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F LORENCE F LORENCE RECORDER 75¢ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Recorder newspaper serving Florence and Union ON THE MATS A6 Boone wrestlers at state meet Vol. 19 No. 27 © 2014 The Community Recorder ALL RIGHTS RESERVED News ........................ 283-0404 Retail advertising ...... 513-768-8404 Classified advertising ....... 283-7290 Delivery ...................... 781-4421 See page A2 for additional information Contact us SHARING COOKING Incubator shares kitchen space See story, B1 RITA’S KITCHEN A honey-lemon cough syrup See story, B3 Hey kids! Become a Florence Recorder carrier and earn your own spending money and still have time for other fun activ- ities since delivery is just once a week on Thursday. It’s your own business where your neighbors rely on you to deliver information about their community. You’ll learn valu- able business skills and gain ex- perience in customer service and money management. You’ll also be able to earn bonuses, win prizes and participate in special carrier events. Call 781-4421. Find out more about the ju- nior carrier program at NKY.com/carrier. Junior newspaper carriers needed Boone County Schools is gathering input on what the district’s residents think should be the future of educa- tion. One community conversa- tion session remains, 6-8 p.m. tongiht, Thursday, Feb. 27, at Cooper High School. “Our goal is to define what our community wants students to know for the future,” said Karen Cheser, chief academic officer and deputy superinten- dent. “We want to know what’s important to our community by talking to our taxpayers, busi- ness leaders and parents who support our district.” Cheser said the input will be used to help create the dis- trict’s five-year strategic plan. This is the first time the dis- trict has held this kind of com- munity conversation sessions. The first session in January drew about 75 people, accord- ing to Cheser. “People seemed energized and have been encouraging others to attend to other ses- sions,” she said. “If we want to continue to enhance our life- style here in Northern Ken- tucky and Boone County, then the entire community needs to be involved. It’s part of that whole it takes a village con- cept.” Elizabeth Marlette, who has children at New Haven Ele- mentary and Gray Middle School, attended the first ses- sion because she said “it is im- portant to be knowledgeable about what is going on in our district.” Marlette is also involved in the New Haven Site Based De- cision Making Council and the parent teacher association. “The format allowed every- one who attended an opportuni- ty to share their ideas and con- cerns,” she said. “I think it is important for our school lead- ers to meet with parents, teach- ers and community members so they can hear the ‘other’ side of the coin. I know the school district has specific goals and needs in preparing our kids to be college and career ready, but the communities input helps them see beyond their fo- cus and hear some of our ex- pectations and suggestions.” Want to continue the conversation? Tweet @MStewartReports Boone Schools looking into future By Melissa Stewart [email protected] Cheser A program that would arm teachers and school staff has stirred a mix of opinion in the Boone County School district. “We’re in the process of having a conversation with our staff and teachers to get their thoughts about the pro- gram,” said schools Superin- tendent Randy Poe. “School safety is a complex issue. Our safety committee looks at va- riety of options available and the School POST program has been a part of that process. I’ve also asked staff to re- search the program and have a conversation with their teach- ers and let the board know their thoughts.” A school board workshop will be 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at Ralph Rush Staff Development Center, 103 Cen- ter St., Florence, to discuss school safety issues. School POST (Protecting Our Stu- dents and Teachers), a pro- gram that would screen, train and arm volunteer teachers and staff members, will be one of the topics. The program was officially unveiled to the pub- lic Feb. 19. Designed by Boone County Constable Joe Kalil, POST is closely patterned after the Na- tional Armed Pilots Program. Volunteers would go through extensive screenings and training. Those armed would carry concealed weapons and remain unidentified to stu- dents, but would know who else is armed. Police dispatch would know how