtemperature for at least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 375 de-gree F. Rub roast with HouseSeasoning; place roast on a rackin the pan with the rib sidedown and the fatty side up.Roast for 1 hour. Turn off oven.Leave roast in oven but do notopen oven door for 3 hours.About 30 to 40 minutes beforeserving time, turn oven to 375degrees F and reheat the roast.

Important: Do not remove roastor re-open the oven door fromtime roast is put in until readyto serve.

Rita’s foolproof standingrib roast.

I don’t have room for this inmy column, so check out mysite, Abouteating.com for therecipe.

Can you help?Ranch dressing like Taco

Casa. I always enjoy talking toGene Kennedy, owner of thishometown restaurant chain.For a while now, I’ve been get-ting requests for his ranchdressing.

When I asked, or rathertried to coerce him, for therecipe, he chuckled and more

or less said “no dice.” Legionsof his fans have asked for thisover the years so you’ll justhave to go and enjoy it at TacoCasa, one of our premier ethnicrestaurants.

BTW, Gene is going to be aguest on my cable show “Lovestarts in the kitchen” so I’ll askhim to feature it for tasting. Ifyou have a similar one, plsshare.

Coming soon:Laszlo’s restaurant stuffed

cabbage rolls.

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

CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS A FAVORITE

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

These chocolate clusters are a favorite of Rita Heikenfeld's.

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‘Tis the fluseason

Every fall, Northern Ken-tucky Health Department staffbegin to collect reports of flucases from doctors’ offices andhospitals. Between Octoberand late November, the reportswere trickling in, meaningthere was little flu activity inNorthern Kentucky.

But just before Thanks-giving, the trickle of reportsturned into a stream.

‘Tis the season – holidaysand increased flu activity oftengo together. Flu season typical-ly peaks between Decemberand February, but significantactivity can occur as late asMay.

This year, monitoring by theCenters for Disease Controland Prevention shows a con-cerning trend: One of the mainviruses circulating so far thisseason is not matched to thevaccine. This virus, a strain ofthe H3N2, has historically beenassociated with more severeillness and mortality, especiallyin older people and young chil-dren.

But, there are three thingsyou can do to protect yourselfthis flu season.

First, get vaccinated. Thevaccine still has value, offeringprotection against other strainsof flu that circulate. Antibodiescreated through vaccinationwith one influenza virus canoffer some protection againstdifferent influenza viruses(this is called cross-protection).If you get the flu, the vaccinemay give your body the help itneeds to make the illness lesssevere.

If you haven’t been vacci-nated yet, please add it to yourholiday to-do list; or if you havea loved one who hasn’t beenvaccinated yet, make a point toeither remind him or her to doso or take them. There are lotsof choices about which vaccineto get, it’s convenient, and most

people can getit for little orno cost.

Second,take everydaypreventiveactions likecoveringcoughs andsneezes, stay-ing away fromsick peopleand washing

your hands often. These stepswill protect you from flu, com-mon colds and a variety ofother illnesses.

Third, if you become ill withcommon flu symptoms, in-cluding fever and body aches,contact your health care pro-vider. Early treatment withanti-viral medications, if appro-priate, can lessen the severityof the flu.

For millions of people everyseason, the flu can mean afever, cough, sore throat, runnyor stuffy nose, muscle aches,fatigue, and miserable daysspent in bed – and those are the(relatively) lucky ones.

More than 200,000 peopleare hospitalized in the UnitedStates from flu complicationseach year. The flu also can bedeadly. Between 1976 and 2006estimates of yearly flu-associ-ated deaths in the UnitedStates range from a low ofabout 3,000 to a high of about49,000 people during the mostsevere season. Last flu season,five people in Northern Ken-tucky died from flu complica-tions.

The flu is just starting tocirculate in Northern Ken-tucky. Take steps now, includ-ing getting vaccinated, to pro-tect yourself through the holi-days and the entire flu season.

Dr. Lynne M. Saddler is districtdirector of health of the NorthernKentucky Health Department.

Dr. LynneSaddlerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Dec. 11 questionThe Northern Kentucky Cham-

ber of Commerce has endorsed aLocal Option Sales Tax as a legisla-tive priority. Through a citizenvote, cities and/or counties couldraise the sales tax a maximum of 1percent to pay for predeterminedcapital projects, with the tax be-ing removed upon completion?Would you support or oppose thislegislation? Why?

“No. Never saw a tax put onthe books that didn’t stay on thebooks ... and be raised.”

Karen Swanson Dietz

“If it was truly removed, Iwould support it.”

Terri Due

“Nope. Pay too much now.”John Plunkett

“Nope. We are already taxedtoo much. I am sick of taxesupon taxes. Seems like theChambers of Commerce are al-ways so willing to reach into citi-zens’ pockets.”

Howard C. Aubrey

“I agree that once a tax is onthe books, it is rarely (if ever)removed. Our local option inDallas increased sales tax to8.25 percent. I didn’t complaintoo much though because we didnot pay state income tax. Differ-ent story here. I would hope thatNKY could come up with a bet-ter plan for capital projects.”

Brenda Turner Janning

“Could some of these capitalprojects be financed by grantsor federal funds?”

