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FLORENCE — Charity Nightat the Tables, a one-of-a-kindcelebration of communitygiving, is coming back toTurfway Park on March 14.

The event is hosted by TheYearlings Inc., in conjunction

with community leaders. This year’s co-chairs are

Northern Kentucky Chamberof Commerce President TreyGrayson, and his wife, Nancy.

The event was held for 11years until 2012, and did notoccur in 2013 or 2014.

“In the past, this event notonly helped fun programs for

area nonprofits, but hasraised awareness and pro-vides participating organiza-tions with a valuable newpipeline of volunteers andsupporters,” Trey Graysonsaid.

Charity Night includesMonte Carlo-style gaming,and participating charities

earn the ability to back horsesin Turfway’s Kentucky Derbyprep race, the $550,000Horseshoe Cincinnati SpiralStakes.

Eight nonprofit organiza-tions will benefit from the2015 Charity Night: BooneCounty CASA, Family Nurtur-ing Center, Holly Hill Chil-

dren’s Home, NKY EducationCouncil, New Perceptions,Parish Kitchen, Senior Ser-vices of Northern Kentuckyand Steinford Toy Foundation.

Tickets cost $75 per personand are available online atwww.yearlings.org or by call-ing 859-905-0392.

Charity Night returns to Turfway ParkBy Amy [email protected]

FLORENCE — Springtime forbaseball fans means it’s timefor their favorite game, but forFlorence Freedom’s host fam-ilies, it’s time to meet a newfamily member.

Freedom volunteers Shir-ley Brown and Bev Sniderhave helped find families tohost ballplayers for more than10 years.

“These are young men whoare away from home, and it’sgood for them to have a regu-lar family structure,” saidBrown.

Host families don’t get paid,but they do get two seasonpasses and a special host fam-ily T-shirt. Host families arenot responsible for the player’stransportation or meals, butBrown said most host familiesdo share meals with theirguests.

“The only requirements arethat host families need to livewithin 10 miles of the ballpark,and the player has to have hisown room,” Brown said. “Theydon’t need a private bathroom,but they do need access to one,as well as kitchen and laun-dry.”

Snider said the team man-ager gives the same speech ev-ery year about not getting at-tached to the players, “but 20minutes into the first game,that’s your son on the field.They just get to be family.”

Brown said they can get asmany as 46 players for springtraining, and hosts should havetheir rooms available fromMarch through September,even though they may not staythe whole season.

“They could leave becauseof injury, or they get traded.Sometimes they move up to themajors,” she said. “If players

come back for more than oneseason, they usually call thefamily to see if they can staywith them again. They justbond.”

“The families who come tous are special,” said Snider. “Ifthey can open their home to a20-year-old total stranger, wealready know they’re awe-some people.”

Freedom fan Dave Brown ishosting his favorite player, Ro-

lando Gomez, for his secondseason this year.

He said he saw an an-nouncement for host familieson the scoreboard, and calledto get more information.

“I like that I was able to getinvolved personally with thebaseball club,” he said. “I wasable to go to the park for everygame and get to know the ballclub and the environment andto involve my family. It gave us

a lot of great family time to-gether.”

Dave Brown hosted a pitch-er for a few months early in theseason, then Gomez came inonly a month before the end ofthe season.

Gomez, a 25-year-old in-fielder from Pembroke Pines,Florida, said he also plays inthe Dominican Republic dur-ing the winter months. He alsospent seven years in the An-

gels organization, advancingas high as Double-A in 2013, ac-cording to his team biography.

He said he appreciates get-ting to stay with a host insteadof finding a place to live in anew city. Gomez will be tryingout for the Houston Astros inMarch.

“I’m not a social guy verymuch, and I never could con-

Freedom players bond with host familiesBy Amy [email protected]

THANKS TO TONI HENSON

Florence Freedom infielder Rolando Gomez presented a rose to his host Dave Brown and his granddaughter, Lili Brown, during Host FamilyAppreciation Night in 2014.

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nect with a team as muchas I did with the Freedomteam,” said Gomez. “TheFlorence Freedom is agreat team and a great or-ganization. Shirley andBev have done a great jobfinding the right people tohelp us out.”

Dave Brown calledSnider and Shirley Brownthe “team moms.”

“They really do watchout for the players and thehost families so we can allhave a great experience,”said Dave Brown.

He said hosting Gomeztakes him back to when hisown sons were in sports.

“When my boys wereyounger, I spent a lot ofhours in gyms and watch-ing sports, and this is agreat opportunity to re-connect to that,” he said.

“You feel that connectionand ownership, plusthere’s a relationship withthe other families. We sittogether and share in theexcitement of watching

our guys play. I think it allmakes the Freedom morespecial.”

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THANKS TO TONI HENSON

Florence Freedom pitcher Ed Kohout welcomed his parentsBob and Mary Kay Kohout, from left, to a game along with hishost family, Michael and Rhiannon Howard, Aleatha andAthenia Brown.

Animal shelterseeks fostervolunteers

BURLINGTON — TheBoone County AnimalShelter is hosting an orien-tation for residents wish-ing to become foster vol-unteers.

The orientation willtake place from 2-3:30 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 7, at theshelter, 5643 IdlewildRoad. Foster volunteersmust be at least 18 yearsold and participate in theorientation.

For more information,call Kelly Underwood at859-586-5285, or check theshelter’s Facebook page.

PrepareAthon helpsresidents get ready

BURLINGTON — Indi-viduals, families, busi-nesses, churches, govern-ment offices, schools andorganizations will preparefor emergencies and disas-ters during Boone CountyPrepareAthon beforeApril 30.

PrepareAthon is a na-tional grassroots cam-paign to increase commu-nity preparedness and re-silience through hazard-specific drills, group dis-cussions and exercises.

During PrepareAthon,participants commit to im-

prove their emergencypreparedness. Options in-clude developing or refin-ing emergency plans, of-fering a training session orconducting an exercise ordrill.

For more information,contact Boone CountyEmergency Managementby visitingwww.boonecountyky.orgor calling 859-334-2279.

PVA inspections setThe Boone County

Property Valuation Ad-ministrator’s office will in-spect Ridgefield, HickoryGlen II, Strawberry Hill,new construction, farmsand commercial proper-ties through Thursday,Feb. 12.

Constable offersconcealed carryrefresher

HEBRON — Boone Coun-ty Constable Joe Kalil willoffer a free Carry Con-cealed Deadly Weaponpermit refresher course at6 p.m. Feb. 12 at HebronLutheran Church, 3140 Li-maburg Road.

The course will includeinformation about the Sec-ond Amendment, pendingKentucky legislation, fire-arm safety, fundamentalsof shooting, review of con-

cealed carry laws and useof deadly force. The classwill last until around 8:30p.m.

No registration is nec-essary.

Kalil is a CCDW in-structor and trainer, a Na-tional Rifle Association in-structor and training coun-selor and owner of Defen-sive Handgun TrainingLLC. He served in the U.S.Army as a pilot and was in-ducted into the KentuckyVeterans Hall of Fame.

Bring cans to payBoone library fines

BURLINGTON — FromFeb. 1-7, Boone CountyPublic Library patronswill be able to exchangecanned goods and othernonperishable foods to payoverdue fines in the Foodfor Fines program.

The food will be givento the Boone County’sFamily Resource Centers,whose mission is to ensurechildren come to schoolprepared to learn.

The library will waive$1 in fines for each can orpackage of food donated.

Much-needed items in-clude peanut butter, jelly,canned meats, canned veg-etables and fruit, macaro-ni and cheese, rice and pas-ta, cereal or hot cereal.

Info: www.bcpl.org.

Florence Rotarylooking for teachersof the year

FLORENCE — The Flor-ence Rotary Club is ac-cepting nominations forthree Boone CountyTeacher of the Yearawards. Award-winningteachers will receive amonetary award to be giv-en to the school or charityof their choice. Deadlinefor nominations is Feb. 23.

Info: florencerotary.org.

Florence Seniorshost author

FLORENCE — AuthorBarry Kienzle will presenthis book “The Crossings”at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb.10, at the Florence SeniorActivities Center, 7431U.S.42.

Kienzle’s book chroni-cles the experiences of hisfather, who was 12 yearsold when he hopped afreight train in Latonia androde it to New Orleans tosee Mardi Gras. More in-formation is available atwww.BarryKBooks.com.

For information aboutthe Florence Senior Activ-ities Center, call 859-282-4061.

BRIEFLY

The Florence ChristianChurch invites the com-munity to the formal in-stallation of new pastorsthe Rev. Dr. Susan WardDiamond and Rev. DianaHodges-Batzka on Sun-day, Feb. 8.

The Rev. Dr. Sharon E.Watkins, general ministerand president of the Chris-tian Church (Disciples ofChrist) in the UnitedStates and Canada, will bethe featured speaker.

The service will be heldin the church sanctuary,located at 300 Main St. inFlorence, at 4 p.m.

