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FLORENCE — Willis MusicWoodSongs Coffeehouse kicksoff Jan. 17 at the Willis MusicPerforming Arts Center, 7567Mall Road.

The series is presented bythe Northern Kentucky Blue-grass Music Association andHeavens Mark ProductionsInc.

Admission is $10 or $8 formembers of the bluegrass mu-sic association.

All shows are at 7 p.m.» Jan. 17: The Missy Wer-

ner Band » Feb. 14: Vernon McIntyre

& Appalachian Grass » March 26: Larry Sparks» April 18: McCoy Grass» May 16: New Coon Creek

GirlsUnder the auspices of Willis

general manager Rick Fuchs,more than 100 shows in “Amer-ican genuine music” – blue-grass, blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ rolland Americana – have been

produced by the volunteer pro-duction staff of Ric Hopkinsand Evan Holzman, Holzmansaid.

“The performance space isdifferent in that we treat it as aconcert not a bar experience.It is a quiet space that the audi-ence actually can concentrateon the performers,” he said.

The Willis performancespace seats about 100 with pro-fessional music design by RicHopkins’ Sound Workshop. Avideo of the show is also pro-duced and given to the artistsfor free by Heavens Mark Pro-ductions Inc.

The quality of the currentseries is notable, Holzmansaid, consisting of major na-tional act Larry Sparks andVernon McIntyre, a veteran ofthe local music scene who hasperformed with Jerry Garciaand has taught many area in-strumentalists over the past 40years.

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Vernon McIntyre & Appalachian Grass performs Feb. 14 at the Willis Music WoodSongs Coffeehouse.

ALEXANDRIA — CampbellCounty Police Department’sDonald Dornheggen made themost DUI (driving under theinfluence) arrests in 2014 ofany Northern Kentucky offi-cer.

He’s also among the DUI ar-rest leaders in all of Kentucky.

Dornheggen’s 76 DUI ar-rests earned him top honorsfor District 3, comprised of de-partments with 25-50 officers,in the 2014 Governor’s Im-paired Driving EnforcementAwards.

Since an Dec. 16 awards cer-emony in Lexington, Dornheg-gen said his DUI arrest totalhas risen to 80.

“I wasn’t necessarily goingfor the most DUI’s, but they’reout there,” he said.

Dornheggen said he spotsDUI drivers while on patrol onthird shift and the calls for oth-er types of service decrease.

County police don’t set upDUI checkpoints or have agrant to work overtime tocatch DUI drivers, he said.

“I personally enjoy stop-ping DUI’s,” Dornheggen said.

Kentucky had 168 DUI-re-lated fatalities in 2012, he said.Dornheggen said his goal is tostop any injuries or fatalitiesthrough being watchful.

Out of more than 5,500 alco-hol-related crashes in Ken-tucky in 2013, there were 138deaths and more than 3,000 in-juries, according to a news re-lease from the Kentucky Of-fice of Highway Safety.

Dornheggen said he isn’tlooking for anything specificwhen watching for a potentialDUI.

“As far as driving behavior,it’s pretty painfully obvioussometimes,” Dornheggen said.

Alcohol isn’t the only con-tributor to DUI’s because her-oin isn’t going away anytimesoon, he said.

“I’d say 10-15 of my DUI ar-rests have been heroin,” Dorn-heggen said.

Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen com-mended aggressive enforce-ment efforts and awareness ef-forts to keep Kentucky road-ways safe in the news release.

“Kentucky drivers are hear-ing the message loud and clearabout the dangers of drivingunder the influence,” Luallensaid in the release. “However,we still have work to do be-

cause one alcohol-relatedcrash is too many.”

Northern Kentucky policeagencies’ top DUI arrest offi-cers, listed by number of ar-rests:

60: Erik Ruete, CovingtonPolice Department.

58: Dustin Bowling, BooneCounty Sheriff’s Department.

51: Trooper Rodney Pratt,Kentucky State Police Post 6 –Dry Ridge.

32: Chris Armstrong, New-port Police Department.

26: Eric Reiman, ColdSpring Police Department.

23: Benjamin Kolkmeier,

Florence Police Department.19: Michael Brown, Belle-

vue Police Department.19: Derek Faught, Fort

Thomas Police Department.15: Jonathan Colwell, Fort

Wright Police Department.15: W. Jamie Ruehl, Inde-

pendence Police Department.15: Brett Mullins, Lakeside

Park/Crestview Hills Police.15: Sgt. Michael Paolucci,

Lakeside Park/Crestview HillsPolice.

13: Brian Burch, EdgewoodPolice Department.

12: Paul Roemer, KentonCounty Police Department.

12: Mike Lyon, Taylor MillPolice Department.

11: Dave Bently, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Interna-tional Airport Police.

10: Greg Eastham, LudlowPolice Department.

6: Marcus Best, Fort Mitch-ell Police Department.

4: James Black, Dayton Po-lice Department.

4: Steven Linville, DaytonPolice Department.

4: Mickey Collins, WilderPolice Department.

2: Timothy Berwanger,Kenton County Sheriff’s Of-fice.

Kentucky honors top DUI copsBy Chris [email protected]

THANKS TO ERIN EGGEN, KYTC

Boone County Sheriff's DeputyDustin Bowling accepts aGovernor’s Impaired DrivingEnforcement Award for his 58 DUIarrests in 2014 from Kentucky Officeof Highway Safety ExecutiveDirector Bill Bell.

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Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Executive Director Bill Bell, left, hands Campbell County Police DepartmentPatrolman Donald Dornheggen a Governor’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Award.

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The Boone CountyProperty Valuation Ad-ministrator’s office will in-spect new construction

throughout the county,farms throughout thecounty and commercialproperties throughout thecounty through Thursday,Jan. 15.

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Off-duty officeraccidentally shootsself in OTR

An off-duty police offi-cer accidentally shot him-self in Over-the-Rhine Sat-urday night while he wason his way back from din-ner with his wife.

Officer Darryl Jouettof the Erlanger Police De-partment was in an eleva-tor in the Mercer Com-mons parking garage justafter 8:30 p.m. when hewent to adjust the weaponin his holster, police said in

a release. The duty-issued .40-cal-

iber semi-automatic hand-gun discharged and thebullet ricocheted off thewalls of the elevator andstruck Jouett in the stom-ach, police said.

Jouett was taken to theUniversity of CincinnatiMedical Center with a non-life threatening injury.

The Erlanger PoliceDepartment says thatJouett has been with thedepartment for more than25 years.

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“I do these all by my-self,” Sevan Denham toldpeople stopping by hisbooth, gesturing toward atable full of pens madefrom woods of various col-ors. “I even have deer ant-lers.” He pointed to a penwhose surface looked likesmooth marble.

On the last weekend ofNovember Denham wasamong the crafters whosework was showcased at theGreater Cincinnati Winter-fair at the Northern Ken-tucky Convention Centerin Covington.

It all began in 2003 afterhis retirement from Amer-ican Airlines. An oldfriend, John Horn, showedhim some pens he hadturned on a lathe. Hornthen taught Denham howto make them.

Was it a difficult skill tolearn? “No,” he answered,but admitted that the hard-est challenge was “to learnhow to be patient.”

Denham lives on asmall farm in Burlington.His land provides him witha variety of wood such asblack walnut, maple andsycamore. He even usestobacco sticks, the longpoles used to hang curingtobacco.

But his favorite woodcomes from thousands ofmiles away – olive woodfrom Bethlehem. He ex-plained that some olivetrees have been authenti-cated to be 2,000 to 3,000years old. It is against thelaw there to cut down liveolive trees, but they are al-lowed to be pruned everythree to five years.

He shared that of all the

olive wood pens he craft-ed, he had never seen anytwo pens that looked alike.“75 percent of the pens Isell are olive wood,” hesaid.

His other favorites arethe trees that grow nearthe equator. One of them iscocobolo from CentralAmerica. He said that it is

among the most beautifulwoods he works with as itsgrain mimics the colors ofthe sunset.

For each of his custom-ers, Denham prepares apaper explaining about thewood used for their pen. “Ilike the fact that I canmake something and peo-ple would like it and appre-

ciate it.”Denham works out of

his garage and can create10 pens in about six hours.“It’s something that I enjoydoing,” he said. “It’s also agood therapy for me.”

Last year Denham losthis wife of 49 years. Hefound that working withhis pens has helped himthrough this difficult time.“She was a very special la-dy,” he recalled.

Denham is a member ofKentucky Guild of Artistsand Craftsmen. “I havedone woodworking all mylife, in one way or anoth-er,” he said. Denham canbe reached atwww.penswow.com or at859-446-1211.

Turning pens into works of artBy Kamellia SoenjotoSmithCommunity Recorder contributor

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SevanDenhamtransformswood intoartisticpens in hisgarage.

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Tool pens by Sevan Denham. The pen contains slot and Phillipshead screwdrivers, tweezers, paper knife, and a smallballpoint pen.

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UNION — New Haven Ele-mentary got an early Christmaspresent, but it didn’t come fromSanta.

Legion Logistics, a third-par-ty logistics company based inFlorence that finds carriers forfreight and freight for carriers,upgraded its office furnitureand donated its previous officefurnishings to New Haven Ele-mentary School in Union.

They loaded in nearly 50 dis-assembled modular desks,along with assorted tables,chairs and other office equip-ment to the school on Mondaymorning.

“When we started in 2009, wedidn’t have much money, so theemployees and owners went toIKEA and picked up this furni-ture and put it together,” saidMary Hall, the marketing hype-woman for Legion Logistics.“We figured it was about time toget real office furniture. Thatwas installed Friday and Satur-day.”

Hall said the previous furni-ture was still in great shape, butthey had trouble finding some-place to donate it.

“All the normal places you’dthink to donate furniture wereall booked up into January, so noone could really come and getit,” she said.

Her children attend NewHaven, and she called theschool to see if they could use it.

“We were really glad theywere able to take it,” said Hall.“It’s a lot of furniture to find ahome for.”

According to New Haven El-ementary Principal Mary Gob-

le, “We are very grateful to Le-gion Logistics for the furnituredonation and plan on using thefurniture to create working sta-tions for students within someof the classrooms. It's always awonderful thing when our

school and community come to-gether and the result benefitsthe students. We were verythankful for the donation, andany workstations not immedi-ately used will be shared withour sister schools.”

New Haven’s head custodianBetty Scudder and several oth-er school employees, along withLegion Logistics employees,helped unload the furniture intothe school and storage shed.

Scudder said the shed would

stay dry and allow easy accessif some of the furniture were tobe taken to other schools.

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Florence company’s furniture goes to schoolBy Amy [email protected]

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Legion Logistics employee Adam Praiswater helps unload donated furniture at New Haven Elementary in Union.

