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HITTING THE TRAILB1Track and field athletes inBoone County have a lot tolook forward to.

FLORENCE — In January,Florence Christian Churchwelcomed two new female pas-tors.

The Rev. Dr. Susan Dia-mond came from Montgomery,Ala., to serve as senior pastor,and the Rev. Diana Hodges-Batzka relocated from Le-moyne, Pa., as associate pastor

at the church that’s been at theeastern corner of Main Streetand Dixie Highway since 1831.

The pair had served togeth-er in Alabama and were glad tojoin forces again.

“In our system, each con-gregation calls their own pas-tors,” said Diamond. “Weworked well together. Ourstyles complement each other,not the same, we’re very dif-ferent, but it’s one of those

‘God things’ that fell togetherat the right time. We hit theground running and part ofthat was because we kneweach other.”

Together they’ve plannedseveral services during HolyWeek, including a sunrise ser-vice along with their two usualSunday morning services, aswell as an evening worship ser-

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Pastors Diana Hodges-Batkza and Susan Diamond lead the congregation at Florence Christian Church.

Two female pastorswelcomed to FlorenceChristian ChurchAmy [email protected]

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FLORENCE — For the BooneCounty High School band pro-gram, excellence is a tradition.

At the Kentucky Music Edu-cators Association District 6performance assessment, whenschools from eight countiesgathered at Northern KentuckyUniversity’s Greaves ConcertHall from March 10-12, BooneCounty’s Wind Ensembleearned the distinguished ratingfor the 25th consecutive year.

However, when the distin-guished program performs con-certs at school, band directorDan Barnhill conducts thebands in the cafeteria.

The whole band hasn’t beenable to perform in the auditori-um since sometime in the late1970s or early ’80s, he said.

“Since this school was built

in 1955, every part has been ren-ovated except the auditorium,”said Barnhill. “The auditoriumhas gotten new chairs and car-pet and that’s it. A stage exten-sion was built so they’d havemore stage space, but it tooksome of the seating area.”

The auditorium has around250 seats, some of which arebroken.

Barnhill hopes upgradingthe school’s music facilities be-comes a priority for the schooldistrict. He’d like to see a newauditorium, along with a choirroom and a hallway to connectthe band room to the building.

“From a musical standpoint,a nice auditorium enriches thesound of the band in a way a caf-eteria just can’t do,” he said.“An auditorium is more than abox with chairs. Right now,

Boone band earnshonors despiteoutdated auditoriumAmy [email protected]

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Boone County High School’s Wind Ensemble, led by Dan Barnhill, won its25th consecutive distinguished rating at their performance assessment atNorthern Kentucky University’s Greaves Concert Hall.

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al programs featuring survivalskills and pioneer life, which goalong with the renovations andHarlan’s campaign to help raisethe site to a level commensuratewith the area’s place in Ken-tucky and world history.

“A lot of people are aware ofthe significance of this park andits contributions to science, butat the same time, the park haslargely allowed the communityto more or less forget about BigBone and its significance,” saidHenson. “People who have beencoming here their whole liveswill see something different.”

UNION — While the Big BoneLick State Historic Site’s visitorcenter is getting a facelift, theprehistoric attraction is addinga new, super cool ambassador.

Harlan G. Sloth is a perkyrepresentation of Harlan’sground sloth, also known as par-mylodon – a nearly 11-foot-tall,furry four-legged creature notdirectly related to today’ssloths, which was discovered inice age sediments at Big BoneLick, according to OssanaWolff, the site’s new programservices supervisor.

Harlan is also helping theFriends of Big Bone host a 30-day Indiegogo campaign toraise $20,000 to fund the secondphase of renovations at BigBone Lick’s visitor center. Thecampaign is set to start April 15.

Created by artist SarahPhipps of FireMane Studio inCincinnati, Harlan and his lightblue bow tie share prehistoricfacts on Facebook and Twitter(@Harlan_Sloth) to help gener-ate interest in the project andthe prehistoric site.

Phipps imagined Harlanwould help embody the idea ofstewardship for the site.

“Harlan is unique, just like

the site,” she said. “He doesn’ttake himself too seriously, buthe’s not a joke. He wants toshare facts about his home withpeople and interest them incoming to the site, so they getinto the conservation and edu-cation purposes here, not justre-creation.”

“This is a great idea,” saidpark manager Dean Henson.“There are a lot of places Har-lan can go and things he can dothat will make people think, ‘Iwant to go out and do that too.’As a vehicle for publicity, we’vekind of needed a mascot.”

Wolff is adding more ice ageeducation to the site’s tradition-

Furry face draws attention to park projectAmy [email protected]

THANKS TO SARAH PHIPPS, FIREMANE

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Harlan G. Sloth, who recentlyawakened after a 10,000-year nap,brings ice-age style cool to Big BoneLick State Historic Site’s Indiegogocampaign.See SLOTH, Page A2

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vice. The church will beopen Maundy Thursday,

the holy day celebratingthe Last Supper, and GoodFriday, and they will servebreakfast after the sunriseservice until 10:30 a.m.

Both say they’ve beenwelcomed by the 250-mem-ber congregation, in addi-tion to the community.

“One of the things thathas impressed me is thatit’s a very community-ori-ented church,” Diamondsaid. “We utilize space formeetings during the week,inside for recovery groupsand outside the church foroutreach. I love to see ourfacility used in ways to con-tribute to our community’s

health and vitality.”Diamond said it is out of

the ordinary for a congre-gation to have women intwo main roles. “When Iwas in seminary 25 yearsago, we were reaching 50percent females in semi-nary,” she said.

“I’d say it’s unusual tohave two ordained femaleclergy serving together,”said Hodges-Batzka. Shesaid her seminary class wa-sa just about equally divid-ed, but she and her friendssometimes joke about the“stained glass ceiling” thatkeeps women from holdinghigher roles in the church.

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In October 2014,Friends of Big Bone presi-dent Patricia Fox an-nounced two $70,000grants from the R.C. DurrFoundation to update thecenter’s nine displaycases. The second grantcame with a challenge forsupporters to match fundsfor the second grant.

The renovation’s firstphase, which is funded bythe grant, includes updat-ing display cases.

Henson said work onthe new displays is under-way at the Cincinnati Mu-seum Center, and he ex-pects the cases to be in-stalled by May. An openhouse is June 11.

The second phase willexpand the wall mural outinto the floor with a furryfreestanding bison antiqu-us replica and a re-cre-ation of the site’s sludge,along with a skeletal dis-play of Harlan’s groundsloth, surely a close friendto Harlan G., who will alsobe featured. The new addi-tions will also includevideo presentations.

SlothContinued from Page A1

that’s what our auditoriumis, a box with chairs.”

Barnhill, who is in hisfirst year of teaching atBoone County High,helped achieve the ratingas a band member from2001-2005 and now as di-rector of the school’s Sym-phonic Band as well as theWind Ensemble, or honorsband. The program in-cludes 89 students in 10groups.

“The Wind Ensemblehas achieved distin-guished all 25 years it’sbeen in existence,” Barn-hill said. “Symphonic Bandregularly, but not consecu-tively, receives distin-guished. I want to makethat a tradition as well.”

Barnhill, a trumpetplayer, said he felt the

pressure to keep the tradi-tion going.

“I’m obviously proud ofthe work I did as a studentto help obtain that achieve-ment, but this feels differ-ent,” he said. “As band di-rector, I’m responsible forall the individual learning.When I was in high school,I was only responsible formy own learning.”

The school’s principal,Mark Raleigh, said Barn-hill’s alumni status helpedhim earn the job. “Weknew he was already in-vested in the band pro-gram,” said Raleigh. “Thatresonated with us. Weknew he had experiencedbeing part of this band pro-gram and knew how it ben-efited him.”

Between 150 and 250tickets are sold to eachband concert. Althoughthe tickets help raise mon-ey for the program, that’snot why they’re sold.

“If we had an adequateauditorium, we wouldn’thave to sell tickets. Ifevents were free, wewould reach maximum ca-pacity very quickly. As itis, we already have to turnfamilies away,” Barnhillsaid. “We don’t advertise tothe community or invitegroups from nursinghomes.”

In a proper space, hesaid the band could collab-orate with the choir, led byBarnhill’s wife, Lauren.That’s not possible in thecafeteria.

“At the assessment, thestudents heard their firstnote and it sounded incred-ible. They’ve never heardthat before. They’ve neverheard what they sound likein an auditorium. They geta taste of it once a year.That’s it,” Barnhill said.“Part of our problem iswe’ve been making itwork. When the leadership

sees we get distinguishedratings for 25 years, theyask, ‘Why do you need anew space? You’re doinggreat with what youhave.’”

Raleigh admits the au-ditorium is “outdated.”

“Of course, I’d like tosee our school get an up-dated auditorium with thechoir room and the hall-way. I’m definitely in favorof that, but at the sametime, I’m realistic. This is alarge district with a lot ofneeds. Hopefully this pro-ject will become a priorityfor the district,” he said. “Ithink the band program’ssuccess is an example ofthe human spirit that canaccomplish almost any-thing as long as we workhard and do the best withwhat we’ve got. They don’tlet these obstacles get intheir way and stop themfrom being a quality pro-gram.”

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FLORENCE — Duringthe March 10 City Councilmeeting, Florence lead-ers approved the sale of$6.3 million of public pro-ject refunding bonds, asale that netted $741,000for the city on Wednesday.

Florence Finance Di-rector Linda Chapmansaid interest on the bondsis expected to earn$614,000 over the remain-ing life of the bonds, or$51,000 per year until2027. The 30-year bondswere started in 1997 tofund construction of theFlorence GovernmentCenter and were refi-nanced in 2005.

Councilman Mel Car-roll spoke in support ofthe sale. “I think we’vedone refinancing, if youwill, from time to time. Italways works to our ad-

vantage,”he said.“It’s a goodmove.”

“It isanotheropportuni-ty to savemoney,”

said Mayor Diane Wha-len.

Councilman DuaneFroelicher, a financial in-vestment adviser, askedabout retiring the debt in-stead.

“I’m under the impres-sion that, by my due dili-gence, we can save about$900,000 in interest and$300,000 in underwritingfees if we retire the debt.So I was just kind of curi-ous what kind of analysiswas done,” he said.

Whalen said Chapmanhad discussed the salewith council members.

City Attorney HughSkees said defeasance, or

paying off the bond debt,would incur additionalfees.

Chapman said shedidn’t know how much itwould cost the city to re-tire the debt, but she quot-ed the amount the citysaved with the sale.

“The bonds sold yes-terday, netting $741,000because we chose not to

retire that debt,” she said.“We’re also keeping $6.3million in the bank earn-ing interest, which overthe next 12 years willequal $614,000 in interest.That’s a total of $1,355,000that we’ve earned by sell-ing the bonds, plus wedidn’t take a hit to our sav-ings by making a $6.3 mil-lion expenditure.”

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Bonds funding the construction of the Florence GovernmentCenter in 1997 were refinanced this week, netting $741.000for the city.

Masonic Lodgehosts egg hunt

UNION — The Boone-Union Masonic Lodgewill host an Easter egghunt at 11 a.m. Saturdayat Jane’s Saddlebag,13989 Ryle Road.

The free event is opento egg hunters 13 yearsand younger. Masons willprovide bags or basketsfor children to collecteggs.

For more information,call Ernie Stratton at 859-581-0536.

NKY ChamberWomen’s Initiativepresents seriesevent

ERLANGER — TheNorthern KentuckyChamber of CommerceWomen’s Initiative willpresent its next profes-sional series event, Stra-tegic Communication,7:30-9:30 a.m. May 6 atthe METS Center in Er-langer.

