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Contact usSALUTE TOVETERANSFlorence Elementaryholds Day of Honorceremony. A5

ALL GOOD GIFTSStudents celebrate, learn theirlessons well on Thanksgiving.B1

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’Tis the season – for festive holidayfun.

Activities are planned around BooneCounty to welcome Santa and the holi-day season.

FlorenceThe city of Florence welcomes the

holidays andwill hold its Christmas tree

lighting from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Flor-ence Government Center. The rain-or-shine event is free.

According to Vanessa Lenear, parksand recreation administrator for thecity , the night will feature the Florencecommunity band and chorus playingholiday tunes inside the governmentcenter before themayor flips the switchand turns on the lighted decorations.

Communities welcomeChristmas season

Jennifer Alexander of Walton told Santawhat she really wanted for Christmas atlast year’s Christmas on Main. FILE PHOTO

By Stephanie [email protected]

See CHRISTMAS, Page A2

Holiday shopping season is upon us, andthere are a few steps you can take to keepyourself safe and thieves away from giftsyou’re buying.

“It’s so strange – atwhat should be a happytime of year, this is the time to ramp up yourself defense,” said Capt. Linny Cloyd of theFlorence Police Department.

A largeshareofholidayshopping isdone inretail locations, andshoppershaveafewwaysof keeping from becoming a target.

“Don’t broadcastwhat youhave inyourve-hicle,” Cloyd said.

Leaving a new laptop in the backseat or anewTV in the hatch of an SUV is just showingpotential thieves that the vehicle has the kindof items they’re looking for, he said.

Being aware of what’s around you is a keyto staying protected, Cloyd said.

“When you get out of the car you should

Be alertwhileholidayshoppingPolice say it’s time to ‘rampup your self defense’By Justin B. Duke and Nancy [email protected], [email protected]

See SHOPPING, Page A2

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Boone County High School Chorus students Taylor Wells, Allison Stapp, Lindee Burrell, Samantha Van Luit, Payton Wallace andBen Michels sing holiday carols for the senior class at Boone County High School’s Hanging of the Greens ceremony. THANKS TODAVID KOHL

Just asyour familyhas itsholiday tra-ditions, the Community Recorder has atradition of which we want you to be apart.

Every year, in our edition betweenChristmas and New Year’s, we salute lo-cal peoplewho showuseverydaywhat itmeans to be a good neighbor.

We call it “NeighborsWho Care,” andwe need your help.

If you know someone who regularlyembodies the spirit of “Neighbors Who

Care” – maybe they brought you foodduring an illness, or cleared your drive-way when it snowed, or helped pick updebris after a storm – we’d like to hearfrom you.

No matter how they display it, wewant to recognize them.

Send your “Neighbors Who Care”nominations to [email protected]. Includeyour name, community and contact in-formation, as well as that informationfor your neighbor.

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ON TO STATE FINALA6Jaguars to take best trip of all.

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NewsNancy Daly Senior Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578-1059, [email protected] Duke Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578-1058, [email protected] Salmons Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578-1057, [email protected] Laughman Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . .513-248-7573, [email protected] Weber Sports Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578-1054, [email protected]

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Saalfeld’s noticed atendency for people tolook down at the cellphonewhile walking, but that’snot a good idea.

“You’re not reallyaware of what’s going onaround you,” he said.

Women should makesure to keep purses closeto your body, preferablystrapped across yourchest so it’s harder for athief to grab it, he said.

“You want to knowwhere you’re parkedwhen you leave the store,”Saalfeld said. “You’re atarget if you’rewanderingaround the parking lot.”

Mothers with kids orolder people should prob-ably shop during the day,if possible, he said.

A lot of holiday shop-ping isdoneonline, andbe-cause gifts are often leftat doorsteps, shoppersneed to plan ahead, Cloydsaid.

“Make sure you havesomebody trusted goingby your home to pick uppackages,” he said.

Deal seekers are quickto turn to Craigslist to geta gift for a great price, butif something sounds toogood tobe true, it probablyis, Cloyd said.

“Craigslist has becomea great tool for drawingpeople in,” he said.

All Craigslist transac-tions should be done in asafe place and no oneshould ever go to a meet-ing location alone, Cloydsaid.

“It’s always better tohave more defense withyou,” he said.

Regardless of how youplan to get your gifts thisyear, Cloyd advises keep-ing your cellphonecharged.

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UNION — After a yearapart, a surprise returnmeans two brothers willshare Thanksgiving to-gether.

Seaman ApprenticeJ.D. Warner revealed hisreturn home to his littlebrother Tristan by show-ingupas themystery read-er in his second-gradeclass at Longbranch Ele-mentary.

J.D. has been stationedby the U.S. Navy in SanDiego since last Thanks-giving and hadn’t seen hisyounger brother sincethen.

“I didn’t know how bighe’s gotten,” J.D. said.

Tristan had been askingtheir mother if J.D. wouldbe home for the holidays,but because J.D. had to getsome specific skills mas-tered before he would beapproved for a leave itdidn’t look like he couldcome home.

J.D. got toworkandwasable toget theworkdone toget his leave. The 11-day

leave came together soquickly that there wasn’t a

lot of time to plan, so afterflying into Louisville Tues-day morning, J.D. decidedto surprise his little broth-er at school.

Tristan is in Kathy Mo-len’s class, and a few timesa month they have a “mys-tery reader.” Molen willgive clues about the per-son for students to guess.After looking over theclues, Tristan thought thereader was going to besomeone special to him.

“He thought it was hisdad,” Molen said.

Sowith J.D. in thebuild-ing, Molen sent Tristan ona fake errand across thebuilding so J.D. could

sneak into her roomand sitat Tristan’s desk.

When Tristan returnedto the classroom, he lookedat his desk, hesitated, thenwent to his brother saying,“Are you going to comehome with us?”

The two brothersshared a tearful hug untilthe rest of the class gath-ered around to hear J.D.read a book to them.

Molen was thrilled tohelp set up the reunion, butis a little worried that therest of the year’s mysteryreaders may not be as ex-citing as this one.

“It’s going to be hard totop this one,” she joked.

Seaman returns to surprise little brotherBy Justin B. [email protected]

The Warners hug afterolder brother J.D. surprisesTristan at school. JUSTIN B.

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Holiday stations featur-ing businesses and organi-zationswillbesetuptopro-vide activities for childrenas they’re waiting to visitwith Santa, said Lenear.

Entertainment willcome in the form of a jug-gler and balloon artistsfrom the Cincinnati Circusand refreshments will be

Santa Claus will stop byand takeaseat ina tent out-

available.Visitors can also take a

sleigh ride around the gov-ernment center to view thelighted displays.

“I think it’s an event thecity conducts to provideentertainment and estab-lish partnerships withbusinesses and organiza-tions to welcome in theholiday season,” Lenearsaid. “And it’s a family-ori-ented event that gets peo-ple into the holiday spirit.”

UnionThe city of Union kicks

off themonthofDecemberwith its fourth annual openhouse and tree lightingfrom 5-7 p.m. Dec. 1 at theUnion City Building, 1843Mt. Zion Road, Union.

According to city

events coordinator KarenFranxman, there will belight refreshments andcrafts for children. Thetree lighting will be at 6p.m.

WaltonThe city of Walton’s an-

nual Christmas on Mainwill run from 6-8 p.m. Dec.7.

The parade begins at 6p.m. at Walton BaptistChurch.

Therewillbe laser tag,apetting zoo and a horse-drawn wagon as well as a12-passenger surrey tak-ing people on tours.

Once Santa is finishedwith theparade,hewillvis-it with children in front ofcity hall. A tree lightingwill follow the parade.

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UNION—One of CooperHigh School’s newest clubsis making sure the needyhave a nice holiday meal.

The school’s PEACEclub delivered more than300 canned goods to theNorthern Kentucky Com-munity Action Commis-sion’sBooneCountyNeigh-borhood Center in Flor-ence.

The canned goods willgo into the center’s emer-gency food pantry, whichdistributes food to needyfamilies.

“We wanted to helpsome families have a niceThanksgiving and Christ-mas,” said club co-presi-dent Parth Patel, a junior.

The club is in its secondyear, and is built on thefoundation of welcomingeveryone.

“We accept any and allmembers, regardless ofage, race, gender or sexualorientation,” Patel said.

The club has a numberof serviceprojects plannedfor the school includingselling African bead jewel-ry toraisemoneyfor theEdColina Foundation and col-lecting diapers and otherbaby items for the North-ern Kentucky CommunityAction Commission.

“We try to do as muchcommunity service as we

can,” said co-presidentNancyWelch, also a junior.

The club collected thecanned goods after doing adriveatschool, andjoinedalarge group of donors in-cluding DHL Global Mail,WoodhavenBaptistChurchin Burlington and CEVALogistics in Hebron.

“We have businesses,we have churches and wehave schools. We’re allworking together for theresidents of Boone Coun-ty,” said JodyBohman,whomanages theBoone CountyNeighborhood Center.

Bohmanwas particular-ly impressed with how ea-ger the PEACE club was tolend a hand.

“They see the need thatwe have in the community,andthey’rewilling tohelp,”

Bohman said.While the students

planned to help providemeals for ThanksgivingandChristmas, theirgener-osity will go much fartherthan that, she said.

“It’s not just going tohelp us through the holi-days. We see families inneed all year,” Bohmansaid.

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Cooper club collectscans to make holidaymeals for needy

The Cooper High School PEACE club delivered more than300 canned goods to the Northern Kentucky CommunityAction Commission’s Boone County Neighborhood Center.JUSTIN B. DUKE/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

By Justin B. [email protected]

Florence Mayor DianeWhalen was named Out-standing Elected Officialfor 2012 by the MunicipalGovernment League ofNorthern Kentucky.

The award honors a lo-cal elected official whohas distinguished himselfor herself through publicservice.

“Being selected as theOutstanding Local Elect-ed Official is an honor,and I am appreciative ofthe kindwords and lettersof support that were sub-mitted on behalf of mynomination,” Whalensaid.

“I am here because of

the men-toring andguidance Ihave re-ceived andbecausethe city isfilled withpeoplewho take

pride in their communityand the product we deliv-er.”

Johnna Reeder, vicepresident for communityrelationswithDuke Ener-gy, was among those whonominatedWhalen for thehonor.

“Diane Whalen issomeone who has spenther entire career commit-ted to the growth, successand economic develop-

ment of the region whereshe has been a lifelongresident,” Reeder said.“She has the ability to de-fine a strategic directionand work to help thatevolve into a communitywhere others want towork and live.”

Gov. Steve Beshearalso extended his con-gratulations to Whalen.

“(Mayor Whalen) is atireless advocate for resi-dents of her city, and theentire region benefits be-cause of it. She under-stands the importance ofinvesting in our commu-nities, which I know be-cause I have worked withher to help bring in jobs toNorthern Kentucky,” Be-shear said in a statement.

Florence mayor recognizedByMark [email protected]

Whalen

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WALTON — With Christ-mas on Main coming soon,Walton is invitingresidentsto light up the neighbor-hood.

Thecity ishosting itsan-nual home decorating con-test.

Now in its 11th year, thecontest has been an effortthe community tends toreally get behind, saidWal-ton administrative clerkConnie Goins.

“In years past, we’vehad a lot of entries,” Goinssaid.

Residents are invited toget their houses in the holi-

day spirit as they’re judgedon criteria like creativity,originality and curb ap-peal.

A group of people whodon’t live in Walton are se-lected as judges to preventany favoritism.

“We always make surewe have people who don’tknowanybody,”Goins said.