Karen Swanson Dietz

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Heroin is pure death. It isdevastating families in allcorners of our state.

As certain abused pre-scription drugs have becomeharder to obtain, heroin usehas skyrocketed. Every roomof Kentuckians that I meetincludes parents, relatives orfriends who’ve lost lovedones to heroin.

And the data shows we canexpect more – in 2013, 31.9percent of overdose deathscame from heroin, up 60percent from 2012. Put this inthe context that more Ken-tuckians now die from drugoverdoses than car wrecks,and it is clear – heroin mustbe stopped. Delay equalsdeath.

Heroin legislation died in2014 because what legislatorsdisagreed on stopped themfrom passing the many provi-sions they agreed on. Withthe 2015 session approaching,the answer is clear – sit downnow, identify areas of agree-ment, and pass a bill immedi-ately. Lives depend on it.

From my discussions withfamilies, law enforcement,legislators and doctors, I

believe thereis agreementon thesesteps:

» Manyoverdosedeaths couldbe preventedif drug userscould reportoverdoseswithout fear

of arrest. A Good SamaritanLaw, passed by 20 otherstates, will encourage report-ing and save lives.

» Naloxone, which re-verses an overdose if appliedquickly, is an effective tool toprevent overdoses. Like 24other states, we must expandNaloxone’s availability tofirst responders.

I also believe legislatorsshould agree on two othertactics:

» While sentencing reduc-tion may be appropriate forsome drugs, it is wrong forheroin. Penalties for dealingheroin must be so severethey dissuade a dealer fromselling, and we must ensure asignificant portion of anysentence is actually served.

» Heroin addiction is in-credibly difficult to beat.While new laws provide cov-erage for some treatment, itis too short, and doesn't workfor many addicts. Compre-hensive treatment must beaccessible.

Heroin has touched or willtouch – and possibly take –the lives of your family,friends, or neighbors. It hasin my neighborhood. Thefirst person I met in thatneighborhood was a 12-year-old girl who volunteered tobabysit. Recently, her broth-er died of an overdose thefirst time he tried heroin.One bad choice on one badnight robbed her family oftheir loved one. We mustensure that young man andmany others have not died invain, and use their stories toeducate all Kentuckians thattaking heroin – even once –will wreck your life and thosearound you.

Andy Beshear is a partner at Stites& Harbison and a candidate forattorney general. He and his wife,Britainy, are raising their twochildren in Jefferson County.

Delay in dealing withheroin equals death

Andy BeshearCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Thank youIndependence, fromWainscott family

Dear Independence Kroger(management, staff and cus-tomers), city of Independence,St. Cecilia Church parish, In-dependence Fire/EMS, Inde-pendence Police/ KentonCounty Police, Angelo’s, Mc-Donald’s, Skyline, and for thesake of not wanting to forgetanyone, the Independencecommunity as a whole:

Please accept our sincerethank you for the loving sup-port we received after Rick’spassing. We will never be ableto express the thankfulnessthat is deserved. It meant agreat deal to our family. Thefood that was provided to us atthe hospital on the day of hisdeath from McDonald’s andKroger (Independence), thecandlelight vigil held at Krog-er on Nov. 1by the city of Inde-pendence, the posters put up atKroger so that all could ex-press “How Rick Touched MyLife,” the food provided to thevisitation from Kroger and thebereavement committee fromSt. Cecilia Church, the foodprovided by Angelo’s and theIndependence Fire/ EMS forthe day of the burial, Skyline’sfundraiser on on Nov. 18, thestone from the Simon KentonHigh School football team, themoment of silence at SimonKenton’s District Playoff Foot-ball game on Nov. 7, all theflowers, memorial funds, andespecially, the thoughts andprayers from everyone, wereabsolutely unbelievable.

The media coverage in thenewspapers, on the television,and the Internet were amaz-ing. We never realized howmany lives he impacted. Hewas a blessing to all of us andwe are so thankful for that.

Words can not express howtouched and thankful we arefor the outpouring of love and

support that we received dur-ing this time. We know thatRick would have loved all theattention and all of the memo-rials. Even in his life, you gavehim exactly what he wantedand needed the most – time.Time to listen to his storiesabout our family and time tohear about your family stories.

Rick had an unconditionallove for everyone ... Granted,he would be very angry forsome time when his belovedReds could not pull out a vic-tory, but he was able to getover that, forgive them andcheer like no other at the verynext game.

It is going to take some time

for us to get over Rick's tragicdeath and we are taking eachday as it comes. To have thememorials at Kroger willmean more to us than anyonewill ever know. Lovingly, wewill have the reminder of howloved he was by us all. We areblessed to live in such a won-derful community and be ableto consider you all family andfriends – because you wereRick’s family too!

On behalf of our family,please accept our sincere grat-itude and love for all that youhave done.

Yours sincerely,The Rick Wainscott Family

Independence

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

PHOTO PROVIDED BY DOUG MILLER

Kroger in Independence put up a photo tribute to Richard Wainscott, thepopular bagger who died Oct. 30 after being hit by a vehicle in anapartment complex. A candlelight vigil in front of Kroger brought outbetween 200 and 250 people on Saturday evening.


