ALEXANDRIA — David Say-ers lights up when he thinks ofChristmas.
He lights up his house at 8511TulipwoodCourt, alongwith hisyard and a 20-foot tall mega-tree, made entirely of lightswhich display Christmas char-acters, words and symbols.
Sayers used his regular per-sonal home computer to run alight show synchronized withmusic at his home in SilverGrove in2007.But since thenhehas moved to Alexandria andswitched 13,500 incandescentlights for 1,000 “smart” pixellights thatcancreate255differ-ent colors.
He started back in the sum-mer, designing the light showby programming each individ-
ual pixel to coordinate witheach second of 12 differentChristmas songs, and installinghooks around his house to holdthe lights in place. He also setupaFacebookpageforTheSay-ers FamilyHoliday Light Show.
All 50 sections of lights andthe accompanying music runoff 12-volt power controllers,which he built himself, and hishome computer with fourscreens he uses to monitor out-side visitors, check the display
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The Sayers Family Holiday Light Show sparks Christmas spirit in anAlexandria neighborhood. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
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ON THE LANES A7Bowling season has started
Campbell County FiscalCourt unanimously raisedgreens fee at A.J. Jolly GolfCourse by $1 in 2014 as part ofbroader increaseonfees toplay.
The 2014 prices for 18 holesof playwill each increase to $26on weekdays and $28 on theweekend.
Greenfees fornineholeswillincreaseby50cents to $15.50 onweekdays and $16.50 on theweekend.
Prices for five-day and sev-en-day season passes were alsoincreased between $10-$30 de-pending on the type of pass pur-chased, said Matt Elberfeld,Campbell County financedirec-tor.
“We are attempting to in-crease revenue at the golfcourse, and you can do that byincreasing your rounds or in-creasing your price,” said El-berfeld at the Dec. 4 FiscalCourt meeting.
Some initiatives put intoplace this summer seem to besuccessful in increasing the
number of rounds played at thecourse, he said.
Green fees were last raisedwhen the course reopened thisApril. Aftermeetingwith TerryJolly, the course’s golf pro, it’sbeen decided to raise pricesagain, Elberfeld said.
“In setting the prices we tryto be cognizant of the elasticityof thedemand;youdon’twant toraise it toomuch in that youwilldrive down your rounds,” hesaid.
The costs of a weekday sea-son pass for one person in-creased by $10 to $525, and thecost of a seven-day pass includ-ingweekends for one person in-creased by $15 to $730.
The five-day pass for cou-ples increased by $15 to $720,and a seven-day pass for cou-ples increased by $20 to $945.
A five-day family seasonpass increased by $25 to $875,and a seven-day family seasonpass increased by $30 to $1,095.
There is a $25 discount on allseason passes for CampbellCounty residents. Junior golfergreens fees will remain thesame.
Fees for A.J. Jolly golferincreased for 2014By Chris [email protected]
Campbell County — Trackingthe source of the holiday trainexhibit at Cincinnati’s KrohnConservatory leads back to animaginative Campbell Countycompany.
Applied Imagination, onPoplar Thicket Road south ofAlexandria, creates gardenrailway exhibits filled withmodels of landmarks madewith natural materials, in-cluding acorns and tree bark,for botanical gardens aroundthe U.S.
The New York BotanicalGarden Train Show and year-round display at the U.S. Bo-tanic Garden in Washington,D.C., are two of the more thandozen garden railways creat-ed by the company, said CindyJohnson, a botanical architectfor the company.
The Krohn Conservatory’sA Cincinnati Scenic Railwayexhibit is open through Jan. 5.
Putting the Krohn displayup takes about aweek, and un-like out-of-town displays, it’seasy for people to see whatApplied Imagination doesthroughout the year, Johnsonsaid.
“There’s a couple of dis-plays where we get a little in-teraction with the public andone of those is the Krohn be-cause it is our hometown dis-play,” she said.
Owner Paul Busse foundedthe company with four em-ployees in 1991, capitalizing
on his love of model trains.Busse had been building gar-den railway exhibits since1975, including one for the1982 Ohio State Fair.
There are at least 10 full-time employees working outof the shop next to his homenear Alexandria, and as manyas 25 employees working
Cindy Johnson, a botanical architect at Applied Imagination, displays a model of the Carson Mansion inEureka, Calif., she built using pieces of plants, trees and a coating of varnish.CHRIS MAYHEW/THE COMMUNITY
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Applyingimagination toholiday trains
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Paul G. Busse, owner Applied Imagination, sits with some of hismodels for garden railways his company creates on Dec. 14, 2005.FILE PHOTO
Beth Laskey, a botanical architectat Applied Imagination, scrapesaway grime from a model ofFrank Lloyd Wright’s Romeo andJuliet Windmill.CHRIS MAYHEW/THE
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NATURALBUILDINGS
Hear a botanical architectdescribe what her buildings aremade of. Go to http://bit.ly/appimagine.
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and keep track of the dif-ferent songs.
"It’s not unusual tospend 35 hours sequenc-ing the lights for a three-minute song,” said Say-ers. “It’s a lot more com-plex, because instead ofone set of lights I have toprogram each one forwhat to do and what colorto be.”
With the incandescentlights, Sayers had wiredtogether individualstrands of red, green and
blue lights in order tomake different colors.
Sayers also arrangedfor intermittent visitsfrom Santa in one of theupstairs bedroom win-dows.
“Santa in the windowwas a last-minute deci-sion. I’m so glad I did it,”he said. “He stops in tomake sure you’re behav-ingwhile you’rewatchingthe lights.”
He uses commercialsoftware on DMX com-mands, a programmablelighting system used fortheater lighting and mu-sic concerts.
“This was a whole dif-
ferent experience,” saidSayers. “I just love doingit, and I love to see thekids’ faces pressedagainst the car windows,and, also, to see their par-ents’ faces pressed upagainst the car windows.”
Cars line up outside,and drivers tune the radioto 95.5 where Sayers’ 42-minute Christmas pro-gram plays.
Neighbors, like 16-year-old Adam Morgan,walk over and listen ontheir phones.
“I just think it’s kind ofcool,” he said. “I’ve neverseenanybodydoanythinglike that.”
Neighbor Alisha Stahlhas to stop every night onher way home with her 3-year-old son, Timothy.
“He likes the Grinchthe best,” she said.
Stahl saidvisitorscom-ing to see the lightshaven’t been a nuisance.But then, “not too manypeople know about it yet.”
The Sayers FamilyHolidayLightShowstartsat 5:30p.m. eachnight, go-ing to 10 p.m. Sundaysthrough Thursdays anduntil 11 p.m. on Fridaysand Saturdays.
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Festivities planned forChristmas in Alexandriawere packed into oneweekend, Friday throughSunday, Dec. 13-15, atMain Street BaptistChurch on AlexandriaPike. Vendors filled alarge tent outside thechurch and others packedinto the gym along withSanta Claus, choir perfor-mances and a display ofNativity sets fromaroundthe world.
Steve Field, co-owner of Candy and Cones on AlexandriaPike, brightened up a corner of the big tent duringChristmas in Alexandria on Saturday, Dec. 14. AMY SCALF/THE
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Alexandria celebrateswet but merry ChristmasBy Amy [email protected]
Lydia Fuller, 3, of Alexandria, gets a few ice skating tipsfrom Santa Claus during Christmas in Alexandria onSaturday, Dec. 14. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Nine-year-old OliviaWatson loved ice skatingunder the big tent duringChristmas in Alexandria.AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY
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Elizabeth Watson and Nichole Riedmatter battle withWack-ro-bats, a soft, fabric-covered bat made by Elizabethand her siblings in Alexandria. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY
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PierceShouse II ofAlexandriasold hishandmadecedar craftsat ChristmasinAlexandriaon Saturday,Dec. 14. AMY
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Krohn Conservatoryand botanic gardens,Johnson said.
Beth Laskey, also abotanical architect, wascleaning grime off themodel of the FrankLloyd Wright’s Romeoand Juliet Windmillfrom Taliesin in SpringGreen, Wisc. The wind-mill model is on displayin the summer as part ofthe Chicago BotanicGarden’s outdoor gar-den railway.
Laskey said part ofthe company’s work isrepairing the modelbuildings theycreate foroutdoor displays. Thebuildings are washed,and then the polyure-thane protective clearcoating is scraped away,she said.
“Then we look to seewhatever pieces aremissing, like there’ssome pieces of barkmissing here,” Laskeysaid.
Johnson said the staffenjoys seeing people atthe Krohn Conservatoryinteracting with thetrains and models creat-ed in the shop in Alexan-dria, Johnson said.
“So, we get to see thelittle kids jumping upand down and holleringfor Thomas,” Johnsonsaid.
The train displays en-gage the adults as muchas the children, she said.
“Some of the grownups get these really in-teresting expressions ontheir faces,” Johnsonsaid. “And if you askthey’ll tell you a storyabout model trains intheir basement or thetrain trip they took withtheir grandmother backin the 1940s. They get awistful expression andyou realize you’re bring-ing back goodmemoriesfor them and it’s a lot offun to be part of that.”
when exhibits are beingset up and taken down,Johnson said.
Busse is trying to re-tire, but he still comesinto the shop and to theopenings of some exhib-its.
“It’s his life’s work,”Johnson said. “It’s whathe enjoyed. He didn’ttake vacations becausewhat would you do on avacation?”
Johnsonsaid thecom-pany continues Busse’svision of shapingmodelsof landmarks using onlyplant parts whether it’sthe Statue of Liberty orCincinnati’s Tyler Da-vidson Fountain. On ahouse, roof shingles aremade of bark from anold oak tree, pieces ofbamboo are columns,and hydrangea stemsare decorative windowtrim.
“What we do that’sunique in this world iswemake all of our build-ings out of all botanicalmaterial, out of leavesand sticks and acornsand twigs and things outof spice jars and plantmaterial that peoplesend us from Florida,”she said.
The botanic nature ofthe models makes Ap-plied Imagination’swork a good fit for the
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Photo ID needed forlibrary check out
The Campbell CountyPublic Library will re-quire patrons to show avalid drivers license orother photo identificationbefore they can check outmaterials starting Jan. 2.
The library has insti-tuted the policy to protectpatrons from misuses oftheir account becausethey are responsible forany items check out, ac-cording to the December2013 library newsletter.
People can either bringa photo for the library tokeep on file with their ac-count informationorshowa valid photo ID includingtheir current address to
verify their identity whencheck out materials.
Patron’s account infor-mation are kept privateand confidential, and arenot shared.
LaRosa’s helpingFreestoreFoodbank
LaRosa’s Pizzeria is fo-cusing its holiday effortsby donating $5 from thesale of every $10 BuddyCard to the Freestore-Foodbank.
One in three Cincinnatiresidents is living belowthe poverty level – morethan twice the national av-erage – and 48 percent ofCincinnati children live inpoverty, according to theU.S. Census bureau.
The $10 Buddy Cardmakesagreatholidaygift,andentitles thebearer toafree large cheese pizzawith the purchase of anylargepizza, and isgoodfor14 uses, or 14 free largecheese pizzas within oneyear.
Theprogramcontinuesthrough Dec. 31.
Footlighters in‘Godspell’
The Footlighters Inc.will present “Godspell,”Feb. 13-March 1,
Theplay isbasedontheGospel according to St.Matthew, with the musiccomposed by StephenSchwartz. Drawing fromvarious theatrical tradi-tions, such as clowning,pantomime, charades, ac-robaticsandvaudeville, totell the story of Jesusthrough a message ofkindness, tolerance andlove.
The Footlighters con-tinues its 50th anniversa-ry season at the StainedGlass Theatre, at Eighth
andYorkstreets,NewportThursday through Sat-
urday performances be-gin at 8 p.m.; Sunday per-formances are 2 p.m.mat-inees. The third week in-cludes an extraWednesday night perfor-mance a 8 p.m. Feb. 26.
All tickets are $20.Group rates are availablefor 10 or more. For infor-mation and to purchasetickets, please call 859-652-3849 or buy online atwww.footlighters.org. Vi-sa andMastercard are ac-cepted.
Hike will tourprivate Campbellnature preserve
A guided 2.5-mile win-ter nature hike Saturday,Jan.11,willofferanoppor-tunity to see the NorthernKentucky MitigationBank in Campbell Countysouth of Alexandria.
The hike, organized bythe Campbell Conservan-cy, will tour the 152-acreprivate nature preservealong the banks of the
LickingRiver.Theformerfarmland has been con-verted into seasonal wet-lands.
The hikewill bemostlylevel on a loop trailthroughwoods,andissuit-able for ages 12 and older.
Participants will meetat theAlexandriabusparkand ride lot on U.S. 27south of Main Street at 9a.m. and return no laterthan 12:30 p.m.
Reservations are re-quired to participate, andis limited to the first 25people. If there is enoughresponse, there is the pos-sibility of adding an after-noon hike.
For reservations or in-formation call theConser-vancy at 859-635-9587 oremail [email protected].