For the contest, Waltonwill be divided into northand south poles, with OldBeaver Road as the divid-ing line.

The top three from eachpole will get cash prizesand the families will be in-vited to participate in theChristmas onMain parade.

AsWalton has grown, so

has Christmas on Main,whichmeans winners havean even greater opportuni-ty for holiday prestige be-cause the winners’ homesare included on the TANKbus route that takes visi-tors around the event’s sta-tions.

Thosewhowant to enterthe contest need to have

their houses decorated andlitupDec. 2when judgesgoaround the city. To enter,homeowners need to callCityHallat859-485-4383by5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30.

For more informationvisitwww.cityofwalton.org.

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Walton’s best decorated houses to earn contest cashBy Justin B. [email protected]

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market – typically held inRabbitHash – to Covingtonin December.

The Folksiders HolidayMarketwill be held from11a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 9 at PikePlace Bingo Hall, 20 W.Pike St., Covington.

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The church is located at50S.MainSt. inWalton.Formore information call 859-485-4591.

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COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Nancy Daly, [email protected], 578-1059

Florence Elementaryinvited veterans associat-ed with students in gradesthree through five to bepart of the Day of Honorceremony.

On Nov. 9, with the helpof the fifth-grade stu-dents, these special guestsreceived a small token ofappreciation for their sac-rifices in protecting free-dom.

These veterans’ mottois: “Not what our countrycan do for us, but what canwe do for our country.”

Not everyone will beable to serve our countryby being in the military,but everyonecanmake thenation proud.

The program startedwith the posting of the col-ors by the Florence PoliceDepartmentHonorGuard,followed by honoring thecountry’s flag with thePledge of Allegiance.

The fourth- and fifth-grade chorus led the audi-ence in singing “GodBlessAmerica.” The fifth-grade

students presented WhyVeterans Day is Impor-tant. Several students heldthe letters “thank you!”and read, in their ownwords, why Veterans Dayis important to them.

The American Legionjoined the ceremony. Theyprovide services to allbranches of the militarygiving aid and assistanceto local veterans and theirfamilies.

During the recognitionof the veterans, it was not-ed that a FlorenceElemen-tary family member, Rob-ert L. Johnson, a veteranwho recently died, was afaithful attendee of the an-nual program. Johnson’swife, Phyllis, is an activevolunteer and currentlycoordinates the MarketDay program. His chil-drenandgrandchildrenei-ther attended or are at-tending Florence Elemen-tary.

The program endedwith a moment of silenceand recognition of de-ceased veterans. “Taps”was played by Ronald Utz.

Florence Elementary honors veteransCommunity Recorder

The fourth- and fifth-grade chorus led the audience insinging “God Bless America” during the Day of Honorceremony for veterans at Florence Elementary. THANKS TOKATHY KUHN

The fourth- and fifth-grade chorus at the Day of Honorceremony at Florence Elementary. THANKS TO KATHY KUHN

Fifth-grade students at Florence Elementary presented Why Veterans Day is Important. THANKS TO KATHY KUHN

Johnathan Jenkins, afifth-grade student at FlorenceElementary, with his aunt TraciParatcheck, who was a specialguest at the Day of Honorceremony. THANKS TO KATHY KUHN

Fourth-grade student EthanPerkins and third-gradestudent Mallary Perkins withtheir grandpa, Gary Beumont,who was a guest speaker atthe Day of Honor ceremony.KATHY KUHN

Florence Elementarysecond-grade student CarsonRaines, and third-gradestudents Devin and CarterRaines with their grandpa,David Raines, who was a guestspeaker at the Day of Honorceremony. THANKS TO KATHY KUHN

Jacob Robinson, a third-gradestudent at FlorenceElementary, with his grandpaBob Eshelman, who was aguest speaker at the Day ofHonor ceremony. THANKS TOKATHY KUHN

During the Day of Honor ceremony the memory of Florence Elementary family member, Robert L. Johnson, aveteran, was honored. His family attended the ceremony to honor his name. Pictured are Roger Luhrsen,Amber Hamilton, Alexis Hamilton, Ted Johnson, Gabi Johnson, Brooklyn Barnes, Phyllis Johnson, Kori Burns,Ava Burns, Aiden Burns and Brylee Powell. THANKS TO KATHY KUHN

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

UNION—The journey of alifetime has one more stopthis week.

The Cooper football teamwill take a 13-1 record toBowling Green for the Class5A state championship game 4p.m. EST Saturday, Dec. 1, atWestern Kentucky University.The Jaguars will take a four-hour trip south to take on ateam with closer to a four-minute drive: The city’s epon-ymous team, Bowling GreenHigh School (14-0).

“We’re enjoying this,”Cooper head coach RandyBorchers said. “We knew wewere going to have a prettygood team, but going to thestate finals is a huge achieve-ment for our program.”

The Jaguars, who haven’thad a home playoff game thisyear, took their longest trip ofthe season to Harlan Countyto take on the Black Bears inthe semifinals, and won 17-7.

In contrast to the previousweek’s offensive shootout(40-27) over Franklin County,Cooper had to change tacticsand win a defensive struggle.Harlan marched 77 yards onits opening drive to take a 7-0lead, but Cooper limited theBlack Bears to 160 yards therest of the way. Harlan camein averaging 41 points and 376rushing yards per game.

“That’s one of the bestthings about high school foot-ball,” Borchers said. “You canplay three to four weeks in arow and play three or fourdifferent styles.”

Tyler Morris and AaronMorgan continued their

strong play in the secondary,each intercepting a pass in theeffort. They led the Cooperoffense, who had troublerushing the ball against Har-lan’s big defensive front.Morris completed 9 of 14passes for 136 yards, with allbut one of those completionsgoing to Morgan for 122yards. Morris and Morganconnected for a 75-yard TD,and Morris scored on a 21-yard run in the third quarter.Logan Turner made a 29-yardfield goal.

The Jags persevered de-spite rushing for just 45 yardsoverall in the game.

“Harlan was the opposite(of Franklin County),” Borch-ers said. “Franklin was veryexplosive. Harlan Countywanted to run the ball and putlong drives together. Our guysadjusted very well.”

The Jaguars will have to goback and adjust to anotherquick-strike, explosive of-

fense. The home-standingPurples have outscored oppo-nents by an average of 39-10this season and have won 29games in a row, including the2011 state final. Perhaps thisyear’s most impressive winwas a 38-31 decision overLouisville power St. Xavier.

BG has a balanced offense,averaging 340 yards pergame, including 190 in the air.Blue Tisdale has 1,025 rushingyards and 17 scores. DevinHayes has 38 passing touch-downs and 2,544 yards. Naca-rius Fant has 67 receptionsfor 1,250 yards and 18 TDs,and is also considered the topbasketball player in theFourth Region.

Hayes and Fant wereclutch last week in a 14-13 winover John Hardin, as Fantscored on a hook-and-laddertrick play, then BG went fortwo, and Hayes completed toFant for the win.

“They have a lot of skillplayers and they want tomake big plays,” Borcherssaid. “They’re a team that hasbeen there before and theyexpect to win. Getting ourkids accustomed to the envi-ronment is a bit of a concernbut we have a senior-orientedteam who knows how to faceadversity.”

Cooper will have a publicpep rally at the school 7:30p.m. Friday.

“We have to limit big playsand we can’t make mistakes,”Borchers said. “We have tocontrol the ball and capitalizewhen we have opportunities.”

Follow James on Twitter @Re-corderWeber and check out morecoverage at nky.com/preps.

Cooper junior Aaron Morgan is one of the Jaguars’ top players. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

JAGUARS TOTAKE BESTTRIP OF ALLCooper football reaches state finalBy James [email protected]

Cooper QB Tyler Morris hopesto lead the Jaguars to a statechampionship. JAMES

WEBER/COMMUNITY RECORDER

The county of Boone con-tinued to have great girls basket-ball last year, stepping it up anotchwith one-eighth of theKen-tucky Sweet 16, as Boone Countywon the Ninth Region and Wal-ton-Verona theEighth.Threeoth-er teams won 20 games or morelast season, and 2012-13 should becompetitive as well. Here is alook at the county teams:

Boone CountyIt’s a new era for the Rebels,

who sent all-world player SydneyMoss to the University of Floridaafter her decorated prep career,capped by her being namedMissBasketball for 2012. They alsosaid goodbye tomost of their sizefrom last year, led by startersLydiaNash andZuriHill, and keyreserve Kathleen Murphy, whotransferred to Clark County forher senior year.

Head coach Nell Fookes, whoreturns for her 28th season with634 wins, will try to lead the Re-bels through the transition afterthey won the Ninth Region titlelast year.

The team will be led by pointguard Jessica Jones, who com-mitted to play for Division I Ten-nesseeTech. Jones is a strongandquick point guard and a greatteam leader according to Fookes.

Sophomore shooting guardAlexis Switzer averaged fivepoints per game last year and is agoodoutsideshooterwhocanalsodrive to the basket.

Kieran Travis is the top newplayer in the post.

Speed and shooting will be theteam’s strengths this season,Fookes said.

“Our strength is definitely inour perimeter play and it mustcompensate for our lack of an in-side game if we are going to besuccessful this season,” Fookessaid. “Wehope to use our speed toplay an uptempo transitiongame.”

The Rebels play at McAuleyNov. 28 and host Walton-VeronaFriday, Nov. 30, for the homeopener.Boonewill play inholidaytournament at South OldhamDec. 19-22 and at Conner Dec. 26-29.

ConnerThe Cougars were 20-10 last

year before losing to Ryle in the33rd District semifinals. Connerwill look to step up in one of themost competitive districts in thestate. Conner has six seniors thisyear, led by forward JordanScott, who has signed with Ken-tuckyWesleyan, andguardEmilyPluto,who is alsodrawingcollegeinterest. The Cougars host Lloydto start the season Nov. 26 andhave home games against Trim-ble County Dec. 1 and Scott Dec.3.

CooperFormerLloydheadcoachJosh

Terwilleger takes over as headcoach for the Jaguars, who were9-22 last season.

Returning starters includesenior guard Andrea Thompson,junior guard Paige Ross, juniorguard Savannah Brinneman andsenior guard Molly Cheek.Thompsonneeds55points to takeover as the school’s all-time lead-ing scorer. The top newcomer isjunior forward Brooke Smith.

Terwilleger has another for-

mer Lloyd head coach, BillTharp, as his varsity assistantcoach. They will try to lead theJaguars to their first winningseason and district tournamentwin. Cooper plays in the DixieHeights Invitational Nov. 29 toDec. 1 and plays its first homegame Dec. 6 against Taft. TheJags will also be in the William-stownholidaytourneyDec.27-29.

HeritageThe Eagles are back full-time

for the first time since SydneyMoss was a seventh-grader in2006-07. The Eagles played ahandful of games last season onvarsity and have a full schedulethis year for Eddie Nelson, whoreturns as head coach after threeyears as assistant coach with theboys team.

“We have a 360-degree turn-around in the girls, especially infundamentals, teamwork, and apositive attitude,” Nelson said.“Thegoalyearonewas todevelopa solid program where the teamwould grow personally and fun-damentally,withafocusonbring-ing back a varsity team in yeartwo.”

Returning starters include ju-nior Taylor Schwarz, junior Ma-riah Cain and sophomore HalleMcClintock. Top newcomers in-clude sophomore Cierra Forman,freshman Sierra Berkemeier,freshman Isabelle Worley andseventh-grader Makayla Cain.

Heritage plays at EvangelChristian Friday,Nov. 30, and hasits first homegameMonday,Dec.3, against Bellevue.Heritagewillplay a full NKAC schedule thisyear.