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ERLANGER — TheNorthern KentuckyChamber of Commercewill present the firstNKY Business Showcase8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April15 at the METS Center inErlanger.

The showcase pro-vides an opportunity forbusiness professionals tobuild and strengthen re-lationships, experiencepotential client and cus-tomer products first-hand, and learn from re-gional leaders and ex-perts on the tools forbusiness success.

Keynote presenterwill be Karen Forgus,senior vice president ofbusiness operations withthe Cincinnati Reds.

Attendees will thenhave the opportunity tovisit with dozens ofChamber member busi-nesses at the B2B expoand participate in educa-tional workshops withsubject matter experts in

social media, cyber secu-rity, and networking.

The cost to attend thekeynote address/expoand workshops is $30.For those who wish to at-tend only the expo andworkshops, the cost is$10.

Reservations can bemade by calling 859-578-8800 or online athttp://bit.ly/1wBl0dk.

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Kylie Compton, 2, of Florence, gathers eggs into her basket atthe Independence Easter Egg Hunt.

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Boone County Schools Super-intendent Randy Poe receivedthe Northern Kentucky Educa-tion Council’s Lifetime

AchievementAward at the coun-cil’s regional educa-tion dinner.

As superinten-dent of the state’sthird largest schooldistrict since 2008,Poe’s focus has re-volved around aca-demic rigor, real

world relevance and focusedpartnerships with students, par-ents and the community. Poehas been recognized at both thestate and national level for hisaccomplishments.

The 2015 Excellence in Edu-cation Celebration took placeMarch 26 at the Northern Ken-tucky Convention Center. About800 attended the gathering host-ed by the Northern KentuckyChamber of Commerce and the

Northern Kentucky EducationCouncil.

The following individualswere honored for their leader-ship and dedication to educa-tion:

» The Northern KentuckyEducation Council and Vision2015 Champion for EducationAward, The Northern KentuckyEducation Council Action TeamCo-Chairs: Leshia Lyman, Unit-ed Way of Greater Cincinnati;Dr. Shelli Wilson, CampbellCounty School District; KarenCheser, Boone County SchoolDistrict; Dr. Christina Petroze,Thomas More College; Dr.Kathy Burkhardt, Erlanger-Elsmere Independent SchoolDistrict; Dr. Jennifer StansburyKoenig, NKY Center for Educa-tor Excellence; Dr. Susan Cook,NKY Center for Educator Ex-cellence; Dr. Angie Taylor, Ga-teway Community and Techni-cal College; Dave Schroeder,Kenton County Public Library;Dr. Jean Loftus, Loftus PlasticSurgery Center; Dr. Raymond

Hebert, Thomas More College;Anthony Strong, PendletonCounty School District; MikeHammons, Children Inc.

» 2015 Golden Apple / A.D.Albright Outstanding TeacherAward: Heidi Neltner, Teacherat Robert D. Johnson Elemen-tary

» A.D. Albright OutstandingCommunity/Business LeaderAward: Marianne Schmidt-Hurtt, PNC Bank

» A.D. Albright OutstandingGovernmental LeadershipAward, Carl Wicklund, KentonCounty Board of Education

» A.D. Albright OutstandingAdministrator Award, ConnieCrigger, principal at ShirleyMann Elementary

» One to One LiteracyAward, Christy Eby, volunteerat Campbell Ridge Elementary

Celanese Inc. was presentedwith the 2015 Business Engage-ment of the Year Award for itspartnership with Piner Elemen-tary. Celanese employees areactively engaged with the

school’s Character Educationprogram to emphasize the im-portance of work ethic and posi-tive attitude. Additionally, Cel-anese employees have taughtJunior Achievement at Pinerfor the past four years, engi-neers from Celanese presentSuper Science Night, and em-ployees from around the globework to teach students aboutSTEM careers through the Stu-dent Technology LeadershipProgram e-mentoring program.

Golden Apple AwardsThe following 13 Northern

Kentucky teachers were pre-sented with Golden AppleAwards for their outstandingdedication and profound effecton the lives of the children theyteach:

» Rachel McConnachie,Donald E. Cline Elementary

» Lori Harpold, CrossroadsElementary

» Ashley Lutz, Arnett Ele-mentary

» Heidi Neltner, Robert D.

Johnson Elementary» Karen Holbrook, Gallatin

County Elementary» Melinda Boesken, River

Ridge Elementary» Kristin Bach, Walton-Ve-

rona Elementary» Angela Brehm, Turkey

Foot Middle School» Lauren Elliott, Phillip A.

Sharp Middle School» Debbie McNeil, Walton-

Verona Middle School» Michael Florimonte,

Campbell County High School» Christopher Bryson, Ken-

ton County Academies of Inno-vation and Technology

» Kris Gillis, Dixie HeightsHigh School

The following students re-ceived the Student LeadershipAward, presented for exhibit-ing exemplary characteristicsin leadership:

» August Snelbaker, ConnerHigh School

» Lucidious Witt, PendletonCounty High School

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Boone residents on dean’slist at Centre

Several Boone County resi-dents earned dean’s list honors atCentre College during the 2014fall semester.

Andrew Field, the son of Rich-ard and Jami Field of Florence, isa graduate of Covington LatinSchool.

Louis Rodgers, the son of Pauland Mary Rodgers of Florence, isa graduate of St Henry HighSchool.

Clara Gaddie, the daughter ofNancy and Roy Gaddie of He-bron, is a graduate of ConnerHigh School.

McGlone, the daughter of San-dra Derringer and GregoryMcGlone, both of Florence, is agraduate of Ryle High School.

Students must maintain atleast a 3.6 GPA to earn dean’s listhonors at Centre College.

Walker honored asscholar athlete atHeidelberg

Kevin Walker, of Florence,was one of 148 Heidelberg Uni-versity students presented Lan-dess Scholar-Athlete Awards forthe fall 2014 semester at halftimeof the men’s basketball game onFeb. 18.

Walker, a football player, is afreshman business administra-tion major.

The Landess Awards honorstudents for their achievementsin the classroom as well as on theathletic field. They were createdby William Landess, a 1995 Hei-delberg alumnus and member ofthe university’s board of trust-ees, to honor student-athleteswho achieve a minimum 3.0 GPAduring their semester of compe-tition.

Coors joins chorus atAshland University

Anamarie Coors, of Florence,has become a member of wom-en’s chorus at Ashland Univer-sity. Coors is majoring in com-mercial art and is the daughter of

Christopher and Teresa Coors ofFlorence. She is a 2013 graduateof Boone County High School.

The Women’s Chorus, directedby Dr. Marla Butke, associateprofessor of music, provideswomen with an opportunity tostudy and perform choral litera-ture written especially for treblevoices and representing a varietyof styles, eras, composers, andlanguages. The chorus performsat a number of campus events, in-cluding the Ashland UniversityFestival of Lights.

Boone residents graduatefrom U of L

Many Boone County residentsgraduated from the University ofLouisville during the 2014 fall se-mester.

Graduates include Meghan Al-leman, Bachelor of Science innursing; Alexander Ammerman,Bachelor of Science; Adam Burt,Bachelor of Science in electricalengineering with honors; Benja-min Cahill, Bachelor of Sciencein bioengineering; Joseph Cin-derella, Bachelor of Science inmechanical engineering withhonors; Lindsay Foster, Bachelorof Music with highest honors;Melanie Graham, Bachelor ofScience in mechanical engineer-ing with high honors;

Kara Leeds, Master of Engi-neering; Jordan Meyer, Bachelorof Science in electrical engineer-

ing with high honors; SamuelPrescott, Bachelor of Science inchemical engineering; JaredRobinson, Bachelor of Science;Annette Stangle, Bachelor of Sci-ence in mechanical engineering;Tara Thaman, Bachelor of Sci-ence; Lyna Than, Bachelor of Sci-ence; and Brooke Wilkin, Bache-lor of Science in nursing.

Boone residents make Uof L scholar’s list

Many Boone County residentswere honored with dean’s scholarhonors at the University of Louis-ville during the 2014 fall semes-ter.

Honored students include Jo-seph Albrecht, julie Beck, AlbertBragg, Samuel Deis, Anna Ed-wards, Kelsey Fussinger, Mi-chael Glaser, Adam Goddard,Stephanie Gravatte, KevinGrome, Rachel Hall, HannahHicks, Lauren Humpert, KatieHumrick, Margaret Jett, BrennaKing, Madeleine Loney, AdamMattingly, Brian Merkle, Shan-non O’Daniel, Nicholas Ostertag,Ankur Patel, Ajay Patel, MeganPennell, Kelli Ryan, SamanthaShnider, Andrew Stewart, HannaSullivan, Sydney Voss, SydneyWatts, Heather Wheeler, MollyWilliamson, Adeline Wilson,Shannon Winter, Tessa Withorn,and Danielle Young.

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Holtzclaw places ingeography bee

David Holtzclaw fromConner Middle School in He-bron placed second in the2015 Kentucky state champi-onship in the annual NationalGeographic Bee on March 27at Western Kentucky Uni-versity’ Knicely ConferenceCenter. Holtzclaw is in theeighth grade.

One hundred of Kentuck-

y’s most geographicallyaware fourth- througheighth-graders competed forthe state championship atWKU’s South Campus.

Sponsored by NationalGeographic, Google andPlum Creek, the annual com-petition culminates with thenational championship inWashington, D.C., each May,after the state-level champi-onships.

SCHOOL NOTES

THORNWILDEELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The following students have earnedhonors for the second quarter of2014-2015.

ALL A’S HONOR ROLLFourth grade: Brooklyn Adams,Abigail Brown, Maya Briddell, DanielCampbell, Emma Cesene, RyleeDepp, Megan Dolan, Peyton Dover,Ethan Dyer, Bilal Elayyadi, Ely Gur-ren, Cooper Haaser, Landen Hamil-ton, Preston Hammons, Ben Hartline,Rachel Herron, Kayla Hostetler,Caytlyn Jensen, George Johnson,Madeline Ketron, Leo Langley,Connor Lipps, Ayden Lohr, NathanMaluenda, Brody Mangold, Dono-van Mathews, Emily McGraw, FaithMcNamara, Lilly Mullins, MackenzieMurray, Natalye Nguyen, D. Ni-choles, Caleb Phillips, Patrick Pride-more, Emmerson Reeder, JaxsonRice, Ethan Sands, Ryan Schneider,Jill Smith, Cole Super, Sophia Van-Winkle, Jeffrey Vest.

Fifth grade: Andrew Batto, EmmaBell, Evan Brock, Jackson Bucks,Noah Barhorst, Alexandra Cobble,Hailey Clem, Sam Cottengim, Mer-edith Darling, Levi Elliott, CannonFrye, Carrin Frey, Connor Flick,Karina Fleckinger, Kendyl Gurren,Megan Greenfield, Emma Hibbitts,Ethan Hite, Lauren Hawthorne,Lucas Hammann, Shealey Hannigan,Trevor Jordan, Rudi Johnson, AbdatyKounta, Samuel Kaiser, Olivia Logs-don, Camden Montgomery, Saman-tha Notton, Hagen Pearce, JohnPeterson, Kylee Reed, Amy Stewart,Cadence Turner, Savannah Voorhees,Bailey Williams, Ty Zachary.

