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ERLANGER – Every day St.Vincent de Paul volunteers visithomes of struggling families inNorthern Kentucky offeringhope and support.

St. Vincent de Paul NorthernKentucky and St. Barbara Par-ish are teaming up for the 8thannual Turkeyfoot Trot at 9 a.m.Saturday, Nov. 14, at the church,4042 Turkeyfoot Road, Erlang-er.

The Society of St. Vincent dePaul Northern Kentucky pro-

vides rent and utility assis-tance, food, clothing and fur-nishings to more than 36,500Northern Kentuckians in needeach year.

The need is ever growing, es-pecially as the holiday seasonapproaches, according to exec-utive director Ralph Bradburn.That’s why the timing of the Tur-keyfoot Trot 5K Run and Walk isso significant.

“We see a tremendous in-crease in the requests for ser-vice we provide at the holidayseason,” he said. “This coin-cides with the colder weather

and folks in need facing higherutility bills to stay in theirhomes. In addition to our nor-mal services, at Thanksgivingand Christmas we provide holi-day meals and gifts to familieswho otherwise would not cele-brate the holidays as you and Ihave the luxury of doing. Thisevent will help us raise addition-al funds to meet the demand forour services.”

The event includes chip tim-ing, a children’s fun run, andfood and door prizes after therace. Pre-registration is avail-able online at

www.sprunning.com throughMonday, Nov. 2. The first 100registered receive a free gift.Pre-registration fees for the 5Kare $25 and include a shirt. In-person registration at Tri-StateRunning Company, 148 Barn-wood Drive, Edgewood, duringpacket pick-up week includesshirt while supplies last. Raceday registration will start at7:30 a.m. at the church. Raceday registration fees are $30.Awards will be given in a varie-ty of categories.

Organizers expect more than500 participants. All proceeds

support St. Vincent de Paul pro-grams in Northern Kentucky,said Turkeyfoot Trot co-chairKaren Minzner.

“We are excited for thisyear’s race,” she said. “Theevent raises a great deal of mon-ey for the St. Vincent DePaul so-ciety which allows them to helpmany families in need. As withany charity, the more moneythey bring in, the more peoplethey can help.”

According to Minzner therace started as a reverse stew-

Turkeyfoot Trot benefits neighbors in needMelissa [email protected]

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Traditionally low voter turn-out in state elections, expectedto be below 30 percent in North-ern Kentucky Nov. 3, is seen as anegative for having clout withstate lawmakers in Frankfort.

Election Day polls in Ken-tucky will be open from 6 a.m.-6p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Choosing anew governor and voting forcandidates for five other stategovernment jobs will be allmany voters see on their ballots.

A special road tax for VillaHills property owners and elect-ing a new mayor in Cold Springare the only contested localraces on the ballot in NorthernKentucky.

“Candidates go where thevotes are, and while there are intheory a lot of votes in our re-gion given our size, the fact thatwe under punch our weight onElection Day means that we getless attention from statewideelected officials,” Trey Gray-son, president and CEO of theNorthern Kentucky Chamber ofCommerce.

“That lack of attention hurtsour efforts to achieve our re-gional priorities,” Grayson said.

Grayson has been KentuckySecretary of State and cam-paigned for a U.S. Senate seat in2010. Grayson said he spentmore time campaigning insoutheastern Kentucky duringhis Senate primary because thatregion has higher voter turnout.The actual population was lessimportant than turnout levels.

Campbell County Clerk JimLuersen predicts 20 percent ofregistered voters will show upto vote. That’s counting ColdSpring where turnout will behigher because of a heated may-oral election, Luersen said.

Luersen said when he cam-paigned for his office in 2014,many people told him they onlyvote in U.S. presidential elec-tions while the governor’s officeand other state offices havemore impact on people’s dailylives.

“We’d have a more powerfulvoice in Frankfort if we hadmore votes up here,” he said.

Kenton County Clerk GabeSumme said she does not knowwhat to expect for voter turnoutacross the county.

“My only prediction at thispoint is that there will be a largeturnout in Villa Hills becausethey have a tax question on theirballot,” Summe said. “This isusually what brings people tothe polls.”

Boone County Clerk KennyBrown said he expects turnoutto be as high as 27-28 percentbased upon people coming out tovote for Republican Matt Bevin.

Northern Kentucky is credit-ed with carrying Bevin to vic-tory in the Republican guberna-torial primary election in May.

Boone County’s turnout was21.8 percent four years ago in asimilar election where state of-fices were primarily what wason the ballot, Brown said.

Voting in state office elec-

Election Day lowturnout hurtsFrankfort cloutChris [email protected]

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INDEPENDENCE – Bravesouls met the likes of Medusa,Cyclops and, of course, Hadesas they made their way thoughthe underworld maze at TheHaunted Library event on Oct.24.

The event was hosted at theDurr branch of the KentonCounty Public Library. Thisyear’s theme was Greek my-thology. The event featuredlive actors as well as hand-made displays.

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Kate Groucher and Courtney Howelle, of Highland Heights, and Savannah Vitter of Villa Hills and TrevorShumate are imprisoned by the dungeon master portrayed by Chris Oaks of Covington.

LIBRARYSCARES UP FUN

Melissa [email protected] Nickki Crabbe

and MichaelCrabbe, bothofIndependence,get ready togo into thehauntedlibrary maze atthe Durrbranch of theKenton CountyLibrary.

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All Kentucky voterswill see candidates forgovernor and lieutenantgovernor and five otherstate offices on theirballot. Names of candi-dates are listed in order

as theyappearon theballot.

Votersin someareas willsee addi-tionallocal

candidates including aCity of Villa Hills taxquestion.

Governor and lieu-tenant governor (electone):

Republican: MattBevin/Jenean Hampton

Democrat: Jack Con-way/Sannie Overly

Independent: DrewCurtis/Heather Curtis.

Secretary of State(elect one):

Republican: StephenL. Knipper

Democrat: AllisonLundergan Grimes

Attorney General(elect one):

Republican: WhitneyH. Westerfeld

Democrat: AndyBeshear

Auditor of PublicAccounts (elect one):

Republican: MikeHarmon

Democrat: Adam H.Edelen

State Treasurer:Republican: Allison

BallDemocrat: Rick Nel-

sonCommissioner of

Agriculture:Republican: Ryan F.

QuarlesDemocrat: Jean-

Marie Lawson Spann

Boone County

Justice of the PeaceFirst Magisterial Dis-trict (unexpired term):Republican: JamesDuvall

Campbell CountyCampbell County

Schools: MemberBoard of EducationFourth EducationalDistrict (unexpiredterm): Ted Williams.

Silver Grove In-dependent Schools:Member Board of Edu-cation (unexpiredterm): Jason Stewart.

Southgate Indepen-dent School District:Member Board of Edu-cation (unexpiredterm): Teressa LynnElliott

Mayor City of ColdSpring (unexpiredterm):

Jerry SandfossDavid “Angelo” Pen-

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Kenton CountyCovington Indepen-

dent School District:Member Board of Edu-cation (unexpiredterm): April FreseBrockhoff

Villa Hills Question(Yes/No): Are you infavor of the proposalentitled “Road Fund-ing” which would re-duce the insurancepremium tax from 10%to 5% and approve theadoption of the pro-posed special road taxat a rate of 6.7 cents($0.067) on each onehundred ($100,000)dollars of the assessedvaluation upon all tax-able real property with-in the city in order toprovide funding for therepair and maintenanceof city streets?

What is on NorthernKentucky’s ballotChris [email protected]

is at 2323 Dixie High-way in Fort Mitchell.

Heather FrenchHenry, former MissAmerica and Kentuck-

y’s current com-missioner for Vet-eran Affairs, willbe speaking.

The lunch willbe a traditionalThanksgiving din-ner.

Everything isfree but reserva-tions are requiredbefore Friday, Nov.6. Reservations canbe made by calling859-341-2372.

Church hosts lunchfor veterans

FORT MITCHELL –The Fort Mitchell Bap-

tist Senior Ministry willhost a program andluncheon honoring vet-erans at 11 a.m. Thurs-day, Nov.12. The church

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tions is important no mat-ter who the candidatesare, he said.

“It’s an opportunitythat Northern Kentuckyhas not traditionally takenadvantage of to show wehave clout in Frankfort byshowing up at the polls,”Brown said.

People need to show upto vote no matter whatparty or candidate theychoose, he said.

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ardship plan at St. Barba-ra. Eight years ago, St.Barbara parish was inneed of renovating andexpanding the churchbuilding. They gave enve-lopes with small amountsof money to parishionersand told them to take itand use their talents toraise more money for St.Barbara’s building fund.A few neighbors in theSherbourne subdivisionpulled their money to-gether and came up withthe idea to do a chili cook-off and a 5K. The chilicook-off lasted one year,but the 5K continued andgrew each year, Minznersaid. St Barbara parishdoes a great deal of workwith St. Vincent DePaul,so once the church build-ing was finished, they de-cided the proceeds fromthe race should go there.

“This 5K gives folks afun, healthy way to helptheir neighbors in need,”Bradburn said. “Therearen’t many win-win situ-ations in life but here isone that I hope folks willsupport.”

Since its beginnings in1911, St. Vincent de Paulhas always been a groupof neighbors with a littlebit extra using us to helptheir neighbors in need,according to Bradburn.

“We have never re-ceived one penny of gov-ernment funding and Ithink that personal, neigh-bor helping neighbor ap-proach is so heartwarm-ing,” he said. “We all knowthat there is a lot of badthings that happen in ourworld today but I wish ev-eryone had my job for justone day so they could seeall the kind, wonderfulpeople in our communitythat make Northern Ken-tucky a very special placeto call home.”

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LAKESIDE PARK –Melissa Manning remem-bers loving LakesidePresbyterian Preschoolas a young child.

“I had a great experi-ence here,” she said. “I re-member it very well. I hada great childhood and thispreschool had a hand inthat. It was a great place,and still is.”

Manning, 52, of Walton,has been teaching at thepreschool for more than20 years. Her two sonsalso attended the pre-school when they wereyoung.

“When my boys wereready to go to school, Iknew this would be theplace for them,” she said.“There was no doubt.Now, my youngest is outof school, 23 years old anda successful flight atten-dant. My oldest is 26 andenjoys a career as an oc-cupational therapist.Lakeside Preschool gavethem a great start.”

Research by econo-mists, neuroscientists andeducators proves that in-vestments in the first fiveyears – including high-quality preschool experi-ences – result in long-term gains for students.

Lakeside PresbyterianPreschool has been offer-ing “high-quality” experi-ences to children for 50years, according to direc-tor Cindy Sheehan. Lake-side Presbyterian Pre-school serves familiesthroughout NorthernKentucky. The daily pro-gram, for children ages 2to 5, consists of a curricu-lum that enhances the so-cial, emotional, physicaland intellectual develop-ment of each child whilerecognizing his or her in-dividual differences.

The preschool beganunder the direction ofLakeside PresbyterianChurch’s associate pastorDan Purdom with the pur-pose of providing a quali-ty educational experiencein a climate of “Christianlove and concern,” Shee-han said.

According to Sheehan,who has been in earlychildhood education for25 years, a lot has changedin this area since the pre-school began.

“Fifty years ago, pre-school was more aboutcoming in and playing andsocializing,” she said.“Now it’s really about get-ting the kids ready forkindergarten by laying

down a foundation fortheir education. Childrenwho go to preschool arefortunate, it gives themthat edge and preparesthem for a successfulschool experience. Theyleave here ready to learnand excited about startingschool. That’s really won-derful to be a part of.”

Sheehan said over theyears the preschool pro-gram has become morestructured and concen-trated on kindergartenpreparation. In NorthernKentucky more than 5,000children enter kindergar-

ten each year. Unfortu-nately, only 53 percent, orabout 2,840, of those chil-dren are actually ready.

Family is the corner-stone of Lakeside Presby-terian Preschool, accord-ing to Sheehan.

“We’re all like familyhere,” she said. “We haveteachers and staff whoare dedicated and trulycare about each child. Ourparents are also activelyinvolved. That has beenthe secret to our success.”