Watkins, a faith leaderfor the Disciples denomi-nation, is also an author

and advocate for peaceand justice around theworld. Watkins preachedat the National Prayer Ser-vice in Washington, D.C.,on Jan. 21, 2009, afterPresident Obama’s inau-guration and at his invita-tion. She serves on the Ad-visory Council of theWhite House’s Faith-based and Neighborhood

Partnerships, the WorldCouncil of Churches, andthe National Council ofChurches’ governingboards.

The Rev. Dr. SusanWard Diamond, FlorenceChristian’s new seniorminister, has served withDr. Watkins in leadershipas first vice moderator ofthe Christian Church (Dis-ciples of Christ) denomi-nation from 2011-2013.

An author, communityleader and interfaith ad-vocate, Diamond comes toFlorence from First Chris-tian Church, Mongtomery,Ala., where she served assenior pastor since 2003,and has been ordained as a

Disciples minister since1990.

The Rev. Diana Hodg-es-Batzka, associate min-ister, comes to Florencefrom First ChristianChurch, Lemoyne, Pa.,where she served as sen-ior minister since 2011.Prior to that time, Dia-mond and Hodges-Batzkaspent two years togetherserving First ChristianMontgomery through anintentional residency pro-gram following Rev.Hodges-Batzka’s gradua-tion from Vanderbilt Di-vinity School in 2009.

The installation ser-vice is open to the public.A reception will follow.

Florence Christian to install pastors

Diamond Hodges-Batzka

UNION — New UnionCity Administrative Offi-cer David Martin wassworn into office duringMonday’s City Commis-sion meeting by CityClerk Kathy Porter. Hewill serve as an electedJustice of the Peace forBoone County and a busi-ness development man-ager or Security Manage-ment Services.

Union welcomesnew administratorBy Amy [email protected]

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New Union CityAdministrative OfficerDavid Martin was sworninto office duringMonday’s CityCommission meeting. Hewill work part-time forUnion and will continueto serve as an electedJustice of the Peace forBoone County.

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Santa Hat Day for stu-dents and an UglySweater Social forteachers kicked off theholidays at Florence

Elementary School. RemkeMarket, a community friend ofthe school, brought cookies anddecorating bags full of green,red, and white icing to givekindergartners an opportunityto decorate their own cookie.Students in third, fourth and

fifth grades presented theirannual Winter Holiday Show.Each grade brought a differenttwist to the Christmas musical.

Holiday fun at Florence Elementary

THANKS TO KATHY KUHN

Second-grade teachers wore their ugliest Christmas sweater for the faculty social and Santa Hats putting everyonein the Christmas spirit. Holly Dodd, Amanda Simms, Joy Browning, Amber Lehn, Kelsey Ryan, Jane Miniard andKristy Otwein.


Remke Market, a community friendof Florence Elementary, broughtcookies and decorating bags full ofgreen, red and white icing to givethe kindergartners an opportunityto decorate their own cookie.Kendall Hager held up herdecorated gingerbread man beforetaking a big bite of her cookie.


Remke Market, a community friendof Florence Elementary, broughtcookies and decorating bags full ofgreen, red and white icing to givethe kindergartners an opportunityto decorate their own cookie.Dahlia Lyle held up her decoratedsnowman before taking a big bit ofher cookie.


Spencer Staley and Jusby Batekila Matumueni built Frosty the Snowman,played by Josie Whalen, during the Winter Holiday Show at FlorenceElementary. “Frosty the Snowman” was one of the songs performed by thefourth-graders.


Hannah Evans, a fourth-grader atFlorence Elementary, wore herChristmas Elf hat for Santa Hat Day,an event planned by the StudentCouncil putting everyone in theChristmas spirit.


The Remke ladies, Jill Ward, Sherry Ecklar and Julie Hemmerle, broughtgood cheer and cookies to decorate for the kindergartens at FlorenceElementary. The students had a lip-smacking good time.

Mueller on dean’s list atAustin Peay

Meghan Mueller, of Union,earned dean’s list honor at Aus-tin Peay State University inClarksville, Tennessee, for the2014 fall semester.

Students had to maintain aGPA of 3.5 or greater to be in-cluded on the dean’s list.

Boone residentsgraduate fromUniversity of theCumberlands

Several Boone County resi-dents graduated from Univer-sity of the Cumberlands in Wil-liamsburg, Kentucky, duringthe school’s December com-mencement ceremonies.

Graduates include AshleyBowling of Union, Lisa Hicks ofFlorence, Melissa Hrycak of

Union, Kyle Norris of Burling-ton, Alyson Scheper of Burling-ton, and Sarah Schobel of Flor-ence.

Boone residents ondean’s list at Universityof Cumberlands

Many Boone County resi-dents were recently named tothe University of the Cumber-lands’ dean’s list for the 2014 fallsemester.

Students honored include Ja-red Blank of Burlington, CierraGamble of Hebron, Joseph Koo-gler of Hebron, Sithandiwe Ma-mutse of Florence, MichaelaSchnorbus of Florence, andJoshua Thomas of Hebron.

To be eligible students musthave achieved a grade of “A” inconvocation while maintaininga minimum 3.5 GPA.

Perkins, Mamutse makepresident’s list at U. ofCumberlands

Two Boone County residentswere recently named to the Uni-versity of the Cumberlands’president’s list for the 2014 fallsemester. Honored students in-clude Jennifer Perkins of Unionand Sithandiwe Mamutse ofFlorence. To be eligible stu-dents must have achieved agrade of “A” in convocationwhile maintaining a minimum4.0 GPA.

Mark, Schmalzl makeOhio Northern Universitydean’s list

Lindsay Mark, of Union, andMary Schmazl, of Walton, havebeen named to the Ohio North-ern University deans’ list forthe 2014 fall semester 2014.

Mark, daughter of Williamand Renee Mark, is a sixth yearstudent majoring in pharmacy.

Schmalzl, daughter of Rich-ard and Mary Schmalzl, is a ju-nior majoring in accounting.

The dean’s list includes stu-dents who attain a GPA of 3.5 orbetter on a 4.0 grading system.

Boone residents ondean’s list at MoreheadState University

Many Boone County resi-dents were recently named toMorehead State University’sdean’s list for the 2014 fall se-mester. Students honored in-clude Audrey Kidder of Bur-lington, Raemi Robinson of Bur-lington, Kerry Schafer of Bur-lington, Michelle Deaton ofWalton, Zane McQueary of Wal-ton, Max Prowant of Burling-ton, Whitney Ramos of Walton,

Lindsay Barfield of Burlington,Alexandra Martin of Walton,Brooke Sauley of Walton, Mor-gan Behle of Florence, AlyssaBodurek of Florence, HeatherBurns of Union, Shelby Cole-man of Union, Meghan Court-ney of Florence, Charli Lootensof Florence, Samantha Schmittof Petersburg, Samantha Sheaof Verona, Kyle Church of Flor-ence, Zachary Kelly of Flor-ence, Michaela Smith of Union,Victoria Travis of Florence,Amanda Burkhardt of Flor-ence, Molly Clinkenbeard ofUnion, Kirsten Duff of Hebron,Meredith Eckstein of Union,Daniel Elmlinger of Union,Brittany Knapmeyer of Flor-ence, Allison Laile of Union, Ste-phen Nash of Florence, Kay-leigh Tully of Union, AndreaWilhoite of Union, Brittany Ho-ersting of Union, and ElisabethMinser of Hebron.

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FLORENCE — Although danc-ing diva Gabrielle Williams haslost 220 pounds, her weightloss journey continues whileshe packs on more clients,friends and glowing goodtimes.

Williams weighed morethan 180 pounds when she was8 years old, and by the time shewas 22, she weighed 457. Fol-lowing a failed marriage, beingabandoned by her biologicalfather and her sister’s deathfrom a heart attack, Williamsdecided to change her life. Shestarted taking dance fitnessclasses, then trained to becomean instructor.

She started her own style offitness dance classes at theAspen Community Center in2013, and opened Cosmic Stu-dios in March 2014 on Man-derlay Drive with the help oftwo partners, Jessica Brownand Jennifer Mullins.

For more information, visitwww.cosmiccraze.com or call859-466-2371.

Williams and 14 other in-structors teach more than 35classes seven days a weekinside the brightly paintedstudio.

The paint isn’t the onlything that shines at CosmicStudios. Black lights makeneon clothing glow while multi-colored lights burst around thestudio during Cosmic “CrazeDance Cardio” classes.

“The lights really makethings fun, but they also makeit so you can’t really focus onother people,” she said.“There’s a progression. Peoplestart out all in black in the backrow. In a couple weeks, they’reon the side and wearing oneitem of neon, then they’re inthe front row dressed head totoe in neon. It’s amazing to seepeople getting fit and gainingself-confidence.”

Williams said she worked tobecome “an instructor to bemotivated and keep myself on

track and to prove to the otherswho doubted me that I canrock this.”

“There are plenty of placesfor fit people to work out andkeep being fit. There are not somany places for people whodon’t know where to begin,”she said. “I lovingly say this isthe land of misfits. It’s whereyou can find your fit.”