RyleTheRaidersmust replace a lot

lost to graduation from last year,led by Jenna Crittendon, who isnow playing at Xavier Univer-sity. Ryle went 27-6 last year for

Girls basketballholding strongin Boone CountyTeams have mixof experience, talentBy James [email protected]

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Ryle senior Dawn Johnson shootsagainst Notre Dame last year. FILEPHOTO

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Patti Oliverio, who startsher sixth year as headcoach.

Senior guard DawnJohnsonaveraged10pointsa game plus three assistsand four steals. The athlet-ic guard is a strong defend-er andhard to guard off thedribble. The first-team all-conference player is in herfifth year on the varsityteam and is a college pros-pect.

Senior McKell Oliverio,a 5-10 forward, averaged10points and six rebounds agame, shooting 48 percentfrom the field and 79 per-cent from the free-throwline. A first-team all-con-ference pick, she is also afive-year player recruitedby college programs.

They are the lone re-turning starters. Johnsonneeds 300 points to climbinto second place in Rylehistory, and Oliverio couldreach 1,000 points and bethe fifth Raider in as manyyears to reach that mark.

Top newcomers includ-ing senior guard AnnaMonobe, senior guard Ka-tie Connor, and junior for-wardRachael Storer. A trioof freshmen centers over6-feet could add key sizethis year.

“I’m excited about ourathleticism, which allowsus to do a lot of differentthings on both ends of thefloor,” Oliverio said. “Wehave great shooters andball-handlers. Howwell wedefend and get on the

boards will determine oursuccess this season.”

Ryle opens the season athome against BourbonCounty Nov. 30. Ryle playsin holiday tournaments inLouisville Dec. 19-22 and inFlorida Dec. 26-30.

St. HenryThe Crusaders went

25-7 and reached the re-gional semifinals last yearfor head coach Brian Co-burn, who enters his fifthseason with a 84-36 record,16 wins away from100.

The Crusaders graduat-ed their top three scorersfromlastyearandreturn6-foot-1 sophomore centerSavannah Neace and 5-6senior guardKelly Coburn.Top newcomers include 5-6sophomore guard JordanMiller, 5-10 junior forwardTrisha Marks, 5-10 seniorforward Morgan Potts and5-8 sophomore wing KarlyLehmkuhl.

Coach Coburn expectsthe Crusaders to be deepand athletic, but they willhave to gain experience asthe season goes on.

St. Henry starts play inthe Dixie Heights tourna-ment Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. St.HenryplaysatLloydDec. 5and hosts Ludlow for itshome opener Dec. 8.

Walton-VeronaThe Bearcats have a lot

to live up to this year, astheywent29-7 lastyearandwon the Eighth RegionTournament for the secondstraight year. Walton haswon the 32ndDistrict threestraight years and alsowontheAll “A” state champion-ship in 2012.

Walton returns threestarters, senior guard Mol-ly Clinkenbeard and postplayers Michele Judy andCourtney Sandlin. Sandlin,pickedsecond in theEighthRegion list of top players,averaged 15 points a gamelast year and shot 50 per-cent from the floor. Judy isanother strong insidethreat, averaging ninepoints a game and shooting46 percent. Clinkenbeardaveraged six points agame.

Players who have tostepup thisyear include ju-nior guard Shelby Mulli-kin, senior guard HannahSullivan, senior forwardLiz McAdams, sophomoreguard Alie Mills and fresh-man forward Hailey Ison.Walton lost four seniorguards from last year. Re-placing their outside shoot-ing and ball-handling abili-ties will be a big key to thisseason.

The Bearcats start theseason at Campbell CountyNov 28 and play at BooneCountyFriday,Nov. 30, andat Eighth Region rivalSouthOldhamDec.1.W-V’sfirst home is a districtseeding contest againstWilliamstown Dec. 7.

Head coach Mark Clin-kenbeard, entering his sec-ond year, set up a toughnon-regional schedule,which includes NotreDame (Dec. 11) and twomeetings against defend-ing 11th Region championDunbar. One of those is inthe Montgomery Countyholiday tourneyDec. 27-29.The Bearcats also playNewport Central CatholicandHighlands inFebruary.

HoopsContinued from Page A6

College parents:Time to brag

Areyouaparentofacol-lege athlete? It’s time tobrag.

Thanks to such an over-whelming response to theholiday feature last year,the Recorder Newspapersagain will present “Homefor the holidays: Catchingup with college athletes.”

Parents of athletes whoplayed in the college ranksduring the 2012 calendaryear can submit by email afew paragraphs and, if in-terested, a photo to sharewhere they are, whatthey’re playing and howthey did. Be sure to includetheathlete’sname,parents’names and the communitynewspaper they get athome.The submitted infor-mation will be compiled bynewspaper and run the is-sue of Dec. 26-27 – just intime for people home fromthe holidays to catch up ontheir high school class-mates, neighbors andfriends.

Basic guidelines: Youcan send links to collegewebsites as backgroundbut not as the submission.Write the information asyou’dwant to see it in print.Send photos as a .jpg at-tachment to the email, notembedded in a Word docu-ment.

Send the email to [email protected] by Mon-day, Dec. 17.

Questions can be direct-ed [email protected] 513-248-7573.

Bowling» The Boone County

High School bowling pro-gram will have a bowl-a-thon to raise funds for itsprogram. The team to raiseall the money each year tosupport the team for thefollowing year.

The event will be from5-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec.1, at

Florence Bowl, 7500 Sus-sex Drive, Florence, 41042.The cost is $12 per personall you can bowl. The pro-gram will also sell pizza,chips, andcandyandhaveasplit-the-pot.

Softball» The Ohio Hawks Fast-

pitch Softball program isexpanding with an 18Utravel teambased inNorth-ern Kentucky. NorthernKentucky and Cincinnati16U and 18U players arewelcome. Beth Goderwis,head coach for the Collegeof Mount St. Joseph’s soft-ball team, will coach theteam. This team will com-pete in five or six showcasetournaments in the sum-mer of 2013 and will prac-tice at a Northern Ken-tuckyhighschoolandat theCollege of Mount St. Jo-seph’s field. Goderwis islooking to add dedicatedplayers who are passionateabout playing fastpitchsoftball. Please contactteam coordinator JohnSchaefer at [email protected] to schedule aworkout with the team. Allinquiries will be confiden-tial. Include the player’sname, birth date, position(s), current high school andcontact information. Donot contact Goderwis di-rectly.

Volleyball» St. Henry senior Ab-

bey Bessler was the LaRo-sa’s MVP of the Week forNov. 20.

A four-year varsity vol-leyball starter, senior Ab-bey Bessler is the reigningNinth Region Player of theYear as named by the Ken-tucky Volleyball CoachesAssociation. She helpedlead theCrusaders this sea-

son to the Kentucky stateAll “A” tournament cham-pionship, the first-ever inschool history. She record-ed 29 kills, 20 digs and fouraces in the title game andwas named tournamentMVP. She was also namedMVPof theregionalAll “A”tournament. Last year, herhonors included beingnamed to the district andregional all-tournamentteams, and she was namedfirst-team all-NKY (En-quirer) and KentuckyClassA first-teamall-state.

A National Honor Soci-ety student who is active incommunity service, Abbeywill join theXavierUniver-sity volleyball team nextseason. Her favorite ath-lete and most-like-to-meetis KerriWalsh, favorite en-tertainer isRyanReynolds,favorite book is Twilight,and her favorite movie isNight at the Museum: Bat-tle of the Smithsonian.

Cross country» Tri-State Running

Company awards a $1,500scholarship to a local sen-ior cross country athleteeach year. This athletemust be athletically talent-ed, academically driven,anda leaderboth onandoffthe course. This year, MaxMcGehee of Dixie HeightsHigh School earned thesecond-annual NKY CrossCountry Scholarship. Oth-er finalists were AmyHan-sen of Notre Dame Acad-emy, Jared Dwyer andMadison Peace of Walton-Verona High School, Pat-rick Allen of Newport Cen-tral Catholic, Ethan Bren-nan of CooperHigh School,and Courtney Davis ofLloyd Memorial.

TMC Notes

» Senior guard AllisonLong (Conner) scored agame-high 26 points to leadthe 14th-ranked ThomasMoreCollegewomen’s bas-ketball team to a 58-55 winover Capital UniversityNov. 24. With the win, theSaints improve to 4-1. Ju-nior guard Katie Kitchen(Campbell County) andsophomore forward JennyBurgoyne (McAuley) justmissed double-figure scor-ing as they both finishedwith seven points each. Ju-nior guard Devin Beasley(Conner) led the team in as-sists with four, while Longled the team in steals withfour. Long and Beasleywere named to the All-Tournament Team.

NKU Notes» The NKU men’s team

has a major week comingup, playing at nationally-rankedOhio State 4:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 1, and atTexas Tech of the Big 12 7p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4. Bothgames will be broadcast onradio at nkunorse.com andWQRT 1160 AM. The OhioState game will be tele-vised on the Big 10 Net-work.

Thewomen’s teamplays2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, atMissouri State and 1 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 8, at BallState.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By James [email protected]

Soccer coach neededThe athletic program at Holy

Cross High School is searchingfor qualified candidates forvarsity girls soccer coach.Applicants should have coach-ing experience either at thehigh-school level or high-school-age club level.

All interested candidatesshould email a letter of in-terest to the attention of AnneJulian at [email protected].

Baseball tryoutThe Boone County Baseball

Club in Burlington is forming a9U select baseball team for the2013 spring season.

The team is seeking compet-itive, passionate, team-ori-ented athletic ball players whoplay all positions. Pitching andcatching are always a plus.They will play 16-25 regularseason games including somelocal tournaments. Eligibleplayers must not turn 10 priorto May 1, 2013.

If interested, contact TonyReynolds at 859-462-3503 oremail [email protected].

Basketball campLloyd Memorial High School

is hosting a six-week baseballcamp starting Feb. 10.

For more information, visitwww.USBaseballAcademy-.com, or call 866-622-4487.

SIDELINES

SHOWING SUPPORT

Showing their support for Northern Kentucky LegendsAAU Basketball moms who have had breast cancer,eight-grade students Jared Reid, Jason Bosse, andJonah Shields wear pink at Mount Zion Sports of AllSorts. THANKS TO STEPHANIE REID

HOF INDUCTS 7

The Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame inductedseven new members Oct. 17. They were James“Stormy” Rouse, Robert Roland, Miller Lafe, BillBishop, Lanny Julian Sr., John Thomas Faehr andNancy Barre. Front row, from left: Dick Maile (guestspeaker), Barre, board member Ken Shields. Back row:Jim Rouse (son of inductee), Faehr, Julian, Bishop,Roland. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

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According to the U.S. CensusBureau, Cincinnati is the 10thpoorest city in the country witha poverty rate of 23.5 percent,compared to a national (andOhio-wide) poverty rate of 12.5percent. That means that ap-proximately one in four Cincin-natians falls below the povertyline, and our city’s poverty rateis almost twice the nationalaverage. And the poor aren’twho you might think – they canbe people just like you – peoplewho may have a job, but justcan’t make ends meet.

On a daily basis our neigh-bors face the harsh reality ofhunger and food insecurity,having to decide between put-ting food on the table and payingrent or utilities. The state of

hunger righthere in our ownbackyard isstaggering. In acity wheregenerations ofmy family, ourteammembersand our guestshave grown upand lived, wemust cometogether tofight hunger

for the greater good.I regularly visit our 65 pizze-

rias from our Boudinot Avenuelocation to Price Hill to An-derson Township to Forest Park,meeting with guests and teammembers, listening to theirstories, celebrating their suc-

cesses and sometimes hearingtheir unfortunate struggles.While many families who fre-quent our pizzerias can, at thetime, afford a hot meal, I haveheard of worse times when put-ting food on the table was astruggle for them, their familiesor friends.

