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INDEPENDENCE — Mitch Ri-vas was looking for hope whenhe brought his daughter Marys-sa to Cincinnati Children’s Hos-pital Medical Center last May.He found it, as well as a dearfriend and path for the future.

“It’s amazing,” said Rivas, aveteran. “I think of Nelson andAna Soto as family. Only Godcould have orchestrated theevents that brought us together.We’ve not only gotten this won-derful relationship, but a med-ical miracle in Maryssa’s life.”

Maryssa, now 19 months, hasa rare condition involving thetransposition of the greater ar-teries with systematic hyper-plastic left heart syndrome is-sues. The illness brought the Ri-vas family to Cincinnati Chil-dren’s from their hometownnear Cleveland.

They knew no one in Cincin-nati and the family needed tostay with their daughter forover a month while she under-went lifesaving heart surgery.In stepped Nelson and Ana Sotoof Independence.

The Rivas’ church in Lorain,Ohio, had shared their storyamong the congregation. Wordtrickled all the way down toNelson Soto in Northern Ken-tucky.

“Lorain is my hometown,”Soto said. “This was a familyfrom my neck of the woods. My

wife told me about it and said Ishould check in with them. I be-lieve in obeying my wife. IFacebooked Mitch and asked ifI could come visit.”

After a four-hour ambulanceride, Soto was the first personto welcome Mitch to Cincinnati.“We had an instant connection,”Soto said. The Sotos openedtheir home to Mitch, his wifeand their other children.

Not only did Soto open up hishome to the Rivas, he also of-fered Mitch an opportunity tochange his entire future.

“Not only were we able tostay with them, but we foundthat we shared a strong faith inGod,” said Rivas. “As ourfriendship blossomed, we be-gan to share our life storieswith each other. I explained thatIhad attended a community col-lege after being dischargedfrom the United States MarineCorps, but didn’t like collegeand really didn’t see the needfor a college degree. I told him Ihad a good job with the PostalService and didn’t see how a de-gree would benefit me.”

Soto, who is provost and vicepresident for academic affairsof Union Institute & Universityin Cincinnati, strongly dis-agreed.

“I told Mitch he was the idealUnion student. Veterans, by thevery nature of their training,have acquired leadership and

Northern Ohiofamily findsfriends, hope inIndependenceBy Melissa [email protected]

THANKS TO TERESA WILKINS

The Rivas family of Lorain, Ohio: Mateo, Wendy, Malinah, Maryssa, Mitchand Makenzie.

See FAMILY, Page A2

WALTON — Almost a year af-ter Angelo and Gus Soulasopened Angelo’s Family Res-taurant in Independence,they’ve announced their nextventure: Bringing back Wal-ton’s Dairy Delight.

The building, on 0.55 acre at188 North Main St., was well-known as an ice cream parlorand sandwich shop, but fatherand son restaurateurs Angeloand Gus Soulas have reallyonly seen it sitting vacant.

“For a while, about twoyears ago, someone operated apartial season in there, sellingsandwiches and ice cream inthe summer, but it didn’t lastlong,” said Gus Soulas. “Myparents live in Walton, and weactually looked there beforewe looked here. Then, we gotwrapped up in this place, butmy dad kept passing it everyday and it kept eating at him.He’s 74 years old, and he can’tsit still.”

Soulas expects to open inMarch or April, and he wants tokeep the Dairy Delight name.

“We have a lot of work to dothere before we can open up,but we want to make this hap-pen,” he said.

The father and son teamknow the Dairy Delight has a

long history, but they don’tknow very much about it.

“It seems people really likethe idea. People were ap-proaching us with questionsbefore we even signed the pa-pers. We know they had the BigEd, a hamburger that was outbefore the Big Boy,” Soulassaid. “We want to do somethingsimilar to what they had there.We’ll do the creamy whip.”

He said if anyone has a copyor photo of the original menu,or any historical photos of therestaurant, he’d love to seethem.

Photos can be shared on An-gelo’s Family Restaurant Face-book page. Soulas said he’dalso like to hear about whatpeople would like to eat at thenew location.

“Whatever they want, that’swhat we want to give them,” hesaid. “It won’t be as extensiveas what we do here, but itshould be fun. We have a lot ofideas.”

Soulas said he’s thinkingabout serving pizza and differ-

ent types of specialty hot dogs,gyros, and ultimate loadedwaffle fries.

Walton City AdministratorConnie Goins said she was“thrilled” the Soulas family isgoing to reinvigorate the DairyDelight.

“It’s exciting,” she said. “Ican’t wait to see it open up.”

Soulas said he already start-ed testing ice cream, and hasadded an ice cream sundae barto the Independence restau-rant.

“Kids really love it. It’s beenvery popular,” he said.

The ice cream, and the Inde-pendence restaurant, will stayaround even after the new res-taurant opens.

“We really love it downhere. We love being a part ofthis community,” he said.“We’re not going anywhere.We’ve made a lot of really goodfriends, and we have a lot ofsupport behind us.”

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Angelo Soulas and his son Gus Soulas opened a family restaurant in 2014 in Independence. Now they arerenovating Walton’s Dairy Delight as a new location.

Soulas family willreopen Dairy DelightBy Amy [email protected]

“We know they had the Big Ed, ahamburger that was out before the Big Boy.We want to do something similar to whatthey had there. We’ll do the creamy whip.”GUS SOULAS

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

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Chamber hostsSmart OwnersSeries

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

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

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corder omitted that Cos-mic Studios’ owner Gabri-elle Williams had gastricbypass surgery prior toopening the dance fitnessstudio. Williams lost 100pounds within fourmonths after the surgeryon March 15, 2010, in Tex-as. After her weight lossstalled for one year, Wil-liams discovered dancefitness classes and openedCosmic Studios in 2014.

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

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

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INDEPENDENCE — Ca-leb Sams has a little body,but a big voice.

His mother LeslieSams has to remind theplayful 4-year-old everyso often to use his insidevoice.

“To see him where heis now is a miracle to us,”Sams said. “It is amazinghe is alive, breathing andhappy.”

Caleb was born with acongenital heart defect,problems with theheart’s structure that arepresent at birth. Com-mon examples includeholes in the inside wallsof the heart and nar-rowed or leaky valves. Inmore severe forms ofcongenital heart defect,blood vessels or heartchambers may be miss-ing, poorly formed or inthe wrong place.

During the Feb. 2council meeting a procla-mation honored the Samsand all families dealingwith congenital heart de-fect, and recognized Na-tional Congenital HeartDefect Awareness Week,Feb. 7-14.

“Nothing is more im-portant than issues thatimpact the health andwell being of our citi-zens,” said Mayor ChrisReinersman. “Not onlydo I feel it’s important toshow support for affect-ed families, we also needto raise awareness. Asmayor, I’m grateful forthe opportunity to letsomeone with a similarcondition know that helpis available, as well as en-courage others to sup-port such a worthycause.”

Sam said the city’sproclamation means agreat deal to her.

“It means a lot to me tohave been acknowledgedat the City Council meet-ing and to have thechance to make our storyknown to the community

and to let people knowthere are other families,even in Independence,living with this. It’s im-portant that we come to-gether as a communityand raise awareness.”

In March 2010, Calebhad transposition of thegreater arteries. He wasdiagnosed shortly afterhis birth with the condi-tion and had to have openheart surgery the thirdday of his life.

Sams said it was “dev-astating.” She and herhusband, Aaron Sams,felt a “whirlwind of emo-tions.” This was theirfirst child and it wasnothing they had expect-ed. The two felt alone, asif they were the only oneswhose child had ever hadthe condition. That is farfrom the truth.

One in 110 children isborn with a congenitalheart defect. It is also theNo. 1 cause of infantdeaths in relation to birthdefects, Sams said.Twenty-five percent ofthose diagnosed needopen heart surgery dur-ing their first year of life.

Sams said her hus-band’s co-workers fromSimon Kenton HighSchool shared with themthey had gone throughthe same thing whentheir children were diag-nosed with a congenital

heart defect. She saidtheir support was help-ful, and knowing theirkids had gotten throughit meant so much.

Once Caleb camethrough surgery and washome, Sams made it hermission to make sure oth-er families wouldn’t feelalone at such a difficulttime. She became invol-ved with Little MendedHearts, a national groupproviding resources,support and fundraisingefforts for research. In2010, the Cincinnatichapter of Little MendedHearts started.

Sams became in-volved and now serves asassistant regional direc-tor and central region co-coordinator of the group.

“Part of what we do ispay visits to families inthe hospital,” Sams said.“We also offer ongoingeducation and supportmeeting. We also raiseawareness and we givehope. When these fam-ilies see Caleb, theirfaces light up. It’s thesame when they see anyof the older children whohave CHD who are lead-ing healthy, happy lives.It gives them hope fortheir children.”

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Creating awareness for heartcondition is family’s goalBy Melissa [email protected]

THANKS TO LESLIE SAMS

Caleb Sams and his mother Leslie Sams hold the city ofIndependence’s proclamation for Congenital Heart DefectAwareness Week.

organizational skills, andalso discipline,” Soto said.“A college degree is themost outward-facing sealof quality that an individ-ual can demonstrate. Acollege degree is recog-nized throughout theworld. I knew that Mitchwould be successful, butalso, our flexible modelwould allow time to dealwith the issues he wasfacing with his youngdaughter.

“Now he’s transform-ing his life and his fam-

ily’s life.”Rivas heeded Soto’s

advice. He enrolled in on-line courses with manycredits he had earned sev-eral years ago and willcomplete a bachelor’s de-gree in leadership. Hewill then go on to pursuehis master’s degree andhopes to get a position inthe law enforcementbranch of the Postal Ser-vice.

“People like Mitch arethe reason I do what I do,”Soto said.

Rivas is also helpingwith Union’s veteransprogram to help make theuniversity more accessi-ble to veterans. Rivas saidhe is excited to finish hisdegree.