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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky

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

FT. MITCHELL — After a dec-ade of dominance, BeechwoodHigh School’s storied footballprogram hit a wall at the turn ofthe century. The Tigers, win-ners of seven of the final nineClass 1A championships in the1990s, failed to bring home a ti-tle in the first four seasons ofthe new millennium.

On the afternoon of Friday,Dec. 3, 2004, the Tigers brokethrough to earn the program’sninth state championship andfirst since 1999.

Considering four-straightseasons without a state title a“drought” is a luxury few pro-grams can enjoy. Still, the 2004Tigers were motivated by theirprevious failures, which includ-ed consecutive championshipgame losses in 2002 and 2003.The senior class did not want tograduate without earning aring.

“The goal is always a statechampionship and the satisfac-tion’s not there until you’reholding the hardware. Pressureis what you make of it,” said No-el Rash, the Tigers current headcoach and defensive coordina-tor of the 2004 team. “Thoseguys understood that havinggrown up with Beechwood foot-ball. Beechwood football is afamily tradition.”

Playing for achampionship

The running back they call“Tree” helped set the tone forthe Tigers in 2004. Behind animposing offensive line led byRobbie Janning, Dustin Mene-trey took over, especially in thepostseason. Knowing that thiswas his last crack at the elusivestate title, the four-year starterworked as hard as he ever had inthe offseason in order to pre-pare himself for what he fullyexpected to be a championshipseason.

“The mindset was ‘We arenot going to lose,’” said Mene-trey. “We felt that we were un-stoppable. I was not going tolose. Nothing was going to standin my way.”

Menetrey finished the sea-son with 2,384 rushing yards,averaging 158.93 per game. Herushed for 39 touchdowns. Inthe championship game, he car-ried 34 times for 187 yards andearned MVP honors.

“We enjoyed being physicaland playing smashmouth foot-ball,” said Rash. “Tree took hisgame to a level as great as anytailback this program’s had.”

Menetrey’s laser-like focusrubbed off on his teammates.The defense allowed fewer than10 points per game in the play-offs, and forced four turnoversin the championship game. Treewanted the ball in his hands andBeechwood dominated time ofpossession and yardagethroughout the tournament.

“You could just tell once theplayoffs started, a light clickedon,” said Pat Muth, the team’sjunior quarterback. “The deter-mination was unreal.”

In the title game, Muth ac-counted for all 23 Beechwoodpoints, rushing for a touch-down, passing for two, and kick-ing three extra points and a fieldgoal. Fullback Eric Sawyercaught both touchdown passes.The Tigers’ defense dominatedin a 23-7 win over Danville, hold-ing the Admirals to 158 totalyards of offense.

Before Newport CentralCatholic moved up to Class 2A,the Thoroughbreds were the Ti-gers’ biggest Class A rival. Itwas NewCath that endedBeechwood’s tournament run inboth 2000 and 2001. In 2004, they

played two thrilling, low-scor-ing battles. After squeaking outa 21-20 regular season victory,Beechwood suffocated New-Cath for a 14-9 regional champi-onship win that set the stage forthe state title.

“We felt like once we got pastthem, it was ours to win,” saidMuth. “They were our biggestchallenge. It was always us orthem.”

It helped that the Tigers re-mained humble and hungry.They struggled during the reg-ular season, dropping a one-point game to Covington Catho-lic and edging NewCath by apoint two weeks later. Even the26-0 shutout of Lloyd in betweenthose two battles showed someholes in Beechwood’s game.Overconfidence never crept in,because the Tigers knew thatthere was always work to bedone in their quest for the ulti-mate goal.

“We played some really badgames,” said Menetrey. “We gotbetter by watching film and see-

ing what we were doing wrong.”There was no pressure to

break the title drought, no morethan there ever was to win eachweek. The expectations atBeechwood were the same eachAugust, no matter how the pre-vious season had ended. That al-lowed the Tigers to play looseand confident in the postseason.The title was validation for thework that the players andcoaches put in.

“Every year at Beechwood,you expect to win a state cham-pionship,” said Chris Curley,Menetrey’s backup who con-tributed 16 touchdowns duringthe season before missing thefinal three games of the play-offs with an injury.

Curley, a current ChicagoWhite Sox minor leaguer, didnot play football as a senior.Without the top two runningbacks from the 2004 champions,the Tigers struggled at times of-fensively in 2005.

That season was a disap-pointment. The Tigers could not

carry over the momentum ofwinning the state title. Theymissed the power running ofMenetrey, and Muth had onefewer weapon to support himwhen Curley decided to focuson baseball. Beechwood lostthree regular season contests,then was blown out in the sec-ond round of the tournament byLexington Christian. Yeaglestepped down following the sea-son, and Rash assumed headcoaching duties.

“After winning as a junior,the target was on our back,”said Muth. “We just didn’t get itdone.”

The loss in 2005 does not inany way tarnish the memoriesof 2004, said Muth. Bringing astate championship back toBeechwood fulfilled a lifelongwish.

“Growing up as a kid, youwanted to play football forBeechwood High School,” saidMuth. “Finally getting therewas a dream come true.”