many partici- pants are at each school. “My thoughts are that as far as school safety is con- cerned, this is one area of con- sideration,” Poe said. “There are concerns that I have about the program as it is. There are parts that I do like and parts I don’t like, but I’ll reserve go- ing into that until the March 6 meeting.” Poe said it is the school board’s decision to sue or not use POST. A formal presenta- tion has not been made to the board; however Kalil said he plans to attend the March 6 meeting to encourage the board to consider the pro- gram. Ryle High School Principal Matthew Turner said he is skeptical of the program. “I don’t know everything about the program, but I do have some concerns,” he said. “The training and experience of using a firearm is my main concern. Our school resource officers have a tremendous amount of experience and training. They know when to make the decision to use their gun and how to use it. That’s critical. That’s a police offi- cer’s job. I don’t know if any of our staff would have that type of training and experience. Teachers don’t go into teach- ing thinking they’re going to have to defend themselves and others.” Turner said he is collecting opinions of teacher and staff. However, the Ryle Site-based Decision Making Council vot- ed unanimously recently not to support the use of POST. The council is made up of ad- ministrators, teachers and parent representatives. Brian King, a diesel tech- nology instructor for the Boone County Area Technol- ogy Center, said he hasn’t made up his mind about POST, and he’s upset that such an op- tion even has to exist. “First off, let me say that I think it’s sad that we even have to consider this,” King said. POST has divided opinion in schools By Melissa Stewart [email protected] See POST, Page A2 FLORENCE — City council is on the verge of adding six fire- fighters to its fire department. Council approved 4-1 the first reading of an ordinance au- thorizing the hiring at a Feb. 18 special meeting. The second and final reading will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Flor- ence Government Center, 8100 Ewing Blvd., Florence. A $1 million Staffing for Ade- quate Fire and Emergency Re- sponse (SAFER) grant from the International Association of Firefighters will cover all sala- ry and benefits of the six new positions for two years. The new firefighters will help staff the new fire station on Ted Bushelman Boulevard, which will open later this year. To get the full amount of the grant, the city must hire the new employ- ees in March. In two years, the city will re- view the impact of the new posi- tions and new station, then de- cide if the city can keep the posi- tions, Florence Fire Chief Marc Muench said. Council mem- bers Kelly Huff, Julie Metzger- Aubuchon, David Osborne and Ga- ry Winn voted yes. Councilman Larry Brown cast the lone no vote. Council- man Mel Carroll was absent. Brown said he voted no be- cause he would have rather de- layed the hiring by six months to give the city enough time to evaluate the efficiency of the new station. “We’re not getting the chance to do that,” he said. “We would not have lost the grant, just a prorated amount. Post- poning the hiring for six months to see how the new station oper- ates we would have forgone a half a million, but would have seen whether or not (the new station) was efficient.” There are currently three fire stations in the city. The Hue Station on Industrial Road is a paid-staffed station with five or six personnel on duty at all times. The Claxon Station on Weaver Road is a combined paid and volunteer staff station with eight or nine personnel on duty at all times. The Main Street station is an all-volunteer station staffed up to 48 hours per week. It will no longer be manned when the Houston Road Station opens. Brown said when council de- cided to build the new station, the plan was to move the Hue Station staff to the new Houston Road station and the volunteers to the Hue Station. Brown said that Muench has been “consistent” about hiring more staff. While the city made plans to build the new fire sta- tion, the chief requested 12 ad- ditional paid positions to staff the new station and accommo- date increased calls for service. Muench said he made the recommendation based on his- torical staffing levels within the department. Florence current- Florence Fire Chief Marc Muench stands next to one of the city’s fire trucks. City adding firefighters By Melissa Stewart [email protected] Brown See ADDING, Page A2