To celebrate its 50thyear, the preschool ishosting a fundraiser toadd new playgroundequipment on the prem-ises. The fundraisingevent will be 6:30 p.m.Nov. 13 at the church, 2690Dixie Highway, LakesidePark. The Madcap Pup-pets will perform and a si-lent auction will be held.The entire community isinvited to celebrate, Shee-han said.

The program includes:quiet and active play,large and small motor de-velopment activities, cre-ative arts, science, math

concepts, social studies,phonetic awareness, sto-ries and music apprecia-tion. Group activities area part of their daily rou-tine as well as individualinstruction based on theneeds and interests ofeach child.

“Early childhood edu-cation not only benefitsyoung children but alsoaids in educating first-time parents on how tohelp their children suc-ceed in school in lateryears,” Sheehan said.“Early childhood educa-tion is really an importantpart of a child’s life. It getsthem used to school andgives them a good founda-tion for future success.”

The program is de-signed to build self-confi-dence, Sheehan said, andto offer opportunities fordevelopment of reasoningand problem-solvingskills which lay the foun-dation for future successin school.

Parent Leeann Smisersaid her 4-year-old sonEvan is thriving in theprogram. He’s not onlylearning the alphabet andhow to count to 20, he’slearning to make friends.

“The teachers andstaff are very nurturing,kind and sensitive to theneeds of each child,” shesaid. “Each child canlearn at his or her own in-dividual pace in an envi-ronment that is comfort-able and friendly.”

Melissa Manning saidLakeside PresbyterianPreschool has played animportant role in her lifeand that she is honored tohelp continue the tradi-tions of the program.

“I love being with thekids,” she said. “I love get-ting to know generationsof families. That’s howyou know we’re success-ful and how much the pro-gram is loved, there havebeen generations of fam-ilies here. The secret toour success is our love ofchildren. You can’t walk

down the hall here with-out seeing how much theyare cared about. We’re allhere for them – and thoselightbulb moments whena child gets what you’reteaching to them. Thoseaha moments are it.”

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Lakeside Presbyterian Preschool turns 50Melissa [email protected]

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Jane Dittoe helps 4-year-old Gus Franks cut out a letter of thealphabet, part of an assignment in the 4-year-old class atLakeside Presbyterian Preschool.

“Early childhoodeducation notonly benefitsyoung childrenbut also aids ineducatingfirst-time parents ...”CINDY SHEEHANLakeside Presbyterian PreschoolDirector

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The “Haunt Your Library” Writing Con-test at Kenton County Public Libraryreceived 130 entries this year. This is

the 13th year for the contest. Winners were chosen based on the follow-

ing categories: poetry, grades 1-3; prose,grades 1-3; poetry, grades 4-6; prose, grades4-6; poetry 7-12; and prose 7-12.

And the winners are:

‘Haunt Your Library’Contest winners

Community Recorder

Grades 1-3First PlacePoetryWinnerThis Hallow-

een night,there was a big fright.The trick-or-treaterssaw no candy in sight!Up on the hill,the moon is bright,and that is where we will go

tonight.The trick-or-treaters are

happy,to find a stash of candy.Under the stars, They eat lots of candy bars!

JamesMcKeownSecond grade

JamesMcKeown

HalloweenNight

Grades 4-6First PlacePoetryWinnerHe’s darkest

night,On the darkest

street,The haunting shuffleOf a stranger’s feetHe’s the gnarled treeAnd it’s gasping vine,The icy finger downYour tingling spine, he’s theShifting form, in a swirlingFog.The glowing eyesOf the stalking dog.He’s the wrenchingCreak beneath your floorsAs you dash insideAnd bolt the doorsHe’s the fearThat sneaks into your homeWhen there’s silence onHe’ll find you whenYou’re aloneHe’s SPOOKY!

SpookyElizabeth MooreSixth grade

ElizabethMoore

Grades7-12 FirstPlacePoetryWinnerOn this night,

the moonwatchessilently,

Its pale beams wash overthe ebony hills impa-tiently,

Watching, waiting.A soft step, or a sudden

swooshCan get one’s mind rac-

ing and heart beatingFOR THE GHOULS ARE

FREE!!!Feel your breath quicken

as you run through thethickets,

The wind whistling cru-elly in your ears

You cannot hear them,but you know they arethere

Sense their presence, butin what number? Whatare they?

Alas, they are your innerthoughts! The monsterswant to get you!

Don’t let them! Don’t letthem! But notice,

Where has SHE gone?The one you thoughtwas good!

But the true nature ofanything, is hiding inthe light.

She turns, She looks.Her eyes, first like the

setting sun, now blazewith ruby fire

For only but a second shewaits and is concealedin the dark,

The inevitable, the si-lence, hidden.

She hunts you as a lionhunts an antelope

For on All Hallows Eve,She became a reality

She leaps, but you cannotsee, only feel, as sheclaws your side.

You are drowning,drowning in yourmind… your sensesfail…

Where is your vision? Ithas left you!

Falling! Falling! Ding!Dong! Ding! Dong!

The bell chimes twelve inthe distant town,

And She leaves as fast asshe came

Your eyes! Your eyes!They have recovered!

Arise and flee!But you, you stay. Where

is your sense?It has been left in your

grave.Remember this night, on

this very hill you stoodFifty years ago, All Hal-

lows arouses you too,As to make you remem-

ber.Your soul is not forgot-

ten, but resides hereforevermore

Silenced, beneath thesoft, wet dirt.

TheGroundon WhichYou StoodKelsey BauerSeventh grade

KelseyBauer

Grades 1-3 First PlaceProse Winner

Grota the Witch lived ina cottage. She loves bats.Grota does not like ghosts.

She wanted tomake a pump-kin pie. So sheplanted apumpkinseed. Shewatered it.She wentoutside. Shecut the pump-kin. Blast!

Out came a ghost. It tookdown her house. She said,"Stop that!" She got herbroom and told the ghost toget on. The ghost got on.The ghost got sent off. Andnever got seen again.

All I Want Is a Pumpkin PieRuth MaierFirst grade

Ruth Maier


In the early morning, inthe foggy mist, by a ceme-tery, Randy was walkinghome and sees another boyand asked his name.

“What’s your name?”“My name is Bob. What’s

your name?”“Randy,” I said.“I’m heading home from

a sleepover at my friend’shouse. Looks spooky withall this fog, doesn’t it?”

“Yes, it does,” said Bob.“Do you live close to

here?” Randy asked. Bob said, “Yes, I live

right across the street inthat red house with thewhite car in the driveway.”

“Nice house, “ Randytold Bob.

“Thanks,” said Bob. And

they walkedseparateways.

The nextday Randythought hewould stop atBob’s house totalk againsince they

seemed to hit it off the daybefore. Randy wanted toknow if Bob wanted to joinhis baseball team. As Ran-dy walked past the ceme-tery a black cat jumped ashe reached the corner tocross the street. Randythought to himself, I’m gladthat cat wasn’t here yester-day with that fog, I wouldhave really been creepedout.

So Randy brushed offseeing the black cat andwent to Bob’s house. Heknocked on the door andwaited several minutes andas he was about to leave the

door slowly opened. “Yes, can I help you

young man?” the lady said. “Hello, I’m Randy. I was

talking with your son yes-terday and I wanted to seeif he was home so I couldtalk with him again.”

The lady gasped, andsaid, “That’s not true; youcouldn’t have talked withmy son.”

I said, “Well, we talkedyesterday right across thestreet by the cemetery andhe told me he lived here.”

The lady went on to ex-plain her son was killed bya drunk driver four yearsago yesterday and wasburied at that cemeteryacross the street. Randytold the lady he was sorryto bother her and sorry forher loss. Randy walkedaway, looking at the ceme-tery, wondering who orwhat he talked with the daybefore.

Scary EncounterJames ThorntonFifth grade

JamesThornton


The door flew open asJack’s foot thrust open theancient mahogany doors, and

stale air nearlysuffocated him.The mansionappeared to beanything butvoid, the fif-teenth centuryfurniture wasstrewn through-out the place.The eerie si-

lence, however, was deaf-ening He made his waythrough the threshold recall-ing the novel he had comeacross at the village library.

The age old cover depicteda fair young woman with themost alluring blue eyes imag-inable. Jack was thoroughly

intrigued, and tore throughthe novel. The century oldauthor told of a maiden whomurdered her husband short-ly after their arranged mar-riage. The town locked thegirl in the mansion for eterni-ty knowing the dementedwoman would eventuallyperish. Jack had heard ru-mors that the mansion thestory described was the oldLandol Mansion in the ruralpart of Salem.

He felt that it was his dutyto – though it seemed unat-tainable because of the twohundred year lapse- save themaniac damsel.

He walked across the de-bilitated floor making his wayto the magnificent, breathtak-ing stairway. He began hisascent up the marble thesecond floor. He lookedaround. A monstrous chande-lier dangled from the lino-leum ceiling, dainty specks ofcrystal shimmering in themoonlight. Cobwebs veiledthe atmosphere and a grandi-ose window allowed moon-light to reveal the dust parti-

cles sailing through the air.The creak of each step

taken was practically ear-splitting until a melodic humreached Jack’s ears. He saw abeautiful portrait of the wom-an and her husband in thehall, ignoring the harmoniousmurmur. The women had thesame beautiful piercing eyesand raven hair. The man’sface was unrecognizableseeing that it was clawed toshreds. Moving on, Jackfound an immense mahoganydoor practically identical tothe entrance.

He figured that this wouldlead him to the west towerthat he had been searchingfor. He nearly tripped over adecrepit divan leading to theclimb. Jack reached the peakof the stairs and the subtlehum turned into a dull roar.The door was mysteriouslyunlocked, and Jack invitedhimself in.

Moonlight exposed a multi-tude of tick marks that hadbeen etched into the stonewall. Jack’s candlelight wasextinguished when the wind

from the storm blew open theshudders. The lightning’sluster brought a large bed tohis attention. A petite figureleft a silhouette; only visiblebecause of the moonlight.Jack crept over to the maid-en. At the edge of the bedpostwas a plaque.

“This maiden, possessedby mortal malignance, cannotreceive true love’s penance.For thy poor soul who hathbeen misled, one small kissshall leave thou dead. For thisis a sadistic murderess, andthou cannot put her punish-ment to rest.”

Unshaken by the passage,Jack was made utterly deafunder the hum, and practical-ly lost consciousness. Hestooped over the damsel, andwas petrified by the blood redlips. Temptation engulfedhim, and Jack gave into onesmall kiss. Instantaneously,Jack withered. The last thinghe was aware of was the flut-tering open of the fatal blueeyes and venomous laughter.

Evidently, some rumorsare true.

RumorsAudrey DavisSeventh Grade

Audrey Davis

The Northern Kentucky Church of Christ wishes to invite you to a special series of presentations that might just make you

Dr. Buddy Payne, president of Florida College, Temple Terrrace, Florida, will be speaking on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 9:45 am and 6:00 pm.

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Along with creeksand rivers, thelicks of Boone

County were landmarksto the early settlers longbefore anyone even re-ferred to ZIP codes orsubdivisions, writes TomSchiffer of the BooneCounty Historic Preser-vation Board.

“Ancient trails wideenough to pass two wag-ons abreast were worn inthe sod and forest byanimals in search of salt.”

For thousands ofyears, Big Bone Lick saltsprings attracted a di-versity of animals in-cluding bison, mammoth,and mastodon, as well as

the people who huntedand scavenged theseanimals.

The 33rd annual SaltFestival took place Oct.16-18 at Big Bone LickState Historic Site. Thefestival in Boone Countyfeatured demonstrationsof pioneer living andskills, frontier life andNative American skillsand traditions.

It was a great eventwith terrific weather,said Dean Henson, parkmanager of Big BoneLick State Historic Site.

“We had around 6,000people in attendance forthe weekend,” Hensonsaid.

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Ellen Leblanc, of Moores Hill, Indiana. demonstrates spinning wool in to yarn during the SaltFestival at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site Oct. 17.