Playing for a legendYeagle stepped down as

Beechwood head coach justweeks prior to the start of the2002 season. After a year off todeal with health issues, he re-turned to the team in 2003. Hespent three more seasons lead-ing the Tigers. He was inductedinto the Beechwood AthleticHall of Fame and the NorthernKentucky Athletic DirectorsHall of Fame earlier this year.

His impact and legacy con-tinue to live on through Beech-wood football. His former assis-tants have led successful pro-grams on both sides of the river.

“Looking back, no one couldhave asked for a better mentor.Mike was so organized, passion-ate, and – very importantly –knowledgeable about the game,that every day I learned,” saidRob Stoll, an assistant at Beech-wood from 1993-1997 and nowthe head coach at Turpin HighSchool. “Mike was the best mo-tivator I have ever been around.He understood that playersneeded direction and at timestough love but he would always

be there to pick them up.” Rash won back-to-back titles

as head coach in 2007 and 2008,but this season marked the sixthin a row in which Beechwoodfailed to advance to the champi-onship game. Advancing deepin the playoffs is much moredifficult than Yeagle made itlook.

“Mike created somethingthat’s unique and may never becreated again,” said Rash. “I’dneed three days to tell you allthe things I’ve learned fromhim. The longer I’m in this posi-tion, the more I remember whatI’ve learned from him.”

Yeagle’s success was stun-ning, but was a result of muchmore work than what fans sawon game day. It takes a specialtouch to build a program to alevel where state titles are ex-pected.

“I owe so much to Mike andBeechwood. I cannot articulateall the things I learned duringmy time at Beechwood,” saidStoll, who was on staff for fivestate finals, four of which the Ti-gers won. “I developed the foun-dation to all my coaching philos-ophies, everything from prac-tice and game-planning to play-er motivation and guidance.”

The players felt that they re-ceived just the right combina-tion of motivation, compassion,and strategy from their coach-es. It started at the top with Yea-gle. He made an impression thatwent far beyond the playingfield.

“Football was just a smallpart of what he taught us everyday,” said Muth.

Beechwood school childrengrew up wanting to play forYeagle and the Tigers. He gavethem confidence in football andin life by teaching them the val-ues of hard work and prepara-tion.

“He was a great coach,” saidCurley. “He always had a planand always knew what was go-ing on.”

Menetrey transferred toBeechwood just so he could playfor the legendary coach. He re-mains proud and honored tohave played a role in Yeagle’seighth and final state champion-ship.

“That was by far the bestcoaching staff I could have pos-sibly had,” said Menetrey.“They taught me to never giveup.”

Playing for one anotherA decade later, the players

look back fondly on their finalseason as teammates.

Curley played baseball forCampbellsville University,where he was able to enjoywatching Menetrey play foot-ball for rival Georgetown Col-lege. Muth played baseball forNorthern Kentucky University.Although all three playersachieved success in collegiateathletics and beyond, thosememories pale in comparison totheir state championship.

“We were all such closefriends and wanted to win foreach other,” said Curley.

That afternoon in Louisvillereplays in their minds everyNovember and early December.His coaches teammates stillmarvel at Menetrey’s perfor-mance, while he is eternallygrateful for the efforts of hisfellow Tigers. It was a team ef-fort that brought Beechwoodback to the top of Class 1A foot-ball.

“I think about it all the time,especially this time of year, andespecially this year with it be-ing 10 years ago,” said Mene-trey. “We had a great time and Icouldn’t have been blessed witha better offensive line. It reallybrings back great memories.”

Beechwood dominance recalledBy Adam [email protected]

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Beechwood players celebrate their KHSAA state football finals championship in 2004 at the conclusion of the gameat Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville.

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Patrick Muth of Beechwood dives past Danville’s Darren Ross into the endzone for the final touchdown of the game 10 years ago. Beechwood beatDanville 23-7 to win the KHSAA state football title.

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Boys basketball» Holy Cross has rolled

to a 6-0 start, highlightedby a 31-point win overBoone County (68-37).

NKU Notes» Macy Wright has

signed a national letter ofintent to play golf forNorthern Kentucky Uni-versity’s women’s golfteam beginning in the fallof 2015. Wright’s brotherZach is a senior on thisyear’s men’s team.

“Macy is a very talent-ed golfer and will makeour team stronger fromthe moment she steps oncampus,” said women’shead coach Daryl Lan-drum. “Having coachedher brother Zach, I knowshe comes from a greatfamily and will be an assetto the program.”

As a senior at GrantCounty High School inDry Ridge, Ky, Wright av-eraged a 79 on the course.She earned a share of firstplace at the Kentucky Sen-ior All-Star Tournament at

Heritage Hill after shoot-ing a 74. Wright also card-ed a 72 at the Villa Madon-na Invitational to claimsecond.

In the KHSAA StateTournament, Wright post-ed rounds of 80-79 and fin-ished in a tie for 20th.

“My brother Zach is agolfer at Northern Ken-tucky,” said Wright. “Iknow I am getting in-volved in a tremendousprogram. I feel blessedand am ready to work inorder to contribute to theteam.”