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FLORENCEFLORENCERECORDER 75¢

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Your Community Recordernewspaper serving Florenceand Union

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Vol. 19 No. 27© 2014 The Community Recorder

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Boone County Schools isgathering input on what thedistrict’s residents thinkshould be the future of educa-tion.

One community conversa-tion session remains, 6-8 p.m.tongiht, Thursday, Feb. 27, atCooper High School.

“Our goal is to define whatour communitywants studentsto know for the future,” saidKaren Cheser, chief academicofficer and deputy superinten-dent. “We want to know what’simportant toourcommunitybytalking to our taxpayers, busi-

ness leaders and parents whosupport our district.”

Cheser said the inputwill beused to help create the dis-trict’s five-year strategic plan.This is the first time the dis-trict has held this kind of com-munity conversation sessions.The first session in Januarydrew about 75 people, accord-ing to Cheser.

“People seemed energizedand have been encouragingothers to attend to other ses-sions,” she said. “If we want tocontinue to enhance our life-style here in Northern Ken-tucky and Boone County, thenthe entire community needs tobe involved. It’s part of that

whole it takes avillage con-cept.”

ElizabethMarlette, whohas children atNew Haven Ele-mentary andGray Middle

School, attended the first ses-sion because she said “it is im-portant to be knowledgeableabout what is going on in ourdistrict.”

Marlette is also involved inthe NewHaven Site Based De-cision Making Council and theparent teacher association.

“The format allowed every-onewhoattendedanopportuni-

ty to share their ideas and con-cerns,” she said. “I think it isimportant for our school lead-ers tomeetwithparents, teach-ers and community membersso theycanhear the ‘other’ sideof the coin. I know the schooldistrict has specific goals andneeds in preparing our kids tobe college and career ready,but the communities inputhelps themseebeyond their fo-cus and hear some of our ex-pectations and suggestions.”

Want to continue theconversation? Tweet@MStewartReports

Boone Schools looking into futureByMelissa [email protected]

Cheser

A program that would armteachers and school staff hasstirred a mix of opinion in theBoone County School district.

“We’re in the process ofhaving a conversation withour staff and teachers to gettheir thoughts about the pro-gram,” said schools Superin-tendent Randy Poe. “Schoolsafety is a complex issue. Oursafety committee looks at va-riety of options available andthe School POST program hasbeen a part of that process.I’ve also asked staff to re-searchtheprogramandhaveaconversation with their teach-ers and let the board knowtheir thoughts.”

A school board workshopwill be 6:30 p.m. Thursday,March 6, at Ralph Rush StaffDevelopment Center, 103 Cen-ter St., Florence, to discussschool safety issues. SchoolPOST (Protecting Our Stu-dents and Teachers), a pro-gram that would screen, trainand arm volunteer teachersandstaffmembers,will beoneof thetopics.Theprogramwasofficially unveiled to the pub-lic Feb. 19.

Designed by Boone CountyConstable Joe Kalil, POST iscloselypatternedafter theNa-tional Armed Pilots Program.Volunteers would go throughextensive screenings andtraining. Those armed wouldcarry concealed weapons andremain unidentified to stu-dents, but would know whoelse is armed. Police dispatchwouldknowhowmanypartici-pants are at each school.

“My thoughts are that asfar as school safety is con-cerned, this is one area of con-sideration,” Poe said. “Thereare concerns that I have aboutthe program as it is. There are

parts that I do like and parts Idon’t like, but I’ll reserve go-ing into that until the March 6meeting.”

Poe said it is the schoolboard’s decision to sue or notuse POST. A formal presenta-tion has not been made to theboard; however Kalil said heplans to attend the March 6meeting to encourage theboard to consider the pro-gram.

Ryle High School PrincipalMatthew Turner said he isskeptical of the program.

“I don’t know everythingabout the program, but I dohave some concerns,” he said.“The training and experienceof using a firearm is my mainconcern. Our school resourceofficers have a tremendousamount of experience andtraining. They know when tomake the decision to use theirgun and how to use it. That’scritical. That’s a police offi-cer’s job. I don’t know if any ofour staff would have that typeof training and experience.Teachers don’t go into teach-ing thinking they’re going tohave to defend themselvesand others.”

Turner said he is collectingopinions of teacher and staff.However, the Ryle Site-basedDecision Making Council vot-ed unanimously recently notto support the use of POST.The council is made up of ad-ministrators, teachers andparent representatives.

Brian King, a diesel tech-nology instructor for theBoone County Area Technol-ogy Center, said he hasn’tmade up hismind about POST,and he’s upset that such an op-tion even has to exist.

“First off, let me say that Ithink it’s sadthatweevenhaveto consider this,” King said.

POST hasdivided opinionin schoolsByMelissa [email protected]

See POST, Page A2

FLORENCE — City council ison the verge of adding six fire-fighters to its fire department.

Council approved 4-1 thefirst readingofanordinanceau-thorizing the hiring at a Feb. 18special meeting. The secondand final reading will be 7 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Flor-ence Government Center, 8100Ewing Blvd., Florence.

A$1millionStaffing forAde-quate Fire and Emergency Re-sponse (SAFER) grant from theInternational Association ofFirefighters will cover all sala-ry and benefits of the six newpositions for two years. Thenew firefighters will help staffthe new fire station on TedBushelman Boulevard, whichwill open later this year. To getthe full amount of the grant, thecity must hire the new employ-ees in March.