From left, Jeannie Anderson, of Bellevue, Sally Harlow, of Cincinnati, Carla Humfleet, of TippCity, Ohio, Melissa Lohman, of Cincinnati, and Diane Bryant, of Dayton, Ohio, make breads andcakes during the Salt Festival at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site on Oct. 17.

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The Rabbit Hash String Band performs during the Salt Festivalat Big Bone Lick State Historic Site.

From left, Heather Sturgill, of Petersburg, and her family,Jarred, 17, Martie, 15, Leia, 18, and Josh, taste Arlington appleginger cake during the Salt Festival at Big Bone Lick StateHistoric Site on Oct. 17.

Bob Evans of Sardinia, Ohio, and Ethan Kinner, 13, of Batavia,Ohio, demonstrate black smithing during the Salt Festival Oct.17 at the Big Bone Lick State Historic Site. Bob and Ethanrepresented Grassy Run Historical Art Committee. Forthousands of years, Big Bone Lick salt springs attracted adiversity of animals including bison, mammoth, andmastodon, as well as the people who hunted and scavengedthese animals.

Kimberly Hearn of Owenton,demonstrates basketweaving during the SaltFestival at Big Bone Lick StateHistoric Site on Oct. 17.

Brian Miller, of Burlington,part Quapaw and Cherokee,wears Lakota men’straditional dress during theSalt Festival at Big Bone LickState Historic Site.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 30Art ExhibitsWe, Covington: New works byTerence Hammonds, AnissaLewis, Tim McMichael, WallyGerman, and Harmony Den-linger, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd., Newworks examining Covington’shistory and communities. Free.957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

Extra Credit: DocumentingHigher Level Art 2008-2015,noon to 5 p.m., The Carnegie,1028 Scott Blvd., Highlights over60 murals created for CovingtonIndependent Public Schools andindividual pieces from artists ofHigher Level Art. Free. ThroughNov. 21. 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

Cooking ClassesCooking the Books, 10 a.m. tonoon Book: 40 Chances byHoward G. Buffet, Boone Coun-ty Cooperative Extension Ser-vice, 6028 Camp Ernst Road,Prepare foods inspired bymonthly book selection. Ages 21and up. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Cooperative ExtensonService. Through Nov. 17. 586-6101. Burlington.

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

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5-9 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, 6570 VineyardLane, StoneBrook Tasting Room.Select samples from variety ofaward-winning Kentucky FruitWines. Ages 21 and up. $5.635-0111; www.stonebrook-winery.com. Camp Springs.

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

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, 1 AquariumWay, Through Nov. 7. $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, 1 AquariumWay, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridge justinches above nearly two dozensharks at Newport Aquarium.$23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12), Freechildren under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

FestivalsKinman Farms Fall Festival,5-10 p.m., Kinman Farms, 4175Burlington Pike, Pumpkin patch,hay rides, corn maze, conces-sions, pony rides, bonfires, picnicshelter area and fall decor. $9.689-2682; www.kinmanfarms-fallfest.com. Boone County.

Holiday - HalloweenUSS Nightmare, 7-11 p.m., BBRiverboats, 101 Riverboat Row,Walk-through haunted tourbuilt on real steamboat. Experi-ence 30-minute tour with morethan 40 areas and two levels offright. Through Oct. 31. $20Thursday-Sunday, $17 Wednes-day. Presented by USS Night-mare. Through Oct. 31. 740-2293; www.ussnightmare.com.Newport.

Haunted Duck Tours, 6 p.m.,6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Ridethe Ducks Newport, 1 LeveeWay, Tour guides share localghost stories and lore of suchfamously haunted landmarks asMusic Hall, Taft Museum andThompson House along theway. Recommended for ages 16and up. $18. 815-1439;www.newportducks.com.Newport.

Sandyland Acres HauntedHayride and Farmers Re-venge, 8 p.m. to midnight,Sandyland Acres, 4172 BelleviewRoad, Horror scenes from pastand present. Farmers Revenge isindoor haunted attraction-.Through Oct. 31. Hayride: $12.Farmers Revenge: $10. Combo:$20. 322-0516; www.sandylan-dacres.com. Petersburg.

USS Nightmare Captain’seXtreme Show, 11 p.m. to 1a.m., BB Riverboats, 101 River-boat Row, Extreme show fea-tures more darkness, moreintense horror, more graphiccontent and more extreme

special effects. Not recom-mended for anyone under 18.Regular show for these datesends at 11 p.m. with switchoverto extreme show at this time.$27, $25 advance. Presented byUSS Nightmare. 740-2293;www.ussnightmare.com. New-port.

The Haunted Farm House, 7-11p.m., Benton Family Farm, 11896Old Lexington Pike, White FarmHouse. Enter farm house withdocumented evidence of theunknown. Family Farm Fundrais-er to help low income schoolsand children attend field tripsand summer camps. ThroughOct. 31. $10, group pricingavailable. 485-7000; www.ben-tonfarm.com. Walton.

St. Creep Haunted WalkingTour, 7-9 p.m., Wanda Kay’sGhost Shop and Haunted Gam-bler Museum, 602 MonmouthSt., Beware zombie gangsterslurking in shadows. Register at6:30 p.m. $25. Presented byWanda Kay’s Ghost Shop. 291-1689. Newport.

Halloween Party, 6-10 p.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Kids, wearfavorite costume for pizza,games and special treats. Kid-friendly, non-scary event. Ages5-15. $20. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesAnime and Manga Club (mid-dle and high school), 6-8 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Join otherotakus for movies, snacks andkawaii crafts. Free. Registrationrecommended. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Teen Night (middle and highschool), 6-8 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Games, snacks, movies andmore. Free. 342-2665. Florence.

The Robot Zoo TravelingChildren’s Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 9p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Exhibit uses biomechanics ofgiant robot animals to illustratehow real animals work. Hands-on activities for ages 4-12. Dailythrough Feb. 28. Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

On Stage - ComedyAries Spears, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, Comedian and actor.$25. 957-2000; www.funnybone-onthelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterHow to Succeed in BusinessWithout Really Trying, 8 p.m.,Stained Glass Theatre, 802 YorkSt., $20. Presented by Foot-lighters Inc.. Through Nov. 7.513-474-8711; www.footlight-ers.org. Newport.

RecreationMahjong, 1-2 p.m., BooneCounty Public Library - SchebenBranch, 8899 U.S. 42, All skilllevels welcome. Free. Presentedby Scheben Branch Library.Through Nov. 27. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Union.

Bingo, 7-10 p.m., Erlanger LionsClub Hall, 5996 Belair Drive,Erlanger Lions Bingo All pro-ceeds go to eyesight and back tocommunity. Ages 18-. Pricevaries. Presented by ErlangerLions Club. 282-9969. Erlanger.

Breeders’ Cup World Champi-onship Simulcast, 10 a.m.,Turfway Park, 7500 TurfwayRoad, Price includes full buffetand seating. $35, $30. Reserva-tions required. 371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

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

SATURDAY, OCT. 31Art ExhibitsWe, Covington: New works byTerence Hammonds, AnissaLewis, Tim McMichael, WallyGerman, and Harmony Den-linger, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Extra Credit: Documenting

Higher Level Art 2008-2015,noon to 5 p.m., The Carnegie,Free. 957-1940; www.thecarne-gie.com. Covington.

Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 6p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training andBYOB, reservations required.Reservations required. ThroughDec. 31. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.

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

EducationExploreMore Program, 8:30-11:30 p.m., Covington LatinSchool, 21 E. 11th St., CovingtonLatin School. The program offersbroad range of enrichmentcourses designed for bright andenthusiastic students in learningenvironment where creativityand critical thinking meet,encouraging students to discov-er hidden talents, explore newinterests and deepen existingones. $120. Registration re-quired. 291-7044; exploremore-.rocks. Covington.

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

Community CrossFit Class,10-11 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon,Triumph Strength and Condi-tioning, 7859 Commerce Place,Certified trainer leads workoutin group class setting. Free.Presented by Triumph StrengthConditioning. 414-5904; tri-umphstrength.net. Florence.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

FestivalsKinman Farms Fall Festival, 10a.m. to 10 p.m., Kinman Farms,$9. 689-2682; www.kinman-farmsfallfest.com. Boone Coun-ty.

Holiday - HalloweenUSS Nightmare, 7-11 p.m., BBRiverboats, $20 Thursday-Sunday, $17 Wednesday. 740-2293; www.ussnightmare.com.Newport.

Boone County Trick or Treat-ing, 6-8 p.m., Boone County, ,No phone. Boone County.

Haunted Duck Tours, 6 p.m.,6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Ridethe Ducks Newport, $18. 815-1439; www.newportducks.com.Newport.

Sandyland Acres HauntedHayride and Farmers Re-venge, 8 p.m. to midnight,Sandyland Acres, Hayride: $12.Farmers Revenge: $10. Combo:$20. 322-0516; www.sandylan-dacres.com. Petersburg.

USS Nightmare Captain’seXtreme Show, 11 p.m. to 1a.m., BB Riverboats, $27, $25advance. 740-2293; www.uss-nightmare.com. Newport.

The Haunted Farm House, 7-11p.m., Benton Family Farm, $10,group pricing available. 485-7000; www.bentonfarm.com.Walton.

Halloween Trick or TreatHours, 6-8 p.m., City of Edge-wood, 385 Dudley Road, Watchout for ghosts and goblinsroaming streets during Hallow-een trick or treating hours.Please leave porch light on ifyou wish to participate. Free.331-5910; www.edgewood-ky.gov. Edgewood.

Pumpkin Decorating Contest,2-3 p.m., Campbell CountyPublic Library - Fort Thomas,1000 Highland Ave., Bringdecorated pumpkin inspired byfavorite book. From Oct. 25-30they’ll be on display. On Hallow-een, vote for favorite and seewho wins. Free. 572-5033;cc-pl.org/programs. Fort Thom-as.

St. Creep Haunted WalkingTour, 7-9 p.m., Wanda Kay’sGhost Shop and Haunted Gam-bler Museum, $25. 291-1689.Newport.

Halloween Costume Contest,10 p.m. to 2 a.m., Molly Malo-ne’s Irish Pub and Restaurant,112 E. Fourth St., Great prizes,

live music and drink specials.Ages 21 and up. Free. 491-6659;covington.mollymalonesirish-pub.com. Covington.

Trick or Treat, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Crestview Hills Town Center,2791 Town Center Blvd., Partici-pating tenants hand out candyto all costumed kids. Free.341-4353. Crestview Hills.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 8 p.m., SouthgateVFW, 6 Electric Ave., With DJ TedMcCracken. Free. Presented byVFW Post 3186. 441-9857. South-gate.

Literary - LibrariesThe Robot Zoo TravelingChildren’s Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, Free. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Music - AcousticSaturday Morning AcousticMusic, 10 a.m. to noon, VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Free. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. 371-8356; www.ve-locitybb.com. Florence.

Music - RockHalloween Metal Bash, 7 p.m.,Backstage Cafe, 724 MadisonAve., Music by Scarangella, AliveAmongst the Dead, the FetusBetween Us and Juggernaut. $5ages 21 and up, $10 ages 18 andup. 491-2445. Covington.

Rock ‘n Roll Will Save YourSoul Halloween Party, 8 p.m.,The Southgate House Revival,111 E. Sixth St., Featuring NoahSmith, The Grove and MichaelMoeller. Cash prize for bestcostume. Ages 18 and up. $15.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyAries Spears, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, $25.957-2000; www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterHow to Succeed in BusinessWithout Really Trying, 8 p.m.,Stained Glass Theatre, $20.513-474-8711; www.footlight-ers.org. Newport.

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. 282-9969.Erlanger.

Breeders’ Cup World Champi-onship Simulcast, 10 a.m.,Turfway Park, $35, $30. Reserva-tions required. 371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

ShoppingGive Back to our First Respon-DDers, 8-10 a.m., Dunkin’Donuts Erlanger, 508 Common-wealth Ave., Parking Lot. Res-taurant gives back 10 percent ofnet sales. From 8-10 a.m. joincostume character Cuppy forgiveaways for kids. See realfiretruck. Benefits Erlanger FireDepartment. Free. Presented byErlanger Fire Department.992-7580. Erlanger.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,10:30-11:30 a.m., Lakeside Pres-byterian Church, 2690 DixieHighway, white building in back

parking lot. Offers program ofrecovery from compulsiveovereating, binge eating andother eating disorders using theTwelve Steps and Twelve Tradi-tions of OA. No dues or fees.Addresses physical, emotionaland spiritual well-being but isnot religious organization anddoes not promote any particulardiet. Free. Presented by Overeat-ers Anonymous NKY. 428-1214.Lakeside Park.

