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ERLANGER — Erlanger CityCouncil held the first reading onFeb. 3 to approve Common-wealth Station, a zone changethat could spark new develop-ment in the city. The first read-ing, however, was met with op-position from Mayor Tyson Her-mes.

“It’s not on our agenda and weshouldn’t read this tonight,”Hermes said.

By law, a council member hasthe right to make a motion to addan item to the agenda during themeeting, according to City At-torney Frank Wichmann.

Councilman Randy Blanken-ship made the motion and it wasseconded by Councilman JohnDunhoft.

Commonwealth Station en-compasses Commonwealth Ave-nue, parts of Erlanger and Riggsroads, Baker Street and Cinto-nya Drive. These areas aremade up of businesses and sin-gle-family homes. The proposalis for a form-based zoning codeto guide use of properties asshopping centers, professionaloffices and single and multifam-ily homes.

The city madeapplication forthe zone changeto the KentonCounty PlanningCommission andit was approvedJan. 6. The zonechange is now be-fore councilpending approv-

al of the second reading to beheld during the next regularcouncil meeting at 7 p.m. Tues-day, March 3. No vote happenedat the first reading; the councilwould vote on the zone change atthe second reading.

Hermes felt that adding theitem to the Feb. 3 meeting’sagenda did not give residents

enough notice.“At a time where the city’s

public’s trust in what goes on be-hind city walls is very low, andpart of that is an issue withtransparency, I don’t think weshould do this tonight,” he said.

Councilman Bill Howard dis-agreed because there has to be asecond reading before thechange would go into effect.

“There will be a second meet-ing and the public will have achance to come out and discussany displeasure they may haveon the issue before we take a fi-nal vote,” he said.

Councilwoman Patty Sued-kamp said she felt that the may-or was projecting a “negativeview” of work by the former

council, which makes up most ofthe current council members.

“I don’t feel you have trust inus,” she said. “We’ve been work-ing on this project for threeyears. I myself served on thesteering committee and we’vegotten input from everyone.We’re looking to the future. It’stime we move forward with this,sir.”

Hermes said that he wasn’ttrying to go against the work ofcouncil, but that he wanted tomove forward on Common-wealth Station with a “clear con-sciense.”

“We should go into thisthoughtfully with a truly de-

Erlanger mayor opposes zoning reading

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Hermes: Residentsnear Commonwealthneed more noticeBy Melissa [email protected]

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EDGEWOOD — As EileenWhaley participated in Edge-wood’s 2012 IndependenceDay Run, she was reaching amilestone.

“I was two months shy of65 and this was the first ath-letic competition of my life,”Whaley said. “I consciouslydid what I had been trained todo as the mass of runners

turned right outof the (Presi-dent’s Park)onto the mainroadway. Icouldn’t seeanything atfirst but armsand legs. Thenfrom an elevat-ed point thecurtain of peo-ple dropped

away. I could see four cityblocks stretched out in frontof me. A mass of people flood-ed both sides of the roadwayas far as I could see.

“I thought: ‘I am part of abeautiful white ribbon, mas-sively powerful, windingdown the road.”

The experience inspiredher to write a book about herjourney – a widow’s recoveryof her entire health: mind,body and spirit.

Whaley, now 67, recentlypublished “Come BackStrong, a Widow’s Song.” In itshe chronicles her experiencepreparing for the city’s annu-al 5K run. Her journey in-cludes losing 90 pounds in

just six months. She decided to take on the

challenge to improve herhealth shortly after thedeath of her husband, DavidWhaley. He had been diag-nosed with terminal cancer,given two weeks to live, butsurvived a year after thediagnosis.

“My goal is that peoplewho read the book find hopeand possibility,” she said.

Phyllis Reed, who wasWhaley’s counselor afterDavid’s death, believes thebook will do just that.

“I think her book willmake a difference in peo-ple’s lives,” she said. “It’sone of those books that peo-ple will read and say, ‘I cando that,’” Reed said. “It willinfuse hope into any situa-tion.”

It doesn’t just stop withthe book. Whaley is alsoputting together a team ofexperts for a business ven-ture to offer wellness semi-nars to provide further edu-cation to those going throughmajor life changes after loss.

Whaley plans to host awinter wellness fair andbook launch 9:30-11:30 a.m.Sept. 21. There will be dis-cussion on nutrition and diet,emotional health, and pre-paring for a 5K and 10Krace. An acknowledgmentlunch will follow. To attend,contact Whaley at [email protected].

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Edgewood woman shares her journey to health in bookBy Melissa [email protected]

THANKS TO EILEEN WHALEY

Eileen Whaley at the finish line of Edgewood’s Independence Day Run in 2012.

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ERLANGER — In whatseems a revolving door ofnew city mayors in, veter-an city staff out, anothercity attorney has beenfired.

Erlanger City AttorneyFrank Wichmann, knownamong numerous city at-torneys and former may-ors as “the dean of munici-pal attorneys” in NorthernKentucky, will be fired ef-fective June 1.

Wichmann, who’s a life-long Erlanger resident, is

a 50-year city attorneywho has served in that rolesince 1966 and as munici-pal attorney for TaylorMill since 1972 and Edge-wood since 1977.

Erlanger Mayor TysonHermes, who took officein January, let Wichmannknow on Saturday that hisservices would not beneeded after June 1.

“I don’t want to makeall the details public,”Hermes said Monday, not-ing he has yet to talk tosome City Council mem-bers.

“I don’t believe weshare the same vision forthe city of Erlanger.”

Wichmann confirmed,“unfortunately,” that hereceived a notice of termi-nation effective in Junefrom the mayor, but said,“(Hermes) didn’t give me

a reason.”“My vision has nothing

to do with what I do for thecity,” Wichmann added.

Wichmann noted thatas a municipal attorney hedoes not make policy, heonly answers legal ques-tions about what a city canor cannot do.

The city of Erlangerhas also named the confer-

ence room in the ErlangerMunicipal Center forWichmann, and mayors ofthe other cities that heserves as city attorney saythey respect his work.

“I’ve found him to bevery knowledgeable, par-ticularly in city matters,”said Taylor Mill MayorDan Bell. He made clearthat he was speaking only

from his city’s experiencewith Wichmann.

“I was just kind ofshocked,” said EdgewoodMayor John Link. “Hegives sound advice. Youcan give him a questionand he doesn’t have to goresearching the back-ground. He just knows it.”

Villa Hills MayorButch Callery was amongthose who referred toWichmann as “the dean ofattorneys for cities.”

In 2010, Wichmann waselected by his peers to bethe executive director ofthe Municipal AttorneysAssociation of Kentuckyand remains in the posi-tion.

Still, all three mayorssaid they had not spokenwith Hermes in Erlangerand were uncritical of themayor.

Callery was amongnew incumbent mayors inNorthern Kentucky inJanuary. He, along withVilla Hills council, imme-diately did a search for acity attorney after termi-nating Todd McMurtry.Callery said he toldMcMurtry he could reap-ply for the position, butMcMurtry chose not to doso.

In Cold Spring, MayorNancy Bay fired city at-torney Brandon Voelker,saying the city could savemoney. She also fired thecity’s police chief, EdBurk, and the city admin-istrator, Steve Taylor,since she took office inJanuary.

And in Dayton, MayorVirgil Boruske fired ScottO’Brien as city policechief after taking office.

Veteran city attorney fired in Erlanger Terminations agrowing trendamong newmayorsBy Terry [email protected]

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LongtimeErlanger cityattorney FrankWichmann waspresented with aportrait at aFebruary 2009council meeting.The city named aroom theWichmannConferenceRoom.

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Redwood Expressbenefit planned

NEWPORT — The 2015Redwood Express: Desti-nation Bourbon & Blue-grass will be 7-11 p.m.March 6 at the New RiffDistillery, 24 DistilleryWay, Newport.

The event benefitsRedwood, based in FortMitchell, which serveschildren and adults whohave disabilities. Thenight includes live and si-lent auctions, raffles, pre-mium open bar, dinner bythe bite, live bluegrass en-tertainment, complimen-tary valet service, andmore.

