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FLORENCE — John Gillespiejumped out of an airplane to cel-ebrate his 90th birthday.

“It was just something to do,”he said. “I wanted to swimacross the Ohio River, but I’mtoo old to do that, I think.”

The paterfamilias said it wasan auspicious year; he turned 90in January, his son, also namedJohn, turned 60, and one of hisgranddaughters turned 30.

At his birthday party, the el-der Gillespie asked familymembers to join him.

“I definitely wanted to be apart of his 90th birthday re-quest,” said Kayla Gillespie, 28,

who also jumped. “It’s probablythe best experience I’ve everhad. It was awesome.”

Kayla Gillespie said hergrandfather has always beenfun.

“He used to pick us up afterschool, and he’d usually have acandy bar on the dashboard,”she said. “He was always therefor us and always wonderful.He hasn’t slowed down. He’spretty excellent.”

“Awesome,” was how JohnGillespie described his jumpfrom 14,000 feet over Middle-town, Ohio, with Start Skydiv-ing.

“My favorite part was thatmy son and two granddaughterswent with me,” he said. “It was

all awesome. It was scary, butwe knew that before we did it.”

John Gillespie has four chil-dren, 10 grandchildren andeight great-grandchildren. Be-fore the end of the year, he’llhave two more great-grands.

His wife of 65 years, Joanne,liked watching him but declinedto participate.

John Gillespie is ready toskydive again soon.

“I’ll definitely go if I make itto 95,” the Florence residentsaid. “We may go again nextyear. We all want to do it againreal soon.”

“But I won’t,” said JoanneGillespie.

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FLORENCE — Susan Schultzisn’t sure what’s next for Yester-day’s Cafe and Tea Room, butshe’s certain it will be good.

After 11 years on at 264 MainSt., Schultz was given 30 daysnotice to vacate the property.

Still, she is peaceful. “It has been 11 wonderful

years here,” she said. “Thisbusiness is amazing. My cus-tomers are awesome. I wouldn’thave changed anything. Thishistoric building, what we havedone. There are no regrets.”

Schultz characterized theeviction as “a private matter be-tween tenant and landlord.”

Calls to property owner Rog-er Berger at Berger Propertiesin Cincinnati were not returned.

Nothing has changed in theneighboring businesses, alsoowned by Berger Properties.

“No one has asked us tomove. We’re still here,” saidPam Davis, whose husband,Steve, has owned Herbs andMore at 266 Main St. for 18years. “Of course we’re upset.They’ve been there for 11years.It’s sad to see another businessbeing asked to leave.”

Lawrence McCord, presi-dent of On Time Media at 264BMain St., said he’s been there formore than four years, and theadvertising agency has been aBoone County business for 16

years.“We are planning to stay,” he

said. “We hope that other busi-nesses will continue to invest inMain Street.”

“It’s a shame,” said FlorenceMayor Diane Whalen. “We havebeen providing her with infor-mation on potential new loca-tions. We will do everything wecan to help her in her search fora new location. Absolutely.”

Schultz expects to reopen ata new location, but doesn’t knowyet when or where that will be.

“Our last day is June 25,” shesaid. “We have to pack up, getmoving and put things in stor-age, then we can talk aboutwhere we are headed.”

The online store,bit.ly/1B8BMtj, will stay open.

Schultz has promised weeklyupdates on Facebook, whereshe first posted news of the up-coming move.

Within an hour, she had36,000 impressions, 600 sharesand more than 1,000 commentsand likes.

“People feel connected tothis business,” she said. “It’s notjust about this business. It’sabout the community. They’reoutraged and upset, but whenyou separate the emotion, yourealize that people are very pas-sionate about my business.They’re emotional and loyal.”

Several commenters sug-gested places to relocate, othersmourned the loss of a cozyneighborhood gathering place.

Many talked about theevents hosted at Yesterday’s.

“We had my daughter’s brid-al shower there May 24,” wroteCharlene Tipton of Hebron. “It

was lovely and food and tea wasfantastic. The service was greatand the owner was so nice andhelpful.”

Schultz is also trying to find anew home for some of thestore’s larger fixtures via theFacebook page as well.

“Some of these historical

pieces, antiques, we just have tofind somewhere for them to go,”she said. “My business model isunique to this location, to thehistoric building. Where we willgo will determine what the newbusiness model will be.”

Until she finds a new loca-tion, Schultz intends to share

her tea education at festivals. “We already know good

things are going to happen,” shesaid. “I was really surprised. Iwas shocked and saddened. Iwish it would have worked outdifferently. I’m disappointed,

Yesterday’s moving on to new tomorrow

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The staff at Yesterday’s Cafe and Tea Room includes Lauren Jones, Courtney Grigson, Kaleb Lyons and owner SusanSchultz.

Tea Room ownerready for her nextbusiness moveAmy [email protected]

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A two-year campaignto revitalize the VisitorCenter at Big Bone LickState Historic Site wascelebrated at a June 11open house, but this mile-stone was just the begin-ning of several improve-ments to come.

More than 60 peopleapplauded the upgradewhich was completed inMay and gives the VisitorCenter a modern and pro-fessional feel.

Lighting inside displaycases, three-dimensionalviewing of some of BigBone’s fossils and cleangraphics give a reader-friendly overview of the

historic site.“The new exhibits have

been up maybe two orthree weeks and we’vehad so many more peoplewho are spending moretime,” said park interpret-er Ossana Wolffe. Visitorsare reading how explor-ers found bones of hugeprehistoric animals whofancied Big Bone’s saltlick – including mast-odons – and how the sitebecame a decades-longfascination for PresidentThomas Jefferson, amongother stories.

“They’re more en-gaged with the exhibitsand asking the next levelof questions,” Wolffe said.

“This is Phase 1 of athree-phase plan andPhase 1 is now complete,”said park manager DeanHenson. “The presenta-tion of those things in

these first-quality caseshas really upped the gameat Big Bone.”

Henson was quick togive praise to the Friendsof Big Bone, the volunteergroup dedicated to edu-cating people about BigBone Lick’s unique histo-ry: the Cincinnati Mu-seum Center, whose ex-perts aided in explainingand giving visual depth tothe park’s objects, speci-mens and artifacts; andstate Parks Commission-er Elaine Walker.

“She (Walker) has be-come very excited aboutthe projects at Big Bone inthe last year and a halfand … has supported us inevery step of the way aswe’ve worked with theFriends of Big Bone andthe Cincinnati MuseumCenter,” Henson said.

Walker, a former Bowl-ing Green mayor, spoke atthe June 13 open house.

“I tell you Big Bone hassuch incredible signifi-cance not just for Ken-tucky, not just for theUnited States but interna-tionally. I love spreadingthe word about the signif-icance of the birthplace ofAmerican vertebrate pa-leontology,” Walker said.

“I really hope peoplecome out to see it becausethey can understand thatso much started righthere in this part of Ken-tucky. They can go toMonticello (Jefferson’shome) and find fossilsthat were brought fromBig Bone Lick in Ken-tucky to Monticello. Sowe’re just thrilled to en-

courage people to comevisit and we encouragepeople to support theFriends and their fund-raising,” Walker said.

Phase 1 was paid forwith a $70,000 grant fromthe R.C. Durr Foundation.Next the Durr Foundationhas challenged theFriends of Big Bone toraise up to $70,000 by De-cember that it will matchto pay for Phases 2 and 3:

» Phase 2: Central Dis-play, a skeletal recon-struction of Harlan’sGround Sloth at a cost of$70,000, to be completedin 2016-2017. Xavier Uni-versity will provide 3Dscanning to assist the Cin-cinnati Museum Centeron this project.

» Phase 3: A three-di-mensional reconstructionof the existing Pleisto-cene wall mural at a costof $70,000, to be complet-

ed in 2017.Pat Fox, president of

Friends of Big Bone, en-couraged those whowould like to donate orlearn about upcomingfundraising events to con-tact her at [email protected] or859-689-5631. The group’swebsite is www.friendsofbigbone.org.

Besides the VisitorCenter, other changes arein store for Big Bone LickState Historic Site, Hen-son said, including facili-ty renovations andground and environmen-tal restoration projects.

“As all of that comes tofruition we’ll see an in-crease in visitors over thenext handful of years. I’dlook for Big Bone LickState Historic Site to go tothe next level as a park,”Henson said.

State park ‘ups its game’ with renovated Visitor CenterNancy [email protected]

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Park interpreter Ossana Wolff, Big Bone manager DeanHenson and Friends of Big Bone president Patricia Foxcelebrate the site’s debut of new $70,000 thematic cases.

but I understand it. What-ever business moves intothis space, I bless them. Itwill be another small busi-ness and I hope they areblessed and the communi-ty supports them.”

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BURLINGTON — TheDinsmore Homesteadwill begin offering T-shirts at the historic site’sgift shop.

Shirts will also beavailable during theBoone County HeritageDay and Chalkfest on Sat-urday, July 11, and the Fa-ther’s Day CountryCruise-in on Sunday, June21.