A/B HONOR ROLLFourth grade: Kyle Albrinck, KyraBellman, Cadence Bussard, ElaineChan, Alexis Coley, Nick Conte, ColeDensler, Charlie Dieruf, DonovanDillingham, Lauren Fellows, HarleyFields, Blake Folke, Ryan Frasure,Gabby Gillespie, Sebastian Guevara-Casas, Taryn Hafer, Caitlyn Harp, AlexHarrison, Emma Hart, Miku Ichika-wa, Vivian Johnson, Brennan Kahle,Yana Kemp, Payton Kenny, BenKraft, Mary List, Leah Lusk, BreannaMaidens, Layne Masters, Will Nagel,Taslim Olad, Hannah Ottino, EmilyPack, Rashaun Perry, Isabella Rice,Piper Ritson, RC Robbins, AllisonRossi, Ally Sao, Anna Saulino, MasonSchweitzer, Cole Siegmundt, NaimaSmith, Abbigail Spegal, Eddie Thom-as, Kylee Vinson, Elizabeth Voorhees,Mackenzie Walton, Nick Warshak,Avery Watson, Trent Wilson, Mat-thew Wiseman, Landen Wood,Greta Yusko.

Fifth grade: Alexandra Alford, NickArteno, Landon Aylor, Katie Bowen,Kyra Birkofer, Alex Castrucci, Heath-er Cheek, Wyatt Dalbey, BlakeDaniels, Owen Fitzgerald, LondynFrazier, Nicholas Gonzalez, AshleeHess, Isabella Hoover, Joseph Impel-litteri, Josie Kenny, Alexander May,Lacey Morris, Ellie Nagel, BritneyNguyen, Blaise Porciello, Faith Pierce,Allison Rockey, Corie Robinson,Jackson Roseburrough, KarterReeves, Kourtney Reeves, OwenRoark, Eleanor Steele, Leann Smith,Sophia Swaney, Trevor Thomas,Zachary Tomar, Colton Vanover,Carson Wells, Meckenzi Zink.

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The General As-sembly complet-ed its work last

week with the much-publicized anti-heroinbill signing. Duringthe 30-day session,legislators welcomedconstituents includingpastors, Eagle Scoutsand college students.Several young peoplealso served as legisla-tive pages.

PROVIDED

Rep. Diane St. Onge, R-Lakeside Park (first from right) joined Gov. Steve Beshear (seated) as hesigned House Bill 209 into law. HB 209, which was sponsored by St. Onge, creates a Gold StarSiblings plate in Kentucky. She is is joined by (from right ) Dave Seeger, Rep. Sal Santoro,R-Florence, Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Burlington, Lt. Governor Crit Luallen, Rep. Tanya Pullin,D-South Shore, and Rep. Jim Gooch, D-Providence.

THANKS TO JON DRAUD

Kenton County Commissioner Jon Draud was proud to accompany his grandsons to the stateCapitol as they served as pages for the Kentucky General Assembly. From left are Draud;Mason Rohmiller, a fifth-grader at Blessed Sacrament School; Scotty Draud, sixth-grader atBlessed Sacrament; and state Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Florence.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 24, Sen. Will Schroder, R-Wilder, and Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, welcome the Northern Kentucky BoyScouts, newly initiated Eagle Scouts, to the Capitol. The senators recognized the young men on the Senate floor for theiraccomplishments.

A lookback at thelegislative

session

PROVIDED

On Feb. 26, Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, welcomes members of Northen Kentucky University’sStudent Government Association to the Capitol. Schickel greeted members of the team on theSenate floor. The group included NKU students Austin Stevenson, Kamaria Mayes, ChandlerTaylor, John Jose, Aaron Hatfield and Sami Dada.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 25, Evelyn Willis served in the Capitol as a legislativepage for Sen. John Schickel, R-Union. Evelyn is aseventh-grader at Ockerman Middle School. She was escortedto Frankfort by her father, Mark Yoakum.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 26, Sen. JohnSchickel, R-Union, welcomedfour legislative pages fromthe Boone County area to theCapitol. Among the studentswho served the senator wereIsabella Warner, a fifth-gradestudent at Kelly Elementary,in Burlington, Jenna Lusk, asixth-grade student at VillaMadonna Middle School,Hanna Lusk, a third-gradestudent at ThornwildeElementary, in Hebron, andLeah Lusk, a fourth-gradestudent at ThornwildeElementary.

THANKS TO BUD KRAFT, LRC PUBLIC INFORMATION

Rep. Sal Santoro, R-Florence, left, talks with Rep. Jerry Miller,R-Louisville, before the start of the Jan. 8 session of theKentucky House of Representatives.

THANKS TO LRC PUBLIC

INFORMATION

House Republican FloorLeader Jeff Hoover,R-Jamestown (seated), talkswith Rep. Tom Kerr, R-TaylorMill.

PROVIDED

On Feb. 12, Sen. John Schickelwelcomed Pastor DavidShockey, Hebron LutheranChurch, to the Capitol. PastorShockey led the Senate in aninvocation and wasrecognized by SenatorSchickel on the Senate floor.

PROVIDED

On March 4, John CharlesLyons served in the Capitol asa legislative page for Sen.John Schickel, R-Union. John isa seventh-grade student atGray Middle School. He is theson of David and CherylLyons, of Union.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 3Art & 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.

Friday Afternoon Fun, 2:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Usevariety of craft supplies fromlibrary craft closet to make yourvery own masterpiece. Forgrades K-2. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Art Events199C: Cincinnati Opening DayArt Event, 4-11 p.m., The BLDG,30 W. Pike St., Work from morethan 40 artists ranging fromlocal to international scalethemed around baseball, Cincin-nati and Opening Day. As arthangs inside, celebration con-tinues outside as Pike Streetshuts down and transforms intopop-up wiffle ball stadium.491-4228; www.bldgrefuge.com.Covington.

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

Now Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Surveys group of artists thatcreate spaces and environmentsin their work that, thoughgrounded in reality, suggestaltered sensibilities. Such dis-location in art is an effectiveway to ask the viewer to consid-er their own relationship to realand imagined landscapes. Free.Through April 18. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Cooking ClassesChick’s Night Out: CookiesUncorked, 7-9 p.m., New RiffDistillery, 24 Distillery Way,Learn to create your own yum-my cookie masterpieces. Nakedcookies, icing, equipment,instruction provided. Everyoneleaves with a dozen delicious,beautifully decorated sugarcookies. Includes wine and lightbites. Ages 21 and up. $45.Reservations required. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

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

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

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

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, Fried or baked fish orshrimp. Choice of 2 sides: Macand cheese, fries, onion rings,hush puppies or mini potatopancakes. Chicken nuggetavailable for kids. Desserts andsoft drinks extra. Carryoutavailable. Benefits EdgewoodFire/EMS Association. Presentedby Edgewood Fire/EMS. 331-0033; www.edgewoodky.gov.Edgewood.

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

Fish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., SilverGrove Firefighter Association,5011 Four Mile, Meals start at$7.25. 441-6251. Silver Grove.

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

of Wilder. 431-5884. Wilder.

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

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Middle andlow-income taxpayers areeligible for this free tax prep-aration service. Those withcomplex tax returns will beadvised to seek professional taxassistance. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, 7500Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10, Bal-ance of structured, unstructuredand self-directed play opportu-nities to help learners developtheir social, intellectual andcommunication skills. Ages 3-6.$10. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 4:45 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, 126Barnwood Drive, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the100-foot-long, V-shaped ropebridge just inches above nearlytwo dozen sharks at NewportAquarium. $23 Adult, $15 Child(2-12), Free children under 2.815-1471; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Holiday - EasterHoly Week Labyrinth Walk, 1-7p.m., St. John United Church ofChrist Bellevue, 520 FairfieldAve., Ancient Christian prayerpractice. Free. 240-4324;www.stjohnchurch.net. Belle-vue.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, All skill levelswelcome. Presented by SchebenBranch Library. 342-2665. Union.

Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & the TunaProject, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Man-sion Hill Tavern, 502 WashingtonAve., $4. 581-0100. Newport.

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

Red Wanting Blue, 9 p.m.,Madison Live, 734 Madison Ave.,$20, $17 advance. 491-2444;www.madisontheateronline-.com. .

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-Racing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Presented by Xhil-aRacing. 371-5278; www.xrkar-ting.com. Florence.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4Art & Craft ClassesFUNKtional Crafts: Handmadewine bottle holders and cupcaddies, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TheArt House, 19 N. Fort ThomasAve., Learn to make wine bottleholders, cup caddies and deco-rative elements using card stockand upcycled paper. $25. Reser-vations required. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

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

Now Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Civic

Shred it Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,City of Bellevue, 616 Poplar St.,Document Destruction will belocated in front of city buildingfor shredding of sensitive docu-ments. Free. 431-8888; www.bel-levueky.org. Bellevue.

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

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

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Boone County EducationAssociation, 75 Cavalier Blvd.,suite 201, Enter building at rightside entrance. ACT test prepcourse. Ages 9-12. $399. Reserva-tions required. Presented byCollege and Beyond. 283-2655;candbtestprep.com. Florence.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Holiday - EasterEaster Egg Hunt, noon to 2p.m., Grant’s Lick Baptist Church,941 Clay Ridge Road, Lunch,crafts, petting zoo, telling of theEaster story and egg drop bySCC Fire Department’s aerialladder. Free. 635-2444. Alexan-dria.

Easter Egg Hunt, noon to 1p.m., Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989Ryle Road, Sponsored by BooneMasonic Lodge. Bring basket tocollect eggs. Ages 0-12. Free.384-6617; www.janessaddlebag-.com. Union.

Easter Egg Helicopter Drop,1-3 p.m., Family Worship Center,97 Three Mile Road, Over 2,000Easter eggs dropped fromhelicopter. Mandatory check-inis 1 p.m. with drop happening at2 p.m. Event is free but limitedto first 200 kids age 2 through5th grade who are preregis-tered. Free. Registration re-quired. 441-5433; tinyurl.com/eastereggdrop. Wilder.

Egg Hunt, 11 a.m., UC HealthStadium, 7950 Freedom Way,Sponsored by Florence PoliceDept. Costumed characters, egghunt conducted by age groups.Free. Presented by City of Flor-ence. 647-5420; www.florence-ky.gov. Florence.

Holy Week Labyrinth Walk, 9a.m. to 3 p.m., St. John UnitedChurch of Christ Bellevue, Free.240-4324; www.stjohnchurch-.net. Bellevue.

Music - Pop80’s Pop Rocks, 7:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Original bands gatherto pay tribute to the 80’s. Ages18 and up. Benefits Caracole.$10. 431-2201; www.south-gatehouse.com. Newport.

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

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.282-1652. Erlanger.

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

Dining EventsEaster Brunch, 10:30 a.m.,Blinkers Tavern, 318 Greenup St.,Includes breakfast and lunchitems featuring steamboat

round of beef, roasted porkloin, fried chicken and smokedsalmon. $19.95, $8.95 kids, freeunder age 4. Reservationsrequired. 360-0840; blinkersta-vern.com. Covington.

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

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 1-5:15 p.m., BooneCounty Education Association,$399. Reservations required.283-2655; candbtestprep.com.Florence.



Holiday - EasterEaster Sunday Services, 7:15a.m. to noon, Florence ChristianChurch, 300 Main St., Sanctuaryand Activity Center. Sunriseservice, new tradition service 9a.m.; wired service 11 a.m. Hotbreakfast 8-10:30 a.m. withEaster egg hunt, family photos,flowering of the cross and more.Free. 647-5000, ext. 550; flor-encechristian.org. Florence.

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.

Music - IndieThe Ataris, 8:30 p.m., The South-gate House Revival, 111 E. SixthSt., $14, $12 advance. Reserva-tions required. 431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.

MONDAY, APRIL 6CivicCampbell County Conserva-tion District Meeting, 9-10:30a.m., Campbell County Conser-vation District, 8350 E. Main St.,Public encouraged to attend.635-9587; www.nkcd.org/campbellconservation. Alexan-dria.