Admission to the Red-wood Express is $100 perperson in advance and$125 at the door. To orderadmission and raffletickets, call 859-331-0880or visit www.redwoodnky.org.

the Kenton County PublicLibrary.

This informative meet-ing is for current andprospective NKY Blue-bird Trail Monitors andthose who may be inter-ested in participating, aswell as those just interest-ed in birds.

Speakers include SteveTrauger of Kenton CountyParks & Recreation withBrenda Clark of the Ken-ton County Public Libraryand Chrisula Stone, NKYBluebird Trail Monitorand NestWatch coordina-tor).

To register, contactTrauger at 859-525-7529 [email protected]; or Clark at859-962-4030 [email protected]. Also registerat http://bit.ly/1Ff0W70.

Chamber hostsSmart OwnersSeries

FORT MITCHELL — TheNorthern KentuckyChamber of Commercewill host the Smart Own-ers Series: Your Checklistfor Performance, a five-part workshop series de-signed for small businessowners.

The series of five work-shops will take place 8:30-10:30 am. Tuesdays Feb. 24through March 24 at theChamber. This program isdesigned to give smallbusiness owners tools that

Chat ’n Chewmeeting to be held

INDEPENDENCE — Ken-ton County Parks and Rec-reation will present a Chat’n Chew session 6-8 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 19, at theWilliam Durr Branch of

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FORT WRIGHT — Sani-tation District 1 is inves-tigating why it has$234,000 less in the bankthan what its own rec-ords show.

Forensic auditors areworking to reconstructbank transactions back10 years ago to figure outthe discrepancy, SD1 Ex-ecutive Director DaveRager said Jan. 26.

SD, the utility respon-sible for collecting andtreating Northern Ken-tucky’s wastewater, hashad seven bank accountswith Huntington Banksince the 1980s, Ragersaid.

In August 2013, theBank of Kentucky wonSD1’s banking servicesthrough public bidding.

But when SD1 gotready to close the Hun-tington Bank accountsand transfer the moneyto the Bank of Kentuckyin January 2014, Hun-tington found the dis-crepancy of $234,000,Rager said.

“The SD1 staff went

back and checked everybank transaction back toJuly 2004,” Rager said.“They couldn’t find thecause of the discrepan-cy.”

After nearly a year ofinvestigating by check-ing out 10 years of trans-actions of accounts that,Rager said, had been bal-anced every day at SD1,the board agreed to hireforensic auditors to workwith the bank on piecingtogether even older rec-ords.

SD1 early last monthcontracted with Dean,Dorton, Allen, Ford, aKentucky-based region-al accounting firm withforensic auditors, towork with HuntingtonBank’s forensic auditorsto try to reconstruct thefinancial records frombefore 2004 to see whatwent wrong.

SD1’s annual budgetfor fiscal year 2015 is ap-proximately $93 million,and the $234,000 discrep-ancy is a tiny percentageof that, said Jamie Holt-zapfel, SD1 spokeswom-an.

Auditors investigateSD1 bank recordsBy Terry [email protected]

fined purpose,” he said.“Just because we’ve tak-en time with this doesn’tmean it’s all been thoughtout. We can’t go at it as ashot in the hip.”

Wichmann said thatthe change, by law, has tobe voted on within 90days of the planningcommission’s approval.

This means if the firstreading was put off untilMarch, then the secondreading wouldn’t takeplace until April 7, a dayafter the deadline.

Blankenship said theother option would be toschedule a special meet-ing, which he felt wouldonly hinder resident par-ticipation in discussion.

“There’s no reason notto have the first readingtonight,” Blankenshipsaid. “Three years is along time.”

The final vote to putthe first reading on theFeb. 3 agenda was 10-1,with newly elected Coun-cilman Gary Meyer vot-ing no. Councilman Kev-in Burke was absent.


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ERLANGER — Tuesday is aspecial day for Missy Andress.

During lunch the ErlangerCity Clerk slips out of the citybuilding and travels a little overa mile to Miles ElementarySchool. There she is greeted byan overjoyed second-grade stu-dent. “Oh, I missed you,” saysthe student, wrapping her armsaround Andress.

“It’s really rewarding toknow I have some effect on achild,” Andress said.

Andress is a volunteer at theschool’s Lunch Buddies pro-gram, where adults from thecommunity meet with studentsfor lunch to chat and read toeach other. Andress is one ofseveral Erlanger employeeswho participate in this program,among others throughout thedistrict such as One-on-OneReading and Big Brothers andBig Sisters programs.

According to Erlanger com-munity liaison Becky Hopkins,the effort to involve employeeswith the students is to “build a

stronger community.”“Being involved in the scho-

lastic environment creates aricher, more engaged employeethat recognizes their contribu-tion to the city can be far great-er than the impact they make intheir daily job duties; it can im-pact the next generation aswell,” Hopkins said.

Andress agreed. She saidshe’s having a blast spendingtime with students. She startedin the Lunch Buddies programat the beginning of this schoolyear.

“It’s all about our communi-ty,” she said. “We work for ourcitizens and the more we get outin the community and give back,the better our community be-comes. We want to be involved.The schools are a great way todo this; the schools are a bit partof our community. We’re doingwhat we can to help.”

Erlanger Fire and EMS ChiefTodd Whitaker is involved in theBig Brothers and Big Sistersprogram at Lindeman Elemen-tary. Every week, during thestudent’s lunch break, he and afew members from his staff

spend time with their “little” en-gaging in athletic endeavors,playing board games or readingbooks.

“Investing in our youth bytaking the time to be a mentor,become a role model, in my opi-

nion, has never been more im-portant than it is today,” Whit-aker said. “As a public servant itremains our top priority to pro-tect those in which we servewhile at the same time becom-ing vested in those that we

serve. “His favorite thing about the

program, he said, is “watchingmy ‘little’ smile when I’maround. He has been blessedwith one of the greatest smilesI’ve ever seen and knowing thatI may have just a little some-thing to do with it makes it allworth it.”

Superintendent Kathy Burk-hardt said “words cannot ade-quately express” how much thedistrict values this partnership.

“The education of a child ismuch broader than the learningthat takes place in school,” shesaid. “We are all teachers of ouryouth – everyone a child en-counters is teaching them some-thing good or bad. It is so won-derful to know we have a com-munity of teachers who are tru-ly investing in our youth andsetting a wonderful example ofcollaboration and contribution.In essence, the synergy of ourpartnership allows us to em-power our students, familiesand the community as a whole. “


Erlanger employees connect with school kidsBy Melissa [email protected]

THANKS TO TODD WHITAKER

Erlanger Fire and EMS Chief Todd Whitaker and his “little” Jamin Johnson.

The Home Builders Asso-ciation of Northern Kentuckyhas operated the EnzweilerApprentice Training Pro-gram since 1967. The school’s47th year began Sept. 2 and isthe largest enrollment in theschool’s history at 212 stu-dents.

“It is amazing to see thegrowth in our trade school.We have operated the Enz-weiler Apprenticeship Pro-gram since 1967 and with theaddition of a new masonryprogram the school is experi-encing record levels of en-rollment,” said Brian Miller,executive vice president ofthe HBA.

At the end of 2013 the HBAconducted a detailed studybased upon building permitprojections.

“Our best vision for em-ployment demands we needat least 2,000 skilled tradespeople by the year 2020 andanother 3,000 by the year2025,” Miller said, adding la-bor shortages are the No. 1concern of builders acrossthe country and NorthernKentucky is no different.

“We get calls from our in-dustry daily looking forskilled trades people. Recent-ly we conducted a round ofcalls to our builders andfound widespread shortagesin practically every field,”Miller said.

According to Shawn Cox,HBA’s director of profession-al development, the schoolprovides a hands-on experi-ence which gives students areal-world perspective intheir chosen trade.

“We boast a 97 percent jobplacement rate and a 76 per-cent job retention rate afterthree years. The only way wecan achieve those amazingstatistics is by focusing on

employer driven results. Bydelivering a hands-on experi-ence, a true pathway to licen-sure and a constantly updatedcurriculum our studentsgraduate our program licen-sure ready and fully pre-pared for a career in theirnew profession,” Cox said.