New Years alterscourt meetings
Campbell County Fis-cal Court has changed thedates of the January 2014meetings because of theNew Year’s Day holiday.
Fiscal Court will meetat the Campbell CountyCourthouse, 8352 E. MainSt., Alexandria, at 7 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 8. Thesecond meeting of themonthwillbeat theCamp-bell County Administra-tion Building, 1098 Mon-mouth St., Newport, at5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.22.
For other months in2014, the Fiscal Court willmaintain the existingmeeting schedule of 7p.m. on the first Wednes-day of the month in Alex-andriaand5:30p.m.on thethird Wednesday of themonth in Newport.
NAMI classesplanned
The National Allianceon Mental Illness North-ern Kentucky will host aseries of free classes forfamily members, part-ners and friends of indi-viduals with major de-pression,bipolardisorder,schizophrenia andschizoaffective disorder,borderline personalitydisorder, post traumaticstress disorder, panic dis-order and obsessive-com-pulsive disorder, co-oc-curring brain disordersand addictive disorders.
The course is a seriesof 12 weekly classes tohelp caregivers under-stand and support individ-uals with mental illnesseswhile maintaining theirown well-being. Classesbegin 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday,Jan.14, at theBooneCoun-ty Public Library’s Mainlibrary, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Burlington.
Registration is re-quired by calling 859-392-1730.
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ALEXANDRIA — Camp-bell County has created anew economic develop-mentofficerpositiontore-tain and create jobs.
Fiscal Court unani-mously approved creatingthe position and an autho-rization to advertise forcandidates and make ahire at theDec. 4meeting.
Previously, the Camp-bellCountyEconomicPro-gress Authority, a non-profit corporation affiliat-edwiththecountyfocusedon development and rede-velopment, maintained apresident position withsimilar duties.
TheCCEPApresidencyhas been vacant sinceAdam Caswell left in Au-gust 2012, said CampbellCounty AdministratorRobert Horine. The CCE-PA had two other presi-dents besides Caswellsince the job was createdin 2008.
Caswell left to becomevicepresidentofpublicaf-fairs for the NorthernKentucky Chamber ofCommerce after 18
months asthe CCEPApresident.
CCEPAhas agreedto providehalf of sala-ry andbenefits forthe position
for the next two years sosomeone is focused oneconomic development inthe county, Horine said.
The positionwas estab-lished at grade 18 with asalary range of $60,000 to$90,000, he said.
“The salary, it will de-pend on the experienceand qualifications of thecandidate that’s recom-mended,” Horine said.
Among duties of thenew position will be over-sight of the county’s JobsDevelopment Program.The county started theprogram in 2011, and theCCEPA president previ-ously helped arrangedeals under the program.Companies accepted intothe program for expand-ing or relocating to Camp-bellCountyareeligiblefora maximum of a 40 per-cent payroll tax deduction
for10 yearsforanynewjobs creat-ed. Thecounty ac-ceptedXPO Logis-tics Inc.into the in-centive
program in October 2013.The county incentive cov-ered88of the150positionsXPO brought to Newport.
Judge-executive StevePendery said hiring aneconomicdevelopmentof-ficer isaneedbecauseHo-rine is spending about 20hours a week working oneconomic issues.
Havinganeconomicof-ficer eventually become acounty employeehas beenplanned for many yearssince the CCEPA startedfundingapresidencyposi-tion in2008ona trialbasis,Pendery said.
“Theprogramhasbeenjudged a success, andwe’re supporting it as afiscal court at this mo-mentandintothefutureaslong as our yardsticks aremet,” Pendery said.
Commissioner KenRechtinsaidhespokewithPendery about creatinggoals for the number ofnew positions created inthe county by the econom-ic development officer.
“We’re really shootingin the dark without a realscorecard, so I’m pleasedto hear we’re going to setthose in place,” Rechtinsaid.
Rechtin also said hewanted to find out if CCE-PA can pay its half of thesalary for the job this fis-cal year ending June 30,2014. Ideally, the countycan pay its half out of the
next year’s budget, hesaid.
Commissioner BrianPainter said the new posi-tion isn’t in the county’sbudget for this year, butthere are contingencies tocover the additional cost.
“This is a very impor-tant position,” Paintersaid. “We’re at maybe thestart of another economic
upturn and we’ve gotsome takers on some ofour programs that we’veput out there for taxbreaks.”
Painter said there arejobs coming into the coun-tybecauseof the incentiveprograms.
“If there wasn’t someaction on some these pro-gramswewouldn’tneedto
hire somebody,” he said.Painter said the county
should decrease the costof county employeessomewhere else to bal-ance out the increase incounty payroll caused byadding the new economicdevelopment officer.
“I think there’s an op-portunity to do some part-timing,” he said.
Campbell County adding job creation specialistBy Chris [email protected]
Horine Painter
Campbell County Commissioners listen to details about aneconomic development officer position at the Dec. 4meeting. From left are Ken Rechtin, Brian Painter and PeteGarrett. CHRIS MAYHEW/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
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plain if it all continues tounfold the way it is sup-posed to,” Pendery said.
Minter said there is aneffort at the federal levelto delay changes made bythe 2012 reform act that issupposed to go into effectin 2014. The scheduledchanges will start elimi-nating subsidies and dis-counts on some flood in-surance policies, she said.
“Basically, as part ofthe reform act, the poli-cies are being updated toreflect the full risk rates,”Minter said.
Asof2004, the last timethe county compiled a re-port on flooding, about600 properties were inflood hazard zones, shesaid.
The national averagefor policies receiving sub-sidies is 20 percent, butabout 51 percent of floodinsurance policies inCampbell County receivesubsidies, Minter said.
The reform act de-clared subsidies and dis-counts were no longersustainable.
“They are going to in-crease the rates to moreaccurately reflect therisk, and so they are goingto be phasing out the sub-sidies and the discounts,”she said.
Property owners arescheduled to begin losing25 percent of their subsi-dies each year until theyare gone for any non-pri-mary residence, businessoranyresidencewithase-vere or repetitive floodhazard designation.
“On average I willshare with you that gov-ernmentsubsidized insur-ance premiums are abouthalf of what the full risk
ALEXANDRIA — Peoplewho own property in ornear a flood hazard zonehave reason to pay atten-tion tohowchanges infed-eral law will affect theirinsurance rates.
Campbell County Fis-cal Court is considering
revising its floodplainmanagement regulationsto comply with changesmade to FEMA’s NationalFlood Insurance Programby the Water Reform Actof 2012. Fiscal Court had afirst reading of an ordi-nance Dec. 4.
The ordinance wasscheduled for a vote atWednesday,Dec.18, fiscal
court meeting.Judge-executive Steve
Pendery said he was gladCindyMinter, thecounty’sdirector of planning andzoning, has experiencewith flood zones and canhelp explain the changesto property owners.
“Because it’s going tobe a big problem for peo-ple who live in the flood
rate is,” Minter said.Changes in the reform
act alsomeananyonebuy-ing property in a floodzone will immediatelyhave to pay the full cost ofthe policy, and will not beeligible for discounts orsubsidies the previousowner was receiving,Minter said.
Anyone letting theirflood insurance policylapse by making a latepayment will also have toimmediately start payingthe full amount of the pol-icy as well, she said.
People need to makesure they know and findout their flood risk, Mint-er said.
The county’s planningoffice at 1098 MonmouthSt., Newport, also hasprinted flood zone maps,including the 2014 mapsthat will not be online atwww.fema.gov untilMarch 4, Minter said.
A property’s elevation,flood elevation, and anymitigation actions peoplecan take to control flood-ing and potentially lowertheir rate are also thingsthey need to consider, shesaid. Minter said peopleshould make sure to talkto their insurance agentabout theirproperty if it isin flood hazard zone.
“Every property is in aflood zone, the real ques-tion is are you in a specialflood hazard zone,” shesaid.
Residents asked to heed flood insurance changesBy Chris [email protected]
Cindy Minter, director of planning and zoning for CampbellCounty, explains changes to flood insurance rates at theDec. 4 Campbell County Fiscal Court meeting in Alexandria.CHRIS MAYHEW/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
AM I IN A FLOODHAZARD ZONE?Information about
whether your property isin a flood hazard zone isavailable at eitherwww.fema.gov orwww.linkgis.org.
DECEMBER 19, 2013 • ALEXANDRIA RECORDER • A7
ALEXANDRIA —With 144 stu-dents, Campbell County High
School Band ofPride has be-come the state’sbiggest march-ing band north ofLexington andamong the sixbiggest in Ken-tucky.
The numbersare almost dou-
blewhatwas in theband–75– in2008, a year after Nick Littletook over as director of bands.
Success has followed the in-crease in size with a 10th placefinish at the Kentucky MusicEducators Association statecompetition in October.
“This is the best we’ve donesince 2005,” he said. “We madesemifinals for the first timesince 2005.”
The Band of Pride competesat level 5A, the biggest andtoughest division, Little said.There was a reason the bandtook a two year absence fromKMEA state competition.
“There was a while that wedidn’t even go to KMEA be-cause we weren’t good enoughto, so we just took a break,” hesaid. “Andwewent back in 2007and it’s taken us this long to get
back into the semifinals.”The Band of Pride was
among four Kentucky schoolbands to make finals in a Bandsof America regional competi-tion, a national level contest, hesaid. The other schools fromKentucky to qualify for Bandsof America were BeechwoodHigh School in Fort Mitchell,Paul Laurence Dunbar HighSchool in Lexington, and NorthHardin High School in Eliza-bethtown.
Successhasalso trickled intothe school’s three ensemblegroups, winter percussiondrumming and winter guardcompetitive groups, he said.There are 190 students in allband programs – about 10 per-cent of students enrolled at theschool, Little said.
Thewinterpercussiondrum-ming group and other specialtygroups allow students to chooseto get involved at any level theychoose, he said. Some studentsplay sports and are only inmarching band; others are in-volved in marching band andspecial ensembles.
Students are passionateabout the music, and that’s whyall the band programs havegrown, he said.
“If the kids weren’t pushingtohavea jazzbandorpushing tohave a great winter percussionor winter guard we wouldn’t do
it, I mean it’s all studentdriven,” Little said.
Campbell County has sup-port from parent boosters andadministrators in the district,Little said.
“We really feel it’s just a spe-cial time to be a part of this pro-gram,” Little said. “As success-ful as it is we’re just gettingstarted. We’re not remotely fin-
ished with what we’re trying toaccomplish and the kids knowthat and they’re excited to be apart of it.”
Leah Trutschel of Alexan-dria, said placing 10th in statecompetition was a perfect wayto conclude her three years inmarching band. Trutschel saidjoining marching band was agood decision, and she recom-
mends the experience to otherstudents.
“I’ve made so many newfriends,” she said. “And it justmadehigh school somuchmoreawesome because until thatpoint I had done absolutelynothing, no extracurricular ac-tivities or anything and this is areally really good experience.”
More students marching to Camels’ musicBy Chris [email protected]
Campbell County High School senior Leah Truschel of Alexandria practices playing marimba with percussioninstructor Gary Griffith after school.CHRIS MAYHEW/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Little
Thomas More College an-nounces Athletic Training Pro-gramDirector
Brian Edwards will join thefacultyofThomasMoreCollegein January to lead the new ath-letic training program.
Edwards joins ThomasMoreCollege from Urbana Univer-sity in Urbana, Ohio, where hewas the director of the athletictraining educationprogram.Healso served as an assistant pro-fessor in the College ofNursingand Allied Health and as a clin-ical education coordinator. Heearnedabachelor of sciencede-gree in athletic training fromShawnee State University inPortsmouth, Ohio, and amasterof science in health & physicaleducation from Marshall Uni-versity inHuntington,W.Va.Heis certified under the NationalAthletic Trainers' AssociationBoard of Certification. He hasdevelopedcourses, servedasanacademic advisor, and hasserved on various academiccommittees throughout his ca-reer.
Athletic training will beavailable for students in the2014-2015 school year. It com-
bines classroom education withfield experience to prepare stu-dents for a career in the alliedhealth profession of athletic
training.“We are
pleased to havesomeone withBrian’s experi-ence, qualifica-tions and enthu-siasm join thefaculty of Thom-as More College.We are confident
that he is the type of individualthatwill shapeandgrowtheath-letic training program andmake it oneof thepremierepro-grams in our region,” said BradBielski, vice president for aca-demic affairs.
The addition of this academ-ic program coincides with twoother new offerings at ThomasMore College: the formation ofa marching band and the addi-tion of women's lacrosse.
For additional informationabout the athletic training pro-gram, contact the admissionsdepartment [email protected] 859-344-3332.
Edwards to lead TMCathletic training program
Edwards
STUDENTS PHILANTHROPISTS
Villa Madonna Academy students Catherine Martini, left, and Madeline Martini, with Heidi Hagedorn,were recognized as outstanding philanthropists as members of The Leadership Corps of the Josh CaresStudent Advisory Council. The council was named the 2013 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy at theAssociation of Fundraising Professional’s National Philanthropy Day luncheon on 11/14/13. “Service is anintegral part of our high school and junior high, and our students truly live the value of service in allthey do,” said Villa prinicpal Pamela McQueen.