SUNDAY, NOV. 1Craft ShowsCraft Market, noon to 4 p.m.,Holy Cross High School, 3617Church St., Over 50 crafters plusconcessions. Benefits Holy CrossHigh School. $3 admission.991-2444; www.hchscov.com.Covington.

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

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

Experience Tai Chai, 2-3 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, NorthernKentucky Shaolin-do demon-strates this form of meditationin motion which promotesserenity and inner peace. Goodfor any age. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-

portaquarium.com. Newport.

FestivalsKinman Farms Fall Festival,noon to 7 p.m., Kinman Farms,$9. 689-2682; www.kinman-farmsfallfest.com. Boone Coun-ty.

Literary - LibrariesThe Robot Zoo TravelingChildren’s Exhibit, 1-5 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,Free. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.

Music - ClassicalCCM Choral: Best of the Ital-ian, French and GermanBaroque, 3-5 p.m., CathedralBasilica of the Assumption, 1140Madison Ave., Free. Presentedby University of CincinnatiCollege-Conservatory of Music.513-556-4183; ccm.uc.edu.Covington.

On Stage - ComedyAries Spears, 7:30 p.m., FunnyBone Comedy Club, $25. 957-2000; www.funnyboneonthele-vee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterHow to Succeed in BusinessWithout Really Trying, 2 p.m.,Stained Glass Theatre, $20.513-474-8711; www.footlight-ers.org. Newport.

RecreationBingo, 6-9:30 p.m., SouthgateVFW, 6 Electric Ave., Early gamesstart at 6 p.m., regular games at7 p.m. Free. Presented by VFWPost 3186. Through Jan. 3.441-9857. Southgate.

Bowl for Freedom, 1-4 p.m.,Super Bowl, 510 CommonwealthAve., Fee includes shoe rental,lane rental and unlimited bowl-ing with as many people as youlike. Split the pot, raffles, doorprizes. Benefits BrighteningVeterans Lives. $50 per lane.727-2000; bowlforveterans.org.Erlanger.

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BB Riverboats, 101 Riverboat Row, Walk-through a haunted tour built on real steamboat on theUSS Nightmare, 101 Riverboat Row, Newport. Experience a 30-minute tour with more than 40areas and two levels of fright. The boat is open Wednesdays through Sundays through Oct. 31.Admission is $20, except on Wednesdays when it’s $17. Call 740-2293; visitwww.ussnightmare.com.

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This still boggles my mind: Halloween is second onlyto Christmas as the most decorated holi-day. Not so when I was a kid. The housewasn’t decorated, and the eight girls in ourfamily were either witches or gypsies. Mybrother, Charlie, the last bornwas always ahobo. We used whatever we could find todress up and we left at dark, by ourselves,and came home with grocery paper bagsfull of treats. Mom didn’t have to lookthrough them to see if they were safe.

Fast forward to Halloween 2015. Even ifparental rules are stricter, Halloween isstill so much fun! Here are some good last

minute recipes for a ghoulishly good Halloween.

Homemade microwave popcornCheck out my Abouteating.com site. You won’t believe

how easy and inexpensive, not to mention healthy andamazingly tender it is. (Hint: 1/2 cup unpopped cornmakes a generous 8 cups, but there’s a secret technique!).

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and author. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Email her at [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Homemade Halloween treats kids can help make‘Glowing’ swamp punch

Let the kids help. They love the creepycrawler ice ring.

1 cup boiling water2 packages, 4-serving size each, lime

gelatin3 cups cold water1-1/2 quarts carbonated lemon-lime

soda, chilledPour boiling water over gelatin and stir

until dissolved. Stir in cold water. Pourinto punch bowl. Stir in soda, makingmixture fizz.

Unmold ice ring by dipping bottom ofmold briefly into hot water. Float inpunch. Serve cups garnished withgummy worms.

Creepy crawler ice ring1 cup gummyworms or other creepy crawler gummies

1 quart lemon-lime sports drink likeGatorade

Arrange gummy worms in bottom of5-cup ring mold; fill with Gatorade. Freezeuntil solid.

Black cat cookie pops

Again, let the kids help. Don’t worry iftheir cookies look like something other thancats. It’s about creativity and fun, not perfec-tion.

1 cup creamy peanut butter1/3 cup water2 eggs1 box chocolate cake mixPopsicle sticksSugarCandy corn, red hots

Preheat oven to 350. Beat peanutbutter with water and eggs. Add cake mixand mix. Form into 1-1/2” balls and place onsprayed cookie sheet. Push in a popsiclestick. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped insugar. Pinch two “ears” at top of cookie.Press fork into dough to form whiskers oneither side of nose. Bake 10-12 minutes.Remove from oven and immediately addcandy corn eyes and red-hot nose, pushingin gently. If they happen to fall off after theycool, glue them on with a little powderedsugar glaze or canned frosting. Makes 2-3dozen

My best caramel corn

This makes a lot so feel free to divide in half. Adding dried fruitelevates this to a new dimension.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees.

15-16 cups or so of popped cornAbout 3 cups salted mixed nuts2 sticks or butter2 cups brown sugar1/2 cup light corn syrup1/2 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon vanilla1/2 teaspoon baking soda2 cups dried cranberries, cherries or apricots (opt)

To avoid sticking, use vegetable spray to coat both inside oflarge bowl, cookie sheets and spoons that you will use. Put popcornand nuts in bowl. Set aside. Over medium heat in a large pan, bringto a boil everything but the soda. Boil 5 minutes. Add baking sodaand stir. Mixture will foam up. Immediately pour over popcorn mix-ture, stirring well to coat. Pour in a single layer onto sprayed cookiesheets. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to distribute coating.Let cool for coating to harden; add fruit, and store at room temper-ature in covered containers. Makes about 20 cups.

Tip from Rita’s kitchenAfter popping corn, place in colander or bowl and scoop up

popcorn gently with hands. Any unpopped corn will lie in bottom ofbowl.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Rita Heikenfeld makes homemade caramel corn on the stovetop.

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Nov. 3, 2015, will be animportant day in Kentuck-y’s history and most Ken-tuckians won’t even botherto participate.

It is Election Day for allstate offices and some localoffices.

For some reason 75 per-cent of the registered vot-ers in the state do not seemto care about who getselected to these offices.

I was the County Clerkfor Campbell County forthe past 25 years, conduct-ed over 48 elections andstill cannot figure out whythe voters won’t take thetime to vote in these elec-tions.

Our next governor willhave a great influence inour lives for the next fouror eight years effectingKentucky’s financialgrowth, education, jobs, taxgrowth, health care, retire-ment programs and manyother facets of our lives.

And still, in the pastthree governors elections,less than 27 percent of thevoters actually caredenough to come out andvote. Three out of fourvoters seem not to care andthat is a shame.

Kentucky has one of themost lenient requirementsfor voting in all elections.In Campbell, Kenton andBoone counties, there areover 200 voting precinctsopen from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.on Election Day.

If you are incapacitatedor out of town on ElectionDay, just call your clerk’soffice and request an ab-sentee ballot be sent to you.All three clerks’ officeswill be open for absenteevoting at least three weeksbefore the election. Callyour county clerk to see ifyou are eligible to voteabsentee.

Your vote does county.Make your voice be

heard. Please go out onTuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 andcast your vote in this veryimportant election.

Jack SnodgrassCold Spring

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Everyelection isimportant

The 2015 public schoolaccountability reports are out,and even Kentucky educa-tion’s staunchest supportersadmit the test data do not lookso hot. At best, the academictest performances for thestate’s elementary and middleschools are “flat.”

The testing news is partic-ularly bad for Kentucky’slargest racial minority group.White-minus-black achieve-ment gaps grew in every areatested between 2012 and 2015on both the EXPLORE (Grade8) and PLAN (Grade 10) col-lege-readiness tests.

The only news worth cheer-ing about concerns the state’srising high school graduationrate and the proportion ofthose graduates who suppos-edly are ready for either col-lege or a career.

But, could even this cheer-ing be misguided?

The state’s official Collegeand/or Career ReadinessRates (CCR), as the reportedstatistics should properly be

labeled, cameunder seriousscrutiny in aDecember2014 reportfrom the Ken-tucky Legisla-tive ResearchCommission’sOffice of Edu-cation Ac-countability(OEA). TheOEA’s report

provides disturbing evidencethat increases in the CCR areoverstated.

The OEA points out that theCCR increases mostly comefrom the college readinesspart of the calculation, andmost of those increases actu-ally come from two collegeplacement tests, the KYOTEand COMPASS. By compari-son, improvement on the ACTcollege entrance test has beenmodest, at best.

The problem is that collegefreshmen who only qualify ascollege ready thanks to the

KYOTE or COMPASS producelow GPAs.

The OEA’s study examinesa total of 12,164 Kentuckypublic college freshmen in thespring of 2013 who were de-clared college ready upongraduating from high school.Of that group, 2,696 students –22 percent of the total – postedGPAs below 2.0 at the end oftheir freshman year. Giventheir low college GPAs, thosestudents really didn’t lookready.

Thus, actual college resultsindicate the CCR numbersKentucky’s educators aretouting appear to be mislead-ingly inflated.

Even worse, thousands ofKentucky students got set upfor college failure. Told theywould not have to take reme-dial courses, these studentsdidn’t get the extra help theyclearly needed.

Educators also cheer Ken-tucky’s official 2015 highschool graduation rate of 87.9percent, which sounds im-

pressive – until you applyeven those inflated CCR num-bers to those graduations.Doing this reveals that only58.7 students from each groupof 100 students who enteredthe ninth grade in 2011-12 aspart of what would becomethe Class of 2015 actually re-ceived a meaningful educa-tion that prepared them foreither college or a living-wagecareer. The rest eitherdropped out of school or onlygot a largely empty piece ofpaper during their commence-ment ceremony.

In effect, even using thestate’s own inflated numbers,Kentucky’s “Effective HighSchool Graduation Rate” for2015 is only 58.7 percent.

Hopefully, no one will wantto cheer about that.

Richard G. Innes, who livesin Villa Hills, is the staff edu-cation analyst at the Blue-grass Institute for Public Pol-icy Solutions, Kentucky’s firstand only free-market thinktank.

Those ‘readiness’ rates might not be so hot

Richard G.InnesCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Some of Kentucky’s politicalcircles have recently brandedHead Start, the 50-year-oldearly childhood education pro-gram for low-income 3- and4-year-olds, as an unprovenstrategy for school readiness.They are ignoring the facts.

Detractors point to a 2012Head Start Impact study thatexamined the effectiveness ofHead Start in preparing chil-dren for kindergarten. Thatstudy compared those attend-ing Head Start with a controlgroup of children who did notattend Head Start. The studyconcluded that Head Start iseffective in preparing kids forkindergarten, but that many ofthe cognitive advantages “fadeout” by third grade.

Nobel Laureate and econo-mist James Heckman notesthat the study “overlooks thefact that many Head Startchildren move from a nurtur-ing early education environ-ment into low-quality elemen-tary schools. … Yet, throughoutthe course of their educationand lives, Head Start graduatestend to be more persistent intheir education, more inclinedto healthy behaviors and lessinclined to be involved in crim-inal activity. Early Head Startand Head Start are programson which to build and improve– not to cut.”

Head Start is not just educa-tion – a fact that many detrac-tors fail to grasp. When a childenters Head Start, we partnerwith the entire family. Beyondlearning their colors and num-bers, children develop impor-tant social, emotional, nutri-tional and behavioral skills.And the parents participate inregular education and trainingopportunities to make thembetter parents, better advo-cates and better role modelsthroughout their children’slives.