The school has receivedthe American Society of As-sociation Executives Work-force Development Awardfrom the National Associa-tion of Home Builders for

three of the past five years.Over recent years the

school has added several newtrade programs includingplumbing, welding, and facil-ities maintenance and remod-eling and this year added ma-sonry.

In early 2014 the HBA en-tered into an educational ser-vice agreement with the HBAof Lexington to open newcourses in carpentry andHeating Ventilation and AirConditioning (HVAC). These

classes opened in Septemberand are both at capacity.

The program is the longestrunning private trade schoolin the nation; operated at theHBA’s Building Center locat-ed in the Circleport BusinessCenter off of Mineola Pike..

For more informationabout the Enzweiler Appren-ticeship Training program,call Cox at 859-331-9500 oremail him [email protected].

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Instructor Tom Knuckles, front, with students from the 2013-14 Enzweiler carpentry program.

Villa Madonna Academy sen-ior Nicholas Boucher has beenadmitted to the Harvard classof 2019 under the Early Actionprogram. Nicholas is one of 977students admitted of the 5,919students who applied.

“These 977 individuals pre-sent an exceptional array of ac-ademic, extracurricular, andpersonal accomplishments,”said William R. Fitzsimmons,dean of admissions and finan-cial aid. “Whatever institutionthey choose to attend, we arecertain they will leave a lastingmark on the world.”

Nicholas is the son of Davidand Jackie Boucher of VillaHills.

THANKS TO PAMELA MCQUEEN

Villa Madonna Academy seniorNicholas Boucher has beenadmitted to the Harvard class of2019 under the Early Actionprogram.

Boucheradmitted toHarvard classof 2019

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ERLANGER — A millionairehad gone missing. A group ofdetectives was hard at worktrying to find him. Searchingfor clues, they circled thechaotic crime scene.

Black paint was spilled froman overturned can. Someonehad stepped in it, leaving blackfootprints everywhere. Thefloor was speckled with tinyred dots. Was it blood? Therewere empty soda cans, a pair ofglasses, and a clump of hairstuck in the teeth of a comb.

Some of the detectives scrib-bled in their notepads. Othersknelt down with magnifyingglasses, trying to find finger-prints or anything that could beused as DNA evidence.

The detectives, by the way,were all young women. Veryyoung women.

“You can’t touch anything,”said a lady from the back of theclassroom at the Erlanger GirlScout office. Her name wasNancy Rogers. That night sheguided the 28 Junior GirlScouts, all of them fourth- andfifth-graders, through the expe-rience using science to solve acrime.

The program, held on thenight of Jan. 23, was offered inpartnership with iSPACE, anonprofit organization provid-ing science, technology, engi-neering, and mathematics pro-grams to schools, families, andthe community.

“You’re going to becomeforensic scientists,” Rogers hadtold the Scouts earlier thatevening. “What skills do youneed?”

“You need to think out of thebox,” answered 10-year-oldJessica Luebbers of Fort Mitch-ell.

“What else do you need?”Rogers asked.

“A hypothesis,” added 10-year-old Lauren Fellows ofHebron.

“Yes. A hypothesis is yourbest-educated guess,” Rogersreplied. “So how do we find outif our hypothesis is true ornot?”

“We have to test it,” an-swered 9-year-old Hannah Otti-no of Hebron.

Rogers has been a Girl Scoutsince 1952 and loves workingwith kids, especially when thesubject is science.

“I came from a time whengirls might have thought aboutbeing an astronaut but wouldhave never attempted it,” sheshared. “In my chemistry class,I think there were only threegirls. All the rest were boys.”

For nearly two hours, Rog-ers taught the girls how to ob-serve and “break the code.” Shethen provided informationabout the suspects’ latest activ-ities, their fingerprints, and

DNA reports.Working in teams, the girls

were determined to discoverwhich suspect was responsiblefor the millionaire’s disappear-ance.

“It’s really fun to find outwhose fingerprint it was orwhose hair it was,” shared9-year-old Lily Sassler of Fort

Mitchell. “It makes me feel likeI’m a real detective.”

“Her interest is sparked,”Heather Schulkers said of herdaughter, Cara. They had comeall the way from Ross, Ohio. “Ihave a feeling we are going tobe getting books about DNA,evidence, and science.”

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Girls observe “a crime scene” prepared for a Girl Scouts program in Erlanger. From left: Hannah Ottino, 9, ofHebron; Ava Orwig, 9, of Crestview Hills, Sarah Wagner, 9, of Alexandria, and Jessica Luebbers, 10, of FortMitchell.

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From left, Isabelle Schmitt of Erlanger and Lily Sassler of Fort Mitchell, both9, try to “break the code” and solve the crime, part of a program preparedfor Girl Scouts in Erlanger.


“Detectives” talk about which suspect is responsible for the missing millionaire – a scenario prepared for a GirlScouts program in Erlanger. From left: Lily Sassler of Fort Mitchell; Cara Schulkers of Ross, Ohio; Carrie Blum, also ofRoss, and Isabelle Schmitt of Erlanger, all 9 years old.


Hannah Ottino, 9, of Hebron, makes her own fingerprint.

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Carrie Blum, 9, of Ross, Ohio,studies fingerprints of the suspectsin a missing person case.

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Bella Jaynes, 9, of Fort Mitchell,drops water on different powdersto find out their chemical make-up.The powders, including sugar, salt,and flour, were prepared for a GirlScouts program in Erlanger.

NKY junior detectives search for clues andtest scientific evidence to solve a crime

FRIDAY, FEB. 13Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30 p.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, 7500Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10, Makecrafts, create art and play games.Ages 3-15. $5. Registration re-quired. 916-2721. Florence.

Art ExhibitsFigurative Folklore: Curated bySelena Reder, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Covington Arts, 2 W. Pike St.,Figurative Folklore showcases sixartists from the region whosework tells a strong narrativewhere the body plays the role ofstoryteller. Free. Presented byCovington Arts District. 292-2322.;http://covingtonarts.com/. Coving-ton.

Arts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Works by influential Covingtonartists from past 200 years ondisplay. In conjunction withCOV200 bicentennial celebration.$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission.Through April 12. 491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Covington.

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, New-port on the Levee, Up to two kids12 and under get in free witheach full-priced adult ticket.Through March 1. 261-7444;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

Community DanceCity of Edgewood YouthDance, 7-9 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, Open to first 200 children.Raffles, DJ and light snacks forpurchase. Ages 4-6. $5. Presentedby City of Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786 Bur-lington Pike, Middle and low-income taxpayers are eligible for

this free tax preparation service.Those with complex tax returnswill be advised to seek profession-al tax assistance. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Burling-ton.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Balance ofstructured, unstructured andself-directed play opportunities tohelp learners develop their social,intellectual and communicationskills. Ages 3-6. $10. Registrationrequired. 916-2721. Florence.

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

Holiday - Mardi GrasMardi Gras Celebration, 8 p.m.to 1 a.m., MainStrasse Village,Main Street, Cajun food boothsand entertainment in bars andtents. Beads, baubles and banglesavailable for purchase in Villagebusinesses. Ages 21 and up. $15both nights, $10 one night.Presented by MainStrasse VillageAssociation. 491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org. Covington.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayGirl’s Night Out: ValentineCookies Uncorked, 7-9 p.m.,New Riff Distillery, 24 DistilleryWay, Everyone leaves with dozendecorated sugar cookies. Includeswine and light bites. $45. Reserva-tions recommended. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

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

Concert @ the Library: The Rickand Mary Band, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786 Bur-lington Pike, Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & the TunaProject, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Mansion

Hill Tavern, 502 Washington Ave.,$4. 581-0100. Newport.

Music - ClassicalMusic on the Avenue Series, 8p.m. Vince Phelan, violin, andSteve Phillips, piano performclassical music., St. John UnitedChurch of Christ Bellevue, 520Fairfield Ave., Sanctuary. Free artshow and reception followsperformance. Free. 261-2066;www.stjohnchurch.net. Bellevue.

On Stage - ComedyTom Cotter, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, $12-$17. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee.com.Newport.