Here is the first-term honor roll forBoone County High School.

All ARita Ackah, Elisha Adams, Kyle Adams,Abdul Rahim Ajwa, Lauren Allgeier,Christi Allphin, Lena Alzatout, KylieAnderson, Taylor Anderson, AlexisArsenault, Michael Bacigalupo, Christo-pher Baer, Emily Bales, Madison Banks,Jackson Becker, Shamira Begum, PaytonBlack, Jaelyn Bonner, Allison Borders,Amanda Bowman, Jacob Brannon,Johanna Breedwell, Olivia Brock, LydiaBrooks, Maggie Browne, BrandonBrowning, Dylan Bryant, Garret Bryant,Kathleen Bryant, Marina Bungenstock,Alexis Burgess, Robert Burgess, CorrineBurke, Jonathan Burlew,

Paisley Carman, Brendan Carroll, SophiaCiamei, Evan Claxon, Mackenzie Cole-man, Sophie Collins, Hunter Corman,Sean Courtney, Kaitlyn Cox, TaylorCreekmore, Noah Curee, Daniel Dahms,Alyssa Daniels, Aliyah Davis, Marcus Day,Joshua Decker, Nicholas DeGarmoe,Jena Doellman, Rebecca Duncan, AliciaDuran, Bryce Dye, Jacob East, RachelEllis, Ethan Emery, Isaac Emery, ChloeEve,

Cameron Faehr, Heber Farias, Erica Fee,Lydia Flamme, CheyAnne Flowers,Macey Ford, Noah Ford, Christian Foster,Sydney Foster, Alexandra Fowee, CoreyFrakes, Jade Freeman, Nicholas Frey,Caby Furnish, Spencer Gatio, MariahGeiman, Michael Gibson, Tessa Gieske,Tiara Gonzalez, Ryan Gott, Zachary Gott,Katherine Grant, Kiirah Green, Saman-tha Gunkel, Monica Gutierrez, BrendanHamilton, Logan Hargis, Leanne Hays,Madison Hermann, Teany Herrera,Kendra Herweck, Amelia Hicks, IrelandHill, Iann Hines, Samantha Hines, Ma-leah Hirn, Mira Hopkins, Ashley Hought-on, Lucas Huddleston, Samuel Huddles-ton, Kamryn Huff, Halie Hunt,

Tyler Iavisile, Isaiah Jackson, Olivia Jack-son, Hannah Johnson, Nathaniel John-son, Samuel Johnson, Alexis Jones,Lauren Jones, Marissa Jutzi, BrennaKerns, Caitlin Klosowski, Carson Kruml,Christabel Kusi Appiah, Michael Lay,Shelby Leach, Christopher Leicht, EvaLlamas, Hannah Lobenstein, Tyler Loe-chel, Sheldon Loh, Gabrielle Maisch,Alicia Malone, Alexis Matthews, BrettMayberry, Austin McDaniel, AidanMcGee, Samantha McMillan, MatthewMeadors, Kara Means, Grace Medeles,Makayla Meredith, Coliwe Mhlanga,

Benjamin Michels, Isabella Miller, ScottMiller, Zoe Miller, Jensen Millson, MollyMoore, Sarah Morgan, Jeremiah Mrof-chak,

Victoria Nash, Abigail Nemec, SamanthaNeuhaus, Quynh Nguyen, Erica No-vogroski, Sandra Osterbrock, AshleyOverbay, Lela Pair, Hannah Paliobeis,Brianna Parks, Ashley Patak, GabriellePitre, Gianna Pretelini, Andrew Quillen,Catherine Raleigh, Breeann Ramirez,Stephen Ramirez, Nathan Rice, SuziRichey, Ethan Robbins, Peyton Rob-inson, Ashley Roderick, Bryon Rogers,Hannah Rogers, Jasmine Rump, NatalieRunge, Jason Russell, Samantha Ryan,Jenna Sammons, Shelby Sammons,Sarah Schaefer, Andrew Schlichting,Rachel Schworer, Cody Scroggins, Syd-ney Setters, Matthew Sexton, ShelbyShelton, Peyton Shoemaker, JoannaShutt, Malisa Simco, Savannah Smith,Megan Soucier, Brenden Stanley, OliviaStaten, Lynsey Steffen, Elizabeth Stef-fenson, Casey Stillwell, Abby Stone,Destiny Strange, Austin Sullivan, AlexisSwitzer, Courtney Switzer, Mariame Sy,

Connor Taylor, Collin Teegarden, JasmineThacker, Dane Thamann, Hannah Tharp,Rachel Utz, Zachary Vandt, KaitlynVanway, Julie Volpenhein, LindsayVolpenhein, Emily Wardlaw, DillonWarning, Adrianna Waters, HelenWharton, Lucas Wheeler, MakenzieWhite, Robert White, Josie Wilkinson,Jared Williams, Jacob Wilson, CatherineWischer, Kaitlyn Wise, Shelby Wright, JinWen Xie, Fatimetou Yedali, AbigailZimmer.

All A/BAkram Abdulle, Taleesha Adams, ShamsAl-janabi, Ryan Aloyo, Mark FlorenzAndres, Brianna Arsenault, Sarai Aulis,Emily Aylor, Dawson Beckett, RobertBeneker, Brendan Benjamin, NicholasBerry, Cara Beursterien, Makenna Black,Jayla Blackwell, Andrew Blanke, HannahBlessing, Devlin Blevins, Brandon Boem-ker, Rebecca Boggs, Michael Boggs,Kiana Booker, Alyssa Bowling, MelissaBowman, Justin Bowman, Shane Boyers,Savannah Braddock, Camila Briones,Nicholas Brock, Kailey Brown, CodyBrowning, Taylor Buchanan, MarinellaBuckley, Blake Burkhardt, Justin Burl-ingame, Juliana Burns, Elizabeth Butler,

Corstin Cahill, Jill Cahill, Grace Cahill,Amy Caldwell, Ashton Caldwell, DavidCalvert, Jackson Canary, Megan Cantrell,Codey Carpenter, Kara Carroll, Brian

Carroll, Jaquisha Carter, Nicole Cash,James Chaplin, Brian Claypool, Christo-pher Clemmons, Jordan Closser, Court-ney Colliers, Magen Cooper, TravisCoovert, Christopher Corbin, JamesCosby, Madelyn Cox, Cailin Cruickshank,Andrew Curry,

Andrew Dalholt, Abigail Danquah,Brandon Datro, Mukhtar Daud, Mo-hamed Daud, Muna Daud, Lesley Day,Jared Deason, Melanie Dickinson, CarleyDorman, Britton Doss, Joshua Douthit,Ashlyn Duggan, Tyland Duggins, TaylorDunaway, Logan Dungan, JacksonDungan, Logan Edmondson, HunterEickhoff, Mason Eisenschidt, BenjaminEllis, Jordan England, Abigail Ervick,Imani Erwin, Taylor Evans,

Zachary Fannin, Chandler Feinauer,Brianna Ferreri, Landon Finn, AnaFlores, Aaron Floyd, Rachel Ford, RayvonFoster, Steffanie Foster, Joseph Frakes,Karly Freeman, Justin Fuller, AlexisFuller, Chyrah Fuller, Hunter Gadd,Devin Gallagher, Joseph Ganster, CarlosGarcia, Serafina Gilbert, Saibra Gilbert,Kodie Goble, Nadia Goodman, SarahGorby, Courtney Gosney, Ryley Grau,Avonlea Gregory, Jacob Griffin, ZaneGriffin, Deanna Griffith, Isabel Guerra,

Allison Hable, Cassandra Haizlip, OmarHameidan, Ahmad Hameidan, AmberHamilton, Chelsea Hardy, Chase Harr,Travon Harris, Ethan Hasbrouck, MitchellHauss, Alexis Haverland, MackenzieHawkins, Ethan Haynes, Ash Lynn Hen-sley, Joshua Herrera, Darren Herweck,Lindsey Hicks, Gage Hilbert, HaleyHickenbaugh, Tala Hollerbach, JordynHouston, Sophia Hrycak, Abigale Hun-ley, Samantha Inlow, Brittany Jackson,Audree Jackson, Kadiye Jama, AbdiasisJama, Pamela Jara-Sciaraffia, MeganJohnson, Viviane Johnson, DanielleJones, Savannah Jones, Terri Jones,Brianna Jones, Andrew Jones, SamuelJudie, Kiley Kane, Alison Kilvington,Olivia Kinman, Chelsea Kirchheimer,Franklin Kirchheimer, Brenden Knauer,Eliza Kohl, Ethan Kohl, Dylan Kramer,

Mitchell Lamb, Jamar Lamb, Jaclyn Leese,Blake Lehmann, Courtney Leighton,Justin Leite, Brenden Lewis, HannahLillard, Austin Lim, Allison Lindsey,Arielle Lisner, Amber Lobsenstein,Serena Loh, Rachel Lucas, Ravin Lyons,Aida Manzi, Mercyrose Martin, AlexisMartin, Ciara Matthews, DellanMaughn, Corina Mazur, Paige McAllis-ter, Kayla McGriff, Sherlyn Mendez, AmyMiller, Kattiana Miller, Brianna Miller,Anna Mimms, Mark Mohammed, Sadie

Moore, Samantha Moore, Kevin Mo-ranz, Hannah Morehead, Ashley Mor-rell, Cameron Morton, Sydney Mrazik,Michael Mullaney, Benjamin Mulroney,

Alisha Newcomb, Michael Nieves Garcia,Ryan Nwaisser, Tjaden Nyman, EthanNyman, Victoria Ollier, Ajla Ortash,Kierdan Osborn, Kayla Panzeca, RyanneParsons, Morgan Patton, Brandon Peak,Skylar Pelcha, Noah Perkins, AdamPersons, Bailey Peterson, Loc Pham, ZoeyPhillips, Nathaniel Pinhas, KendallPowell, Clayton Powell, Analisa Preteli-ni, Ciara Price, Casey Pruett, JeffreyPurnell, Elisabeth Quillen, QuintenRader, Kyle Raleigh, Jamie Ramirez,Zachary Ramirez, Hunter Ratcliff, Antho-ny Reed, Rachel Rehkamp, JenniferRenaker, Victoria Rice, Ariel Riebe,Samantha Riehemann, Ashlee Riehe-mann, Samantha Ripberger, CaitlinRobinson, Lilly Robinson, Randall Rodg-ers, Ulises Rodriguez, Karlie Roth, AnahRoush, Jonathan Russell,