Instructor and cancer survi-vor Lesa Rahschulte said shehas lost 85 pounds in the pastyear. “I didn’t change anythingelse. All I did was come here,”she said. “Before I came, Icouldn’t touch my toes or walkup the stairs. I can do anythingnow.”

THANKS TO GABRIELLE WILLIAMS

Several Cosmic Studios classes have black lights that make neon clothing glow.

GETTING THAT

GLOWBy Amy [email protected]

Cosmic Studios in Florence offers fitness and fun


Cosmic Studios features dance fitness classes, and a total of more than 35 classes are offeredseven days a week inside the brightly painted facility.


At age 22, Gabrielle Willamsweighed 457 pounds.

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Gabrielle Williams has lost 220pounds, mostly through fitnessdance classes.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 6Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Art ExhibitsTwo Exhibitions, noon to 5 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Clay Street Press: CincinnatiPortfolio I-IV and Over Time:John Lanzador, William Messer,David Parks. Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,Newport on the Levee, Up totwo kids 12 and under get in freewith each full-priced adult ticket.Through March 1. 261-7444;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

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

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

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

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings,noon to 4 p.m., Kroger, 7695Mall Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able. Registration recommended.Presented by UC Health MobileDiagnostics. 513-585-8266, ext. 1;uchealth.com/mobile-diag-nostics. Florence.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayGirlfriends Make Up GlamParty, 6-8 p.m., The Art House,19 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Getglammed up with professionalmake up artist, Beth AderialHartsock. $25. Registrationrecommended. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, All skilllevels welcome. 342-2665. Union.

Music - ClassicalMusic on the Avenue Series,8-9:30 p.m. Katy Lindhart, so-prano, and Brad Caldwell, piano,present evening of musicaltheater songs., St. John UnitedChurch of Christ Bellevue, 520Fairfield Ave., Sanctuary. Free artshow and reception followsperformance. Free. 261-2066;www.stjohnchurch.net. Bellevue.

On Stage - ComedyBrad Williams, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,1 Levee Way, $15-$20. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com. Newport.

On Stage - StudentTheater

A Doll’s House, 7:30-10 p.m.,Campbell County High School,909 Camel Crossing, Nora’s life ison the upswing. Her husbandgot a promotion and theirfinancial struggles are over atlast. But when a man from herpast reappears, bent on bringinga dangerous secret to light,everything changes: her mar-riage, her family and her un-derstanding of the world aroundher. $8. Presented by CampbellCounty High School Drama.Through Feb. 8. 635-4161, ext.2219; www.cchsdrama.org.Alexandria.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7Art & Craft Classes

Introduction to Crochet, 10a.m. to 1 p.m., The Art House, 19N. Fort Thomas Ave., Julie Nu-gent teaches fundamentals withthe opportunity to make yourown. $25. Registration recom-mended. 279-3431; www.inkaa-collaborative.org. Fort Thomas.

Art ExhibitsTwo Exhibitions, noon to 5 p.m.,The Carnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, 261-7444; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.

BenefitsKentucky-Ohio Polar Plunge, 9a.m. to 2 p.m., Joe’s Crab Shack,25 Fairfield Ave., Take plungeand then join Post Plunge Cele-bration with food and otheractivities for all participants.Benefits Special Olympics Ken-tucky-Ohio. $75 minimum inpledges, $50 minimum forstudents. Registration required.Presented by Special OlympicsNorthern Kentucky. 502-695-8222; www.soky.org/polar-plunge.htm. Bellevue.

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

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.

Literary - LibrariesEarly Childhood Fair (all ages),10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Free information for fam-ilies with preschoolers. Activities,free screenings, prizes and tales.Free. Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library.342-2665. Burling-ton.

Music - WorldFirst Saturday Reggae Night,9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. $10. Cele-brating Bob Marley’s 70th Earth-day. With the Flex Crew and theCliftones., The Thompson House,24 E. Third St., 261-7469. New-port.

On Stage - ComedyBrad Williams, 7:30 p.m., 10p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,$15-$20. 957-2000; www.funny-boneonthelevee.com. Newport.


A Doll’s House, 7:30-10 p.m.,Campbell County High School,$8. 635-4161, ext. 2219;www.cchsdrama.org. Alexandria.

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, FEB. 8AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

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

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


A Doll’s House, 2-4:30 p.m.,Campbell County High School,$8. 635-4161, ext. 2219;www.cchsdrama.org. Alexandria.

RecreationEdgewood Ice Skating Night,5:30-7:30 p.m., Northern Ken-tucky Ice Center, 2638 AndersonRoad, Limited to first 150 resi-dents, bring ID. Free. Presented

by City of Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. CrescentSprings.

SchoolsOpen House, 1-3 p.m., CountryHills Montessori School, 960Highland Ave., Tour speciallyprepared environment for ages3-5. Free. 442-0500. Fort Thomas.

MONDAY, FEB. 9AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

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

EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, $10. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

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

Holiday - Valentine’s DayCookies Uncorked: Valentines,7-9 p.m., New Riff Distillery, 24Distillery Way, Join Patti Fosterfor fun, social evening and learnto create your own cookiemasterpieces. $45. Reservationsrecommended. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

Job FairsUplink, 4-7 p.m., UpTech, 112 W.Pike St., First-of-its-kind careerfair introduces local start-upcompanies with student andprofessional talent. To bring inpeople with creative and tech-nology backgrounds looking forfull-time, part-time and in-ternship positions. For collegestudents and professionals. Free.Registration recommended.Presented by UpTech and GCVA.937-403-5403; bit.ly/UPLINKstu-dent. Covington.

Literary - LibrariesExcel II, 6:30 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Learn how to use more ofExcel’s functions by creating abudget, a checkbook registerand a chart. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

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

In the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Knitor crochet in relaxed, friendlycompany. Learn for first time orpick 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 @ Art: Art for SeniorCitizens, 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.

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

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

EducationSecular Homeschool Co-op, 1-4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Hands-on, active learning, sec-ular co-op. Topics: Evolution ofMusic, Fiber Art, Creative Expres-sion, Financial Literacy, Nutrition,Drama and more. Ages 5-18. $50.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:30-9:30a.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; jazzer-cise.com. Edgewood.

Health / WellnessLunch-N-Learn Health andWellness Talks, noon to 12:30p.m., Homan Chiropractic, 713Scott Blvd., Weekly health topicsuch as back pain, neck pain,whiplash, pregnancy back pain,nutrition, importance of goodposture and proper lifting tech-niques. Water and dessert pro-vided. Free. Presented by Dr.Tracy Homan. 291-0333;www.homanchiropractic.com.Covington.

Open House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, 7392 Burlington Pike,Free hearing test and evaluation.For ages 50 and up. Reservationsrequired. Presented by HearingSolutions by Ellis-Scott & Asso-ciates. 283-1771. Florence.

Literary - Book ClubsDiary of a Wimpy Kid, 6:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Playgame of Cheese Touch, designyour own L’il Cutie comic, have atoilet paper wrap race and enterinto a drawing for a Wimpy Kidcut-out. Free. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30-3 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.

DIY: One Night, One Project:Minecraft (middle & highschool), 6:30 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Free. 342-2665. Florence.

Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalone’s Irish Pub and Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irish music.Free. 491-6659; mollymalonesir-ishpub.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.

Celebrate Recovery, 6:30-8:30p.m., Vineyard Christian Church,

7101 Pleasant Valley Road,Healing for all hurts, hangupsand habits. Free. 689-0777;vineyardchristian.org. Florence.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Community DanceLine Dance Class, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,Boleros Dance Club, 8406 U.S. 42,For beginner to advanced. $7.Presented by Holly Ruschman.727-0904. Florence.

EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, $10. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Secular Homeschool Co-op, 1-4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,$50. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

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

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.

Health / WellnessOpen House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, Reservations required.283-1771. Florence.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke /DJ, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 DonnermeyerDrive, Free. 431-3455. Bellevue.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Cafe, 3:15 p.m., FlorenceBranch 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. Burling-ton.

Yu-gi-oh, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Playwith other local players. Bringyour own deck. No trading.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, 10 a.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Learn more aboutsearching for and installing apps,working with photos and othertricks. Free. Registration re-quired. 342-2665. Union.

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

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

THURSDAY, FEB. 12

Art & Craft ClassesWinter Wonderland Art, 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Suite 10, Use variety ofmixed media to design winterlandscapes and more. Ages 5-18.$15. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m., 8:15a.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; jazzer-cise.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.

Yoga, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Independ-ence Senior and CommunityCenter, 2001 Jack Woods Drive,Beginner to intermediate. $36for six weeks. 363-2934. Inde-pendence.

Health / WellnessOpen House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions FlorenceOffice, Reservations required.283-1771. Florence.

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.

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Take an introduction to crochet class from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at The Art House,19 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas. Julie Nugent teaches fundamentals with the opportunityto make your own. Cost is $25. Registration is recommended. Call 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.

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Whenever the grandkidsspend the night, I let them“color” their bath water with abit of food coloring.