“I was so close beforebut I got a good job andthen got comfortablewhere I was at,” he said.“But I was sitting dor-mant; there was very lit-tle room to move up in mycareer. Achieving this de-gree will do that.”

Rivas’ daughter is also

doing well. Maryssa hassuccessfully comethrough a two-part opera-tion and faces a final car-diac procedure in 2016.She recently underwent ahip procedure and wasjust taken out of a bodycast in January.

“Our experience inCincinnati, from the hos-pital to Union, has givenus hope,” Rivas said.


Family Continued from Page A1

THANKS TO TERESA WILKINS

Nelson Soto with MaryssaRivas of Independence, whohas undergone lifesavingsurgery for a rare heartcondition.

Northern KentuckyTri-County Economic De-velopment Corporationannounced Jan. 14 thatKate Ferrer has joinedthe organization as eco-nomic development man-ager.

“Kate’s experience inlocal and regional eco-nomic development andher specific training ineconomic developmentare strong assets,” saidDan Tobergte, presidentand CEO of NorthernKentucky Tri-ED. “Theeconomic opportunitiesthat exist in our region re-quire talented individualsfor continued growth.

We’re looking forward toKate’s contributions toour success.”

Ferrer was previouslyan economic develop-ment specialist for thecity of Urbana, Illinois.

She administered thecity’s business incentivesprograms and assistednew businesses in locat-ing commercial proper-ties, navigating city ser-vices and identifying re-sources for relocating orexpanding in Urbana. Sheearned a Master of UrbanPlanning from the Uni-versity of Illinois at Ur-bana-Champaign andBachelor of Arts, busi-ness administration, cumlaude, from the Univer-

sity of Florida.Ferrer succeeds Nick

Brophy who moved onfrom Tri-ED in Novem-ber.

Founded in 1987, Tri-ED is the primary eco-nomic development mar-keting agency for Boone,Campbell and Kentoncounties in Northern Ken-tucky. The Northern Ken-tucky ezone, a division ofthe Northern KentuckyTri-County Economic De-velopment Corporation,provides a support pro-gram for businesses rang-ing from startup entre-preneurs to establishedcompanies commercializ-ing a new product, tech-nology or process.

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EDGEWOOD — As Ei-leen Whaley participatedin Edgewood’s 2012 Inde-pendence Day Run, shewas reaching a mile-stone.

“I was two months shyof 65 and this was thefirst athletic competitionof my life,” Whaley said.“I consciously did what Ihad been trained to do asthe mass of runnersturned right out of the(President’s Park) ontothe main roadway. Icouldn’t see anything atfirst but arms and legs.Then from an elevatedpoint the curtain of peo-ple dropped away. I couldsee four city blocksstretched out in front ofme. A mass of peopleflooded both sides of theroadway as far as I couldsee.

“I thought: ‘I am partof a beautiful white rib-bon, massively powerful,winding down the road.”

The experience in-spired her to write a bookabout her journey – awidow’s recovery of herentire health: mind, bodyand spirit.

Whaley, now 67, re-cently published “ComeBack Strong, a Widow’sSong.” In it she chroni-cles her experience pre-paring for the city’s an-nual 5K run. Her journeyincludes losing 90pounds in just sixmonths.

She decided to take onthe challenge to improveher health shortly afterthe death of her husband,David Whaley. He hadbeen diagnosed with ter-minal cancer, given twoweeks to live, but sur-vived a year after the di-

agnosis.“My

goal is thatpeoplewho readthe bookfind hopeand possi-bility,” shesaid.

PhyllisReed, who

was Whaley’s counselorafter David’s death, be-lieves the book will dojust that.

“I think her book willmake a difference in peo-ple’s lives,” she said. “It’sone of those books thatpeople will read and say,‘I can do that,’” Reedsaid. “It will infuse hopeinto any situation.”

It doesn’t just stopwith the book. Whaley isalso putting together ateam of experts for abusiness venture to offerwellness seminars toprovide further educa-tion to those goingthrough major lifechanges after loss.

Whaley plans to host awinter wellness fair andbook launch 9:30-11:30a.m. Sept. 21. There willbe discussion on nutri-tion and diet, emotionalhealth, and preparing fora 5K and 10K race. An ac-knowledgment lunch willfollow. To attend, contactWhaley at [email protected].


Edgewood womanshares journey tohealth in new bookBy Melissa [email protected]

THANKS TO EILEEN WHALEY

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

FORT WRIGHT — Sanita-tion District 1 is investi-gating why it has $234,000less in the bank than whatits own records show.

Forensic auditors areworking to reconstructbank transactions back 10years ago to figure out thediscrepancy, SD1 Execu-tive Director Dave Ragersaid Jan. 26.

SD, the utility respon-sible for collecting andtreating Northern Ken-tucky’s wastewater, hashad seven bank accountsfor various purposes withHuntington Bank sincethe 1980s, Rager said.

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

But when SD1 gotready to close the Hun-tington Bank accountsand transfer the money tothe Bank of Kentucky inJanuary 2014, Huntingtonfound the discrepancy of$234,000, Rager said.

“The SD1 staff wentback and checked everybank transaction back toJuly 2004,” Rager said.“They couldn’t find thecause of the discrepan-cy.”

After nearly a year ofinvestigating by check-ing out 10 years of trans-

actions of accounts that,Rager said, had been bal-anced every day at SD1,the board agreed to hireforensic auditors to workwith the bank on piecingtogether even older rec-ords.

SD1 early last monthcontracted with Dean,Dorton, Allen, Ford, aKentucky-based regionalaccounting firm with fo-rensic auditors, to workwith Huntington Bank’sforensic auditors to try toreconstruct the financialrecords from before 2004to see what went wrong.

“They are working toreconstruct bank trans-actions to determine thediscrepancy in the bank’srecords,” Rager said. “Itcould be a simple mis-take. It may be two orthree mistakes.”

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

“While the amount isrelatively small com-pared to SD1’s overallbudget, our utility recog-nizes the issue is not asmall matter,” Holtzapelsaid. “In cooperation withthe bank, this issue needsto be investigated and re-solved.”

Forensic auditorsinvestigate SD1bank recordsBy Terry [email protected]

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ERLANGER — Tuesday is aspecial day for Missy Andress.

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

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

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

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

stronger community.”“Being involved in the scho-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

serve. “His favorite thing about the

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

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

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


Erlanger employees connect with school kidsBy Melissa [email protected]

THANKS TO TODD WHITAKER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

three of the past five years.Over recent years the

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

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

classes opened in Septemberand are both at capacity.

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

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

Apprenticeship school sees enrollment boom

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

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

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

Nicholas is the son of Davidand Jackie Boucher of VillaHills.

THANKS TO PAMELA MCQUEEN

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

Boucheradmitted toHarvard classof 2019

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“What else do you need?”Rogers asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

DNA reports.Working in teams, the girls

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

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

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

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

To learn more about iSPACE

Scout Programs, visithttp://bit.ly/ScoutsISPACE.

Northern Kentucky’s GirlScouts are part of the LickingValley Cluster, based in Erlang-er, of the Girl Scout’s KentuckyWilderness Road Council. Callthe Erlanger Service Center at800-716-6162 for more informa-tion about local Girl Scouting.

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

CSI:GIRL SCOUT DIVISION

By Kamellia Soenjoto SmithCommunity Recorder Contributor


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


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


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

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

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

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


FRIDAY, FEB. 13Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Art ExhibitsFigurative Folklore: Curatedby Selena Reder, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Covington Arts, 2 W. PikeSt., Figurative Folklore showcasessix artists from the region whosework tells a strong narrativewhere the body plays the role ofstoryteller. Free. Presented byCovington Arts District. 292-2322.; http://covingtonarts.com/.Covington.

Arts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Works by influential Covingtonartists from past 200 years ondisplay. In conjunction withCOV200 bicentennial cele-bration. $7, $6 ages 60 and up,$4 ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. Through April 12. 491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,Newport on the Levee, Up totwo kids 12 and under get in freewith each full-priced adult ticket.Through March 1. 261-7444;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

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

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Middle andlow-income taxpayers are eligi-ble for this free tax preparationservice. Those with complex taxreturns will be advised to seekprofessional tax assistance. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Balance ofstructured, unstructured andself-directed play opportunitiesto help learners develop theirsocial, intellectual and communi-cation skills. Ages 3-6. $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

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

Holiday - Mardi GrasMardi Gras Celebration, 8 p.m.to 1 a.m., MainStrasse Village,Main Street, Cajun food boothsand entertainment in bars andtents. Beads, baubles and ban-gles available for purchase inVillage businesses. Ages 21 andup. $15 both nights, $10 onenight. Presented by MainStrasseVillage Association. 491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-ton.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayGirl’s Night Out: ValentineCookies Uncorked, 7-9 p.m.,New Riff Distillery, 24 DistilleryWay, Everyone leaves withdozen decorated sugar cookies.Includes wine and light bites.$45. Reservations recommended.261-7433; www.newriffdistilling-.com. Newport.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Allskill levels welcome. 342-2665.Union.

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

Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & the TunaProject, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Man-sion Hill Tavern, 502 Washington

Ave., $4. 581-0100. Newport.

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

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

On Stage - TheaterIn the Heat of the Night, 8-10p.m., Falcon Theatre, 636 Mon-mouth St., Battle for civil rightsin deep South was differentfrom rest of nation. When VirgilTibbs, successful black homicidedetective from LA gets caughtup in homicide investigation, hediscovers just how different thisworld is. $19, $17 students andseniors. Through Feb. 28. 513-479-6783; www.falconthea-ter.net. Newport.