Diana Salazar, Latoshia Sampson, AmaliaSanchez, Veronica Sanchez, ChristianSantiago, Arthur Santomo, ScottieSaylor, Natalie Schmidt, SamanthaSchmitz, Kevin Schmitz, Morgan Schull,Tessa Sestito, Nolan Setters, AllisonSherman, Kodi Sherman-Courter, NoahShidler, Taylor Shockey, Zjaimara Simp-son, Rachele Sipple, Alexander Sissom,Sara Sleigh, Bryce Smith, Kyle South,Katelyn South, Jenna Squires, CandyStamper, Ethan Starnes, Natalie Steele,Zachary Steffen, Zoe Stegman, CorraStegman, Olivia Stephens, TreavorStevens, Malcolm Stockwell, AlexisStokes, Taylor Stratton, Rhiannon Strick-er, Micaela Stroud, Nathaniel Sudenga,Donovan Sullivan, Nadine Swinford,

Hunter Taylor, Stephen Terrell, JordanThacker, Brittanee Thacker, CharlesTogarepi, Adrianna Tran, Kieran Travis,Melyssa Tucker, Cari Tunstall, ReginaUtz, Dylan Vanluit, Alexander VasquezSolis, Gracie Vest, Ryan Vickers, HeatherWagner, Andrew Wagner, Jade Walson,Tabatha Watts, Tessa Weller, JessicaWert, Darius West, Peter Westhoff, KiraWhaley, Eric Wheeler, Kayleigh Wil-hoite, Mary Wilmes, Shawn Wingate,Zachary Winglewish, Kayla Winkle,Robert Winterman, William Wolfe,Taylor Wooton, Joseph Workman,Michael Wright, Johanna Wright, Mo-hamed Yedali, Austin Ziegelmeyer,Alexander Zuesli.

BOONE COUNTY HONOR ROLL

Here is the first-term honorroll for the fourth grade atNew Haven ElementarySchool.

Fourth grade

Straight A: Katie Bowman,Trista Keefe, Patrick Samad,Grace Tranbarger, AbigailWright, Brady Hall, MadelynnJohnson, Kathryn McLagan,Bria Patel, Amber White,Zach Ramsey, Ava Stich, RyanTackett, Amelia Vogel, Mad-dy Brandt, Sydney Chavez,Davis Floyd, Ava Hartley,Tanner Hill, Alex Huff, CodyKincaid, Grace Lubbers,Matthew Marlette and BryleeWilson.

A/B Average: Braden Dan-iels, Will Gooch, PaytonHensley, Sylinn Hodson,Zachary Kuchle, BreannaLouden, Brandon Oberst,Avery Parsons, Michael (M.A.)Smith, Maria Worley, JoshuaBrophy, Natalie Burch, MisaDeVries, Meredith Hall,Kaydan Marshall, LandenReed, Noah Rogg, EvelynRoth, Alexandra Shehan,Sarah Stafford, ConnorUllrey, Nathan Warner, JacobArnold, Hunter Bruggemann,Jared Evans, Caroline Fish,Dawson Keith, Blake Koenig-sknecht, Madelynn McDaniel,Maclain Murdock, HenryPark, Meredith Snider,

Lily Stephens, Jason Clark,Chase Easton, Horacio Fer-nandez, Charlie Harris, AnnaHayden, Adrianna Hayes,Marcus Henriquez, LandenHuey, Brooklyn Irvin, Saman-tha Karlosky, Noah Strzelew-icz, Tanner Lorms, JakobShade, Trevor Mullins, RylanMoseley, Wilaini Alicea,Reaghan Brassine, AlyssaEngle, Gabriel Gallatin, RossHargett, Andrew Hedges,Alyssa Hensley, Emma Jasper,Yaretzi Rodriguez, ThomasSchramm and Erik Stephens.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015

INDEPENDENCE — More than ayear ago, John Salyerssuddenly found himselfoutside his comfort zone.

He was at a health carecenter in Cameroon, Africa. Hehad traveled there on Rotarybusiness with the United Na-tions Foundation and congres-sional staff members.

Salyers had been participat-ing in polio immunization andwas observing HIV and mal-nutrition treatment at the cen-ter. He found himself standingbefore a 3-day-old baby, whowas HIV positive. He was askedto hold the child.

“I still feel awful about this,for a moment I hesitated,” hesaid. The stigmas associatedwith HIV crept through hismind. He felt uncomfortableand afraid. Recognizing hisignorance, he took the opportu-nity to leap out of his comfortzone and embraced the child.

“Oh, the smile on his face,”Salyers said. “That’s a life-changing experience. I thinksometimes we sit in our com-fortable places here in Ken-tucky or wherever we are andwe don’t realize what’s going onin other parts of the world.”

Resting at the kitchen table,glancing out the window of hisIndependence home, Salyersreflects upon his time in Africa– wondering about what’s goingon there now.

“I don’t know how much I didfor them while there, but theydid a lot for me,” he said.

Salyers recently returnedfrom a trip to Ethiopia, again onRotary business – polio immuni-zations and clean water pro-jects.

“Rotary is a good place tobe,” Salyers said.

Salyers joined the FlorenceRotary Club in 2005. He and hiswife, Connie, are Rotary Foun-dation Major Donors and mem-bers of the Rotary FoundationBequest Society. In 2006 and2007, he was named the Flor-ence club’s Rotarian of the Year.He currently serves on the PolioEradication Advocacy TaskForce for the United Nations forthe U.S. He is also district poliochairman and district governorfor District 6740, which in-cludes Northern Kentucky,Lexington, Somerset and east-ern Kentucky.

His utmost goal as a Rotarianis of course the Rotary Interna-tional motto: “Service aboveself.” This motto is lived outthrough the Rotary’s fulfillmentof the promise to wipe poliofrom the face of the earth. Thegoal, lofty, is expected to becomplete by 2018.

“A lot of blood, sweat andtears have been shed for thispromise,” Salyers said. “Polio isRotary’s No. 1 priority. Whenyou ask what’s next, we don’tknow. We don’t go to what’snext, we’re concentrated on

polio.”There are now only three

countries – Pakistan, Afghani-stan and Nigeria — that are notpolio free. These areas includesome of the most remote areasin the world. However, Salyersis not deterred. He believes thatRotarians will raise the $1.2billion it will cost to eradicatepolio by 2018.

Salyers’ passion for thecause, as well as his passion forpeople, are inspiring, accordingto Florence Rotary Club presi-dent Adam Howard.

Howard and Salyers havebeen friends for more than 10years. They met through theirwork with senators MitchMcConnell and Jim Bunning,respectively.

“Whether it’s advocating for

funding in Washington, D.C., orgiving a polio vaccine to a childin Africa, John is very passion-ate in whatever he pursues,”Howard said. “He channels thatpassion into his work as a Rotar-ian and humanitarian throughhis fundraising and personalwork on behalf of Rotary’s ef-fort to eradicate polio.”

Howard said Salyers hasmade the effort to eradicatepolio from an international fightto a “very personal” one.

“I get the feeling that I’mright there with him when hespeaks about his time in Africaproviding the vaccine to youngchildren,” Howard said. “As aRotarian, John has exemplifiedour motto of service above selfthrough the energy and enthusi-asm he has displayed when

organizing our regional effortsor inspiring other clubs intoaction. Each Rotarian strives tomake the world a little bettereach day, and John is one whostands above the rest throughhis personal dedication of ser-vice above self.”

Changing the world is some-thing that weighs heavily onSalyers’ mind. He has dedicatedhis life to service to others.From his involvement withvarious community causes tohis professional career as apolice officer in Erlanger, Sa-lyers has worked diligently tomake the world a better place.

“For me personally, I thinkScripture instructs us to be thatway,” he said. “At my church,Lakeside Christian, our missionis to love Jesus and love like

Jesus. It’s hard to say you loveJesus if you don’t love like Je-sus.”

Salyers said he has a heartand understanding for thosewho are downtrodden becausegrowing up he was “reallypoor.”

“I don’t just say that,” hesaid. “I ate a lot of pinto beansand fried potatoes as a child.However, I also understand thatit’s sometimes tougher on theone who carries the groceries tothe household that needs foodon Thanksgiving than those whoare inside needing the food. It’sso important to extend yourselfand to be uncomfortable. Weneed to be uncomfortable.”

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John Salyers, of Independence, gives a child a polio immunization while in Cameroon, Africa.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 9Art 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 dedicat-ed their careers to capturingcommunity’s memorable mo-ments. $7, $6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Present-ed by FotoFocus. 491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.

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

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

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600 Montague Road,Layout features Lionel trainsand Plasticville. More than 250feet of track. Patrons welcometo operate more than 30 acces-sories 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.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Allskill levels welcome. 342-2665.Union.

Music - BluegrassRussell Moore and IIIrd TymeOut, 7-10 p.m., Turfway Park,7500 Turfway Road, $25, $20advance. Presented by AmericanRoots Bluegrass Series. 992-5775;www.wobofm.com. Florence.

Music - FolkAdam Klein, 9:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Lounge. Georgia-basedsinger/songwriter. Free. 431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,World’s greatest love story takesto the streets in a landmarkBroadway musical that is one ofmodern theater’s finest ac-complishments. $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

SATURDAY, JAN. 10Art 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.

CivicChristmas Tree Recycling,midnight Bring tree any timebefore 8 a.m. Saturday., String-town Park, Ky. 18 and KathrynDrive, Florence residents maybring trees for mulching. Pre-sented by City of Florence.647-5416; www.florence-ky.gov.Florence.

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

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

jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, Included with admis-sion: $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparent’s Day:one grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent.491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 8 p.m., SouthgateVFW, 6 Electric Ave., With DJ TedMcCracken. Free. Presented byVFW Post 3186. 441-9857. South-gate.

Literary - LibrariesDiscover Wild Animals withCincinnati Zoo, 11 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Music - AcousticSaturday Night Music, 6-8 p.m.Music by “Cherish the Blue”(experimental folk)., VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Fresh baked goods, des-serts and coffee available. Free.Presented by Velocity Bike &Bean. 371-8356; www.veloc-itybb.com. Florence.

Music - Classic RockDoc Savage, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30a.m., Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 Donner-meyer Drive, Free. 431-3455.Bellevue.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

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

SUNDAY, JAN. 11Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalismin Northern Kentucky, 1-5p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $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 Jaz-zercise 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.

Literary - LibrariesExperience the Saxophonewith James Bunte, 2 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Bur-lington.

On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 3 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

RecreationBingo, 5 p.m., Southgate VFW, 6Electric Ave., Early games startat 6 p.m., regular games at 7p.m. Free. Presented by VFWPost 3186. Through Jan. 25.441-9857. Southgate.