Emerson, 2-1/2, usuallychooses blue, yellow andgreen. Her sister, Eva, 6, likes

pink and red. Iguess that’s whyI was low on redfood coloringwhen I got outthe ingredientsfor the red vel-vet cake recipeI’m sharing forValentine’s Day.To be on the safeside, I bought 2boxes, one forme in the kitch-

en, and one for the kids in thebath.

Don’t forget those in yourcircle of family and friendswho could use a bit of cheeringup this Valentine’s Day. Buy abox of kids’ Valentines.They’re less expensive thansingle cards and bring joy toValentines of all ages.

Red velvet cake fromscratch

When I see a recipe likethis, I wonder how it was everdeveloped. Red velvet cake is a“happy” cake - the vivid colormakes me smile. The cocoagives a hint of chocolate. Yes,you do need a whole bottle ofred food coloring. There arerecipes I’ve seen that use beetsas a natural coloring agent.This recipe has to have foodcoloring. But heck, it’s onlyonce a year…

2-1/2 cups all purpose flour1/2 cup unsweetened co-

coa powder1 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt2 sticks butter, softened (1

cup)2 cups sugar4 large eggs, room temper-

ature1 cup regular sour cream1/2 cup milk - 2% or regular1 oz bottle red food col-

oring2-1/2 teaspoons vanillaPreheat oven to 350.Grease and flour two 9-inch

round cake pans. This meansgreasing the pan and thensprinkling it lightly with flour,then tapping excess out. Or usebaking spray with flour.

Whisk together, sift or pushthrough a sieve the flour, cocoapowder, baking soda and salt.Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar onmedium speed 5 minutes oruntil light and fluffy. Beat in

eggs, one at a time so that theyincorporate well. Mix in sourcream, milk, food color andvanilla.

Gradually beat in flour mix-ture on low until blended.Don’t overbeat. Pour into pans.

Bake 35-40 minutes or untiltoothpick inserted in centercomes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 minutes. Re-move from pans; cool on wirerack before frosting.

Tip from Rita’s kitchen Put eggs in liquid measur-

ing cup with spout. They willbe easy to pour out one at atime.

Buttercream frosting

I like a thick frosting so Iusually double the recipe.

The left over buttercreamcan be frozen for a couple ofmonths.

1 stick butter (1/2 cup),softened

4-1/2 confectioners sugar,sifted or pushed through asieve if necessary to removelumps

2 teaspoons vanilla4-6 tablespoons milk or bit

more if neededBeat butter until creamy

and then beat in sugar, vanillaand enough milk to desiredconsistency. Makes 3 cups.

Cream cheese frosting

Beat together until fluffy:8 oz cream cheese, soft-

ened4-6 tablespoons butter,

softened4 cups confectioners sugar

or bit more if necessary1 tablespoon vanilla

Anne’s red velvetcupcakes and red velvetcake from a mix

Check out these on my siteAbouteating.com.

Lemon blueberry syrupFor Hank, who asked me to

share this recipe when I men-tioned it during a workshop.Hank picks blueberries inseason and then freezes them.This would be nice over waf-fles or pancakes. Note therange in sugar. Dependingupon the sweetness of the ber-ries, you may need more, orless. For restricted diets, use asugar and butter substitute.

1/2 stick butter (4 table-spoons)

1/2 to 1 cup sugar2 generous cups blueber-

ries, fresh or frozen2-3 tablespoons fresh lem-

on juice1 tablespoon cornstarchPlace butter, sugar and

berries in pan. Cook over medi-um heat for 5 minutes, or untilberries pop. Combine lemonjuice and cornstarch and stirinto sauce.

Cook until thickened, about3-5 minutes. Makes about 3cups. Store in refrigerator.Warm before serving.

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.

Red velvet cake makes Valentine’s Day sweeter

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Scratch-made red velvet cake is the perfect accompaniment to Valentine’s Day.

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Massie’s a non-entity inthe House, a failure

In her letter, “Massie tookprincipled stand,” Tea Party shillEmily Shelton tried to put a posi-tive spin on Thomas Massie’stemper tantrum against JohnBoehner’s re-election as Speakerof the House. The reality is JohnBoehner has, indeed, failed atherding the cats of the GOP andthe Tea Party – but the idea thatputting those cats in charge andletting them herd themselves is aperfect example of failed TeaParty logic.

Thomas Massie is a primeexample. There’s no use trying topolish a substance that cannot bepolished in the form of Massie’santics. Massie’s a non-entity inthe House, a failure. He has ac-complished nothing as U.S. Rep-resentative. With the failed at-tempt to remove Boehner, thatstreak is unbroken.

Massie has marginalized N.Ky. and the Fourth CongressionalDistrict’s representation in Con-gress from Day One of his tenure.That result reflects his abjectlack of understanding of the is-sues facing this state and nationas well as his simplistic, cartoon-ish perception of the U.S. Consti-tution. He’s a constitutional illit-

erate. It’s going to get far worsefor N. Ky. and the Fourth Con-gressional District until the vot-ers come to that realization andrecognize a bumper sticker isn’t apolitical philosophy.

Bill AdkinsDemocratic candidate for 4th District

congressional seat in 2012 Williamstown

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Jan. 29 questionWhat do you think about Presi-

dent Obama’s proposal to pay fortwo years of community college, ef-fectively expanding school to K-14 bytaxing 529 college savings plans?

“I think someone needs to takehis pen away.”

Terri Due

“Just a bunch of non-sense.”James Bartley

“I think if you want to go to col-lege, pay for it yourself. My hus-band and I are setting up a nest eggfor our children to go to college. Idon’t expect taxpayers to foot thebill for our children’s college.

Elana Nichole Clifton

“Perhaps because when we havea higher educated workforce thequality of jobs and wages increase,thereby increasing the tax base forthose programs that you will wishto use such as Social Security andMedicare to name just few.”

Tessa Heaverin Blair

“So let them pay for college. Be-cause when they start handing outfree degrees, more people havethem so the demand for those de-grees goes down, making the payfor those jobs go down also. And doyou really think that money fromthe tax base will be used for SocialSecurity or Medicare? Social Secu-rity was supposed to be separateand they just borrowed and bor-rowed from it for other projects.”

Kevin Kruetzkamp

“Scholarships are developedand funded by specific people orgroups, or even built into the col-lege/university’s cost of doing busi-ness, they don’t fall on the total pop-ulation of taxpayers, and are basedon a factor(s) – grades, athletics,skills, ROTC, etc. They also usuallyrequire applying, and being select-ed from the other applicationsbased on need/performance/merit,not just a given.”

Jodi Dolan

“Part of the separation of peoplefor job hire is college. Did you havethe ambition to continue your edu-cation? There are plenty of ways tocontinue your education. I servedour country to do so, my son is do-ing the same. My daughter is goingto do it with her grades. I equatewhat the president wants to do to,welfare. There are already taxbreaks for student loans. There aregrants.”

Christopher Shields

“The education at most commu-nity colleges aren’t up to par ... Iwould rather see better deals oneducation loans.”

Pam Rokosz Seymour

“Why should other people fundmy child’s college education? Forc-ibly taking money from one groupand redistributing the wealth = so-cialism = stealing.”

Joy Kent Tarleton

“I find it to be a complete and ut-ter waste. This based on the factthat the majority of students whomgraduate HS, were just pushedthrough the system, vs. truly hav-ing the knowledge. The $$$ shouldbe put into elementary and HS effi-ciency programs. Repairing theeducation system needs to start atthe bottom and work its way up.”

CarolAnn Starfieldbsd

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If you’d like to send yourchild to a different schoolnext year, now’s the time tostart the process of re-searching your options.

As Kentucky commem-orates National SchoolChoice Week this month at95 events across the state,and nearly 11,000 eventsnationwide, many parentswill begin evaluating theeducational opportunitiesthat are available for theirchildren.

Believe it or not, seats inschools are already begin-ning to fill up for the 2015-2016 school year. Interest inschool choice – the processof actively choosing a pub-lic, charter, magnet, pri-vate, or online school – ishigh. That means that wait-ing until the spring or thesummer to begin research-ing schools for your chil-dren could restrict youroptions.

No handbook or tip sheetcan truly guide parentsthrough the entire processof selecting a school, be-cause choosing schools is anindividual experience thatwill be unique to everyfamily.

However, parents canstart by making a list of theattributes that they hope tofind in an ideal school. Askyourself: what’s most im-portant to you and to theacademic, social, and emo-tional well-being of yourchild? Is it the academicperformance of a school,school safety, the instruc-tional methods, the qual-

ifications ofteachers, theschool’seducationaltheme, aschool’sshared val-ues, or otherfactors?

Onceyou’ve iden-tified whatmattersmost, start

looking into the optionsavailable to you. In additionto the local public school,you may be eligible to sendyour child to a school out-side of your ZIP code, or ina different school district.Look into nearby charterschools and magnet schools.Don’t leave private andfaith-based schools off yourlist! You might be able tofind scholarships to coverthe costs of tuition. And forsome families, online learn-ing and homeschoolingwork best.