On Stage - TheaterIn the Heat of the Night, 8-10p.m., Falcon Theatre, 636 Mon-mouth St., Battle for civil rights indeep South was different fromrest of nation. When Virgil Tibbs,successful black homicide detec-tive from LA gets caught up inhomicide investigation, he discov-ers just how different this worldis. $19, $17 students and seniors.Through Feb. 28. 513-479-6783;www.falcontheater.net. New-port.

SportsThoroughbred Racing, 6:15 p.m.,Turfway Park, 7500 TurfwayRoad, Free. Through March 29.371-0200; www.turfway.com.Florence.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchild freewith grandparent’s admission.491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

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

BenefitsJump, Jive and Wail: Valen-

tine’s Gala, 6:30 p.m. to mid-night, Newport Syndicate, 18 E.Fifth St., Dining and dancing toKSO Newport Ragtime Band andDevou-Doo Daddies music fromRoaring ‘20s to Swing Revival of‘90s. Includes live/silent auctionand raffle. Ages 21 and up.Benefits Kentucky SymphonyOrchestra. $125. Registrationrequired. Presented by KentuckySymphony Orchestra. 431-6216;www.kyso.org. Newport.

Clubs & OrganizationsBoone County DAR MonthlyMeeting, 10-11:30 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786 Bur-lington Pike, Upstairs conferenceroom. Program on women inhistory. Pam Overton: hostess.Free. Presented by Daughters ofthe American Revolution. 586-7920; www.dar.org. Burlington.

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

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

Holiday - Mardi GrasMardi Gras Celebration, 8 p.m.to 1 a.m., MainStrasse Village, $15both nights, $10 one night.491-0458; www.mainstrasse.org.Covington.

Holiday - Valentine’s DaySingles Awareness Party, 6 -9p.m., Velocity Bike & Bean, 7560Burlington Pike, Pizza, desserts

and music by: Brittany Gillstrap,My Brother’s Keeper, Dan Crowe,Justin Duenne and Alex Evans.For singles. $10. Registrationrequired. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. 371-8356; www.ve-locitybb.com/events. Florence.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 11 a.m., Boone Coun-ty Main Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, On-the-floor, interactive funthat encourages a love of booksand builds pre-reading skillsthrough books, finger plays,songs and playtime. Free. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

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MainStrasse Village’s Mardi Gras Celebration begins 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, andcontinues 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, MainStrasse Village, Main Street. Festivities includeCajun food booths and entertainment in bars and tents. Beads, baubles and bangles will beavailable for purchase in Village businesses. This event is for ages 21 and up. Cost is $15 bothnights, $10 one night. Presented by MainStrasse Village Association. For more information, call491-0458; or visit www.mainstrasse.org.



Every cloud has a silverlining. I was reminded of thatwhen I hung towels on the linein almost zero weather.

My husband, Frank, told methey’d freeze. My answer was,“It’s sunny outside so it will be

warm enough forthem to dry.”After a couple ofhours, I wentoutside to see ifthey were dry.Not only werethey not dry, theline had brokenand the laundrywas frozen sohard that gettingthe woodenclothespins out

was almost impossible.The silver lining? The

ground was also frozen stiff andnot muddy so the laundrystayed clean. I wound up hang-ing them on my Amish dryingrack near the wood stove.

With Lent right around thecorner, you should find somegood deals on seafood. Here’s anice recipe that really sparksup the flavor of salmon.

Oven roasted salmonwith herbs

If your salmon has a thinlayer of dark fat on it, leave itthere - it contains lots of Omega3s. Some folks like to scrape itoff for looks, but not me.

1 (2- to 2 1/2-pound) skin-less, boneless salmon fillet

Salt and freshly groundblack pepper

1/4 cup olive oil2 tablespoons freshly

squeezed lemon juice1/3 cup minced green on-

ions, white and green parts 1/3 cup minced fresh dill1/4 cup minced fresh basil 1/3 cup minced fresh pars-

ley1/2 cup dry white wineLemon wedges, for serving

Preheat the oven to 425 de-grees.

Place the salmon fillet indish and season it generouslywith salt and pepper. Whisktogether the olive oil and lemonjuice and drizzle the mixtureevenly over the salmon. Let itstand at room temperature for15 minutes.

Stir together the green on-ions and herbs. Scatter the herbmixture over the salmon filletand pat down with your hand.Pour the wine around bottom ofsalmon.

Roast the salmon for 10 to 12minutes, until almost cooked inthe center at the thickest part.The center will be firm with

just a line of uncooked salmonin the very center. Check byinserting a small knife into thecenter - it will look pearly pinkand very moist. Cover withaluminum foil and allow to restfor 10 minutes. Cut the salmoncrosswise into serving piecesand serve hot with lemon wedg-es. Serves 6.

Healing bath saltsRemember when you were a

kid and Mom had you soak sorefeet in Epsom salts?

Adding Epsom salt/magne-sium sulfate (not edible) to bathsalts helps you feel better be-cause your skin can absorb themagnesium, relaxing muscles

and nerves. Baking soda helpssoothe skin.

Especially nice with somedrops of essential oil, like laven-der, added to it.

Mix together:2 cups Epsom salts1 cup sea salt1 cup baking sodaEssential oil - about 20

drops - optPour a cup under hot run-

ning water in tub.

Readers want to knowSteaming rice for fluffy

texture:“Sometimes after my rice is

cooked, it sticks together and ishard to separate.”

Once the rice is cooked,remove pan from heat andplace a folded kitchen towel orsturdy paper towel over thepan, replace the lid and let situp to 10 minutes.

What happens here is theresidual heat continues tosteam the rice while the toweltakes up excess moisture. Ialways fluff my rice with a forkbefore removing from pan.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Spark up salmon flavor in time for Lent

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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Smoking is harmful toKentucky’s health.

Our state has the highestsmoking rate in the country,so it follows that Kentuckyalso has high rates of healthissues associated with tobac-co use. Nearly 8,000 Kentuck-ians die each year because oftobacco-related diseases.Eighty-five percent of all lungcancers are caused by ciga-rette smoking, and Kentuckyleads the nation in lung can-cer deaths.

Smoking, alone, kills moreKentuckians each year thanalcohol, AIDS, car crashes,illegal drugs, murders andsuicides combined. For everyperson in Kentucky who diesfrom smoking, approximately20 more are suffering fromserious smoking-caused dis-ease and disability, or othertobacco-caused health prob-lems.

The habit is an expensiveone: Kentucky spends $1.92billion a year in health carecosts treating smoking-relat-ed illnesses.

Smoke-free workplaces aregood for health.

Whensmoke-freelaws are en-acted, smok-ing rates godown. Numer-ous studieshave foundthat workerscovered bysmoke-freepolicies aremore likely toquit smoking.

The smoking rate in FayetteCounty declined nearly 32percent after its smoke-freelaw was enacted in 2004,while smoking rates remainedstable in Kentucky countieswithout smoke-free ordinanc-es.

Smoke-free laws reducechronic health problems aswell. After Lexington passedits law, there was a 22 percentdecline in emergency depart-ment visits, and the heartattack rate for women, whowere more likely to work inplaces covered by smoke-freepolicy, went down 23 percent.

Smoke-free work placesare good for businesses, too.

Studies show smoke-freeenvironments can reducebusiness costs for mainte-nance expenses, insurancepremiums and labor.

Workers in smoke-freeplaces are less likely to beabsent and are more produc-tive. Right now, smoking-related illness and death costsKentucky $2.3 billion a yearin lost productivity.

A common argument inNorthern Kentucky is that asmoke-free law here couldhurt local bars and restau-rants. The research showsotherwise.

Two years after imple-mentation of a comprehensivesmoke-free law in the state ofWashington, revenues forbars and taverns were $105.5million more than expected.