MONDAY, JAN. 12Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Literary - LibrariesMicrosoft Word II, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Learn tocreate a resume, flyer and more.Must have previously takenMicrosoft Word I. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

Gentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Burlington.

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

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

Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness program.$25 per month. 334-2117. Union.

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15 p.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Gaming and snacks. Free. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Hebron.

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

Hook and Needle: Crochet aBasic Scarf, 6:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn how tocrochet your own scarf. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

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

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

TUESDAY, JAN. 13Art 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.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:30-9:30a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Health / WellnessSelf Defense Classes, 6-9 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, Free.Reservations required. Present-ed by City of Edgewood. 331-5910; www.edgewoodky.gov.Edgewood.


Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,342-2665. Union.

Writers Group, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Share yourwork, get feedback, encourage-ment and perhaps even in-spiration to write your master-piece. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

Chapter and Verse, 7 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, 342-2665. Union.

Metal Embossing, 7 p.m.,Florence Branch Library, 7425U.S. 42, See samples and demos,receive instructions and thencreate your own embossing,using paint to accent youroriginal design. $5. Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Florence.

DIY: One Night, One Project -Cups ‘n’ Cocoa, 6:30 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Design and decorateyour own mug, and create yourown personal recipe for hotchocolate. Free. Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Union.

Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalone’s Irish Pub and Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irishmusic. Free. 491-6659; mollyma-lonesirishpub.com. Covington.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas,85 N. Grand Ave., Floor A, BoardRoom. Weekly 12-step programfor people who have problemwith eating/food. Free. Present-ed by Overeaters Anonymous.496-1477; www.oa.org. FortThomas.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14Art 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.


EducationiSPACE Girl Scout Brownies:LEGO WeDo Robotics, 6-8p.m., Girl Scouts Office, 607Watson Road, Safari full ofLEGO models that come to lifewhen students program themon computer. Ages 2-3. $12.Registration required. Presentedby iSPACE. 513-612-5786;www.ispacescience.org. Erlang-er.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 5:10-6 p.m., 6-7 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center,$38 for unlimited monthlyclasses. 331-7778; jazzercise.com.Edgewood.

Resistance Band ExerciseClass, 7-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, With instructor Dan Ryan.Combination of strength, endur-ance and flexibility work usingresistance bands adaptable toany strength and skill level. Ages10-99. $40. Reservations re-quired. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910; www.eg-dewoodky.gov. Edgewood.


Karaoke and Open MicBest Voice Contest, 9 p.m. tomidnight, Peecox Bar and Grill,635 Donaldson Hwy, Free.Presented by Peecox. 342-7000;www.peecox.com. Erlanger.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Cafe, 3:15-4:45 p.m., Flor-ence Branch Library, 7425 U.S.42, Gaming, Internet, snacks andmore. Teens. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Flor-

ence.Young @ Heart Book Group, 6p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Bur-lington.

Yu-gi-oh, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Play with other local players.Bring your own deck. No trad-ing. English cards only. 342-2665. Union.

Sensory Storytime (all ages),6:30 p.m., Boone County MainLibrary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Storytime with adjustments forsensory sensitivity and specialneeds. Free. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

Chess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Allages and levels are invited toplay. 342-2665. Florence.

Get to Know Your iPad, 10a.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Learn more aboutsearching for and installingapps, working with photos andother tricks. Free. Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Union.

Piecemakers, 1:30 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Learn basics or shareexpertise in quilting. Free.342-2665. Hebron.

Movie Lovers Book Club, 6:30p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Snacks provided.Registration encouraged. Free.342-2665. Union.

Spanish Conversation Group,6 p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Union.

THURSDAY, JAN. 15Art 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.


Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 8a.m. to 10 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Works from renowned artist.Free. Presented by Thomas MoreCollege. Through Feb. 5. 344-3309; www.thomasmore.edu.Crestview Hills.

Art OpeningsAnthony Becker Art ExhibitOpening, 3-4 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Discussion on artwork and artforms. Exhibit continuesthrough Feb. 5. Free. Presentedby Thomas More College. 344-3309; www.thomasmore.edu.Crestview Hills.

Exercise Classes

Jazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4:45-5:45 p.m., 6-7 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center,$38 for unlimited monthlyclasses. 331-7778; jazzercise.com.Edgewood.

Zumba Fitness, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Independence Senior and Com-munity Center, 2001 Jack WoodsDrive, $30 six-week session, $7drop in. Registration required.356-6264; www.cityofindepen-dence.org. Independence.

Health / WellnessSelf Defense Classes, 6-9 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, Free.Reservations required. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.


Karaoke and Open MicBest Voice Contest, 9 p.m. tomidnight, Peecox II, 12200Madison Pike, Free. 356-1440;www.peecox.com. Independ-ence.

Literary - Book ClubsAmerican Girl Book Club, 6:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Free. Reservations required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Bur-lington.

Literary - LibrariesComputer & Internet Basics, 1p.m., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, Learn how to usecomputer and surf Internet.Learn about parts of computersystem, how to get online andget to websites, how to usesearch engines and performkeyword searching and how toset up and use an email account.Registration required. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Bridge, 12:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 342-2665. Union.

Chick Picks, 10 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Pizza and Pages, 3:30 p.m.,Lents Branch Library, 3215Cougar Path, Eat pizza and talkabout books you’ve been read-ing. 342-2665. Hebron.

Yoga, 6:15 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Suitablefor all levels. $25 per month.342-2665. Union.

Threading Thursday, 6:30 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Bring crocheting, knit-ting, sewing or cross-stitchprojects and work among otherthread-loving friends. Free.Registration required. 342-2665.Union.

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Florence residents can bring their Christmas trees for mulching before 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan.10, at Stringtown Park, Ky. 18 and Kathryn Drive, Florence.; at the Farmer's Market on Ky. 18and Camp Ernst, at Ryle High School behind the stadium, at Walton Park near the back ball fieldand at Old Flicks parking lot at Tanner's Station on North Bend and Tanners. For moreinformation, call 647-5416, or visit www.florence-ky.gov.

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Who knew my familywould be such a trend-setter for the New Year?Food trends are all overthe board, and today I’mtalking about a few of

them.Mediter-

raneandiet. Hum-mus, fala-fel andZaatarseasoningon flatbread.Heck,that’s notrend atour house,

that’s dinner. (Masonreaders Mary Lou andJoe Zarick make tradi-tional flat bread at homeevery week).

Edible petals as aningredient. One of myfood magazines has cook-ies with edible rose pealson the cover. I’m waybeyond that with usingboth wild and cultivatededible flowers in cookingand preserving.

Fruit and veggiecleanses. My answer tothat is a drink I learnedfrom Susan Parker, pro-prietor of Susan’s NaturalWorld in Cincinnati, eonsago: the juice of a lemonin a glass of water.

It acts as a naturalliver cleanser and im-mune booster and turnsalkaline in the body.Drink first thing in themorning.

Root to stalk. Remem-ber “tail to snout” reci-pes? Look for “root tostalk” recipes, like pick-ling leaves of radishes, orusing stems of herbs as asavory base to roast

meats. Again, what’s oldis new. Friend and amaz-ing Italian cook Rita Ma-cEachen of Madeira hasalways frozen her pars-ley stems for seasoning.

Ramen noodles areback again. In both soupsand salads. (Not the sea-soning packet, just noo-dles).

Anything fermented ishuge. Kimchee and sauer-kraut head the list. Goodfor digestive system andin helping prevent somecancers. So Laszlo Mol-nar’s stuffed cabbagerolls are just the kind offood to start the NewYear right.

Laszlo’s Iron Skilletstuffed cabbagerolls

There are few ethnicrestaurants that havebeen family owned forgenerations. I applaudthem all, including Las-zlo’s Iron Skillet in New-town.

Some of you will recallthe devastating fire ofthe original restaurant onValley Avenue in New-town back in 2013. Sincethen, Laszlo Molnar andhis sister, Monica Lipp-meier, have relocated, atleast for now, on MainStreet in Newton.

Laszlo’s skill in cook-ing Hungarian and Ger-man cuisines comes fromgenerations before him.Laszlo is generous insharing recipes, like oneof my favorites, stuffedcabbage that Laszlo madeon my cable show.

His stuffed cabbagerolls contain ingredientsindigenous to German

and Hungarian food. Thisis one of my most re-quested restaurant reci-pes. If you’d like to enjoyit or his many other au-thentic dishes at the res-taurant, check out theIron Skillet at laszlosiron-skillet.com or call 513-271-4766.

Filling1 small head green

cabbage1/2 pound of ground

pork1 pound of ground

beef, not lean (70/30 or80/20)

1 teaspoon caraway1 tablespoon salt1-1/2 teaspoons black

pepper1/4 cup uncooked

long grain rice2 cloves garlic,

minced1/4 cup onion, minced2 eggs29 oz. tomato sauce15 oz. sauerkrautBoil salted water

(enough to cover head ofcabbage), core cabbageand lightly blanch, letcool.

Mix pork, beef, and allingredients, except toma-to sauce and sauerkraut,until well combined andchill, until ready for use.Take blanched head ofcabbage and removeleaves, cut out vein.

Fill cabbage leaf ac-cording to leaf size withfilling, roll and tuck tight-ly.

SauceLeftover cooked cab-

bage pieces, chopped

Stir together:29 oz. tomato sauce1/4 cup sugarSalt to tastePinch of carawayCookingPlace cabbage rolls in

pan, seam side down,alternating layers. Takeleft over cabbage piecesand put in pan along withsauce. Gently pour waterover to cover.

Cook for one hour.Remove rolls to cool. Putall liquid into containerand chill, discard fatlayer, return to saucepan,boil, thicken with corn-starch, and add sauer-kraut (optional).

Readers want toknow: What is kefir?

Similar to yogurt intaste, this fermenteddairy drink is like a thick,protein-packed smoothie.The complete proteins inkefir are easily digested,so if you’re lactose intol-erant, you probably candrink it.

Kefir has gut-friendlybacteria and helps theimmune system balancedigestion and lower cho-lesterol.

A bonus: it containsvitamin D and calcium.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Make Laszlo’s stuffed cabbage rolls

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Cabbage rolls, containing ingredients indigenous to German and Hungarian food, are made from the recipe of Laszlo Molnar,owner of Laszlo's Iron Skillet in Newtown,

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A8 • FLORENCE RECORDER • JANUARY 8, 2015

Let’s resolve to usecommon sense in2015

How about a little com-mon sense and courtesy for2015 to make all our livesjust a little easier? I made anappointment with my ortho-pedic specialist for the firstof the day because I have ex-treme back pain. I was seen30 minutes late. They “triplebook” patients every 15 min-utes throughout the day.