To find the options avail-able to you, look at informa-tion from the KentuckyDepartment of Education,as well as information onstate-based education re-form or school choice or-ganization websites. For adirectory of most schools inyour area, along with par-ent rankings and some per-formance metrics, parentscan visit this website: great-schools.org.

With your list of require-ments and your list ofschools in hand, start mak-ing appointments to visit

the schools. Ask to sit in onclasses, and make sure toask as many questions aspossible of teachers, theadministration, and supportstaff. You’ll want to find outwhat motivates the adults inthe building, while alsoseeing how the students inthe classes respond to theirteachers. Ask yourself: isthis a place where I’d wantto send my child for most ofhis or her weekday wakinghours?

Finally, make sure to talkwith other parents – and toyour own children. Askparents how the schools’administrators treat par-ents, and whether theywelcome, or discourage,parental involvement. Andmost importantly, ask yourchildren about their percep-tions of the schools thatyou’ve visited. Find outwhat excites and motivatesyour child at school, butalso ask about their wor-ries, concerns and appre-hensions.

Making the decision tochange schools certainlyisn’t easy. And switchingschools isn’t a piece of cake,either. But if you start now,and plan out the journey,you’ll find that the destina-tion – a great school foryour child – is well worththe diligence and effort.

Andrew R. Campanella is thepresident of National SchoolChoice Week. National SchoolChoice Week, Jan. 25-31, is Amer-ica’s largest-ever celebration ofopportunity in education.

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As flu cases are on therise, the risk of our areaseniors being hospitalizedspikes to its highest of theyear, despite the fact thatalmost half of these hospi-talizations (49 percent) canbe avoided with properprevention.

According to a newstudy of nurses who workprimarily with seniors,January, February andMarch are the height ofhospitalization season forseniors due primarily torespiratory infections,such as flu or pneumonia,and other winter hazards,such as slips and spills onslippery surfaces like side-walks and exterior stairs.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • B1

WALTON — The Walton-Vero-na girls basketball team had aweek off from games from Jan.24 to Jan. 31 after failing to ad-vance to the state tournament inthe All “A” Classic.

While the Bearcats, who wonthe state title in 2012, wouldhave loved another shot at it,they took advantage of thechance for extra practice andhealing time.

“We’ve battled some injuriesand we’re trying to get every-one back healthy,” said headcoach Mark Clinkenbeard.“We’re healthy now and we’regetting them ready for thestretch run. We’re getting to thepoint where we’re as healthy aswe’ve been in two years. I’mhoping the next month we canget a little run and get into post-season with a little bit of mo-mentum.

The Bearcats are 10-10, withseveral of the losses coming tobigger schools including dis-trict rival Simon Kenton.

“We’re not totally consistentthis year in a lot of things,” Clin-kenbeard said. “We returnedfour starters and the one we lost

was our point guard. We’veplayed that position by commit-tee and that has slowed our pro-

gress.”The Bearcats average five 3-

point makes a game. Allie Mills

averages 10 points a game, withmore than half of her pointscoming from behind the arc.

Mills, the lone senior, is one ofthe Northern Kentucky’s lead-ers with 37 makes for the sea-son.

The top scorer is Hailey Isonat 17.6 points per game, making18 treys for the season in only 36tries (50 percent).

Ison shoots 47 percent fromthe floor for the year and is oneof the state’s best free-throwshooters, making over 89 per-cent (134-of-150). She couldscore her 1,000th career point asearly as Feb. 3, and possiblyFeb. 6 at Newport CentralCatholic.

“She’s a really good player,”Clinkenbeard said. “She does alittle bit of everything for us,can guard the five, run thepoint. She does everything.”

Morgan Simpson posts 13.6points a contest and has 24 3-point makes for the year. She isalso the team’s top rebounder at8.1 a contest. Ison is second at4.5

Walton was set to host GrantCounty Feb. 3 to end districtplay. W-V is 3-2 with an earlierwin over Grant.

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Walton-Verona girls reload for stretch runBy James [email protected]

JIM OSBORN FOR THE RECORDER

Hailey Ison is approaching her 1,000th career point.

BOONE COUNTY — The BooneCounty High School girls bowl-ing team rampaged through theregular season with two of thetop three bowlers average-wiseand quality depth behind them.

When the KHSAA Region 6team championship began Jan.29, the Rebels were determinedto impose their will on the restof the field in the nine-teamtournament and not give anyonean opening. They did that, dom-inating the competition andwinning the regional title. Theywill go to the state tourney Feb.12-13 in Lexington.

Boone has won the regionaltitle all four seasons bowlinghas been an official sanctionedsport by the KHSAA.

“I think that this group is oneof the most talented groups ofbowlers in Northern Kentuckyand when they’re all on, there’snobody that can stop them,”said head coach Patricia Muell-er.

The Rebels shot 1,151 in thequalifying game, in which eightbowlers rolled one individualgame apiece, with two scoresbeing dropped. Boone averageda very impressive 192 in the sixgames that were used for score,shattering the previous North-ern Kentucky record. The Re-bels then went a perfect 9-0 inthe match-play competition un-der the Baker format, sweepingBeechwood in the finals byshooting 212, 179 and 166.

“The fact we did it in threeevery match was somethingthat they needed to build confi-dence,” Mueller said. “It gavethem a lift and they’re ready togo. If we do what we did tonight,we have a really good chance (atstate).”

The Rebels came in led byanchor Kayla Hightchew, whoaveraged 188 for the conferenceseason, and Taylor Evans, whowas a hair behind at 187.75. Sa-mantha Schmitz averaged 165for the year and Kara Strong161.

“It’s a great experience, es-pecially for the newbies whohaven’t been here,” said Evans,a freshman. “It’s great for theteam that we all came together.

We were a little nervous butonce we started doing well, westarted coming together as ateam and that enthusiasm got usworking together.”

The boys final was an all-Boone County affair, as Cooperswept district rival BooneCounty 3-0 to win the title, end-ing it with an emphatic 247,which included six strikes in arow. The Jaguars won their sec-ond-straight championship andbecame the first team to wintwo Region 6 boys team titles.Cooper has advanced to state allfour years in KHSAA play, fin-ishing as runner-up in both 2012and 2013. Boone won the title in2013.

“We bowled really well in theBaker games,” said Cooperhead coach Joe Deters. “We wonnine out of 10. We were over 200in all but about two of them andwe really started picking eachother up.”

The five Jaguar starters inthe Baker games were MichaelBowling, Austin Sams, AndrewBlood, Mason Combs and Ste-ven Elgowsky. Blood, who aver-aged 179 in conference match-es, was the anchor bowler, earn-ing the spot with his play inqualifying. Deters has rotatedthe anchor spot all season de-pending on who has the hot

hand. Blood hit crucial strikesin the 10th frame in the first twogames against Boone to stakethe Jaguars to a 2-0 lead.

“We all did our part,” Blood

said. “It took all five of us to winand I wanted to do my best. Iwas proud to be the anchor allnight and I didn’t want to givethat up. It was great for us to

win again. We didn’t want togive up the title and we all ral-lied around each other.”

Cooper, who averaged 167 inBaker games during the season,raised that to 212 in the regionaltournament, despite a 146 in theopening round.

The Rebels ruled the roost inthe Region 6 singles tourneytwo days prior.

Coached by their father, PaulVickers, Boone County broth-ers Ryan and Zach Vickers bothadvanced to the state bowlingtournament for the first timewith top-four finishes. JuniorRyan Vickers, the top seed, beatfreshman Zach Vickers in the fi-nal, 237-181.

“We go up against each otherall the time, so it’s not reallynew,” Ryan Vickers said. “I washaving a good day.”

Coach Vickers said hisyoungest son beats his olderbrother about 30 percent of thetime. “I’m still happy I madestate. That was the goal,” ZachVickers said.

Both brothers also play foot-ball and baseball at Boone Coun-ty. Their father was sorting outemotions while watching hissons go head-to-head in theirmost important high schoolbowling match to date. SuperBowl Erlanger is the Vickers’home lanes. They’ve been roll-ing there since they were ingrade school.

“Nerve-wracking. Exciting.Unbelievable,” coach Vickerssaid. “From a coach’s perspec-tive, what are the odds with 36bowlers that the top two arefrom the same team, let alonethe same family, with me, theirdad, as coach? We’re going totake them out to dinner, and wecan go where ever they want.”

Fellow Rebel Evans, the No.3 seed in the girls tourney, beatCooper’s top-seeded SierraBrandt, 184-180 in the girls’ fi-nal. Hightchew, last year’s re-gional champion, finished thirdand qualified for state a thirdtime.

“I would have liked to havewon again, but I’m just glad I’mgoing back to state,” said Hight-chew.

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Rebels, Jaguars roll at regional bowlingBy James [email protected]

JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Cooper won the boys regional title Jan. 29.


Kayla Hightchew of Boone is greeted by teammates after a strike Jan. 29.

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

B2 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • FEBRUARY 5, 2015 LIFE

Bowling» Regional results from last

week:Region 6 boys teamSeeding: 1. Boone 1,198, 2.