» For the second-straight week, ThomasMore College seniorguard/forward SydneyMoss has been named tothe D3hoops.com NationalTeam of the Week present-ed by Scoutware. This isthe seventh time thatMoss has been named tothe Team of the Week asshe earned the honor fivetimes last season.

Moss averaged 32.5points and 6.0 reboundslast week, while also dish-ing out nine assists and re-cording eight steals in

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B3

Former Northern Ken-tucky University wom-en’s basketball coachNancy Winstel will be theinterim athletic directorat Notre Dame Academyfor the next six to eightweeks.

Winstel won a pair of

Division II national titlesduring a 29-year coachingcareer at NKU, her almamater. The Norse werenational champions in2000 and 2008. They werenational runners-up in2003, with five appear-ances in the final four. Sheretired from coaching fol-lowing the 2011-12 seasonwith 636 wins at NKU.

Notre Dame first-yearathletic director, MyannaWebster, who took overfor longtime AD KimGunning, made the an-nouncement to her peersin an email last Tuesday.Webster is going on ma-ternity leave with a lateJanuary or early Febru-ary return. Her due datewas Dec. 11. She’s expect-

ing a boy.Winstel, a Newport na-

tive with strong ties to No-tre Dame, met with Web-ster for a long lunch onFriday as the two mappedout the transition.

“It’s a perfect fit whileI’m away,” said Webster, aformer University of Cin-cinnati volleyball player.“Nancy obviously has a lotof experience with athlet-ics. There’s a lot that I canlearn from her. She’s donevarious things with Catho-lic charities. She knowsour values here at NotreDame. We asked her if shewanted to do it.”

Winstel agreed to help.“We’re lucky to have

her,” Webster said. “Thenice thing about it is, Ishould be able to see thewinter sports wrap up. Isaw the winter sports kickoff, and I’m going to begone during the middle ofthe season. I hope to seeeverybody in the postsea-son.”

Winstel, who celebrat-ed her 61st birthday Dec.10, had reduced her work-load to individual basket-ball training with bothboys and girls, somespeaking engagementsand helping with basket-ball clinics. She regularlyattends local middleschool, high school andcollege basketball games.

She built her legendarystatus by winning. At thetime of her retirement,Winstel’s 675 career victo-ries ranked fifth all-timein Division II. Her .726winning percentage (675-255) ranked 21st. The

maiden national title wasthe first in any sport atNKU and the first nation-al crown by a Kentuckycollege women’s team inany sport at any level. Thesecond title made NKUone of only five schools towin more than one in Divi-sion II women’s basket-ball.

Named Division II na-tional coach of the year in2000 and national coach ofthe decade by the Wom-en’s Division II Bulletin,Winstel still ranks thirdon NKU’s all-time re-bounding list with an av-erage of 8.3 per game. Sheplayed for then-NorthernKentucky State College’sfirst women’s basketballteam in 1974.

“I only have one heart,and Northern Kentuckystill has that,” said Win-stel, a graduate of defunctSt. Thomas High School inFort Thomas. She oncehad former NKU men’sbasketball coach KenShields as a teacher.“Now, I get to root forkids. I get to keep myhands in athletics, andhelp Notre Dame as muchas I can.”

Winstel has friend-ships with several coach-es at every level in andoutside the area. Manyhave come to her for ad-vice, hoping to tap intowhat drove the Norse to 10Great Lakes Valley Con-ference championships.Winstel won the GLVCcoach of the year awardsix times while coaching930 games

“I have relationshipswith a lot of people, someof them in the Ninth Re-gion and college coaches,”Winstel said. “If anybody

talks to me, I’ll try to helpwhen I can, if they want topick my brain. I like help-ing, so I’ll go to a practiceor a game and take a look.If somebody wants to getbetter, I applaud that, andI appreciate it that theythink of me. But, rightnow, my allegiance is toNotre Dame.”

Winstel and second-year NDA basketballcoach Wyatt Foust have apreexisting relationship.Foust, 25, the youngestcoach in the Ninth Region,has sought her out for ad-vice, and said he won’thesitate to do it again.

“I’m not so big that Ithink I can’t learn some-thing from somebody”Foust said. “I’d be crazynot to use Nancy as a re-source. She’s accom-plished so much. She wasone of the first people Ireached out to when I gothere. We’ve alreadytalked about some things.It’s mostly her; I’m notsure what I bring to the ta-ble.”

Foust, who guided thePandas to the regional fi-nal his first season oneyear after they were staterunners-up, is currentlyserving a three-game sus-pension as a result ofdrawing multiple techni-cals in a Dec. 9 defeat atLouisville Male, the Pan-das fourth loss without awin. They were 22-9 lastseason. He’ll be out untilthe Owensboro Invita-tional Tournament, begin-ning Dec. 22.

Foust said Mark Lucas,in his second year with theNDA junior varsity, willbe interim head coach inhis absence, assisted byJV assistant Nancy Ward.

Ex NKU coach Winstel serving as NDA athletic directorBy Marc [email protected]

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Northern Kentucky University women's basketball coach NancyWinstell celebrates with the players after winning her 600thgame with the Norse, 71-59 over Georgetown, Nov. 23, 2010.