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Dem Women’s Clubplans meeting

UNION — The BooneCounty Democratic Wom-en’s Club monthly meet-ing will be held at 6 p.m.Monday, June 22, at Flip-daddy’s in Union. The lo-cation is on U.S. 42 in theKroger outlot.

The public is welcome.For those who wish to jointhe annual dues is $20.

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Claire Cordua, left, serves Truth, an India pale ale, to TinaCumby, of Felicity, Ohio, at the Rhinegeist booth of theFreedom Beer Fest June 13. Cordua just moved to Florence afew weeks ago from Memphis. Twenty craft beer brewerswere featured at the Florence Freedom game. More photos:http://bit.ly/FloBeerFest

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Jeffery Atwood, ofHamilton, and JesseHooven, of ColerainTownship, get a littlecreative whilesampling a Stormgolden cream aleduring the FreedomBeer Fest. Morephotos an be foundat http://bit.ly/FloBeerFest

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Prior to entering into the state testing mode,Remix Education visited Florence Elementary tomotivate the students with an element of fun thatemphasized the importance of using your maxi-mum effort to ace the test.

Former University of Kentucky player JarrodPolson was a special guest, sharing his strategythat helped him to become successful in school,sports and life.

Polson and the Remix team engaged the stu-dents in many fun activities. Dance Off, BasketballTube Contest, Dribble Knockout, Bumper BallRace between teachers and staff members and theHuman Rolling Cylinder created many laughs and

much excitement within the walls of the gym. The fun continued for Polson because he was

celebrating his birthday and Florence presentedhim with a cupcake and a jar of Florence Elemen-tary Salsa.

The program helped shake off any worries be-fore the test week began and built confidence thatstudents are in control by making good choicesduring and after testing.

THANKS TO KATHY KUHN

Jarrod Polson, a former University of Kentucky player with Remix Education, challenges Devin Raines, Prestin Sherman,Jarrod Polson and Tanner Jackson to a game of Dribble Knockout at Florence Elementary. The program motivated thestudents to perform their best during state testing.

Florence Elementarystudents motivated

before state

TESTINGTHANKS TO KAREN KUHN

To increase the excitement Remix Education selects acouple of Florence Elementary teachers to participate in theBumper Ball Race — second-grade teacher Kelsey Ryan andfourth-grade teacher Brittany Finch.

Remix Education visited FlorenceElementary to motivate students.

FLORENCE — The Florence RotaryClub has presented $1,000 college schol-arships to six Boone County high schoolseniors.

The scholarship winners were recog-nized at a luncheon on April 27 at the Hil-ton in Florence. The selections werebased on interviews of nominees fromeach of the high schools by Florence Ro-tary members.

The scholarships winners are:» Shelby Sammons: Boone County

High School, plans to major in specialeducation at Western Kentucky Univer-sity.

» Lacy Gerdes: Conner High School,plans to pursue international studies at

Northern Kentucky University.» Mitchell Greenhalgh: Cooper High

School, plans to major in Spanish andbusiness management at BrighamYoung University.

» Ryan Woolf: Ryle High School,plans to play football and major in biolo-gy at Georgetown (Ky.) College

» Stephanie Bolin: St. Henry HighSchool, plans to attend the University of

Louisville» Will Compton: Walton-Verona

High School, plans to major in psycholo-gy at Eureka (Ill.) College.

Rotary awards $1,000 scholarships to Boone seniors

THANKS TO PAUL FEUSS

From left are Adam Howard, Stephanie Bolin, Mitchell Greenhalgh, Will Compton, Lacey Gerdes, Ryan Woolf and Shelby Sammons.

Pat MoynahanCommunity Recorder contributor

Gleick graduatesfrom Thomas More

Sarah Gleick, of Fort Wright, grad-uated with honors from Thomas MoreUniversity on May 16. She will attendWright State University in the fall forher master’s degree.

Her family includes parents Marcieand Dr. Jeffrey Gleick of Centerville;sisters Sophie and Allyson; grandparents Susan andGary Serra; and uncle Scott Shelton of Florence.

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Longbranch Elementary SchoolThe following students have earned honors for the third quarter

of 2014-15.

Fourth and Fifth GradeAll A’s Honor Roll - Onuabuchi Ajaezu, Lauren Allen, Rachel Baker,

Giovanni Beltran, Marykay Birtcil, Josephine Bronk, Emma Butler,Maison Canfield, Amber Chaney, Kendall Cheek, Jacob Childress,Sophia Cobb, Coral Coffey, Alex Collins, Julia Conley, Joseph Cro-well, Kennedy Daniel, Vance Dawson, Elena DeCamp, Alexis DeHa-ven, Annessa DeMarco, Addison Dierig, Connor DuVall, MichaelaEhrhardt, Zakary Falk, Sakariye Farah, Cadence Flamm, PeytonFlannery, Matthew Fouts, Makenna Franks, Kay Freihofer, RichardGartner, Kevin Garuccio, Ethan Green, Gavin Green, Tyler Green,Megan Hazelbaker, Nicholas Heister, Kynnedi Hirn, Alexa Hughes,Faith Jamison, Brendan Joehnk, Andrew Kakara, Alex Kanarek,Keegan Kennedy, Ryo Kitagawa, Jonathan Klayer, Stephen Klayer,

Grace Lehmkuhl, Ella Leicht, Sawyer Lilly, William Lortz, ElissaLuckhardt, Alexa Luckhardt, Jesse Luebbers-Palmer, Claire Lusk, RileyMartin, Kristin Miller, Nene Miura, Sydney Moore, Ashley Morris,Divya Naidugari, Macaylee Nelson, Cole Oates, Derek Poland, GrantPope, Malayna Pope, Coleman Pope, Ava Priar, Hannah Richardson,Adelle Richardson, Elsey Riney, Brennen Rogers, Macey Ruth, MarisaRuth, Mariko Saito, James Schilling, Karli Schmitt, Kaitlyn Schoen-hoeft, Kayla Scroggin, Elyse Sergent, Emmitt Sipple, Robert Staten,Joshua Stepner, Kiersten Stull, Alisha Syed, Alexandra Tanabe,Subaru Toda, Taylor Toepfert, Thieny Truong, Rebecca Walker,Maxwell White, Amanda Willman, Mitchell Wilson, Cameron Wil-son, Andrew Winterman, Rylan Wotherspoon, Harrison Wuellner,Emily Wymer.

A/B Honor Roll - Grace Adams, Skylar Anderson, Connor Arm-strong, Hayden Arnold, Zackery Banish, Zachary Beasley, DestinyBell, Dakota Bell, Ethan Berry, Berkley Berryman, Hershell Blackburn,John Brewer, Averi Brodbeck, Caleb Brooks, Abigail Brown, KylaBryson, Mia Buckler, Nolan Burton, Jillian Cabrera, Colby Cahill,Brooklynn Cahill, Ashley Chaney, Connor Chirico, Jacob Cline, Mad-eline Cole, Derek Collins, Colten Cornelius, Matthew Cress, JacksonCress, James Crowe, Brooklynn Davis, Padraic Day, Brayden Dimuzio,Majda Dizdarevic, Marshal Duncan, Mackenzie Edwards, CarsonEnda, Jameel Flores, Chase Fowler, Benjamin Fox, Emma Fredrickson,Isabella Godsted, Alexandra Hall, Gabriel Hamby, Anthony Hollis,Brooklyn Huff, Timothy Johnson, Alice Johnson, Presley Jones,Broden Kilwy, Jackson LaCroix, Amanda Lambert, Danielle Lense,Claire Longo, Gavin Lyle,

Rosio Magana, Michael Mallery, Chandler McGowan, HaileyMcNeal, Lauren Miller, Taylor Moore, Madeline Morris, HollandMorris, Jack Morris, Alex Morris, Adam Morris, Gracie Mounce, KaiNeumann, Trevor Ollier, Alana Olson, Larisa Pavlovic, Spencer Pay-ton, Onavey Perkins, Alexander Pham, Travis Pilon, Jayla Poer,Caraline Pratt, Hayden Ramey, William Reimann, Micah Richardson,Carlisa Robinson, Jaydin Rohrer, Mackenzie Schneeman, ReneeSchultz, Riley Schweitzer, Nathan Searp, Nickolas Searp, Erina Shinjo,Brianna Smith, Maria Smith, Claire Smith, Diego Solis, BenjaminSpicher, Chloe Spitzer, Stephen Stricker, Kiley Sullivan, Chloe Sutton,Haley Tinch, Alexander Turner, Nicholas Volz, Henry Walke, AveryWalters, Caleb Wardrup, Riley Watkins, Stella Weaver, Racheal West,William Whitlock.

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FLORENCE —

Although FriendlyMarket has beenopen for almost twoyears, Allison Hinesof Butcher Betties

doesn’t think enough peopleknow about it yet.