Dixie 1,120, 3. Cooper 1,075, 4.Cov. Catholic 1,004, 5. HolyCross 988, 6. Beechwood 953, 7.St. Henry 901, 8. Lloyd 863, 9.Cov. Latin 684.

First round: Lloyd d. Cov. Lat-in 3-0 (118-108, 130-105, 152-116).

Quarterfinals: Boone d.Lloyd 3-0 (191-129, 169-154, 210-100), Holy Cross d. Cov Cath 3-2(170-188, 158-156, 257-175, 182-184, 216-171), Cooper d. Beech-wood 3-1 (172-158, 146-163, 244-212, 238-204), Dixie d. St. Henry3-0 (206-141, 233-125, 180-162).

Semifinals: Boone d. HolyCross 3-2 (223-147, 179-208, 195-135, 133-212, 191-167), Cooper d.Dixie 3-0 (236-200, 200-183, 222-177).

Finals: Cooper d. Boone 3-0(214-192, 199-185, 247-213).

Region 6 boys singlesState qualifiers: Ryan Vick-

ers (Boone) champion, ZackVickers (Boone), Kevin Jones(Dixie), Zac Trenkamp (HolyCross).

Semifinalists: Steven Elgow-sky (Cooper), PJ Rump (Beech-wood), Cory Spivey (Dixie), Ty-ler Pelletier (CovCath).

Others: 9. Dylan Burk(Boone), 10. Daniel Moeller(HC), 11. Andrew Blood (Coop-er), 12. Liam McBreen (St. Hen-ry), 13. Michael Binkowski (St.Henry), 14. Austin Vonderahe(Lloyd), 15. Tyler Owens (HC),16. Grant Bedinghaus (Beech-

wood), 17. Adam Zimmerman(CovCath), 18. Nathan Hooper(Dixie), 19. Austin Sams (Coop-er), 20. Logan Bolton (Beech-wood), 21. Lewie Smith (Cov-Cath), 22. Brandon Young (Dix-ie), 23. Michael Bowling (Coop-er), 24. Nathan Wagner(CovCath), 25. Michael Haas(Latin), 26. Devin Cregar(Boone), 27. Dustin Hoffman(Lloyd), 28. John Adamick(Beechwood), 29. Christian Me-nefee (Lloyd), 30. Sam Fugate(St. Henry), 31. Brad Whittle (St.Henry), 32. Elliott Sipple (Lat-in), 33. Austin Henderson (HC),34. Griffin Lutes (Lloyd), 35.Brandon Kohlman (Latin), 36.Cole Gatman (Latin).

Region 6 girls teamSeeding: 1. Boone County

1,151, 2. Beechwood 920, 3. Coop-er 877, 4. Notre Dame 813, 5. St.Henry 686, 6. Cov. Latin 677, 7.Lloyd 668, 8. Holy Cross 587, 9.Dixie Heights 232.

First round: Holy Cross d.Dixie 3-0 (123-110, 135-117, 95-94).

Quarterfinals: Boone d. HolyCross 3-0 (158-138, 178-88, 134-97), St. Henry d. Notre Dame 3-1(157-105, 110-193, 146-109, 134-82), Cooper d. Cov. Latin 3-1(130-99, 145-144, 116-128, 156-99),Beechwood d. Lloyd 3-1(152-117,132-90, 140-151, 158-137).

Semifinals: Boone d. St. Hen-ry 3-0 (176-106, 139-114, 169-157),Beechwood d. Cooper 3-0 (158-136, 170-136, 146-129).

Finals: Boone d. Beechwood3-0 (212-150, 179-162, 166-136).

Region 6 girls singlesState qualifiers: Taylor Ev-

ans (Boone) champion, SierraBrandt (Cooper), Kayla Hight-chew (Boone), Kat Truitt

(Beechwood).Semifinalists: Samantha

Schmitz (Boone), AmandaBruce (Beechwood), KaraStrong (Boone), Lydia Wilmhoff(Cooper).

Others: 9. Erica Huston(NDA), 10. Mollie Yung (NDA),11. Christina Binkowski (Latin),12. Rebecca Wagers (Cooper),13. Gabrielle Goodness (Coop-er), 14. Alecia Radford (NDA),15. Kirsten Wilson (Dixie), 16.Jenna Vanderpool (Beech-wood), 17. Angela Huston(NDA), 18. Brigid Dunn (Latin),19. Ashleigh Noble (St. Henry),20. Catherine Wood (Lloyd), 21.Lisa White (Lloyd), 22. ClareHenning (St. Henry), 23. KaylinCurry (Lloyd), 24. Kadence Bak-er (Beechwood), 25. Jenna Fu-gate (St. Henry), 26. AshleyMeeks (HC), 27. Sarah Krugel(St. Henry), 28. Kari Hamilton(HC), 29. Allison Hughes (Dix-ie), 30. Sierra Sammons (Lloyd),31. Danielle Thaxton (Latin), 32.Regan Wakefield (Latin), 33.Molly Bilz (HC), 34. Kirsten Wil-liams (HC), 35. Kelsay Golds-berry (Dixie).

Boys basketball» Boone County beat Con-

ner 70-65 in a district game Jan.30. Senior guard Brenden Stan-ley scored 16 points to lead theRebels. Junior Stockwellscored 13, while Brett Mayber-ry and Elijah Monhollen eachscored 12. Senior guard JacobBarnes scored a game-high 17points for Conner, going 5-for-10from beyond the 3-point arc.Kyler Padgett, Alec Garnettand Nick Watts all scored 11 forthe Cougars.

» Conner beat Beechwood

63-60 Jan. 31. Michael Scott had26 points.

» Cooper beat Conner 71-50Jan. 27 in a 33rd District game.Dante Hendrixled Cooper with14 points. Adam Kunkel andSean McNeil each added 12points. Cooper’s Jacob Barneshad a game-high 15 points.

» St. Henry beat Lloyd 71-53Jan. 30 in a district game. PaulWallenhorst had 21, AdamGoetz 19 and Connor Kunstek16. Hayden Molitor scored 15for Lloyd.

» Walton-Verona beat Wil-liamstown 73-64 Jan. 27 in a 32nd

District game. Kyle Kinmonscored 13 of his career-high 30points in the third quarter. Kin-mon also grabbed 10 reboundsand Shea Evans added 17 points.

Girls basketball » Ryle beat Trimble County

69-44 Jan. 27. Carly Lange fin-ished with a game-high 23 pointsand added five steals and fourrebounds. Junior MallorySchwartz hit three 3-pointers tofinish with 17 points, six re-bounds and six assists.

» Junior guard MallorySchwartz scored 12 points tolead Ryle to a 53-46 victory over33rd District foe Boone Coun-ty. Eighth grader Juliet McGre-gor added 12 points for Ryle.Macey Ford and Kylie Ander-son each score 10 for No. 6Boone County.

» Cooper beat Dixie Heights52-42 Jan. 29. Emily Held scored26 points.

Freedom Trail» The Florence Freedom an-

nounced the addition of pitchingcoach Chad Rhoades and hit-

ting coach AJ Cicconi to first-year manager Dennis Pelfrey’scoaching staff.

Rhoades, 31, is a product ofOklahoma Baptist Universityand spent eight seasons as apitcher in professional baseball.He advanced as high as Dou-ble-A in the Boston Red Sox or-ganization, posting a 6-2 recordwith a 3.94 ERA in 56 appear-ances with Portland in 2009.Rhoades served as the pitchingcoach for the United League’sForth Worth Cats in 2013 andjoined the Gary SouthShoreRailCats of the American Asso-ciation in 2014, working along-side Pelfrey.

“Dennis and I have oppositepersonalities but we really com-plement each other well,”Rhoades said. “I was thrilledwhen I found out he got the joband he asked me right away if Iwanted to join him in Florenceand I said ‘yes’ without hesita-tion. Dennis is more of an extro-vert and I’m more of the quietguy working behind the scenes.But we are on the same wave-length when it comes to base-ball.”

Pelfrey and Rhoades alsoteamed up as coaches at SouthGrand Prairie High School (TX)in the spring of 2014, before theRailCats’ season began.

Cicconi, 25, is a product ofEastfield College in Mesquite,TX and played under Pelfrey atSouth Grand Prairie HighSchool. After his playing dayswere over, Cicconi immediatelygot into coaching, supervisingthe fall ball program at SouthGrand Prairie as well as coach-ing in the Dallas Amateur Base-ball Association.