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Last season’s 7-19 rec-ord is a distant memory.The Indians enjoyed a fulloffseason under the lead-ership of second-yearhead coach Ryan Schrand.That extra time togetherhelped the program pre-pare for a fast start in 2014.

“A full offseason washuge for us. We got to playtogether in many teamcamps and our June prac-tice sessions helped im-

mensely,” said Schrand.“The players are a yearolder, stronger, and theyknow our system now.”

Wins over Simon Ken-ton, Boone County, SouthOldham, and Cooper havethe Indians feeling goodabout themselves. After amore productive offsea-son, it helps to see thework translate into resultson the court.

“Winning four gamesearly has been a confi-dence builder becausethese kids have worked sohard in the summer andnow it is paying off,” saidSchrand. “Practices havebeen very competitive andwe didn't know who wasstarting until the night be-fore the first game and ithelps when you have adeep team.”

Tyler Bezold, DerrickBarnes, LeightonSchrand, and Jared Seib-

ert lead the deep squad.The Indians only graduat-ed two seniors from lastyear’s team and several ofthis year’s contributorsgained varsity experienceas underclassmen last sea-son. The Indians are a rela-tively young squad againthis year, but are muchmore experienced. Seib-ert has provided seniorleadership.

The biggest improve-ment for the uptempoteam has been on defense.The recipe seems simple:When the Indians allow 70or more points, they arewinless; when they allowfewer than 70, they are un-defeated.

“Obviously defensivelywe have improved im-mensely and my assis-tants have done a wonder-ful job implementing ourdefensive system,” saidSchrand. We always need

to keep working on takingcare of the ball and re-bounding.”

Expectations wereraised going into this yearthanks to the extra offsea-son of experience. Afterthe fast start, the expecta-tions are even higher. Withthree-straight homegames before Christmas,this December could beone to remember for theIndians.

“The sky is the limit.We feel we have a chanceto win every night with ourability to score the basket-ball,” said Schrand. “Weset a goal on how manywins we could get and weare off to a great start.”

Holy Cross hosts Scotton Dec. 16, Grant Countyon Dec. 18, and BishopBrossart on Dec. 22. Theycould equal their win totalfrom last season beforeChristmas this year.

‘Sky is the limit’ for Holy Cross basketballBy Adam [email protected]

TONY TRIBBLE FOR THE ENQUIRER

Holy Cross forward Tyler Bezold battles for reboundingposition against Cooper on Dec. 12.

leading the Saints to a 2-0start in the Presidents’Athletic Conference(PAC) last week. Mossscored a season-high 42points at WaynesburgUniversity, while pullingdown nine rebounds andfollowed that with 23points and eight assistsagainst Westminster Col-lege in only 22 minutes.

Moss and the second-ranked Saints are idle un-til December 19 when theytravel to Williamsburg,Kentucky to play the Uni-versity of the Cumber-lands at 2 p.m.

» Thomas More Col-lege had four men’s soccer

student-athletes namedAll-Great Lakes Regionby the National SoccerCoaches Association ofAmerica.

Senior defender AlexDean (Highlands) wasnamed to the first team.He had nine points on fourgoals and one assist, whileanchoring a defense thatposted 12 shutouts and al-lowed only 14 goals. Seniormidfielder ChristopherLehan (Oak Hills) and sen-ior defender Jack Littlewere both named to thesecond team. Lehan had15 points on four goals andseven assists and scoredthree game-winninggoals. Little had 11 pointson four goals and three as-

sists, while helping the de-fense post 12 shutouts andallow only 14 goals. Sopho-more defender TimKnauer (Batavia) was athird team selection. Hehad 13 points on six goalsand one assist, while scor-ing two game-winners.

» Three baseball stand-outs have signed their na-tional letters of intent toplay for Northern Ken-tucky University. TylerAmann, Jordan Menfeeand Jesse Peters will jointhe Norse for the 2015-16academic year.

Amann is a 5-foot-9 out-fielder and second base-man, a 2012 graduate ofMoeller High, where hewas named the Greater

Catholic League South Co-Athlete of the Year afterhelping lead the Crusad-ers to the 2012 Division IState Championship.

Menfee is a 6-foot-4right-handed pitcherfrom Forest Hill, Md. Hehelped lead the Friars to a17-12 overall record and a12-4 mark in regional playduring the 2014 season.

Peters is a 6-foot-4 left-handed pitcher from Go-shen High School. As a ju-nior, he recorded a 1.25ERA over 28 innings ofwork and collected 45strikeouts.

» Northern KentuckyUniversity men’s golfhead coach Daryl Lan-drum has announced that

Logan Gamm and JacobPoorehave signed Nation-al Letters of Intent to playgolf for the Norse begin-ning in the fall of 2015.

A native of Union, Ky.,and Ryle High School,Gamm has steadily im-proved throughout hishigh school campaign bydropping his scoring aver-age from 77 as a freshmanto 76.5 as a sophomore, 76as a junior and finally 75his senior year.