SportsThoroughbred Racing, 6:15p.m., Turfway Park, 7500 Turf-way Road, Free. Through March29. 371-0200; www.turfway.com.Florence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Holiday - Valentine’s DaySingles Awareness Party, 6 -9p.m., Velocity Bike & Bean, 7560Burlington Pike, Pizza, dessertsand music by: Brittany Gillstrap,My Brother’s Keeper, Dan Crowe,Justin Duenne and Alex Evans.For singles. $10. Registrationrequired. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. 371-8356; www.ve-locitybb.com/events. Florence.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 11 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, On-the-floor,interactive fun that encourages alove of books and builds pre-reading skills through books,finger plays, songs and playtime.Free. Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665;

www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Music - Concert SeriesLinton Music’s Peanut Butter& Jam Sessions: High, Low,Fast, Slow. Listen Closely,Here We Go, 10-10:45 a.m.,11:30-12:15 p.m., Lakeside Presby-terian Church, 2690 Dixie High-way, Flute, string bass, piano anddrums show musical opposites.$5 or four for $15; free underage 2. Presented by LintonPeanut Butter & Jam Sessions.513-381-6868; www.lintonmus-ic.org. Lakeside Park.

Music - ConcertsDark Star Orchestra, 9 p.m.,Madison Theater, 730 MadisonAve., Tribute band recreates theGrateful Dead experience. $25,$23 advance. 491-2444;www.madisontheateronline-.com. Covington.

On Stage - ComedyTom Cotter, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club,$12-$17. 957-2000; www.funny-boneonthelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterIn the Heat of the Night, 8-10p.m., Falcon Theatre, $19, $17students and seniors. 513-479-6783; www.falcontheater.net.Newport.

Theory of Mind, 2 p.m., MaryAnn Mongan Library, 502 ScottBlvd., By Ken LaZebnik. Sensitive,unsentimental portrait of rela-tionships, tells story of Bill, ateenager who happens to live onthe autism spectrum. Part ofPlayhouse in the Park’s Off theHill series. Recommended forages 11 and up. Call venue fortickets and prices. Presented byPlayhouse in the Park. 962-4060;www.cincyplay.com. Covington.

RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 5-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996Belair Drive, Doors open 5 p.m.Early games begin 6:30 p.m.Regular games begin 7:15 p.m.Ages 18 and up. Benefits RyleMarching Band Boosters. Pre-sented by Ryle Band Boosters.Through Dec. 26. 282-1652.Erlanger.

SportsThoroughbred Racing, 6:15p.m., Turfway Park, Free. 371-0200; www.turfway.com. Flor-ence.

SUNDAY, FEB. 15Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4-5 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Karaoke and Open Mic

Karaoke, 9 p.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., With DJ Will Corson.$10 buckets and $4 grape andcherry bombs. Ages 21 and up.Free. 491-6659. Covington.

Literary - PoetryCaden Blincoe Outloud Festi-val, 2 p.m., Thomas More Col-lege Science Lecture Hall, 333Thomas More Parkway, Readingsby favorites such as RichardHague and Pauletta Hansel. TMCWriter-in-Residence and newreaders Robert Schultz, KarenGeorge and Ron Houchin. Free.Presented by Thomas MoreCollege. 344-3309; www.thomas-more.edu. Crestview Hills.

Music - ConcertsLydia Loveless, 9 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., $12, $10 advance.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyTom Cotter, 7:30 p.m., FunnyBone Comedy Club, $12-$17.957-2000; www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com. Newport.

RecreationCity of Edgewood RollerSkating Night, 7-9 p.m., Inde-pendence Skateway, 1637 Inde-pendence Road, Open to first200 Edgewood residents. Mustshow proof of residency and signwaiver. Skate rental included.Free. Presented by City of Edge-wood. 331-5910; www.edge-woodky.gov. Independence.

SportsThoroughbred Racing, 1:10p.m., Turfway Park, Free. 371-0200; www.turfway.com. Flor-ence.

MONDAY, FEB. 16AttractionsWinter Family Days, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, 261-7444; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.

Cooking ClassesClean Eating 101: Class 3 Mainand Side Dishes with JenniferKagy, 6-8 p.m., New Riff Distill-ery, 24 Distillery Way, Discussbasics of creating a healthierkitchen and then explore adifferent menu each week. $50.261-7433; www.newriffdistilling-.com. Newport.

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

EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, $10. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m.,

8:15-9:15 a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m.,4:45-5:45 p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edge-wood Jazzercise Center, $38 forunlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

Literary - LibrariesLego Mania, 6:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Legos provided.Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

In the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Knitor crochet in relaxed, friendlycompany. Learn for first time orpick up new tricks. 342-2665.Florence.

Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness program.$25 per month. 334-2117. Union.

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15 p.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Gaming and snacks. Free. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Hebron.

Young @ Art: Art for SeniorCitizens, 1:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Painting classjust for senior citizens. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Engineer This: Geodesic Domeand Paper Roller Coaster,6:30-8 p.m., Walton BranchLibrary, 21 S. Main St., Free.Registration recommended.342-2665. Walton.

Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m.,Molly Malone’s Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St., Allbluegrass pickers invited toparticipate. Free. 491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.

RecreationNo School Fun Days, 9 a.m. to 4p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Arts, crafts, music and games.Ages 3-15. $25. Registrationrequired. 916-2721. Florence.

TUESDAY, FEB. 17Art & Craft Classes7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Art ExhibitsFigurative Folklore: Curatedby Selena Reder, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Covington Arts, Free.292-2322.; http://covingto-

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

AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:30-9:30a.m., 9:30-10:30 a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

Health / WellnessLunch-N-Learn Health andWellness Talks, noon to 12:30p.m., Homan Chiropractic, 713Scott Blvd., Weekly health topicsuch as back pain, neck pain,whiplash, pregnancy back pain,nutrition, importance of goodposture and proper liftingtechniques. Water and dessertprovided. Free. Presented by Dr.Tracy Homan. 291-0333;www.homanchiropractic.com.Covington.

Holiday - Mardi GrasFat Tuesday/Fastnacht Cele-bration, 6-11 p.m., Hofbrauhaus,200 E. Third St., Enzian Dancerspresent special program. Musicby Nick Gulacsy Jr., the Ak-kordeon-Meister. Prizes present-ed for best Fat Tuesday costumesworn by adults and children.Benefits German HeritageMuseum. Presented by German-American Citizens League ofGreater Cincinnati. 513-574-1741;www.gacl.org. Newport.

Hurricanes and the BurningCaravan, 7:30-9:30 p.m., NewRiff Distillery, 24 Distillery Way,Classic New Orleans cocktails,light bites and music by theBurning Caravan. Includes twodrinks per person. $35. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30-3 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,342-2665. Union.

Teen Writer Tuesdays: Middleand High School, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Share yourwork. No experience required.Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.

Open Gym (middle and highschool), 3:30 p.m., ChapinMemorial Library, 6517 MarketSt., Basketball, board games andsnacks. 342-2665. Petersburg.

Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalone’s Irish Pub and Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irish music.Free. 491-6659; mollymalonesir-ishpub.com. Covington.

Music - ConcertsRobyn Hitchcock, 8 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., $25, $20 advance.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas,85 N. Grand Ave., Floor A, BoardRoom. Weekly 12-step programfor people who have problemwith eating/food. Free. Present-ed by Overeaters Anonymous.496-1477; www.oa.org. FortThomas.

Celebrate Recovery, 6:30-8:30p.m., Vineyard Christian Church,7101 Pleasant Valley Road,Healing for all hurts, hangupsand habits. Free. 689-0777;vineyardchristian.org. Florence.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18Art ExhibitsFigurative Folklore: Curatedby Selena Reder, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Covington Arts, Free.292-2322.; http://covingto-narts.com/. Covington.

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MainStrasse Village’s Mardi Gras Celebration begins from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, andcontinues from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, MainStrasse Village, Main Street. Festivitiesinclude Cajun food booths and entertainment in bars and tents. Beads, baubles and bangleswill be available for purchase in Village businesses. This event is for ages 21 and up. Cost is $15both nights, $10 one night. Presented by MainStrasse Village Association. For more information,call 491-0458; or visit www.mainstrasse.org.


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

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

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

was almost impossible.The silver lining? The

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

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

Oven roasted salmonwith herbs

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

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

Salt and freshly groundblack pepper

1/4 cup olive oil2 tablespoons freshly

squeezed lemon juice1/3 cup minced green on-

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

ley1/2 cup dry white wineLemon wedges, for serving

Preheat the oven to 425 de-grees.

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

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

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

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

Healing bath saltsRemember when you were a

kid and Mom had you soak sorefeet in Epsom salts?

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

and nerves. Baking soda helpssoothe skin.

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

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

drops - optPour a cup under hot run-

ning water in tub.

Readers want to knowSteaming rice for fluffy

texture:“Sometimes after my rice is

cooked, it sticks together and ishard to separate.”

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

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

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

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Smoking is harmful toKentucky’s health.

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

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

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

Smoke-free workplaces aregood for health.

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

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

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

Smoke-free work placesare good for businesses, too.

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

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

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

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

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

smoke-free restaurants. Support for a smoke-free

law in Kentucky is building. A recent study conducted

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

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

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

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

Smoke-free workplaces improve health, lower costs

Glenn A.LoomisCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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

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

Once you have your per-

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

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

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

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

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

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

Steven J. Franzen is CampbellCounty Attorney.

How the Graduated Driver’s License works

Steven J.FranzenCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

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

ating the her-oin epidemicand fixes it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The hardtruth aboutheroin

State Sen.John SchickelCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Feb. 5 questionThe governors of Ohio and

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

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

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

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

Thomas DahlBurlington

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

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

“The interstate system was

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

Rick Brown

“It puts the burden largelyon Kentuckians.”

Marcy I. Thompson

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school meet. Newport lost inpool play. Despite injury woes,Scott coach Don Graven waspleased with the Eagles’ finishof fifth for the second straightyear. They were runner-up in1996, their best placing.

“We wrestled extremely welland showed some great tough-ness battling through injuries,”Graven said. “We handily beatBourbon County in the poolround, and then lost a nail-biteragainst Moore on a medical de-fault. We then dropped to the 5-8pool and soundly beat LaRueCounty.”