At our own Head Start pro-gram in Northern Kentucky,we daily witness the differenceHead Start makes for low-income children. Are all thechildren we serve (cognitively)ready for kindergarten when

they leaveHead Start?Certainly not.So, yes, we cando better. But,I have nodoubt thatnearly 100percent ofthose kids areready in theother attri-butes that willmake them

successful in life.Our Head Start staff reg-

ularly address such problemsas homelessness, health anddental problems, substanceabuse and domestic violence,all of which affect a child’sability to perform in school.Certainly, the schools needHead Start as much for thisother work we do with families,as they do for the early literacyand numeracy skills we impart.One child we worked with lastyear, for example, needed suchextensive dental work that hisprimary care physician wasprescribing strong painkillersto get him through the day. OurHead Start staff arranged forlife-changing dental surgeryand then helped the familywean him from the painkillers.Without such intervention, thatchild would certainly not haveperformed well in school.

Quality early childhoodeducation – Head Start includ-ed – provides a significantreturn on investment (7-10percent per annum, accordingto Heckman) through bettereconomic productivity andreduced crime. Proactive in-vestments in quality earlychildhood programs closemany of the achievement andhealth gaps for disadvantagedchildren – gaps that wouldotherwise persist throughoutlife. Those are the facts.

Why wouldn’t we want tomake that investment?

Florence W. Tandy is exec-utive director of the NorthernKentucky Community ActionCommission.

Investing in Head Startis right thing to do

FlorenceTandyCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

These are tumultuoustimes for law enforcementofficers. Tragic events inplaces like Ferguson, Mis-souri and North Charleston,South Carolina have ignited anational debate concerningpolice methods.

The debate is entirelyappropriate – the wholesalecondemnation of law en-forcement officers is not.

The recent horrific killingof a brave Kentucky StatePolice trooper in WesternKentucky is a stark reminderof the risks willingly takenby our law enforcementofficers in order to keep ussafe.

The law enforcementprofession, like any other, isnot populated by perfectpeople. There are a few –very few – bad officers andthere are times when goodofficers make bad decisionsunder the intense pressure ofthe moment. Effective polic-ing requires a high level oftrust between law enforce-ment officers and the com-munities they serve. A na-tional discussion that servesto improve law enforcementmethods and increase com-munity trust is entirely ap-propriate and a valuablepublic dialogue. No publicservant is above criticism –including those of us whowork in the criminal justicesystem.

The national discussionconcerning law enforcementmethods should not, however,overlook a simple, but cru-cial fact – the overwhelmingmajority of law enforcementofficers are good and ded-icated people engaged in anincredibly difficult job.

Never has the work of alaw enforcement officerbeen more complex, difficultor dangerous. Recent eventsin our commonwealth havemade the nature of law en-forcement work all too clear.Every day thousands of menand women who wear thebadge work diligently tomake our communities bet-ter places to live. They never

know when aroutine shiftwill immedi-ately escalateinto a life anddeath situa-tion. Whenthat happens,our law en-forcementofficers areexpected tostand tall,

make good decisions in asplit second, and protect theinnocent from those whowould do them harm. Some-times, they make the ulti-mate sacrifice while doingso.

Our law enforcementofficers engage in manythankless and unseen tasksthat are essential to protect-ing our homes, our familiesand our freedoms from allsorts of threats, both greatand small. As we go aboutour daily lives, we do so inrelative safety because themen and women who wearthe badge are willing to standin the breach. We know thatthose who choose this profes-sion do it neither for wealthnor fame. They deserve ourappreciation and respect.

As United States Attorneyfor the Eastern District ofKentucky, I am privileged towork closely with local, stateand federal law enforcementofficers representing manyagencies. I am deeply hon-ored to be associated withthese truly admirable menand women and the outstand-ing work they do for us all.

The national dialogueconcerning police methods isimportant, and I encourageeveryone to participate. It isequally important that weacknowledge the braveryand sacrifice of our law en-forcement officers as theygo about their vital work.

The next time you see apolice officer would be agreat time to simply saythanks.

Kerry Harvey is U.S. At-torney for the Eastern Dis-trict of Kentucky.

Kerry HarveyCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Appreciate men, womenwho wear the badge

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When Villa Madonna Acad-emy and Dixie Heights HighSchool squared off in the regu-lar season in volleyball, theteams fought to the bitter end,ultimately going to the fifth setwith the Blue Lightning winning15-13.

That set up a rematch be-tween the teams in the 34th Dis-

trict semifinals Oct. 21. VMAwas the “home” team as the twoseed, but was playing on Dixie’shome floor. At stake was a trip tothe Ninth Region Tournament.

The Lightning kept all dramaout of the rematch, winning 25-20, 25-18, 25-19. VMA lost in thefinals to St. Henry and was set tostart play in the regional Oct. 27.

“We had a lot of time to workspecifically on things I felt weneeded to do to beat Dixie,” said

VMA head coach Sandi Kitchen.“Dixie’s a very good team. Wehave some kids who were veryaccurate in hitting their spotsand we did that tonight.”

VMA has four seniors in Em-ma Bateman, Morgan Mayle-ben, Madeline Mitchell and Ga-brielle Schulte who rarely, ifever, left the floor during thematch. They were looking for-ward to playing in the regionalfor the first time since 2012.

VMA had lost in the districtsemis to Dixie the two years inbetween.

“Just a little bit of seasoningon the year,” Kitchen said. “Itwasn’t one player that it took, itwas a team effort. Their fresh-man year we went to the region-als and it took them this long toget back. They’re a very cohe-sive group and the rest of thekids follow their lead. They’regreat role models and I hate to

lose them.”Against Dixie, Bateman and

Schulte had nine kills each. Ba-teman also served three aces.Faith Cobaugh, a sophomorewho was all-conference last sea-son, led VMA with 13 digs.Schulte and Elizabeth Batemanhad 12 digs.

VMA was 21-7 entering theregional and was undefeated inconference play to win the Divi-sion III championship.

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VMA players celebrate their semifinal win Oct. 21.

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Covington Catholic and No-tre Dame were nearly unbeat-able against Northern Kentuckyopponents all season on the soc-cer pitch.

The private-school neigh-bors won Ninth Region champi-onships last weekend.

CovCath (21-2-2) defeatedMontgomery County 3-2 in theround of 16 Monday. CovCathplays Louisville Trinity at 6 p.m.Saturday at Henry Clay.

Notre Dame (19-5) wasscheduled to play Bishop Bros-sart Tuesday. The Pandas werealso looking to advance to thequarterfinals Saturday in Lex-ington.

Notre Dame defeated BooneCounty 3-1 for the regional titleat St. Henry. Taylor Wattsscored twice, the second onelate in the game to put the Pan-das up two goals for the finalmargin. NDA’s leading scorerfor the year with 20 goals over-all, Watts was named tourna-ment most valuable player.

Watts scored NDA’s first goaland Mary Tierney the second asthe Pandas took a 2-0 halftimelead.

Covington Catholic puncheda ticket to the Sweet 16 of soccerOct. 24, defeating Ryle 5-4 inpenalty kicks in the Ninth Re-gion boys final at Dixie Heights.The teams were scoreless inregulation play.

Junior Cole Stava, who hadthree goals in regular play allseason, converted the team’sfifth and final penalty kick toend the game and send the Colo-

nels on to the next round.Stava was also the anchor in

the quarterfinals against High-lands, when the Colonels sur-vived as well. CovCath had beeneliminated from the regional inPKs the previous two seasons.

“We played a really goodteam and they have a reallygood defense,” Stava said. “Un-fortunately it had to go into PKs.I just kept in my mind what I had

to do. I’m happy and ecstatic.”St. Henry lost 4-2 to Cooper in

the Ninth Region quarterfinalsto finish 11-6-3.

Dixie Heights lost 2-1 to Rylein the Ninth Region semifinalsto finish 9-11-4. Andres Rivera

had 17 goals for the season andfour assists. Austin Stacyscored eight goals with 12 as-sists. Sean Eubanks had fivegoals and four assists.

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Taylor Watts, right, of Notre Dame has 20 goals this season.

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Covington Catholic celebrates its Ninth Region boys soccer title Oct. 24 atDixie Heights.

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Girls volleyball» Notre Dame won the 35th

District by defeating Beech-wood 25-14, 25-17, 25-10. Bothteams advanced to the NinthRegion tournament. Beech-wood beat Holy Cross in thesemis, 3-0. NDA beat Coving-ton Latin 3-0, and Latin beatHolmes in the quarterfinals.

Cross country» Northern Kentucky

Championship meet was Oct.20 at Summit View MiddleSchool:

Sophomore girls: 1. AnjaArlinghaus (Simon Kenton)23:23, 2. Gracie Vest (Boone)24:24, 3. Megan Dwyer (Coop-er) 25:09, 4. Cara Burke(NDA), 5. Megan Ryan(Holmes) 25:36.

Junior girls: 1. McKenzieWren (Ryle) 23:37, 2. KaitlynBach (Ryle) 23:48, 3. DayanaGutierrez (Dixie) 24:17, 4. Vic-toria Nash (Boone) 24:25, 5.Molly Brownfield (St. Henry)24:44.

Senior girls: 1. JensenBales (Ryle) 21:53, 2. OliviaNienaber (Brossart) 23:14, 3.Erin Mogus (Cooper) 23:16, 4.Sydney Cook (Dixie) 24:36, 5.Hailey Hartman (Ryle) 24:54.

Sophomore boys: 1. DavidRoberdeaux (Holy Cross)18:42, 2. Conor Hicks (St. Hen-ry) 19:17, 3. Ryan Roth (Ryle)19:40, 4. Joey Truitt (Ryle)19:41, 5. Lukas Rumminger(Conner) 19:44.

Junior boys:1. Andrew Per-ry (Dixie) 18:37, 2. Chris Wel-bers (Ludlow) 18:48, 3. DarrellCorn (Ludlow) 18:53, 4. JacobKennedy (CovCath) 19:15, 5.Kyle Trimpe (Ludlow) 19:24.

Senior boys: 1. NathanSucher (CCH) 18:45, 2. JustinBowman (St. Henry) 18:57, 3.Griffin Hester (CCH) 19:12), 4.Nate Montelisciani (CCH)19:24, 5. Sam Kaelin (NCC)19:25.

» The KTCCCA Meet ofChampions was Oct. 24 at Ken-tucky Horse Park, site of theKHSAA state meet Nov. 7.

Scott senior Chris Stoeckelfinished second out of 250 run-ners in 17:02.70. Senior AlexisFlynn was eighth out of 160girls for the Eagles and Jessi-ca Martin 16th.

Beechwood’s Grant Birin-delli was second with 17:26.Beechwood junior Haley Hol-brook finished seventh out of160 girls, Ally Johnson 15th,Mollie Tierney 19th.

Dixie Heights freshmanNicole Marker was ninth andDanielle Hooper 13th.

Hall of Fame» The 2015 Northern Ken-

tucky Athletic Directors As-sociation Hall of Fame classhas been announced. The ban-quet is Nov. 12 at Receptions inErlanger. Tickets are $40 in-cludes dinner. Contact MelWebster at 859-609-6937 if in-terested. St. Elizabeth Health-care is the main corporatesponsor.

Jim Cooper, CovingtonCatholic High School 1965-1968; Larry Sprinkle, NewportHigh School 1957-1961; PhilStephenson, Bellevue HighSchool 1990-1994; Ken Muell-er, Covington Catholic HighSchool 1971-1975; Eugene Brit-ton Carter, Newport HighSchool 1960-1964; RichardBarker, Newport CatholicHigh School 1972-1975; JeffWera Jr., Beechwood HighSchool 2000-2004; Sarah Raak-er McSorley, Notre DameAcademy 1993-1997; SandyBezold Windgassen, BishopBrossart High School 1987-1990; Lisa Morrison Tanner,Boone County High School1984-1988; Lisa Auteri McIn-tyre, Bellevue High School1978-1982; Jessica Birken-hauer Rawe, Notre DameAcademy 1995-1999. Honoredwith the Tom Potter Distin-guished Service Award areDan Frank, Dayton HighSchool, 1972-present; the Re-

corder’s own James Weber;and Ken and Jan Schmidt, No-tre Dame Academy 1991-pre-sent.