ANIMAL FAIR
When the students in Kristina Chism’s first-grade class at St. Joseph, Cold Spring finished their unit onfarm animals, they held an animal fair. The students brought in stuffed farm animals to show at the fair.They demonstrated how to care for their pet and its place and purpose on a farm. All the animals had tobe on a leash as they spent the day in the classroom. The students read to the animals, and they evenhelped when the students practiced counting money. Pictured, back row from left: Riley McCloskey,Sophia Gibson, Kate Neltner, Joey Schroeder, Kennedy Parks and Erin Murphy; middle row, NathanGeiman, Maddie Wolf, Tyler Trauth, Andrew Lusby, Haley Kremer and Joseph Gilbert; front row, SophieSchoulties, Cullen Manning, Aidan Combs and Reid Enxel. THANKS TO LINDA GABIS
Gateway Community andTechnical College is combiningits twin outreach to manufac-turers and veterans through in-novative use of scholarship dol-lars.
The college will give prefer-ence to military veterans whoplan towork inhigh-needmanu-facturing or distribution areasas it considers applications forthe Robert T. Green EndowedScholarship created last year.The scholarship is available toresidents of Boone, Campbell,or Kenton counties and offerspartial tuition for fall 2014 andspring 2015 semesters.
To qualify, students musthave a grade point average of2.5 or higher, have an unmetneed and be of good character.The deadline to apply is April 1.The application process and re-
quired forms can be found atwww.gateway.kctcs.edu by se-lecting“FinancialAid”and then“Scholarships.”
Veterans interested in be-coming a Gateway student maycontact Daniel Ridley, 859-442-4114, [email protected]. Rid-ley,anArmyveteran, isacareermapping specialist with the col-lege’s Veterans Education andTraining Services program.
GatewayVETSassistsveter-ans in obtaining the educationthey may need to enter the jobmarket and also provides jobplacement services to veterans,regardless of whether they en-roll at the college. For more in-formation about GatewayVETS, visithttp://gateway.kctcs.edu.
Gateway scholarship targets vets
SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com
ALEXANDRIARECORDEREditor: Marc Emral, [email protected], 578-1053
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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com
ALEXANDRIARECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573
Dale Mueller, who an-nounced Dec. 9 he was steppingdown as football coach at High-lands, was presentedwith a life-time achievement award by theNorthern Kentucky FootballCoachesAssociation onMondaythe annual, “Top 26,” banquetDec. 11.
Mueller compiled a 250-36record andwon11state champi-onships in his 20 seasons asHighlands coach.
The banquet, at Receptionsin Erlanger, honored 26 seniorfootball players, one from eachof the 20 schools that are mem-bers of the association and sixplayers from those schools thatare voted as at-large selections.The honor combines athleticperformance, academic perfor-mance and community service.
Those players selected byschool were:
»Beechwood - Max Shover,wide receiver/defensive back;
»Bellevue - Tyler Ackerson,quarterback;
»Bishop Brossart - CaseyPelgen, quarterback;
»Boone County - EvanO’Hara, kicker;
» Campbell County - LoganSchneider, offensive lineman,and AveryWood, quarterback;
» Conner - Drew Barker,
quarterback, and Andrew Way,wide receiver/defensive back;
» Cooper -Will Ludwig, quar-terback;
» Covington Catholic - SamDressman, wide receiver/run-ning back, and Matthew Way,safety;
»Dayton - Eddie Combs, of-fensive tackle/defensive end;
»Dixie Heights - Seth Caple,linebacker/fullback, andDarionWashington, tailback;
»Highlands - Zach Harris,running back, andDrewHoulis-ton, quarterback;
»Holy Cross - Jalen Beal,running back/cornerback;
»Holmes - Kamron Griffith,center;
» Lloyd - Jacob Sand, center/linebacker;
» Ludlow - Mitchell Cody,quarterback/linebacker;
»Newport - Charlie Mullins,quarterback;
»Newport Central Catholic -Jack Sutkamp, linebacker/full-back;
»Ryle - Lex Sowards, offen-sive tackle;
» Scott -JoshCastleman,run-ning back;
» Simon Kenton - BrenanKuntz, quarterback, and CamHansel, guard.
Simon Kenton coach JeffMarksberry received the BobSchneider Coach of the Year
award after he guided the Pio-neers to a 10-0 regular-seasonrecord and a quarterfinal finishin the Class 6A playoffs.
Dixie Heights coach DaveBrossart was the named theOwenHauckAwardwinner andRyle defensive coordinatorMike Woolf was selected TomPotter Assistant Coach of theYear.
The Northern KentuckyFootball Coaches Associationhas selected its all-star teams asfollows:
First TeamOffense: Quarter-back - Drew Barker (Conner);Running Backs - Jon Scruggs(Holmes), Zach Harris (High-lands); Josh Castleman (Scott).Linemen - Cam Hansel (SimonKenton); Ben Walling (SimonKenton); Logan Schneider(Campbell County); Lex So-wards (Ryle); Bryan Saunders(Highlands), Kameron Crim(Scott). Wide Receivers - JakeZabonick (Campbell County);Andrew Way (Conner); CoreyFussinger (Cooper); JensenFeggins (Highlands). Tight End- RyanRomey (Conner). Athlete- Sam Dressman (CovingtonCatholic).
First Team Defense: Line-man - Matt King (Simon Ken-ton); Breandon Johnson(Holmes); Brandon Johnson(Dixie); Shahzadd Mann (Ryle);
Seth Hope (Highlands). Line-backers - Brendan Fisk (Dixie);Ryan Woolf (Ryle); AveryBricking (Cooper); Sam Bur-chell (Covington Catholic); JackSutkamp (Newport CentralCatholic);DefensiveBacks -An-drewWay (Conner);AaronMor-gan (Cooper); Thomas Wrobles-ki (Highlands); Matthew Way(Covington Catholic): JonScruggs (Holmes).
First Team Specialists: Kick-er - Evan O’Hara (Boone Coun-ty); Punter - Evan O’Hara(Boone County).
SecondTeamOffense:Quar-terback - Brenan Kuntz (SimonKenton);DrewHouliston (High-lands).RunningBacks -SethCa-ple (Dixie); Jalen Beal (HolyCross). Lineman - Logan Ross(Ryle); JacobNeuman (Cooper);Tyler Schweitzer (Highlands);Nick Kathman (CovingtonCatholic); Pat Connaughton (Co-vington Catholic); Steve Brooks(Newport Central Catholic).Wide Receivers - Grant Wasson
(Simon Kenton); Logan Winkler(Simon Kenton); Jashawn Stan-ley (Newport); Zack Poinsett(Bellevue).TightEnd -JonathanStokes (Beechwood). Athlete -AveryWood(CampbellCounty).
SecondTeamDefense: Line-men - Patrick Berkemeyer(Campbell County); Tyler Lyon(Newport Central Catholic);Alec Hazeres (Bellevue); Bray-den Combs (Beechwood); Jus-ticeLewis (Newport). Lineback-ers - Barry Deaton (Simon Ken-ton); Mikey Krallman (SimonKenton); JoeKremer (CampbellCounty); Zach Castleberry(Conner); Devon Everett(Beechwood). Defensive Backs- Dustin Turner (CampbellCounty), Ethan Harrison (DixieHeights); Deondre Pleasant(Scott); Jackson Bardo (High-lands); Max Shover (Beech-wood).
Second Team Specialists:Kicker - Jared Dougherty(Highlands); Punter - LukeFoertsch (Covington Catholic).
Footballers honored for fine seasonGannett News Service
Dale Mueller waspresented with alifetimeachievementaward by theNorthernKentucky FootballCoachesAssociation.CARRIE COCHRAN/THE
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CAMPBELL COUNTY —Bowl-ing season iswell underway forlocal teams. Here is a glance atthose squads:
Campbell CountyTheCamelshavebeenoneof
the teams to beat locally in re-cent years for head coachWayne Heringer and assistantMark Vinson.
Both teams will be trying towinregional titles–for theboysitwouldbeback tobackand forthe girls it would be their thirdstraight regional title. Bothteams have qualified for thestate tournament each of thelast two years and the boysteam was state semifinalistslast season.
Top returning players forthe boys team start with seniorJake Harris, averaging 208,and junior TylerWidmeyer, av-eraging 218 entering play Dec.12.
Campbell is 28-7 in pointsand 4-0 in conference matchesthrough Dec. 12.
“Wehadquiteaturnoverlastyear on the boys team,” Herin-ger said. “Some of our youngerkids have been coming up forus.Markhasbeenworkingwiththem and he’s doing a great jobwith them.”
Top returners for the girlsteam are seniors Erica Biddleand Allison McGlasson and ju-nior Erica Hickman. McGlas-son posts a 193 average enter-ing play Dec. 12, the second-highest in Northern Kentucky.Biddle averages 181 and Hick-man180.
“We lost five girls from lastyearbutwehaveour threebestbowlers back, and we have sixnew girls this year,” Heringersaid. “A lot of these girlshaven’t bowled thatmuch. It’s amatter of getting some experi-enceandgettingreadyfor tour-naments.”
Campbell is 25-10 overall af-ter losing a tough match toCooper Dec. 12. Campbell is 3-1in conference matches. TheCamels fell 4-3 toCooper,withathree-pin loss intotalpinsasthedeciding fourth point.
The Camels also have had
success in tournaments. Theboys have a runner-up finishand the girls a tourney victory.The team has also competedagainst Scott County at East-land Lanes, the Lexington siteof this February’s state tourna-ment.
Bishop BrossartThrough Dec. 12, Brossart
was 23-12 in points and 3-1 inconference matches, tied forsecond. AaronRuschman aver-aged 161 through nine gamesand Joe Heim 153 througheight.
Allison Steelman leads thegirls teamwith a 153 mark.
Newport CatholicEntering play Dec. 12, NCC
was 22-13 in points in the boysstandings, and 3-1 in confer-ence matches. Bobby Meyeraverages 169, Paul Grosser 168and Joel Grosser 162.
The girls team is 20-8 inpoints entering play Dec. 12,and 3-0 in conference play.
Ashley Greis has the top av-erage at 130.
HighlandsThe Bluebirds are 35-7 in
boys points and 5-0 in confer-ence matches after the Dec. 12match. The big highlight ofthose numbers came on the12th, when sophomore JakeFarley posted a perfect 300game, the first of this season inNorthern Kentucky. Farley isaveraging 232 for 12 games af-ter his perfect game.
“His secret is his good work
ethic,” said head coach GlennSchmidt. “He has a very goodhead on his shoulders.He stayscomposed. He doesn’t get rat-tled. He works very hard.”
Farley also competes in atravel league and anotherleague at La Ru Lanes, whereSchmidt is the longtime propri-etor. Farley practices at leastone day a week, and qualifiedfor next summer’s Junior Goldtourney in Buffalo, recentlywinning a local qualifier.
“He’s bowling constantlyand he loves the game,”Schmidtsaid.“I’veneverseenaboyworksohardandit’spayingoff. I feel he has a great future.He just can’t get enough of it.”
James Killen is averaging202 through 10 games.
The girls team is 27-5through Dec. 12 and 4-0 in con-ference play.
KathrynBall,ReaganWilke,Abbey Parrott, KatelynSchneider and Emrel Wood allaverage in the 120’s enteringplay Dec. 12.
NewportJanet Ball returns as Wild-
cats head coach this year.Katlyn Hoeh returns for the
Wildcats’ girls team. She wasregional singles champion lastyear and third place at state.OtherreturningstartersareAl-lison Willoughby, MirenaCombs, Katlynn Specht andMaria Specht. Willoughby wasa key force last year to helpNewport toan8-0recordincon-ference play for the regular-seasonchampionship.Hoehav-erages 181 so far andWillough-by 147. Others to watch startwith Sydney Hamilton and Do-minique Gallichio.
Ball hopes the Wildcats canwin another conference titleandcontend for the state cham-pionship.
The girls team is 22-6 inpointsenteringplayDec.12, 3-0in conference play.
On the boys team, returningstarters are Josh Bird, AustinMattox, Michael Meyer, JuliusGraham, Kenny Mardis andAndre Anderson. Jimmy Smithis the top newcomer to watch.Mardisaverages147through10games to lead theway enteringDec. 12.
Bowlers strong at the startBy James [email protected]
Campbell County’s AllisonMcGlasson rolls a frame duringFebruary’s Kentucky High SchoolAthletic The KHSAA state teambowling championships.JAMES
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Campbell County beat Wal-ton-Verona64-61ingirls basket-ball Dec. 11. The Camels are 2-4through Dec. 15 and will play atHighlands 2:30 p.m. Saturday,Dec. 21, before heading to atournament in Bowling Green,Ky. Dec. 26-28.