That put the Eagles againstfavored Wayne County. “Theywere the No. 2 seed to start theday with a record of 42-4,”Graven said. “And we beat themby a decent margin to earnfifth.”

Local teams came back emp-ty handed from the recent Ken-tucky Wrestling Coaches Asso-ciation state duals at UnionCounty. But coaches for toparea finishers were happy withmost of the results, even if theyreturned a little banged up.

Campbell County placedthird at the big-school meet, los-ing to Louisville St. Xavier, 33-30 in the semifinals. The Camels(14-3) were seeking a fourthstate duals crown and seventhappearance in the final.

Scott (14-5) lost in the pool-play round, and placed fifth atthe small-school meet.

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

Scott and Newport were lo-cal representatives at the small-

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

Hall of Fame» The Northern Kentucky

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

Swimming » The Northern Kentucky

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

“This is an incredibly strongshowing for this point in the sea-son – our swimmers put up 71percent lifetime best times. Aswe head into the championshipseason, we are positioned toswim well at the state level andto continue improving our na-tional ranking,” head age groupcoach Chad Rehkamp said.

Other highlights of the meetinclude:

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

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

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

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

» Scott swimmers madesome big waves in the last reg-ular season meet, the Gold Med-al Meet, The boys team tookfirst place and the team took asecond place overall. Specialshoutouts to Ty Grubb for takingthe top male swimmer of themeet, first place male diver wasNick Fox, first place girls divingwas Lindsey Fox. Ty Grubb alsohad a first place in the 200 indi-vidual Medley and the 100breast stroke, Zach Major 1stplace in 100 butterfly, Tim Sher-rard first place in 100 freestyle,The boys medley and freestylerelays with Tim Sherrard, ZachMajor, Nick Fox and Ty Grubbalso took first places.

Boys basketball» Covington Catholic went

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

» Holmesbeat Dixie Heights70-63 Feb. 4. Markel McClen-don scored 19 points includinghis 1,000th career point. Holmesbeat Highlands 68-57 Feb. 6.Senior guard James Boldenscored a game-high 30 points.McClendon added 16 points andsenior forward Rod Avery re-corded a double-double with 15points and 10 rebounds.

» Ludlow beat Villa Madon-na 58-37 Feb. 5 Cameron Harthad 22 points including six 3-pointers. Matthew Gibson had15 points. Thomas Schutzmanled VMA with 18 points.

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

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B2

LUDLOW — It’s shaping up tobe a memorable 2015 for theWofford family.

As daughter Tori Wofford isending her senior season onthe Ludlow High School girlsbasketball team, her headcoach and mother, Vikki Wof-ford, was inducted into theNorthern Kentucky SportsHall of Fame Jan. 21. So washer father, Randy Wofford,who is the head coach of theLudlow boys basketball team.

“It was a big honor to bechosen,” Vikki said. “It wasnice to go in on the same dayand it was a big honor. We’veboth worked very hard in ourlives and we’ve worked hard inour sports. We both want togive back to where we camefrom. We just love giving backto the community and the kidsand they have the same oppor-tunities we had or better.”

Both Panther basketballteams are undefeated in Divi-sion III of the Northern Ken-tucky Athletic Conference en-tering play Feb. 10. Randy’ssquad is defending conferencechampions, and the girls teamhas won titles in the past dec-ade, but Randy doesn’t thinkboth teams have ever won theconference in the same sea-son.

“It’s a three-way race butwe need to take care of busi-ness,” Randy said. “We’re in agood position and we have toget our kids prepared for thestretch run. It’s nice to haveboth teams undefeated. I don’tthink we’ve won the confer-ence together. This is excitingfor us.”

Ludlow is 12-13 in boys andhas regrouped after graduat-ing a deep senior class fromlast season. Kalib Mitchell andMarcus Roark average 12points a game. Matthew Gib-son posts 10 a contest. Camer-on Hart averages eight andhas 42 made 3-pointers for theyear. Hart and Tyler Lyons arethe seniors on the roster.

“We’re playing good de-fense, a lot of man to man, a lotof effort,” their coach said.

“We’ve focused on our effortand energy. We shoot the ballwell and we get a lot of our of-fense from our defensiveend.”

The girls team is 14-12 andhas two conference gamesleft, against Bellevue and Day-ton, whom the Panthers havehad close wins over.

Tori Wofford averages 16.6points a game and had 31 3-pointers. Haley Warndorfposts 12.3 a contest and a team-high 6.5 rebounds. Wofford,Laura Young and YasminaHussein are seniors.

“We’re playing really gooddefense, which makes our of-fense flow easier for us,” VikkiWofford said. “Tori and Haleyare playing well for us. Whenwe win, they play very well.We have contributions fromother teammates who give us agood all-around game.”

Both parents/coaches havemade Ludlow their life’s work.Randy, the director of mainte-nance and transportation forthe district, is a 1992 graduateand was an all-conference per-former in football, basketballand baseball, leading North-ern Kentucky football in re-ceptions in 1991. He has beencoaching in the district since1998, spending eight seasonsas a boys hoops assistant be-fore taking over the girls pro-gram. After four seasons withthe girls, he handed that pro-gram to his wife.

“It was a great experience,”he said of the hall induction.“It’s nice to be chosen for thehonor with people who werewatching you as you grew up.That’s the big thing, being in-ducted with my wife. It washumbling experience.”

Vikki, the financial analystfor the district, is a 1990 gradu-ate and a standout in volley-ball, basketball and softball.Both she and Randy played in

JIM OSBORN FOR THE RECORDER

Ludlow’s Kalib Mitchell reaches for a loose ball as Lloyd’s Sterling Hamilton watches during Lloyd’s win Feb. 6.

Ludlow teams andWoffords producinghall-of-fame seasonBy James [email protected]

THANKS TO JOE BRENNAN

The Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame inducted new members Jan.21 in Villa Hills. From left: Treasurer Terry Keller, Randy Wofford, VictoriaWofford, Michael Borchers (Ludlow superintendent, guest speaker),Wayne Keller, president Joe Brennan, Terry Trame and Deacon Trame.

FILE PHOTO

Ludlow head coach RandyWofford, foreground, coaches histeam against Scott in the Lloydholiday tourney Dec. 26.

See LUDLOW, Page B2

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Area athletes fromScott and Simon Kentonsigned their national let-ters of intent to play col-lege sports Feb. 4. Havemore images to share?Email [email protected].

ScottScott High School an-

nounces the collegesigning of Luke Tread-way with the Universityof Kentucky to play soc-cer.

Personal: 2011: Offen-sive Player of the Year;NKHSBSCA 3rd TeamAll-Region; Holds Na-tional League Record forMost Goals in a SingleSeason - 13 goals; NamedBest XI at Nationals

2012: Offensive Play-er of the Year; MostValuable Player of theYear; NKHSBSCA 1stTeam All-Region; NKYAthletic Conference All-Star Team member

2013: Comeback Play-er of the Year

2014: KHSAA BoysSoccer State All-Tourna-ment Team; Most Valu-able Player; Kentucky

Enquirer Player of theYear; Holds School Rec-ord for Most CareerGoals--105 goals; 2nd inN KY for Most CareerGoals--105 goals; HoldsNational League RecordOverall for 31 goals in 28games

Clubs2012: Competed in

U.S. National Champion-ships, USYS NationalLeague Champions,USYS Region 2 Champi-ons, MRL Premier Divi-sion Champions, USClub Soccer Ohio CupChampions, OE College

Showcase Champions,Annandale Premier CupSemi-finalist

2013: MRL PremierDivision Champions,Ohio South State CupChampions, Adidas BlueChip Showcase Champi-ons, Jefferson CupShowcase Champions,OE College ShowcaseChampions

2014: US NationalChampionship Semi-fi-nalist, Ohio South StateCup Champions, USYSNational League 2ndPlace, Adidas Blue ChipShowcase Finalist, Dis-ney Showcase U19 Show-case Division Champi-ons

High School2011: District Champi-

ons2014: District Cham-

pions, Regional Champi-ons, State Finalist/Run-ner-Up

Simon KentonSimon Kenton an-

nounced three footballcommitments on Feb. 4.Quinton Marksberrywill play for Pikeville,Barry Deaton to Glen-ville State and ChristianOlmstead to Findlay.

Treadway signs withUK; 3 Pioneers signSubmitted

THANKS TO

THE TREADWAY FAMILY

Scott High School seniorLuke Treadway signs to playsoccer for the University ofKentucky on Feb. 5.

COVINGTON — The1939 Carr Brothers fast-pitch champion softballteam, which won theworld championship, ismemorialized in one ofthe murals on the Coving-ton flood wall.

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

“Every time we dis-play that kids are thrilledto death because it’s so lit-tle and they can’t believepeople would play with aglove like that comparedto how big they are to-day,” said Joe Brennan,president of the North-ern Kentucky Sports Hallof Fame.

The museum, locatedin Devou Park, has host-ed five such exhibits inthe past decade honoringthe history of NorthernKentucky Sports, but hashad to return all thatmemorabilia to Brennanand the artifacts’ ownersonce the exhibit is over.

No more, as the mu-seum recently expandedits storage space and willbe able to keep moresports memorabilia us-ing its professionallytrained methods of pre-serving old items. Themuseum and hall of famereached a partnershipagreement that took ef-fect Jan. 1.

“The museum never

had room to keep impor-tant displays,” Brennansaid. “We never couldkeep anything becausewe didn’t have a facilityand the museum didn’thave space. A lot of peo-ple have uniforms in acloset. The museum willkeep everything in stor-age the proper way so itwon’t deteriorate.”

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

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

“We don’t have any-thing to remind people of

those teams,” Brennansaid. “If we don’t collectanything form that stuff,it will disappear. Thegood thing is they have togive it to the museum per-manently. The museumwould have to insure itand get it in storage.”

He said the option canbe crucial for schools,who have countless tro-phies and team picturesof their high schoolteams and are oftenfaced with the choice todispose of them.