Gamm carded roundsof 73-74 to earn an eighth-place finish in the 108-golfer Kentucky JuniorAmateur Championship.He won the Seventh Re-gion Championship with alow-round 71, while also

finishing 16th in the AJGALipari Energy JuniorChampionship, 18th in theBubba Conlee Invitationaland 27th in the Hudson Ju-nior Invitational.

Poore also comes toNKU from Ryle HighSchool. Poore’s accoladesare equally as impressive,earning three medals as asenior and five medalscombined during his soph-omore and junior cam-paigns. He was a two-timeparticipant in both theKHSAA State and All “A”State Tournaments. As asenior, Poore garneredrecognition on the all-re-gion team and was namedthe LaRosa’s Player of theWeek as a sophomore.

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Meghan AmmonMeghan Elizabeth Ammon,

30, of Walton, died Dec. 6 at St.Elizabeth Hospital in Florence.

She was a member of Burling-ton Baptist Church.

Survivors include her mother,Melanie Ammon of Fort Mitch-ell; father and stepmother, Gregand Helen Ammon of Burling-ton; son, Gage Richard Ammonof Burlington; brother, ClayAmmon of Burlington; andpaternal grandparents, Richardand Shirley Ammon of Burling-ton.

Burial was at Hopeful Luther-an Cemetery.

Memorials: Spina Bifida Coali-tion of Cincinnati, 644 Linn St.,Suite 635, Cincinnati, OH 45203;or Burlington Baptist Church,3031 Washington St., Burlington,KY 41005.

James Boatright Sr.James L. Boatright Sr., 79, of

Altoona, Florida, and formerly ofLudlow and Hebron, died Nov.29 at his home.

He was a retired welder,boilermaker, and executive forLitton Industries. He was also aformer employee of Inland SteelCorp. and General Electric Corp.He was a U.S. Air Force veteran,who served during the KoreanWar. He belonged to Voice ofCalvary Church of God in Altoo-na, was past master and currentmember of the Golden RuleLodge No. 345 F&AM, and amember of Indra ConsistoryScottish Rite as well as theBoilermakers Union No. 105AFL-CIO.

Survivors include his wife, ElsieWhite Boatright; sons James L.Boatright Jr. of Florence, Greg A.Boatright of Fort Wright, Win-ston R. Boatright of Burlington,Paul L. Huskey of Harlan; daugh-ter, Patricia Huskey of Altoon;brother, Willard Boatright ofPort Orange, Florida; and eightgrandchildren along with fourgreat-grandchildren.

Interment with full militaryhonors was at Floral Hills Memo-rial Gardens in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: Cerebral PalsyInternational Research Founda-tion, 3 Columbus Circle, 15thFloor, New York City, NY 10019.

Kathleen BrittonKathleen “Kitty” Britton, 90,

of Ludlow, died Dec. 4 at Rose-dale Green in Covington.

She was an administrationsecretary with Ford Motor Co.for more than 30 years and shewas a member of Sts. Bonifaceand James Church in Ludlow.She loved knitting, baking andcooking.

Her husband, Orville Britten,died previously.

Survivors include her sistersVirginia Knochelmann of Ludlowand Cerena Schmitz of Bromley;and brother, Thomas Rohan of

Versailles.Interment was at Forest Lawn

Memorial Park in Erlanger.Memorials: St. Mary’s Altar

Society at Sts. Boniface andJames Church, 304 Oak St.,Ludlow, KY 41016.

Norma CrosthwaiteNorma Crosthwaite, 82, of

Erlanger, died Dec. 3 at BaptistConvalescent Center in Newport.

She was a retired supervisorfor Hartford Insurance Co. and alifelong member of CentralChurch of Nazarene, where sheserved on the board, was presi-dent of the missionary, and aformer Sunday school teacher.

Her husband, William Crosth-waite, died previously.

Survivors include her son,Robert Williams of Edgewood;daughters Patricia Ann Peluso ofErlanger, Debra Hoepker ofFlorence, and Linda Bowman ofFlorence; sister, Mary Lance ofBrookesville; and five grand-children along with five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Entombment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

Ruth DahmsRuth Elizabeth Dahms, 94, of

Latonia, died Dec. 5.She was a member of Calvary

Baptist Church in Latonia formore than 40 years.

Her husband, Jacob Dahms;son, Paul Edward Dahms; andseven siblings, died previously.

Survivors include her sister,Patricia Pope; and four grand-children along with three great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Associ-ation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203-1742; or St.Elizabeth Hospice, 483 S. LoopDrive, Edgewood, KY 41017.

Wanda GriffithWanda Griffith, 74, of Villa

Hills, died Dec. 3 at University ofCincinnati Medical Center.

She was a homemaker.Her son, Michael Griffith, died

previously.Survivors include her husband,

Jim Griffith; daughter, ChristinaGriffith of Villa Hills; sisters JoyceFitzgerald of Crescent Springs,Bonnie Cooper of Vincennes,Indiana, and Judy Underhill ofTerre Haute, Indiana; and fourgrandchildren.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

April HayesApril D. Hayes, of Independ-

ence, died Dec. 1 at her home.She was a preschool teacher at

Children Inc. in Newport. Sheloved to cook, read and write.

Her parents, Lela HubbardBowman and Allen Bowman,died previously.