Campbell County’s Kylie Kramer (30) loses the ball between twoWalton-Verona players.TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Camels knockoff Bearcats
Campbell County head coachBarrett C. Bradshaw givesinstructions to his team. CampbellCounty beat Walton-Verona 64-61Dec. 11 at Walton-Verona HighSchool in Walton.TONY TRIBBLE/FOR
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Campbell County’s Brandi Rice(14) shoots over Walton-Verona’sZoe Luebbe. Campbell Countybeat Walton-Verona 64-61 Dec.11.TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY
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Campbell County’s Taylor Jollygrabs a rebound during theCamel’s game againWalton-Verona Dec. 11.TONY
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Hoops guruSkip Goley, a former all-
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For more information, call859-391-6650.
NewCath freshmansoftball tryouts
The Newport Central Catho-lic freshman softball team isconducting signups for the2014 team. This will be theprogram’s fourth season forthe freshman team consistingof players in grades 6-8 fromNewCath feeder parishes.
The NCC freshman team isan excellent opportunity to
get junior-high-aged girlsprepared for JV and varsitysoftball.
For more informationregarding tryouts and signups,contact head varsity coachDenny Barnes at 859-743-3241or [email protected].
Bandits baseballThe Boone County Baseball
Club 10U Bandits team islooking for additional playersfor the 2014 season. The teamwill participate in both theSouthwest Ohio League(SWOL) and the CrosstownBaseball League.
Players must not turn 11before May 1, 2014.
Contact Tony Reynolds at859-462-3503 or [email protected] to arrange aprivate tryout.
SIDELINES
way with 24 points.» Newport beat Day-
ton 89-53 Dec. 12 to im-prove to 2-2. Paul Priceand Ethan Snapp had 25points each.
Girls basketball» BishopBrossartbeat
Lloyd 61-35 Dec. 12 to go4-0.SarahFutscher ledtheway with 17 points.
»NewCath beat DixieHeights 57-43 Dec. 11 toimprove to 4-0.Nikki Kier-nan had 14 points andAlexus Mayes 13. NCCbeat Newport 68-44 in adistrict and conferencegame.
Football» Drew Houliston, a
Highlands senior, is theLaRosa’sMVPof theWeekfor Dec. 10. He led High-lands toa13-2 recordanda
Boys basketball» Boone County beat
Ryle66-58Dec.10 ina33rdDistrict seeding game.Boone improved to 3-0.Brenden Stanley had 18points. Boone beat Conner57-46 Dec. 13 in the teams’second seeding game.Stanley led four Rebels indouble figures with 15points.
» Cooper beat Conner60-58Dec.10 in a 33rdDis-trict seeding game. SeanMcNeil had 21 points forCooper and Aaron Mor-gan 10. McNeil had three3-pointers. Samuel Hem-merich scored 29 for theCougars including three3-pointers of his own.
» St. Henry beat High-lands 58-44 Dec. 13. NickRechtin had 14 points andJordan Noble 13.
» Holmes beat Bros-sart 74-51 Dec. 10 to im-prove to 4-0. James Bol-
den had a career-high 37points including three 3-pointers. QuintonChames had 16 points andDaequan Glover 11, in-cluding three 3-pointers.
» Bellevue beat Co-vingtonLatin69-11Dec.12.ZachBarretthad15points.BellevuebeatHeritage77-40 Dec. 10. AustinWoodyard led with 23points.
» Bishop Brossart fell74-51 to Holmes Dec. 10 todropto3-1.AlexTrentmanhad 20 points and DrewBurns 16.
» Campbell Countybeat Newport 59-47 Dec.13 to improve to 4-0.CoreyHolbrook had 24 points.beat Ludlow 73-47 Dec. 11.Blake Losey had 18 pointsincluding three3-pointers,Corey Holbrook 12 andxxx Jackson 11. Campbellbeat Calvary 102-38 in a37th District seedinggame. Holbrook led the
Kentucky Class 4A staterunner-up finish this sea-son.
On the season, he threwfor an impressive 4,027yards (ninth in state histo-ry) and 50 TDs (11th instate history). He remark-ably achieved these num-bers despite missing agame with an injury andfrequently played onlyhalf of a gamebecause theBluebirds were so farahead on the scoreboard.The Kentucky FootballCoaches Associationnamed him Class 4A dis-trict Player of the Year,withadditionalhonorscer-tain to follow.
He is also an honorablemention all-NKY basket-ball player, who averaged11.2 points and 3.4 re-boundspergamelastyear.He notched big games vs.Seven Hills (29 points),Dixie Heights (23 points)and Bracken County (19
points). Houliston is a Na-tional Honor Society stu-dent and is active in com-munity service.His favor-ite athlete is LeBronJames and his most-like-to-meet is Drew Brees.
TMC Notes» Thomas More Col-
lege junior running backDomonique Hayden(Lexington, Ky./Lexing-ton Christian Academy)has been named to theD3football.com All-SouthRegion. Hayden, who wasnamed the 2013 Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence (PAC) OffensivePlayer of the Year in No-vember, was a first teamselection. He led all ofNCAA Division III with aschool record 2,017 yardsrushing (201.7 yards pergame) on 242 carries andhad 25 touchdowns andalso had10 catches for 217yards and three touch-
downs.» Thomas More Col-
lege sophomore forwardAustinJuniet (FortThom-as, Ky./Newport CentralCatholic) has been namedto the National SoccerCoaches Association ofAmerica (NSCAA)/Conti-nental Tire All-AmericanTeam. Juniet, who playedin all 20 matches for theSaints, was a second teamselection. He was secondontheteaminscoringwith18 points on seven goalsand four assists.
NKU Notes» The track and field
teams started their indoorseasons at the Universityof Indianapolis. FormerNKUsoccer standoutAlli-son Ponzer, a SimonKen-tongraduate,participatedin her first college trackmeet and won the triplejump with a mark of 10.77meters.
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The Alexandria Recorder askedreaders to send in pictures of their
senior class athletes as part of theFall Senior Moments project. All
photos will be part of an online pho-to gallery on cincinnati.com.
FALL SENIOR MOMENTS
Newport Central Catholic football team’s seniors are, from left, Joanna Goldstein, Stephen Brooks, Kalvin Moore, JackSutkamp, John Caudill, Tommy Donnelly, Michael Runyon, Tyler Lyon, Nathan Kling, Mac Franzen, Wyatt Boberg, MattLenz, Nate Twehues and Kole Zenni.
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Park plan is for the birdsI feel compelled to protest
the proposed – and passed – res-olution toallowhuntingofCana-dian geese at A.J. Jolly Park theentire month of January. I feelthe people (taxpayers) of thecounty should have had a voteon whether this was the mostappropriate action that couldbetaken for the supposed problemposed by excessive goose ex-crement in the park.
It appears that a secretive,private group, called the A.J.Jolly Development Commis-sion, has taken over the respon-sibilities of deciding how thepark should be utilized. Since asfar as I know these people havenot been appointed, like mem-bers of other boards in the area,or voted in, they should not besetting policy without publichearings. The first public hear-ing for the hunt is slated forDec. 18, but the decision has al-ready been made to have thehunt. Signs are already erected
around the park warning of theimpending gunfire.
I have always felt that theprimary purpose of parks is toallow people to have a rare op-portunity to experience nature;I love walking in the park andwatching the geese take flight,and glide along the water. It’struly magnificent. If we’re go-ing to eliminate all forms of na-ture that are any kind of nui-sance to any person, we willsoon have no species sharingthis earth with us.
There are many less drasticways to deter geese than killingthem; all the judge executiveshad to do was check a few web-sites offered by such organiza-tionsas theAudobonSociety. In-stead, they chose themost dras-tic, heartless, but probablymost popular (with local hunt-ers) method of dealing with theproblem. What will it be next,shoot dogs that leave their ex-crement in the park?
Sean DetischAlexandria
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
St. Vincent de Paul volun-teers visit the homes of neigh-bors in need and experience theheart-wrenching effects of pov-erty first hand. When a familyslips into distress, the pain is al-most tangible.
Amother who lives in aWestSide Cincinnati neighborhood,worn down by worry becauseher utility bill is late and herchildren are sleeping on thecold floor. An adult man on thebrink of tears because his chil-drenhavenothing to eat for din-ner in their small city apart-ment. An elderly couple, livinginanEastSidesuburb, forced todecide between losing theirhome and foregoing their life-saving prescription medica-tions.
Our communities have expe-rienced a lot of changes thisyear: food stamp cuts, healthcare changes, and an economythat seems to be turning aroundforsome,buthas leftmanyfam-ilies behind. We see the directeffects of these changes firsthand each day, the most devas-tating being the impact on chil-dren.
Christmas is the time ofhope, love and miracles. Thereare few experiences in the lifeof a parent that can match see-ing the joy and excitement onthe face of your children open-ing presents on Christmas
morning. Butfor parents inone out of fivelocal familiesin the GreaterCincinnati areawho are livingin poverty,Christmas canalso be a timeof hopeless-ness and de-spair. The par-
ents we visit struggle year-roundtoprovidenotonly theba-sic necessities for their chil-dren, but also the sense ofstability and security that is soimportant to the well-being andhealthy development of a child.Every day, our volunteers visitthe homes of parents who workmultiple part-time jobs so theycan keep food on the table, orwho have sold the last of theirpossessions so that they cankeep the lights on.
Imagine, then, the pit in thestomach of the parent who, inspite of their best efforts, has toexplain to their children whySantaClauswasn’t able tomakeit to their house this year. AChristmas present representssomuchmore than a simple toy.It is a symbol of stability in atime of turmoil, of love and joyin a time of crisis. For the childand the parent alike, a Christ-mas present can mean the dif-
ference between hope and de-spair.
When our volunteers delivergifts to the homes of neighborsin need, they are blessed to wit-ness what one act of kindnesscanmean toa struggling family.Achildgigglingwith joyas theybounce on their new bed, amother with tears streamingdown her face as her children’sChristmas gifts are carried intoher home, a family gathered to-gether on Christmas morningwith hope for a brighter newyear.
You can inspire hope andmake love grow in the hearts ofa family in need this Christmasby:
» Supporting Food From theHeart the next time you visit alocal Kroger. Ask your child topick out their favorite non-per-ishable food and place it in thebarrel at the door.
»Making adonation in honorof a loved one this Christmas. Agift of $100 will provide a bedfor a child sleeping on the floor.A donation of $50 will providegifts for a child this Christmas.
» Visit www.svdpnky.org orcall 859-446-7723 to make a do-nation or lean more.
Liz Carter is executive director,Society of St. Vincent de Paul –Cincinnati.
Helping can inspirejoy and love
Liz CarterCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Gridlock in Washington,D.C., has often caused thebusiness community to won-der if we could ever see pro-gress on issues that couldhelpour businesses or communi-ties move forward. Increas-ing our energy independence,immigration reform, and taxreform need to be in the de-bate. Unfortunately, we won-
der if our fed-eral officialscould agreethat the sky isblue. There isno willing-ness to col-laborate toreach mean-ingful solu-tion – just adigging in ofheels.
Frankfort,however, is not Washington.As we head into the 2014 Gen-eral Assembly and we havereasons for optimism.
Lastyear’sGeneralAssem-bly saw lawmakers come to-gether to solve some of themost pressing issues facingKentucky’s future. Ourschools don’t receive enoughfundstobuytextbooksforstu-dents; our roads and bridgesare deteriorating and criticalpublic investments needs areunable to be met. More than$30 billion in unfunded liabil-ity to the public pension sys-tem limits the state frommeetingmanyof these obliga-tions. If thiswereWashington,there would no doubt havebeen a breakdown along polit-ical party lines and no resolu-tions. But Frankfort is notWashington and the GeneralAssembly worked with Gov.Beshear to make progress onthe pension issue. Althoughthe issue still needs somework, we are much closerthan ever before to a sustain-able fix.
What the 2013 General As-semblyshowedwas thatelect-ed officials could come to-gether to be problem solvers.It’s what we should all expect.
Seeing this collaboration
gives us confidence thatFrankfort will come togetheragain in 2014. For our busi-nesses and communities inNorthern Kentucky, the fol-lowing issues need to be ad-dressed:
» The Bridge. We’ve seenunprecedented collaborationbetween governors Beshearand Kasich, and look to ourN.Ky. caucus towork todevel-op a fair financing plan.Enough talk. The time is nowto move forward for the safe-ty of our residents, health ofour businesses and the re-gion’s competitiveness.
» Taxmodernization.Toat-tract new jobs and retain ex-isting ones, the Common-wealth must put into place atax code that reflects a 21stcentury economy. Many goodrecommendations are on thetable so it’s time to act.
» New revenue throughexpanding gaming. Gaming isalready here. For NorthernKentucky gaming is as closeas one mile across the OhioRiver. Give people the chanceto vote on whether we keepour dollars here or send themto neighboring states to pavetheir roads and build theirschools.
Being a legislator is hardwork. Unlike Washington, it’sa part-time job. Legislatorshave full-time jobs backhomewith other responsibilities,but give those up each Janu-ary to represent us in Frank-fort. Leading into this session,let’s take a minute to recog-nize that Frankfort is not D.C.