During this holiday season,LaRosa’s is once again proud tosupport the Freestore Foodbankof Cincinnati and The Foodbankin the Miami Valley to fighthunger right here in our ownbackyard. Serving more than300,000 people annually in 20counties across Ohio, Kentuckyand Indiana, the Freestore Food-bank is the Tristate’s largestfoodbank.

The Freestore Foodbank

provides emergency food assis-tance to more than 7,200 individ-uals per month from its Custom-er Connection Center in Over-the-Rhine alone. Starting theFriday after Thanksgiving, eachof our pizzerias will be sellingBuddy Cards (our popular 2 for 1discount card) for the benefit ofthe Freestore Foodbank and TheFoodbank. We will donate $5from the sale of every $10 Bud-dy Card directly to supportingboth organizations’ missions andthe nourishment and comfortthey provide to those who trulyneed help in our community.Ultimately, our contribution willhelp support the Freestore Food-bank’s annual goal to distribute16.2 million pounds of food tomeet our region’s growing de-

mand.Here’s how you can help:» Purchase a LaRosa’s Buddy

Card at any LaRosa’s pizzeriafrom Nov. 23 through Dec. 31.For a full list of locations, visitwww.larosas.com/find

»Donate to the FreestoreFoodbank of Cincinnati and/orThe Foodbank in the MiamiValley. For more informationvisit bit.ly/larosafeed.

Food brings people togetherand can build a community. Nochild, person or family should gohungry. Please join me and theLaRosa’s family in the fightagainst hunger. Together we canfeed our neighbors in need.

Michael T. LaRosa is chief executiveofficer of LaRosa’s Inc.

Together we can feed our neighbors

Michael T.LaRosaCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Thank youI would like to thank the citi-

zens of Kentucky’s 69th HouseDistrict for the opportunity toserveyouforanother twoyears inFrankfort. It is truly a tremen-dous honor to have your trust andfaith as I serve you.

There are many challengesfacing the commonwealth. Thefirst is to tackle our pension prob-lem. Kentucky has a $30 billiondollar unfunded liability and ourcurrent system is not sustainableand must be reformed. In addi-tion, we will consider an overhaulof our tax system and redistrict-ing amongmany other issues thissession.

If you have any issues withgovernmentorwould like toshareyour opinion on the issues of theday, please do not hesitate to con-tact me at [email protected], or call my homephone at 859-578-9258.

Adam KoenigState Representative, 69th District

HB1 should be rescindedIn the Nov. 15 issue of the

BooneCountyRecorder,AttorneyGeneral Jack Conway sang thepraises of HB 1 in his guest col-umn, but neglected tomention thepunishing consequences to thou-sands of innocent Kentucky resi-dents, including children and theelderly.

Anyone being treated with a

controlled substance medicationfor a variety of illnesses includ-ing, but not limited to, pain, anxi-ety, vertigo, sleep disorders, de-pression, mental illness, learningdisabilities, etc., is now subjectedto signing invasive contracts con-cerning their medication use andlifestyle,urinedrugtests, randompill counts and otherwise unnec-essary office visits every threemonths. Privacy rights are great-ly trampled on and the doctor pa-

tient relationship is diminished.Pharmacies are also asking for

information that should be pri-vate and is just one more placestoring information that can beused for identity theft.

This law is excessive and willdo little to end abuse of prescrip-tion drugs, especially since mostof those are coming from otherstates, not innocent medical pa-tients in Kentucky. The law willincrease medical costs and medi-cal insurance premiums for all ofus. It is very burdensome andtime consuming for our doctorsand will reduce their availabletime for necessary appointmentswith people who are ill and willalso increase the patient' s time inthe waiting room. Some doctorswill probably retire early ratherthan be subjected to following allof the excessive requirementswith threat of losing theirmedicallicenses. Others have stated theywill no longerwriteprescriptions.Since we already have a doctorshortage, this is a very dreadfulconsequence of a bad law.

It isn’t necessary to punish allmedicalpatientsanddoctorsinor-der to find the few who are con-tributing to the epidemic of pre-scription drug abuse. HB1shouldbe rescinded and all other meansshould be fully utilized and en-forced.

Barbara A. DehnerWalton

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Less funding for schools. Noemployee pay raises. Servicecutbacks for people in need.Construction projects can-celed. Job-creating programsput on hold. Still higher collegetuition.

These and other stark de-velopments could becomeKentucky’s future if the statefails to take decisive action to

address ahuge unfund-ed liability inits publicemployeepension plans.

This mas-sive financialblack hole isnot unique toKentucky, butthe problem isparticularlyacute here. Arecent report

from the Pew Center on theStates noted that Kentucky isone of only three states whosepensions were less than 55percent funded in 2010; a sus-tainable system should befunded at 80 percent.

A recent Barron’s reportranked Kentucky’s financialcondition 47th nationally be-cause of our massive state debtand unfunded pension liabil-ities (we’ve promised morethan we have money to payfor) in relation to the size ofthe state’s economy. And thecountry’s two major bond rat-ing agencies have taken noticeand downgraded Kentucky’sbond ratings, which means it isgoing to cost taxpayers morefor public building projects.

The situation is grim, but itcan be tackled successfullythrough the work of the legis-lative Task Force on KentuckyPublic Pensions and the Gener-al Assembly. Clearly, the needfor quick corrective action iscritical.

The task force is workingnow to develop recommenda-tions for the 2013 legislativesession. The Pew Center on theStates, which is assisting thetask force, has provided aseries of options for the taskforce members to consider to1) pay down the current debt inthe pension systems and 2)change the system for newlyhired employees to ensure itslong-term sustainability.

None of the choices are

painless. To pay down the debt,the options include:

» Accelerating the rate atwhich the state makes its pay-ments known as the Actuarial-ly Required Contributions, orARC, to reduce the unfundedliability. This would be chal-lenging in times of limitedstate resources.

» Suspending cost of livingadjustments for retirees untilthe system is 100 percent fund-ed.

» Issuing bonds to getmuch-needed cash into thesystem. This would increaseKentucky’s already hefty levelof bonded indebtedness.

» Increasing the amountemployees contribute to theirretirement funds.

» Taxing retirement in-come, which now is exemptfrom state taxes up to $41,100of income.

» Reining in “double dip-ping” by making retirees waittwo years before being re-employed by state govern-ment.

Recommendations tochange the system for newemployees include placingemployees in either a cashbalance plan – essentially anIRA with a guaranteed rate ofreturn – or in what is called astacked hybrid plan, whichcombines a limited cash bal-ance plan with a limited de-fined benefit plan such as theone Kentucky has now.

The task force is not boundby these suggestions, ofcourse, and can choose amongthem and others in developinga plan to attack the debt. Butthe key is developing a pack-age that delivers meaningful,sustainable improvement andremoves the financial threatnow posed by the pension sys-tems’ debt levels.

The Kentucky Chamberinitially highlighted the state’spublic pension problems in2007 and again with its LeakyBucket reports in 2009 and2011 that identified the grow-ing costs of Kentucky’s publicemployee benefits. We haveappeared before the task forceand have made tackling thisproblem one of our top legisla-tive priorities for 2013.

Dave Adkisson is Kentucky Cham-ber of Commerce president andCEO.

Pension systemthreatens future

DaveAdkissonCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

With an ominous “fiscal cliff”looming on the horizon, thestakes in Kentucky and acrossthe country can’t get much high-er.

It doesn’t take a Ph.D. ineconomics to realize that thecombination of cuts in theplanned growth of federalspending and the large in-creases in federal taxes sched-uled to take place on January 1is going to cause problems forAmerica’s limping labor mar-kets and stunted macroeconomy.

The underlying issues are ourmassive federal budget deficitsand rapidly growing debt, butthe potential solutions are alsoproblematic. Actual reductionsin government spending – how-ever unlikely – and big increasesin tax rates will make economicgrowth even more difficult.

What’s worse, all of this con-tributes to what economists call“regime uncertainty.” Nobodyknows what solutions – or tem-

porary Band-Aids – Con-gress andPresident Oba-ma will em-brace.

Regimeuncertaintyalso existscloser to homeas entrepre-neurs struggleto decipher justhow Kentucky’s

elected officials will address our$34 billion pension crisis.

If investors perceive the sizeand uncertainty of our debt to beunmanageable, they will eitherrefuse to loan money to govern-ment or require a higher rate-of-return to offset the higher risksof making their capital avail-able. This means higher debtpayments, more trouble for oureconomy and tighter austeritymeasures in the future.

Actually, any investment

becomes more difficult whenrisk and uncertainty increase.Consumers are less likely to buycars and homes. Businesses areless likely to hire workers andexpand their scale of operations.

Which one of these reduceseconomic growth? All of theabove.

But there are further cliffsvisible on the horizon, especiallywithin healthcare. In 2014, wecan look forward to sliding downthe cliffs of the economic Mat-terhorn that is Obamacare.

If politicians continue to pushthe country and commonwealthever closer to that impendingfiscal cliff by neglecting tomake the tough decisions relat-ed to our debt, perhaps weshould make the decision to sendthem over an electoral cliff atthe next possible opportunity.

Eric Schansberg is a member of theBluegrass Institute Board of Schol-ars.

Fiscal cliff notes are ominous

EricSchansbergCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Boone County school chil-dren shared smiles, foodand friendship – and

celebrated progress so far thisschool year – at their Thanks-giving gatherings.

The Recorder invites school,families and community groupsto share holiday photos in com-ing weeks. You can upload yourphotos to NKY.com/Share oremail them to [email protected] either case, make sure to IDeverybody in the photo, tell uswhere the action’s taking placeand what’s happening in thephoto.

James Angel, Maggie McConnell and Salah Farah enjoycoming together for a Thanksgiving Feast at LongbranchElementary School’s Thanksgiving Friendship Celebration.THANKS TO STACIE KEGLEY

Logan Luebbers-Palmer and Makenna Mangus enjoy sharing foodand friendship at Longbranch Elementary School’s ThanksgivingFriendship Celebration. THANKS TO STACIE KEGLEY

Parker Hurtt, a 4-year-old at the Florence Elementary ChildDevelopment Center, enjoyed his drumstick during the Thanksgivingmeal. PROVIDED

Kindergarten through second-grade students at Immaculate Heart ofMary School in Burlington celebrated a Thanksgiving feast aftertaking time to reflect and give thanks for their many blessings. THANKSTO EMILY FREIHOFER

Mia Servizzi, a 3-year-old at the FlorenceElementary Child Development Center,dressed as an American Indian tocelebrate Thanksgiving. PROVIDED

Addison Simms, a 4-year-old atthe Florence Elementary ChildDevelopment Center, wore herPilgrim hat to celebrateThanksgiving. Northern Kentuckyschool children shared smiles,food and friendship - andcelebrated progress so far thisschool year - at theirThanksgiving gatherings. PROVIDED

St. Timothy Preschoolers completed a service learning project for theHoly Spirit Outreach Center. The students collected items to send 175holiday dinners to the outreach center. Here is Amy Reed’s 4-year-oldclass with some of the items they collected. THANKS TO DEB THOMAS

The students at T.H.I.N.K.S. schoolin Walton display their “What Iam Thankful for” turkey booksthat they made during November.Back row: Bryson Stewart, LillyRatliff, Leiara Foster and JeremyKnaley. Front: Garrett Gillum,Tyson Smith, Landon Ross, JaydanBrewer and Maddie Rich. THANKSTO DENA FLEGE

St. Timothy Preschooler Luke Eschan fills a Thanksgiving dinner bagthat will be delivered to the Holy Spirit Outreach Center in Newport.The preschool, located in Union, sent 175 dinners to the outreachcenter. THANKS TO DEB THOMAS

Students give thanks, learn their lessons well

All good gifts

Blake Daniels and Ellie Nagel write down clues on the“Silent Turkey Hunt” Tuesday at Thornwilde ElementarySchool. The third grade reviewed all of the concepts theyhave learned so far this school year, traveling to fivedifferent classrooms and through the halls to answer 75questions. They used the Internet, dictionaries and mathresource books. THANKS TO LEVONNE HAHN

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FRIDAY, NOV. 30Dance ClassesGroup Class and Open Danc-ing, 7:45-10 p.m. Rumba groupstarts at 7:45 p.m. Open dancingat 8:30 p.m., The Ritz BallroomDance Studio, 8150 Mall Road,$5 person-group; $5 person-party. Registration required.859-371-1151. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Open play. All skill levels wel-come. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Union.