Closer to home, a 2009study of Ohio’s smoke-freelaw showed no economic ben-efit for bordering Kentuckycounties that continued toallow smoking. In addition,more than one in three re-spondents to a 2014 surveysaid they go to Ohio at leastsome of the time to dine at

smoke-free restaurants. Support for a smoke-free

law in Kentucky is building. A recent study conducted

for the Northern KentuckyHealth Department foundthat nine in 10 adults agreethat secondhand smokeharms their health. Further,nearly seven in 10 NorthernKentucky voters supportsmoke-free laws. The Ken-tucky Health Issues Pollshows that statewide supportfor smoke-free laws is grow-ing. In 2010, only 48 percentwere in favor of such a law;the number has grown to 66percent in 2014.

More than 500 organiza-tions and businesses supporta smoke-free law, includingSt. Elizabeth Healthcare, theNorthern Kentucky MedicalSociety and the Three RiversDistrict Health Department.

A smoke free law is goodfor the health and economy ofKentucky. It’s time to clearthe air.

Glenn A. Loomis, M.D., FAAFP, ispresident and CEO of St. ElizabethPhysicians.

Smoke-free workplaces improve health, lower costs

Glenn A.LoomisCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

With the new year upon us,I thought it may be helpful toprovide everyone with someinformation on GraduatedDriver’s Licenses.

In Kentucky, you can get apermit to drive once you haveturned 16 years old. To obtainthe permit, a person musttake a written knowledge test,a vision test and provide doc-umentation affirming whoyou are and where you live. Ifyou do not pass the permittest, you may attempt it againat the next available testingday. Additionally, if you areunder 18 when you apply for apermit, you must also have aSchool Compliance Verifica-tion Form issued by yourschool and a parent or guard-ian agree to take financialresponsibility for you bysigning your application.

Once you have your per-

mit, you candrive whenyou have alicensed driv-er, 21 years orolder, in thefront pas-senger seatand only be-tween thehours of 6a.m. and mid-night. After180 days have

passed and the permit holderhas completed a minimum of60 hours of practice drivingand an authorized New Driv-er Education Program, thepermit holder may apply foran Intermediate License. Toobtain the Intermediate Li-cense, the permit holder hasto take a driving skills teststhrough the Circuit Clerk’sOffice.

Once a permit holder suc-cessfully completes the skilltest, the examiner will placean Intermediate Licensesticker on the permit license.If the permit holder is overage 18, a full driver’s licensewill be issued. With the Inter-mediate License, the holdercan drive between 6 a.m. andmidnight and can have up toone unrelated person underthe age of 20 in the vehiclewith them.

Prior to receiving a fullunrestricted license, a driverwith an Intermediate Licensemust wait 180 days. Once thatperiod has concluded, thedriver can apply for a fullunrestricted license so longas they have completed anauthorized New Driver Edu-cation Program, and obtaineda Graduated Licensing Eligi-bility letter. Until a full unre-

stricted license is granted, ifthe permit holder receives amoving violation, the permitholder will have to restart thewaiting period before pro-gressing to the next step.

I hope this information isinteresting and helpful. Formore information on Gradu-ated Drivers Licenses in-cluding information for par-ents, please visit the Ken-tucky Transportation Cabinetwebsite at:transportation.ky.gov. If youhave any topics you wouldlike to have covered in thiscolumn, please contact myoffice by email at [email protected], by phoneat 491-7700 or by regular mailaddressed to 319 York St.,Newport, KY 41071.

Steven J. Franzen is CampbellCounty Attorney.

How the Graduated Driver’s License works

Steven J.FranzenCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

How many more youngpeople have to die before theKentucky State Legislaturetakes responsibility for cre-

ating the her-oin epidemicand fixes it?

My 2011vote for sweep-ing sentencingreform was theworst vote Ihave ever castbecause itreduced penal-ties for herointraffickers. Iwish I couldtake it back. In

the name of bipartisanship andsmart government, I naivelyvoted for it. The legislationradically reduced punishmentsfor trafficking heroin to thepoint that Kentucky’s penaltieswere less than surroundingstates. Unfortunately, we cre-ated an economic incentive forcheap heroin to flood our state.

The following year wepassed what is commonly re-ferred to as the “pill mill bill,”which cracked down on painclinics and doctors who over-prescribed powerful opiates.

A combination of reducingpenalties for trafficking heroinand increasing penalties forabusing prescription pills cre-ated the perfect storm for oneof the greatest drug abusecrises I have seen in my 30years as a law enforcementofficer and six years as yourstate senator. As the availabil-ity of prescription narcoticsdwindled, opiate-based addictsturned to the heroin dealerscoming in from other states.The result is the present daycarnage.

As a retired police officer, Iknow the cold, hard facts arethat you don’t cure the drugproblem; you simply run it outof your state. I advocate for areturn to the tough sentencesheroin dealers received beforewe relaxed the laws. Experi-ence shows this will drive thesedealers out of our area, savingour children from these mur-derers lurking in our neigh-borhoods with impunity. Theidea that using heroin is a dis-ease like cancer is ridiculous.Trying heroin for the first timeis a conscious decision and weneed to make that clear to ouryoung people.

Senate Bill 5, introduced bySen. Christian McDaniel, R-Taylor Mill, and passed by theSenate on Jan. 8, would in-crease penalties for dealingheroin and drive home themessage that taking heroin is achoice and not a disease. Thethree commonwealth’s attor-neys in Northern Kentuckyhave endorsed this legislation,and I will support any bill thissession that increases penaltiesfor heroin dealers.

The city of Florence justrecently added three undercov-er officers to fight the herointraffickers, and I’m glad theydid. But until the legislators putsome teeth in our traffickinglaws, they are spitting in thewind.

State Sen. John Schickel, R-Union,represents Boone County. He wel-comes your concerns or commentstoll free at 800-372-7181 or online athttp://bit.ly/SchickelLRCbox. Twitter:@SenatorSchickel.

The hardtruth aboutheroin

State Sen.John SchickelCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Feb. 5 questionThe governors of Ohio and

Kentucky last week announced anew plan to help pay for a newBrent Spence Bridge, which in-cludes a 50 percent toll discountfor daily users of the bridge. Isthis a good idea? Why or whynot?

“As a longtime resident (for-mer) of the Chicago, Illinois,area, I think I can give a re-sponse that is not biased byemotion. Tolls have been a factof life for decades on the Illi-nois tollway system. Recentlythey reworked their tollways toinclude I-pass lanes along withseveral cash lanes. The I-passmakes traveling the toll roadfaster and less costly. I-passtolls are lower than tolls forcars traveling in the cash lanes.I have a transponder for the Ipass and I love it.

“Here is the down side.There is a tremendous amountof land needed for the cashlanes and I-pass lanes. In Illi-nois each toll plaza has approx-imately 16 lanes. Since the

Brent Spence bridge has a tre-mendous amount of traffic,how much land will be neededfor the cash and I-pass lanes?In Illinois the toll roads do notgo through downtown Chicago.In Ohio the toll road would gothrough the outskirts of Down-town Cincinnati. Where wouldthe state of Kentucky and Ohioget the vast amount of landneeded for a high volume inter-state with toll plazas?”

Thomas DahlBurlington

“Driven through Bostonlately? How about nearby Chi-cago? California or Florida? Ihave. Most if not all of the ma-jor bridges are tolled. And notwith the old-fashioned TollBooth and Toll-Taker. No! Ev-erything is electronic now.Transponders (called EZ Pass)are standard even in rentalcars. And, except for Califor-nia, there is a ‘slow’ lane with atoll-taker and HIGHER tolls ifyour vehicle doesn’t have theEZ Pass.

“In California, forget it. NoEZ Pass? No worries! The lanecameras just snap the licenseplate and you’re billed. Includ-ing on the Golden Gate Bridge.Half tolls for local residents?Why? Do we use the I-71/75bridge less or does that familydriving round-trip on their an-nual vacation or that 80,000-pound semi going from Michi-gan to Florida twice a week useit less?

“The interstate system was

designed and built with the in-tention of rapid interstatetransportation. There are alter-native routes/bridges that willnot be tolled for ‘over the river’workers. There are three otherbridges within a mile of eachother to get into downtown Cin-cinnati or vice versa. Let the in-terstate travelers pay for thenew bridge. We local residentshave plenty of other alterna-tive options. Oh, by the way,none of the other tolled bridgesthat I’ve been over ever of-fered a ‘local discount.’ Politi-cal proposals are just that. Po-litical. And a proposal. Wherethe rubber meets the road 15-plus years from now when thebridge is built you won’t hear aword about ‘local discount’which is all the more reason tolet the interstate travelers payfor it in the first place.”