In Frankfort, our legisla-ture has learned the benefitsof working together ratherthan have partisan debatesthatonlyharmconstituents. Ifyou see a legislator, thankthemfor theirservice,andtellthem you look forward to see-ing the same level of coopera-tionwithmore results in 2014.
Steve Stevens is the president andCEO of the Northern KentuckyChamber of Commerce.
General Assemblyshows reasons forbeing optimistic
Steve StevensCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
At this time of year, many ofus find ourselves more deeplyin prayer. Interceding for lostlovedones, praying for theheal-ing of a sick friend, and plead-ing with God to take us to thenext level in our walk with him.
Yet, when our prayers seemtogounanswered,wecaneasilybecome discouraged. Could itbe that there is somethingmiss-ing in my prayer life? Possibly.Often our prayers are nothingmore than a long list of requestssent up to God with a short“thank you, you’re the best” (ifyou answer my prayers) at theend.
As the parent of a pre-teenand two other children who arekeenly aware that Christmas isa less than a week away, it’sbeen a long time since a conver-sation around this house hasn’tstarted with, “You know what Ireally want for Christmas?”What joy it would bring me ifone of them approached eithertheir father or me with genuinegratitude on their lips, “Mom,Dad, I truly appreciate the wayyou have taken care of us thisyear. The many ways you pro-vided for our family, encour-aged us, loved on us, and for-
gave us whenwemessedup.”Even if it fol-lowed with,“Now, youknow what Ireally want forChristmas?”my husbandand I would beover the moon.
At least thenwewould know
that theyhavesomesenseof thefact that it is hard work to carefor and raise a family. I thinkGodmust feel the sameway.Hewants more than a list of what Iwant and need. (He alreadyknows, by the way.) He wants aheartfelt conversation; proofthat I amreflecting onwho I amin him, realizing the awesomepower that he holds, and com-pletelyreleasingmyselfandmyburdens to his care.
Recently I cameacross someprinciples for effective inter-cession, written by CharlesStanley. Stanley shares how wecan be more effective in ourprayers for self and loved ones:
» If we want our prayers tobe effective, they must flowfrom a heart that is in step with
God. I must confess any sin andbitterness I am harboring andask God to giveme the compas-sion, love and forgiveness forothers that he so easily shareswith me.
» Pray that God will revealyour loved ones deepest needs,so that you can intercede effec-tively. We sometimes assumewe know what another personneeds. But God knows best.
» Persevere. Endure in yourprayer life, my friend. And if/when you do become discour-aged believe the words ofJames 5:15, 16; “And the prayerof faith will save the sick, andthe Lord will raise him up. Andif he has committed sins, hewillbe forgiven. Confess your tres-passes one to another, and prayfor oneanother, that youmaybehealed. The effective, ferventprayer of a righteous manavails much.”
Julie House is a former resident ofCampbell County. She is also thefounder of Equipped Ministries, aChrist-centered health and wellnessprogram with a focus on weight loss.She can be reached at 859-802-8965or on Facebook.com/EquippedMinis-tries.
A prayer for Christmas
Julie HouseCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Campbell County RotaryClub
Meeting time: NoonWednesdaysWhere: Highland Country Club, 931
Alexandria Pike, Fort ThomasContact: Arnd Rehfuss, arnd-
[email protected], 859-635 5088Description: Rotary welcomes new
members who enjoy community service.
Disabled AmericanVeterans Auxiliary
Meeting time: 7 p.m. third Tuesday ofeach month
Where: DAV national headquarters,3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring
Contact: Commander Kim Hemple-man, 859-781-6110
Fort ThomasWoman’sClub
Meeting time: 11:30 a.m. secondWednesday of each month
Where: Fort Thomas Women’s ClubHouse, 8 North Fort Thomas Ave., Fort
ThomasContact: Flo Grey, 859-441-3555Description: Primary mission is to
provide scholarships for high schoolseniors in the city.
Southgate Super SeniorsMeeting time: 1 p.m. third Thursday
of each month.Where: Southgate Community Center,
301W. Walnut in SouthgateContact: President Vivian Auteri at
859-491-1878
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013
Winning at Home
The Home Builders Associa-tion of Northern Kentuckypresented its annual awards
at a ceremony Dec. 6 at TripleCrown Country Club in Union.
“Our annual awards are pre-sented to individuals that exempli-fyexcellence inbusinessanddedi-cation to our industry and associa-tion,” said Brian Miller, executivevice president of the Home Build-ers Association of Northern Ken-tucky. “Membership, communityservice, advocacy and associationactivity are rewarded to thesemembers to show them not onlyour gratitude for their service butto hold them up as an example toother members and the public.These individuals are stars withinour organization and are to becommended for the traits thatmake themnot only leaderswithinour ranks but in the community aswell.”
»Builder of the Year, PaulMetzger
Metzger’s dedication and hardwork as the 2013-2014 president ofthe Home Builders Association’sLand Development Council hasculminated in a series of success-ful advocacy initiatives involvingplanning commissions, water dis-tricts, Sanitation District 1, envi-ronmental regulations, and pow-ered utilities across NorthernKentucky. These efforts have aid-ed housing affordability and en-sured a more business friendlyregulatory environment in our re-gion.
» Associate of the Year, WaltDunlevy
As 2013 associate vice presi-dent, Dunlevy has demonstratedvalued leadership at the associa-tion. Additionally, Dunlevy is thechairmanof theassociation’sState& Local Government Committeewhere he leads the delivery of theassociation’s message to electedand appointed officials in North-ern Kentucky and throughout theCommonwealth. He also serves inmany capacities throughout theorganization as a leading voice inmembership recruitment and re-tention, associate representationwithin the association and an ex-pert inbuildingcodesandmaterialsupply.
» Community LeadershipAward, Matth. Toebben
Toebben, accepted by his sonJohnToebben (left).Mr. Toebben’ssupport forhis industryandHomeBuildersAssociation iscarriedoutbeyond involvement with the or-ganization. He is passionate andsupportive of many effortsthroughout the region includingalzheimers causes, education, andyouth causes.
» Home Builders AssociationMembership Award, Rob Stone
The Home Builders Associa-tion created a new award in orderto recognize outstanding servicefocusing on membership recruit-ment and retention. The inauguralwinner of this award is Rob Stoneof C.K. Ash Insurance. Stone is aperennialparticipantoftheassoci-ation’s membership recruitmentand retention efforts and has re-cently earned his 300d spike level,a designation created by the Na-tional Association of Home Build-ers to reward excellence in mem-bership activity.
Themissionof theHomeBuild-ers Association of Northern Ken-tucky is to promote and enhancethe integrity and visibility of theconstruction industry and themembers of the organizationthrough advocacy, communica-tion,educationandpoliticalaction.
2013 Home Builders Association President Adam Chaney, of Terrace Holdings, right, presents the 2013 Builder of the Year Award to PaulMetzger of Fischer Homes.PROVIDED
Buildersassociation
presents annualawards
Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky Executive VicePresident Brian Miller, left, presents the 2013 Associate of the YearAward to Walt Dunlevy, of Forge Lumber.PROVIDED
Home Builders Association State & Local Government CommitteeChairmanWalt Dunlevy, right, presents the 2013 CommunityLeadership Award to John Toebben, who accepted on behalf of hisfather Matth.PROVIDED
The inauguralwinner ofHome BuildersAssociationMembershipAward is RobStone of C.K.Ash Insurance,left, acceptingthe awardform 2013Home BuildersAssociationPresidentAdam Chaney.PROVIDED
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FRIDAY, DEC. 20Dining EventsNewport Elks Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Newport Elks Lodge,3704 Alexandria Pike, Dinnerincludes fish, slaw and choice offries, onion rings or macaroniand cheese. Beer, wine and sodafor dining room. Carryoutavailable. Benefits Newport ElksLodge 273. $8.50 dinner, $6sandwich. Through Dec. 27.859-441-1273. Cold Spring.
Drink TastingsFridayWine Tasting, 4-8 p.m.,D.E.P.’s Fine Wine & Spirits FortThomas, 424 Alexandria Pike,Free. 859-781-8105; www.deps-finewine.com. Fort Thomas.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600 Montague Road,Layout features Lionel trainsand Plasticville. More than 250feet of track. Patrons welcometo operate more than 30 acces-sories from buttons on layout.Through Jan. 19. Included withadmission: $7, $6 ages 60 andup, $4 ages 3-17; free ages 2 andunder. 859-491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.Scuba Santa, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Holiday decorationsthroughout Aquarium. Un-derwater Santa show alongsidesharks, shark rays and Denverthe Sea Turtle. Through Jan. 1.Included with admission: $23,$15 ages 2-12, free under age 2.800-406-3474; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee, 1Levee Way, Featuring more thanone million LED lights dancingin synchronization to holidaymusic. Lights dance every 20minutes. Through Jan. 5. Free.859-291-0550; www.newporton-thelevee.com. Newport.Christmas Town, 5-8 p.m.,Creation Museum, 2800 Bullitts-burg Church Road, Featuringfree live nativity, lights and livedramas. Free. 800-778-3390;creationmuseum.org. Peters-burg.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-8 p.m., Newporton the Levee, 1 Levee Way,Special holiday attraction fea-tures unique train displays aswell as true-to-size model of realtrain and other activities for allages. Through Jan. 5. $5. 859-291-0550; www.newportonthe-levee.com. Newport.
Holiday - TreesHilltop Pines Tree Farm, 9a.m.-5 p.m., Hilltop Pines, 7379Stonehouse Road, Scotch pineup to 10 feet. Balled-and-bur-lapped Norway, blue spruce andwhite pine. Also Canaan andBalsam fir; 6-10 feet. Shaking,netting, pine roping and sawsavailable. Tailgating for largegroups allowed. Free candycanes for children. $35 and up,balled-and-burlapped; $25cut-your-own any size. 513-673-8415.Melbourne.Miclberg Tree Farm, 9 a.m.-5p.m., Miclberg Tree Farm, 14300Salem Creek Road, Cut-your-own-Christmas-trees. Douglas fir6-12 feet. Workers will helpload. Twine to tie tree on vehi-cles provided. Dress for weather.Call for appointments duringweek. $40-$75. 859-380-4954.Grant County.
Music - ChoralDickens Carolers, 6:30-8:30p.m., Newport on the Levee, 1Levee Way, Riverwalk Level.859-291-0550; www.newporton-
thelevee.com. Newport.
SATURDAY, DEC. 21Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, Included with admis-sion: $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17; free ages 2 and under.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.Scuba Santa, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee,Free. 859-291-0550; www.new-portonthelevee.com. Newport.Christmas Town, 5-8 p.m.,Creation Museum, Free. 800-778-3390; creationmuseum.org.Petersburg.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-8 p.m., Newporton the Levee, $5. 859-291-0550;www.newportonthelevee.com.Newport.Kids Holiday Sing-a-Long, 3-4p.m., Stoney’s Gift & FrameShoppe, 323 W. Sixth St., In-struments provided for children.Free. Presented by MainStrasseMerrymakers. 859-655-9571;www.stoneysgifts.com.Main-Strasse Village.
Holiday - TreesHilltop Pines Tree Farm, 9a.m.-5 p.m., Hilltop Pines, $35and up, balled-and-burlapped;$25 cut-your-own any size.513-673-8415.Melbourne.Miclberg Tree Farm, 9 a.m.-5p.m., Miclberg Tree Farm, $40-$75. 859-380-4954. Grant Coun-ty.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 8-11:30 p.m., South-gate VFW, 6 Electric Ave., WithDJ Ted McCracken. Free. Pre-sented by VFW Post 3186. 859-441-9857. Southgate.
Music - ChoralDickens Carolers, 6:30-8:30p.m., Newport on the Levee,859-291-0550; www.newporton-thelevee.com. Newport.
SUNDAY, DEC. 22Community EventsCountry Breakfast, 8 a.m.-1p.m. Fort Thomas MasonicLodge 808 F&AM, 37 North FortThomas Ave. Open to the public.
Breakfast entrees include eggs,bacon, spam, sausage, goetta,biscuits and gravy, waffles,pancakes with strawberry orblueberry topping and whippedcream, grits, potatoes, toast,and more. Cost is $7 for adultsand $4 for children. 859-694-3027. Fort Thomas.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,Included with admission: $7, $6ages 60 and up, $4 ages 3-17;free ages 2 and under. 859-491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.Scuba Santa, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Live Nativity, 6-8 p.m., Bullitts-ville Christian Church, 3094Petersburg Road, Drive up orstop and visit in church forholiday refreshments and fel-lowship. Free. 859-689-7215.Bullittsville.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee,Free. 859-291-0550; www.new-portonthelevee.com. Newport.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-8 p.m., Newporton the Levee, $5. 859-291-0550;www.newportonthelevee.com.Newport.
Holiday - TreesHilltop Pines Tree Farm, 9a.m.-5 p.m., Hilltop Pines, $35and up, balled-and-burlapped;$25 cut-your-own any size.513-673-8415.Melbourne.Miclberg Tree Farm, 9 a.m.-5p.m., Miclberg Tree Farm, $40-$75. 859-380-4954. Grant Coun-ty.