Nestled behind a shoppingcenter off Sam Neace and Mt.Zion roads, adjacent to theKroger, the Friendly Marketcombines the freshest flavors,the highest quality locallygrown products and countrycharm.

Hines, a petite powerhousewith a vintage vibe, saidFriendly Market shouldn’t betoo hard to find later this yearwhen Northern Kentucky Uni-versity’s art department willpaint a mural of fruits andvegetables on the tan metalbuilding’s exterior.

“We’ll be a culinary destina-tion. That’s what we want,” shesaid. “People will see us fromthe highway. They’ll be able tosee it from airplanes. ... Oncethey know we’re here, they’llbe back.”

The Boone County marketon Norbotten Avenue has anoutdoor farmers market aswell as nine indoor tenants:Afishionados, Butcher Betties,Butcher Betties KentuckyProud General Store, The Colo-nel’s Creamery, Colonel De’sGourmet Herbs and Spices,The Flying Olive~Bluegrass,Smokin This and That BBQand Unbridled Spirit liquorstore.

Hines started her pinup-inspired butcher shop lastyear, and now also managesButcher Betties KentuckyProud General Store.

On one side of the market’scenter aisle stands Hines’whole animal butchery shop,

where she offers a variety ofmeats as well as locally pro-duced cheeses. On the otherside sits the Kentucky Proudshop, which features soaps,jellies, jewelry and other Ken-tucky artisan products and giftbaskets.

With her Victory rolled hairand red-lipped smile, Hinestalks about Ed-Mar Dairy’scheese and offers a taste.

“Every one of us has sam-ples,” she said. “We know ourfood can be a little more ex-pensive than in the supermar-ket, but it’s locally grown andsustainably raised. People areinterested in being more con-nected to their food.”

Vintage Fair has eclectichandmade items

Hines oversees the market’sVintage Fair every month,which features a variety ofeclectic handmade items andantiques.

Her fascination with historyis visible in her meat case.

“We have ‘city chicken,’something not a lot of peopleknow about anymore,” Hinessaid. “A long time ago, chickenwas a luxury. They might killone chicken a week for Sundaydinner. You couldn’t just go tothe store and buy chicken, sosome butchers would skewercubed pork and call it ‘citychicken.’”

A meat supplier found avintage “city chicken” moldfor her to use.

“I like bringing back thingsfrom the old days,” she said.“People can come in here and

see things they haven’t seen ina long time.”

Hines has made sure themarket is connected to thecommunity, too. Especially themilitary community. As a U.S.Navy veteran, and the fourthgeneration of women in herfamily to have served, Hines isprocuring four special parkingspaces for military members.Two for Purple Heart honor-ees, one for any veteran andone for a Blue or Gold StarMother.

Col. Don Lambert is one ofthe market’s original tenants atThe Colonel’s Creamery.

Although the outdoor mar-ket is open May through Octo-ber, the indoor market is openseven days a week, year-round.Approximately half are openon Mondays, but Lambert’spremium ice cream is acces-sible every day.

‘People care more aboutfood than they used to’

“A lot of people value thebenefit of having better qualityfoods,” he said. “I think thetime is right because there’s atrend for knowing what ingre-dients are in your food. Peoplecare more about it than theyused to.”

Lambert said many of themarket businesses collaboratetogether. He said he turned toColonel De for spices when hewas creating the Colonel’sDarn Hot Brown, a flavor simi-lar to the famous Cincinnati-style chili.

“We each really care aboutevery one of our products, andwe help each other,” he said.“These are specialty artisanproducts.”

Lambert has served more

than 90 original flavors sincehe opened, and his case of 16different ice creams is con-stantly changing. Many aremade from market produce.

“I use Kentucky berries,fruits, pumpkins,” he said.“Persimmon ice cream, honeyand lavender, raspberry mo-cha. There’s always a variety.”

The Colonel also servesunusual flavors such as maplebacon, spiced rum raisin, cher-ry pomegranate habanero andpopcorn.

“There’s always somethingdifferent to try,” Lambert said.

Afishionados hooked onidea of a little shop

John LaFontaine of Afishio-nados fish market obviouslykeeps things fresh as well.

After many years in therestaurant business, LaFon-taine got hooked on the idea ofa little shop with less overheadand fewer employees.

“This area needed a placelike this,” he said. “There wasnothing like this anywherenear here, only in Findlay Mar-ket.”

Afishionados has fish, mus-sels, sea scallops and salmonflown in every other day fromMaine, California, Scotlandand other places.

LaFontaine also preparessoups, spreads and specialtieslike lobster ravioli and lobstermac and cheese. The shopfeatures some frozen shrimp,crab legs and some types offish.

“We all work together inhere,” he said. “If I need sau-sage for gumbo, I get it fromAllison. We all use Colonel De’sspices. It’s a good little com-munity in here and we can allbenefit the rest of the commu-nity.”


Col. Don Lambert of the Colonel’s Creamery offers a cone ofColonel’s Camel Ride, a coffee toffee flavor – one of 90.

THANKS TO ALLISON HINES AND PHOTOGRAPHER ANNETTE CRIMMINS

Allison Hines of Butcher Betties is serious about locally sourcedmeats, but she’s one of the most personable vendors.


John LaFontaine of Afishionados fresh fish marketoffers free samples every day.

Find new friends atFRIENDLY MARKET


Butcher Betties Kentucky Proud General Store offers a variety of locally made products and gift baskets.

Although open fortwo years, a lot ofpeople don’t knowabout it yet.

DIRECTIONSTake Exit 178 on Interstate

71/75 and travel east on Ky. 536(Mt. Zion Road). It’s a left turnonto Sam Neace Drive and thenit’s a turn right past BuffaloBob’s. The address is 10050Norbotten Drive, Florence.


The Friendly Market off Mt. Zion Road is open seven days a week, butseveral businesses are closed Mondays.

Amy [email protected]

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FRIDAY, JUNE 19Art EventsArt Around Towne, 6-9 p.m.,City of Fort Thomas, Fort Thom-as Towne Center. Every 3rdFriday from June-September,central business district hosts arthop. Route spans area fromcross section of Highland Ave.and N. Fort Thomas Ave. to citybuilding. 25 local businesses,local artists, artisans, entertain-ment and food. Free. Presentedby Fort Thomas Renaissance.803-367-3339; www.ftthoma-s.org. Fort Thomas.

Art OpeningsThird Friday Art Gallery ShowOpening Theme: SummerBreeze, 6-9 p.m., The Art House,19 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Curatedby local artists featuring localartists. Free. 279-3431;www.facebook.com/events/1038109759552179/. FortThomas.

Dining EventsFriday Night Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30p.m., Newport Elks Lodge, 3704Alexandria Pike, $8.50. ThroughJan. 29. 441-1273. Cold Spring.

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.

Patio Pours, 3 p.m. RhinegeistBrewery., Keystone Bar & Grill,313 Greenup St., Beers pouredby select brewery representa-tives. 513-321-0968; www.face-book.com/keystonebar. Coving-ton.

EducationLittle 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, 9:30 a.m.,4:45 p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

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

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across 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.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, 1600 Monta-gue Road, There are manyfascinating stories about Coving-ton: political intrigue, hauntingtales, arts, athletics. Exhibitcelebrates 200 years of people,places and events that shapedcity, from trading of buffalo andbourbon for land to building ofAscent and “alien house.”Through Aug. 30. Included withmuseum admission. 491-4003;bcmuseum.org. Covington.

FestivalsMainStrasse Village OriginalGoettafest, 5-11:30 p.m.,MainStrasse Village, MainStreet, Goetta, arts and crafts,live music, entertainment,children’s activities. Free admis-sion. Presented by MainStrasseVillage Association. 491-0458;

www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-ton.

Literary - LibrariesMeet Your Match Trivia, 7p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Trivia Night, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Play trivia justfor fun. Bring own team orlibrary can put teams together.Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Bur-lington.

High School Lock-In, 8 p.m.,Florence Branch Library, 7425U.S. 42, Stay up all night andparty at Library. Lock-in will rununtil 8 a.m. Saturday, June 20.Registration and permission sliprequired. Free. Registrationrequired. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Music - IndieLanghorne Slim & The Law, 9p.m., The Southgate HouseRevival, 111 E. Sixth St., WithPaleface. $17, $15 advance.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

RecreationMahjong, 1 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, All skill levelswelcome. Free. Presented byScheben Branch Library. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Union.

Business Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon- to p.m., Xhil-aRacing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. 371-5278;www.xrkarting.com. Florence.

Friday Night Cruise In, 5-8p.m., Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989Ryle Road, Music by DJ Ray, $1hot dogs, door prizes and regis-tration for grand prize cashdrawing Aug. 28. Free admis-sion. 384-6617. Union.

Summer Fun Pack, 11 a.m. to 4p.m., Axis Alley, 1 Levee Way, 1hour of bowling and shoe rentalfor 4 guests plus 1-large onetopping pizza and 4 soft drinks.Tax/gratuity additional. Addi-tional time/guests available. $50.652-7250; www.axisalleylevee-.com. Newport.