Rick Brown

“It puts the burden largelyon Kentuckians.”

Marcy I. Thompson

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Hall of Fame» The Northern Kentucky

Sports Hall of Fame will inductnew members at 1p.m., Wednes-day, Feb. 18, at the Villa HillsCivic Club. They are BrianFlaugher (Augusta, scorekeep-ing), Robin Kelsch (Augusta,coaching), Jessica Swope (Si-mon Kenton, softball), ScottHansel (Holmes, basketball,baseball, softball) and KurtPohlgeers (Beechwood, basket-ball).

Swimming » The Northern Kentucky

Clippers won Jan. 16 at the 2015Mid-Winter Meet taking place atSilverlake in Erlanger. As ateam, the Clippers won the meetby more than 7,000 points andwon 57 individual events andhad 144 top-three finishes.

“This is an incredibly strongshowing for this point in the sea-son – our swimmers put up 71percent lifetime best times. Aswe head into the championshipseason, we are positioned to

swim well at the state level andto continue improving our na-tional ranking,” head age groupcoach Chad Rehkamp said.

Other highlights of the meetinclude:

Ohio LSC state record bro-ken: Callie Young - 9-10 girls 100Butterfly

Individual team recordbreakers: Callie Young (Flor-ence) - 9-10 girls 200 freestyle,50 butterfly, and 100 butterfly;Mariah Denigan (Florence)- 11-12 girls 500 freestyle; MalloryBeil (Villa Hills) - 13-14 girls 100butterfly and 200 butterfly;Sophie Skinner (Taylor Mill) - 15-16 girls 200 freestyle; SethYoung (Florence) - 11-12 boys 100butterfly and 200 individualmedley

New meet records: MariahDenigan (Florence) - 11-12 girls500 freestyle; Austin Haney (Ft.Mitchell) - 13 and over boys 200individual medley; BrendanMeyer (Taylor Mill) - 13 and overboys 200 back, 100 butterfly, 200butterfly, and 200 freestyle; Lil-ly Morgan (Ft. Mitchell) - 13 andover girls 50 freestyle; SophieSkinner (Taylor Mill) - 13 andover 200 individual medley, 200

back, and 200 freestyle; AmandaSmith (Walton Verona) - 13 andover girls 200 back; MikeSumme (Edgewood) - 13 andover boys 200 individual medley,200 breaststroke, and 100breaststroke; Maddie Vonder-haar (Lakeside Park), 13 andover girls 200 individual medley,200 breaststroke, and 100breaststroke; Callie Young(Florence) - 9-10 girls 100 back,50 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100butterfly, and 100 individualmedley; Seth Young (Florence) -11-12 boys 200 individual med-ley, 50 freestyle, 100 breast-stroke, 200 freestyle, 100 butter-fly, 100 freestyle, and 50 breast-stroke.

» Scott swimmers madesome big waves in the last reg-ular season meet, the Gold Med-al Meet, The boys team took firstplace and the team took a secondplace overall. Special shoutoutsto Ty Grubb for taking the topmale swimmer of the meet, firstplace male diver was Nick Fox,first place girls diving was Lind-sey Fox. Ty Grubb also had afirst place in the 200 individualMedley and the 100 breaststroke, Zach Major 1st place in

100 butterfly, Tim Sherrard firstplace in 100 freestyle, The boysmedley and freestyle relayswith Tim Sherrard, Zach Major,Nick Fox and Ty Grubb also tookfirst places.

Boys basketball» Covington Catholic went

30 of 38 from the charity stripeto defeat Scott 83-46 Feb. 3. ColeVonHandorf led the way with agame-high 21 points. Bo Schuhadded 19 points with eight re-bounds and Cooper Theobaldfinished with 15 points and fourrebounds. CCH beat Beech-wood 59-39 Feb. 5 in a districtgame. VonHandorf led with agame-high 17 points. Schuh add-ed 13 points and Theobald fin-ished with 12 points.

» Scott beat Conner 82-74Feb. 6. Blake Schneider had 22points and Darian Witherspoon18.

Girls basketball» Holy Cross beat Dixie

Heights 50-28 Feb. 4. Deja Tur-ner had 15 points and Ally May-haus 16. HC beat Notre Dame46-38 Feb. 6 to secure the topseed in the 35th District tourney.

» Lloyd beat Taft 59-30 Feb. 5to improve to 12-10. Jordan Gen-try and ShaMaya Behanan had14 points each and Devin Chea-tum 13.

» Notre Dame beat Cooper63-50 Feb. 3. Senior guard Syd-ney Stallman scored a game-high 27 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, to lead the Pandas. Sen-ior forward Haylee Smith add-

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Highlands senior Lydia Graves looksfor an opening Feb. 7.

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Dixie Heights girls basketball dropped to 12-10 with a 51-42loss at Highlands Feb. 7. The game was tied at 35-35 before theBluebirds pulled away. Senior Liza Tibbs led Dixie with 20 pointsand nine rebounds. Brooke Davis had nine points. Kiley Brockand Riley East had six each. Dixie plays at Walton-Verona Feb. 12and returns home to face Robertson County Feb. 16.


Dixie senior Liza Tibbs looks to pass under pressure Feb. 7.


Dixie head coach Tara Boothe Smith gives instructions during the game ather alma mater. The game matched up head coaches Jaime Walz Richey andSmith, who both have their numbers retired at Highlands.

Colonels fallto Bluebirds

PARK HILLS — Associatedwith Newport Central CatholicHigh School all his life, EddieEviston took a bold step whenhe moved one county to thewest Tuesday.

Eviston was named headcoach for the Cov Cath footballteam, replacing David Wirth,who was the coach for the pastsix seasons.

“I’ve known how specialthis place is and I look forwardto being a part of that,” he said.“That’s what it’s going to take, acollective group. We’re goingto tackle this thing and take Co-vington Catholic football to thenext level. This opportunitypresented itself. It made sensefor my family. I’m excited to bea head coach again.”

Eviston comes to CovingtonCatholic from GeorgetownCollege in Georgetown, Ky,where he has been the offen-sive coordinator. Under hisleadership, Georgetown aver-aged 506 all-purpose yards pergame for the last two seasonsand finished the 2014 seasonranked 9th nationally in scor-ing offense.

Prior to coaching at the col-legiate level, Eviston was thehead coach at Newport CentralCatholic High School from2010-2013. Eviston compiled arecord of 35-8 and led the Thor-oughbreds to the KHSAA class2A state championship in 2010and 2012. He was a standoutstudent-athlete at NewportCentral Catholic, earning sec-ond team all-state honors in1996 and winning the presti-gious “That’s My Boy” awardfrom the National FootballFoundation in 1997.

As a player at GeorgetownCollege, he was a two-yearteam captain, three-time NAIANational Player of the Year, athree-Time All-American, andwas a member of the 2000 and2001 national championshipteams. He compiled a 41-1 rec-ord as a starting quarterback

at Georgetown, and was also aNational Football Foundationand College Football Hall ofFame Scholar-Athlete AwardFinalist.

“We reached out to CoachEviston to see what his interestwas and as the process wentabout, we knew he was theright guy for this school,” saidCCH principal Bob Rowe.“He’s the perfect fit in all as-pects. His spiritual back-ground, his Catholic identity isvery strong. He has straightA’s in his career, and his socialand athletic backgroundspeaks for itself. We wantcoaches who are hungry anddriven, and he’s all about thekids. He’s firm but he’s fair.”

As a standout quarterback,Eviston tutored a wide varietyof signal callers in his coachingcareer and he is ready to takeover a Cov Cath offense thathas regularly been one ofNorthern Kentucky’s mostproductive units.

“No matter what level, thequarterback is a very impor-tant position,” he said. “Youneed that quality guy, a guy you

can trust. He’s basically yourcoach on the field. He touchesthe ball every play. The morehe can do, the more we keep thedefense guessing. We have totake our QBS and pinpointtheir strengths and weakness-es, make sure they’re success-ful.”