TMC Notes» Volleyball: Two Saints

reached the 1,000 kills plateauOct. 21 during a tri-matchsweep of Geneva College andDePauw University at home.TMC clinched the PAC regularseason and the No. 1seed in theupcoming PAC ChampionshipTournament. The Saints willhave a bye into the semifinals,which will be played at theConnor Convocation CenterFriday, Nov. 6.

Stacy Howell (Glen Este)led the Saints’ offensive attackwith a match-high 12 kills. Sen-ior middle hitter Jessica Kna-ley (St. Henry) and juniorright side Paige Noday (McNi-cholas) each finished withnine kills. Sophomore setterJenna Fessler (Beechwood)paced the offense with 33 as-sists.

Howell reached 1,000 ca-reer kills and on her 22th, Kna-ley registered her 1,000th.

Howell and Knaley led theSaints’ offensive attack asthey each had 22 kills, whilejunior middle hitter AlexisBierbaum (McAuley) addednine kills. Fessler paced theoffense with 57 assists and fin-ished with a team-high fourservice aces. Bronner led thedefense with 31 digs. Meyerfinished with 17 digs and Fess-ler added 10, while Knaley ledthe team in blocks with three.

» Men’s soccer: Senior for-ward Austin Juniet (NewportCentral Catholic) and seniordefensive back Trey Wells(Louisville, Ky./duPont Man-ual) earned weekly honorsfrom the PAC. Juniet wasnamed the PAC Men’s SoccerOffensive Player of the Week.Juniet helped lead the sixth-ranked Saints to a pair of PACwins last week and remain un-defeated in conference play.He finished with 11 points ontwo goals and seven assistswhile logging 97 total minutesof play. He totaled five assistsin the Oct. 24 win over West-minster, which set a newThomas More single-gamerecord. Wells was named thePAC Football Defensive Play-er of the Week. Wells helpedthe Thomas More defense lim-it Saint Vincent to 314 yards oftotal offense in Saturday’s 42-28 win. He finished with threetackles (2 solo, 1 assist) andhad two interceptions. His sec-ond interception, which camewith 3:33 remaining, was re-turned nine yards for a touch-down to put the Saints up bytwo scores.

» Women’s soccer: TMCbeat Geneva 8-0 Oct. 24. OliviaHuber (NewCath) scored twogoals and had an assist, whichwas her 36th. Taylor Robinson(Campbell County) also had agoal.

NKU Notes» Volleyball: A 16-block

performance by KeyairaLankheit (NewCath) keyed amonumental win by the NorseOct. 24 as the Norse took afive-set win from HorizonLeague foe Valparaiso. Lank-heit added 11 kills to her 16blocks to mark her first-ca-reer double-double and set aDivision I record for the Norsein the blocks department. The16 blocks was also the most byany Division I player up to thispoint in the 2015 season.

Taylor Snyder (NewCath)dished out 41 assists to go with20 digs. The win was the fourthin NKU’s last five matches,and pushed the Norse to 10-12overall and level in HorizonLeague play at 5-5.

» Men’s soccer: NKU (8-4-3, 4-1-3 Horizon League)downed Green Bay (4-8-3, 2-3-2 Horizon League) 2-1 inovertime on Senior Day Oct.24. Kobie Qualah netted twogoals, including the GoldenGoal 14 seconds into overtime.

SHORT HOPS

Community Press

The volleyball season ended for DixieHeights and Lloyd during the 34th DistrictTournament Oct. 21 at Dixie. Here are someimages from those matches.

PHOTOS BY JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Dixie senior Emma Alkofer sets up a teammate in Dixie’s loss to Villa Madonna.

Volleying teams end seasons

Lloyd sophomore Brooke Ramsey hits the ball againstLudlow Oct. 21.

Dixie freshman Leah Metzger goes to serve againstVilla Madonna.

The Covington Catholicfootball team defeated DixieHeights 42-14. The blue Colo-nels improved to 3-6 and fin-ished as the No. 2 seed in Class

5A, District 5, earning them ahome game in round one of theplayoffs. Dixie is the No. 2 seedand dropped to 2-7.

AJ Mayer threw for threetouchdowns and ran in anotheras the blue Colonels shut out thered Colonels for three quarters.

Mayer finished with 166

passing yards on 12 of 24 at-tempts and 27 rushing yards onthree carries. Anthony Best ledthe rushing attack with 66 yardson 10 carries and a score.

Gunther Faeth was 7 of 14through the air with a touch-

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CovCath plays at ScottCounty 7:30 p.m. Friday.Dixie hosts Ryle.

Scott beat Holmes 42-6in the nearby rivalry toimprove to 8-1 and dropthe Bulldogs to 3-6.

Scott rushed for 268yards and held Holmesscoreless until the fourthquarter.

Scott used a little trick-ery in the second quarterwhen wide receiver Nel-son Perrin threw a 17-yardtouchdown pass to quar-terback Danny Fitzger-ald. Perrin also had a 66-yard TD run and a 17-yardTD score, and Fitzgeraldthrew a 13-yard TD pass toRyan Muck.

Roberto London hadtwo TD runs as Scott led28-0 at the half. Londonhad 77 yards for the game.

Andrew Arnold scoredHolmes’ only TD.

Scott and Simon Ken-ton play in Taylor Mill at 7p.m. Friday. Holmes playsat Newport 7 p.m. Friday.

Beechwood beat Day-ton 69-0. Senior quarter-back Kyle Fieger threwfive passes in the first halfand completed them allfor 180 yards and fivetouchdowns.

Junior Aiden Justicehad four total touch-downs, including two puntreturns for TDs, tallying149 yards of total offense.Senior Ethan Stringer hadfour carries for 149 yardsand two touchdowns,while senior Brett Slusheradded 88 yards receivingand two touchdowns.Henry Erdman and LoganCastleman had one TD

each.Beechwood is 8-1 and

won the district title.Beechwood hosts New-port Central Catholic 7p.m. Friday.

Lloyd beat Holy Cross42-36. Lloyd clinched theNo. 2 seed in 2A, District 6and will play at home inthe first round of the play-offs. Lloyd is 6-3 overall.HC, 4-5, will be the No. 3

seed. Holy Cross led 22-6 in

the second quarter and 22-14 at halftime, but Lloydscored 22 unansweredpoints in the third quarterto take control. LaShunnTownsend had TD runs of47 and 58 yards and had108 total yards. JustinDurham had TD runs of 18and 71 yards and rushedfor 211 overall. CharlesGaines scored twice andhad two crucial two-pointconversions.

“The first half we juststruggled,” Lloyd coachEric Turner said. “I likedthe way we adjusted athalftime, but more thananything the kids cameout with more of a sense ofpurpose in the secondhalf. I’m very proud ofthem.”

Earning the district’sNo. 2 seed means Lloydwill host a home playoffgame for the first timesince 2012. That seasonthe Juggernauts ad-vanced past Carroll Coun-ty, 34-20, before falling toWalton-Verona 33-26.

“We’re very excitedabout (hosting a playoffgame),” Turner said. “It’s

something we’ve talkedabout the last couple ofyears, getting to thispoint. We’re excited tohost at least one, and younever know what couldhappen down the road. Wefeel like our district isreally strong, so whoknows what can happen.”

Lloyd got a taste ofplayoff-like atmospheresthe last two weeks with itsintense district battlesagainst NewCath and Ho-ly Cross, something Tur-ner thinks will help accli-mate his team for thepostseason.

“One thing we’vetalked about from thevery beginning with ourschedule was it was get-ting us ready for gameslike this,” Turner said.“There weren’t manygames where we were

really going to run awayfrom anybody, so we hadto play four quarters. Itwas for games just likethe last few weeks - that’swhat we were trying toget ready for.”

For HC, HamiltonScott threw a TD pass toChristian Current and

rushed for a score. Der-rick Barnes had two TDruns and Xavier Aber-nathy one.

Lloyd plays at Harri-son County 7:30 p.m. Fri-day and Holy Cross playsat Bellevue 7 p.m. Friday.

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Every day, the world throws out informationabout medicine and wellness. How wein Greater Cincinnati abide in sicknessand in health gives a guide to the future.Anne Saker explains that journey of healthin compelling, meaningful ways.

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Second in our series “Is it good orbad for me?” discussed the often con-flicting information about nuts in ourdiet and if there are possible health

issues.Nuts are a flavorful

treat which we have his-torically been encouragedto limit. However, there ismuch research going onand the news is verygood.

Nuts are crunchy,versatile, flavorful andloaded with nutrition.They are high in proteinand fiber, cholesterol-freeand contain negligible

amounts of sodium unless salted. Somenuts are rich in calcium, iron, magne-sium, copper, zinc, potassium and/orphosphorus.

While nuts are unquestionably highin fat (45 percent of calories from fat incashews to over 75 percent in macad-amias), the fat is almost entirely mono-unsaturated – the kind that clinical stud-ies demonstrate can bring down LDL-cholesterol in the blood, without affect-ing the level of HDL-cholesterol.

In 2003, the FDA announced, “Scien-tific evidence suggests, but does notprove, that eating 1½ ounces per day ofmost nuts, as part of a diet low in sat-urated fat and cholesterol, may reducethe risk of heart disease.”

So which nuts are best? Believe it ornot, it’s best to eat a mixed nut mixture.While they all have a good nutritionalprofile, certain nuts contain more ofcertain nutrients. Remember wheneating nuts that they are high in calo-

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Sprinkle nuts over cereal or yogurtfor breakfast.

Add nuts to a soft cheese to make atasty spread for crackers or bread.

Mix nuts with popcorn or trail mix tomake a great to-go snack. Eat nuts in-stead of potato chips or other fattysnacks.

Garnish a bowl of soup with nuts toadd texture and color.

Add sliced or chopped nuts to anysalad to add flavor and crunch.

Kathy R. Byrnes is Kenton Countyextension agent for family and consumersciences.

Is it good or bad for me? Nuts

Kathy R.ByrnesEXTENDINGKNOWLEDGE

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Nuts are high in protein and fiber,cholesterol-free and contain negligibleamounts of sodium unless salted.

A $500 check was re-cently presented to Pay-ton Brown, a 2015 LloydMemorial High Schoolgraduate, as a scholar-ship donation from theBettie Carter MorganWoman's Club.

The club was foundedin 1946 in Erlanger and isopen to women who areinterested in the work ofeducation, economics,culture and philanthropyfor the purpose of ren-dering community ser-vice.

Among its many pro-jects, the club beganawarding an annualscholarship to a memberof the graduating class ofLloyd Memorial HighSchool in 1960.

Brown is now major-ing in nursing at North-

ern Kentucky Univer-sity.

Lloyd grad gets donation from woman’s club

THANKS TO SHERRY DECKER

Jane Pfarner, president of the Bettie Carter MorganWoman’s Club looks on as Sherry Decker, treasurer, presentsPayton Brown with this year’s scholarship award.


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Leonard BittoLeonard J. Bitto, 90, of Villa

Hills, died Oct. 10 at MadonnaManor in Villa Hills.

He was a retired maintenanceman at Wadsworth Electric and aU.S. Navy veteran of World WarII and the Korean War. He was ahuge Cincinnati Reds fan andloved to travel.

His wife, Erma Bitto, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his sister, AnnBowers.

Interment with military honorswas at Forest Lawn Cemetery inErlanger.

Memorials: Patriot GuardRiders, C/O Tatum and Associates,Inc., 6641 E. 85th St., NorthOwasso, OK 74055.

Timothy CraycraftTimothy Michael Craycraft, 74,

of Independence, died Oct. 18 atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran.Survivors include his wife,

Glenda Conn Craycraft; children,Mike Craycraft and MicheleCraycraft; sister, Connie Kidd; andfour grandchildren.

Burial with military honors wasat Independence Cemetery.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

Lawrence Dempsey Sr.Lawrence Dempsey Sr., 86, of

Erlanger, died Oct. 14.He was a U.S. Army veteran

and an electrical worker forIBEW 212.