Spring Clean Up, 7 a.m. to 7p.m., City of Bellevue, 616 PoplarSt., Dumpster located on VanVoast Ave. by city buildingparking lot. Residents can call859-261-0260 for help. Noliquids, paint or oil. Leave mes-sage for items to be picked up -curbside only. For Bellevueresidents only. Free. 431-8888;www.bellevueky.org. Bellevue.

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

EducationMicrosoft Word I, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Find out

basic information about usingWord 2007. Learn about rib-bons, current business letterformat, tips and tricks. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center,$38 for unlimited monthlyclasses. 331-7778; jazzercise.com.Edgewood.

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

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Yoga, 10-11 a.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Suite 10, Yoga, music,meditation, movement, yogarelated games and songs. Eachchild has a turn to be leaderseveral times each session. Ages3-12. $5. Registration required.916-2721; www.thelivelylearnin-glab.com. Florence.



Literary - LibrariesIn 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.

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

African Americans of North-ern Kentucky, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Experience livesof Northern Kentucky’s AfricanAmericans through historicphotographs and stories. Pre-sented by NKU’s Dr. Eric Jacksonand based on his book fromBlack America Series, NorthernKentucky. Signed copies avail-able for purchase. Free. Present-ed by Boone County Public

Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Music - RockSenses Fail, 6 p.m., The Thomp-son House, 24 E. Third St.,$14.50. 261-7469; www.thomp-sonhousenewport.com. New-port.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-Racing, $15. 371-5278;www.xrkarting.com. Florence.

Support GroupsDIVA - Divorced with Intellect,Vision and Abundance GroupMeeting, 6-7 p.m., KentonCounty Public Library Covington,502 Scott Blvd., Support, em-powerment, recovery for thosein transition and healing processof divorce. For Those individualswho are considering, in themidst of, or recovering from,divorce. Free. Presented by BestLife Co-Parenting and Counsel-ing Services. 803-7817; www.be-stlifeco-parentingandcounse-lingservices.com. Covington.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7Art & 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.

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

CivicSpring Clean Up, 7 a.m. to 7p.m., City of Bellevue, Free.431-8888; www.bellevueky.org.Bellevue.

EducationSecular Homeschool Co-op, 1-4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Hands-on, active learning,secular co-op. Topics: Evolutionof Music, Fiber Art, CreativeExpression, Financial Literacy,Nutrition, Drama and more.Ages 5-18. $50. Registrationrequired. 916-2721. Florence.

Exercise ClassesInsanity Live Class, 9-10 a.m.,Faith Community United Meth-odist Church, 4310 RichardsonRoad, $5. Presented by Kick ItWith Kristin. 907-0188. Inde-pendence.

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Neda is an Asian small-clawed otter, one of the featured animals in Canyon Falls, the NewportAquarium’s newest exhibit. The exhibit is now open.

People ask me all the time whereI get my recipes. “Do you developthem yourself?” “Whose recipes doyou use from the Food Network anddo you have any favorites?” “Whatabout recipes that readers send. Do

you test them?”I would say a care-

ful yes to all of theabove. I develop somemyself, and I adaptsome, but not all. Asfor credit, if I knowthe source, I will nameit. Oftentimes therecipe has beenpassed through somany hands that cred-iting one person isn’tpossible. But that’s the

fun in it. Not so much where a recipe

starts, but where it continues to go. Idon’t always test readers’ recipes.Just no time!

As far as Food Network stars, I’vecooked with more than a few. But Ihave to say our own Cincinnati foodstars/chef educators, like masterchef John Kinsella, Marilyn Harris,Debbie Goulding, Judy Walsh, ChrisHoltz and Molly Maundrell, alongwith Tim Bettinson, Bob Hess, TomKeegan and Todd Kelly, just to namea very few, hold their own, rightwith the most famous of chefs. And,of course, my readers don’t lackwith creativity or ability.

That’s why today I’m sharing agood recipe which I enjoyed at theTrowel and Error Garden Club’sluncheon.

This chicken and ham cordonbleu is a yummy way to use thatleftover Easter ham. Marie Robbinsis one good cook!

Readers want to know:Stainless steel flatware: is it all

the same?No! At first glance, they’re all

shiny and look like they have someheft. Read packaging. What youwant is 18/10, which means 18 per-cent chromium and 10 percent nick-

el.Stainless steel is essentially iron

with more than 10 percent chromi-um. The higher the nickel content,the more protection from corrosion.Get as close to those numbers as youcan.

If you can pick a fork or spoon up,go ahead. It will feel good in yourhand with the 18/10, not feather-weight, and the polish will be ele-

gant. Definitely worth the price.Polish with a bit of clear vinegar ifthey get water spots.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blog onlineat Abouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Top off chicken cordon bleu with mimosa for brunch

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Chicken cordon bleu casserole is a tasty use for leftover Easter ham.

Marie’s chicken cordon bleucasserole

I love garden club luncheons. They usu-ally consist of an easy, do-ahead casserole thathas stood the test of time.

Like this one. Marie said make your ownwhite sauce if you like.

She also sometimes adds sautéed mush-rooms and usually bakes the chicken in acovered casserole.

8 oz wide egg noodles2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast8 oz. cubed cooked ham8 oz. cubed Swiss cheese10.5 oz. can reduced fat/sodium cream of

chicken soup1/2 cup 2percent milk1/2 cup light sour cream2 tablespoons butter1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease orspray a 9x13 pan. Cook noodles in boiling,lightly salted water just until cooked throughbut firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drainand put in pan, top with chicken, ham andSwiss. Mix soup, milk and sour cream andspoon over noodle mixture. Melt butter overmedium heat and stir in bread crumbs andParmesan until crumbs are coated, about 3minutes. Sprinkle over casserole. Bake untilbubbling and lightly browned, about 30 min-utes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Tip from Marie’s kitchen: Make aheadand bring to room temperature before bak-ing.

Tyler Florence’s mimosa

Tyler uses blood orange juice, but regularjuice works.

Chill a bottle of Prosecco. Combine about2 cups juice with sugar to taste and add a cou-ple splashes of orange liqueur. Chill.

To serve, pour juice mixture in bottom ofchampagne flute and top with Prosecco.

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For 3 ½ years I served as anassistant commonwealth’s at-torney, prosecuting people forcrimes such as burning a childwith a light bulb, rape, and mur-der. I went to trial over 15 timesduring that period and had ameasurable record of success.

Now, I practice criminaldefense – protecting the rightsof the accused and making surethe government does not over-step its bounds. I have clients inboth state and federal courts,and I have been appointed to theFederal Criminal Justice ActPanel. Here are some things Ihave learned:

1. Do not take to the police,at least not without representa-tion. If you think that in anyway talking to a cop is going tohelp your situation, ask for your

attorney to bepresent duringthe discussion.

2. You donot have toconsent to asearch. Thepolice may geta warrant andsearch yourproperty any-way, but makethem follow theproper proto-

col. If they mess up, your at-torney may be able to get theevidence thrown out of court.By consenting to a search youare just waiving your rights,and that is not generally a goodthing.

3. Do not confess on the jailtelephone or to your cellmate.

(Ideally, don’t confess to anyoneat all before your attorney givesyou the “OK.”) The governmentis probably going to find outabout it.

4. When the police encour-age you to talk because theywant to help you, think twice.You are most likely being re-corded (they may have camerason their shirts, sunglasses, vehi-cles, etc.). All they want is foryou to confess to them to get theconfession recorded, and agift-wrapped criminal convic-tion presented to the prosecutor.

5. The police do not alwayshave to read you your Miran-da rights. You are entitled to aMiranda warning when you areboth (a) in custody, and (b) sub-ject to interrogation. For ex-ample, if you are standing in

your front doorway answeringquestions from the police, youare probably not entitled to theMiranda warning because youare not in custody.

6. You do not have to an-swer every question the po-lice ask you. They are entitledto demand your identifyinginformation. Other than that,there is not much else the lawrequires you to answer. So,questions like “Have you beendrinking?” and “Do you knowhow fast you were going?” donot have to be answered. In avery polite and respectful man-ner, you can say, “Officer, al-though I intend to cooperatefully with all lawful requests, Iwould like to speak with myattorney prior to answering anyquestions.”

7. The federal system andthe state system are very dif-ferent. The laws are different,the penalties are different, andthe procedures are different. Ifyou are charged with a federalcrime, it is important that youtalk to a federal criminal de-fense attorney.

If you are facing criminalcharges, talk to an experienceddefense attorney to ensure youdo not inadvertently waive yourrights or give the police extraevidence against you.

Megan E. Mersch, of Park Hills, hasbeen practicing criminal defenselaw with the firm of O’Hara, Ruberg,Taylor, Sloan & Sergent since 2013,and she was appointed to the federalpublic defender panel in 2014.

Tips from an ex-prosecutor – Lessons of criminal defense

Megan E.Mersch COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Last week’s questionWhat Opening Day traditions or

memories do you have? How doyou think the Reds will do thisyear?

“My daughter is in the BooneCounty Rebel Brigade and will bemarching in the Opening Day pa-rade.

This will be her second yearmarching and will most likely be-come a tradition for our familysince my son will eventually be apart of the Rebel Brigade.”

Lisha Coome“I take off work every year for

it. Can’t miss the parade! Neverlucky enough to score tickets.”

Tori Lawton

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“I have gone to Opening Daysince 1971; the first Opening Dayat Riverfront. I like getting downthere early to see the parade. Thegame now starts at 4:15, whichmakes getting home much easierdue to no rush hour traffic. Afterthree playoff appearances withDusty Baker the Reds finishedlast in their division in 2014 with anew manager. They are pickedlast this year due to losing twostarting pitchers. But hopesprings eternal this time of yearand I see their battling for a wildcard playoff spot in September.But I also have XU in the NCAAfinals. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONWhat is the best April Fool’sprank you ever played, or hadplayed on you?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers to [email protected] Ch@troom in the subject line.

Today in America, newsmedia plays a huge part ininfluencing voters’ opinions.Both the information present-ed to voters and the context inwhich it is presented cancause voters to make decisionsfor whom or whom not to voteinto office.

Media outlets who areknown to be politically affiliat-ed with a certain party cancertainly present news in sucha way to persuade, or make anattempt thereof, the reader orwatcher in order to cast amore positive or negativeimpression on a certain personor party. Although this prac-tice is far more subtle than itwas at the time of the UnitedStates’ founding, it is stillprevalent, to a lesser extent.

The First Amendment doesprotect the right of the mediaoutlet to express informationfreely and does allow them toaffiliate themselves with acertain party. Despite this, theaffiliation of news stations andposts with parties may havemore negative side effectsthan positive.

Many people would arguethat certain news media out-lets are supported by a certainpolitical party, and many ofthese allegations are true, insome cases. Just a few ex-amples are The HuffingtonPost’s reputation for theiraffiliation with the DemocratParty (Keating, 2014), and FoxNews is thought to be a pre-dominantly right-winged cor-poration; this is so perhapsbecause many of their contrib-utors, such as Rush Limbaughand Sarah Palin, are known tobe conservative.

The problem with newsstations and outlets havingpolitical affiliations with cer-tain parties and people is thatsome shows, articles, and com-ments may present news in abiased or distorted way, eventhough that particular piece ofnews would be better served ifit had been presented objec-tively and without bias.

One example of bias can befound in an article written by aHuffington Post contributor,Lisa Keating, titled “MomTakes On Fox News Over Net-work’s Reporting of LGBTRights, Gender Non-Conform-ing Youth.” The title of thisarticle gives the impressionthat the reader is about to reada report concerning a suitagainst Fox News, when, infact, the entire article is the

author’s accu-sation of Foxfor being bi-ased, and evenspreading liesand “targetinga vulnerablepopulation,” inregards toconfusingLGBT minors.After readingthe article, Ifound myself

confused and uneducated onthe actual case after which thearticle was entitled. Keatingwrites about fighting “recklessand irresponsible reporting,”but does her article not con-fuse and mislead as well?