Bingo, 7-10 p.m., Erlanger LionsClub Hall, 5996 Belair Drive,Erlanger Lions Bingo All pro-ceeds go to eyesight and back tocommunity. Price varies. Present-ed by Erlanger Lions Club.282-9969. Erlanger.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.308-7019; www.cincinna-tioa.org. Fort Thomas.

Youth SportsSummer Kids Club, 11 a.m. to 4p.m., Axis Alley, 1 Levee Way,Show card to receive $2 gamesof bowling, $2 shoe rental and10 percent off food and non-alcoholic beverage purchases!On 5th visit, get 2 free games ofbowling and shoe rental andfree ice cream sundae. Re-strictions apply. Free. 652-7250;www.axisalleylevee.com. New-port.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20Cooking 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.

Craft ShowsCraft and Antique Fair, 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m., Staffordsburg UnitedMethodist Church, 11815 Staf-fordsburg Road, Vendor spaceavailable for $25. Bake table,refreshments, grilled hot dogs,metts and brats. Free admission.960-6218. Independence.

Dining EventsSophisticated Peach Day, 11a.m. to 1 p.m., Lexus RiverCen-ter, 633 W. Third St., FreshGeorgia peaches from peachtruck. Samples of everythingpeach inside dealership; 25 lb.box for $39. Free. Presented byLexus River Center. 547-5300.Covington.

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

Father’s Day Wine Tastings, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., Brianza Gardensand Winery, 14611 Salem CreekRoad, Tasting Room and Gar-dens. Celebrate Father’s Daywith wine tasting and picnic.Variety of wines, local breadsand cheeses available, or bringpacked lunch. For 21 and up forTastings and All ages for gar-dens. $5 Tastings. 445-9369;brianzagardensandwinery.com.Crittenden.

EducationSecular Homeschool Show-case, 1-4 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Homeschoolers displayartwork, share writing or mu-sical talents during open mic,buy/sell curriculum in yard saleand visit local businesses of-fering educational opportunitiesto learners. Free. Presented byThe Lively Learning Lab. 916-2721; www.thelivelylearninglab-.com. Burlington.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15 a.m.,9:30 a.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

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.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, Includedwith museum admission. 491-4003; bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

FestivalsSt. Philip’s Church Festival,4-11 p.m., St. Philip’s Church,1404 Mary Ingles Highway, Friedchicken or roast beef dinners inair-conditioned hall. Grilledhamburgers, bratts and metts,games, live music by Kate andthe California Kings Band. Free.Melbourne.

Roeblingfest, noon to 10 p.m.,Roebling Point EntertainmentDistrict, Court Avenue and E.Third Street, Foods from localrestaurants, beverage booths,music, art show and sale show-casing local talents and varietyof tours. Free. Presented byStreets of the Roebling PointEntertainment District. 261-7777; www.roeblingbridge.org.Covington.

MainStrasse Village OriginalGoettafest, noon- to :30 p.m.,MainStrasse Village, Free admis-sion. 491-0458; www.mainstras-se.org. Covington.

United Way Day of Action onthe Purple People Bridge, 10a.m.- to 3 p.m., Purple PeopleBridge, Pete Rose Way, Cincin-nati; Third Street, Newport, Fun,free event for parents andchildren. Interactive puppetshow, mural painting, hip hopdancing, celebrity children’sbook authors reading and book

signing, science experiments,and sing-a-longs. CelebratingUnited Way’s 100th birthdaywith prize drawings, cake. Free.Presented by United Way ofGreater Cincinnati. 513-762-7100; www.uwgc.org/about-us/day-of-action. Newport.

Music - AcousticSaturday Morning AcousticMusic, 10 a.m.- to noon, Veloc-ity Bike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Free. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. Through Jan. 2.371-8356; www.velocitybb.com.Florence.

Music - BenefitsSuits That Rock, 8 p.m. All-StarDance Party. Doors open 7 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Professionals and executivesperform. Light bites, cash barand dancing encouraged. Bene-fits Carnegie’s Eva G. FarrisEducation Center. $85 orchestra,$60 mezzanine. Reservationsrequired. 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

Music - Concert SeriesConcerts at Creekside on theRoad, 7-8:30 p.m. Music byMark Cormican, music of JohnDenver., Boone County Arbore-tum at Central Park, 9190 CampErnst Road, Rain location: BooneCounty Public Library MainBranch. Free. Presented byBoone County Parks. 334-2283;www.boonecountyky.org/parks.Union.

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

Saving Stimpy, 10 p.m., Woo-dies Tavern, 10020 Demia Way,$5 cover. 282-1264; www.woo-diestavern.com. Florence.

Vinyl Theatre, 7 p.m.- to mid-night, Madison Live, 734 Madi-son Ave., $10. Presented byNederlander Entertainment.491-2444; www.madisontheate-ronline.com. Covington.

Music EducationMark Cormican: The Music ofJohn Denver, 7 p.m., BooneWoods Park, Veterans Way andKy. 18, Singer/songwriter sharessongs, stories and history aboutlegend of American music. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

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.282-9969. Erlanger.

ShoppingBellevue Citywide Yard Sale, 8a.m., City of Bellevue, , Pick upyard sale maps at shops alongFairfield Ave. Stroll sidewalk andyard sales. Concessions will beavailable for purchase. Free.Presented by Bellevue Renais-sance. 431-8888; www.shop-bellevueky.com. Bellevue.

Gloria Dei Community YardSale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Gloria DeiLutheran Church, 2718 DixieHighway, Used treasures andcraft fair. Household items,kitchen items, furniture, toys,clothing, books, appliances,hand-made crafts. BenefitsYouth Mission Trips. Free. 331-4694; gloriadei-nky.org. Crest-view Hills.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,10:30-11:30 a.m., Lakeside Pres-byterian Church, 2690 DixieHighway, white building in backparking lot. Offers program ofrecovery from compulsiveovereating, binge eating andother eating disorders using theTwelve Steps and Twelve Tradi-tions of OA. No dues or fees.Addresses physical, emotionaland spiritual well-being but isnot religious organization anddoes not promote any particulardiet. Free. Presented by Overeat-ers Anonymous NKY. 428-1214.Lakeside Park.

SUNDAY, JUNE 21Antiques ShowsBurlington Antique Show, 6a.m. to 3 p.m., Boone CountyFairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road,More than 200 vendors withantiques, vintage jewelry andfurniture, primitives, architectur-al elements, mid-century collect-ibles, American and memorabil-ia. Early buying, 6-8 a.m. with $5admission. $3, free ages 12 andunder. Presented by BurlingtonAntique Show. 513-922-6847;www.burlingtonantiqueshow-.com. Burlington.

Dining EventsCincy Sundaes, 3-5 p.m., Brax-ton Brewing, 27 W. 7th St.,Attendees make sundaes withDojo Gelato, listen to fourpresentations on innovativecommunity ideas and vote ontheir favorite. Presentation withmost votes at end is awardedmoney raised at door. Benefits

Innovative ideas. $5. Presentedby Cincy Sundaes. 462-0627;www.cincysundaes.com. Coving-ton.

New Sunday Brunch Buffet, 10a.m. to 2 p.m., Blinkers Tavern,318 Greenup St., Free parking onSunday. Dine inside or outsideon patios. No carry out boxes.$10.95, $6.95 children ages 4-12,free children under 4 years old.360-0840; www.blinkersta-vern.com. Covington.

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

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

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.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,noon to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, Includedwith museum admission. 491-4003; bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

FestivalsMainStrasse Village OriginalGoettafest, noon to 9 p.m.,MainStrasse Village, Free admis-sion. 491-0458; www.mainstras-se.org. Covington.

Music - Big BandJammin’ at Jane’s, 3-6 p.m.,Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989 RyleRoad, Outside next to WineShop. Live music by local artists.Free. Through Oct. 18. 384-6617;www.janessaddlebag.com.Union.

MONDAY, JUNE 22Dance ClassesLine Dance Classes, 5:30-6:30p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., $3. Presented by HollyRuschman. 727-0904. Elsmere.

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Roeblingfest is noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at the Roebling Point Entertainment District,Court Avenue and E. Third Street, Covington. Enjoy foods from local restaurants, beveragebooths, music, art show and sale showcasing local talents and a variety of tours. Admission isfree. The event is presented by Streets of the Roebling Point Entertainment District. Call261-7777; visit www.roeblingbridge.org.

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Today really was a sim-ple country pleasureskind of day.

Son Shane brought histhree girls over and I tookthe two oldest ones, Eva,7, and Emerson, almost 3,

for a walkdown to theEast ForkRiver. Thegirlscaughtcrawdads,tiny fishandscooped uplots ofshells andother trea-

sures from the shallowwater.

I didn’t realize so muchtime had passed by untilShane came walkingdown with baby Ellery inhis arms. “Time for Emer-son’s nap,” he said.