Brennan said the hallof fame is also endeavor-ing to update bios on all ofits inductees. More infor-mation is available at thehall’s web site at https://sites.google.com/site/nkysportshalloffame/.

For more informationon donating items, callBrennan at 384-2411 orthe Behringer-CrawfordMuseum at 491-4003.

Follow James Weber onTwitter, @JWeberSports

Museum to preserve sports artifacts

THANKS TO JOE BRENNAN

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

By James [email protected]

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Girls basketball» Holmes beat Ryle 50-

45 in overtime Feb. 6.» Holy Crossbeat Dixie

Heights 50-28 Feb. 4. DejaTurner had 15 points andAlly Mayhaus16. HC beatNotre Dame 46-38 Feb. 6to secure the top seed inthe 35th District tourney.

» Scottbeat Cooper 80-63 Feb. 5. Alexis Staple-ton had 22 points, sevenrebounds and three as-sists. Jenna Trimpescored 20, Anna Cle-phane had 19 points andeight rebounds.

NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky

University centerfielderK.C. Straley was named toCollege Sports Madness’2015 Atlantic Sun Confer-ence Preseason All-Con-ference team. Straley wasthe only Norse player hon-ored, taking a second-team selection. She is thefirst NKU player to earnsuch an honor since theNorse joined the AtlanticSun for the 2013 season.

“I'm so happy for KC

for being named to Col-lege Sports Madness pre-season all A-Sun secondteam,” said head coachKathy Stewart. “She is thebest outfielder in my ten-ure and her offense hasreally come along. Fur-ther, she is an outstandingbaserunner. What an hon-or for both KC and NKUSoftball.”

Straley, a senior fromConner High School, re-turns to the Norse for herthird season after a strongjunior campaign in whichshe hit .229. She also drewa team-best 19 walks tolead to a .348 on-base per-centage, also tops for theNorse. She scored a team-high 29 runs and stole 22bases, ranking fourthamong A-Sun speedsterswith the second-highestsingle-season total inNorse history. Since com-ing to NKU in 2013, Stra-ley has swiped 30 bags,ranking sixth all-time atNKU.

TMC Notes» Sophomore guard/

forward Nate McGovney(Campbell County)scored a game-high 22points to lead the ThomasMore College men’s bas-

ketball team to a 78-73 winover Thiel College Feb. 7.With the win, the Saintsimprove to 15-7 overalland 10-3 in the PAC. Withthe loss, the Tomcats fallto 11-10 overall and 7-5 inthe PAC.

Joining McGovney indouble-figure scoring wassenior forward JalenClark with 18 points, DrewMumford with 13 pointsand Eliot Pipes with 10points.

» Junior guard/for-ward Sydney Moss(Boone County) scored agame-high 28 points in 18minutes of to lead the sec-ond-ranked Thomas MoreCollege women’s basket-ball team to a 100-33 winover Thiel Feb. 7. With thewin, the Saints improve to21-0 overall and 14-0 in thePAC. With the loss, theTomcats fall to 5-15 over-all and 4-9 in the PAC.

Joining Moss in dou-ble-figure scoring was ju-nior guard Olivia Huber(Newport Central Catho-lic) with 12 points andfreshman forward NikkiKiernan (Newport Cen-tral Catholic) and sopho-more guard Hannah De-vine (Carroll County)with 10 points each.

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the senior all-star gamesin all three of their sportsin their final year. Vikkihas also been coaching inthe district since 1997.

The juggling of bas-

ketball schedules hasbeen a task, but the Wof-fords have made the bestof it.

“Practice times aremore difficult than gametimes,” Vikki said. “Wetried to choose ourschedules a lot betterthis year, especially withit being Tori’s senior

year. We wanted him tobe able to see as much aswe can. It works out. Welove the sport so we don’tmind it. We use our offtime to have familytime.”

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Year three of the transi-tion to a new division andnew coaching staff is shap-ing up to be the best one yetfor Northern KentuckyUniversity’s women’s bas-ketball team. Coming offof an 18-win season andgraduating just one senior,the Norse have continuedto steadily improve underthird-year head coachDawn Plitzuweit.

Through Feb. 2, theNorse are 13-9 overall, 4-3in Atlantic Sun Confer-ence play. A turning pointcame in mid-December,when Northern Kentuckyearned consecutive winsover Marquette, Cincin-nati, and Delaware in aspan of five days. Defeat-ing established Division Iprograms from biggerconferences in Marquetteand Cincinnati gave theNorse a boost.

“Those two victories inparticular have given ouryoung ladies a great dealof confidence,” said Plitzu-weit. “ We were reallylearning how to battle backfrom adversity during thatstretch in our season and Iam very proud of thisgroup for staying togetherand finding a way to pulloff some very big wins forthis team and for ourNorse program.”

“The Marquette and UCwins were two great winsfor us,” said sophomoreguard Kelley Wiegman(Mercy). “It just goes toshow the strides we’vebeen making being able tocompete with big nameschools.”

Winning three of theirfirst five conferencegames, with two losses bysingle digits, can be tracedto the challenging non-con-ference schedule. TheNorse lost to No. 13 Ken-tucky on Dec. 3, thenbounced back with victo-ries over the Golden Ea-gles and Bearcats.

“Not only did playing inthose games really prep usfor conference play, itgave us a lot of confidenceknowing that we not onlycompete with, but are ableto out-compete nationally-known teams,” said senior

center Kaitlyn Gerrety(McAuley).

The Norse have depth,with six players averagingbetween 6.0 and 13.4 pointsper game. Gerrety leadsthe squad with 5.4 re-bounds per game. With somany players contributing- 10 players average morethan nine minutes pergame - the Norse havebuilt a camaraderie thatextends beyond the court.

“The biggest differ-ence I can see between thisseason and last has to behow close this team is. It’scommon knowledgeamong us that everyone onthis team has each others’backs no matter what,”said Gerrety. “It reallygives everyone confi-dence to go out and playwithout fear because yourteammates are alwaysthere to pick you up.”

With seniors Gerrety,Melody Doss, and TamikaGlover leading the way,the Norse have played likea team. A different playeris capable of stepping upand leading the team eachnight, and the players areunselfish and dedicated towinning as a team, no mat-ter who shines the most ina given game.

“What I truly enjoy themost about this year’steam is their incrediblechemistry,” said Plitzu-weit. “Don’t get me wrong,our team last year was alsovery close, but there issomething special aboutthis group of young ladiesand their togetherness.”

Thanks to the move toDivision I and bringing in acoach from outside the re-gion (Plitzuweit was asso-ciate head coach at Michi-gan), the Norse have ex-panded their recruiting.Wiegman and Gerrety arethe only Cincinnati areaplayers on the roster. Theformer Division II nation-al champion and longtimepower has seen a spike inattention since the move toDivision I.

“Being from the areacauses me to have a lot ofpride in the strides ourteam has made over thepast few years,” said Wieg-man. “It’s truly amazinghow many local people fol-low the team and to recog-

nize the increasingamount of support forNKU women’s basket-ball.”

“I definitely feel thatpride and it makes me ex-cited that people are start-ing to recognize that wecan compete with high cal-iber Division I teams,”said Gerrety.

With more depth thisyear, the Norse are able toplay more aggressivelyand push the tempo morethan they did last year.

“I think the biggest dif-ference between wherewe are this year and lastyear is our ability to keepbattling through games,”said Wiegman. “We’ve hada number of close gamesand have been able to hangin and finish.”

Another advantage forthis year’s squad is havingveterans who are familiarwith Plitzuweit’s systemand pass their knowledgeto the underclassmen. Theseniors know what it takesto compete against Divi-sion I competition and inthe highly-competitive A-Sun. The conference isranked 11th out of 33 in thelatest RPI rankings.

“Our three seniors haveall done a tremendous jobof leading the way for usthis year,” said Plitzuweit.“They play their tails off,they communicate, theyencourage, and what’sreally advantageous is thatwe can make adjustmentsmuch more quickly ingames because they havebeen doing it for a few sea-sons already, so they canplay with a high level ofdiscipline.”

Those seniors are start-ing to realize that theyhave just one more chanceto leave their mark onNorthern Kentucky bas-ketball. They want to leadthe program to its 32ndstraight winning seasonand a third straight post-season trip.

“I definitely feel mytime here at Northernwinding down and it hasleft me with a sense of ur-gency,” Gerrety said. “Irealize that I have to leaveeverything I have on thecourt and with my team be-cause I’m not going to get asecond chance at this.”

Bonding key to improvementof NKU women’s basketballBy Adam [email protected]

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Dayton mancharged with Booneburglaries

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

Scheben said Greenwas arrested Jan. 15 byKentucky State Patrol of-ficers after investigatorsmatched his fingerprints

to evidencefound atthe sceneof a BooneCountyburglary.

Green ischargedwith thefour bur-glaries,

criminal mischief, theftby unlawful taking andmarked as a persistent fel-ony offender.

All of the burglaries oc-curred between Jan. 10and Jan. 14, when investi-gators believe Green wasbreaking into one house aday to support a heroinhabit, Scheben said. Threeof the burglaries werecommitted in Hebron and

one in Burlington.Green is currently a

resident of the BooneCounty Detention Center.

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Cops: Utility workerhit by drunkendriver dies

FLORENCE — A utilityworker died after he wasstruck by an alleged drun-ken driver on the side ofDixie Highway in Flor-ence early on Feb. 6.

Joel Rebennack, 30, ofFlorence was standing be-hind his bucket truck nearGlenrose Avenue whenanother vehicle hit andpinned him, according toFlorence police.

After Rebennack wasextricated around 12:30a.m., he was pronounceddead after being trans-ported to the University ofCincinnati Medical Cen-ter.

A warrant was ob-tained for Brenda Amer-son, 53, for second-degreemanslaughter, wanton en-dangerment and criminalmischief.