Survivors include her sonsJustin Mills of Taylor Mill andTimmy Mills of San Antonio;sister, Lark Anspach of Hamilton,Ohio; and brother, Troy Bowmanof Hamilton.

Interment was at GreenwoodCemetery in Hamilton.

Memorials: Children Inc. 333Madison Ave., No. 2, Covingon,KY 41011.

Ghodratollah KarimianGhodratollah “G.H.” Kari-

mian, 67, of Crestview Hills, diedDec. 9 at his home.

He was a civil engineer for thestate of Kentucky for 15 years.He graduated from both West-ern Kentucky University andMorehead State University.

Survivors include his wife,Marlene Karimian; son, KayarashKarimian; brothers Dr. HojatKarimian and Enayat Karimian;and sisters Parvin Karimian,Farkhondeh Karimian, and LeilaKarimian.

Burial was at GreenlawnMemorial Gardens in Akron,Ohio.

Memorials: Leukemia andLymphoma Society, 4370 Glen-dale Milford Road, Blue Ash, OH45242.

Mary PointsMary Points, 88, of Taylor Mill,

died Dec. 5 at Green ValleyHealth & Rehab in Carrollton.

She retired from Clo-pay inCincinnati, where she worked inthe accounting department. Shewas a member of Holy CrossChurch in Latonia and the Co-vington Moose Lodge. She alsovolunteered at St. ElizabethHospital until 2007. She was anavid golfer, who loved playingcards and entertaining.

Her stepdaughter, BarbaraMoore, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Maureen Ruprecht Wranik ofKailua Kona, Hawaii; sons Mi-chael Paul Lundrigan of KailuaKona and Maurice “Moe” Lun-drigan of Prospect; stepsons KenWaters of Monona, Iowa, TomWaters of Edgewood, Dan Pointsof Villa Hills, and Rex Points ofFort Thomas; and 17 grand-children along with numerousgreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Pure Foundation,P.O. Box 143, Goshen, KY 40026.

William RavenscraftWilliam Joseph Ravenscraft,

86, of Erlanger, died Dec. 9 atBaptist Village in Erlanger.

He was a graduate of New-port High School and attendedthe University of CincinnatiEvening College, where hereceived his bachelor’s of science

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Survivors include his wife,Shirlie Ferguson May Raven-scraft; sons Mark Douglas Raven-scraft and Darren Lee Raven-scraft; brother, Myron DonaldRavenscraft; and four grand-children along with a great-grandaughter.

Burial was at the Kentucky

Veterans Cemetery North inWilliamstown.

Memorials: Baptist VillageLong House, 3000 Riggs Road,Erlanger, KY 41018.

Charles Wagner Sr.Charles W. Wagner Sr., 63, of

Erlanger, died Dec. 1 at St. Eliza-beth Hospital in Edgewood.

His parents, Charles andCharlotte Wagner; and siblingsConnie Wagner and JamesGlasier, died previously.

Survivors include his childrenCharles “Shane” W. Wagner II,Lawrence W. Wagner, RaymondL. Wagner, Jeffery E. Wagner,and Christine M. Wagner; sib-lings Raymond Ross, Beulah“Boots” Hollon, Denny Wagner,and Debbie Freeman; and seven

grandchildren along with agreat-granddaughter.

Lois YorkLois A. York, 80, of Elsmere,

died Dec. 5 at St. ElizabethHospice.

She worked as secretary for A1Electric.

Her husband, James E. York;and daughter, Deborah Wie-necke, died previously.

Survivors include her son,Jamie York; daughter, DonnaRichard; brothers Donald Fleck-inger, Maurice Fleckinger, andHank Fleckinger; sister, PattyGrady; and five grandchildrenalong with four great-grand-children.

Burial was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.

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Brittany Witt, 24, and AustinMarx, 25, both of Cincinnati,issued Nov. 20.

Claudia Vargas, 30, and CarlPierson III, 31, both of Villa Hills,issued Nov. 20.

Ciarra Browning, 29, of Daytonand Jeremy Jackson, 29, ofHuntington, issued Nov. 21.

Brielle Mandarino, 24, andSean Evans, 23, both of Edge-wood, issued Nov. 24.

Danielle Poynter, 30, of Cincin-nati and Michael Hallwell, 30, ofJamestown, issued Nov. 24.

Lindsay Whittle, 29, of Cincin-nati and Clinton Basinger, 37, ofOwensboro, issued Nov. 24.

Ramajana Sebez, 34, and IgorCrnogorac, 31, both of Bosnia,issued Nov. 25.

Moriah Ziese, 22, of Cincinnatiand Robert Durstock, 25, ofEdgewood, issued Nov. 26.

Lindsey Houseman, 30, andKraig Piper, 32, both of Cincin-nati, issued Nov. 26.

Amy Hoff, 34, of Franklin andJoseph Jones, 45, of Middletown,issued Dec. 1.

Joann Stonestreet, 50, andMelvin Riley, 49, both of Cincin-nati, issued Dec. 1.

Kelley Geiger, 26, of FortThomas and Anthony Ferrer Jr.,30, of Philippines, issued Dec. 1.

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