This type of bias in thenews media not only affectsthe opinions of readers in anunfair and confusing way, butalso can be carried over to theopinions of voters. If newsoutlets do not present newsobjectively, voters and view-ers cannot properly assess thesituations themselves andform their own opinions.

An example of unfair pres-entation of news in a biasedmanner is the reporting styleof Rush Limbaugh, who oftengoes so far as to present liber-al politicians as weak or self-ish. One example is an articlewritten by Limbaugh entitled“Jose Rodriguez Hits Back:Obama Doesn’t Have the For-titude and Courage to TakePrisoners,” when in reality, hisown presentation of newsinformation is very heavilybiased and opinionated.

For these reasons newsmedia outlets should try not toaffiliate themselves with anycertain political party. Politicalaffiliations often lead to biasedreports and presentation ofinformation, which can causeconfusion to readers and view-ers, and influence their opin-ions. The opinions of votersshould be made by the voters,not news media.

Aidan Donaghy, a 10th-grader atCovington Catholic High School,was one of four winners of KentuckySecretary of State Alison Lun-dergan Grimes’ annual essay con-test. High school students wereinvited to write essays regardingthe First Amendment and the rolenews media plays in elections.Each winner received $1,000 andwas recognized at the boys SweetSixteen State Basketball Tourna-ment at Rupp Arena. Aidan lives inLakeside Park.

Is American news mediabias beneficial to voters?

AidenDonaghy COMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Working late last Tuesdayinto the wee hours of Wednes-day morning – sine die at 3:21a.m. to be exact, on day 29 – wecompleted the work of the 2015session of the Kentucky Gener-al Assembly.

During the final hours,agreements were reached onseveral key bills, including mytop priority for this session,legislation addressing heroin.Senate Bill 192, which wassigned into law hours after itwas approved by the GeneralAssembly, takes a comprehen-sive approach to the scourge ofheroin.

I cast my vote on SB 192 inmemory of the sons, daugh-ters, brothers, sisters, liveslost too soon, and for those stillin the battle. At the close oflast year’s session, frustratedthat we had not passed heroinlegislation, I made a commit-ment then that we would notcome home without a compre-hensive heroin bill in the 2015session. Thank you to everyonefor your trips to Frankfort,your calls, and vigilance onthis issue. Thank you to BillMark and the Boone CountySheriff’s folks for your sup-port. My sincere gratitude tomy colleagues who workedcountless hours on this legisla-tion.

SB 192 may not be perfectand may not have every com-ponent that each of us wanted,but we have come a long way.SB 192 provides for tougherpenalties for heroin traffick-ing, including mandatory 10-year prison sentence for thosewho import heroin into thecommonwealth. It contains a“Good Samaritan” provisiongiving legal immunity to indi-viduals who report an over-dose to authorities in a good

faith effort tosave a life.Also providesmore access toNaloxone,which revers-es heroin over-dose, and Vi-vitrol for treat-ment of ad-dicts. SB 192also directsthe use of $10million in sav-

ings from the recent restruc-turing of the Department ofCorrections to provide foradditional treatment options.

Another major issue ad-dressed in the final hours washow to stabilize Kentucky’smotor fuels tax as it related todecreased money for roadmaintenance in our cities andcounties. House Bill 299 wasthe result of a late-night agree-ment between the House andSenate as a bipartisan way toaddress this needed funding.

While I share concerns onour Road Fund, I simply couldnot vote for HB 299. The motorfuels tax process was set inplace to allow the tax on gas toadjust when the wholesaleprice of gasoline drops orraises, it was put in place toprovide a balanced revenuestream to fund our roads.

I agree; we have a criticalissue looming before us onfunding for our roads andtransportation infrastructure.My issue: The late hour of theproposal as we have been heretwo months. We have knownthe concern, April 1 the taxwas to drop a nickel to 22 centsa gallon. At 12:20 a.m., Housemembers were handed a papercopy of the agreed compro-mise and called to vote on it at12:29 a.m. without an opportu-

nity to thoroughly read, debatethe issue or allow public input.

At a time when Kentuckiansare still trying to make endsmeet in our post-recessioneconomy, and summer vaca-tions are just around the cor-ner, a lower price at the pumpis one way our citizens canhave a few more dollars intheir pockets.

I strongly believe this is acritical infrastructure issuefor our commonwealth thatcalls for extensive research toestablish a stable fundingmechanism for our roads ver-sus relying solely on fuel tax, amethod no longer reliable oradequate. This debate hassparked the conversation that Ihope will lead to a comprehen-sive gas stabilization and roadfunding plan, perhaps in 2016.

While those bills made it tothe governor’s desk, manyothers died in the final hours ofthe 2015 session. Legislationdealing with local option salestax, P3, reforming the teach-ers’ retirement system, as wellas several bills dealing withpro-life matters, education,and local government did notmake it to the governor’s deskbefore the gavel dropped.These and many other issuesof importance will be discuss-ed during our interim sessionwhich will start in June.

I welcome any ideas andconcerns important to you aswe start looking ahead to nextyear’s legislative session. Iencourage you to contact meby e-mail [email protected], orcall our toll free number at1-800-372-7181.

Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Burlington,is a member of the Kentucky Houseof Representatives.

All-night session leads to passage of major bills

Rep. AddiaWuchnerCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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Track and field» Conner InvitationalBoys: 1. CovCath 106, 2.

Boone 94, 3. Campbell.4x800: Boone (Bromley, Ab-

dulle, Huddleston, Beneker),110 hurdles: Jake Dressman(CovCath), 100: Logan McDow-ell (CovCath), 4x200: CovCath(McDowell, Toebbe, Tuemler,McClure), 1,600: Nick Baumann(Conner), 4x100: CovCath (Mc-Dowell, Tuemler, Toebbe, Mc-Clure), 400: Donald Bromley(Boone), 300 hurdles: JaredFlood (CovCath), 800: AkramAbdulle (Boone), 200: Jordan

Tuemler (CovCath), 3,200: NickBaumann (Conner), 4x400: Cov-Cath (McDowell, Kuykendall,Flood, Stegman),

Girls: 1. Campbell County91.5, 2. Brossart 73, 3. Cooper46.

4x800: Campbell (Reagor,Florimonte, Kavanaugh, Flair-ty), 100 hurdles: Nicole Goder-wis (Brossart), 100: LaurynWatts (Conner), 4x200: Camp-bell (Donoghue, Cline, Carri-gan, Buckler), 1,600: JennahFlairty (Campbell), 4x100:Brossart, 400: Nicole Goderwis(Brossart), 300 hurdles: Maris-sa Jutzi (Boone), 800: JennahFlairty (Campbell), 200: NicoleGoderwis (Brossart), 3,200: Sid-ney Reagor (Campbell), 4x400:

Campbell (Buckler, Carrigan,Steele, Cline),

» Villa for LifeBoys: 1. Brossart 124, 2. Si-

mon Kenton 112.5, 3. Walton-Ve-rona 93.33, 4. Highlands 83 (outof 14).

4x800: Brossart, 110 hurdles:Conner Edwards (Simon Ken-ton), 100: Alex Veneman (High-lands), 4x200: Walton-Verona,1,600: Eric Baugh (VMA), 4x100:W-V, 400: Jared Pulsfort (High-lands), 300 hurdles: Joe Donnel-ly (Brossart), 800: Eric Baugh(VMA), 200: Alex Veneman(Highlands), 3,200: Eric Baugh(VMA), 4x400: Walton-Verona,Long jump: Isaiah Evans (SK),Triple jump: Gabe Roberts(Brossart), High jump: Logan

Winkler (SK), Shot put: AndreAnderson (Newport), Discus:Robby Twehues (Brossart),Javelin: Matt Harper (WV),

Girls: 1. Simon Kenton 98, 2.Brossart 84, 3. Highlands 80, 4.Walton-Verona 71.

4x800: Simon Kenton, 100hurdles: Rebecca Cline (Camp-bell), 100: Nicole Goderwis(Brossart), 4x200: NCC, 1,600:Sophia Delisio (SK), 4x100:NCC, 400: Nicole Goderwis(Brossart), 300 hurdles: Rebec-ca Cline (Campbell), 800: Jen-nah Flairty (Campbell), 200: Oli-via Schalk (NCC), 3,200: JennahFlairty (Campbell), 4x400: Si-mon Kenton, Long jump; Rose-marie Long (Highlands), Triplejump: Jena Doellman (Boone),

High jump: Jena Doellman(Boone), Shot put: MikaylaReichert (Highlands), Discus:Reichert, Javelin: Maddie Pros-pero (VMA).

» Dixie Heights InvitationalBoys: 1. Dixie 126, 2. Ryle 120,

3. NCC 115, 4. Walton-Verona 90.7 teams.

4x800: NCC (Anderson, Bax-ter, Schwarber, Walker), 110hurdles: Miles Payne (Dixie),100: Peter Fields (Dixie), 4x200:WV (Crook, Richardson, Ham-mond, Doverspike), 1,600: EricBaugh (VMA), 4x100: Ryle (Ba-teman, Siemer, England,Smith), 400: Mitchell Otten(NCC), 300 hurdles: Walker

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

Track and field athletes inBoone County have a lot to lookforward to in 2015.

Cooper had an outstandingfall season in cross country withfour dominant runners, who areready to take their talents to theoutdoor track. Zach Stewartplaced fourth at state in Class3A 3,200 meters. He won the re-gion and placed second in the1,600. He was also on the 4x800team that placed fifth at statewith returning seniors JakeVandermosten and MitchellGreenhalgh.

Greenhalgh returns afterplacing 10th in the state in the1,600 last year. Connor Green-halgh was 12th in the 3,200.

Junior Caleb Watson was10th in the state in the 400 a yearago. Tanner Schmoll is a return-ing state qualifier in high jumpafter finishing second in thehigh jump.

Ryle has a strong group ofsprinters. Ryle was fourth inthe region last year in the teamstandings, one spot behindCooper. Grant Smith and Mitch-el Bateman return from a teamthat finished eighth in the statein the 4x200.

Zane Siemer was 16th in thestate in long jump and is defend-ing regional champion. He wasfifth in the region in triple jump.

Tristan Hall returns for hissenior year after finishing 12that state in the discus. He wassixth in the region.

Jack Kirby competed in pole

vault at state after placing thirdat regionals.

For Boone County, DonaldBromley won the 400 at ConnerMarch 14 and Zach Steffen wassecond

Also at Conner’s meet, Con-ner’s Nick Baumann won 1,600at Conner in 4:52. Franklin Boydfourth. Baumann also won the3,200.

St. Henry has several return-ing state qualifiers in Class 1A,starting with Robert Brockmanand David Poat. Brockman fin-ished fourth at state in the 800.He and Poat return from thesixth-place team in the 4x400.Senior Joe Gillcrist was seventhin the 110 hurdles at the 1A statemeet. St. Henry returns all itsrunners from the state qualify-ing team in the 4x200.

Junior Josh Hannon returnsafter placing eighth in the 1,600last season to medal, and was

12th in the 3,200. Paul Wallen-horst was fourth in the state intriple jump. Nick Staub waseighth in pole vault.

Connor Kunstek was a statequalifier in shot put and discus.

Walton-Verona returns a lotof relay runners, includingthree of four from its statechampions in the 4x400, includ-ing Corbin Flege, Noah Rich-ardson and Nicolas Johnston.The Bearcats were seventh inthe team standings.