Eviston plans on scoringpoints at Cov Cath, and he is ex-cited to start building relation-ships with the Colonel commu-nity. He knows that takingthings to the next level at CCHinvolves getting past rivalHighlands in the playoffs.Since winning its last statechampionship since 2006, theColonels have lost 13 straightgames to the Bluebirds, includ-ing five postseason contests.

“It’s awesome,” he said ofthe opportunity. “I have a lot ofrespect and admiration forwhat they do. There’s a reasonthey win. They have a formula,there’s no doubt about it. Ourgoal is to match that and thensurpass that. That should beeverybody’s goal. All we can dois pull up our bootstraps andget after it.”

Covington Catholicfootball welcomesEviston to foldBy James [email protected]

KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

Eddie Eviston was introduced as the new Covington Catholic footballcoach on Tuesday at Covington Catholic High School.

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Covington Catholicsenior Sam Murrer ofUnion signed with Miami(Ohio) University Feb. 4,and Jacob Roth commit-ted to Centre College (notpictured). Both are offen-sive linemen. DixieHeights honored two ofits seniors Feb. 4 duringthe start of the NCAAsigning period, LaurenNemeroff and AndrewHedger. Scott HighSchool announces thecollege signing of LukeTreadway with the Uni-versity of Kentucky toplay soccer.

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Dixie Heights senior Lauren Nemeroff signed to play soccer for the University of Kentucky.

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Dixie Heights senior AndrewHedger signed to playfootball for Austin Peay Feb.4, 2015. He is a 6-5,235-pound tight end whocaught 60 passes for 700yards in his career was firstteam all-NKY.

THANKS TO SCOTT MURRER

Covington Catholic’s Sam Murrer of Union joins his parents Scott and Cherie Murrer andseveral family members after signing to play football for Miami University, Ohio, Feb. 4.

COVINGTON — The 1939Carr Brothers fast-pitchchampion softball team,which won the worldchampionship, is memori-alized in one of the muralson the Covington floodwall.

With Bill Cappel, a de-ceased Covington athlete,war veteran and philan-thropist as one of themembers, the team wasalso honored in an exhibitat the Behringer-Craw-ford Museum in 2003. Aglove that Cappel usedthat year drew a lot of at-tention.

“Every time we displaythat kids are thrilled todeath because it’s so littleand they can’t believepeople would play with aglove like that comparedto how big they are today,”said Joe Brennan, presi-dent of the Northern Ken-tucky Sports Hall ofFame.

The museum, locatedin Devou Park, has hostedfive such exhibits in thepast decade honoring thehistory of Northern Ken-tucky Sports, but has hadto return all that memora-bilia to Brennan and theartifacts’ owners once theexhibit is over.

No more, as the mu-seum recently expandedits storage space and willbe able to keep moresports memorabilia usingits professionally trainedmethods of preserving olditems. The museum andhall of fame reached a

partnership agreementthat took effect Jan. 1.

“The museum neverhad room to keep impor-tant displays,” Brennansaid. “We never couldkeep anything because wedidn’t have a facility andthe museum didn’t havespace. A lot of people haveuniforms in a closet. Themuseum will keep every-thing in storage the prop-er way.”

Over the years, the ex-hibits have honored ev-eryone from well-knownlocal legends such as JimBunning and Shaun Alex-ander to unheralded su-perstars such as Cappeland Pat Scott, a formerprofessional women’sbaseball player whoplayed in the same leaguefeatured in the movie “ALeague of Their Own.”

Under the new agree-ment, people can offer ar-tifacts to the museum,which can decide what toaccept, and donations aretax-deductible.

“We don’t have any-thing to remind people ofthose teams,” Brennansaid. “If we don’t collectanything form that stuff,it will disappear. The goodthing is they have to giveit to the museum perma-nently. The museumwould have to insure itand get it in storage.”

For details on donatingitems, call Brennan at384-2411or the Behringer-Crawford Museum at 491-4003.

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Museum plansto preserve sports artifactsBy James [email protected]

THANKS TO JOE BRENNAN

From left, Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame treasurerTerry Keller, Lauri Risch (Behringer-Crawford Museum), GaryJohnston (Behringer-Crawford Museum), HOF president JoeBrennan. The hall of fame and museum announced theirpartnership decision Jan. 21.

Local teams cameback empty handed fromthe recent KentuckyWrestling Coaches Asso-ciation state duals atUnion County. But coach-es for top area finisherswere happy with most ofthe results, even if theyreturned a little bangedup.

Campbell Countyplaced third at the big-school meet, losing toLouisville St. Xavier, 33-30 in the semifinals. TheCamels (14-3) were seek-ing a fourth state dualscrown and seventh ap-pearance in the final.

Scott (14-5) lost in thepool-play round, andplaced fifth at the small-school meet.

The state meet is Feb.20-21 in Lexington.

Scott and Newportwere local representa-

tives at the small-schoolmeet. Newport lost inpool play. Despite injurywoes, Scott coach DonGraven was pleased withthe Eagles’ finish of fifthfor the second straightyear. They were runner-up in 1996, their best plac-ing.

“We wrestled ex-tremely well and showedsome great toughnessbattling through inju-ries,” Graven said. “Wehandily beat BourbonCounty in the pool round,and then lost a nail-biteragainst Moore on a med-ical default. We thendropped to the 5-8 pooland soundly beat LaRueCounty.”

That put the Eaglesagainst favored WayneCounty. “They were theNo. 2 seed to start the daywith a record of 42-4,”Graven said. “And webeat them by a decentmargin to earn fifth.”

Scott wrestlingplaces 5th at statesmall-school dualsBy Marc [email protected]

ed 20 points for NDA.» Scott beat Cooper

80-63 Feb. 5. Alexis Sta-pleton had 22 points, sev-en rebounds and three as-sists. Jenna Trimpescored 20, Anna Cle-phane had 19 points andeight rebounds.

» Villa Madonna beatCalvary Christian 58-44Feb. 3. Senior guard Cha-rissa Junker scored agame-high 19 points tolead the Blue Lightning.Eighth-grader BrookeMeier scored 15 and ju-nior guard Abby Henggeadded 11. Calvary Chris-tian was led by seniorguard Dayne Merkley,who recorded scored 15points, eight reboundsand six assists.

Wrestling» Austin Nixon, Bran-

den Johnson and JoeyScaggs of Dixie Heightsearned first place at theWestern Hills Tourna-ment Jan. 31. Johnson hasrecently returned to ac-tion after initially decid-ing to sit out the season.

Football» Judge executive Ga-

ry Moore, the BooneCounty Fiscal Court and

the Boone County ParksDepartment recognizedthe accomplishments ofBurlington resident Au-drey Lee Pelster at theJan. 20 Fiscal Court meet-ing.

Pelster, who attendsCamp Ernst MiddleSchool in Burlington andis the daughter of Damianand Constance, placedsecond in the NFL Punt,Pass & Kick National Fi-nals. She earned her placein the finals with a stand-out performance in re-gional PP&K competitionhosted by the Bengals inDecember. She repre-sented the Bengals in thefinals held during NFCDivisional playoff gamebetween the CarolinaPanthers and Seattle Sea-hawks at Seattle’s Centu-ry Link Field.

NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky

University centerfielderK.C. Straley was namedto College Sports Mad-ness’ 2015 Atlantic SunConference PreseasonAll-Conference team.Straley was the onlyNorse player honored,taking a second-team se-lection. She is the firstNKU player to earn suchan honor since the Norse

joined the Atlantic Sunfor the 2013 season.

“I'm so happy for KCfor being named to Col-lege Sports Madness pre-season all A-Sun secondteam,” said head coachKathy Stewart. “She isthe best outfielder in mytenure and her offensehas really come along.Further, she is an out-standing baserunner.What an honor for bothKC and NKU Softball.”