Police said that Amer-son, of Florence, was re-leased earlier in the nightafter a driving under the

influence charge, but wasarrested again after thefatal crash and transport-ed to the Boone CountyDetention Center.

The bucket truck be-longed to the BowlinGroup and is subcontract-ed to Time Warner Cable.

Authorities closed Dix-ie Highway near GlenroseAvenue for several hoursto investigate the crash.

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Phone scam seeksfunds for fallenpolice officers

The Kentucky State Po-lice is advising all citizensto beware of phone scamsrequesting financial dona-tions for fallen police offi-cers.

KSP Post 16 in Hender-son has documented anumber of people who re-ported receiving callsfrom someone who stateshe is with KSP or anotherpolice professional fund-raiser. His goal is to try toobtain donations (credit orbank card information)for fallen officers whohave died in the line of du-ty. When asked for moreinformation about his au-thenticity, he hangs-up.Complainants advise thecaller may identify him-self as “Rick” and callsfrom a 270 area code.

The investigation is inits early stages, but thisnumber is likely a Skypeaccount originating over-seas. KSP does not andwill not ask anyone for anybanking or personal infor-mation. (Although KSP iscurrently involved in rais-ing funds for a fallentrooper memorial, it doesnot engage in cold call tel-emarketing activities.)

KSP recommendstreating every solicitationcall as a scam until provenotherwise. The best andproper way to determinethe legitimacy of a chari-table organization is tocheck with the KentuckyAttorney General’s officeby calling 502-696-5300 orvisiting their website at:ag.ky.gov. By law, everycharitable organizationmust be registered withthe AG’s office.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 1:00 P.M.

AT 6454 ADAHI DRIVE

INDEPENDENCE, KY 41051/KENTON COUNTY

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It consists of a living room, kitchen, three bedrooms and two baths. This property is considered unsuitable for the Rural

Development, Housing Program. This would be an excellent buy for an investor interested in rental property or for resale

after repairs.

An Open House will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 1:00-2:00 p.m.

The minimum acceptable bid for this property is $34,840.00

Payment of the current year’s property taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser.

Clear title to this property is not warranted. The U.S. Marshal’s Deed is not a general warranty deed. Buyers are advised

to have the property’s title examined. Written notification regarding encumbrances on the property must be made to the

Rowan County Rural Development Office within 30 days.

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at 6454 Adahi Drive, Independence, Kentucky, in

order to raise the principal sum of $79,939.42, with accrued interest of $7,257.23, through March 27, 2013, with the total

subsidy granted of $19,105.92, late charges in the amount of $21.38, and with fees assessed of $28,207.52, for a total

unpaid balance due of $134,531.47, and interest thereafter on the principal at the rate of $18.0596 per day from March 27,

2013, until the date of entry of the Judgment, plus interest on the Judgment amount (principal plus the shared apprecia-

tion recapture plus interest to the date of entry of this Judgment) at the rate of 0.11% computed daily and compounded

annually, until paid in full and for the costs of this action, pursuant to Judgment and Order of Sale, being Civil Action No.

2:13-CV-00159-WOB-JGW on the Covington Docket of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Ken-

tucky, entered on April 22, 2014, in the case of United States of America vs. Carol A. Andrews, Et Al, the following

described property will be sold to the highest and best bidder:

A house and lot located at 6454 Adahi Drive, Independence, KY. Being all of Lot #31 of Cherokee Acres Subdivision,

Section 1 Revised, as shown on the Plat of said Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 13 (now Plat B-250) of the

Kenton County Clerk’s records, at Independence, KY. Being the same property which was conveyed to Carol A. Andrews,

unmarried, from Betty Perry, unmarried, by deed dated May 3, 2002 and recorded in Deed Book I-603, Page 48, in the

Office of the Kenton County Clerk.

TERMS OF SALE: Ten percent (10%) of the bid price (in the form of a Cashiers Check made payable to the U.S. Marshal)

on the day of sale with good and sufficient bond for the balance, bearing interest at the rate of 0.11% per annum until paid,

due and payable in sixty (60) days and said bond having the effect of a Judgment. Upon a default by the Purchaser, the

deposit shall be forfeited and retained by the U.S. Marshal as part of the proceeds of the sale, and the property shall again

be offered for sale subject to confirmation by the Court. This sale shall be in bar and foreclosure of all right, title, interest,

estate claim, demand or equity of redemption of the defendant(s) and of all persons claiming by, through, under or against

them, provided the purchase price is equal to two-thirds of the appraised value. If the purchase price is not equal to two-

thirds of the appraised value, the Deed shall contain a lien in favor of the defendant(s) reflecting the right of the defendant(s)

to redeem during the period provided by law (KRS 426.530). Under law, the purchaser is deemed to be on notice of all

matters affecting the property of record in the local County Clerk’s Office.

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Immunizations are oneof the most effective pub-lic health tools, and it is anarea in which the NorthernKentucky Health Depart-ment excels, according to ahealth department pressrelease.

An audit found that 95percent or more of chil-dren seen at the health de-partment’s county healthcenters had received all oftheir recommended im-munizations. Further, im-munization rates at threeof the four health centersimproved from 2013 to2014, and the fourth centermaintained its coveragerate of 99 percent.

The annual 2-year-oldimmunization audit is con-ducted by the KentuckyImmunization Program.For 2014, the Grant CountyHealth Center in William-stown had a rate of 99 per-cent, followed by theCampbell County HealthCenter in Newport with arate of 98 percent, theBoone County Health Cen-ter in Florence with 97 per-cent and the Kenton Coun-ty Health Center in Co-vington with 95 percent.

In comparison, Ken-tucky’s statewide immuni-zation rate is 78 percentand the national rate is 73percent. The health de-

partment’s four countyhealth centers were allabove 90 percent –thebenchmark set by the stateand federal government.

“The measles outbreakoriginating in Californiashows just how vital immu-nizations are to protectingour communities from in-fectious diseases,” saidJennifer Hunter, directorof clinical services. “Im-munizations are safe, ef-fective and can save achild’s life. That’s why en-suring that all NorthernKentucky children are im-munized is so important toour staff – and why we con-tinually strive to improveour immunization rates,with a goal of reaching 100percent coverage.”

The vaccine coveragerates track seven child-hood immunizations, witha total of 19 doses, recom-mended for children byage 18 months. The auditchecks for compliance at24 months, giving familiesasix-month cushion shouldthe child need to be caughtup. It includes:

» Four doses of diphthe-ria, tetanus and pertussis

» Three doses of polio» One dose of measles,

mumps and rubella» Three doses of Hae-

mophilus influenzae type b

(Hib)» Three doses of Hepa-

titis B» One dose of Varicella

(chickenpox) » Four doses of pneu-

mococcal “Even as our service

model adapts in responseto the changes broughtabout by the AffordableCare Act, immunizationscontinue to be a core func-tion of public health,” saidLynne M. Saddler, districtdirector of health. “Recentoutbreaks in other states ofvaccine-preventable dis-eases, like measles andmumps, reinforce how im-portant it is to achieve highimmunization rates, andincrease immunitythroughout our communi-ty.”

The health departmentprovides more than 6,000childhood vaccinations an-nually. It offers vaccina-tions for 15 childhood dis-eases at its four countyhealth centers. Throughthe federal Vaccines forChildren program, manyvaccines are available tochildren age 18 years andunder who would not other-wise be vaccinated be-cause of inability to pay.

For more informationcall 859-341-4264 or visithttp://www.nkyhealth.org.

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In America we love toemulate people. Hair-styles: (can you say,“The Rachel?”) Yes, Ihad it. It was a sad dayin my home when “theRachel” was no longer apopular haircut.Clothes: (The whiteMiami Vice suit, Ham-mer pants – enoughsaid.)

And their ideas abouthow we can becomesuccessful. The “SevenHabits of Highly Effec-tive People” has nowspawned the “SevenHabits of Highly Effec-tive Families,” and nowthere’s even an eighthhabit. Who knew?

The point is we like toglean and learn fromothers.

Recently I’ve comeacross someone I think Icould learn a thing ortwo from, Daniel (re-member, the guy in thelion’s den?).

Daniel knew how toget in touch with God.And when he did, Godblessed and rescued himso many times. Daniel6:10 tells us, “But whenDaniel learned that thelaw had been signed, hewent home and kneltdown as usual in his

upstairsroom,with itswindowsopentowardJerusa-lem. Heprayedthreetimes aday, justas hehad al-

ways done, givingthanks to his God.”

Three times a day,Daniel paused to pray,get focused and givethanks to God. He real-ized God had the an-swers. It’s exactly whatI long to do, yet my“busy life” prevents mefrom stopping longenough to enjoy mylunch, let alone getaway and pray threetimes a day. Yet there’sanother piece to Dan-iel’s success. Daniel 9:2tells us, “During thefirst year of his reign, IDaniel was studying thewritings of the proph-ets.” What was he do-ing? He was studyingthe Bible. Again, hefully realized Who heldthe solutions to life’sproblems.

God was able to doamazing things in thelife of Daniel, becauseDaniel was willing toseek God’s face and taketime to listen to His will.Daniel kept his focus onGod and His plan andwill for his life.

Like “the Rachel” andHammer pants, styles inclothing and ideas aboutwhat makes a personsuccessful will comeand go, but God’s wordwill live forever.

I share a prayer Ihave begun to pray,asking God to help meseek Him for successand not the world. Mayyou be blessed shouldyou care to pray it too:

Father, please helpme to be like Daniel andseek your face daily.Help me to learn to hearyour voice even abovethe “noise” of the busy-ness of life and seewhat’s really important.Thank you for goingbefore me each andevery day and rescuingme from the “lions” ofthis world.

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Behringer-CrawfordMuseum on Rotaryagenda

ERLANGER — The exec-utive director of the Beh-ringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Laurie Risch, willbe the guest speaker atthe Rotary Club of Ken-ton County’s luncheonmeeting on Thursday,Feb. 19.