W-V returns all four runnersfrom its third-place team in the4x800 in Nathan Akins, CalebFlege, Dustin Hutchinson andMatthew Harper.

Noah Richardson, ColinCrook and Scott Smith returnfrom a second-place team in the4x200. Smith was eighth placein the 400 and triple jump. ClarkCrook was sixth in the longjump.

FIRST RUN AT 2015 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Boone County arearunners hit the track trail

FILE PHOTO

Cooper senior Zachary Stewart, right, and Connor Greenhalgh are two of the Jaguars’ top runners.


FILE PHOTO

Robert Brockman, taking handoff, is one of St. Henry’s top runners.

Twelve teams, including eight of Northern Kentucky’s topsoftball programs, braved chilly conditions March 27-28 in theUncle Pete Noll Classic tourney hosted by Bishop Brossart atthe River City East Softball Complex in Anderson Township.Cooper, Conner and Ryle were among the teams who bravedthe elements. Ryle beat Campbell 9-0 and Dixie Heights 6-2.Conner beat Cooper 7-4. Cooper also lost to Carroll County 10-2.

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Cooper second baseman Angelina Dames tries to get the out at secondagainst Conner.

Teams bravethe elements

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Cooper freshman Alex Dummitpitches to Conner.

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Conner junior second basemanJenna Hicks leads off the gamewith a walk. Conner beat rivalCooper 7-4 to open the tourney.

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Conner junior Bethany Maines gets a Cooper runner out stealing.Bishop Brossart hosted the 12-team Uncle Pete Noll softballtournament, which began March 27.

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

B2 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • APRIL 2, 2015 LIFE

McGoy (Dixie), 800: Brian An-derson (NCC), 200: Peter Fields(Dixie), 3,200: Eric Baugh(VMA), 4x400: NCC (Anderson,Anderson, Schwarber, Jordan),High jump: Matt Isbel (Dixie),Long jump: Mike Fifer (Lloyd),Triple jump: Scott Smith (WV),Discus: Clay Groeschen (Scott),Shot put: Branden Johnson(Dixie).

Girls: 1. Ryle 176, 2. DixieHeights 166, 3. Walton-Verona86, 4. Scott 65. 9 teams.

4x800: VMA (Werner, Aus-tin, Ernst, Dickman), 100 hur-dles: Maddie Bloemer (Ryle),100: Mary Conti (Dixie), 4x200:NCC, 1,600: Jensen Bales(Ryle), 4x100: Dixie (Easterling,Smith, Ross, Cook), 400: MaryConti (Dixie), 300 hurdles: Mad-die Bloemer (Ryle), 800: Alex-andra Patterson (Ryle), 200: Ju-liet McGregor (Ryle), 3,200:Lexi Flynn (Scott), 4x400: NCC(Ahlbrand, Barth, Davenport,Schalk), High jump: BrookeRickert (Ryle), Pole vault: SaraEdgett (Dixie), Long jump: Ju-liet McGregor (Ryle), Triple

jump: Ansley Davenport(NCC), Discus: Ajiarose Rice(Ryle), Shot put: Ajiarose Rice(Ryle).

Baseball» Conner beat Grant County

3-1 March 25. The Cougarsscored all three of their runs inthe third inning and were ableto hold on for the win. SeniorRyan Ward had two RBI, and ju-nior Drew Borman went 2-for-4with a double.

» St. Henry beat Walton-Ve-rona 3-2 March 24. Michael Ri-dilla drove in two of the threeruns.

TMC Notes» Thomas More College

freshman baseball pitcher Aus-tin Koch (Elder) and junior soft-ball pitcher Mamee Salzer (St.Henry) earned weekly honorsfrom the Presidents’ AthleticConference office March 23.

Koch was named the PACBaseball Pitcher of the Week.He went 2-0 with a 1.04 earnedrun average last week for theSaints. Koch totaled 8.2 com-

bined innings and surrenderedtwo runs (one earned) on sevenhits with three strikeouts. Hetossed 3.2 innings of relief inThomas More’s 7-1 win overCentre on March 17 beforethrowing 5.0 scoreless inningsin its 6-1 game two win over Be-thany on March 20.

Salzer was named the PACSoftball Pitcher of the Week.She led the Saints in the circlelast week, going 2-0 with a 0.54earned run average. Shepitched 13.0 innings, gave upone run (earned) on seven hitswhile combining to strike outseven. Salzer also limited heropposition to just a .159 battingaverage. She tossed a complete-game two hitter in the Saints’1-0 win over visiting WittenbergSaturday afternoon.

» Thomas More College ju-nior guard/forward SydneyMoss (Boone County) and headwomen’s basketball coach JeffHans were both honored byD3hoops.com and Women’s DI-II News.

Moss was named the NCAADivision III National Player ofthe Year by both organizations

for the second year in a row. Sheled the nation in points pergame with 24.2 points per gameand ranked third in triple dou-bles with one, which was in theNCAA Division III Champion-ship Game. Moss ranked in theTop-100 in five other statisticalcategories as she was 16th in as-sists turnover ratio (2.29), 45thin field goal percentage (51.8),46th in three-point field goalpercentage (38.4), 66th in dou-ble doubles (12) and 98th in as-sists per game (4.0). She also ledthe team in rebounds with 7.6rebounds per game and blocked18 shots and recorded 60 steals.During the NCAA postseason,Moss broke the NCAA all-divi-sion women’s or men’s tourna-ment scoring record as shescored 197 points in the Saints’six NCAA tournament games.

Moss, who was named firstteam All-American by both or-ganizations is also one of threefinalist for the Women’s Basket-ball Coaches Association Play-er of the Year, which is the thirdand final National Player of theYear honor awarded at the Divi-sion III level. The WBCA Player

of the Year will be announcedduring the fifth annual WBCAAwards Show on Monday, April6, in Tampa, Florida. This eventis part of the WBCA NationalConvention and is held in con-junction with the NCAA Wom-en’s Final Four.

Hans, who guided the Saintsto their first-ever undefeatedseason (33-0) and first-everteam National Championship inthe College’s history as theteam defeated No. 3-rankedGeorge Fox University, 83-63,in the title game in Grand Rap-ids, Michigan, was named theDivision III National Coach ofthe Year by both organizations.Thomas More led the nation infive statistical categories as itwas first in won-lost percentage(100.0), final points (2,821), scor-ing margin (32.8), assist turn-over ratio (1.40) and turnovermargin (12.12). The Saints alsoranked in the Top-10 in four oth-er categories as they were thirdin scoring offense (85.5) andsteals per game (14.6), fourth inassists per game (18.5) and sixthin field goal percentage (45.4).

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The St. Henry DistrictHigh School girls trackand field team is lookingto defend its 2014 Class 1AKHSAA state title.

The Crusaders got anearly start by participat-ing in indoor track. St.Henry won the team titleat the KTCCCA indoorchampionships in Class Ain Maysville March 14.

In that meet, LibbyHolten won the high jumpat 4-10. Tina Felix wasthird in 55 hurdles andKim Spritzky fourth. Re-nee Svec third in 1,600 andHolly Blades fourth. Svecwas also second in the 800.

Blades won the 3,000and Liz Hoffman was sec-ond. Ellie Laudenslayerwas second in the 55 dashand second in the 400. St.Henry won the 4x800 lastyear.

The Crusaders hope totake that momentum in tooutdoor season. Felix isthe top returner as the de-fending champion in boththe 100 hurdles and 300hurdles. She was regionalchampion in both thoseevents and the pole vault.

Sam Hentz returns asregional champion in the1,600 and Paige Noble isdefending champ in thehigh jump. Both were onthe basketball team anddid not run indoor track.

Top returning Walton-Verona girls includesprinter Lauren Mulcahy,fourth last year in the re-gional 200 and fifth in the100, McCall Ponzer, fifthin the regional 1,600 andsixth in the 3,200, RachelLehkamp, sixth in the 300hurdles, and BrandeyWebster, sixth in the 100hurdles.

Emily Wells was sec-ond in the 400 meters atlast week's Villa MadonnaRelay For Life event inVerona. Webster was sec-ond in the 300 hurdles andthird in the 100 hurdles.Lehkamp was third in the300 hurdles and third inthe high jump.

Ryle won its first re-gional championship last

year since 2008 and re-turns a lot of its points.

Alexandra Pattersonleads returning runnersfor Ryle as the Raiders re-turn all their startersfrom the 4x100 and 4x400teams that went to state.The 4x400 squad was 10that state. Patterson wasfifth at state in the 800.Patterson won a rare dou-ble by repeating in the 800meters with a time of 2minutes and 21.86 sec-onds, and winning the 100in 12.98 seconds.

Maddie Bloemer wonevents at Dixie March 24.Ajiarose Rice won boththrowing events. Ricewas 14th in the state in thediscus last year and team-mate Alexis Stockton was15th. Stockton medaled atstate in the shot, finishingseventh after placing sec-ond at regionals, one spot

ahead of Rice. Stocktonwas also second at region-als in the discus.

Hannah Kipling re-turns after placing 10th inthe 3A state meet in the100 last year.

Junior distance stand-out Jensen Bales was 15thin the 1,600 at state lastyear.

Cooper’s top returneris Julia Henderson, whofinished third in the 400 atthe 3A state meet and 14thin the 200. She also ran onthe state-qualifying 4x400relay. Olivia Goesslingleads other state veter-ans.

Boone County’s Ma-rissa Jutzi was 11th in thestate in the 300 hurdles.Rachel Rehkamp is a re-turning state qualifiers inthe shot.

Jena Doellman fin-ished second in the statein both the triple jump andhigh jump. The senior isdefending regional cham-pion in two events.

Conner’s top returneris junior Olivia Panella,who was third in the longjump in the 3A state meetand 15th in the triplejump. She is defending re-gional champion in thelong jump.

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Raiders, Crusaders raid track trophies

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Conner’s Olivia Panella passes to Casey Hite in the 4x200 at the 2014 state meet.


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St. Henry’s Tina Felix runs toa win in the 100 hurdles.

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Ryle sophomore AlexisStockton finished seventh inthe state in shot put last year.

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Cooper’s Julia Henderson,right, is one of the area’s toprunners.

Gray winsregional title

THANKS TO ANDY JONES

On Feb. 14 the eight grade boys basketball team at GrayMiddle School defeated Woodland Middle School 29-27 tobecome the Regional Champions of the NKMSAA (NorthernKentucky Middle School Athletic Association) for the thirdstraight year. Braden Bromwell, Jake Smith, and Adam Tarvinwere named to the All-Tournament team. The team went20-1 during the regular season, only losing to Holmes MiddleSchool early in the season on a last second shot. The GrayMiddle School champions. Braden Bromwell, AnthonyFerguson, Josh Johnson, Lucas Niemi, Jacob Pelton, ConnorPuthoff, Vince Rankin, Zach Rice, Kyle Rieman, AndrewSchmitt, Jake Smith, and Adam Tarvin. Not pictured: headcoach Andy Jones and assistant coach Scott Dickerson.

March 3 at the WestinCincinnati, some of theTri-state’s top student-athletes were recognizedfor their achievementson and off the field.

The National FootballFoundation’s annual“That’s My Boy” awardbanquet honored 14scholar-athletes fromNorthern Kentucky andOhio, along with Cincin-nati Country Day’s RyanDavis, recipient of theTom Potter CourageAward, and CincinnatiBengals legend AnthonyMunoz for his contribu-tions to the area’s youth.

The night, however,belonged to just two ofthe 14 seated on the dais:Ryle High School’s RyanWoolf and St. Xavier’sSimeon Lane.