RecreationDuplicate Bridge, 6-9 p.m.,Panorama Plus, 8510 Old TollRoad, Common Room. Open toall players. Family friendly. $5.Presented by Boone CountyBridge Center. 859-391-8639;www.boonecountybridgecenter-.com. Florence.

Senior CitizensGet Healthy with Tai Chi, 9-10a.m., Walton MultipurposeSenior and Community Center,44 N. Main St., Presented byWalton Senior Activity Center.859-485-7611.Walton.Walk @Walton, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Walton Multipurpose Seniorand Community Center, 44 N.Main St., Presented by WaltonSenior Activity Center. 859-485-7611.Walton.

ShoppingLongbranch Ladies Night Out,7-10 p.m., Longbranch Ele-mentary School, 2805 Long-branch Road, More than 30vendors, coffee booth, cup-cakery, mini-manicures andmore. $3. 859-384-4500. Union.

Sports-Registrations &TryoutsSports of All Sorts YouthAssociation Holiday Basket-ball Shooting CampwithCoach Ken Shields, 9 a.m.-9p.m., Sports of All Sorts Mt.Zion, 10094 Investment/DemiaWay, Designed to teach funda-mentals to improve every child’sgame. $125. Presented by Sportsof All Sorts Youth Association.859-372-7754. Union.

SATURDAY, DEC. 1Craft ShowsChristmas Craft and Fine ArtsBazaar, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., ChristUnited Methodist Church Flor-ence, 1440 Boone Aire Road,Handmade items for sale. Largesilent auction of baskets. Bakesale with breads, cookies, cakes,candies and other items. Free.Lunch available for purchase.Presented by Christ UnitedMethodist Church. 859-525-8878. Florence.

Holiday - ChristmasBreakfast in Bethlehem, 9-11a.m., Florence United MethodistChurch, 8585 Old Toll Road, Hotbreakfast, Christmas story timeand craft. Bring camera to takepictures of children in mangerscene. $3, $2 children. $15 familymaximum. 859-445-8866. Flor-ence.

Literary - LibrariesAn American Girl Christmas(all ages), 11 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Kids on Stage,under direction of JenniferPeterson, presents belovedAmerican Girl story. Dress up,bring doll and join intermissionparade. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.Winter Open House, 10 a.m.-4p.m., Lents Branch Library, 3215Cougar Path, Make and takeyour own paper bows, gift bagsand tags. Refreshments andshort Christmas cartoon epi-sodes. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Hebron.Holiday Crafternoon (allages), 1-4 p.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Discuss "Santa Cruise" by MaryHiggins Clark. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Hebron.

Music - AcousticSaturday Night Music, 7 p.m.Music by Higher Waters (Acous-tic)., Velocity Bike & Bean, 7560Burlington Pike, Fresh bakedgoods, desserts and coffeeavailable. Free. 859-371-8356.Florence.

Music - ReligiousComfort & Joy: Christmas CDRelease Concert, 6-8 p.m.,Gloria Dei Lutheran Church,2718 Dixie Highway, Celebraterelease of Christmas collectionperformed by Cincinnati mu-sicians to benefit United Minis-tries of Northern Kentucky. Free.Presented by United Ministries.859-331-4694. Crestview Hills.

RecreationDuplicate Bridge, 11:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Panorama Plus,$5. 859-391-8639. Florence.

Sports-Registrations &TryoutsSports of All Sorts YouthAssociation Holiday Basket-ball Shooting CampwithCoach Ken Shields, 9 a.m.-9p.m., Sports of All Sorts Mt.Zion, $125. 859-372-7754. Union.

SUNDAY, DEC. 2Craft ShowsChristmas Extravaganza andCraft Fair, 12:30-6 p.m., Bri-arwood Banquet Center, 2134Petersburg Road, Oak Room.Crafters and vendors. Freeparking. Concessions available.Free admission. Presented byThe Briarwood. 859-586-9225.Hebron.

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. Covington.Scuba Santa, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Includedwith admission: $23, $15 ages2-12, free under age 2. 800-406-3474. Newport.

Holiday - TreesMiclberg Tree Farm, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Miclberg Tree Farm, $40-$75. 859-380-4954. Grant Coun-ty.


MONDAY, DEC. 3CivicTea Party Meeting, 6-8 p.m.,Sub Station II, 7905 Dream St.,Meet and discuss limited gov-ernment, free markets and fiscalresponsibility. Free. Presented byGrassroots Tea Party of Boone

County. 859-586-9207. Florence.

Exercise ClassesGentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. Bring yogamat. $25 per month. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.Yoga, 7 a.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha yoga postures,breathing techniques andmeditation. Bring yoga mat. $25per month. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness programblends international music anddance steps. $25 per month.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Union.

Literary - LibrariesMAC: Middle School AdvisoryCommittee, 3:30 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Recommend books, helpplan programs and see yourideas come to life. Free. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665. Hebron.In the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Knit or crochet in relaxed,friendly company. Free. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665. Florence.

Mom’s ClubsMoms Day Out, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,Florence United MethodistChurch, 8585 Old Toll Road, Packlunch or a healthy lunch isavailable for $2 per child. Regis-tration required. Presented byMoms Next. 859-445-8866.Florence.

RecreationDuplicate Bridge, 11:30 a.m.-3p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., Lower Level. Open to allplayers. Family friendly. $5.Presented by Boone CountyBridge Center. 859-391-8639.Elsmere.

Senior CitizensYoga Fitness for Seniors,12:30-1:30 p.m., Walton Multi-purpose Senior and CommunityCenter, 44 N. Main St., Presentedby Walton Senior Activity Cen-ter. 859-485-7611.Walton.

Sports-Registrations &TryoutsSports of All Sorts YouthAssociation Holiday Basket-ball Shooting CampwithCoach Ken Shields, 9 a.m.-9p.m., Sports of All Sorts Mt.

Zion, $125. 859-372-7754. Union.

Support GroupsHoliday Support Workshops,12:30-2 p.m.; 5:30-7 p.m., Hos-pice of the Bluegrass - NorthernKentucky, 7388 Turfway Road,Workshops designed to createsupport network throughoutholiday season for adults andchildren who are grieving theloss of a loved one. Free. Reser-vations required. 859-441-6332.Florence.

TUESDAY, DEC. 4Holiday - ChristmasChristmas Tree Lighting, 6-8p.m., Florence GovernmentCenter, 8100 Ewing Blvd., In-cludes holiday music, visit withSanta, sleigh rides, face paintingand refreshments. Free. Present-ed by City of Florence. 859-371-5491. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Advisory Group, 6:30-8p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Help plan programs, recom-mend books and materials andearn volunteer hours. Includespizza. Free. Registration re-quired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.Writers Group, 7 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Join localwriting enthusiasts. Share workand get feedback. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.Beaded Holiday Ornaments, 7p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Make old-fashioned Victorian-style beaded silk Christmasornaments. Silk ornament bases,beads, pins, embellishments,ribbons, sequins and instructionssupplied. $5 materials fee.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.LegoMania (all ages), 6:30p.m., Chapin Memorial Library,6517 Market St., Let your imagi-

nation run wild and build someamazing creations. Legos andDuplos provided. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Petersburg.

RecreationBridge, 12:30-3 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Open play. All ages. Free. 859-342-2665. Union.

Senior CitizensBingo, 12:30-2:30 p.m., WaltonMultipurpose Senior and Com-munity Center, 44 N. Main St.,Presented by Walton SeniorActivity Center. 859-485-7611.Walton.Walk @Walton, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Walton Multipurpose Seniorand Community Center, 859-485-7611.Walton.


Support GroupsHoliday Support Workshops:Expressions for Children,5:30-7 p.m., Hospice of theBluegrass - Northern Kentucky,7388 Turfway Road, Workshopsdesigned to create supportnetwork throughout holidayseason for adults and childrenwho are grieving the loss of aloved one. Free. Reservationsrequired. 859-441-6332. Flor-ence.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5Literary - LibrariesChess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Allages and levels. Instructionavailable. 859-342-2665. Flor-ence.Little Hands Holiday Crafts(2-5 years), 10:30 a.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Create snowman andSanta keepsakes. Registrationrequired. 859-342-2665. Hebron.Holiday Entertaining with Tea,6:30 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, SusanSchultz and staff of Yesterday’sCafe and Tea Room provide tipsand tricks for holiday appetizersand desserts featuring tea.Registration required. 859-342-2665. Union.

Mom’s ClubsMOMS Next, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,Florence United MethodistChurch, 8585 Old Toll Road, Hotbreakfast provided along withspeaker topics relevant tomothers of children in grades1-12. Free childcare provided.Free. 859-371-7961. Florence.

RecreationYu-Gi-Oh, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Bring cards and duel for prizes.Pizza and drinks provided. Ages4-10. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Union.

Senior Citizens

Zumba Gold, 10-11 a.m., WaltonMultipurpose Senior and Com-munity Center, 44 N. Main St.,Presented by Walton SeniorActivity Center. 859-485-7611.Walton.Euchre Tournament, noon-2p.m., Walton MultipurposeSenior and Community Center,44 N. Main St., Presented byWalton Senior Activity Center.859-485-7611.Walton.


THURSDAY, DEC. 6Exercise ClassesYoga, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Basic/beginner yoga practice offersholistic approach to maintaininghealthy weight with increasedflexibility, more stamina andlean muscle. Bring mat. Alllevels. $25 per month. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-334-2117. Union.

FilmsTarantino XX: Pulp Fiction, 7p.m., Rave Motion PicturesFlorence 14 Theater, 7860 MallRoad, The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster’s wife,and a pair of diner banditsintertwine in four tales ofviolence and redemption.Starring John Travolta, UmaThurman and Samuel L. Jackson.Directed by Quentin Tarantino.Rated R. $12.50; plus fees.859-282-7504. Florence.

Holiday - ChristmasSt. Nicholas Visit, 6 p.m., Main-Strasse Village, Main Street,Santa Claus arrives on horse-back. Presented by MainStrasseVillage Association. 859-491-0458. Covington.

Literary - Book ClubsTeen Romance Book Club, 6:30p.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Share what youthink and what you’re reading.Teens. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Union.Best of the Best Book Dis-cussion Group, 3 p.m., Flor-ence Branch Library, 7425 U.S.42, Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Florence.