The mission of theBehringer-Crawford Mu-seum is to preserve theregional history of North-ern Kentucky for the ben-efit of present and futuregenerations. The mu-seum is a center for thecollection, presentation,study and enjoyment ofNorthern Kentucky’s nat-ural, cultural, and visualand performing arts heri-tage.

The luncheon will be-gin at noon at the ColonialCottage Inn, 3140 DixieHighway, Erlanger.There will be limitedseating by reservationonly. To make a reserva-tion, contact Gary Har-man at 859-393-4041. Thecost to cover the lunch is$12 per person.

Get fit and fabulousat Rob’s Kidsfundraiser

February Fit Fabu-lous, a fundraiser forRob’s Kids, will takeplace 6-9 p.m. Feb. 26 atHome Builders Associa-tion of Northern Ken-tucky, 2751 CircleportDrive, Erlanger.

The fourth annualevent features line danc-ing by Hats ‘N BootsDance Company; kick-boxing with Julie Aldredof Town & Country SportsHealth Club; program byEarthjoy Tree Adven-tures; music by JM Enter-tainment, food, silentauction, vendors andmore.

Tickets are $12 orthree for $25 atwww.robskids.org.Tickets purchased byFeb. 14 will be enteredinto a drawing to win ANew You Makeover fea-turing hair by The ColorRoom and makeup by Ma-ry Kay's Bridgett Conley.

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CovCath hostsspaghetti dinner,Fine Arts Festival

PARK HILLS — The Co-vington Catholic HighSchool Parents Club pre-sents the annual Spaghet-ti Dinner and Fine ArtsFestival at 4-6:30 p.m.Sunday, Feb. 22, at theschool cafeteria.

A performance by theCCH Chamber Choir willprecede the event at 3:30-4:15 p.m. and music dur-ing the dinner will be pro-vided by the CovingtonCatholic and Notre DameAcademy Jazz Band. Stu-dent artwork will be ex-hibited as well.

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Robert BallmanRobert L. Ballman, 67, of Villa

Hills, died Jan. 29.He worked for Frito Lay for 36

years before retiring in 2012. Hesold peanuts for 38 years outsidethe stadiums during CincinnatiReds and Bengals games and hadmany loyal customers. He alsoenjoyed fishing.

Survivors include his wife,Sharon Litzler Ballman; childrenBrian Ballman, Trisha Moffitt,and Scott Ballman; and eightgrandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.

Memorials: St Joseph SchoolHVAC Fund, 2474 Loraine Court,Crescent Springs, KY 41017.

Lois BarkerLois Barker, 89 of Latonia, died

Jan. 30 at her home.She was a homemaker.Survivors include her husband,

Tom Barker; children Tim Barkerof Hebron and Kim Simmons ofLatonia; sister, Margie Ballard;and four grandchildren alongwith six great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral Hills Me-morial Gardens.

Memorials: Hospice of theBluegrass, 7388 Turfway Road,Florence, KY 41042; or PerlmanCenter at Cincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center, 3333Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH45229-3026.

Jerry BishopJerry L. Bishop, 66, of Crest-

view Hills, died Jan. 30 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

Survivors include his wife,Tamara L. Bishop; sons KyleBishop of Owenton and JerryBishop Jr. of Jacksonville, NorthCarolina; daughters TonyaBishop Bryant of North Carolinaand Courtney Bishop of Crest-view Hills; brothers David Lyle,Ted Bishop, Steven Bishop, andRoger Bishop; sister, KathyBishop Wells; and eight grand-children along with one great-grandchild.

Phyllis BobingerPhyllis Elaine Bobinger, 75, of

Erlanger, died Jan. 28 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

She had a passion for herdogs, crafts, bowling, golfing,yard work, cards, and computergames.

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

Survivors include her brothersRobert, Victor, and Tom Gregory;and sisters Nancy Duechle, SueScott, Mary Gregory, GayleAmussen, and Rachel Gregory.

Burial was at Floral Hills Me-morial Gardens.

Memorials: Baptist VillageCare Center, 2990 Riggs Road,Erlanger, KY 41018; or ErlangerBaptist Church, “Brown BagMinistry”, 200 CommonwealthAve., Erlanger, KY 41018.

Sarah CahillSarah “Betty” Ferris Cahill, 84,

of Erlanger, died Jan. 30 atDoverwood Village in Hamilton,Ohio.

She was a retired clericalworker with Western-SouthernLife Insurance Co. for 38 years.She also volunteered for theNorthern Kentucky Relay Centerfor the Deaf.

Her husband, Bernard Cahill,died previously.

Survivors include her sister,Edna Coon of Port Charlotte,Florida.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: St. Henry Church.

Ethel DurrEthel T. Durr, 96, of Taylor Mill,

died Feb. 3 at her home.She attended Calvary Baptist

Church in Latonia and workedfor the Kenton County SchoolDistrict, where she retired aftermany years of service as thesecretary for Taylor Mill Ele-mentary School. She was amember of Starlighters DanceClub and enjoyed playing thepiano.

Her twin sister, Edith Neltner;and brother, Frederick Thullen

Jr., died previously.Survivors include her husband,

Albert Durr; sons Michael Durr ofCincinnati and Jeffery Durr ofTaylor Mill; and three grand-children along with six great-grandchildren.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Douglas FortnerDouglas Franklin Fortner, 68,

of Cincinnati and Kenton Coun-ty, died Jan. 30 at St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice in Edge-wood.

He was a retired priest withthe Diocese of Covington.

Survivors include his sistersTheresa Huber and JoAnn Tischn-er; and brother, Mark Fortner.

Entombment was at St. Ste-phen Cemetery in Fort Thomas.

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

Russell HintonRussell Lee Hinton, 87, of

Mooresville, North Carolina, andformerly of Villa Hills, died Feb. 1at Brian Center Health andRehabilitation in Mooresville.

He was retired from the U.S.Department of Health, Educa-tion, and Welfare Center forDisease Control, where heworked for 30 years. He was aU.S. Navy veteran, having servedduring World War II. He liked tomake wine, was a ham radiooperator, and enjoyed garden-ing.

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

Memorials: John HopkinsCancer Research Hospital, 750 E.Pratt St., Suite 1700, Baltimore,MD 21202; or First PresbyterianChurch Henderson, 222 YoungSt, Henderson, NC 27536.

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

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

He was a graduate of OhioUniversity in Athens, Ohio and aU.S. Army veteran, having servedduring World War II. He retiredfrom the U.S. Postal Service.

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

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

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

Ruby HurleyRuby Jewell Hurley, 95, of

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

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

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

Survivors include her daugh-ters Myrna Vaughan and RylynnErnest; son, Randy Hurley; andeight grandchildren along with19 great-grandchildren and ninegreat-great grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral Hills Ceme-tery in Taylor Mill.

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

Thomas KathmanThomas Joseph Kathman, 88,

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

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

His wife, Jane Wolf Kathman,died previously.

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

Entombment was at Motherof God Cemetery Mausoleum.

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

Linda LaVelleLinda L. Gaskins LaVelle, 67, of

Villa Hills, died Feb. 2 at herhome.

She was passionate about herwork with the Conscious LivingCenter.

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

Survivors include her husband,Edward “Dick” Schuette; chil-dren Sarah LaVelle, Susan LaVelleFicke, Stephen LaVelle, and PhilipLaVelle; and six grandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Fort Wright.

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

Margaret LedonneMargaret H. Ledonne, 92, of

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

donne; and brothers Gorden andGlenn Hester, died previously.

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

Entombment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

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

Patsy LutzPatsy Ann Schuster Lutz, 80, of

Fort Mitchell, died Feb. 3.She was a former waitress for

Mike Finke Restaurant, WhiteHorse Restaurant, Cabana Res-taurant, and W.T. Grant’s. Shewas also a private in homecaregiver for elderly patients.She was a youth Sunday schoolteacher, church cook of LakesideChristian Church in LakesidePark, and Action Ministriesvolunteer. She was a member ofRebecca Bryant Boone D.A.R.Chapter and a board memberand volunteer for the MaryLaidley Animal Shelter. She was a1953 Alumna of Holmes HighSchool in Covington.

Survivors include her husband,Richard “Dick” Lutz; daughtersConnie Searcy of Dry Ridge andRebecca Searcy of HighlandHeights; sisters Donna SchusterGosney of Fort Thomas andBrenda Schuster Carr of HighlandHeights; and three grandchildrenalong with six great- grand-children.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery in Independence.

Memorials: Action Ministries,4375 Boron Drive, Latonia, KY41015.

Christine LyonsChristine Lyons, 99, of Latonia,

died Feb. 4 at Rosedale Green inLatonia.

She was a retired owner andcook of The Kentucky Diner inLatonia and worked in thecafeteria at the Terrace HiltonHotel in Cincinnati. She was amember of Calvary BaptistChurch.

Her husband, Damon Lyons;and daughter, Donna Lyons, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her daughter,Joyce Willmes of Latonia.

Interment was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.

Memorials: Calvary BaptistChurch, 3711 Tibbatts St., Lato-nia, KY 41015; or Rosedale Green,4250 Glenn Ave., Latonia, KY41015.

William MatteoliWilliam Omer Matteoli, 76, of

Independence, died Jan. 30.He was a retired carpenter for

Warm Brothers and a U.S. Armyveteran. He was a member ofPonzer’s Social Club and a Ken-tucky Colonel. He enjoyed soft-ball, basketball, golf, corn hole,and he was an avid fisherman.

Survivors include his wife,Elizabeth Ann Bush Matteoli;daughter, Sharon Sexton; step-daughter, Shonnie Murphy; sonsBill Matteoli Jr. and Sean Matteo-li; stepson, Randy Elbert; sistersJoyce Menke and Sandy Rich-ardson; and 12 grandchildrenalong with four great-grand-children.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Associ-ation, P.O. Box 96011, Washing-ton, DC 20090-6011.