When I wrote the CEOabout this practice, she wasnice enough to call me. Sheexplained it’s “necessary”to make a profit. When wetake off time from work, isour time less valuable?

Last week I went to mybank to withdraw cash at thedrive-thru. I put my driver’slicense and the check forcash in an envelope. I gotback only the cash in thetube. I counted it and left.This morning I discovered Ididn’t have my driver’s li-cense. I searched for twohours before rememberingthe bank. I called them, andthey said yes, they have mylicense. Come on by.

Now why couldn’t theyhave called me when they

found it? They have mynumber. How many peopletake time off to get a re-placement license becausethe bank doesn’t call?

Happy New Year folks.Claude Bordelon

Florence

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Jan. 1 questionWhat are you most looking

forward to, or what do youexpect or hope to see happen,in 2015?

“I hope to see a return ofrespect for one another, andtolerance of those with dif-ferent points of view. Itwould be a nice to see a re-surgence of respect for au-thority and genuine concernfor our community.”

Don Volland

“2015 is going to be theyear of giving. I have al-ready seen so many randomacts of kindness in this firstweek of the new year, I takeit as a good indication ofthings to come.”

Nora Turner

“With the apparent dis-sension among the MiddleEast OPEC nations and theirprice fixing I look forwardto cheap gas in 2015. Simul-taneously the U.S. has vastshale oil reserves. The newCongress will pass the go-ahead for the KeystonePipeline to move this U.S.and Canadian oil to refiner-

ies safer than trains. Cheap-er gas will spur the econo-my. Now what politician(s)will take credit for OPEC’spossible demise? Go figure”

T.D.T.

“To boldly steal a phrasefrom the Miss America pag-eant: world peace. It willnever happen, unfortunate-ly, but it is a good goal forwhich to strive. Peace with-in the borders of the U.S.A.is perhaps slightly more at-tainable, but yet a distantstretch. If not nationally, wecould certainly work to-ward peace locally.”

M. J. F.

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

As certain abused prescrip-tion drugs have become hard-er to obtain, heroin use hasskyrocketed. Every room ofKentuckians that I meet in-cludes parents, relatives orfriends who’ve lost loved onesto heroin.

And the data shows we canexpect more – in 2013, 31.9percent of overdose deathscame from heroin, up 60 per-cent from 2012. Put this in thecontext that more Kentuckiansnow die from drug overdosesthan car wrecks, and it is clear– heroin must be stopped. De-lay equals death.

Heroin legislation died in2014 because what legislatorsdisagreed on stopped themfrom passing the many provi-sions they agreed on. With the2015 session approaching, theanswer is clear – sit down now,identify areas of agreement,and pass a bill immediately.Lives depend on it.

From my discussions withfamilies, law enforcement,legislators and doctors, I be-lieve there is agreement on

these steps:» Many

overdosedeaths couldbe preventedif drug userscould reportoverdoseswithout fear ofarrest. A GoodSamaritanLaw, passed by20 otherstates, will

encourage reporting and savelives.

» Naloxone, which reversesan overdose if applied quickly,is an effective tool to preventoverdoses. Like 24 otherstates, we must expand Nalox-one’s availability to first re-sponders.

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 severe theydissuade a dealer from selling,and we must ensure a signifi-cant portion of any sentence isactually served.

» Heroin addiction is in-credibly difficult to beat.While new laws provide cov-erage for some treatment, it istoo short, and doesn't work formany addicts. Comprehensivetreatment must be accessible.

Heroin has touched or willtouch – and possibly take – thelives of your family, friends,or neighbors. It has in myneighborhood. The first per-son I met in that neighborhoodwas a 12-year-old girl whovolunteered to babysit. Re-cently, her brother died of anoverdose the first time hetried heroin. One bad choiceon one bad night robbed herfamily of their loved one. Wemust ensure that young manand many others have not diedin vain, 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 for attorneygeneral. He and his wife, Britainy, areraising their two children in JeffersonCounty.

Delay in dealing withheroin equals death

AndyBeshearCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

In response to Bill Whelan’smost significant event of 2014(Chatroom, Jan. 1): The peoplehave voted. We don’t agree withyou. Frankly, I am tired of thesame old rhetoric. Perhaps weshould just ignore it. However,here it goes.

The Bush years are not com-monly referred to as “the lostdecade.” Anything Bush everdid while president was farbetter than the present. Presi-dent and Mrs. Bush showed uscourage and grace in the monthsafter we had a devastating at-tack on U.S. soil.

Obama has failed on promiseafter promise. Something, al-most daily, seems to show Oba-ma’s intent on whittling thiscountry down a little more. Howcan anyone be thankful that themajority of people in this coun-try are suffering?

Now I cannot justify buying aroast for $35. Most of my work-ing friends are in the same boat.Our economy hangs by a fragilethread, despite number jiggling.

Health care, with the veryhigh deductibles, is a joke. Ourmilitary has been cut so much–our enemies know we areweak. The whole world is laugh-

ing at us! Re-search online.The U.S.A. isnot earningmore respect,dear man.

You placethe blame onthe wealthy.Why does Oba-ma give federalmoney to hisbuddy corpora-tions (our tax

money, but now just borrowedmoney that will keep genera-tions in debt)? The “rich” whoworked hard for their money,maybe earned it after immigrat-ing here, have historically beenthe ones who created more jobsfor the rest of us.

The rich are not the enemy.From looking at the net worth ofa lot of political leaders now, wemight actually wonder why theyare becoming the new “rich.”Perhaps some of the rich are theones keeping us in debt, as theyfly off on luxurious vacations,living it up off of our taxes.

Gasoline prices are comingdown for now, but it’s not Oba-ma’s doing. He said that hewanted gasoline and other ener-

gy to go drastically high so we’dstop using so much. The Manupstairs is the one who blessesthis country and gave us somerelief, in spite of the agenda.

“...only imagine how muchmore could have been accom-plished if Congress had collab-orated”? He told Congress theDems were in charge. He didn’thave to work with them. And hedoesn’t listen to the people. Didwe get to vote on Obamacare?

Obama got almost everythinghe wanted, effectively unchal-lenged. It’s been frustrating tothe American people watchingthis kind of control over ourcountry.

Our very rights as citizens ofthis country are being rapidlyeroded. Just for speaking orprinting this, for the first timein this great country, we have tofear that we are on a govern-ment watch list. This presidenthas thin skin and no sense ofhumor. Fear God rather thanman. Mr.Whelan – yes, let uspray. If we pray, God will havemercy on us. Yes, God, please dobless America.

Carolyn Prater is a Florence resident.

Obama has failed on promises

Carolyn PraterCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

American Indian HeritageMonth has been observed inKentucky each Novembersince 1998, designated againrecently by Gov. Steve Be-shear. According to the gu-bernatorial proclamation,“American Indians have livedin Kentucky for more than12,000 years … Kentucky’sAmerican Indian heritageenriches the lives of Kentuck-ians and is worth preserving.”

This coincides with thenational observance which,according to the Bureau ofIndian Affairs, started at theturn of the 20th century as an

effort to gain aday of recog-nition for thesignificantcontributionsthe first Amer-icans made tothe estab-lishment andgrowth of theU.S.

PresidentBarack Obamanoted in his

2014 proclamation, “As wecelebrate the rich traditions ofthe original peoples of what isnow the United States, we

cannot forget the long andunfortunate chapters of vio-lence, discrimination, anddeprivation they had to endure… but as we work together toforge a brighter future, thelessons of our past can helpreaffirm the principles thatguide our Nation today.”

These are sobering words Itake very seriously as chair ofthe Kentucky Native AmericanHeritage Commission, estab-lished in 1996 to promoteawareness of significant Na-tive American influences with-in the historical and culturalexperiences of our common-

wealth.Education is our main focus,

especially the need to refutepervasive myths and stereo-types that continue to be per-petuated in modern culture, toan alarming degree. We havemade it a priority to addressthese through presentations atpublic schools and put toolsinto the hands of teachers sothey can do so, as well. Thecommission’s education com-mittee is working on a curricu-lum about Kentucky NativeAmericans geared to CommonCore standards, which wouldenhance history curriculum

already in place. And we areworking actively with severalschool-related sports teams toencourage them to do awaywith inappropriately themedmascots.

If you would like to becomeinvolved in our work, contactKHC staff coordinator TressaBrown at [email protected], or 502-564-7005, ext. 125, orvisit www.heritage.ky.gov.

Helen Danser, of Tyner, is chair ofthe Kentucky Native AmericanHeritage Commission and is ofCherokee descent.

Commission works on behalf of state’s American Indians

HelenDanser COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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Congratulations to the 2014-2015 fall sports All Stars. In 2014-2015 school year, we’re taking adifferent tact at recognizing stu-dent athletes in the CommunityPress & Recorder, replacingSportsman and Sportswoman ofthe Year. Each season we’ll nameAll Stars for each sport, manypicked for statistical reasons, all-city team rankings, etc.

Some of these names - plussome wild cards - will be placedon a ballot in June (along with theAll Stars from winter and spring)for the 2014-2015 male andfemale All Stars of the Year.Readers will be able to vote forthese 2014-2015 All Stars in lateJune or early July on Cincinnati-.com. The wild cards will be lim-ited to seniors of significant indi-vidual athletic achievement.Please note The CommunityPress’s sister paper, the Cincin-nati Enquirer, has its own fallsports All Stars and will have asimilar vote next summer.

The daily and weekly highschool sports staff, as well as ourfall sponsor, Tri-Health, areproud to acknowledge the hardwork and dedication of these ath-letes and their coaches.

Boys cross countryZachary Stewart of Cooper» The leader of a tightly con-

tested Jaguars pack all season,the senior finished fifth in theClass 3A state meet this fall, help-ing the Jaguars finish third in theteam standings. He was also theregional champion and wasnamed first-team all-region inNorthern Kentucky. He had a toptime of 15 minutes, 30 secondsfor the season and was one ofthree individual state medalistsfor the Jaguars.

Girls cross countrySam Hentz of St. Henry» Hentz, a senior, had the

state's sixth-fastest 5-kilometertime (19 minutes, 22.90 seconds).She won the Class A regional in-dividual championship for thethird season in a row with herfourth-consecutive top-four fin-ish, and was regional co-runnerof the year. She placed fifth at thestate meet, best among localgirls, and was one of three girls'Kentucky National Guard Bestand Brightest Award winners. Itwas her third top-11 state finish;she was fourth last year. Hentzhas won nine state champion-ships in cross country and track,including seven team crownsand two track relay titles. Athree-time Northern KentuckyCross Country Coaches Associa-tion first-team pick, she helpedthe Crusaders repeat as confer-ence, regional and state champi-ons.