Literary - LibrariesMagic the Gathering, 3:30-5p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Meet local players or learn howto get started. Bring own deck.No trading. English cards only.Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.Bring Your Own Lunch and aMovie, 11:30 a.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Adults. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Hebron.

RecreationBridge, 12:30-3 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, Free. 859-342-2665. Union.

Senior CitizensBingo, 12:30-2:30 p.m., WaltonMultipurpose Senior and Com-munity Center, 859-485-7611.Walton.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Scuba Santa will be at the Newport Aquarium through Jan. 1. Multiple shows will be performed daily. Admission to the aquarium is $23 for adults; $15children 2-12; and free for children under 2. For more information, call 1-800-406-FISH (3474). THANKS TOMARGARET MCGURK

Falcon Theatre will perform “It’s a Wonderful Life” Dec. 7-9and Dec. 13-15 at Monmouth Theatre, 636 Monmouth St.,Newport. Pictured is Jay Dallas Benson in last year’sproduction of the show. THANKS TO TEDWEIL

Shillito’s Elves will be ondisplay throughoutDecember at Newport onthe Levee. FILE PHOTO

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Though we won’t turnon the lights for our out-door trees until the first ofDecember, we did get thetrees decorated with thelights since the weatherhas been so mild.

The weather is sup-posed to change due tosome front moving in, so

this cran-berry porkroast willbe the per-fect warm-ing supper.

And asI’ve men-tionedbefore,take ad-vantage ofsales foritems like

chocolate chips, nuts, etc.The chips last just aboutforever at room temper-ature. Even if they“bloom” or turn a bit grayon the surface, that’s justthe cocoa butter surfac-ing, so when you use themin cooking, they will re-turn to their originalsheen.

Cranberry porkroast

Reader Caroline Quin-ter sent this recipe in. Shesaid: “A dear friend madethis for my family while Iwas on bed rest during ourfirst pregnancy. It is veryeasy, tastes amazing andlooks as though you slavedover it. The whole loin iskey to the tenderness ofthis dish.” Since mydaughter-in-law Courtneyis looking for easy slowcooker recipes, I testedthis out and it was so good.The only thing I did extrawas to thicken the sauce tomake a gravy. The cran-berry gives the gravy asweet/tart taste. Here’smy adaptation.

21⁄2- to 3-pound pork loinroast (I used 21⁄2 pounds)

1⁄2 teaspoon salt or more totaste

1⁄2 teaspoon pepper115-16 oz. can cranberrysauce (I used wholecranberry sauce)

1⁄4 cup honey3 tablespoons orange juiceor bit more to taste

1⁄8 teaspoon each: ground

cloves and nutmeg

Place roast in sprayedslow cooker. Rub salt andpepper over roast. Whisktogether remaining ingre-dients and pour over roast.Cover and cook on low 4-5hours. Measure liquid. Foreach cup, make a slurry of1 tablespoon flour and acouple tablespoons coldwater. Pour liquid insaucepan, add slurry, boila fewminutes until thick.Make sure your slurry issmooth before adding tohot liquid. If gravy hap-pens to lump, just pour itthrough a sieve.

OrangemarmaladeNow this makes a nice

gift from the kitchen. It’snot hard, and when youconsider the price of or-ange marmalade, it’sworth making.

4 very large seedlessoranges

2 large lemons8 cups sugar

Cut oranges and lemonsin half crosswise. Cut intovery thin half-moon slices.Discard seeds, and putfruit and juices into a pot.Add 8 cups water andbring mixture to a boil.Remove from heat, stir insugar until it dissolves.Cover and allow to standovernight at room temper-ature. The next day, bring

mixture back to a boil.Reduce heat to low andsimmer, uncovered, fortwo hours. This will startreducing the liquid. Turnheat up to medium andboil gently, stirring often,for another 30 minutes.Skim off foam. The mar-malade will be a prettygolden orange. To makesure it will jell, put a bit ona plate and refrigerateuntil cool and slightlyfirm. It should not be

runny or hard. If it isrunny, cook a little longer.If it’s hard, add more wa-ter. Pour into clean, hotjars. Seal and store inrefrigerator up to a year.Makes 3-4 pints.

Three-waybittersweetchocolate sauce

You can use eithervanilla, peppermint oralmond extract and your

choice of nuts. If I make itwith peppermint, I leaveout the nuts. To give as agift, tie an ice cream scoopon the jar with a ribbon.1⁄4 cup water1⁄4 cup sugar1⁄2 cup whipping cream8 oz. bittersweet chocolate,chopped

Flavoring: 1 teaspoonvanilla or peppermintextract, or 1⁄4 teaspoonalmond extract

Nuts (optional): 1⁄2 cuptoasted chopped almonds,hazelnuts, walnuts, etc.

Stir sugar and watertogether over low heatuntil sugar dissolves. Addcream and bring to a boil.Take off heat, add choco-late and whisk untilsmooth. Stir in extract andnuts. Cool and refrigerateup to three weeks. Warmsauce to serve, or use as aspread on scones, etc.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

You can slow cook pork roast meal

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Cranberry pork roast is a slow cooker recipe that is easier than it looks. THANKS TO RITA

HEIKENFELD

Children of varyingages came together atUnion resident Beth Run-kel’s house to make blan-kets for Hurricane Sandyvictims.

The kids made 15 blan-kets to donate. Theydropped them off at the

Florence Freedom whichpartnered with Matthew25 Ministries.

All the kids live inUnion and attend eitherMann Elementary or GrayMiddle School. “They hadso much fun that we willdefinitely be doing itagain,” according to Run-kel.

Standing, from left, are Diana Runkel, fourth grade;Catherine Iracondo, seventh grade; Emma Iracondo, fourthgrade; Jack Runkel, kindergarten; and Jack Eggleston, firstgrade. Seated: Kennedy Fong, sixth grade; Jordan Fong,fourth grade; Carly Schmidt, second grade; Catherine Wolf,fourth grade; Ashley Holbrook, fourth grade; and EmilyEggleston, fourth grade. THANKS TO BETH RUNKEL

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Jayne receiveslibrary scholarship

Pamela Jayne, an em-ployee of the Boone Coun-ty Public Library, has beennamed a recipient of a Li-brary Science TuitionScholarship.

Jayne received a $1,000scholarship. She is attend-ing Drexel University.

The State Board for theCertification of Librarianscreated the Library Sci-ence Tuition Scholarshipprogramtoencouragecon-tinuing education amonglibrary administrators andstaff. The board distrib-uted $8,000 in scholarshipmoney to11Kentucky pub-lic library employees forthe spring semester.

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HR group plansholiday meeting

The Northern Ken-tucky Society for HumanResource Managementwill have itsmonthlymeet-ing 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Dec. 20 at Receptions inErlanger.

It is the group’s annualFestive Holiday Meeting/Basket Raffle and GivingEvent. Members will col-lect items for its “Dressfor Success” Campaignand will hold its annualbasket raffle in support ofthe SHRM Foundation andTim Frodge ScholarshipFund. There will be a liveDJ and fun festivities.

Register atwww.nkyshrm.org. It’sfree to members, $35 fornon-members, and $15 tostudents with ID's. Priceincludes lunch.

Financial classpreview offered

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to the public a free pre-view at 12:30 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 2, at Christ UnitedMethodist Church, 1440Boone Aire Road, Flor-ence.

Rotary hostsChristmas concert

The Florence RotaryChristmas Concert will be6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday,Dec. 3, at Lakeside Chris-tian Church, 195 Butter-milk Pike, Lakeside Park.Proceeds will go to theAmerican Cancer Society.

The program will fea-ture performersRayCum-mins, The Old Testaments,Joetta Schmitt, FelicitySpicer, Victoria Felts,Rusty Bird, Michala Kam-er, Heather Smith, GaryGriesser, Amanda Frazier,Evan Dallas, Kathie Fink,Cybele and By Faith.

Cost is $10 per person.Info: Email [email protected].

Seniors having aChristmas luncheon

Immaculate Heart ofMary Church seniors willhave their Christmas Lun-cheonatnoonDec.13at theHoliday Inn on MineolaPike. All ages are invitedto join the seniors.

The lunch includes tur-key with side dishes, des-sert and beverages. Musicwill be provided by Nelsonfor entertainment anddancing. There will bedoor prizes and “split thepot.”

The cost will be $20 in-cluding gratuities. Sendchecks payable to IHMSeniors to Betty Die-drichs, 2852 Coral Drive,Hebron, KY 41048 by Dec.10.

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Fran Piper enjoyed her “PeterPiper Pointed Pinwheels” barn quiltboard so much she decided to haveanother stand-alone board made.

She chose “Cherokee Star,” alsoknown as “Horizon Star,” because itreminded her of Native Americandesigns seen on woven blankets. Hergrandmother, Mabel W. Melton, waspart Cherokee.

Fran remembers seeing hergrandma sitting in a chair with herchewing tobacco and snuff, sewingscraps of material into quilts all byhand.

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ishing 10 quilts a winter.According to Fran, her grand-

mother’s brother, Dr. George Wheel-er, was involved with the discoveryof the cause and cure for pellagra.

To view the new board at 9836Gunpowder Road, pull just into thedrive next door at 9820 GunpowderRoad. Do not enter the property.

The quilt board was painted andhung by The Florence Woman’s Clubas part of their community serviceproject, the Barn Quilt Trail.

For a brochure of all the barnquilt board locations, go [email protected] or go to thewebsite www.boonebarnquilts.comfor the same information.

Fran Piper chose "Cherokee Star" for her barn quilt board because it reminded her ofNative American designs seen on woven blankets. Her grandmother was partCherokee. THANKS TO JOYCE FOLEY

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We are ready to startour Christmas on Main onDec. 7 with the paradebeginning at 6 p.m. Therewill be entertainment,food and lots of activitiesfor the young and old until8 p.m.

If you are planning onenteringthe HouseDecoratingContest,you mustcall CityHall by 5p.m. Friday,Nov. 30.Judgingwill beafter 6 p.m.Dec. 2.

The historic GainesTavern will be decoratedfor Christmas like it wouldhave been in the 1800s.Plans are being made forspecial Christmas musicon the Grand Piano. Spe-cial entertainment in-cluding Santa Claus willhappen 1-4 p.m. Dec. 9.

Walton ChristianChurch is having “Break-fast with Santa” at 9-11a.m. Dec. 1 for all the kids.

The Diggers and Plant-ers Garden Club will meetat the Walton Library at

6:30 p.m. Dec. 3 to deco-rate the Christmas treeand their annual potluckmeal and gift exchange.Everyone is invited to joinin the fun. Just bring acovered dish and a $5 gift.

Thanks and congrat-ulations to Hasty Martinand all the Shoebox minis-try volunteers. WaltonFirst Baptist served as oneof the new collection cen-ters for Samaritan’s PurseChristmas Child ShoeboxMinistry.

Walton resident Martinserves as the area coor-dinator for Northern Ken-tucky’s Operation Christ-mas Child. Volunteersworked many hours count-ing and packing shoebox-es, which totaled 16,731shoeboxes. This was anincrease of 12.3 percentover last year.

The shoeboxes will beprocessed in Boone, N.C.,and then be distributedaround the world into thearms of 16,731waitingchildren. The shoeboxescontain toys, candy, hy-giene items and personalletters, and photos of theperson who sent it alongwith gospel message ofGod’s love for them.

This ministry is year-round, so it’s time to startsaving shoeboxes andshopping for items fornext year’s boxes. If youwould like to be a part ofthis exciting ministry, youmay contact Martin at

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Community Thanksgivingservice was well attendedat Walton ChristianChurch. The offeringgiven for the WVMiniste-rial Fund was $474.25.