His son, Gary Edward Demp-sey, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Mary Celine Dempsey; children,Linda Dempsey Begnoche,Lawrence Dempsey Jr., JerryJames Dempsey, H. JosephDempsey, M.D. and Diane Demp-sey Tashima; and 19 grand-children along with 27 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at St. Patrick’sCemetery in Verona.

Memorials: American HeartAssociation, 240 WhittingtonParkway, Louisville, KY 40222.

Martha FlynnMartha J. Sharp Flynn, 70, of

Elsmere, died Oct. 21.She was retired from Beech-

wood Schools as a cafeteriaworker. She was a member of St.Barbara Catholic Church and St.Stephens Catholic Order ofForesters.

Her husband, William H. Flynn,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter; Dr. Stephanie Flynn; son,Michael Flynn; sister, Hilda Eilers;brother, Carl Sharp; and her dog,Daisy.

Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: Hospice of St.Elizabeth, Suite 213, 1 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood, KY41017; or The V Foundation forCancer Research, 106 TowerviewCourt, Cary, NC 27513.

Nancy GarnerNancy Sue Kaffenberger

Garner, 68, of Independence,died Oct. 16 at her home.

She was a homemaker andpreviously worked at AncraInternational in Hebron. Sheenjoyed traveling, especially tothe beach, gardening, collectingangel statues, and watching theCincinnati Reds.

Her husband, Rudy Garner,died previously.

Survivors include her daughter,Suzanne Duncan; son, JohnGarner; sisters, Elaine Kohler andJoyce Wells; and two grand-daughters.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: American LungAssociation, 4050 Executive Park

Drive, Suite 402, Cincinnati, OH45241; or Patriot Guard Riders,C/O Tatum and Associates, Inc.,6641 E. 85th St., North Owasso,OK 74055.

Corky HardcornCorky “Rosemary” Burke

Hardcorn, 88, of Erlanger, diedOct. 19 at her home.

She was a graduate of NotreDame Academy and a memberof Mother of God Church. Sheretired as manager after 30 yearsof employment with CathedralReligious Goods.

Her husband, Eder Hardcorn,died previously.

Survivors include her children,Edward Hardcorn of Edgewood,Shirley Cappel of Covington,Lynn Gentry of Augusta, BarbBenzinger of Villa Hills, PeggyTaylor of Latonia, Patty Currentof Erlanger; sister, Alice Helmerof Erlanger; and 17 grandchil-dren along with 16 great-grand-children.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Covington.

Martha HambrickMartha “Francie” Frances

Staib Hambrick, 72, of KentonCounty, died Oct. 20 at St. Eliza-beth Hospice.

She retired January 2014 fromErlanger-Elsmere School District’sHowell Elementary with 29 yearsteaching service including twoyears in Jefferson CountySchools. She was a Title 1 teachermost of her tenure and a mem-ber of Kentucky EducationAssociation, National EducationAssociation, Kentucky RetiredTeacher Association and FiveSeasons Sports Club, where shewas an avid water aerobics andaqua power walker participant.

Survivors include her husband,William “Billy” E. Hambrick III;sons, Jeffrey A. Hambrick andDavid N. Hambrick; and fivegrandchildren along four great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice Center, 483 S. LoopDrive, Edgewood, KY 41017.

Frederick HerrmannFrederick Carl Herrmann, 69,

of Villa Hills, died Oct. 16.He retired after 30 years of

employment from AT&T, wherehe worked as a system analyst.He was a U.S. Air Force veteranof the Vietnam War. He was amember of Erlanger BaptistChurch and American LegionPost 203 in Latonia; he was also aKentucky Colonel and served assecretary treasurer for the Tele-phone Pioneers Camping Club.He loved woodworking andtraveling.

His sister, Karen Fitzpatrick,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Charlotte Herrmann; son, MarkHerrmann; daughter, StephanieSchneider; sister, Linda Vaias; andthree grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Fairhaven RescueMission, 260 W. Pike St., Coving-ton, KY 41011.

Michael JuszczynskiMichael Juszczynski, 66, of

Independence and formerly ofMilwaukee, Wisconsin, died Oct.14 at St. Elizabeth Hospice.

He was an avid Harley David-son rider.

His siblings, Matthew andMartha, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Susan Juszczynski; and his dog,Taz.

Lynette OwingsLynette Ann “Buffy” Vanover

Owings, 46, of Independence,

died Oct. 7 at St. ElizabethHospice.

She was formerly a propertymanager for North AmericanProperties. She enjoyed campingand boating.

Her mother, Martha Vanover,died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Dennis Owings; daughter, AbbyOwings; father, Clarence Vanov-er; and sisters, Sherry Wright andDonna Vanover.

Burial was at IndependenceCemetery.

Memorials: Walk Ahead Fund,C/O UC Brain Tumor Center,Office of Development, Attn:Walk Ahead, P.O. Box 670570,Cincinnati, OH 45267-0570.

James ReillyJames “Jim” Edward Reilly, 88,

of Lakeside Park, died Oct. 20 atVillaspring in Erlanger.

He was the chief executiveofficer of F.N. Sheppard andCompany in the conveyor-beltingfield and he helped them enjoysuccess for nearly 45 years. Hewas devoted to his church andhis family.

Survivors include his wife, FloAnna Reilly; sons, Tim Reilly, JimReilly, Brian Reilly and Tom Reilly;brothers, Ed and Tom; and 14grandchildren along with threegreat-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Mary Queen ofHeaven Church, 1150 DonaldsonHighway, Erlanger, KY 41018.

Mary RodishMary Vlahopoulos Rodish, 92,

formerly of Buffalo, New Yorkand Fort Wright, died Oct. 10.

She worked for Curtis Wright,Western Electric, and retiredfrom AT&T. She enjoyed bowling,reading and, playing the organ.

Her husband, John Rodish,died previously.

Survivors include her children,Peter M. Rodish and Mindi SueWeissman-Marra; sister, HelenVlahopoulos; and two grand-children .

Carolyn SchebenCarolyn C. Child Scheben, 83,

of Erlanger, died Oct. 17 atProvidence Pavilion in Covington.

She was a teacher at St. HenrySchools for a number of yearsand an administrative assistant atNorthern Kentucky University.She was a member of St. HenryCatholic Church, St. Henry AdultChoir, the Minister of Music forSt. Henry, and served as a St.Henry School board member. Shealso volunteered at the soup

kitchen for 37 years with the“unholy 5 plus 1”.

Her husband, Fred Scheben Jr.;son, Fred Scheben III; grandsons,Michael and James Scheben; andgreat-granddaughter, StephanieReinzan, died previously.

Survivors include her children,Barbara Hand of Franklin Fur-nace, Ohio, Carol Marosits ofUnion, Thomas Scheben ofUnion, Jean Kimmich of Erlanger,and Bob Scheben of Mason,Ohio; siblings, Barbara Bach of

Culver, Indiana, Dr. FrederickChild of Yukon, Oklahoma,Marguerite Harris of Bartlett,Tennessee, and Sara Larimore ofLittle Rock, Arkansas; and 14grandchildren along with 18great-grandchildren and agreat-great-grandchild.

Burial was at St. John Ceme-tery.

Memorials: St. Henry CatholicChurch, 3813 Dixie Highway,Elsmere, KY 41018; or St. HenryHigh School, 3755 Scheben Drive,Erlanger, KY 41018.

DEATHS

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Harold SchreckHarold E. Schreck, 87, of

Edgewood, died Oct. 15 atRosedale Green in Latonia.

He was a printer for theCincinnati Post and later retiredas a custodian for the KentonCounty Public Library in Erlanger.

He was a U.S. Army veteran ofthe Korean War and a memberof St. Pius X Church, the KehoeCouncil K of C, and he was aForester.

Survivors include his wife,Mary “Laverne” Schreck; andsons, Tim Schreck of Independ-ence and Ken Schreck of Edge-wood.

Interment with military honorswas at Mother of God Cemetery.

Memorials: Hospice of St.Elizabeth, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.

Christopher SmithChristopher Michael Smith, 58,

of Fort Mitchell, died Oct. 18.He worked for Duke Energy

for nearly 34 years, only missingone day of work in all of hisyears of service. He loved to buildthings and help his friends andfamily with various projects.

His parents, Hugh and LauraSmith; and sister, Victoria Smith,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Mary Lu “Bebe” O’Brien Smith;children, Tommy Smith, MichaelSmith, Adam Smith, ClaytonSmith, and Maria Navin; siblings,Pete Smith, Huey Smith, DarrylSmith, Helene Hedger, and IreneCoates; and 13 grandchildren.

Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: The Point ARC ofNorthern Kentucky, 104 W. PikeSt., Covington, KY 41011.

Mary SteidleMary S. Frisch Steidle, 75, of

Villa Hills, died recently.Her husband, Robert L. Steidle;

sister, Sr. Anne Frisch OSB; andbrothers, Paul, Mark, and HubertFrisch, died previously.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her sister, Sr.

Jeanette Frisch OSB.Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-

tery.Memorials: St. Walburg Mon-

astery, 2500 Amsterdam Road,Villa Hills, KY 41017; or MadonnaManor Care Center, 2344 Am-sterdam Road, Villa Hills, KY41017.

DEATHS

Continued from Page 5B

Erlanger resident andMetro maintenance em-ployee Charlene Brownand street service super-visor JoDawna Mileswere recognized by Met-ro’s CEO with a STARAward Sept. 17 for theirquick response in whatmay have helped save aMetro passenger’s life.

On Aug. 31, Brown wasdispatched for a road callwhen she noticed a pas-senger who was disori-ented.

She and Miles suspect-ed a medical conditionand called for emergencyassistance.

The EMTs discoveredthat the passenger’sblood sugar level was at adangerous level and wastaken for medical care.

For their quick think-ing and actions that mayhave saved the passen-ger’s life, Metro CEO

Dwight Ferrell present-ed Brown and Miles withthe CEO’s STAR Awardduring the SouthwestOhio Regional TransitAuthority Board meetingon Sept. 15.

Brown has been a Met-

ro employee for eightyears and was a Mainte-nance Employee of theYear finalist in 2014.Miles has been with Met-ro for 12 years and previ-ously served as a Metrooperator for five years.

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From left, Metro COO Randal Weaver, ATU Local 627 PresidentTroy Miller, SORTA Board Chair Jason Dunn and Metro CEOand GM Dwight A. Ferrell honored maintenance employeeCharlene Brown, of Erlanger, and Street Service SupervisorJoDawna Miles, center, with a CEO STAR Award for theiroutstanding actions, which may have saved the life of apassenger.


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1208 Grays Peak, Unit 646:Emilie and Adam Vreerland toBruno Giacomuzzi; $435,000.

1008 Lee St.: Bradshaw Hold-ings LLC to Wunderbar LLC ;$103,000.

2252 Rolling Hills Drive,20-303: Ron Tuttle to Stepha-nie Higgins; $129,000.

7 Rosa Ave.: Jaime and Thom-as Loehde to Jessica and Bran-don Ward; $155,000.

CRESCENT SPRINGS2509 Enid Ave.: Barbara andRene Rocha to Marquel Tipton;$130,000.

EDGEWOOD609 Palmer Court, Unit304-04: Tamara and HenryHarris to Debbie and MichaelBarnes; $415,000.

564 Village Drive: Kayla andScott Byer to Alexandra Hei-drich and Tyler Blau; $180,000.

ELSMERE1425 Creeknoll Court: Antho-ny Barth to Michael FlorenceJr.; $115,000.

1087 Galvin St.: Taryn andBryan Frodge to Charrel andIsmael Fernandez; $119,000.

ERLANGER823 Doeridge Drive: Sara andMark Hambidge to Lydia Clarkand Brandon Bachman;$267,500.

795 Fawn Drive: Annette andJeffrey DeVoe to Cartus Fi-nancial Corp.; $264,000.

3515 Haywood Circle: Maryand Mark Teremi to Ceceliaand Michael Carnes; $133,500.

4214 Lafayette Court: AudraFaehr and Matthew Stephensto Micheal Jones; $93,000.

315 Locust St.: Dena andAndrew Harmon to SteveMiddendorf; $93,000.

1205 Mesa Drive: Kristin andJason Streety to MelanieGuisti; $169,000.

551 Perimeter Drive: PatriciaPhelps to Vilma Perez and

Catherine Rivera; $95,000.3308 Thomas Drive: SusanFernandez to Bernard Jacobs;$110,000.