So we went back to thehouse and even thoughShane didn’t stay forlunch I did have all themakings ready for thissimple pizza. I was alsogoing to photograph thegirls making the pizza forthis column. But sincethat didn’t happen, I’llshare a photo of the rea-son why: two little girlsenjoying, as I said, “sim-ple country pleasures.”

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online atAbouteating.com. Email herat [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subjectline. Call 513-248-7130, ext.356.

Kids can make easy sunflower pizzaSunflower pizza

The little ones will love making this. Good evenwith just cheese.

1 can flaky biscuits, 10 ouncesPizza sauceMozzarellaOptional toppings: pepperoni, chopped bell

peppers, mushrooms, onions, etc.

Preheat oven to 400. Separate dough into 10biscuits. Place 1 biscuit in center of cookie sheet linedwith foil and sprayed. Arrange remaining biscuits incircle, edges slightly overlapping, around centerbiscuit. Gently press with your hand into a 10-inchcircle. This makes your sunflower. Spread a thin layerof sauce on top. Sprinkle with your choice of top-pings. End with topping of mozzarella. Bake 12-15minutes. To serve, pull apart.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Mediterranean chicken with orange marmalade sauceLately I’ve been using thighs for this recipe. I promised this recipe to a young man

whose name I don’t remember. He stopped to chat with me at the store. Funny that I can’tremember his name but do remember very clearly what he wanted, so here it is: A reallygood-tasting, fairly easy, main dish for chicken.

4-6 boneless skinless breast halves or thighsSalt, pepper, flourOlive oil3/4 to 1 cup white wine3 tablespoons lemon juice1 heaping teaspoon minced garlic or more1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes or more1/4 cup thawed undiluted orange juiceUp to 1-1/2 cups orange marmalade

Salt and pepper chicken, dredge in flour. Saute in oil, browning well on both sides.Keep warm. Pour wine in pan and cook, stirring to bring brown bits up. Add lemon juice,garlic, red pepper and half of the orange juice. Bring to boil and cook about 3 minutes.Stir in 1 cup marmalade and rest of orange juice.

Taste and add more marmalade if desired. Serve on bed of rice or couscous withsauce poured over chicken.

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Negative 12 degrees, fight-ing ice or 95 degrees and mudcovered, the cows still needto be fed.

Some might say that it’s ahorrible job for a high schoolstudent. But I love it.

Farming is not a luxuriousor comfortable job, and youalways have to be ready for aletdown. Although on thebright side, when everythinggoes smoothly and you turnout a bumper crop, farmingis the most satisfying job onearth.

Good or bad, farming is agamble with uncontrollablevariables like weather, econo-my and mechanical failures.When you feel like you areplaying against loaded dice,and the odds are against you,the best thing you can do iskeep working smart and hope

for a betteryears to fol-low.

Many ofmy fellowhigh schoolclassmateswould bediscouragedby the hur-dles of farm-ing, but thereare stillmany of us

who prefer this job to theconveniences of workingbehind a counter in an air-conditioned retail shop.

Why would we prefer thisjob?

There are many reasonsthat test our skills, endur-ance, strength and problem-solving ability. We are out-side people who find it re-

warding working with ourhands and our minds, whileconnecting with others whoshare similar goals. In theretail position, a pay raise isvery rewarding, but in farm-ing our pay raises come ashealthy baby calves, lesscompetitive weeds, smoothoperating equipment, and afair price for crops.

So even though farming isa gamble financially, to quotethe FFA Creed, “I know thejoys and discomforts of agri-cultural life, and hold aninborn fondness for thoseassociations which, even inhours of discouragement, Icannot deny.”

Gene Wagner, a sophomore atConner High School, is a farmerand (probably) gets up earlier thanyou do.

THANKS TO GENE WAGNER

A crew works on stretching a fence. From left: Will Carr, Ethan Starns, James Walton and Henry Scheid. Frontcenter: Gene Wagner.

Farming’s ‘joys and discomforts’appeal to Conner sophomore

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Last week’s question:What should Cincinnati city

leaders and residents do to curtailthe recent trends of gun-relatedcrimes in the city?

“If you want a gun have topass a background and IQ test.It will sift through criminalsand stupid people. Combo!”

Brockman Heather

“Criminals get guns withoutfollowing the current back-ground checks that have to bedone now.”

James Bartley

“Stricter punishment. Nobail allowed with gun crimes.”

Karen Swanson Dietz

“Stiffer gun-related laws,etc.! More jail time! If you takea life and found guilty of doingso you should get the death pen-alty with no wait time, should becarried out right after court.”

Dorothy Crank Pettit

“They need more safety pa-trols and people need to be will-ing to help.”

John Scales

“Programs, church and po-lice. You could call it PCP. Thenmaybe people would try it. Pro-grams to teach young peoplehow to succeed in American so-ciety. Use three hours of theschool day in those areas toteach things that their parentswon’t, like building retirementsand how to interview for jobs.Job placement programs thathelp young people find ca-reers.”

Bethany Pancerzewski Spence

“Build a 25-foot concretewall with razor wire at the top.Remove all children then floodthe area with heroin, alcoholand more guns .”

Mike Fryman

“People need to pray! OnlyGod can fix this!”

Anna Merlo

“What can they do? It is up toevery individual to make a deci-sion to do crimes ... nothing canbe done. Police are not aroundwhen the crime is committed.The suspect knows that.”

Carl Wilhelmy

“Make the city limits smallerand have surrounding citiestake care of some of this crap.More Neighborhood Watchgroups. We all have seen first-hand what the mother did to herson in Baltimore on national TV.Stiffer penalties, send them allto hard labor work camps orjust cane them like they do inother countries.”

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With 120, the common-wealth of Kentucky holds thedistinction of having the thirdmost counties of any state inthe nation. While this some-times can be a blessing for ourpopulace, as most would agreethat government closer to thepeople governs best, at times itcan be a bit of a stumblingblock as we can tend to beterritorial and put blinders onrefusing to see the overallbenefits of large-scale pro-jects.

We in Northern Kentuckyhave long been able to workthrough some of these issuesby blurring county lines andtaking a more regional per-spective. These partnershipshave resulted in our areaworking together in such vitalareas as infrastructure, educa-tion, health care and tourism.Much of the success in North-ern Kentucky has been the

result of ourleaders, bothcivic and gov-ernmental,having theability to setaside artificialboundariesand truly worktogether as ateam.

To that end,in 1989 the

Northern Kentucky Legisla-tive Caucus requested theregion form the NorthernKentucky Consensus Commit-tee, which is comprised ofleaders from a variety of back-grounds including govern-ment, business and communityorganizations. This committeewas charged with the task ofprioritizing major capital pro-jects that would benefit ourregion as a whole. Since then,that committee has done so

every otheryear, coincid-ing with thebiennial bud-get processundertaken bythe KentuckyGeneral As-sembly.

The North-ern KentuckyConsensusCommittee has

done excellent work in thisarea and the fruits of theirlabors are evident each day aswe see examples such as theNorthern Kentucky Conven-tion Center, Bank of KentuckyCenter, and the campuses ofGateway College. Just thesethree projects are some of theshining stars for our regionand we can easily recognizethe benefits we gain fromthem.

As preparations begin for

the 2016 General Assembly,the Northern Kentucky Con-sensus Committee is onceagain diligently soliciting pro-ject proposals and informationand prioritizing projects for usto present this upcoming Janu-ary. The thought, which hasbeen successful in the past, isthat these projects are morelikely to receive funding andcome to fruition if our entireregion speaks with one clearand united voice.

It is important that citizensand organizations throughoutour region seriously considerprojects they would like to seebe considered by the commit-tee. If you would like to makea suggestion, we encouragethose with ideas to submitthem to the Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Commerce.Applications for the projectscan be received from and sub-mitted to Alex Kraemer, man-

ager of public affairs for theNorthern Kentucky Chamberof Commerce, by calling 859-578-6386 or emailing akraem-er@nky chamber.com.

Experience has proven thatwhen Northern Kentucky’sleaders, both in the private andpublic sectors, work togetherand help supply legislatorswith clear goals, these part-nerships can result in greatventures that benefit us all.

State Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Bur-lington, has served the 66th HouseDistrict, which consists of a portionof Boone County, since 2005. Shechairs the Northern Kentucky Legis-lative Caucus. Sen. Wil Schroder,R-Wilder, is in his first term repre-senting the 24th Senate Districtconsisting of Bracken, Campbell andPendleton counties. He is vice chairof the Northern Kentucky LegislativeCaucus.

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The springseason forhigh schoolsports wasspecial formany localathletes.Here is alook at someof thescenes fromthe season.

Spring sprungwell for

local teams JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

St. Henry senior Sam Hentz was third in high jump at state and one of theteam’s top point producers.

BRANDON SEVERN FOR THE RECORDER

Conner senior pitcher ElizabethSims takes the mound againstHighlands in the Ninth Regiontournament.