Woolf ranks in the topfive percent of his classwith a 4.324 grade-pointaverage. He was aNKFCA first-team de-fensive selection and ledthe Raiders with 152 tack-les. Woolf will attendGeorgetown College andplay football in the fall.

Beau Hoge (High-

lands), Branden Johnson,(Dixie Heights), SamMurrer (CovingtonCatholic) and Joe Studer(Beechwood) were alsonominated for the award.

Lane was chosen froma pool candidates that in-cluded Montell Brown(Oak Hills), ThomasBruns (Kings), ParkerChalmers, (Wyoming),DeMontre Lewis Jr.(Shroder), Bryce Lin-kous (Waynesville),Cam-eron Murray (CincinnatiHills Christian Acad-emy), Chaz Patten (West-ern Brown) and Jake We-ber (Harrison).

The senior nose guardwas first-team all-state,all-district and first-teamall-GCL South. He wasco-defensive lineman ofthe year in the GCLSouth. He is committed toPrinceton University.

Earlier in the evening,CCD’s Ryan Davis wasthe recipient of the TomPotter Memorial Awardof Courage. Ryan suffersfrom from Achondropla-sia, a form of short-limbed Dwarfism. De-spite that, he played ineight of 10 games for theIndians and is a four-yearletter-winner.

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Good Friday EasterServices will be held atnoon at the Walton Chris-tian Church. Walton Vero-na Community Service isat 7 p.m. at First BaptistChurch. Sunrise Serviceat Walton CommunityPark is at 7 a.m.

Lots of kids enjoyedthe Easter Egg Hunt atthe Walton CommunityPark on Saturday. Afterall the goodies, the kidsgot to have their picturewith Easter Bunny.

Walton Cleanup Weekis scheduled for April 27through May 3.

We havehad somenoticeablecleanupwork al-readydown at thepark. JimLawrencerequestedthat specialthanks begiven to

the city for doing a goodjob. Also, thanks to Jimfor his daily good deed ofpicking up garbage ourbyways. Greg and PeggyPeebles cut branches andweeds along the sidewalkthat the residents of Wal-ton Senior Village use.

The Diggers and Plant-ers Garden Club met atthe Walton Library andmade their schedulethrough Nov. 30. Plans areto visit Cincinnati ZooBlooms on April 28. Thisis a beautiful time to visitthe Zoo as all the land-scapes are in full bloom.

Anyone is welcome to goand view the spring flow-ers. If you would like togo, call Evelyn Hance at356-5622 or Norma Vest at485-4679. Meet at theWalton Christian Churchparking lot and be pre-pared to leave by 9 a.m.You might want to markyour calendar for May 16.That is the date of theannual Plant and Trea-sures Sale beginning at 8a.m. in the Walton Chris-tian Church parking lot. Ifyou are doing springcleaning and would like todonate items, the club willmake arrangements topick up; just call Evelynor Norma.

Congratulations toPaula Jolly, Walton Vero-na School Board memberand former mayor, on thearrival this past week of anew grandson.

Roscoe Denney hashad a miraculous healthreport after a month ofbeing so ill. He has been

released from the inducedcoma and has been trans-ferred to Cardinal HillRehabilitation at 2050Versailles Road, Lexing-ton, KY 40504.

Happy birthday to CityClerk Peggy Gray onApril 5.

Sympathy to Ed Berk-shire and family on thepassing of his wife, RobinSoden Berkshire. Ser-vices were at WaltonChristian Church lastThursday.

Sympathy to Steve andTheresa Thomson andfamily on the death of hismother, Laura Thomson.Mrs. Thomson was activein the Kentucky TeacherIntern Program as well asvarious other educationalprograms. She served asKentucky Post’s Out-standing Woman of theyear in 1997. Serviceswere last Wednesday atChambers and GrubbsIndependence.

Some history: The firstKroger Store in Waltonburnt in 1935, 80 yearsago this month. One ofWalton’s most destructivefires struck the centralsection of the old businesssection and a home onHigh Street on April 9,1971. Estimated cost was$250,000. Wonder what itwould be today.

Easter blessings toeveryone.

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

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UC professorbecomes director ofaudiology

The Community Ser-vices of Northern Ken-tucky Hearing Instru-ment Department hiredDr. Lisa Cahill as the newdirector of audiology.

Cahill received herBachelor of Arts inspeech and hearing sci-ences and minor in psy-chology at Indiana Uni-versity. She completedher Master of Arts in audi-ology and her Ph.D. incommunication sciencesand disorders at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati.

Cahill has 17 years ofexperience as a licensedclinical audiologist in theGreater Cincinnati area.She worked at Christ Hos-pital and Cincinnati Chil-dren’s Hospital MedicalCenter. She serves as anadjunct professor in theDepartment of Communi-cations Sciences and Dis-orders at the Universityof Cincinnati.

John Parran joinsGateway

John Parran of Cincin-nati has joined GatewayCommunity and Techni-cal College as a workforce

development liaison in theWorkforce Solutions Divi-sion.

Parran will partnerwith local organizations toassess their workforcetraining needs or skillsgaps and offer them cus-tomized assessment, pre-hire and skill improve-ment training solutions.

Parran served as na-tional accounts managerand outbound sales man-ager at TSC Apparel. Heearned a Bachelor of Artsdegree from UC.

Local lawyer to rollout new book

Attorney and authorRobert Hudson has re-leased his newest book ti-tled “The HR LawyerWithin You – Human Re-source Strategies for Le-

gal Success.” Hudson is apast chair of the NorthernKentucky Chamber andthe Covington BusinessCouncil. The book wasnamed Best BusinessBook at the 2015 GreatSoutheast Book Festival.

Hudson has authoredtwo additional businessbooks, “A Better Tomor-row – Fighting for Capital-ism and Jobs in the Heart-land” and “Our Best To-morrow – Students Teach-ing Capitalism toAmerica.” His most re-cent book centers on theframework for tacklingkey hiring, managementand firing dilemmas.

Hudson has appearedon Fox News, Fox Busi-ness News and the Blaze,and is a former co-host ofLeading Businesses,Leading Communities

television show. His guestnewspaper columns onbusiness and communityissues were submitted fora Pulitzer Prize in 2014.

Hudson has more than25 years of experiencerepresenting manage-ment clients in all phasesof labor relations. He is apracticing attorney withFrost Brown Todd LLC inFlorence. He has lived inNorthern Kentucky since1987 and resides in VillaHills.

NKY Chamber ofCommerce honorsLinda Schilling

The Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Com-merce’s Women’s Initia-tive honored Linda Schil-ling as recipient of thesecond annual Spirit of

Achievement award pre-sented at the sixth annualWomen’s Initiative Break-fast.

Schilling is generalmanager of Valley ViewTemporary FurnishedHousing in CrestviewHills.

The award, which issponsored by The Bank ofKentucky, honors womeninvolved in the Women’sInitiative program whohave demonstrated pro-fessional leadership andcommunity involvement,according to a press re-lease.

Schilling has workedwith the Women’s Initia-tive for several years,serving as a committeechair, and helped initiatethe new Women’s Initia-tive On the Road program.

Walton SeniorActivity Centernames manager

Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky an-nounced Kathleen Cole-man will be interim man-ager of the Walton SeniorActivity Center.

Coleman, of Union, hasbeen manager of the Co-vington Senior ActivityCenter since February2014.

She has a backgroundin education which in-cludes teaching and guid-ance counseling in RowanCounty, Pendleton Coun-ty, Campbell County, Gal-latin County and Beech-wood school systems.

Coleman earned hermaster’s degree in guid-ance and counseling fromXavier University.

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The Boone County Jay-cees hosted an Easter EggHunt for Jaycees familyand friends on March 15.

The event includedcrafts, games, lunch andan Easter Egg hunt for theyoung at heart. The eventallowed the chapter to cel-ebrate the Easter holidaywhile giving back to itsmembers and family andfriends who give so muchall year long.

According to chair-woman Karla Smith, “Pe-ter Cotton Tail hoppedinto the Florence LionsClub. Easter Eggs werehidden outside, gameswere played and bunnyfood were eaten by thegang. Craft were made,bingo was played it wassuch a bang!”

It was an opportunityto meet the Boone CountyJaycees to see what thegroup is all about. Thechapter hosts a variety of

events all year long cater-ing to the needs of thecommunity and mem-

bers’ interests. For fur-ther details contact Presi-dent Rhonda Dase at 859-

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Jaycees Easter egg huntdelights young at heart

THANKS TO ERICA MONK PAVESE

Front row, from left: Ethan Luckhardt, Chole Cronenweth, Declan Cronenweth, Alexys Pavese,Kylie Luckhardt, Maria Kleier, Tyler Schwartz, Joel Millay and Cameron Bateman. Second row:Danica Bateman, Basil Hozeska, Brady Aubuchon, Ethan Millay, Karla Smith and Josie Smith.


The Gray MiddleSchool Gatorettes com-peted in the NorthernKentucky CheerleadingCoaches Associationcompetition Jan. 25 atthe Bank of KentuckyCenter.

The dance team tookfirst place in pom andsecond place in hip-hop.

The competition alsoincluded an award for

those students achiev-ing a 3.5 or higher GPA.

The Gray MiddleSchool Dance Teammembers that receivedthis award were Dan-ielle Corbin, CourtneyDolwick, Peyton Fran-sen, Ashlyn Green, Ka-tie Hadley, Caitlin Hol-brook, Ariel Klaas, AllyPrice, Ashley Torosian,and Grace Wellmann.

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Back row, from left: Danielle Corbin, Grace Wellmann, ArielKlaas, Ashlyn Green, Ashley Torosian and Peyton Fransen.Front row: Ally Price, Courtney Dolwick, Katie Hadley,Caitlin Holbrook and Hannah Ross.

Gatorettes place first in pom

Kenzie’s Closet, thenonprofit boutique thatprovides prom outfits forfinancially disadvan-taged girls in Greater Cin-cinnati, kicked off its 10thyear of service at the Ken-zie’s Closet boutique loca-tion in O’Bryonville, with15 prom shopping daysscheduled for this year.

Kenzie’s Closet hashelped more than 3,000students over nine years.

About 450 girls from 65area schools will beserved during this 2015spring prom season. Theschools are as far north asDayton, Ohio, and as farsouth as Maysville, Ky.Most students have fam-ily household incomes ofless than $22,000.

Kenzie’s Closet’s exec-utive director KathySmith, pointed out that“The numbers are just asmall part of the wholestory. Every young stu-dent who has been able toattend her prom becauseof the mission of Kenzie’sCloset over these pastnine years has had herown unique life story. Weknow that the opportunityto feel special, beautiful,and loved for one very im-portant high school mem-ory means so very muchin those students’ lives.”

eed beautiful.”Smith voiced the im-

portance of the more than300 volunteers annually,the donations of promdresses, jewelry andwraps over the years; andgenerosity of individuals,families, and the localbusiness community.

Junior and senior highschool women who havebeen referred to Kenzie’sCloset from their schoolprincipal, counselor or so-cial service agency willenjoy an once-in-a-life-time magical afternoonand select their completeprom outfit. On their“Shopping Day,” the stu-dents are greeted by a vol-unteer who walks themthrough the process of se-lecting their perfectdress, shoes, a purse,jewelry, and a wrap fortheir special night. Thereis no cost to the student.

The idea for Kenzie’sCloset was planted whenBrynne Coletti discov-ered that one of herdaughter’s classmates atSt. Ursula Academywould not be attending

her prom because of theexpense. Coletti anony-mously provided re-sources to help that stu-dent, and the seed was

planted for developing aprogram that would helpmany more girls.