Karaoke and OpenMicDJ-led Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.-1:30a.m., Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 Donner-meyer Drive, Free. 859-431-3455;www.facebook.com/millers.fil-lin. Bellevue.
MONDAY, DEC. 23Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, Included with admis-sion: $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17; free ages 2 and under.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.Scuba Santa, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee,Free. 859-291-0550; www.new-portonthelevee.com. Newport.
Holiday - TreesHilltop Pines Tree Farm,noon-5 p.m., Hilltop Pines, $35and up, balled-and-burlapped;$25 cut-your-own any size.513-673-8415.Melbourne.
Miclberg Tree Farm, 9 a.m.-5p.m., Miclberg Tree Farm, $40-$75. 859-380-4954. Grant Coun-ty.
Karaoke and OpenMicOpenMic, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., The Lounge. Award-winning open mic featuressinger-songwriters, comedians,marimba players, storytellersand more. Ages 21 and up.859-431-2201; www.south-gatehouse.com. Newport.
On Stage - ComedyUnderbelly’s Christmas Spec-tacular, 9:30-11 p.m., The South-gate House Revival, 111 E. SixthSt., The Revival Room. Reunitingcast for evening of stand-upcomedians doing everythingexcept stand-up. Sketches,music, poetry, dance, improvand questionable impressions.Ages 21 and up. $7. Reservationsrecommended. 859-431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com.Newport.
TUESDAY, DEC. 24Dining EventsWhite Christmas Eve Candle-light Buffet, 4-9 p.m., Vito’sCafe, 654 Highland Ave., Suite29, All white food menu andholiday music. $35, $15 ages3-10, free ages 2 and under; plustax and service. 859-442-9444.Fort Thomas.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m.-2p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, Included with admis-sion: $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17; free ages 2 and under.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.Scuba Santa, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-6 p.m., Newporton the Levee, $5. 859-291-0550;www.newportonthelevee.com.Newport.
Holiday - TreesHilltop Pines Tree Farm,noon-5 p.m., Hilltop Pines, $35and up, balled-and-burlapped;$25 cut-your-own any size.513-673-8415.Melbourne.Miclberg Tree Farm, 9 a.m.-5p.m., Miclberg Tree Farm, $40-$75. 859-380-4954. Grant Coun-ty.
Music - BluesOpen Jam, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 DonnermeyerDrive, Free. 859-431-3455;www.facebook.com/Millers-fillinn. Bellevue.
Music - DJDevout Wax, 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,The Southgate House Revival,111 E. Sixth St., The Lounge.Vinyl night. Margaret and
Jonathan spin eclectic wax.Including an all spin-by-requestset, bring your own records.Also, local/regional-only set.Ages 21 and up. Free. 859-431-2201; www.facebook.com/DevoutWax. Newport.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25Merry Christmas
THURSDAY, DEC. 26Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, Included with admis-sion: $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17; free ages 2 and under.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.Scuba Santa, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee,Free. 859-291-0550; www.new-portonthelevee.com. Newport.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-8 p.m., Newporton the Levee, $5. 859-291-0550;www.newportonthelevee.com.Newport.
Music - CabaretDon Fangman, 6:30-9 p.m.,Knotty Pine On The Bayou, 6302Licking Pike, Don Fangman singsFrank Sinatra, Dean Martin,Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond,Michael Buble and AndreaBocelli. Free. 859-781-2200. ColdSpring.
Music - CountryOriginal Hillbilly Thursdays, 10p.m.-2 a.m., The SouthgateHouse Revival, 111 E. Sixth St.,The Lounge. Country, bluegrass,Americana and old fashionedhillbilly music. Different artisteach week. Includes 50 cents offJack Daniels. Ages 21 and up.Free. 859-431-2201; www.south-gatehouse.com. Newport.
Music - WorldAlpen Echos, 7:30-11 p.m.,Hofbrauhaus, 200 E. Third St.,Free. 859-491-7200; www.hof-brauhausnewport.com. New-port.
FRIDAY, DEC. 27Dining EventsNewport Elks Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Newport Elks Lodge,$8.50 dinner, $6 sandwich.
859-441-1273. Cold Spring.
Drink TastingsFridayWine Tasting, 4-8 p.m.,D.E.P.’s Fine Wine & Spirits FortThomas, Free. 859-781-8105;www.depsfinewine.com. FortThomas.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, Included with admis-sion: $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17; free ages 2 and under.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.Scuba Santa, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee,Free. 859-291-0550; www.new-portonthelevee.com. Newport.Christmas Town, 5-8 p.m.,Creation Museum, Free. 800-778-3390; creationmuseum.org.Petersburg.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-8 p.m., Newporton the Levee, $5. 859-291-0550;www.newportonthelevee.com.Newport.
SATURDAY, DEC. 28Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, Included with admis-sion: $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17; free ages 2 and under.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.Scuba Santa, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee,Free. 859-291-0550; www.new-portonthelevee.com. Newport.Christmas Town, 5-8 p.m.,Creation Museum, Free. 800-778-3390; creationmuseum.org.Petersburg.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-8 p.m., Newporton the Levee, $5. 859-291-0550;www.newportonthelevee.com.Newport.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 8-11:30 p.m., South-gate VFW, Free. 859-441-9857.Southgate.
Music - RockBenWalz Band, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.,JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 859-491-3500; www.jerzeespub.com.Newport.
SUNDAY, DEC. 29Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,Included with admission: $7, $6ages 60 and up, $4 ages 3-17;free ages 2 and under. 859-491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.Scuba Santa, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.Light Up the Levee, 6:10-11:50p.m., Newport on the Levee,Free. 859-291-0550; www.new-portonthelevee.com. Newport.Newport Express HolidayDepot, noon-8 p.m., Newporton the Levee, $5. 859-291-0550;www.newportonthelevee.com.Newport.
Karaoke and OpenMicDJ-led Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.-1:30a.m., Miller’s Fill Inn, Free.859-431-3455; www.face-book.com/millers.fillin. Bellevue.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
The Southwestern Ohio/Northern Kentucky Square Dancers Federation present square-dance lessons, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,Sunday, Dec. 22, at Promenade Palace, 3630 Decoursey Pike, in Covington. Casual dress and smooth-soled shoes. $5.859-441-9155; www.sonksdf.com.FILE PHOTO
The Newport Express Holiday Depot at Newport on theLevee features train displays as well as a life-sized model ofa train and other activities for all ages. Through Jan. 5. $5.859-291-0550; www.newportonthelevee.com.FILE PHOTO
There’s less than a week to get a tree in time for Christmas.Hilltop Pines in Melbourne, 513-673-8415, and Miclberg inBoone County, 859-380-4954, are among the local treefarms.FILE PHOTO
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I wrestled with myselfabout sharing, onceagain, my latest clone ofWilliams-Sonoma pepper-mint bark. After all, myrecipe last year was ex-cellent, and the differ-
ence thisyear is thatI usedpremiumbar choco-lates onlyandtweakedthe recipea tiny bit.Well, I’vebeen get-ting lots of
requests for this specialbark already, so I’m tak-ing creative license andsharing what I now callmy latest and greatest.And, I might add, myvery last recipe for thistreat!
However you cele-brate, I hope each of youhas the best holiday sea-son. Remember, the bestthings in life aren’t“things.”
Rita’s ultimate cloneof Williams-Sonomapeppermint bark2013
Use the best qualitychocolates and candy (noimitation peppermint inextract or candy) to makeit as close to Williams-Sonoma as possible. Asmentioned, I used thehighest quality bar choc-olates, which I chopped.Whether you use bars ormorsels, read labels. Thesemi-sweet chocolateshould be real chocolate,not chocolate-flavored.
The first two ingredi-
ents in white chocolateshould be sugar and co-coa butter. No palm, palmkernel or coconut oil ifyou want it to be likeWilliams-Sonoma. Theseoils may be a culprit forlayers sometimes notbonding, resulting inseparation.
That doesn’t mean youcan’t make wonderfulbark with whatever choc-olate fits your budget. Ialso have more barkrecipes on my blog, asingle-layer one for kidsand a three-layer one.
Prep pan:Line a cookie sheet
with one piece of foil,about 10 inches by 12inches. Or do the same ina 9-inch by 13-inch pan.
First layer:
2 cups (12 oz.) semi-sweetchocolate, divided into 11⁄4and 3⁄4 cupmeasures
1 teaspoon peppermintextract
Use a double boiler ifyou have one, or put 11⁄4cups chocolate in heat-proof bowl. Set oversaucepan that has 1 inchof steaming water, mak-ing sure bowl does nottouch water. (This is amakeshift double boiler).Heat should be turned tolow so no steam/waterescapes into chocolate,which can turn it grainy.Stir until chocolate isalmost melted but stillhas a few lumps, thenremove bowl and stir inremaining chocolate untilsmooth. Stir in extractand pour onto foil,spreading evenly. Let setat room temperature orin refrigerator until hard.
Second layer:
23⁄4 cups white chocolate,divided into 21⁄4 and 1⁄2 cupmeasures
1⁄2 teaspoon peppermintextract
1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup crushedpeppermint candy, sievedto remove tiny particles
Put 21⁄4 cups whitechocolate in clean bowland repeat process formelting, stirring in re-
maining chocolate afterremoving bowl. Stir inextract. Let cool a bit.Pour over chocolate layerand spread.
Finishingwith candy:Sprinkle candy and
gently press into choco-late. Let set at room tem-perature or in refriger-ator until hard. Peel barkoff foil and break or cutinto pieces. If it’s been in
the refrigerator, let it sitout a bit so it’s easy tobreak or cut. Store inrefrigerator.
Note: If you melt choc-olates in microwave,check frequently as theycan turn grainy and burneasily.
Classic macaronisalad
For Celia, a DelhiTownship reader, whowants to make this along-side her holiday ham. “Ihad the recipe for yearsandmisplaced it. Some-times we added shrimp toit,” too, she said. Go totaste on ingredients.
Salad:Mix together:
8 oz Mueller’s Small ElbowMacaroni, cooked andcooled
1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup onion, diced2 ribs celery, diced1 small bell pepper, diced
Dressing:Combine and pour
over cooled pasta. Youmay not need all of it, soadd half, taste, and addmore if you like.
2 tablespoons preparedmustard
2 teaspoons sugar1⁄4 cup cider vinegar or moreto taste
11⁄2 cups mayonnaise
Chill before serving.To add shrimp: Add 1⁄2
pound cooked smallshrimp to salad.
Can you help?Chick-fil-A’s apple
cider dressing for AmyM. who loves the dress-ing and hopes someonecan clone it or sharesomething similar. “Mar-zetti used to carry a simi-lar one, but discontinuedit”, she said.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Rita shares latest clone of peppermint bark
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Rita’s latest clone of Williams-Sonoma peppermint bark uses high quality chocolate.THANKSTO RITA HEIKENFELD.
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A lot of us have lifeinsurance policies, butmay not be aware of allthe provisions in the pol-icy. One area woman saidnot knowing about a pro-vision in her husband’spolicy has cost her a lot ofmoney.
Kathy Thompson ofBridgetown said she’supset with the life insur-ance company and her-self for not realizing akeymoney-saving provi-sion was in the policy.Thompson said of herhusband, “He becamedisabled about two and ahalf years ago and who
thinks oflooking atyour insur-ance pol-icy. Re-cently, theinsurancecompanycalled andthey want-ed to sellus more
insurance.”The life insurance
policy is a small one, just$9,000, and is one of sev-eral her husband bought.What she didn’t remem-ber, until the agent re-minded her, was the pol-
icy contains a disabilitywaiver. she said the agenttold her, “You have adisclaimer on your policywhere if he’s disabledwe’ll pay his premiums. Isaid, ‘Really?’”
Thompson said theproblemwas, even afterexamining that policy, thewaiver wasn’t very clear.“There’s different col-umns and they’ve gotsuicide exclusions.They’ve got all thesetitles over here butthere’s nothing aboutdisability. You have toreally, really look for it,”she said.
The Thompsons paymore than $14 each yearfor the disability waiver.But, I noticed even on thepolicy itself it just saiddisability waiver. As aresult, Thompson haspaid the yearly premiumfor more than two yearssince her husband be-came disabled. The insur-ance agent told her, un-fortunately, she can onlyget back the premium forone of those years.
Thompson then calledthe insurance companyitself and spoke with amanager who told hercompany policy is to
reimburse for only oneyear. “She said, ‘Thereare people that have hada policy with us for 30years and have beendisabled and they havethat waiver and they don’tknow about it. We stillonly give them back oneyear.’” Thompson saidshe thinks that’s a terriblepolicy and wants to alertothers.
The disability waiveris not automatic in mostlife insurance policies, it’sa separate provision youcan buy. So, youmaywant to check to see ifyou have that waiver in
your policy.Thompson said she
learned a valuable lessonto get a copy of that pro-vision in writing. Not onlywill it help you rememberyou have that protection,but it will also explainexactly what’s requiredbefore the insurancecompany considers some-one to be disabled so thedisability waiver willapply.