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Nate Eberhard and Nick Elleman ofConner compete at the KHSAAstate tennis tournament.


Walton-Verona senior NicolasJohnston passes to junior ClarkCrook in the 4x200 relay at the ClassA state meet.

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Boone County seniorJena Doellman,facing, congratulatesEast Jessaminefreshman TaliyahColone after Colonecleared 5-4 on thehigh jump to win thestate title and defeatDoellman.

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Boone County shortstop Collin Teegarden goes into the hole to flag down a bouncer against Highlands.


Ryle’s Maddie Bloemer finished eighth in the 100 hurdles at state.


St. Henry’s state champion girls 4x400 team, from left, Sam Hentz, GraceVon Lehman, Ellie Laudenslayer and Jordan Miller. That group lifted theCrusaders to the team title in 1A.

BRANDON SEVERN FOR THE RECORDER

Maclai Branson of Ryle makes a fantastic grab on thegrounder before throwing the runner out a NotreDame runner.


Cooper’s Connor Greenhalgh, left, and Campbell County’sMark Chaplin compete in the 1600 at the 3A state meet.

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NKU Notes» Northern Ken-

tucky Universitystandout ColeBauml was selectedby the Detroit Ti-gers in the 10thround of the MajorLeague BaseballDraft.

Bauml earnedfirst-team All-Atlan-tic Sun Conferenceand Atlantic SunAll-Academic hon-ors after a breakoutsenior season. Heled the team with a.350 batting averageto go along with ateam-leading 57hits, 34 runs scored,eight home runs and108 total bases. Hedrove in 22 runs andsuccessfully stole 14bases in 15 attemptsin his senior yearfor the Norse.

Softball» Conner senior

Elizabeth Sims washonorable mentionall-state in 3A by thestate coaches asso-ciation. The associa-tion split the stateinto three classesbased on theKHSAA track andfield alignment.

» Notre Damesenior HayleeSmith was secondteam all-state in 3Aby the state coachesassociation.

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Dixie Heights runningback Luke Zajac had abrilliant senior season inwhich he helped lead theColonels to their first-ever state championshipgame appearance. Thurs-day night he added anoth-er career highlight as hestarred in the NorthernKentucky Football Coach-es Association East-WestSenior All-Star footballgame at Scott HighSchool.

Zajac was named theUC Health Player of theGame as he racked up 199all-purpose yards, includ-ing 117 receiving and 82rushing, and caught a 16-yard touchdown passwhile leading the East All-Stars to a 28-7 win overthe West.

“(Zajac’s) such astrong kid,” said NewportCentral Catholic coachDan Wagner, who coachedthe East All-Stars. “Andhe doesn’t say a word – hejust plows you over andthen gets back in the hud-dle. I love that kid. Now Iunderstand why theywere so good last year andwhy they beat us so bad.”

Simon Kenton line-backer Barry Deaton wasnamed the player of thegame for the West.

The East team, madeup of players from Belle-vue, Bishop Brossart,Campbell County, Coving-ton Catholic, Dayton, Dix-ie Heights, Highlands,Holmes, Newport andNewCath, got out to anearly lead over the Westteam that consisted ofplayers from Beechwood,

Boone County, Conner,Cooper, Holy Cross,Lloyd, Ludlow, Ryle, Scottand Simon Kenton.Beechwood’s Noel Rashcoached the West.

Zajac made his pres-ence felt on offensethroughout the entiregame. He totaled 133 all-purpose yards in the firsthalf, with a 47-yard catch-and-run in the first quar-ter and a 39-yard run inthe second on fourth-and-1that set up the East’sfirst touchdown. Threeplays later Bellevue’sZach Barrett jumped upand hauled in a perfectlylofted pass by CovCath’sAdam Wagner for a 21-yard score. An incom-plete pass on the two-point conversion attemptleft the score at 6-0 with7:31 to play in the half.

The West respondedlater in the quarter whenthey recovered a punt at

their own 47 with 3:05 leftbefore halftime. Lloydquarterback Hayden Mol-itor attempted fivestraight passes on thedrive – two of which hecompleted to Beech-wood’s Joe Studer forgains of 16 and 33 yards –and then Scott’s Eli Sowd-er plunged in from fouryards out. Lloyd’s SergioGutierrez booted the ex-tra-point to give the Westthe 7-6 lead.

With just 1:43 left, theEast orchestrated a sev-en-play, 50-yard drive thatculminated in a 16-yarddouble-reverse touch-down pass from Newportquarterback Paul Price toZajac. Price’s two-pointconversion run made thescore 14-7 at halftime.

“That’s why we madethe all-star team, becausewe’re good, I guess,”Price said about histeam’s offensive success.

“(Zajac) and I had a con-nection for the three daysof practice that we had,but I thought we playedwell as a whole team.”

Price scored againwhen he snuck the ball in-side the left pylon on an

option keeper for a two-yard touchdown. Anotherfailed two-point conver-sion attempt kept thescore at 20-7.

The East turned thegame into a rout early inthe fourth quarter whenNewport running backDominick Joseph pound-ed his way in from fouryards out and NewCath’sBrady Gray tacked on thetwo-point conversion tomake the final score 28-7.

On a night where manywere honored, the mosttouching moment of thenight came during half-time when the NorthernKentucky Football Coach-es Association presentedthe Chris Vier CourageAward to the family ofCraig Mullins, a formerBoone County HighSchool football player andcoach at Morehead Stateand Georgetown Collegewho lost his battle withcancer last month at theage of 45.

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Billy Prickett of Cooper throws a pass.


Eli Sowder of Scott, right, celebrates with Jake Etler ofBeechwood, left, and Clay Ramey of Cooper, middle,following Sowder's first-half touchdown run.

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Raymond Boothe Jr.Raymond Asbury Boothe Jr., 89,

of Hebron, died June 6.He was a U.S. Navy veteran of

World War II. He started BootheBakery in Flemingsburg, Kentucky,and in his later years he worked as acourier for Newport Yellow. He wasa graduate of Bowling GreenUniversity and a member of MaryQueen of Heaven Church.

His wife, Billie Ruth Boothe; andbrothers, Kenneth and BobbyBoothe, died previously.

Survivors include his children,William Boothe, Kennetha White,Jeannie Leffler, Marti Reynolds, SueFaehr, Mike Boothe, Pat Boothe, andShaun Wittrock; and 37 grand-children along with 25 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.

Memorials: Mary Queen ofHeaven, 1150 Donaldson Highway,

Erlanger KY 41018.

George BullockGeorge L. Bullock, 86, of Hebron,

died June 5 at Villaspring of ErlangerHealth and Rehabilitation Center.

He was a retired, self-employedCustom Home Builder and partner ofBullock Realty Co. of Hebron. Hewas a long-standing member ofBullittsville Christian Church and alifelong farmer who enjoyed wood-working.

Survivors include his wife, Pat C.Byrne Bullock; daughters, NancyBrake of Hebron and Susan Clore ofBurlington; son, William Bullock ofHebron; and three grandchildrenalong with a great-granddaughter.

Burial was at Hebron LutheranCemetery in Hebron.

Sharon BurnsSharon K. Clore Burns, 64, of

Petersburg, died June 6 at St.

Elizabeth Florence.She was a homemaker, member

of Petersburg Christian Church, anda former member of PetersburgVolunteer Fire Department LadiesAuxiliary.

Her parents, Gerald L. and MaryJane Pettit Clore, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Edwin Burns of Petersburg; daugh-ter, Jennifer Burns of Ghent, Ken-tucky; son, Mark Burns of Peters-burg; sister, Ellen Young of Hebron;brother, Jerry Clore of Hebron; andtwo grandsons along with a great-grandson.

Burial was at Petersburg Ceme-tery in Petersburg.

Memorials: Petersburg VolunteerFire Department, 3018 Second St.,Petersburg, KY 41080.

Warren CatoWarren Fay Cato, 77, of Union,

died June 3 at St. Elizabeth Edge-

wood.He retired as a brakeman for CSX

Railroad after 35 years of employ-ment. He was a U.S. Army veteranand a member of the United Trans-portation Union, the Triple CrownPromenade Homeowners Associa-tion Board, and the Triple CrownDoll Club.

His wife, Gail Cato; and son,Dennis Rieselman, died previously.

Survivors include his son, DougRieselman of Florence; daughters,Debby Rieselman of Erlanger, DonnaMay of Benton, Louisiana, andSusan Hooker of Madisonville,Kentucky; brother, Wayne Cato ofOwens Crossroads, Alaska; sister,Joan Hart of Bucyrus, Ohio; and 11grandchildren along with 15 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Hopeful LutheranCemetery in Florence.

Memorials: Gloria Dei LutheranChurch, C/O Pastor’s Helping Hands,2718 Dixie Hwy., Lakeside Park, KY41017.

Barbara DennistonBarbara S. Moore Denniston, 74,

of Florence, died June 7 at St.Elizabeth Florence.