Kenzie’s Closet wasnamed after Makena

“Kenzie” Anne Comisar,who was killed in a single-car accident in 2002 be-fore she was able to attendher senior prom. Comisarwas a student at St. UrsulaAcademy in Cincinnati,and was known for her bigheart and generosity.

For information Ken-zie’s Closet, visitwww.kenziescloset.org.

Kenzie’s Closet is at2010 Madison Road.

Kenzie’s Closet kicks off 10th ‘prom season’

THANKS TO ASHLEY TOMLINSON

Amanda Bentley Fessler of Florence, co-chairperson for thisyear's Kenzie’s “Girls’ Night Out” event; Brynne Coletti ofIndian Hill, founder of Kenzie’s Closet; Kathy Smith of WesternHills, executive director of Kenzie’s Closet, and Anne Ilyinskyof Indian Hill, co-chairperson of the event.

THANKS TO ASHLEY TOMLINSON

Kimberly Zang, left, of Mount Adams; Charlene Rouse, ofFlorence; and Noel Ripley, of Fort Thomas.

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Linda LongLinda Rose Long, 67, of

Florence, died March 24 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was a clerk at Gramer’sMeat Market in Erlanger and anavid couponer.

Survivors include her hus-band, Rick Long; children Eliza-beth “Libby” Whaley, LisaSpencer, Phillip Long, andRachel Vance; brother, MikeKruse; sisters Virginia Stephensand Susan Spenneberg; and 11grandchildren along with fourgreat-grandchildren. Burial wasat Floral Hills Memorial Gardens.

Memorials: Disabled VeteransAssociation, 3725 AlexandriaPike, Cold Spring, KY 41076; orLupus Foundation.

Charles McKenneyCharles “Chuck” E. McKen-

ney, 91, of Florence, died March23.

He was a retired salesman forCline, Mall, and Zimmer ChryslerPlymouth. He was a U.S. Armyveteran, having served duringWorld War II. He was a memberof Hopeful Lutheran Church andthe American Legion.

His wives, Mary Jane McKen-ney and Ann Libby Riddell-McKenney, died previously.

Survivors include his stepson,Rick Riddell; stepdaughter,Sherry Walters; and six grand-sons. Burial was at HopefulLutheran Cemetery in Florence.

Memorials: Hopeful Lutheran

Church Foundation Fund, 6430Hopeful Church Road, Florence,KY 41042.

Todd SkaggsTodd Michael Skaggs, 42, of

Hebron, died March 22.He was a computer informa-

tion technologies specialist,member of the Sons of theAmerican Legion Post 275, and agraduate of Northern KentuckyUniversity. He enjoyed disc golf,canoeing, camping, computers,and computer gaming.

Survivors include his parents,Dennie and Evelyn Skaggs; andsister, Stephanie Meade.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery.

Memorials: Gideon’s Interna-tional, P.O. Box 54916, RichmondRoad, Lexington, KY 40555.

Georgina SmithGeorgina E. Smith, 51, of

Adair County, Kentucky andformerly of Union, died March21 at Westlake Regional Hospi-tal in Columbia, Kentucky.

She loved children and was apreschool child care providerand nanny for many years. Shewas Baptist.

Survivors include her hus-band, Paul Smith; sons JohnMichael Smith of Breeding,Kentucky and Mark Ian Smith ofBaton Rouge, Louisiana; mother,Norma Reeves Mardis of Inde-pendence; sisters Estella Nielsonof Henderson, Nevada, LindaPinkerton of Elsmere, Juanita

Stienhauer of Florence, ReginaKresnak of Independence, andChristina Mecham of Florence;brothers George Freeman ofRomona, California, RichardFreeman of El Paso, Texas,Darrell Freeman of Independ-ence, and Doug Freeman ofLake Forest, California.

Interment was at Red LickCemetery.

Margaret WartmanMargaret A. Wartman, 76, of

Florence, died March 22 atVillage Care Center in Erlanger.

She was a bookkeeper andmember of Highland HillsBaptist Church in Fort. Thomas,graduate of Bellevue HighSchool, and Sunday schoolteacher at Bellevue Baptist formany years. She also lovedbaby-sitting.

Survivors include her hus-band, Clifford “Cliff” Wartman;son, Kevin Wartman of WestChester, Ohio; daughter, KarenWartman of Crestwood, Ken-tucky; sister, Lucille Miller; andfive grandchildren along withone great-grandchild.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: BLC AlexandriaProject, 1452 Donaldson High-way, Erlanger, KY 41018.

DEATHS

Miranda Anderson, 31, ofFlorence and Terry Littrell, 52, ofBurlington, issued March 2.

Debra Wilson, 38, of Florenceand Daniel Pieper, 46, of Flor-ence, March 3.

Shonda Sorritelli, 41, of Flor-ence and Robert Dunn, 37, ofFlorence, March 3.

Sydney Stauter, 25, of Burling-ton and Brian Meimann, 25, ofBurlington, March 3.

Naima Ibrahim, 38, of Florenceand Abdallah Ahamed, 28, of

Florence, March 4.Lydia Uhlyarik, 24, of Burling-

ton and Craig Watkins, 25, ofUnion, March 4.

Katherine Gibson, 34, ofErlanger and Adam O’Brien, 35,of Florence, March 4.

Christie Moore, 45, of Moores-ville, North Carolina and MichaelWolfe, 35, of Walton, March 6.

Loretta Harrison, 48, of TaylorMill and Marvin Franklin Jr., 65,of Florence, March 9.

Ashley Wheeler, 24, of Bur-

lington and Joshua Miller, 26, ofBurlington, March 10.

Kaitlyn Knight, 25, of Unionand Richard Jackson III, 26, ofUnion, March 10.

Neva Jenkins, 49, of Burling-ton and James Hensley, 52, ofBurlington, March 10.

Carolyn Desantis, 45, ofFlorence and Michael Monroe,53, of Florence, March 10.

Jennifer Green, 35, of Hebronand Gilbert Lovins III, 37, ofHebron, March 11.

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The annual Andrew J.Schrage Memorial GolfOuting will take place atnoon June 6 at KentonCounty Golf Course in In-dependence.

The event benefits theAndrew J. SchrageScholarship Fund. An-drew attended the J.B.Speed School of Engi-neering at University ofLouisville majoring inmechanical engineering.

After he died in a trag-ic accident, his family es-tablished a scholarshipfor Northern Kentuckystudents in his memoryat U of L.

Andrew was passion-ate about his careerchoice and was co-cap-tain of the Formula Rac-ing team. He was lovedby his family, friends,team members and pro-

fessors. Jim Breech, former

Cincinnati Bengal, willbe the special guest. Theevent includes, lunch,dinner, golf with a cart,and a goodie bag. Regis-tration is $100 per per-son. Complete details canbe found at www.an-drewjschrage.org or bycalling 859-803-2528.

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The Boone County Jay-cees hosted its annual St.Patrick’s Day Dance atRedwood March 13.

The chapter hosts threedances a year for Red-wood clients, caregiversand parents: A St. Patrick’sDance in March, a ‘50sSock Hop on July 17, and aProm Dance on Nov. 13.

Redwood, located at 71Orphanage Road in FortMitchell, guides childrenand adults with severe andmultiple disabilities toachieve independence andreach their highest poten-tial throughout their lives,by providing enrichingeducational, therapeutic,and vocational services.

The Jaycees providedsnacks, beverages and aDJ at the St. Patrick’s DayDance. The big event of

the evening was crowingthe royal court. The chair-woman for this year’sdances was Molly William-son.

“It is such an honor tochair the Redwood Danc-es. The clients have somuch fun and are alwaysextremely excited aboutwho will picked as Queenand King of the dance,”Williams said.

The Boone County Jay-cees are rich in tradition,holding on to key projectsevery year, while addingnew projects to fill theneeds of the communityand new members. Thechapter has hosted dancesat Redwood for over 25years.

The chapter does a va-riety of events all year in-cluding Redwood Dances,

high school scholarships,essay contests, needy fam-ily Christmas, sportingevents, speaker pro-grams, prayer breakfastto honor local clergy, re-verse quarter auctions,trick or treat at nursinghomes, Kentucky Speed-way races, and member-ship socials.

The Jaycees are cur-rently running a member-ship drive in Boone Coun-ty. The organization islooking for individuals be-tween the age of 18-41 wholike to volunteer, who liketo make a difference intheir community, and whowould like to meet like-minded people.

If you are interested infurther details call 859-630-3279 [email protected].

Boone Jaycees host St. Patrick’s Day Dance

THANKS TO ERICA MONK

Boone County Jaycees at the Redwood Dance included, from left, Joel Millay, Pam Millay, MollyWillimason, Ethan Millay, Cassie Evans, Lois Evans and Erica Monk Pavese.

Question: Can yourecommend apple treevarieties that do wellhere that don’t need to besprayed? I would love togrow organic apples!

Answer: In our cli-mate, organic apple pro-duction is possible, butchallenging. Regularsprays, starting in Marchand continuing throughharvest, are still requiredto stop harmful insectsand certain diseases.There are organic op-tions available, althoughthese products do notalways work as well asconventional pesticides.

The following applevarieties have very goodresistance to apple scabfungus, have performed

well in thisarea andare dis-cussed inorder ofripening.

» Red-free – adark redover yel-low applethat ripensin earlyAugust and

colors well for this timeof the season. Redfree isa tart, firm, juicy, sweetapple which will keep forseveral months and alsohas resistance to cedarapple rust, as well assooty blotch and flyspeck diseases, but mayhave trouble with fi-

reblight or powdery mil-dew.

» Liberty – a verytart, McIntosh-type applethat ripens in late Au-gust. In a cool fall, Liber-ty develops dark redstripes over a green/yellow fruit. Very diseaseresistant.

» Spartan – a firm,McIntosh type, dark redto pale red, ripening inearly September andstoring well into January.Very disease resistant.

» Priscilla – a small,tart, firm, crisp, juicyapple, ripening in mid-September, with a darkred blush over yellow-green. Very disease re-sistant.

» Winecrisp – a medi-

um sized, very firm ap-ple, juicy and crisp,sweet-tart, spicy flavor,stores well into February.Harvest in mid-October.Very disease resistant.

» Enterprise – a red,spicy, aromatic, crisp andfine-grained apple thatripens in mid-to-lateOctober. Enterprise has arelatively thick skin, avery good disease resis-tance package and storeswell until February.

» Gold Rush – a verycrisp, firm, tart, yellowapple with a red blush;ripens in mid-to-lateOctober. It sweetens upin storage and is one ofthe best storing applesavailable, keeping intoApril and beyond. It has a

very good resistance toscab and fire blight, butis susceptible to cedarapple rust and powderymildew.

» Sundance – a firm,yellow apple, with a mildpineapple flavor. Excel-lent disease resistance.Ripens in mid-October.

For more informationon growing fruits, plus

updates on Extensionclasses, and to win freevegetable seeds for yourspring garden, go to face-book.com/BooneHortNews or twit-ter.com/ BooneHortNews .

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

Which apples don’t need spraying?

Mike KlahrHORTICULTURECONCERNS

COMING UP» Home Grown Fruit: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, Boone

County Extension Office. Free, but call 859-586-6101 toregister, or enroll online at boone.ca.uky.edu.

» Cherries, Peaches & Plums, Oh My! All About theGenus Prunus: 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, Boone CountyArboretum, 9190 Camp Ernst Road, Union, Shelter No. 1.Register at http://bit.lyBCAregistration.

» Best Trees for NKY Landscapes: 1:30-3:30 p.m.Tuesday, April 14, Boone County Extension Office. Free, butcall 859-586-6101 to register, or enroll online atboone.ca.uky.edu.

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