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

The NKAC swimmingand diving meets wereJan. 30-31 at Scott HighSchool. Results:

Boys team scores: 1.Covington Catholic 442, 2.Dixie Heights 183, 3. Scott140, 4. Highlands 111, 5.Ryle 106, 6. Boone County89, 7. Campbell County 60,8t. Cooper 53, 8t Beech-wood 53, 8t St. Henry 53,11. Simon Kenton 46, 12.Holy Cross 32, 13. Conner13, Calvary Christian 12.Event winners:200MR–Covington Catho-lic 1:44.04; 200 free–Ha-ney (Beechwood) 1:44.94;200IM–Newman (Cov-Cath) 1:58.41; 50 free–Sh-eets and McMillen (Cov-Cath) 22.77; 100Fly–Sims(Dixie Heights) 55.96; 100free–Haney (Beechwood)48.64; 500 free–Meyer(CovCath) 4:47.27;200FR–Covington Catho-lic 1:31.92, 100Back–Mey-er (CovCath) 54.54;100Breast–Grubb (Scott)1:01.96; 400FR–CovCath3:17.38. Diving: 1. LouisHunt (Covington Catho-lic) 556.40, 2. Nick Fox(Scott) 441.75, 3. DallasCorsmeier (St. Henry)439.55, 4. Owen Finke (Ho-ly Cross) 369.80, 5. Gus

Staubitz (Holy Cross)317.20. Girls team scores:1. Notre Dame Academy453, 2. Highlands 227, 3.Dixie Heights 190, 4. Ryle128, 5. Holy Cross 78, 6.Cooper 72, 7. Scott 68, 8.Simon Kenton 67, 9. VillaMadonna 36, 10. Beech-wood 20, 11. Boone County18, 12. Campbell County17, 13. Conner 4, 14. St.Henry 3 Event winners:200MR–Notre DameAcademy 1:50.81;200free–Skinner (NDA)1:53.02; 200IM–Vonder-haar (NDA) 2:14.82;50free–Morgan (NDA)24.91; 100Fly–Beil (DH)57.78, 100 free–Smith(NDA) 54.38, 500 free–S-kinner (NDA) 5:04.58,200FR–Notre Dame Acad-emy 1:43.38,100Back–Smith (NDA)1:00.38, 100Breast–Von-derhaar (NDA) 1:07.32,400FR–NDA 3:43.90. Div-ing: 1. Carly Hill (High-lands) 499.25, 2. LindseyFox (Scott) 485.25, 3. Kar-ly Crail (Notre DameAcademy) 482.8, 4. Caro-line Schilling (Beech-wood) 412.75, 5. FrancieCase (Notre Dame Acad-emy) 373.40.

Teams do well at NKAC swimming meet


Rachel Moscona of Boone County swims the backstroke.


Paige Schuliger of Cooper swims the breaststroke.


Jack Humphrey of Cooper swims the backstroke.

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RECORDER

Abby Ziegelmeyer of St.Henry swims thebreaststroke.


Jack Anneken of St. Henry swims the breaststroke. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Katie Kalany of Ryle swims the backstroke.

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FORT THOMAS — A pairof batteries valued at$1,000 have been takenfrom the base of a cell-phone tower at 930 High-land Ave.

Theft of the batterieswas reported to FortThomas Police Depart-ment at 2:39 p.m. Monday,Jan. 26.

Someone broke into thebase of a T-Mobile cell-

phone tower, said Lt. RichWhitford, a spokesmanfor the department.

Whitford said he hasheard of similar theftshappening around Cincin-nati and Northern Ken-tucky.

Chris Mayhew, Recorder

3 arrested afterSWAT drug raid inFlorence

FLORENCE — Threemen, all of Florence, werearrested in Boone CountyJan. 24 after SWAT teamsand the Boone CountySheriff's Department ex-ecuted search warrantsas a part of a narcotics in-vestigation.

Mecko Williams, 36;Fernando Pedraza, 21; andSergio Pedraza, 22, wereall charged with traffick-ing in cocaine.

Williams was alsocharged with traffickingin heroin and felony pos-session of a handgun.

Police executed twosearch warrants in the 200block of Melinda Lane andthe 100 block of PattyLane after a joint cocaineand heroin trafficking in-vestigation.

Officials said that theNorthern Kentucky DrugStrike Force, the Ken-tucky State Police DrugEnforcement/Special In-vestigations Unit and offi-cers from the DEA Cin-cinnati Resident Office allassisted in the investiga-tion and search.

SWAT was used afterinvestigators believed thesuspects would be armed.

Henry Molski, Enquirer

Man breaks into MaiThai in Florence

Police are looking forthe man who was caughton tape breaking into aThai restaurant/sushi barin Florence early in Janu-ary.

The Florence PoliceDepartment posted videosurveillance footage onits Facebook page. Thewanted man is seen break-ing and entering at MaiThai on U.S. 42.

The break-in tookplace just before 4 a.m.Jan. 12, but police are stillseeking help.

Anyone with informa-tion about the man’swhereabouts is asked tocontact police at 859-334-5549.

Henry Molski, Enquirer

Second shootingsuspect has beenarrested

The second suspect in afatal Covington shooting

has been arrested, ac-cording to jail records.Simeon McKinnie, identi-fied as a suspect lastweek, was booked into theKenton County DetentionCenter just before mid-night Sunday.

He is charged withmurder and assault, ac-cording to jail records.

McKinnie, 20, is ac-cused of playing a role in adouble shooting in the1300 block of Hands Pikeon Jan. 22.

The shooting left oneperson dead and anotherinjured.

Police previously ar-rested Delaun Hayes, 21,for murder and assaultcharges in connection tothe incident. Hayes plead-ed not guilty in court lastweek. He is scheduled tomake another court ap-pearance Wednesday.

McKinnie was ar-raigned Monday and iscurrently being held on a$500,000 bond

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Question: I was out-side looking at my appletrees today and I noticedthat some animal hasbeen gnawing on thebark at the base of thetree trunks. How can Iprevent further dam-age?

Answer: During thewinter, orchard owners

need to protect theirfruit trees from rabbitsand voles (similar tofield mice). But hold offon any pruning untilafter the worst of thecold weather has passed.

Rabbits and volesinjure fruit trees bychewing the bark fromthe lower trunk and

portions ofthe roots.This dam-age maykill orweakenthe trees.

If grasshas grownup aroundthe base ofthe trees,it shouldbe re-

moved so as not to pro-vide cover for rabbitsand voles. If your treesare mulched, pull themulch back for five tosix inches at the base ofthe trunk to keep therodents away.

Pick up and discardany fallen, decayed fruitthat remains beneath thetrees to avoid attractingthe rodents. Cleaning upfruit from the groundshould be a part of annu-al fall and winter or-chard cleanup. This willalso help prevent thecarryover of insect anddisease problems.

Finally, install rodentguards around the lowertrunk. These may beplastic wrap guards thatare commercially avail-able. Home orchardowners can also con-struct their own guardsusing quarter inch hard-ware cloth.

The guards shouldcover the trunk to aheight of 18 inches andencircle the trunk. Dur-ing the winter and earlyspring months inspectthe ground around thetrees for tunnels in thegrass or holes indicatingvole activity. Use snaptraps (mouse traps)baited with peanut but-ter and oatmeal whenvole activity is noted.Put an upside-downempty milk crate overeach trap to keep catsand other animals awayfrom the traps.

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

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Clara BinderClara Perry Binder, 97, of

Edgewood and formerly ofFlorence, died Jan. 21 at St.Elizabeth Medical Center inEdgewood.

She was a homemaker,member of Wilmington BaptistChurch, and a member of theRalph Fulton Ladies Auxiliary inElsmere. She enjoyed playingcards and bingo, and watchingold Western movies.

Her husband, Edward Binder;and granddaughter, AmyBinder, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsGeorge Binder, Edward “Lindy”Binder, and Marcus Binder; andfive grandchildren along with12 great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: WilmingtonBaptist Church, 15472 MadisonPike, Demossville, KY 41033.

David ByrneDavid Lee Byrne, 58, of

Florence, died Jan. 22 at hishome.

He was a bonds underwriterfor Great American Insurance inCincinnati.

Survivors include his son, IanByrne of Erlanger; siblingsKristine Jones of Fort Wright,Greg Byrne of Atlanta, PhillipByrne of Greer, South Carolina,Michael Byrne of West Chester,Ohio, and Stephen Byrne ofBrooksville; and a grandson.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: RedwoodSchools, 71 Orphanage Road,Fort Mitchell, KY 41017.

Charles DeddenCharles Dedden, 79, of Flor-

ence, died Jan. 27 at his home.He owned Dedden Auto

Repairs, drove for Boone Coun-ty Schools, and was a memberof Florence F&AM No. 949 andthe Kishmee Grotto.

His son, Charles Dedden Jr.,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Barbara Dedden; childrenDonald Dedden, Rodney Kroh-man, Debra Shackelford, PamJones, Charlotte Wayman, andConnie Sniper; and 19 grand-children along with 25 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery in Independ-ence.

Patricia EbersoldPatricia J. Padgett Ebersold,

69, of Florence, died Jan. 22 atHarrison Memorial Hospital inCynthiana.

Survivors include her hus-band, Robert Ebersold; andbrother, Theodore Padgett ofFort Wright.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Robert LancasterRobert “Bob” Raymond

Lancaster, 80, of Florence, diedJan. 24 at Elmcroft SeniorLiving Center in Florence.

He was a retired plant man-ager for Grefco Inc. in Florenceand a member of WaltonUnited Methodist Church. Hewas an avid golfer and alsoenjoyed farming, fishing,traveling, and University ofKentucky sports.