Howard Ain’s column appearsbi-weekly in the CommunityPress newspapers. Email himat [email protected].
Know what your insurance policy says
HowardAinHEY HOWARD!
Remember how muchfunyouhad at camp?Gen-erations of families tell usstories about summersspent at YMCA CampErnst horseback riding,swimming, eating S-mo-resaroundacampfire,andmaking friendships thathave lasted a lifetime.
Makesureyourchildorgrandchild has this amaz-ing opportunity to unplugfrom electronics and plugin to the funof life at campnext summer.
“A week at YMCACamp Ernst in Burlingtonis the perfect present toput under the tree,” saidBarbRathbun,officeman-ager at the overnightcamp that includes 365scenic areas of hardwoodforests and a 26-acrespring-fedlake.Thecamp,for boys and girls from
ages 5-15, is at 7615 CampErnst Road in Burlington.
Camp Ernst is now ac-cepting registrations forsummer camp 2014; thosewho register before Dec.15 will save $25 on campfees and receive a CampErnst collectible that youcan give as a gift duringthe holiday season. A $100deposit nowwill reserve aweek of camp in 2014.
YMCACamp Ernst hastwo swimming pools, a100-foot waterslide, watertrampoline, canoes, kay-aks, aqua cycles, zip lineadventure, and opportuni-ties to go horseback rid-ing, learn archery, and de-velop fine arts skills.
Online registration isavailable by visiting thewebsite www.myYcam-p.org or call 859-586-6181.Space is limited.
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Nearly 3,000 volun-teers from People Work-ing Cooperatively rakedleaves and cleaned gut-ters for almost 1,000 el-derly homeownersNov. 9for PWC’s 26th annualPrepare Affair.
Volunteers from allwalks of life worked inneighborhoods in Great-er Cincinnati, NorthernKentucky and SoutheastIndiana. The volunteersalsohelpedelderlyhome-owners with fall preven-tion tips, addressing acommon problemamongst the aging popu-lation.
“In addition to helpingour clients prepare forwinter by raking leavesand cleaning gutters, we
are also addressing fallprevention, which is arising problem in olderadults, especially in ourservice region,” saidJock Pitts, president ofPeopleWorkingCoopera-tively.
With winter rapidly
approaching, PWC is alsotaking applications forits freehomeweatheriza-tion program. Those in-terested in receivingPWC’sservicescanapplyonline at pwchomere-pairs.org or call 859-331-1991.
Elderly homeowners helpedduring Prepare Affair
Emily Cooper of Delhi and Chris Owens of Ft. Thomas, KYenjoy lunch after Prepare Affair.THANKS TO KIMBERLY SULLIVAN
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Question: My Christ-mas cactus is not doingwell, and it never flow-ers much. Is there any-thing I can do to help itbloommore?
Answer: Althoughholiday “cacti” naturallyflower around Thanks-
giving andChristmas,commer-cial grow-ers take nochances –they ma-nipulatelight levelsand tem-peraturesto guaran-tee timelyflowering.
Holiday cacti bloom inresponse to short daysand/or cool temper-atures. In the green-house or in the home,expose them to ninehours of light and 15hours of darkness eachday, starting in Septem-ber, to cause plants to setflower buds. Holdingtemperatures between50 and 59 degrees F willstimulate floweringdespite day length.
Kentucky gardenersthat reflower their holi-day cactus each yearsimply leave the plantsoutdoors through Sep-tember and protect theplants from frost if nec-essary. When the plantsare brought indoors inearly October, flowerbuds are set and theplants flower aroundThanksgiving (for theThanksgiving cactus,which has pointed teetharound the leaf mar-gins). Temperaturesabove 75 degrees F, sud-den changes in temper-ature or light levels, andover-watering plants inheavy soil will causeunopened flower buds tofall off. In fact, duringthe fall and wintermonths, the plantsshould be watered lessfrequently in order toget them to bloom.
If your plant has not
come into bloom, therecould be a problem withroom temperature, fer-tilization, and/or intensi-ty and duration of lightreceived (day length).Thanksgiving cactus andChristmas cactus growbest when kept constant-ly moist, except in theautumn, when theyshould be watered thor-oughly but allowed tobecome moderately drybetween waterings. Theyprefer medium to brightlight, and will form flow-er buds at a 55 degreenight temperature, re-gardless of day length,or at a night temperatureof 63-65 degrees F. dur-ing short days (such asnow). Flower buds maydrop if the temperatureis too high or if the lightintensity is too low. Noflower buds will developwhen the night temper-ature is kept too high(70-75 degrees F).
You don’t have tofertilize your holidaycactus with nitrogen inNovember or December,although a little phos-phorus and potassiumwill sometimes encour-age more blooms. In lateOctober or early Novem-ber, it helps to make anapplication of a 0-10-10type liquid fertilizer.Keep the plant in a sun-ny window away fromdrafts. Starting in Janu-ary, you’ll need to applya complete houseplantfertilizer monthlythrough May.
Water the plants to tofour days after the soilappears dry. This plantprefers to be drier thanmost houseplants but notas dry as the “true cacti”and succulents. The besttime for repotting a holi-day cactus is in the earlyspring. However, keep inmind that the plant willflower best if it’s kept ina container where it’spot-bound.
Mike Klahr is the BooneCounty extension agent forhorticulture.
Pointers forhelping yourseasonal cactus
MikeKlahrHORTICULTURECONCERNS
At the end of a busyday, many of us wouldlove to quickly produce atasty, nutritious, home-
cookedmeal withminimaleffort. Oneway youcanachievethis goal isby using apressurecooker.
Youmay behesitant
about using a pressurecooker. You may not befamiliar with them orhave heard horror storiesfrom your mother orgrandmother about themexploding with the con-tents ending up on theceiling. As long as youcorrectly follow the man-ufacturer’s operatinginstructions for the cook-er, you can cook mostfoods very safely. To-day’s pressure cookersinclude more safety re-lease valves and inter-locking lids, whichmakes them safer than
older models.Pressure cooked foods
cook three to 10 timesfaster compared to con-ventional cooking meth-ods. The cooker does notallow air and liquids toescape the containerbelow a pre-set pressure.As the pressure builds,the temperature insidethe cooker rises abovethe normal boiling point.
This not only helps thefood cook quickly, but ithelps food retain nutri-ents and requires lesswater to prepare items. Italso results in less ener-gy used to prepare foods.You can cook multiplefoods at the same time,which saves time andresults in fewer dirtydishes.
The following pointerswill help you enjoy suc-cess with a pressurecooker:
» Never fill a pres-sure cooker more thantwo-thirds full or morethan halfway full forsoups or stews.
» Realize that thehotter a food or liquid isgoing into the cooker, the
quicker it will cook.» Meats and poultry
can be browned in thepan of the pressure cook-er prior to locking the lid.
» Pressure cookersare not pressure cannersand should not be used toprocess home-cannedfoods for shelf storage.
» Generally, foodsthat expand as a result of
foaming and frothing,such as applesauce, cran-berries, rhubarb, cereals,pastas, split peas anddried soup mixes, shouldnot be cooked in a pres-sure cooker.
» Pressure cookersand their parts should bewashed by hand with hotsoapy water. The highheat and harsh chemicals
of a dishwasher maydamage the parts of apressure cooker.
» Store pressurecookers in a cool, dryplace with the lid in-verted on the body. Fail-ing to do so can result inunpleasant odors andcause wear and tear onthe lid’s seal.
Give us a call for in-
formation on an upcom-ing hands-on class withpressure cookers. Youmay just discover the joyof cooking tasty foodsfast.
Diane Mason is county exten-sion agent for family andconsumer sciences at theBoone County CooperativeExtension Service.
Pressure cooking provide tasty options
DianeMasonEXTENSIONNOTES
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The eighth annualCampbell County YMCAAl Salvato MemorialFrostbite Run/Walk, pre-sented by Tri-State Run-ning Company, will be onNew Year’s Day, Wednes-day, Jan. 1.
Registration for thefive-mile run and 3.1-milewalkbeginsat 9a.m. at the
Y, 1437 Ft. Thomas Ave.,Ft. Thomas. The race be-gins at 10:30 a.m.
“This race is a great op-portunity for the entirefamily to come out and doa fun healthy activity to-gether,” said CampbellCounty YMCA ExecutiveDirector Dana Ensley.“For those who register in
advance atwww.sprunning.com, theywill receive a specially de-signed long-sleeve techrunning shirt commemo-rating the Frostbiteevent.”
Medals, trophies, cash,and gift cards will also beawarded to run/walk win-ners in a variety of divi-sions.
“It’s a great honor forTri-State Running Compa-ny to be affiliatedwith theAl Salvato MemorialFrostbite Run/Walk,” saidRunning Company ownerCameron Simoneau. “Mr.Salvato was such a greatambassador for the sportthat we love, running. Hegave so much to the localrunning communitythrough his affiliationswith the YMCA, highschool track and fieldcompetitions, and the Fly-ingPigMarathon.Wecan’tthink of a better way tostart the New Year thantaking part in a race in hishonor.”
Salvato started theFrostbite race and walk in1991. After his death fromleukemia, the race hasbeen held in his honor.
“Many show up for therace each year wearingthe same shoes, hats andgloves andcarryingon theritual ofputtingonefoot infront of the other,” saidSalvato’s sonDaniel. “I seerace shirts from yearspast, each with a differentdesign and a differentmemory. Good habits canstart and continue on raceday, a day of new begin-nings.”
“All the money raisedthrough the run/walkbenefits the CampbellCountyYMCA, andwill beutilized to help more peo-ple achieve their healthand wellness goals,” saidEnsley.
For more informationabout the run/walk, con-tact the Campbell CountyYMCA at 859-781-1814, orvisit the websiteshttp://www.MyY.orgorwww.sprunning.com.
Annual Frostbite run/walkscheduled for New Year’s Day
WhenSenior ServicesofNorthernKentuckynolonger needed its indus-trial kitchen space, itwent searching for a ten-ant who was interestedinmakingadifference inthe community.
Enter Rachel DesRo-chers, the founder ofGrateful Grahams, asuccessful food manu-facturer dedicated tohigh quality vegan prod-ucts and to supportingfellow women food-based entrepreneurs.
DesRochers de-scribed her company asbeing built with the mis-sionofgratitude.With itsrelocation to senior ser-vices’1032MadisonAve.space, she found that notonly did her companyhave room to expand itsefforts, there was roomto help others achievetheir culinary dreams.DesRochers’s goal ofhelping to empower fel-low women businessowners has attractedmany to join the collec-tivekitchenincubator in-cluding companies Loveand Fluff marshmallowsmakers, Delish Dish ca-terers, vegan zucchini
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Meet in Devou Park thissummer.
Twenty-three alumni,27 current CovingtonCatholic students and 10friends of the school par-ticipated. Top finisherwas Notre Dame Acad-emy coach Chris Herren.Senior Brian Menke fin-ished second, and ChrisDavis from the Class of2002 finished third.
CovCath alumni run in annual meet
Race participants pictured with Covington Catholic High School cross country coach Tom Arnold, standing fourth fromright. Terry Boehmker, kneeling front left, from the Class of 1972 was oldest graduate to participate; 2013 graduate ChaseMoriconi, standing ninth from right, was most recent graduate to run.
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Thomas More Collegehas hired a band director,Randy J. Webb, for itsmarching band programwhich will begin next fall.
Webb is currently theband director at LloydMemorial High Schooland has 30 years of expe-rience directing bands.He has been the band di-rector at George RogersClark, Estill County, Scottand Somerset highschools. He has served inleadership roles withinthe Kentucky Music Edu-cators Association and aspresident of the NorthernKentuckyBandDirectorsAssociation, which has al-lowed him to cultivate re-lationships with all musiceducators in the Tristatearea.
“The selection teamwas unanimous in theirrecommendation that Mr.Webb would be a perfectfit for Thomas More Col-lege and he has expressedthehighest levelofexcite-
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Webb will be a full-time employee at ThomasMore College beginningin February and has al-ready begun working onthe development of a stra-tegic plan and recruit-ment.
“I have served as ahigh school band directorfor almost 30 years, most-ly in the Northern Ken-tuckyarea,andIameagerto take on this newand ex-citing challenge,” saidWebb.
Webb has had success-es in marching band, con-cert band, jazz band, win-ter guard, and percussionensemble. He earned abachelor of music educa-tion from Eastern Ken-tucky University andearned a rank I in educa-tional leadership fromNorthern Kentucky Uni-
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“I knew Randy Webbwhen I was in the colorguard at George RogersClark High School,” shesaid. “When I heard hemight come to TMC, Isaid, ‘If he comes, I’mdef-initely joining.’ I was onthe fence, but now I’m in.”
Junior Maggie Wallersaid, “I was in the band inhigh school, and chose toattend Thomas More be-causeofmydesire tobe inthe field of science, de-spite the fact that it didn’thave a marching band. Iam so glad I am now get-ting this opportunity.”