Straley, a senior fromConner High School, re-turns to the Norse for herthird season after astrong junior campaign inwhich she hit .229. Shealso drew a team-best 19walks to lead to a .348 on-base percentage, alsotops for the Norse. Shescored a team-high 29runs and stole 22 bases,ranking fourth among A-Sun speedsters with thesecond-highest single-season total in Norse his-tory. Since coming toNKU in 2013, Straley hasswiped 30 bags, rankingsixth all-time at NKU.

TMC Notes» Sophomore guard/

forward Nate McGovney(Campbell County)scored a game-high 22points to lead the Thomas

More College men’s bas-ketball team to a 78-73win over Thiel CollegeFeb. 7. With the win, theSaints improve to 15-7overall and 10-3 in thePAC. With the loss, theTomcats fall to 11-10 over-all and 7-5 in the PAC.

Joining McGovney indouble-figure scoringwas senior forward JalenClark with 18 points,Drew Mumford with 13points and Eliot Pipeswith 10 points.

» Junior guard/for-ward Sydney Moss(Boone County) scored agame-high 28 points in 18minutes of to lead second-ranked Thomas MoreCollege women’s basket-ball team to a 100-33 winover Thiel Feb. 7. TheSaints improve to 21-0overall and 14-0 in thePAC. With the loss, theTomcats fall to 5-15 over-all and 4-9 in the PAC.

Joining Moss in dou-ble-figure scoring was ju-nior guard Olivia Huber(Newport CentralCatholic) with 12 pointsand freshman forwardNikki Kiernan (NewportCentral Catholic) andsophomore guard Han-nah Devine (CarrollCounty) with 10 each.

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Behringer-CrawfordMuseum will be on Rotary agenda

ERLANGER — The exec-utive director of the Beh-ringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Laurie Risch, willbe the guest speaker at theRotary Club of KentonCounty’s luncheon meet-ing on Thursday, Feb. 19.

The mission of the Beh-ringer-Crawford Museumis to preserve the regionalhistory of Northern Ken-tucky for the benefit ofpresent and future gener-ations. The museum is acenter for the collection,presentation, study andenjoyment of NorthernKentucky’s natural, cul-tural, and visual and per-

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LAKESIDE PARK — Atits Feb. 7 Court of Honor,Boy Scout Troop 820 cele-brated two significantmilestones in its history.

Troop 820 celebratedits 50th year in Scoutingand advanced Wiley Nel-son Carr II to the rank ofEagle Scout. Troop 820has produced 50 EagleScouts in 50 years.

Chartered by LakesidePresbyterian Church,Troop 820 serves boys inthe surrounding commu-nity and engages Scoutsand their parentsthroughout the year toachieve the aims of Scout-ing, including characterdevelopment, citizenshiptraining and mental andphysical fitness.

“We are intenselyproud of our history andparticularly proud of the50 Scouts who have at-tained the rank of EagleScout with Troop 820,”said Michael Kane, Scout-master. “We have a veryactive troop that engages

the boys in every aspectof Scouting. Active troopsproduce Eagle Scouts,and we aim to assist everyboy who comes to Troop820 achieve the rank ofEagle Scout if he is will-ing to spend the time andeffort it takes to do so.”

Phil Schiffer, Scout-master emeritus, hasserved Troop 820 in manycapacities over the yearsincluding charter organi-zation representative.“Troop 820 is deeply in-debted to the LakesidePresbyterian Church forits support over thesemany years,” Schiffersaid. “The church pro-vides us with excellent fa-cilities, including a ‘ScoutHouse’ at the back of thechurch property andmeeting rooms in thechurch itself.”

Wiley Nelson Carr II isthe son of Ana and WileyCarr of Florence. Wileywill graduate from Co-vington Catholic HighSchool this May and has

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Wiley has his sights seton attending either Cen-tre College or BellarmineUniversity. His Eagleproject involved rede-signing a pond in thecourtyard of TichenorMiddle School into a Koipond.

Wiley’s father also at-tained the rank of EagleScout at Troop 820, add-ing another element tothe 50-year celebration

Troop 820 prides itselfon a tradition of summercamping adventures. Inrecent years, Wiley hasparticipated in summertrips to Sleeping BearDunes in Michigan, Get-tysburg National Park inPennsylvania, OlympicNational Park in Washing-ton and Nantahala Na-tional Forest in NorthCarolina.

Troop 820 celebratestwo 50-year milestones

Dayton mancharged with Booneburglaries

BURLINGTON — RobertR. Green, 30, of Daytonwas indicted Feb. 3 forfour burglaries and othercharges, according toBoone County Sheriff’sspokesman Tom Scheben.

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Robert BallmanRobert L. Ballman, 67, of Villa

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years before retiring in 2012. Hesold peanuts for 38 years outsidethe stadiums during CincinnatiReds and Bengals games andhad many loyal customers. Healso enjoyed fishing.

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Her brothers Jerry Burkey andBill Gregory; and sister, HazelGregory, died previously.

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Her husband, Bernard Cahill,died previously.

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Survivors include his sistersTheresa Huber and JoAnnTischner; and brother, MarkFortner.

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Memorials: Vincent DePaulSociety, 2655 Crescent SpringsPike, Crescent Springs, KY 41074.

Russell HintonRussell Lee Hinton, 87, of

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His wife, Lorraine SchaeferHinton; brothers Joseph T., OllieM. Jr., and Robert E. Hinton; andsisters Irene Stainback andVirginia Rose, died previously.

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James Hontas Sr.James L. Hontas Sr., 89, of Villa

Hills and formerly of Canton,Ohio, died Jan. 29.

He was a graduate of OhioUniversity in Athens, Ohio and aU.S. Army veteran, havingserved during World War II. Heretired from the U.S. PostalService.

His wife, Marjorie Hontas; anda sister, died previously.

Survivors include his sons GaryRex of Bolivar and James L.Hontas Jr. of Villa Hills; and twograndchildren along with twogreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: Matthew 25Ministries, 11060 KenwoodRoad, Blue Ash, OH 45242.

Ruby HurleyRuby Jewell Hurley, 95, of

Kenton County, died Feb. 3 at St.Elizabeth Medical Center.

She was a member of Sher-man Full Gospel Church andenjoyed crocheting and sewing.

Her husband, Tom Hurley; andgreat-granddaughter, NedraLynn Milar, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Myrna Vaughan and RylynnErnest; son, Randy Hurley; andeight grandchildren along with

19 great-grandchildren and ninegreat-great grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsCemetery in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: In Jewell’s nameto St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital, 262 Danny ThomasPlace, Memphis, TN 38105.

Thomas KathmanThomas Joseph Kathman, 88,

of Fort Mitchell, died Jan. 31 atSt. Elizabeth Medical Center inEdgewood.

He was retired from Procter &Gamble, where he was a designengineer. He was a U.S. Navyveteran, having served duringWorld War II.

His wife, Jane Wolf Kathman,died previously.

Survivors include his sonsGreg, Gary, Mark, Steve, andDavid Kathman; daughter,Melissa Glahn; and 14 grand-children along with eight great-grandchildren.

Entombment was at Motherof God Cemetery Mausoleum.

Memorials: Diocesan CatholicChildren’s Home, 75 OrphanageRoad, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017.

Linda LaVelleLinda L. Gaskins LaVelle, 67, of

Villa Hills, died Feb. 2 at herhome.

She was passionate about herwork with the Conscious LivingCenter.

Her first husband, John “Jack”LaVelle; and sister, Diane Gas-kins, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Edward “Dick” Schuette; chil-dren Sarah LaVelle, Susan La-Velle Ficke, Stephen LaVelle, andPhilip LaVelle; and six grand-children.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Fort Wright.

Memorials: Consciousness InAction, 114 Wellington Place,Cincinnati, OH 45219; or Coving-ton Latin, LaVelle Scholarship, 21E. Eleventh St., Covington, KY41011.

Margaret LedonneMargaret H. Ledonne, 92, of

Edgewood, died Jan. 29.Her husband, Palmer E. Le-

donne; and brothers Gordenand Glenn Hester, died previ-ously.

Survivors include her childrenJennifer Bodkin, Stephen Le-donne, and Philip Ledonne; and10 grandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S. LoopRoad, Edgewood, KY 41017.

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