In two years, the city will re-view the impact of thenewposi-tions and new station, then de-cide if thecitycankeeptheposi-

tions, FlorenceFire Chief MarcMuench said.

Council mem-bers Kelly Huff,Julie Metzger-Aubuchon,DavidOsborne and Ga-ry Winn votedyes. CouncilmanLarry Brown

cast the lone no vote. Council-manMel Carroll was absent.

Brown said he voted no be-cause he would have rather de-layed the hiring by six monthsto give the city enough time toevaluate the efficiency of thenew station.

“We’re not getting thechance to do that,” he said. “Wewould not have lost the grant,just a prorated amount. Post-poning thehiring for sixmonthsto see how the new station oper-ates we would have forgone ahalf a million, but would haveseen whether or not (the newstation) was efficient.”

There are currently threefire stations in the city. TheHueStation on Industrial Road is a

paid-staffed stationwith five orsix personnel on duty at alltimes. The Claxon Station onWeaverRoadisacombinedpaidand volunteer staff station witheight or nine personnel on dutyat all times.

TheMain Street station is anall-volunteer station staffed upto 48 hours per week. It will nolonger be manned when theHouston Road Station opens.

Brown said when council de-cided to build the new station,the plan was to move the HueStation staff to thenewHoustonRoad station and the volunteersto the Hue Station.

Brown said that Muench hasbeen “consistent” about hiringmore staff. While the citymadeplans to build the new fire sta-tion, the chief requested 12 ad-ditional paid positions to staffthe new station and accommo-date increased calls for service.

Muench said he made therecommendation based on his-torical staffing levelswithin thedepartment. Florence current-

Florence Fire Chief Marc Muench stands next to one of the city’s fire trucks.

City adding firefightersByMelissa [email protected]

Brown

See ADDING, Page A2

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ly has 50 full-time paidfirefighters, two adminis-trative positions and 27volunteers.

Last summer, the cityhired Management Part-ners Inc. to complete apersonnel needs study ofthe department. The four-month study determinedthat the city would notneed more than nine newhires and could get bywith as few as three addi-tional staffmembers. Thestudy also recommended

the department fully inte-grate its volunteers,meaning that instead ofbeing in a separate house,volunteers would be sta-tioned along side careerstaff.

Brown said he also hasconcerns of how the addi-tional staff members willimpact the idea for inte-gration, as well.

Huff, however, said hethinks the new positionswill help with the transi-tion. He also noted that attheendof the two-yearpe-riod,Florencecouldapplyfor an extension of thegrant.

Councilman Gary

Winn, who supported thedecision for additionalpersonnel, said he likeshow “it gives us a two-year window to analyzethe results of having theadded positions.”

Theordinancealsocre-ates three temporary po-sitions of fire and EMSlieutenant to help withmanagement during thetwo-year period. Thesepositions will serve astemporary promotionsfor three current staffmembers, Muench said.

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“Times have reallychanged in the schools. Ihaven’t made upmymindyet one way or the otherabout this idea but I willsay this, there isn’t ateacher or faculty mem-ber in our school thatwouldn’t hesitate to putthemselves between ashooter and our students.I would, however, like tomake it a fair fight.”

Burlington residentCarrie Cox believes thatarming teachers is the“only option” that wouldgive students and teach-ers a fair chance at sur-vival in the event of an at-tack.

“Onlyequal force isgo-ing to stop someone whocomes in with a gun,” shesaid. “If you have a fire,you put it out with a fireextinguisher. I can’t thinkof a better option thanarming our teachers.”

The mother of threeBoone school childrensaid she plans to attend

the March 6 meeting andother board meetings, ifnecessary, to make hersupport for POST known.

Roberto Henriquez, aparent of two elementaryschool students, said hethinks arming teachers isa “very bad idea.”

“Teachers need to fo-cus on education andteaching,” the Florenceresident and former RyleHigh School teacher said.“I know teachers have somuch to keep track of,keeping track of a deadlyweapon in the classroomis a set up for tragedy. Iwould seriously considerremoving my childrenfrom public school ifteachers start carryingweapons.”