407 Timberlake Ave.: AaronBeck to Amanda and JohnSharp; $113,000.

947 Woodsedge Drive, Unit137-C: Barbara and DavidLinden to Marie and MelvinMorrison; $209,000.

FORT MITCHELL84 Greenbriar Ave.: Ann andThomas Egbers to Greg Given;$192,000.

FORT WRIGHT425 Pickett Drive: PatriciaMann to Maureen Gregoryand Adam Duke; $152,000.

INDEPENDENCE6356 Alexandra Court: Janai-na and Darryl Leigh to Heatherand Charles Hiner; $203,500.

5205 Belle Drive: 30 WestProperties Inc. to Racheal andJustin Oursler; $139,000.

589 Berlander Drive: JeremyDelorenzo to Traci Meade;$105,000.

10193 Chestnut Oak Drive:Samara and Kenan Pilav toRoss Emerson; $153,000.

4382 Courier Court: Wilming-ton Savings Fund Society toDelbert Morgan; $245,000.

10121 Falcon Ridge Drive:Willowleaf Properties LLC toAlena Ward; $130,000.

2468 Harris Pike: Judith East-ridge to Sally and BradfordFortney; $170,000.

10150 Meadow Glen Drive:Erica and Dominic Perrino toKathleen and Justin Morgan;$158,000.

10316 Savanah Court: Cather-ine and Paul Wilson to SIRVARelocation Credit LLC ;$147,500.

10316 Savanah Court: SIRVARelocation Credit LLC to ToddMassey; $147,500.

1249 Shiloh Court: FischerSingle Family Homes III Ltd. toKevin Davis; $175,000.

4455 Silversmith Lane: Fisch-er Single Family Homes III Ltd.to Laura and Christian Adams;$256,000.

LAKESIDE PARK44 Bellemonte Ave.: Allisonand Evan Fedders to KirstenDelph; $110,000.

2475 Fountain Place, Unit 1H:Mary Hersh to Aasron Daniele;$92,500.

LUDLOW726 Oak St.: Frances and ChrisMoore to Michael Rapp;$111,500.

413 Southwind Lane, Unit32-203: R. Daniel Hannon toKimberly Jansen; $162,000.

328 Stokesay St.: RandyMcCauley to Andrew Brown;$90,000.

260 Stokesay St.: Jacob Ma-han to Blake Clary; $99,000.

PARK HILLS910 Alhambra Court: JarrodLiPuma to Cartus Financial

Corp.; $150,000.910 Alhambra Court: CartusFinancial Corp. to Sarah Froel-ich and Matthew Breeze;$150,000.

TAYLOR MILL9 Gail Court: Robert Gray toDeborah Aylor; $110,000.

5344 Millstone Court, Unit8G: Denise Pedro to Judith andJeffrey Smith; $75,000.

677 Ridgeway Drive: Annetteand William Bishop to Dawn

and Joshua Burgan; $141,500.729 Saint Matthews Circle:Richard Borgman to ChristinaBillingsly and Timothy Grubb;$134,500.

5563 Taylor Mill Road: LESReal Estate LLC to Linda Maur-er; $130,000.

VILLA HILLS608 Rogers Road: Kay Lee andLawrence Fox to Rache andJoseph Cook; $219,000.

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HALLOWEEN COSTUMESBY BILL ZAIS / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

No. 1025

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1 Church leaders

7 Torn asunder

15 In sufficient quantity

20 Collier’s transport

21 Fact addition

22 “Truly”

23 Halloween costume for … a CNN anchor?

25 Net results?

26 Three times daily, in Rx’s

27 Yiddish cries

28 Scand. country

29 Bank abbr.

31 Side dish that’s sometimes mashed

32 “Do we have approval?”

35 Misdeed

36 Is a buttinsky

38 7-5, e.g.

39 … a former “Dateline” host?

46 No one says his art was pointless

48 Head, for short

49 “Lord, We Ask Thee ____ We Part” (hymn)

50 Turbaned sort

51 Beehive hairstyle, e.g.

52 Brewer Coors

55 Info for an airport run

57 “Cómo ____ usted?”

58 … a onetime House speaker?

63 Fender product

64 Winter Olympics event

65 Who said, “In waking a tiger, use a long stick”

66 Eastern sch. with a noted film program

67 Tuition, e.g.

68 Longtime Chicago Symphonyconductor

71 One of three for J. R. R. Tolkien: Abbr.

73 “Tush!”

75 Aspects

77 ____ fault

78 Goose egg

80 Sports org. with 25-Across

82 Resemblesweek-old flowers, say

84 Hotel capacity: Abbr.

85 … an old Notre Dame basketball coach?

91 Doing

93 Cry of surprise

94 Like the expression “Sakes alive!”

95 Execute perfectly

96 Eponym of a hot- dog chain

98 Letters before many a state’s name

101 Mil. authority

102 First-aid supply

104 … a silent film star?108 It never goes off

109 Singer Falana and others

110 ____ mission

111 Snares

113 Caviar

115 The George W. Bush years, e.g.

116 Stimpy’s TV pal

117 Be unsatisfied with, say

119 Ancient Hebrew liquid measure

120 Insouciant syllables

122 … a pop-folk singer with numerous 1970s hits?

128 Gutter locales

129 Majority

130 “Time heals all wounds” and others

131 Forecast that might call for gloves and galoshes

132 Tied

133 Like a pirate’s treasure

DOWN

1 One of two at a wedding

2 Wrath

3 You can’t predict the weather with this

4 Do really well on a test

5 Spreadsheetinput

6 Theater sign

7 Doubtful

8 Cribbageone-pointers

9 One running races for a living?

10 “True”

11 Lace

12 Con man

13 When the French toast?

14 Figure above God’s throne, in Isaiah

15 How a phone may be slammed down

16 ____ juice (milk)

17 Doesn’t take any chances

18 Actress Kedrova who won an Oscar for “Zorba the Greek”

19 Polite rural reply

24 Impend

30 Position of greatest importance

32 Children, in legalese

33 Like ooze

34 Scored between 90 and 100, say

37 Besides

40 Cool, as soup

41 Hard labor spot

42 Common sitcom rating

43 Equal

44 Coal extractors

45 Vistas

47 Sleep on it

53 Noted remover of locks

54 “Run to ____” (1961 hit)

56 Petty braggart

59 Summer romance,maybe

60 Carpet fuzz

61 Comment made with a handshake

62 “Be that way!”

68 Like Christmas lights

69 Tuba sound

70 Party straggler

72 Religious deg.

74 Tater Tots maker

76 “Where should ____ the check?”

79 Cell part

81 Water, e.g.: Abbr.

83 “Trick” or “treat,” e.g.

86 The “V” of R.S.V.P.

87 Slimy stuff

88 Flopped

89 Maxim tear-out

90 Winter Olympics equipment

92 Too, too

97 Start of a rationalization

99 Attic function

100 Like some Roman aphorisms

103 Out of action, in baseball lingo

105 Functional

106 Really get to

107 Tic-tac-toe starters?

112 Coke, to Pepsi

113 Hwys.

114 Mouthy?

117 Sauce brand since 1937

118 Conference USA sch.121 Actor Marvin123 Book after Exodus:

Abbr.124 Guy whose face

might get slapped125 Mai ____126 Gamer’s prefix with

pets127 Retired boomer

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LATE MODELS2012 Honda Civic EX ..............................................$14,988Gray, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, Sunroof, 39MPG Hwy, #F81482014 Chrysler 200 Limited ....................................$16,988Black, Auto, A/C, 18K Miles, Alum.Whls, CD, Still Smells New! 2011 Buick LaCrosse CXS .......................................$18,988White, V6, Leather, Sunroof, Alum.Whls, Nav., Very Nice!2015 Chrysler 200 Limited ....................................$18,988Black, Sunroof, Alum.Whls., PW, PL, 16K Mi., Bal. of Warranty2012 Cadillac CTS ....................................................$20,988Black, V6, AWD, Leather, Alum.Whls., Low Miles2012 Cadillac CTS Luxury .......................................$22,988Mocha Steel, Sunroof, AWD, Leather, PW, PL, #F81912013 Cadillac ATS AWD ...........................................$22,988Silver, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, Alum.Whls, Beautiful Luxury Sedan! #F8137

MINIVANS2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT .............................. $7,972Silver, V6, Stow-N-Go, PW, PL, CD, Great Family Vehicle, #F8126 2008 Chrysler Town & Country Touring ................... $7,988White, V6, Stow N Go, PW, PL, CD, Ready for Fall Vacation2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Express .....................$12,575Blue, V6, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, CD #680492013 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT .............................$16,972Silver, V6, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, CD, Alum.Wheels, #F80462014 Chrysler Town & Country Touring .................$23,488Grey, V6, Leather, DVD, Perfect for Vacation! #E8143

TRUCKS & SUVS2011 Kia Sportage LX ..............................................$12,988Auto, A/C, PW, PL, CD, Alum.Wheels2005 Cadillac Escalade AWD .................................$14,488Blue, V8, Leather, Sunroof, Chrome Wheels, 3rd Row Seat2007 Honda Ridgeline RTL .....................................$14,9884x4, Gray, Auto, A/C, Leather, Sunroof2012 Ford Escape Limited 4x4 ..............................$16,779Black, Leather, Sunroof, Auto, A/C, #F8036 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Ext Cab ...............$24,9754x4, V8, Auto, A/C, Chrome Tubes, Bedliner, 38K Mi, Nice Truck, #F81322012 Ford F-150 XLT Super Cab .............................$24,9834x4, Red, V6, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, Bedliner, #F81412013 Dodge Ram 1500 Express ...........................$27,988Crew Cab, 4x4, Hemi, Chrome Wheels, Side Tubes, Excellent Cond.

HARD TO FIND MODELS2005 Ford Freestyle ................................................. $5,988V6, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, 3rd Row Seat, Everybody Rides! 2012 Volkswagen Jetta ..........................................$12,8952.5 SE, Grey, Leather, Auto, A/C, 55K Mi., Stereo CD, #F819812010 Ford E-250 Cargo Van ....................................$13,972White, V8, Auto, A/C, Perfect Work Vehicle2012 Chrysler 200 Convertible ..............................$14,475White, Touring, Auto, A/C, Fun Summer Ride!2011 Scion TC Coupe ...............................................$15,990Silver, Auto, A/C, Sunroof, Alum.Wheels

BUDGET BUYS2000 Mercury Sable ................................................. $2,495Burg, V6, Leather, Alum. Wheels2004 Chrysler Sebring Convertible ......................... $4,882V6, Alum.Whls, Low Miles, Auto, A/C, #F81672003 Dodge Durango SLT ......................................... $5,972Blue, V8, 4x4, Leather, Running Boards, Great In The Snow!2007 Dodge Grand Caravan ...................................... $6,495Black, SXT, PW, PL, CD, Everybody Rides2004 Lincoln Town Car .............................................. $6,495Ultimate Edition, Sunroof, Leather, PW, PL, Wood Grain, Low Miles!2007 Chrysler Pacifi ca Limited ................................ $7,985Gold, AWD, V6, Sunroof, DVD, Excellent Condition!2007 Jeep Compass Sport ........................................ $8,475Auto, A/C, PW, PL, CD, Sunroof, Great School Car!2011 Dodge Caliber ................................................... $8,988Black, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, Alum.Whls, Great School Car, #F81212009 Dodge Journey SXT .......................................... $8,995Red, AWD, V6, Auto, A/C, Sunroof, #F81252007 Mercury Mariner Premier ................................ $9,9884x4, V6, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, Sunroof, #F80302007 Jeep Commander Sport .................................. $9,988Silver, V6, 4x4, Auto, A/C, 3rd Row Seat, Great Value!2010 Dodge Averger R/T ........................................... $9,995Black, Auto, A/C, PW, PL, Leather, Alum. Wheels, Rear Spoiler

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