Jensen Bales of Ryle» Bales finished fifth in the

Region 5 championships thisyear, leading the Raiders to sec-ond place in the team standingsto qualify for state. Bales was19th in the Class 3A state meet,second among Northern Ken-tucky runners, to lead Ryle to10th place in the overall teamstandings. Bales, the 2012 region-al champion in 3A, finished 14thin the NKAC meet this fall aswell.

FootballOffensive POY – Torrey Cor-

dell-Armstrong of Cooper» The junior running back lift-

ed the Jaguars to the Class 5Astate semifinals for the secondtime in three seasons. He posted1,752 rushing yards on theground with 16 touchdowns, av-eraging 6.5 yards per carry, andfinished second in Northern Ken-tucky in rushing. He did his bestwork in the postseason, explod-

ing for a school-record 349 rush-ing yards in a state quarterfinalwin at Anderson County, scoringfour touchdowns along the way.

Defensive POY – Ryan Woolfof Ryle

» The senior linebacker wasnamed a “Top 26” honoree by theNorthern Kentucky coaches as-sociation. He led a resurgentRaiders team to four wins in itsfinal six games after a 1-5 start,allowing two touchdowns in eachof those wins including a 21-14victory over a potent CovingtonCatholic squad. The leader of thedefense paced the Raiders with96 solo tackles and 56 assisted.He also had 36 touches on of-fense, scoring three touchdowns.

Boys golfAustin Squires of Ryle» The Ryle senior, who will

play golf for the University ofCincinnati, shot a 72 to win theRegion 7 championship this fall,leading the Raiders to the teamchampionship. He helped theRaiders finish seventh in thestate tournament. Outside ofKHSAA action, Squires won theNorthern Kentucky Men’s Ama-teur championship in 2013 andqualified for the U.S. Junior Am-ateur tournament this past sum-mer.

Girls golfNadine Innes of Ryle» Innes, a senior, is a Murray

State recruit and three-time statequalifier. She was an area-best22nd in the state points race. Shewas named to Kentucky GolfCoaches Association's nine-member all-Region 6 team.

Adriane Mason of Walton-Ve-rona

» The junior finished third inthe All “A” Classic state tourna-ment in September with a 78 andaveraged about a 40 per nineholes this season.

Boys soccerChris O’Brien of Cooper» The senior helped lead the

Jaguars to by far their best sea-son in school history, going 18-3overall and winning their first-ever 33rd District championship.He was voted as Offensive Play-er of the Year by Northern Ken-tucky coaches.

Charlie Wend of Conner» The junior midfielder led

the Cougars to a 9-10-3 record,scoring 15 goals with five assists.He had two goals against Pendle-ton County, Villa Madonna andGallatin County as he scored ineach of the team’s first sevengames.

Girls soccerPeyton Black of Boone Coun-

ty» The sophomore midfielder

was second-team all-state, lead-ing the Rebels to a 13-11 record.She was named first team all-Ninth Region. She scored 22goals and had nine assists.

Hannah Poe of Ryle» The sophomore was North-

ern Kentucky’s leading scorerwith 24 goals, and added six as-sists. She had a career-high fourgoals in Ryle’s 5-2 win over rivalBoone County in the 33rd Dis-trict final. The Raiders were 17-4-1 and Ninth Region semifinal-ists. Poe, along with Black, wassecond-team all-state and first-team all-Ninth Region.

VolleyballJanelle Tobler of St. Henry» The junior hitter was named

NKAC Division II Player of theYear after leading the Crusadersto a 30-10 record. St. Henry wonthe 34th District and lost in theNinth Region final to NotreDame. The Crusaders also re-peated as state champions in theAll “A” Classic.

Introducing the 2014 fall All Stars

THANKS TO KEVIN CRONE

Conner’s Charlie Wend (playing the ball) was a key force on offense for theCougars.

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Jensen Bales of Ryle, right, was a former regional champion and finishedfifth this year and 19th at state in 3A.

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Hannah Poe of Ryle, right, shown here in the 33rd District final in which shescored four goals, is the county honoree in girls soccer.

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Ryan Woolf (36) led the Ryle defense and was a “Top 26” honoree and firstteam all-region.

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Ryle senior Austin Squires was regional champion this fall and led theRaiders to the team championship.

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Walton-Verona junior AdrianeMason was third in the All “A” statetournament to help her be co-golferof the year.

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St. Henry senior Sam Hentz finishedfifth in 1A to lead the Crusaders tothe team championship in the 1Astate meet.

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Torrey Cordell-Armstrong’s rushingwas a big key to Cooper reachingthe Class 5A state semifinals.

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St. Henry’s Janelle Tobler was NKACD-II Player of the Year this fall.

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Ryle senior Nadine Innes is the girlsgolfer of the year for 2014.

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Boone County’s Peyton Black, left,scored 22 goals and was first teamall-region.

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Zachary Stewart of Cooper was astate medalist and led a tightlycontested pack of Jaguars to berunner of the year in cross country.

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Cooper’s Chris O’Brien wasoffensive player of the year inNorthern Kentucky.

By James [email protected]

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

B2 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • JANUARY 8, 2015 LIFE

Wrestling» The NKAC meet was

Jan. 2. Team scores:Campbell County 193.5,Ryle 167, Simon Kenton123, Cooper 120.5, Scott 99,Newport 87.5, Holmes 77,Dixie 70.5, Conner 69,CovCath 36, Boone 34.

Boone: Ahmad Hamei-dan was second at 220 andChris Vaske fourth at 120.

Conner: Clayton Boydfinished second at 106. De-rek Wiley won the title at138.

Cooper: Cody Hustonwas the champion at 120,Kyle Steiner was thechampion at 132, JordanMonroe finished secondat 126, Andrew Bailey fin-ished second at 145, Jor-dan Kidwell finished sec-ond at 152, Zach Holub fin-ished fifth at 113, KalebCampbell was fifth at 170,Daylan Bailey was fifth at182 and Alex Lake wassixth at 160. Kyle Steinermoved into second placeon the school wins list andhas 93 overall.

Ryle: Jon Belk won 152,Will Allen won 160 andJohnny Meiman won 170.

Boys basketball» Boone County beat

Newport 71-57 in theLloyd tourney. HavenBorkowski had 22 pointsand Junior Stockwell, 20.

» Cooper beat Harri-son County 72-60 to im-prove to 7-4. Adam Kun-kel had 19 points.

» St. Henry lost toCampbell County. Seniorforward Connor Kunstekscored a game-high 24points for the Crusaders.

» Walton-Verona beatTrimble County 60-59 Jan.2 to improve to 7-7. SheaEvans and Kyle Kinmonhad 15 points each.

Girls’ basketball» Conner beat Lexing-

ton Catholic 43-33 Dec. 30at Conner’s LaRosa’s Holi-day Classic. Junior guardTaylor Gambrel scored 12points and grabbed fiverebounds to lead the Cou-gars. Sophomore centerCaylee Duncan addedfour points and 10 re-bounds for Conner.

» Ryle beat Scott 65-36Jan. 3. Junior guard Mal-lory Schwartz led Ryle

with a game-high 18 pointsand eighth grade guardJuliet McGregor added 13points.

Youthbaseball/softball

» The CrosstownBaseball League wasformed three years ago togive children in NorthernKentucky a chance to playbaseball and has morethan 130 teams participat-ing. Children betweenages 5-18 are invited.There will be a coachesmeeting at 7 p.m. Wednes-day, Jan. 14, in the cafete-ria at Blessed SacramentSchool in Fort Mitchell.Anyone interested incoaching is welcome.Contact either Dave Ep-plen at 859-331-1177 orJohn Graszus at 859-431-1466.

» Tri-State Girls’ FastPitch Softball has 35teams for girls betweenthe ages of 5-14. A coachesmeeting will be 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 27, in thecafeteria at Blessed Sac-rament School in FortMitchell. Anyone inter-ested in coaching is wel-come to attend. Contacteither Dave Epplen at 859-331-1177 or John Graszusat 859-431-1466.

Newport history » Two Newport athlet-

ic jerseys will be retiredon Thursday, Jan. 8, be-tween the reserve andvarsity girls basketballgame against Brossart.Newport star basketball

player Eugene BrittonCarter (No. 31) and long-time Newport coach Gra-dy Brown (No. 29) willhave their jerseys retired.

Eugene is a 1964 New-port graduate who ledNewport to the state bas-ketball tournament in1962 (Season record 24-7).He also played football;ran cross country; and rantrack for Newport HighSchool.

Coach Grady Brown,along with his brother,Ray, led the Newportbaseball program to ahigher level during theircoaching tenure - winningmore than 550 games be-tween them. Grady’s en-tire career was spent inNewport with the high-light in 1982 of a regionalbaseball championshipand two regional runner-ups. Newport was a base-ball powerhouse undercoach Brown’s guidance.

» The Newport Wild-cat Hall of Fame 2015 in-ductees will be inductedon Saturday, Jan. 17, at thehome basketball game.The ceremony will takeplace between the re-serve and varsity gamesagainst Ponitz CareerTechnology Center.

Inductees are WilliamBonner (1971), EugeneBritton Carter (1964),Keith Green (1992), EdHuffman (1955), ThomasLaskey (1968), RichardLienhardt (1960), HenryHank Lowe (1963), LarryMiles (1962), Charles Pate(1962), Lester Pate (1963),Larry Redmond (1954),

James Reed (1965), RogerRiedinger (1965), JoeStamm (1983), John War-ren (1968). Bill Maloney,football and basketballstat-keeper, will get theDistinguished ServiceAward. The 1954 boys bas-ketball team will be theteam of distinction.

Diving» Scott Eagle Dive

Classic Jan. 3.Boys Individuals: 1.

Louie Hunt (CovingtonCatholic) 558.50, 2. EvanBrungs (Covington Catho-lic) 460.55, 3. Dallas Cors-meier (St. Henry) 371.00,4. Gus Staubitz (HolyCross) 357.80, 5. OwenFinke (Holy Cross) 299.50,6. Sean Courtney (BooneCounty) 280.60, 7. ParkerDuell (Covington Catho-lic) 255.35, 8. TrevorBuescher (Holy Cross)248.75, 9. Jake Hoarston(Highlands) 208.35, 10.Joe Cahill (CovingtonCatholic) 191.65.

Girls Individuals: 1.Carly Hill (Highlands)526.75, 2. Karly Crail (No-tre Dame) 427.30, 3. Lind-sey Fox (Scott) 406.20, 4.Flanary Patterson (Madi-son Southern) 394.65, 5.Caroline Schilling(Beechwood) 382.10, 6.Abby Miller (Beechwood)355.80, 7. Abby Weyer(Highlands) 329.60, 8.Francie Case (NotreDame) 322.85, 9. PeytonQuinn (Dixie Heights)303.05, 10. Emma Lehm-kuhl (Holy Cross) 286.30.