Thanks to everyone.Cora’s Mane Attraction

Beauty Salon had herannual appreciation draw-ing for her customers thispast week. The luckywinners of a haircut orshampoo and set werefirst place, Faye Davis ofFlorence; second place,Josephine Robinson ofVerona; and third place,Rose Pavone of Walton.Cora is having a Christ-mas drawing on Dec. 22.To be eligible, visit hershop at 18 South Main St.and put your name in thepot. Call 859-485-7220.

Fay Norris and family,Larry, Kathy, J.D. andJeremy celebrated Larry’sbirthday on Saturday

evening. They enjoyedgoing to Cincinnati andhaving dinner and viewingall the Christmas deco-rations.

I enjoyed a visit frommy granddaughter Kris-ten Ridner and 2-month-old Preston of Dry Ridgeon Saturday. Granddaugh-ter Hope Glenn spentSunday evening with me.

Pricilla Losey is recov-ering at home after a fewday in St. Elizabeth fortests. Russell Groger is apatient at St. ElizabethEdgewood suffering withpneumonia.

Ruth Meadows (391-7282)writes a column about Walton.

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Walton First Baptist Church served as a collection centerfor Samaritan's Purse Christmas Child Shoebox Ministry.Volunteers worked many hours counting and packing16,731 shoeboxes, which contain toys, candy and items forchildren around the world. PROVIDED

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Answer: If this winteris as mild as last, plantswon’t need much protec-tion; but if we have a coldwinter, extra care in latefall will be very bene-ficial.

Many modern andold-fashioned shrub rosesand climbing roses arequite hardy and do notneed extra winter protec-tion. Hybrid tea andgrandiflora roses, howev-er, may be injured duringsevere winters or during

fluctua-tions intemper-ature.Mulchingis a goodstart forrose pro-tection tomoderatetemper-ature ex-tremes.

The best form of win-ter protection for gardenroses is to mound thebase of each plant withcompost that drains well.The mound of compostshould be 12 to 18 incheshigh. Don’t scrape soilfrom around plants or

you may injure roots.Don’t use leaves, grassclippings, manure, orother materials thatwould remain wet sincethese can promote dis-ease. If these materialsare composted and be-come a crumbly mix,they are appropriatewinter coverings.

Mounding should bedone after plants havelost their leaves fromseveral hard frosts,which will probably belater in December thisyear. Rake and discardold rose leaves awayfrom the plants, sincemany disease-causingorganisms overwinter in

them. Canes may bepruned back to 18 inchesto make mounding easier.Mounds should be care-fully removed in thespring after danger offrost is past.

Strawberry plants doneed to have winter pro-tection with a mulch ofstraw or other material.Unmulched plants can beseriously damaged by“frost heaving,” and coldweather can hurt thecrown of the plant. In-jury from heaving breaksoff the fine roots and isnot easy to see but canreduce yields signifi-cantly.

A mulch serves many

purposes. It delays newgrowth during earlyspring, protecting bloomsfrom spring frosts. Italso helps reduce weedgrowth, conserves mois-ture, makes picking morepleasant, and keeps fruitclean. Wheat straw is thepreferred mulch materialfor strawberries.

Apply mulch when thetemperature is expectedto reach about 20 degreesand the strawberryleaves are beginning tochange from green togray.

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Twelve Boy Scouts and five leaders from Troop 1 chartered by Florence ChristianChurch participated in a weekend campout at the Perryville Battlefield nearPerryville. Pictured are Cullen Sefranek, Kevin Moranz, Jake Anderson, Noah Fredrick,Ethan Harper, Aaron Begley, Dylan Cottrell, Kade D’ Addario, Steven Boemker,Stephen Lee, Tanner Mudd, and Patrick Fales. Troop 1meets 7 p.m. every Tuesday atFlorence Christian Church. THANKS TO TOM IOTT

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MyPlate guidelinessuggest that half of yourplate be filled with fruitsand vegetables. With lesspressure to provide largequantities of a specialmeat, especially for theholiday season, the meal isbeneficial for your healthand budget. Vegetablesand whole grains can fillus up without being toocostly.

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and vegetables are alsoavailable, and may be onsale. They also have alonger shelf life than freshfruits and vegetables; ifpossible stock up duringsales and buy things youknow you will need forholiday meals and beyond.

Since some familiesthink a holiday mealwould not be a feast with-out the meat, look at dif-ferent options to help youstay within your budget.Use recipes that includemeat as an ingredientinstead of a stand-alonedish.

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BOONE COUNTYArrests/CitationsJennelline Doucoure, 43, DUI,reckless driving at U.S. 42, Aug.11.John B. Rogg III, 42, DUI, follow-ing another vehicle too closely,reckless driving at I-275 west-bound, Aug. 11.David J. Moore, 62, DUI, recklessdriving at I-75 southbound,Aug. 10.Danielle R. Neal, 25, third-degree possession of a con-trolled substance, alcoholintoxication in a public place atCedarwood Dr., Aug. 8.Richard J. Schirmer, 18, third-degree burglary, first-degreecriminal mischief at N. BendRd., Aug. 8.Zachary T. Massey, 19, first-degree possession of a con-trolled substance (heroin),possession of drug parapherna-lia, careless driving at 28 MainSt., Aug. 6.Benjamin D. Arther, 53, DUI atBerberich Dr., Aug. 5.Dakota W. Hensley, 19, first-degree possession of a con-trolled substance (heroin),possession of drug parapherna-lia, possession of marijuana atWoolper Rd., Aug. 5.Richard K. Penick, 33, DUI at4824 Dartmouth Dr., Aug. 5.Charles W. Turner, 30, DUI,reckless driving at Villa Dr. andDixie Hwy., Aug. 5.Kevin J. Solar, 42, DUI at 1807Whispering Trl., Aug. 5.David J. Miller, 29, second-degree disorderly conduct atBrogan Ct., Aug. 4.Kirby C. Story, 19, DUI, carelessdriving at 10379 U.S. 42, Aug. 3.Ryan J. Harding, 20, possessionof marijuana, possession ofdrug paraphernalia at 1-75northbound, Aug. 3.David L. Emrick, 43, criminallittering at Mall Road andCayton Road, Aug. 8.Michael V. Sullinger, 24, criminaltrespassing at Action Bou-levard, Aug. 2.Francisco A. Luqueschavez, 36,reckless driving, improperturning, DUI at 7690 BurlingtonPk., Sept. 1.Lazaro Perez-Maldonado, 54,DUI, no operators-mopedlicense, improper turning,reckless driving at Dixie Hwy.and Smith Street, Sept. 1.Justin B. Leake, 24, theft-shop-lifting at 3000 Mall Circle Rd.,Sept. 1.Scott D. Simpson, 40, carelessdriving, DUI at 8125 Mall Rd.,Sept. 2.Jonathan J. Cooper, 22, receivingstolen property at 8077 Con-nector Dr., Sept. 5.Latash R. Dia, 27, theft-shop-lifting at 2108 Mall Rd., Sept. 3.Glenn M. Parsons, 55, assault,wanton endangerment, alcoholintoxication in a public place,terroristic threatening at 8405U.S. 42, Sept. 3.Edward J. Enoch Jr., 55, alcoholintoxication in a public place at7641Dixie Hwy., Sept. 4.

Kimberly I. Settles, 28, alcoholintoxication in a public place at4900 Houston Rd., Sept. 4.Stephen L. Biles, 51, assault atGoodridge Dr., Sept. 4.Tony P. Reinhart, 30, falselyreporting an incident at 7928Dream St., Sept. 5.Destiny R. Whitaker, 25, criminaltrespassing at 7259 TurfwayRd., Sept. 5.James Ryan R. Kelly, 23, pos-session of controlled substance,possession of drug parapherna-lia at 8077 Connector Dr., Sept.5.Brice A. Smith, 19, no regis-tration plates, DUI at TurfwayRd., Sept. 6.

Incidents/InvestigationsAssaultReported at Goodridge Dr., Sept.4.Assault, wantonendangerment, alcoholintoxication in a public placePocket knife seized at 8405 U.S.42, Sept. 3.BurglaryResidence broken into and itemsstolen at 10148 Carnation Ct.,Aug. 10.Business broken into and inven-tory stolen at 10100 MeimanDr,, Aug. 8.Residence broken into and itemsstolen at 2029 Horizon Dr., Aug.8.Residence broken into and itemsstolen at 11695 Agarwood Rd.,Aug. 8.Residence broken into and itemsstolen at 16360 Minor Clark Dr.,Aug. 6.Residence broken into and itemsstolen at 979 Golden Grove Ln.,Aug. 6.Reported at 8 Scott Dr., Sept. 2.Jewelry stolen at 20 Claxon Dr.,Sept. 2.TVs stolen at 7542 CanterburyCt., No. B, Sept. 4.Reported at 7588 CanterburyCt., No. A, Sept. 4.Firearms, dvd player stolen at7928 Dream St., No. 225, Sept.4.Criminal mischiefStructure vandalized at 2857Douglas Dr., Aug. 10.Structure vandalized at 2134Petersburg Rd., Aug. 9.Vehicle vandalized at 10475

Garden Dr., Aug. 9.Property vandalized at 5944Taylor Dr., Aug. 8.Vehicle vandalized at 10780Dixie Hwy., Aug. 7.Structure vandalized at 8401Dixie Hwy., Aug. 6.Vehicle vandalized at 600 FriarsLn., Aug. 5.Vehicle vandalized at 38 PinetopDr., Aug. 4.Vehicle vandalized at 7455Empire Dr., Aug. 4.Fence destroyed/damaged/vandalized at 7653 Mall Rd.,Sept. 5.Falsely reporting an incidentReported at 7928 Dream St., No.232, Sept. 5.FraudVictim's identity stolen at 2680Berwood Ln., Aug. 10.Victim's credit card stolen andused at multiple locations at8577 Dixie Hwy., Aug. 9.Subject tried to pass a fraudu-lent check at 14 Main St., Aug.9.Victim's identity stolen at 6531Balcomie Ct., Aug. 6.Victim's identity stolen at 10858St. Andrews Dr., Aug. 7.Fraudulent use of credit card,theft-receipt of stolen creditcardCredit/debit cards, other itemsstolen at 4900 Houston Rd.,Sept. 3.Identity theftVictim's identity stolen at 3570Feeley Rd., Aug. 8.Incident reportsFire investigation team respon-ded for a fire at Chambers Rd.,

Aug. 9.Protection order violated at3300 block of Beech Ln., Aug. 5.Purse lost or stolen at 919 Au-gusta Ct., Aug. 4.NarcoticsSubject found in possession ofnarcotics at Cedarwood Dr.,Aug. 8.Subject found in possession ofheroin at Woolper Rd., Aug. 5.Possession of controlledsubstance, possession ofdrug paraphernaliaDrugs seized at 8077 ConnectorDr., Sept. 5.ShopliftingSubject tried to steal goods fromKroger at 1751 Patrick Dr., Aug.7.Portable hard drive stolen at4990 Houston Rd., Sept. 1.Clothing stolen at 3000 MallCircle Rd., Sept. 1.Clothing stolen at 2108 Mall Rd.,Sept. 3.Clothing stolen at 2104 Mall Rd.,Sept. 3.Merchandise stolen at 7819 U.S.42, Sept. 4.Clothing stolen at 1088 Mall Rd.,Sept. 4.TheftProperty lost or stolen at 13019Walton-Verona Rd., Aug. 10.Trailer stolen from business at938 N. Bend Rd., Aug. 9.Money stolen from residence at1678 Briarwood Ct., Aug. 9.Tools stolen from business at2676 Conrad Ln., Aug. 9.Items stolen from residence at107 Chambers Rd., Aug. 8.Money stolen from business at

2086 N. Bend Rd., Aug. 7.Metals stolen from farm facilityat 5811Meyers Rd., Aug. 6.Items stolen from residence at208 Totten Ln., Aug. 6.Items stolen from residence at304 Wysteria Village Dr., Aug. 4.Money stolen from victim atCountry Place Ct., Aug. 4.Automobiles stolen at 8053Burlignton Pk., Sept. 6.Money stolen at 76 Circle Dr.,Sept. 3.iPhone stolen at 8200 EwingBlvd., Sept. 5.Theft, criminal mischiefPurse, clothes stolen at 7250Houston Rd., Sept. 3.Theft from autoVehicle broken into and itemstaken at 334 Wysteria VillageDr., Aug. 9.Vehicle broken into and itemstaken at 3680 Langley Dr., Aug.8.Vehicle stolen and not recovered

at 7676 Dixie Hwy., Aug. 9.Vehicle stolen and not recoveredat 10734 Calle Victoria Ln., Aug.7.Theft of motor vehicleregistration plateMotorcycle registration platestolen at 4800 Houston Rd.,Sept. 1.Theft of property mislaid ordelivered bymistakeWallet, credit/debit cards stolenat Industrial Rd., Sept. 1.