His wife, Marilynn Lancaster,died previously.

Survivors include his daugh-ters Gina Duncan and ReneeBerkemeier; and four grand-children along with five great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Elmcroft SeniorLiving Center, 212 Main St.,Florence, KY 41042.

Evelyn LenhoffEvelyn “Lyn” Lenhoff, 87, of

Union, died Jan. 25 at Madon-na Manor Care Center in VillaHills.

She retired as a registerednurse from Cincinnati Chil-dren’s Hospital Medical Centerand was a member of St. Barba-ra Church, Tri-City Seniors, TheRed Hat Society, and Trans-atlantic Brides and ParentsAssociation.

Her husband, Ronald Len-hoff, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsMark Lenhoff and Bruce “Bob-bie” Lenhoff, both of Florence;and five grandchildren alongwith two step-grandchildrenand three great-grandchildren.

Burial was at at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. Rita School forthe Deaf, 1720 Glendale-Mil-ford Road, Cincinnati, OH45215; or Neediest Kids of All,312 Elm St., Suite 20, Cincinnati,OH 45202; or St. BarbaraChurch, 4042 Turkeyfoot Road,Erlanger, KY 41018.

Patricia PenningtonPatricia F. Pennington, 71, of

Florence, died Jan. 23.She was a homemaker, an

employee at bigg’s in Florence,and member of Walton Chris-tian Church.

Survivors include her hus-band, Lee Pennington; childrenScott Pennington, SuzanneMcGinn, and Leigh Ann Gerdes;sister, Judy Gilbert; and sevengrandchildren.

Burial was at RichwoodCemetery in Walton.

Memorials: St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital, P.O.Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis,TN 38101-9908.

Gary SanderGary Alton Sander, 76, of

Union, died Jan. 24.He was formerly employed as

a finance controller with vari-ous companies until his retire-ment. He was a U.S. Armyveteran. He loved golf andplaying bingo at R.C. DurrYMCA Senior Center.

His sister, Beverly, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wife,Dawn Sander; daughters SteffiLinch and Jill Sander; son, GarySander Jr.; sisters Mary, Nancy,and Judy; brother, Bill; and fourgrandchildren.

Memorials: American HeartAssociation, 211 Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Thomas UrtonThomas L. Urton, 71, of

Florence, died Jan. 24 at hishome.

He was the owner of Data-Mark mailing services and aU.S. Army veteran, havingserved as a master sergeant formore than 20 years, includingduring the Vietnam War.

Survivors include his wife,Hannelore Urton; childrenChristiane Sprague of Inde-pendence, Michael “Mike”Urton of Ludlow, and TorgitUrton of Bellevue; and threegrandchildren.

Burial was at Spring GroveCemetery in Cincinnati.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 2081 Beechwood Road,Fort Mitchell, KY 41017; or St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice,483 S. Loop Drive, Edgewood,KY 41017.

Dorothy WilliamsDorothy Amey Williams, 88,

of Florence and formerly ofErlanger, died Jan. 23 at St.Elizabeth Medical Center inFlorence.

She was a high school teach-er for 41 years and head of thesocial studies department atDixie Heights High School formany years. She was a memberof Erlanger Baptist Church, aKentucky Colonel, member ofthe Kenton County RetiredTeachers and the KentuckyEducation Association, and sheserved on the State TextbookCommission.

Her husband, Harold B.Williams, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsSteven B. Williams of Long-wood, Florida, and Matthew A.Williams of San Antonio, Texas;and nine grandchildren.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park Mausole-um in Erlanger.

Roy WilliamsRoy H. Williams, 71, of Flor-

ence, died Jan. 22 at St. Eliza-beth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

He was a retired electronicsengineer for Midwest Corp.,the former proprietor of Vis-count Video Sales, and a U.S.Marine Corps veteran. Heenjoyed working and travelingwith his wife in their 1929Model A, including many localtrips and one to Alaska andback. He was a member of theModel A Restorers Club, the

Horseless Carriage Club, RiverSquares, the USO, and theROMEOS.

Survivors include his wife,Anna Williams; daughtersSarah Alice McDonner andJoanna Marie Williams; mother,Gladys Williams; sister, CarolDahmer; brother, RonneyWilliams; and two grand-children.

Interment was at RichwoodCemetery in Walton.

Memorials: U.S.O., Attn:Kathy Williams, P.O. Box 36,Hebron, KY 41048; or Model AFord Foundation Inc., 49 JassetSt., Newton, MA 02458 .

Dale WolfeDale “Gene” Eugene Wolfe,

74, of Florence, died Jan. 26 athis home.

He was a retired meat cutterfor Bluegrass Quality Meats anda U.S. Army veteran. He was alongtime member and deaconat Kentaboo Baptist Church inFlorence.

Survivors include his wife,Sue E. Wainscott Wolfe; daugh-ters Cheryl Ryle of Raleigh,North Carolina, and ChristineBoles of Cincinnati; sister, Joyce

Hungler of Burlington; and sixgrandchildren along with threegreat-grandchildren.

Interment was at BurlingtonCemetery.

Memorials: Kentaboo BaptistChurch, 7037 Curtis Ave., Flor-ence, KY 41042.

Robert WoodwardRobert “Woody” Woodward,

78, of Florence, died Jan. 25 athis home.

He was a retired bus driverfor Boone County Schools and aU.S. Army veteran. He collectedcast iron cars and loved to drawand do woodworking.

His son, Danny Woodward;and brothers Jimmy Woodwardand Arthur Woodward Jr., diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Margaret Woodward; son, RickWoodward of Independence;daughter, Tammy Sue Mullinsof Ludlow; brothers FredWoodward of Taylor Mill andDonnie Woodward of Hebron;sisters Laura Krebs of TaylorMill and Doris Clifton of Erlang-er; and eight grandchildrenalong with eight great-grand-children.

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Vernon McIntyre toperform Florencecoffeehouse

FLORENCE — TheNorthern Kentucky Blue-grass Music Associationpresents A WoodSongsCoffeeHouse featuringVernon McIntyre and Ap-palachian Grass.

The band will performat 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14,

the Willis Music Auditori-um, 7567 Mall Road, Flor-ence. Tickets are avail-able at the door. Admis-sion is $10 or $8 for mem-bers of the bluegrassmusic association.

NKU president todiscuss healthinnovation center

On Tuesday, Feb. 10,

the Northern KentuckyChamber of Commercewill present “Eggs ‘N Is-sues: NKU’s Health Inno-vation Center” from7:30-9 a.m. at ReceptionsBanquet & ConferenceCenter in Erlanger.

Northern KentuckyUniversity PresidentGeoffrey Mearns will ad-dress the audience onNKU’s Health InnovationCenter, opening in fall2017.

The center will supportan integrated portfolio ofprograms to preparehealth care professionalsand provide solutions toKentucky’s health andwellness challenges.Mearns will share theplans and goals for the

Health Innovation Center. Local 12 Health and

Medical Reporter Liz Bo-nus will emcee the event.This program is producedin collaboration with theChamber’s Employer So-lutions’ focus on health,wellness and safety.

The cost is $20 for NKYChamber members and$40 for others. Reserva-tions can be made by call-ing 859-578-8800.

Girls basketballclassic set for Feb. 8

Play to Change a LifeBasketball Classic willtake place at 3 p.m. Sun-day, Feb. 8, at ThomasMore College, ConnorConvocation Center.

Ga,es will be: » St. Henry vs. As-

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» Newport CentralCatholic vs. Notre Dameat 7 p.m.

Admission is $5 foradults, $2 for students andsenior citizens. Children 6and under will be free.

Proceeds will benefitCatholic Charities and theAlliance for Catholic Ur-ban Education.

KSO hostsValentine’s ‘JumpJive & Wail’

The Kentucky Sym-phony Orchestra’s 21st

Valentine Gala offers mu-sic from the Roaring ‘20sand the swing revival ofthe 1990s. The event,“Jump Jive & Wail,” willbe 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at TheNewport Syndicate.

A cocktail hour allowsflappers and wiseguys thechance to chat and browsea silent auction before athree-course dinner.

The KSO’s NewportRagtime Band with vocal-ists Kathy Wade, DeondraMeans and Troy Hitch willlight up the dance floorwith tunes of Prohibition,straight from WLW’s andNewport’s hey-day.

Then the room spins,jumps, jives and wailsthrough the sounds of theKSO’s brand new group –The Devou-Doo Daddies –as it covers the greatswing revival acts of the1990s.

You can preview andbid on items online atkyso.org starting Feb. 6.

Public retirees meetat Golden Corral

FORT WRIGHT — TheFebruary meeting of theNorthern Kentucky Chap-ter of Kentucky PublicRetirees (KPR) will be11:45 a.m. Feb. 9 at GoldenCorral restaurant, 488 Or-phanage Road in FortWright.

Public employees andretirees who receivebenefits from County Em-ployment RetirementSystem, State Police Re-tirement System and Ken-tucky Employees Retire-ment System are encour-aged to attend.

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