Survivors include her husband,Charles “Robby” Denniston; son,Gregory Hill; daughter, Krista Howell;sister, Eultia Roseberry; and fourgrandchildren.

Burial was at Belleview Cemetery.Memorials: Belleview Church of

Christ, 6247 Main St., Burlington, KY41005

Oliver DillionOliver “Matt” G. Dillion, 84, of

Florence and formerly of Independ-ence, died April 16 at St. ElizabethHospice.

He was a graduate of SimonKenton High School, a U.S. Navyveteran, and long-standing foremanwith Newport Steel. He enjoyedgardening, working on old cars,drinking beer, and cheering on theUK Wildcats.

His wife, Phyllis K. Dillion, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his sons, DonaldDillion and Douglas Dillion; and sixgrandchildren along with twogreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: Parkinson’s ResearchFoundation, 5969 Cattleridge Blvd.,Suite 100, Sarasota, FL 34232.

Lawrence Goderwis Sr.Lawrence P. Goderwis Sr., 78, of

Florence,He started his career as a milk

truck driver and eventually becamea welder, taking over his Uncle Bob’s

business, Bob’s Welding. He oper-ated the business until his retire-ment after 57 years of service. Thebusiness eventually changed namesto Elsmere Ironworks and expandedas his sons took it over. He loved agood beer, bluegrass music, andwestern movies.

His wife, Ruby Renaker Goderwis,died previously.

Survivors include his children,Julie D. Rice, Susan E. Alig, Larry P.Goderwis Jr., John M. Goderwis,Rodney G. Goderwis, and Danny J.Goderwis; brothers, Carl Goderwisand Don Goderwis; and 21 grand-children.

Burial was at Forest Lawn Memo-rial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, 501 St. JudePlace, Memphis, TN 38105; or St.Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Attn:Cardiac Department, 1 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017.

Donna HeltonDonna Helton, 54, of Florence,

died June 8 at St. Elizabeth Hospice.Her parents, Raymond and

Barbara Hoepker; and sister, TerriWilliams, died previously.

Survivors include her daughter,Megan Helton; and siblings, MarkGrimm and David Hoepker.

Laura MullinsLaura Anne Mullins, 22, of

Burlington, died June 7 unexpected-ly.

She was a 2011 graduate of NotreDame Academy in Park Hills. Shewas known for her sense of humorand enjoyed taking pictures withfamily and friends. She worked forNew Perceptions Inc. in Edgewood,where she was a program assistant.

Survivors include her parents,Mike and Barb Mullins of Burling-ton; siblings, Andy, Lisa, Logan, andAnthony, all of Burlington; andgrandmother, Janet Mullins ofAlexandria.

Burial was at St. Stephen Ceme-tery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: New Perceptions, 1Sperti Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017

Ruth SpicerRuth Spicer, 86, of Boone County,

died June 4 at St. Elizabeth Hospice.She was a homemaker.Her husband, Darsie McKinley

Spicer; son, Johnny Spicer; daughter,Sarah Spicer; and four grandchildrenalong with one great-grandchild,died previously.

Survivors include her sons,Seldon, Ronnie, and Donald Spicer;sisters, Mary Turner, Florence Burton,and Elizabeth Mullins; brother,Wilson Herald; and 11 grandchildrenalong with 22 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Evergreen Ceme-tery.

Leamon TinchLeamon E. Tinch, 78, of Verona,

died June 6.He worked as a mechanic for

Coppage Construction Co. for 30years and was a lifelong farmer. He

was a member and deacon at ScenicView Church of Christ in Warsaw.

His brother, Bobby Tinch, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife, PeggyWebster Tinch; son, Edward NelsonTinch of Verona; daughter, AmyWelte of Verona; sister, Mary MaeMerida of Verona; and four grand-children.

Burial was at New Bethel Ceme-tery in Verona.

Memorials: Scenic View Church ofChrist, 1100 Roberts Road, Verona,KY 41092; or American CancerSociety, 2808 Reading Road, Cincin-nati, OH 45206.

Jacob WallaceJacob Andrew Wallace, 20, of

Hebron, died June 5 at his home.He worked as a lead supervisor

with New Logistics in Hebron, andwas a member of the Iron WorkersApprentice Program.

Survivors include his mother,Jennifer Boyer; father, Ian Wallace;sister, Brooke Boyer; grandparents,Richard and Rebecca Wallace, Donand Edie Attebery, and Steve andCarole Boyer; girlfriend, ChelseaRichter; and great-grandparents,Theresa Chatelain and Jonna Wal-lace.

Memorials: Northern KentuckyHates Heroin, P.O. Box 75273, FortThomas, KY 41075.

Clayton WilliamsonClayton “Al” A. Williamson, 61, of

Florence, died June 7 at his home.He was an account representative

for Hillman Fastener for 25 years, amember of the National RifleAssociation, and a member ofDutchman’s Rod and Gun Club.

His parents, Clayton and EleanorWilliamson, died previously.

Survivors include his wife, MaggieMeyers-Williamson; sisters, PortiaMallott of Williamsburg, Ohio, CarolJones of Williamstown, and KatieShumate of Fort Mitchell; step-children, Scott Meyers of Bromleyand Bobbie Lawrence of Florence;and five grandchildren.

Burial was at Highland Cemeteryin Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Hospice of the Blue-grass, 7388 Turfway Road, Florence,KY 41042.

Marianne WilmhoffMarianne Nierman Wilmhoff, 93,

of Burlington, died June 6 at herhome.

Her husband, Bert Wilmhoff; son,John Wilmhoff; and brother, BillyNierman died previously.

Survivors include her children,James Wilmhoff, Richard Wilmhoff,Michael Wilmhoff, Thomas Wilmhoff,and Debora Crist; siblings, FranSommerkamp, Paul Nierman, RuthSommerkamp, Lucille Otto, and MattNierman; and 10 grandchildrenalong with 11 great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Hospice of BluegrassNorthern Kentucky, 7388 TurfwayRoad, Florence, KY 41042.

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» Sunday, June 28:“Ghosts and Spirits: byPat Parrott, CincinnatiMuseum Center heritagespeaker

This program exam-ines the history of ghoststories and hauntings inCincinnati and NorthernKentucky from thefounding of the cityright up to present time.Did you know how manyolder houses as well aspublic places have theirown resident ghosts?

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The Florence RotaryClub is seeking nomina-tions for its Citizen of theYear.

A candidate for Citi-zen of the Year should bea person/couple who hasa heart to serve others.This typically is notsomeone who is constant-ly in the public eye butsomeone who “flies be-low the radar screen”and is not seeking publicrecognition. To be eligi-

ble, your nominees must:» Currently be a citi-

zen of Northern Ken-tucky

» Have the respectand admiration of theirfriends, neighbors andpeers

» Play an active anduseful role in the commu-nity

» Exemplify the “Ser-vice above Self” standardin his or her professionaland community involve-

ment» If the citizen has

been previously nominat-ed and was not the awardwinner, they are stilleligible to receive theaward

An award of $1,000 isgiven to the selectedwinner to assign to acharity of his or herchoice.

Visit www.RotaryAward.com to submit anomination.

Rotary seeks Citizen of the Year nominees

Six Boy Scouts andfour leaders from Troop 1chartered by FlorenceChristian Church partici-pated in a weekend biketrip and campout on theLittle Miami Bike Trail

and John Bryan StatePark in Yellow Springs,Ohio.

The group completeda 30-mile tour of the biketrail, and then enjoyedice cream at a local dairy

farm. Youth participants

were Cullen Sefranek,Noah Frederick, PatrickFales, Matthew Murphy,Luke Heveline and NoahSchreiber.

THANKS TO TIM IOTT

Florence Scouts making the Little Miami Bike Trail trip are Cullen Sefranek, Noah Frederick,Patrick Fales, Matthew Murphy, Luke Heveline and Noah Schreiber.

Florence Scouts bike the Little Miami


Wednesday, July 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Bank of Kentucky 501 Monmouth St., Newport

Tuesday, July 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grant County Drugs 375 A Violet Road, Crittenden

Wednesday, July 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Charles Community 600 Farrell Drive, Covington

Thursday, July 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 130 Pavilion Parkway, Newport

Friday, July 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Remke Markets 560 Clock Tower Way, Crescent Springs

Monday, July 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Elizabeth Grant 238 Barnes Road, Williamstown

Tuesday, July 14, 1-4 p.m. Gateway Rehabilitation Hospital 5940 Merchants St., Florence

Wednesday, July 15, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nie’s Pharmacy & Wellness Center 11745 Madison Pike, Independence

Thursday, July 16, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Five Seasons Family Sports Club 345 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills

Friday, July 17, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 635 Chestnut Drive, Walton

Monday, July 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Elizabeth Physicians 19908 Augusta Drive #1, Lawrenceburg

Tuesday, July 21, noon to 6 p.m. St. Elizabeth Florence Professional Building 4900 Houston Road, Florence

Wednesday, July 22, 2-7 p.m. St. Barbara Church 4042 Turkeyfoot Road, Erlanger

Thursday, July 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 3105 North Bend Road, Hebron

Friday, July 24, noon to 4 p.m. St. Elizabeth Covington 1500 James Simpson Jr. Way, Covington

Wednesday, July 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger 70 Martha Layne Collins Blvd., Cold Spring

Friday, July 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Remke Markets 5016 Old Taylor Mill Road, Taylor Mill

The St. Elizabeth CardioVascular Mobile Health Unit makes heart and vascular screenings close and convenient. Take time to schedule your screening for:

Peripheral artery diseaseStroke/carotid artery diseaseAbdominal aortic aneurysmCardiac age health risk assessment

Learn about your risk and how you can live healthier and prevent future disease.