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

JIM OWENS FOR THE RECORDER

Highlands guard Lydia Graves, right, is fouled byWalton-Verona guard Allie Mills in a game where Highlandsdefeated Walton Verona 45-42 Dec. 30.

HEBRON — When JaredKunkel and Darien Wol-nitzek both signed to playfootball for Lindsey Wil-son College, it wasn’t ajoint decision. The 2013Conner High School grad-uates weren’t closefriends and didn’t makethe choice together.

Now that they havecontributed to unprece-dented success for theBlue Raiders program,the former Cougars areenjoying their extendedtime as teammates.

“I’ve really enjoyed it,”Kunkel said. “We weren’tas close in high school aswe are now. Going to col-lege and playing togetherbonded us together andwe’re now closer than wewere before.”

The Conner duo helpedLWC to its best seasonever. The Blue Raiderscaptured the Mid-South

Conference East divisioncrown for the first timeafter going 6-0 in confer-ence play. Lindsey Wilsonnot only qualified for theNAIA playoffs for thefirst time, but the BlueRaiders advanced to thenational quarterfinals af-ter defeating Faulkner(Ala.) in the openinground. LWC won a school-record 10 games beforelosing to St. Xavier of Chi-cago in the quarterfinals.

Lindsey Wilson, locat-ed in Columbia, Ky. be-

tween Bowling Green andSomerset near the Ten-nessee border, usuallybattles with surroundingschools for the same in-state recruits.

The Mid-South Confer-ence has five other Ken-tucky schools in it, includ-ing perennial nationalcontender GeorgetownCollege, whom the BlueRaiders defeated 35-28 inthe regular-season finaleto clinch the conferencetitle. Georgetown wasfifth in the country whenLW won, and the BlueRaiders were ranked ashigh as sixth and finishedseventh in the final na-tional poll.

“It was a huge year forus,” Kunkel said. “When Ifirst went to Lindsey Ididn’t think the programwould be as successful asit was. It was nice as afreshman almost gettingplayoff experience andgetting to my sophomoreyear and winning a con-ference championship. Itwas great.”

Kunkel didn’t start butgot regular playing timeon the defensive line. Henotched 22 tackles, in-cluding three for loss and1.5 sacks. He also had aforced fumble.

Last season, he playedin 10 games as a freshman,recording 13 total tackles(five unassisted), includ-ing 2.5 for loss and 1.5sacks.

“I was a DE and I start-ed last year but theymoved me over to wherethey wanted,” he said. “I

had a guy ahead of me whowas a senior who was astud. But I got a lot of play-ing time. Our defense wasreally good the whole sea-son. We didn’t allow thatmany points and when itwasn’t doing as well as itshould, our offensestepped up. Our defenseforced a ton of turnoversthe whole year.”

Wolnitzek started atleft tackle this season,helping an explosive LWCoffense that averaged43.2 points and 419 yardsper game. The Blue Raid-ers had an eye-popping 91points in one game andtwo other outputs of over60.

Kunkel is majoring incommunications and Wol-nitzek in psychophysiolo-gy.

“One thing that stoodout is we had a great teamthis year that played welltogether,” Kunkel said.“We almost had two shut-outs. I just love our de-fense as a group. We werealways there when ourteam wasn’t performingwell.”

The Blue Raiders hadseveral other contrib-utors from the GreaterCincinnati area. Colin Pat-rick, a junior from SimonKenton, started at righttackle this season.

Freshman defensivelineman Matt King fromSK was also on the roster.

Tyler Williams, a ju-nior tight end from LakotaWest, had a touchdowncatch this season and has27 career catches for 251yards in three seasons.

He was named aca-demic all-conference inthe Mid-South this year.

Senior offensive line-man Jake Vulhop (LaSalle) is a two-time nation-al honoree by the NAIAfor his academics, includ-ing this season.

Others on the roster in-clude freshman defensiveTyler Ernst (Turpin),sophomore offensive line-man Greg Childs (Badin),freshman offensive line-man Corey Fitzwater(Western Hills) and fresh-man linebacker ShelbyWilson (Anderson).

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Boone rivals, from left, Kody Crank of Boone County, Dustin Mitchell of Cooper and JaredKunkel of Conner (far right) get set to run a play on defense during the 2013 NorthernKentucky senior all-star game.

Connerteammatesshine atLWCBy James [email protected]

THANKS TO GREG KUNKEL

Lindsey Wilson sophomores and Conner graduates DarienWolnitzek, left, and Jared Kunkel helped lead the school to itsfirst Mid-Souther Conference East division title.

Jackson college bound

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Isaiah Jackson, a senior at Boone County High School was awarded a scholarship from theBoone County Pee Wee Football team. Jackson played eight years with the Pee Wee leagueand four with Boone County High School. He is part of the Young Life organization, NationalHonor Society, Superintendent's Student Advisory Council, Men of Boone and is involved withother community activities. He has a 4.18 GPA and is in the top 10 percent of his senior class. Hisplans are to attend college in the fall of 2015 and pursue his dream of becoming an orthopedicsurgeon. Jackson on senior night with Lisa Bryant and Jake Sharits, league officials of theBoone County Pee Wee Football League.

JANUARY 8, 2015 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • B3LIFE

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Do you know who’sresponsible for electriclines that run to yourhouse?

Mark, of Maineville,wrote that the under-ground electric line

broke fromthe streetto hishouse. HecontactedDuke Ener-gy and wastold itcould notrepair theline – thathe wouldhave tohandle it

on his own.Mark says the only

way Duke would repair itis if he had bought itsinsurance for electricline coverage. Mark sayshe doesn’t know who tocall, adding, “This isplain not right.”

What Mark and manyothers don’t realize is ahomeowner is respon-sible for the under-ground electric, naturalgas and water lines goingto their house. If that had

been an overhead elec-tric line going to Mark’shouse, Duke would havebeen responsible for itsrepair.

The Ohio Consumers’Counsel says many cus-tomers can enroll in aprogram that helps coverthe cost of repairingunderground lines, butnotes such line repairsare needed very infre-quently.

Mark needs to contacta local electrician tomake repairs. He shouldget repair estimatesfrom at least three differ-ent companies, check tosee how long each firmhas been in business, andsee what rating each hasbeen given by the BetterBusiness Bureau.

Be sure the contractoryou pick guarantees hisworkmanship and ma-terials – and provides acopy of his liability andworkers compensationinsurance policies. Avoidupfront payments ofmore than 10 percent,and keep in mind thelowest bid may not be thebest bid.

The cost of line war-ranties ranges from $3 to$10 per month dependingon the type and numberof programs in which youenroll. The Ohio Consum-ers’ Counsel says somecompanies may offer aone-time annual fee ofbetween $36 and $120 tocover problems with theutility lines. It says, de-

pending on the company,the warranty coversbetween $1,000 and$4,000 of repairs or re-placements.

Remember, mosthomeowners may neverneed to replace or repairany utility lines.

Check with yourneighbors to see if theyhave had any such prob-

lems. Neighborhoodsolder than 40 years old,which have the originalpipes and lines, are thosethat should concern youthe most.

Most telephone lineproblems typically occurevery 20 to 30 years,according to the OhioConsumers’ Counsel. But,before signing up with a

warranty company makesure you get writtendetails of what will andwill not be covered.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbiweekly in the CommunityPress & Recorder. He appearsregularly as the Troubleshoot-er on WKRC-TV Local 12News. Email him [email protected].

Homeowners responsible for underground lines

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

Gov. Steve Beshear an-nounced Nov. 17 thatBoone, Campbell and Ken-ton counties have been cer-tified as Kentucky WorkReady Communities.

Northern Kentucky isthe first area of the statethat has earned this recog-nition through a regionalapproach.

The certification pro-

gram from the KentuckyWorkforce InvestmentBoard (KWIB) and theKentucky Education andWorkforce DevelopmentCabinet assures employ-ers that a local workforcehas the talent and skillsnecessary to staff existingjobs and to master the in-novative technologies newjobs will require.

Kenton named a ‘WorkReady’ community


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Walter BonfertWalter Elmer Bonfert, 68, of

Florence, died Dec. 26 at hishome.

He was a U.S. Navy veteranand had retired from H.K.Systems after working there formore than 20 years.

His wife, Paula Bonfert, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his childrenKasey Bond, Tammy Edinger,Todd Bonfert, and Jill Doniere;and 14 grandchildren along withthree great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Paula BonfertMemorial Scholarship Fund, C/OKasey Bond, KMK Law, 1 E.Fourth St., Suite 1400, Cincinnati,OH 45202.

Deborah ConnettDeborah S. Kidd Connett, 64,

of Burlington, died Dec. 17 ather home.

She was a homemaker.Her parents, James and Do-

rothy Kidd, died previously.Survivors include her husband,

Tim Connett; son, Shawn J.Connett of Burlington; daugh-ter, Erin Lee Burley of Burling-

ton; sister, Diana Boruske ofDayton; brothers James Kidd ofFairhope, Ala. and Gary Kidd ofLatonia; and six grandchildren.

She was cremated.Memorials: St. Elizabeth

Healthcare Hospice, 483 S. LoopDrive, Edgewood, KY 41017.

Sharron JacksonSharron Jackson, 69, of He-

bron, died Dec. 26.Her brother, Clyde Scaggs,

died previously.Survivors include her children

P.J. Jackson and Rick Jackson;and eight grandchildren alongwith two great-grandchildren.

She donated her body to TheUniversity of Cincinnati MedicalCollege.

Memorials: Quick Kicks Pro-gram, C/O Gary Williams MixedMartial Arts, 4506 Dixie High-way, Erlanger, KY 41018.

Willie LunsfordWillie Orville Lunsford, 80, of

Florence, died Dec. 24.He was a member of Kenta-

boo Baptist Church in Florence.His brothers, Clyde, Robert,

Coleman, and Danny Lunsford,died previously.

Survivors include his wife, IvaEleanor Lunsford; children MaryVarney, Joe Lunsford, andKathie Johnson; sisters BarbaraStephens and Rosalie Snodgrass;and seven grandchildren alongwith nine great-grandchildren.


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

Mary MuellerMary Mueller, 90, of Boone

County, died Dec. 26 at St.Elizabeth Hospital in Florence.

She was a bookstore managerfor 10 years and also worked as acook with the Kenton CountySchool District. She was a mem-ber of the Joy Club, Red HatSociety, and Burlington SeniorCitizens.