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Jennifer AdamsJennifer Louise Adams, 42, of
Cold Spring, died Dec. 6, in ColdSpring.
He was a graduate of Wil-mington (Ohio) High School,attendedMount St. JosephCollege, loved climbing moun-tains and whitewater raftingwith the UCMountaineeringClub, was a talented artist, wasproud of her work in criminaljustice, and enjoyed politics,Indian food and connecting withfriends on Facebook.
Survivors include her husband,Michael; daughter, Georgia;parents, Louis Sidwell, FayeSidwell, Susan Mitchell and CarlBishop; and sister, Sherre Sidwell.
Memorials: Jennifer AdamsMemorial Fund, www.givefor-ward.com.
Virginia BennettVirginia Bennett, 89, of New-
port, died Dec. 4, at Baptist
Convalescent Center in Newport.She was a retired office and
pay clerk with the Green LineSteamboat Co., worked as anassistant purser on the DeltaQueen, was an office clerk,dispatcher, and paymaster forColumbia Marine Services whereshe earned the name “HarborMother,”worked from1983 untilher retirement in 1991 for BBRiverboats, helped plan the firstTall Stacks festival in 1988, wasthe GrandMarshall of the 2003Tall Stacks parade of boats, andreceived a rare honor from theU.S. Coast Guard, which erectedthe Virginia Bennett light on thesouth bank of the Ohio Riverimmediately below her Coving-ton apartment.
Memorials: St. John’s UnitedChurch of Christ, 415 Park Ave.,Newport, KY 41071.
Frank Bruns Jr.Frank P. Bruns Jr., 72, of Cold
Spring, died Dec. 7, at his home.He was a retired assistant
superintendent of NewportIndependent Schools, formerprincipal at Bellevue High School,and member of the OptimistClub and Rotary Club.
Survivors include his wife, FloAnn Bruns; son, Bradley Bruns;daughter, Beverly Reister; broth-er, John “Jay” Bruns; and sixgrandchildren.
Burial was at Evergreen Ceme-tery in Southgate.
Memorials: Big Stef, Inc., P.O.Box 1844, Newport, KY 41071; orWood Hudson Cancer ResearchLab, 931 Isabella St., Newport, KY41071.
Loretta BurkhardtLoretta Burkhardt, 92, of Cold
Spring, died Dec. 10, at St. Eliza-beth Fort Thomas.
She was a homemaker, andmember of St. Mary’s LadiesSociety, the St. Joseph’s MothersClub, the Cold Spring Fire Dept.Ladies Auxiliary, and the St.Joseph Court Catholic Order ofForesters.
Her husband, William A.Burkhardt, and son, Jim Burk-hardt, died previously.
Survivors include her daugh-ters, Pam Buckmaster of Atlanta,Ann Adams of Ross, Ohio, andTheresa Brugger of Melbourne;sons, Dan Burkhardt of ColdSpring, and Ron Burkhardt ofCincinnati; sister, Agnes Snider;and brother, Paul Sandfoss; 18grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Burial was at St. Joseph Ceme-tery in Cold Spring.
Memorials: St. Joseph Church,4011Alexandria Pike, ColdSpring, KY 41076; or St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017.
Brenda DawsonBrenda Sue Dawson, 50, of
Dayton, Ky., died Dec. 8, at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.
She was a secretary.Survivors include her parents,
Earl Closson and Gloria Milller;daughter, Brandi Feiler; brothers,Earl Closson and Scott Miller;sisters, Ruth Closson and TonyaRadank; and three grandchil-
dren.Burial was at Highland Ceme-
tery in Fort Mitchell.
Bertha HarrisonBertha Louise Harrison, 89, of
Alexandria, died Dec. 8, at RiverValley Nursing Home.
Her husband, Clyde Harrison;sister, Theola Toney; and brother,Stanley Spaulding, died previ-ously.
Survivors include her daugh-ters, Audrey Rekers and BettyWarner; many nieces and neph-ews.
Burial was at Oakland Ceme-tery in Grants Lick.
Memorials: Hospice of Hope,909 Kenton Station Drive, Mays-ville, KY 41056; or River ValleyNursing Home, P.O. Box 402,Butler, KY 41006.
Ellen HeraldEllen Stamper Herald, 69, of
Cold Spring, died Dec. 6, at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.
She was a retired teacher fromthe 6th District of Covington,member of the Highland AvenueBaptist Tabernacle where shewas a Sunday-school teacher, wasactive with the City of Wilder,the Fire Fighters, the LadiesAuxilliary and the Order of theEastern Star, and was a memberof the Retired Teachers Associa-tion.
Her husband, Brack Herald Sr.,died previously.
Survivors include her son,Brack Herald Jr.; daughter,Theresa Herald; and two grand-sons.
Burial was at Evergreen Ceme-tery in Southgate.
Memorials: HABT BuildingFund, 1040 Highland Ave., FortThomas, KY 41075.
Roy KeeneyRoy J. Keeney, 81, of Fort
Thomas, died Dec. 9, at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.
He retired from GeneralElectric as manager of the Air-craft Engines Division, was agraduate of Newport HighSchool, member of the NewportElks and the Elfun Society of GE,Marine Corps veteran of theKorean Conflict, and was an avid
golfer, playing mostly out ofKenton County Golf Course.
His son, Bruce Keeney, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his wife,Shirley Keeney of Fort Thomas;daughter, Cindy Dierkes ofAnderson Township, Ohio;brother, James Keeney of Ohio;and two grandchildren.
Burial was at Evergreen Ceme-tery in Southgate.
Memorials: the charity ofdonor’s choice.
Gary LegerGary Wayne Leger, 59, of
Dayton, Ky., died Dec. 6, at hishome.
He was a self-employed truckdriver, most recently working forWilliam Turner Trucking Compa-ny, did a lot of charity work withhis music, was a member of theNorthern Kentucky Music Hall ofFame, was a Kentucky Colonel,and loved softball and spendingtime with his family.
His parents, Eugene andMollie Leger, died previously.
Survivors include his wife, LanaLeger; sons, Gary Leger andJason Leger; brothers, BennieLeger and Rick Leger; sister,Kathy Sites; and two grand-children.
EvelynMilesEvelyn Louise Miles, 80, of
Newport, formerly of PendletonCounty, died Dec. 1, at theBaptist Convalescent Center inNewport.
Her sister, ThelmaMardis, andbrother, Harley Fogle, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her husband,Harold Miles; and daughters,Jennifer Miles of Covington, andAmyMiles of Indiana.
Interment was at Mount
Vernon Cemetery in PendletonCounty.
Memorials: Alzheimer’s Associ-ation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203.
Michael MocciolaMichael Henry Mocciola, 70, of
Dayton, Ky., died Nov. 22.He was a shipping-and-receiv-
ing clerk with Dover OPW Co. inCincinnati, and member of theGlass/Molder Union Local 45Cincinnati, the Newport MasonicLodge and the Dayton Eagles.
Survivors include his wife,Lenora Schulkers Mocciola ofDayton, Ky.
Charles OwensCharles E. Owens, 62, of
Covington, died Dec. 5, at hishome.
He worked for Whiteway Mfg.and BP Oil gas station.
Survivors include his daugh-ters, Ryan Coots of Latonia, andKristin Owens of Dayton, Ky.;sister, Linda Owens of Elsmere,Shirley Bell of Latonia, BessieOwens of Elsmere, HenriettaCarroll of Pineville, and CarolynYoung of Pineville.
Burial was at the Mother ofGod Cemetery.
Clarence PhillipsClarence J. “Lefty” Phillips, 87,
of Southgate, died Dec. 5, at hishome.
He was a retired owner andoperator of ACE Auto Accesso-ries in Newport, past member ofthe Kentucky Crime VictimsCompensation Board, pastpresident of the Campbell Coun-ty Jaycees, past national directorof the Jaycees, past chairman of
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the Campbell County DemocraticExecutive Committee, and was aNavy veteran of World War II.
His granddaughter, MariaSchirmer; brother Harry Phillips;and sister, Ruth Luebbers, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his wife,Bonnie Phillips; daughters, MaryRust of Mason, Ohio, HelenSchirmer and Jan Parnell, both ofWilder, and Donna Zimmermanof Taylor Mill; sons, Bill Phillips ofAlexandria, Jim Phillips of Al-pharetta, Ga., Jack Phillips ofIndianapolis, and Randy Phillipsof Union; sisters, Marie Arnold ofFort Wright, AnnaMae Prindleof Burlington, Alice Barone ofHouston, and Catherine Gerwellof St. Louis; brother, Tom Phillipsof Geneva, Ill.; 24 grandchildrenand nine great-grandchildren.
Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Memorials: St. Therese Parish,11 Temple Place, Southgate, KY41071.
Claude SchlosserClaude “Grant” Schlosser, 87,
of Newport, died Dec. 8, inLouisville.
He was a retired shipping clerkfor 38 years at R.A. Jones Compa-ny in Crescent Springs, and aNavy veteran of World War II.
His wife, Helen Schlosser, andlong-time partner, Evelyn Couch,died previously.
Survivors include his children,Karen Fantini, Teresa Olsen andEric Schlosser; and eight grand-children.
Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Rita SchultzRita Mae Schultz, 91, of Mel-
bourne, died Nov. 27.She was a member of St. Philip
Parish and Altar Society and theMelbourne Volunteer Fire De-partment Ladies Auxiliary.
Her husband, AlphonseSchultz; three brothers and fivesisters, died previously.
Survivors include her sons, Kenand Dan, both of Melbourne;nine grandchildren and 13great-grandchildren.
Burial was at the St. StephenCemetery.
Memorials: St. Philip School; orBishop Brossart High School; orSt. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice.
Nancy ThomasNancy H. Thomas, 75, of Fort
Thomas, died Dec. 10, at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.
She was a teacher with High-lands High School, businessmanager and bookkeeper for
various businesses.Survivors include her daughter,
Laura Hatfield Harris of FortThomas; brother, Nathan C.Moore of Huntsville, Ala.; sisters,Pat Howard of Bowling Green,Jeanette Meyer of BowlingGreen, Sharon Oliver of Pope,and Cheryl Blankenship ofBowling Green; and two grand-children.
Memorials: Nancy H. ThomasScholarship Fund, care of CollegeHeights Foundation, 1906 Col-lege Heights Blvd., Box 41016,Bowling Green, KY 42101.
KennethWoltermannKenneth James Woltermann,
73, of Cold Spring, died Dec. 10,at Florence Park Care Center.
He was a retired owner ofInsurance Services, Inc. in Wilder,member of the Fort ThomasOptimists and the Newport ElksLodge No. 273, former presidentof the National Association ofAccountants, and an avid tennisplayer.
His daughter, Teri Wolter-mann, died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Anna SeokWoltermann of ColdSpring; daughters, Angela Jame-son of Jacksonville, Fla., andAshley Woltermann of Cincin-nati; son, KennethWoltermannof Fort Thomas; sister, JudyAlbrinck of Edgewood; brothers,Jay Woltermann of New Rich-
mond, Ohio, and RayWolter-mann of Fort Thomas; and threegrandchildren.
Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Memorials: Diocese of Coving-ton Priest Retirement Fund, P.O.Box 15550, Latonia, KY 41015.
DEATHS
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ALEXANDRIAIncidents/investigationsCriminal mischiefCar tire damaged at 19 Panora-ma Drive, Nov. 30.Door damaged at 8265 Main St.E., Nov. 25.ShopliftingMerchandise stolen at 6711Alexandria Pike, Nov. 29.TheftCash stolen at 6909 AlexandriaPike, Nov. 25.Driver left without paying forgas at 9242 Alexandria Pike,Nov. 28.Theft, criminal mischiefCar lock damaged, tools stolenat 6711Alexandria Pike, Nov. 27.
CAMPBELL COUNTYArrests/citationsThomas E. Coleman Jr., 41, 3603Barberry Ave., first-degree
traffic in controlled substance –heroin, Nov. 19.Jeb D. Basham, 25, 15973 MoonRoad, first-degree possession ofcontrolled substance – heroin,tampering with physical evi-dence, possession of drugparaphernalia, Nov. 23.Amanda S. Patterson, 31, 4666Mount Road, first-degreepossession of a controlledsubstance – heroin, possessionof drug paraphernalia – drugunspecified, Nov. 23.John R. Schultz, 65, 74 WhiteOak Lane, DUI - first offense,Nov. 21.Michael L. Maxwell, 21, 1054Davjo Drive, possession of drugparaphernalia, warrant, Nov. 21.Shane B. Harrison, 33, 413Wash-ington Unit 3, warrant, Nov. 20.
Incidents/investigationsMiscellaneousReport of house egged at 305
Linden St., Nov. 24.Report of sugar poured in gastank of vehicle at 11668 Crest-view Drive, Nov. 24.Second-degree burglaryReport of clothing, drill andjewelry taken from residence at1190 Rosebud Court, Nov. 20.Theft by unlawful takingunder $500Report of cash taken from purseleft in locker at 5300 St. AnneDrive, Nov. 20.
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