Cardiovascular screenings in your neighborhood

SCREENINGS ARE $25 EACH.Call (859) 301-WELL (9355) to schedule an appointment.

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June 18-Oct. 15: MadlotSummer Series, 4-8 p.m. June18, July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 17, Oct.15, MadLot, 27 W. Seventh St.,Covington. Madlot is theparking lot that was creativelytransformed into an outdoorperformance park. There will belive music, a farmers market,food and drinks, and free biketune ups from 4-8 p.m. Free.859-292-2163;www.covingtonky.gov.

June 19-21: MainStrasseVillage Original Goettafest,5-11:30 p.m. Friday, noon-11:30p.m. Saturday, noon-9 p.m.Sunday, MainStrasse Village,Main Street, Covington. Goet-ta, arts and crafts, live music,entertainment, children’s activ-ities. Free admission. 859-491-0458; www.mainstrasse.org.

June 20: United Way Day ofAction on the Purple PeopleBridge, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., PurplePeople Bridge, Newport. Fun,free event for parents andchildren. Interactive puppetshow, mural painting, hip hopdancing, celebrity children’sbook authors reading and booksigning, science experiments,and sing-a-longs. CelebratingUnited Way’s 100th birthdaywith prize drawings, cake. Free.513-762-7100; www.uwgc.org/about-us/day-of-action.

June 20: Roeblingfest,noon-10 p.m., Roebling PointEntertainment District, CourtAvenue and E. Third Street,Covington. Foods from localrestaurants, beverage booths,music, art show and sale show-casing local talents and varietyof tours. Free. 859-261-7777;www.roeblingbridge.org.

June 20: St. Philip’s ChurchFestival, 4-11 p.m., St. Philip’sChurch, 1404 Mary Ingles High-way, Melbourne. Fried chickenor roast beef dinners in air-conditioned hall. Grilled ham-burgers, bratts and metts,games, live music by Kate andthe California Kings Band. Free.

June 26: Pollination Fest,noon (Continues through 3 p.m.Sunday, June 28), Treasure Lake,2590 Lawrenceburg Ferry Road,Petersburg. Local and regional

live music, landscape art in-stallations, yoga classes, ecologi-cal and permacultural educa-tion, sustainable practice work-shops and good local food andbrew. Free camping with week-end pass. All ages. $60 weekendor $40 per day. 859-307-8624;pollinationfest.com.

June 26-28: Mary, Queen ofHeaven Parish Funfest, 6-11p.m. Friday, 5-11 p.m. Saturday,3-8 p.m. Sunday, Mary, Queen ofHeaven Parish, 1150 DonaldsonHighway, Erlanger. Rides,games, raffles, food and music.$10,000 raffle with 5 chances towin: tickets $20 each. Call toorder raffle tickets. Free. 859-525-6909; www.mqhparish.com.

July 2-5: Newport Motorcy-cle Rally, 5-11 p.m. Thursday-Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday,noon-9 p.m. Sunday, FestivalPark Newport, Riverboat Row,Newport. Games, entertain-ment, beer, food contest andprizes. Free. No phone; www.newportmotorcyclerally.com.

July 4: City of EdgewoodAnnual July 4th Parade,9:30-11:30 a.m., Turkey FootMiddle School, 3230 Turkey FootRoad, Edgewood. Due toconstruction on Lyndale Roadthe parade will start at Turkey-foot Middle School. To register,email Michelle Frisch [email protected]. Free.859-331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov.

July 4: Park Hills Fourth ofJuly Festival, 2-7 p.m., Sisters ofNotre Dame, 1601 Dixie High-way, Covington. Games forchildren and adults, petting zoo,pony rides, entertainment, fleamarket, silent auction, food anddrinks and major raffle of$4,000. Benefits Sisters of NotreDame. Free. 859-392-8229;www.sndky.org.

July 4: City of EdgewoodIndependence Day Concert,7-9 p.m., Freedom Park, 550Freedom Park Drive, Edge-wood. Music by Red Idle. Arriveearly as Dudley Road will closeduring concert and fireworkspresentation. Free. 859-331-5910; www.edgewoodky.gov.

July 9-14: The Bank of

Kentucky Summer Cele-bration, 6-10 p.m. Thursday, 11a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Tuesday,Covington Landing, 1 MadisonAve., Covington. Six days offamily friendly activities andmusical entertainment show-casing Covington’s 200 years ofpride and progress. All onCovington Landing and in theRivercenter Boulevard blockarea. Free. 859-415-1230;www.cov200.com.

July 10-14: Bacon, Bourbonand Brew Festival, 5 p.m.-1a.m. Friday, noon-11 p.m. Sat-urday, noon-9 p.m. Sunday, 5-11p.m. Monday, noon-6 p.m.Tuesday, Festival Park, RiverboatRow, Newport. Features baconand other pork products, Ken-tucky bourbon and beers fromlocal breweries. Live music,games and activities. Free admis-sion. 859-292-3666.

July 10-14: Cincy SportsFest 2015, 6-9 p.m. (VIP Only)Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday,10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday-Monday,10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, NorthernKentucky Convention Center, 1W. RiverCenter Blvd., Coving-ton. Sports trade show focusedon hobby of collecting memora-bilia and autographs. Featuresover 30 sports superstars whowill be signing autographsthroughout 5-day event. Varietyof exhibitors. $85 VIP, $5 gener-al. 513-489-3400;www.cincy2015.com.

Aug. 6-9: Glier’s Goettaf-est, 5-11 p.m. Thursday-Friday,noon-11 p.m. Saturday, noon-9p.m. Sunday, Festival Park,Riverboat Row, Newport.Celebrating goetta with food,music, games, rides and more.Free. 859-291-1800, ext. 213;www.goettafest.com.

Aug. 13-16: Great InlandSeafood Festival, 6-11 p.m.Thursday-Friday, noon-11 p.m.Saturday, noon-9 p.m. Sunday,Festival Park, Riverboat Row,Newport. Local restaurantsselling freshest seafood avail-able. Includes raffles and enter-tainment. Free. 859-292-3666;www.greatinlandseafoodfest.com.

Festivals to add to your calendar

10B • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • JUNE 18, 2015 K1 LIFE

Question: The leavesare turning black on myflowering pear tree.Should I cut off the deadbranch tips?

Answer: We havebeen getting a lot of callsabout pears, apples andcrabapples showingthose symptoms. Theproblem is due to a bacte-rial disease known as

“fire blight” since in-fection causes the branchtips to turn black as ifseared by a fire.

It can also attack oth-er members of the rosefamily such as haw-thorns, serviceberry,pyracantha and cotoneas-ter, but infection is minoron these plants.

Callery Pears, such as

Bradford, Aristocrat orCleveland Select, shouldbe avoided or replaced,not only due to their fi-reblight susceptibilityand their weak branchingstructure, but also be-cause they are exoticinvasives, taking overthe woods of NorthernKentucky as birds spreadthe small fruits.

The fireblight organism,Erwinia amylov-ora, survivesfrom one year tothe next at themargins of pre-viously formedbranch andtrunk cankers.In most years,fire blight be-gins during thebloom period, when polli-nating bees, other insectsand blowing rain movethe bacteria from branchto branch and tree totree. Fire blight is gener-ally favored by highrelative humidity orrainy conditions, andtemperatures of 65 to 70

degrees. Underfavorable diseaseconditions, bacterialpopulations canbuild-up rapidly. At70 degrees, num-bers of bacterialcells double every20 minutes; one cellcan become onebillion cells over-night, each capableof causing a new

infection.The key to manage-

ment is preventing theinfection of flowers.Once flowers becomeinfected, they serve as asource of inoculum forthe rest of the tree. Sincethe disease has now gonedormant for the summer,

you should simply waituntil late February orearly March to prune outthe dead branch tips.

You should burn ordispose of all diseasedwood after removing it.Then you can spray thetree with copper sulfateduring late winter dor-mancy (February/March)to kill any bacteria thathave overwintered on thetree. No pruning out oflive wood should be doneduring the growing sea-son, since that encour-ages more succulent,new growth, which ismost susceptible to fireblight.

Fire blight causes pear and apple leaves to turn black

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