Her husbands, Samuel Mar-shall Sr. and Anthony Mueller;son, Samuel Thomas Marshall Jr.;and brother, Vincent CharlesKaiser, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsThomas Edgar Marshall of FortMitchell, John Edward Marshallof Florence, David EugeneMarshall of Erlanger, James AlanMarshall of Union, and RichardRene Marshall of Walton;daughters Sandria Marie Hetrickof Roseville, California, andPatricia Gosney of Florence;brothers Franklin Martin Kaiserof Toledo, Ohio, and EdwardGeorge Kaiser of Edgewood;and 21 grandchildren along with28 great-grandchildren.


Stephen Porter Sr.Stephen “Steve” Lyle Porter

Sr., 36, of Walton, died suddenlyon Dec. 21.

He loved dirt track racing,hunting, and the PittsburghSteelers.

His father, Charles EdwardPorter, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Jamie Marie Porter; son, Ste-phen Lyle Porter Jr.; daughtersMikaylah Nicole and LaceyAnnemarie Porter; mother,Samantha Louise Porter ofRaceland, Kentucky; sister,Labreeska Mae Adams of Wur-tland, Kentucky; and brothersTimothy Edward Porter ofWurtland and Mark Clint Porterof Greenup County, Kentucky.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery.

Memorials: To the family ofStephen “Steve” Lyle Porter Sr.,C/O Chambers and GrubbsFuneral Home, 11382 MadisonPike, Independence, KY 41051.

Cheryl ReedCheryl Sue Reed, 76, of Flor-

ence, died Dec. 20.She was a retired social work-

er for the state of Kentucky anda member of Heritage Fellow-ship Church in Florence.

Her husband, Donald Reed,died previously.

Survivors include her sonsMichael Reed and Jeffrey Reed;and a grandchild.


Memorials: Heritage Fellow-ship Church.

Debbie ThomasDebbie Thomas, 58, of He-

bron, died Dec. 27 at St. Eliza-beth Medical Center in Edge-wood.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her husband,

James Thomas Sr.; daughter,Angie Woodruff of Hutto, Tex.;son, James Thomas Jr. of Burling-ton; brother, Bobby Kindoll ofIndependence; and four grand-children along with two great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Charles Whaley Jr.Charles Ernest Whaley Jr., 69,

of Taylorsport, died Dec. 27 at St.Elizabeth Health Care in Edge-wood.

He was a retired installer andrepairman with Cincinnati Bell,where he worked for more than40 years. He was a U.S. Armyveteran, who served during theVietnam War. He enjoyed play-ing the saxophone and takinghis 1955 Chevrolet to area carshows.

Survivors include his wife,Linda Lee Reineke Whaley; son,Charles Victor Whaley of Inde-pendence; daughter, ShannonLee Callahan of Burlington;mother, Ora Steele Whaley ofWalton; and six grandchildren.

Memorials: St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, 262 DannyThomas Place, Memphis, TN38105-1905.

Cliff WoodallCliff Woodall, 81, of Walton,

died Dec. 23 at St. ElizabethHospital in Florence.

He was a U.S. Army veteran,who served during the Koreanconflict.

Survivors include his wife,Ruth Ann Woodall; childrenPamela Shannon of Columbus,Ohio, Timothy Woodall ofWalton, Bruce Woodall ofMoreno Valley, California,Jeffery Woodall of Cincinnati,and Jason Vigil of Dallas, Texas;and eight grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

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The Kentucky StateFire Marshal is askingKentuckians to be mind-ful of fire prevention ef-forts and inspect homeheating appliances ascold weather settles inKentucky.

The following firesafety tips from the U.S.Fire Administration canhelp maintain a fire-safehome this winter season:

Kerosene heatersBe sure your kero-

sene heater is in goodworking condition.

Never use fuel burn-ing appliances withoutproper room venting.Burning fuel can pro-duce deadly fumes.

Use only the fuel rec-ommended by the manu-facturer.

Never refuel theheater while it is in oper-ation. Always refuel out-

doors.Keep children away

from space heaters.

Wood stoves andfireplaces

Have the chimney in-spected annually andcleaned, if necessary.

Do not use flammableliquids to start or accel-erate any fire.

Keep a glass or metalscreen in front of thefireplace opening to pre-vent embers or sparksfrom jumping out.

Wood for the fire-place and wood stoveshould be dry, seasoned.

Keep a covered metalcontainer outside andready to use to dispose ofcooled ashes.

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Regional travel doesn’tstop at the river, and nowyour bus pass doesn’thave to either.

Metro and the TransitAuthority of NorthernKentucky (TANK) are in-troducing a new regionalstored-value card that canbe used on all Metro andTANK buses.

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NEWPORT — The New-port Central CatholicHigh School Parent,Alumni, Booster Organi-zation will hold their an-nual Stag 2-6 p.m. Sunday,Jan. 18, in the school gym-nasium, with the doorsopening at 1 p.m.

The proceeds will ben-efit NCC athletics and ex-tracurricular activities.

The admission price of$25 will include beer, softdrinks, dinner and snacksand a chance to win anLED HDTV. There will befootball on the big screenTV, split-the-pot and otherraffles.

This is a smoke-freeevent.

Watts is guestspeaker at Rotarymeeting

The director of ad-

vancement for the SeniorServices of NorthernKentucky, Tricia Watts,will be the guest speakerat the Rotary Club of Ken-ton County’s luncheonmeeting on Thursday,Jan. 8.

The Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky as-sists seniors in eight coun-ties in Northern Kentuckywhich includes Boone,Campbell, Carroll, Galla-tin, Grant, Kenton, Owenand Pendleton counties.The mission of Senior Ser-vices of Northern Ken-tucky is to support the in-dependence and dignityof older adults.

Additionally, the Sen-ior Services of NorthernKentucky’s programs in-clude Meals on Wheels,Congregate Meals, Emer-gency Meals, Transporta-tion to Wellness, Protec-tive and Information Ser-vices, a Seniors-OnlyFood Pantry, AniMeals onWheels (providing pet

food and supplies for sen-iors’ furry friends) andSenior Center Manage-ment of ten Senior Cen-ters located in Walton,Carroll County, Warsaw,Williamstown, Elsmere,Covington, Ludlow, Fal-mouth, Owen County andFlorence.

The luncheon will be-gin at noon at the ColonialCottage Inn, 3140 DixieHighway, Erlanger. Therewill be limited seating byreservation only. To makea reservation, contact Ga-ry Harman at 859-393-4041. The cost to cover thelunch is $12 per person.

Hall of famefounder to addressRotary

H.B. Deatherage, foun-der of the Kentucky Vet-erans Hall of Fame, andboard of directors mem-ber Gary Griesser will beguest speakers at the Ro-tary Club of Kenton Coun-

ty’s luncheon meeting onThursday, Jan. 15.

The veterans hall of

fame, organized as chari-table and educational,honors Kentucky militaryveterans and educatesabout their accomplish-ments through the hall offame’s website,www.kyveterans.org.

The hall of fame holdsan annual banquet whereKentucky military veter-ans are inducted andawarded the “Hall of

Fame Medallion” recog-nizing their military ser-vice.

The luncheon will be-gin at noon at the ColonialCottage Inn, 3140 DixieHighway, Erlanger. Therewill be limited seating byreservation only. To makea reservation, contact Ga-ry Harman at 859-393-4041. The cost to cover thelunch is $12 per person.

COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Deatherage Griesser

The Florence Woman’sClub gathered at TripleCrown Country Club tocelebrate the holidayswith a luncheon.

Vocalist and guitaristJim Burcham provided theentertainment with a sing-along of favorite Christ-mas melodies.

The group is planningits annual spring fundrais-er to benefit the cancer so-ciety, Women’s Crisis Cen-ter, and other charities.The club meets at noon onthe third Tuesday of mostmonths. Visit bit.ly/FloWo-men or call 859-371-5882.

Women’s club celebrates at Triple Crown

THANKS TO BETSY CONRAD

Florence Woman’s Club gathered at Triple Crown Country Clubto celebrate the holidays with a special luncheon.


WALTON — Welcome toMayor Mark Carnahanand our Walton CityCouncil. The first offi-cial 2015 City Councilmeeting will be at 7:30p.m. Jan. 12 at the Wal-ton Senior Center.

I understand possiblyone of the topics fordiscussion will be theformation of a Neigh-borhood Watch pro-gram. This is due to aseries of home break-insor burglaries locally. Ifyou have been a victimor interested in partici-pating or input, pleaseattend.

If you notice a street-light out, please notifyWalton City Hall at 859-485-4383 with location ofoutage and if possiblethe number located onthe pole. This will pro-vide safety for our resi-dents.

Senior Services Com-modity renewal will beat the Senior Center at10 a.m. Jan. 12.

Hopefully, if youwere one of the unfortu-nate people who hassuffered with the fluover the holidays, I sin-cerely hope you are wellby now.

The Rev. Gus andMarlene Lohrum ofBarlett, Tennessee, were

in WaltonvisitingtheirdaughterCrystaland herhusband,BrianBrewer,along withtheir chil-dren, Carl-lie, Haylee

and Scotty for Christ-mas. Marlene become illand had to cut their cele-bration short. ReverendGus was a former pastorat Walton ChristianChurch several yearsago and now serves asthe pastor of DecaturTrinity ChristianChurch. While here,they were house guestsof Greg and Peggy Pee-bles. Hope Marlene hasrecovered and will getto return for a morepleasant visit.

Cora’s Mane Attrac-tion Christmas drawingwinners were: firstplace was CatherineMonk of Crittenden;second place was CarolHudson of Walton; andthird place was FayeDavis of California,Kentucky. Next drawingwill be for Easter.

Belated happy birth-day to Marita Dean on

Jan, 2 and J.B. McCub-bin on Jan. 4. Congrat-ulations to VerdBridges, who celebrated95 years on Jan. 7. Verdis the father of JimBridges. Extended wish-es to Mildred Robinsonon Jan. 9. Mildred hasreturned to Elmcroft ofFlorence after a fewweeks with her daugh-ter, Joy Simpson. VadaBolin will celebrate herbirthday on Jan. 15.

Roy and Ollie Nickellwill be celebrating their58th wedding anniversa-ry on Jan. 11. Phil andLoretta Holbrook willcelebrate 30 years onJan. 12.

Remember to keepyour prayers going forCharles and Vera Size-more, Benny McIntosh,Ida Mae Judy at St. Eliz-abeth Grant County andthat the flu will soon begone.

Hopefully, we willsoon have a “OpenHouse” date for our newaddition to our Walton-Verona School. Reallylooks nice from the out-side.

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

Walton to discussNeighborhood Watchafter burglarlies

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