Teri MillsTeri Jane O’Banion Mills, 56, of

Villa Hills, died Jan. 28 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

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She retired as a 911 databaseclerk with Cincinnati Bell Tele-phone Co. She was a member ofSeasons Fellowship Church, agraduate of Dixie Heights HighSchool, and had attended artschool. She was creative andcrafty and loved to draw, paint,and make jewelry.

Her husband, Addison Mills Jr.,died previously.

Survivors include her mother,Dixie Roach of Florence; father,Jack O’Banion of CrescentSprings; sister, Jacki Harney ofUnion; and brothers Keith O’Ba-nion of Milford, Ohio and DarrinHallau of Cincinnati.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Season’s Fellow-ship Church, 2250 AntoinetteWay, Union, KY 41091.

Carol MollmanCarol Marcella Ernst Mollman,

74, of Crestview Hills, died Feb. 1at St. Elizabeth HealthcareHospice in Edgewood.

She was a retired schoolteacher at St. Joseph School inCrescent Springs, volunteered atSt. Elizabeth Medical Center inEdgewood, and was a memberof St. Pius X Church in Edge-wood.

Her husband, Lawrence HarryMollman; three brothers; andthree sisters, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenTim Mollman and Tom Mollman,both of Edgewood, Mike Moll-man of Hopewell, Virginia, andDan Mollman of Crestview Hills;sister, Marlene Cecil of FortMitchell; and two grandchildren.

Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

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

Edna MulliganEdna Lindley Mulligan, 91, of

Elsmere, died Jan. 29 at BaptistVillage Care Center.

She was a 1941 graduate ofLloyd High School and memberof Elsmere Baptist Church,Colonel Former Bristow ChapterNo. 31 O.E.S, and the NorthernKentucky Stroke Club. She had

retired as a receptionist andoffice clerk with George W. Hill& Co. in Florence after 16 yearsof service. She had also lived inSouthern California for 25 years,where she was active in the BoyScouts and teaching sewingclasses at a local college. She hadvolunteered as an assistantSunday school teacher.

Survivors include her sonsKevin Mulligan and Sean Mulli-gan; sister, Janet Moore; brother,Lionel Lindley; and four grand-children along with a great-grandson.

Her husband, Marvin Mulli-gan; daughter, Karen Mulligan;sister, Olive Hymer; and brother,Ronyl Lindley, died previously.

Memorials: In Edna Mulligan’sname to Elsmere Baptist Church,250 Garvey Ave. Elsmere, KY41018; or Baptist Village CareCenter, 2900 Riggs Road, Erlang-er, KY 41018; or St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S. LoopDrive, Edgewood, KY 41017.

David MullikinDavid T. Mullikin, 55, of Lud-

low, died Feb. 3 at St. ElizabethMedical Center in Florence.

Survivors include his wife, JulieMullikin; son, Dean Mullikin;daughters Erin Ruwe and LynzeGastright; and five grandchil-dren.

Norma NicholsNorma R. Nichols, 81, of Er-

langer, died Feb. 1.She retired as a systems analyst

for Great American Insuranceand later worked part-time as an

enrolled agent at H&R Block. Shewas the past president of theOptimist club, member of theKenton County RepublicanWomen’s Club, and she be-longed to the Covington ArtClub. She was a member of FirstChristian Church in Covington,where she was an elder in theChurch and a member of thechoir for more than 45 years.

Her husband, James A. Nichols,died previously.

Survivors include her childrenStella Wright, Laura Morris, andLinda Nienaber; siblings WayneFryar, Durward Fryar, and StanleyFryar; and nine grandchildrenalong with five great-grand-children.

Memorials: First ChristianChurch, 14 W. Fifth St., Coving-ton, KY 41011; or St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S. LoopRoad, Edgewood, KY 41017.

Justus ScharoldJustus J. Scharold, 85, of

Ryland Heights, died Jan. 30.He was a member of the

Insulators Union Local 8 inCincinnati.

His wife, Naomi DuddeyScharold; son, Stephen Scharold;and sister, Lorraine Dougherty,died previously.

Survivors include his childrenJean Anne Fischer, MarlenePierson, Thomas Scharold, andRebecca Bowling; sisters RuthScharold, Celeste Harrison, andJudy Ott; brothers WilliamScharold and Louis Scharold; andnine grandchildren along withseveral great-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. Cecilia BuildingFund, 5313 Madison Pike, Inde-pendence, KY 41051; or ThePoint/Arc of Northern Kentucky,104 W. Pike St., Covington, KY41011; or Redwood, 71 Orphan-age Road, Fort Mitchell, KY41017.

Pauline SchawePauline Schawe, 76, of Ryland

Heights, died Jan. 30 at RosedaleGreen.

She was a retired childcareprovider for Toddler TownChildcare in Covington, a mem-ber of St. Patrick Church in TaylorMill, and a former member ofthe Ryland Heights Fire Depart-ment, where she was a life squadand fire truck driver and drivinginstructor. She was also a pastmember of VFW No. 1095 Auxil-iary in Ryland Heights.

Her husband, Thomas “Tick”Schawe; son, Brian Schawe; andan infant son, died previously.

Survivors include her sons RickSchawe of Melbourne, DanSchawe of Morningview, EddieSchawe of Independence, andAndy Schawe of Independence;daughters Karen Cheesman ofMorningview and Debbie Mar-shall of Ryland Heights; sistersRose Alma Blackburn of TaylorMill, Carol Sunderhaus of Cincin-nati, and Diane Johnson ofFlorence; and 12 grandchildren

along with three great-grand-children.

She was cremated.Memorials: St. Patrick Church,

3285 Mills Road, Taylor Mill, KY41015; or Ryland Heights FireDepartment, 10041 DecourseyPike, Ryland Heights, KY 41015.

Mark SevillaMark Howard Sevilla, 45, of

Lexington and formerly ofKenton County, died Jan. 29 dueto injuries sustained in an auto-mobile accident.

He was owner of Improve-ment Plus Inc. and was a viceflotilla commander vessel exam-iner with the U.S. Coast GuardAuxiliary Flotilla 4-1.

His parents, Dr. Adolfo andBetty Sevilla, died previously

Survivors include his sistersLibby Cleves and KathleenStrack; and his dog, Maggie.

Memorials: The Turtle Creek

Harbor Flag Pole Fund, P.O. Box17355, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017.

Loretta SnyderLoretta Wanda Snyder, 89, of

Kenton County, died Feb. 4 at St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice inEdgewood.

She was a member of MaryQueen of Heaven Church inErlanger and the Ralph W.Fulton VFW Ladies Auxiliary.

Her husband, Franklin E.Snyder; and siblings Bernard, Jim,Albert, and Catherine, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her childrenNancy Kennedy and Teresa Wert;siblings Rosella Robins and LulaMcGee; and six grandchildren.

Memorials: Mary Queen ofHeaven Church, 1150 DonaldsonHighway, Erlanger, KY 41018; orSt. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice,438 S. Loop Drive, Edgewood, KY41017.

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Answer: Within thenext couple of weeks,you can start seeds in-doors for the cool-sea-son flowers that willtolerate light frost, andcold-hardy perennialflowers, since all thesecan be set outside in lateApril.

Use a soil-less seedstarting mix containingpeat moss, perlite, andvermiculite, and keepthe fluorescent lights onfor 12-18 hours per day,keeping them suspendedjust 5-10 inches abovethe growing seedlings.

The first flower seedsplanted indoors shouldinclude Pansies, Dian-thus (Carnations, Pinks,and Sweet William),Armeria (Sea Pink, SeaThrift), Coneflower(Echinacea), Delphini-um (Larkspur), Goat’sBeard (Aruncus), RedHot Poker (Kniphofia),Lamb’s Ear (Stachys),Monarda (Bee Balm), OxEye Daisy (Heliopsis),Obedient Plant (Physos-tegia), Shasta Daisy(Leucanthemum), Ve-ronica (Speedwell), Vio-

la (JohnnyJump-Ups), andYarrow(Achillea).

Keep inmind thatmany pe-rennialswill pro-duceleaves butnot flow-

ers the first year, but ifyou get the right culti-var and plant it early, itmay go ahead and bloomthis year. Many of theseseeds are available fromlocal garden stores andnurseries. Always checkthere first.

For your vegetablegarden, in early Febru-ary, you can start seedsindoors for onions andBrussels sprouts. Goodonion varieties for thisarea include Copra (stor-age), Red Candy Apple,Siera Blanca, Candy,Burgermeister (largered), Red Bull (red),Sweet Sandwich, Parade(bunching), and Ever-green White Bunching.The best Brusselssprouts for this area areJade Cross Hybrid andDimitri.

Wait three moreweeks before startingseeds indoors for broc-coli, cabbage, cauli-

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The best broccolivarieties for a springcrop in Northern Ken-tucky would be Emper-or, Green Magic, Bell-star, Marathon, andRomanesco. Best cab-bages include Heads Up,Farao (early), Caraflex(pointed mini), Dynamo(small head), Famosa(Savoy), Blue Vantage,King Cole (6-8 head),Bronco, Super Red 80,Ramada, and Bravo.

If you like leaf let-tuce, try varieties suchas Grand Rapids, Black-Seeded Simpson, SaladBowl, Royal Oak Leaf,Green Star, or Red Sails(red). Best Butterheadlettuce varieties includeAmish Deer Tongue,Nancy, and Butter-crunch. If you like Ro-maine lettuce, youshould try Green Towersand Coastal Star. A goodsummer crisp head typeis Nevada (heat toler-ant).

If you have a cold-frame, you can startplanting the seeds ofmany of these cool-sea-son flowers and vegeta-bles in there in late Feb-ruary. If you don’t have

a coldframe, wait untilearly to mid-March tostart planting outside.By mid-March, youshould be planting seedsof spinach, mustard,beets, peas, and snowpeas directly into youroutdoor garden, espe-cially if you have raisedbeds, which tend towarm faster than thelevel ground.

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

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