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The Community Re-corder publishes thenames of all adultscharged with offenses.The information is amatter of public recordand does not imply guiltor innocence.

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Boone County SheriffMike Helmig at 334-2175;

Florence Police ChiefTom Szurlinski at 647-5420.

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Sally ArrasmithSally “Ann” Arrasmith, 79, of

Florence, died Nov. 20, 2012, ather residence.

She established Olsten Tem-porary Service in NorthernKentucky where she retired asthe vice president, was a mem-ber of Eastern Star and ErlangerBaptist Church, and volunteeredat St. Elizabeth Edgewood andErlanger Baptist Church.

Her husband, Alfred R. Arras-mith; a son, Barry Arrasmith; andbrother, Donald J. Rider, diedpreviously.

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Gerald R. Arrasmith of Atlanta;daughter, Cheryl A. Decker ofFort Mitchell; five grandchildren;and four great-grandchildren.

Interment was in WarsawCemetery.

Memorials: American Parkin-son Disease Association, 135Parkinson Ave., Staten Island, NY10305 or American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike, FortMitchell, KY 41017.

Roy CookRoy Nicholas Cook, 81, of

Florence, died Nov. 18, 2012, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a self-employedbuilder, and enjoyed hunting,fishing, and the University ofKentucky Wildcats.

A son, Larry Hodges, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Thelma Cook; daughters, DebbieHodges of Florence and CathyBuchanan of Florence; sons,Allan Cook of Burlington andMike Cook of Burlington; 13grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Union RiceCemetery.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation Greater Cincinnati Chap-ter, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Donnie DavisDonnie Leroy Davis, 68, of

Forsyth, Ga., formerly of Dan-ville, died Nov. 14, 2012, atProvena United SamaritansMedical Center.

His wife, Edeltraud Heininger,and sister, Deloris Bridgeman,died previously.

He served in the Army,worked for General Motors inTilton as a millwright, and afterretirement, sailed to the Baha-mas, operated a food trailer,coached his kids’ baseball teams,and enjoyed watching his grand-children play ball, fishing, NAS-CAR, woodworking and cook-ing.

Survivors include his sons,Donnie Michael Davis of Oak-wood, Joe Davis of Danville andJeff Davis of Dana, Ind.; sevengrandchildren; a great-grand-child; brother, Bobby Ray Davisof Danville; a sister, Annie L.White of Hillsboro, Ind.; and hispartner, Carolyn Trest of Forsyth.

The body was cremated.Memorials: American Cancer

Society; St. Jude’s Children’sHospital or Riley’s Children’sHospital.

Charles DixonCharles E. Dixon, 86, of Co-

vington, died Nov. 19, 2012, atRosedale Green in Latonia.

He was a retired conductorfor the CSX Railroad, a Navyveteran of World War II, and amember of Golden Rule LodgeNo. 345 Free and AcceptedMasons, the Indra Consistory of

the Scottish Rite in Covington,Oleika Shrine in Lexington, andRosedale Baptist Church.

Three sisters, Bernice Gentry,Johnnie Perry, and Joyce Ta-vernier, died previously.

Survivors include his sister,Jean Bass of Winter Park, Fla.;companion, Frances Fuller ofFlorence; extended family, JohnFuller, Barb Fuller, CarolineFuller, and Teresa Welch; fourextended grandchildren; andthree extended great-grand-children.

Interment was at Pine HillCemetery in Corbin.

Memorials: Shriners for Crip-pled Children, 3229 BurnettAve., Cincinnati, OH 45229.

Virginia EckartVirginia Eckart, 90, of Flor-

ence, died Nov. 19, 2012.She was a retired bookkeeper.Her husband, Ronald E. Eck-

art, died previously.Survivors include her son,

Ronald E. Eckart II; daughters,Vanessa Whittaker, VictoriaJacobs and Valarie Eckart; 11grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Burial was in Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Scottish RiteLanguage Disorder Center, 1553Madison Ave., Covington, KY41011.

Mary HensleyMary C. Hensley, 49, of Lato-

nia, died Nov. 15, 2012, at St.Elizabeth Hospital, Edgewood.

She was a homemaker andmember of Harvest Baptist.

Survivors include her son, KurtHensley of Florence; daughters,Robin Cain of Dry Ridge andPamela Faehr of Morning View;father, Paul Vernon Oliver ofCincinnati; brothers, VernonOliver, John Oliver and BrianOliver; sisters, Paulann Rose,Barbara Hicks, Connie Oliver andLori McKinney; six grandchil-dren; and seven great-grand-children.

Memorials: any US BankPaulann Rose.

Bobbie KlaineBobbie J. Klaine, 49, of Erlang-

er died Nov. 15, 2012, at herresidence.

She worked at St. ElizabethHospital in registration in theemergency room.

Survivors include her husband,Jeff; sons, Joshua Klaine, Jo-nathon Klaine, Samuel Klaine,Nathaniel Klaine, Isaac Klaine,all of Erlanger; father, BobBeagle of Walton; brothers,David Beagle, Rick Beagle;sisters, Melissa Beagle; and agrandchild.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Hospice of theBluegrass, 7388 Turfway Road,Florence, KY 41042.

Roger LaudermanRoger Delynn Lauderman, 73,

of Jacksonville, Fla., died Oct. 30,2012, at his residence. Survivorsinclude his daughter, GlendaAnn Smith of Florence, and twograndchildren.

Mary OstendorfMary Catherine Ostendorf, 73,

of Park Hills, died Nov. 19, 2012,at her residence.

She was a longtime memberof St. Augustine Parish, andheavily involved with the churchand school.

Survivors include her husband,Larry; daughters, Lori Martin ofPark Hills and Sharri Singer ofUnion; son, Marty Ostendorf ofHarrison, Ohio; sisters BarbConner of Lakeside Park andDonna Schierberg of Orlando,Fla.; brother, Ed Ott of Tampa,Fla.; seven grandchildren; andthree great-grandchildren.

Burial was in St. Mary Ceme-tery.

Memorials: St. AugustineSchool, 1840 Jefferson Ave.,Covington, KY 41014.

Darrel PalmerDarrel Gene “Beef” Palmer,

59, of Florence, died Nov. 14,2012, at St. Elizabeth Florence.

He was a truck driver forMidwest Logistics Co., andenjoyed bowling and playingsoftball.

Survivors include his wife,Donna Gail Williams Palmer ofFlorence; son, Lee Palmer ofFlorence; daughter, Jerri Kirby ofBurlington; and five grand-children.

Memorials: Kidney Founda-tion or Shriners Burns Hospital.

Sherry ShoemakerSherry Lynn Moore Shoemak-

er, 45, of Morning View, diedNov. 14, 2012, at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

She was a former emergencymedical technician and fire-fighter for the Kenton FireDepartment, and enjoyedcrocheting and cats.

Survivors include her husband,Robert Eugene Shoemaker ofMorning View; son, ChristopherRobert Shoemaker of MorningView; parents, Ronnie and SandyMoore of Walton; and brother,Randall Wayne Moore of Wal-ton.

Interment was at Beaver LickChristian Cemetery in Walton.

Memorials: Kenton FireDepartment, 14081DecourseyPike, Morning View, KY 41063 orBeaver Lick Christian Cemetery,P.O. Box 242, Verona, KY 41092.

Morris SoardMorris L. “Big Butch” Soard,

67, of Independence, died Nov.17, 2012, at St. Elizabeth FortThomas.

He was a retired cook withSkyline Chili in Covington,attended Faith Assembly of GodChurch in Covington, and en-joyed fishing and repairingautomobiles.

Survivors include his wife,Angeline Asman Soard; sons,Morris “Little Butch” Soard ofIndependence, Truman Soard ofCovington and Shane Soard ofHebron; daughter, Maria Ennisof Covington; 13 grandchildren;10 great-grandchildren; broth-ers, Victor Soard of Newport,Lloyd Soard of Amelia, Ohio,and Mike and David Soard, bothof Florence; and sister, AnnaSoard Benade of Crystal River,Fla.

Interment was in Independ-ence Cemetery in Independence.

Russell SprongRussell Carl “Bud” Sprong, 71,

of Florence, died Nov. 16, 2012,at Florence Park Care Center.

He grew up in Newport,graduating from Newport HighSchool, worked at LunkenAirport before working at AT&Tas a communications technician,was a lifelong member of Chris-tian Tabernacle in Newport,serving as treasurer, as well asmaintaining and repairing thechurch building, and enjoyedmusic, particularly bluegrass,playing his guitar, and pho-tographing trains and planes.

Survivors include his wife,Joyce; brother, Don Sprong;sister Alice Webster; daughter,Becky Martin; sons, John, Pauland David Sprong; and sixgrandchildren.

Burial was at EvergreenCemetery.

James SteinfeldJames Steinfeld, 64, of Critten-

den, formerly of Latonia, diedNov. 14, 2012, at St. ElizabethFlorence.

He was a plumber, a memberof Trinity United MethodistChurch in Latonia and a U.S.Marine Corps veteran of theVietnamWar.

His father, Harold Steinfeld,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Stephanie Steinfeld of Critten-den; daughters, Becky Peebles ofWalton and Eden Marie Stein-feld of Crittenden; son, JeffSteinfeld of Florence; mother,Janell Lee of Taylor Mill; sister,Margie Oliver of Louisville; andthree grandchildren.

Interment was in Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: American CancerSociety.

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Prior Sales Excluded. +With credit approval for qualifying purchases made on the Furniture Fair Gold Card. Offer applies only to single receipt purchases. No interest will be charged on the promo purchase if you pay the promo purchase amount in full within 24 months. If you do not,interest will be charged on the promotional purchase from the purchase date. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases and after promotion ends. For new accounts Purchase APR 29.99%. Minimum Interest Charge $2.00. Existing card holders should see their credit cardagreement for their applicable terms. Offer valid for consumer accounts in good standing; is subject to change without notice; see store for details. Offer expires 12/12/2012. May not be combined with any other credit promotion offer. Discontinued and clearance merchandiseexcluded from promotions and credit term offers. Not responsible for typographical errors

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