Henriquez said hethinks schools shouldhave additional armed re-source officers.

Costs for that, howev-er, make that option slim,said POST supporter Ka-lil. He and Boone CountySherriff Mike Helmig,who endorses POST, esti-mate the cost to add aschool resource officer toevery school in Boone

County at $1.8 million thefirst year and an addition-al $1.1million per year foradditional years.

“Also, school resourceofficers can’t be every-where at one time, theygoto lunch, they go on vaca-tion, they get sick,” Kalilsaid. “Also, they’re in uni-form and often the firstone targeted.”

The cost to implementPOST is substantiallyless, according to Kalil.Although the formatwould vary fromschool toschool, therefore impact-ing the cost, he estimatesit would be $1,500 to$2,500 per volunteer, butthat depends on the coun-ty andwho is teaching thecourse.

“In Boone County, thecosts may just be down topurchasing ammunition,”he said. Volunteers fromthe sheriff’s office haveoffered their expertise toscreen and train thosewhowant to participate inthe program, Kalil said.

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POSTContinued from Page A1

BURLINGTON — Thistime the discussion wasmuch less contentious butthe results were still thesame.

For the second time innearly a month, BooneCountyFiscalCourtmem-bers Feb. 18 voted down aproposal wherein Boone

County would acquire theRivershore Sports Com-plex in Hebron from theBoone County KnotholeAssociation for a total of$250,000.

Judge-executive GaryMoore and CommissionerCharlie Kenner again vot-ed in favor of the projectwhile CommissionersMatt Dedden and CharlieWalton voted against theproposal.

The initial denial cameafter discussions at thefiscal court’s Jan. 21meet-ing took a contentiousturn, but the commission-ers decided Feb. 4 to re-visit the issue at a latermeeting.

After highlighting thedetails of what would beapproved, Boone County

Administrator Jeff Early-wine told fiscal courtmembers that in terms offinancing, “nothing hasreally changed.”

According to Early-wine, the purchase priceof theproperty is$850,000but was appraised overthe summer at $890,000.The knothole associationwould commit $450,000and a private foundationwouldcommit$150,000 to-ward the purchase.

The remaining$250,000would be paid bythe fiscal court when thecounty secured the prop-erty from the knothole as-sociation, he said.

One amendment to theinitial proposal involvedthe Knothole Associa-tion’s Camp Ernst Roadfacility.

Original plans calledfor the group to give the

property to the county.With theamendedpropos-al, however, the propertywould not be transferredimmediately to the coun-ty, Earlywine said. In-stead, the county wouldhave entered into a five-year engagement periodwith the association forthe property.

Several audiencemembers, both for andagainst and the deal, ad-dressed the commission-ers.

According to Moore,the county wouldn’t beable to build fields forwhat they would be in-vesting in the Rivershoreproperty.

“The need is there andthe need is going to con-tinue to grow,” he said.“Our county’s growing.There’s going to be moreandmorechildrenlookingfor youth sports opportu-nities as we go forwardand there just may not bethe kind of partner that

we have here tonightthat’s going to be there atthat time. And instead ofthe county putting in asmall fraction of the cost,we’re going to be asked topay the entire cost and it’sanopportunity that I thinkwe should not let slip by.”

In a follow-up phoneconversation, Moore saidBoone County Knotholeapproached the countyabout the need for moreyouth sports fields.

They wanted to ensure“youth in the future hadaccess to ball fields andwe agreed that we wouldhelp raisemoney with theidea that it would be gift-ed to the county,” he said.

All together, it’s “$1.4million worth of propertyand assets the countywould be given in ex-change for us to advance$250,000.”

Moore contends thecounty could have re-couped its costs throughconcession revenues and

tournament and leaguefees.

“I’mamazedandIhavea hard time explaining toparents of the children orcoaches when they hearthat we didn’t accept thegift from Knothole,” hesaid.

With the growth in thecounty, there are morechildren signing up foryouth leagues each yearwith fewer ball fields inthe county, said Moore“and this is a tremendousopportunity to fill thatgapand plan for the future.”

While he didn’t com-ment during the Feb. 18meeting, in a follow-upphone conversation, Wal-ton said he was the onewho told the fiscal courthe’d like to “hear morefrom both sides on that is-sue.”

Walton said hewas toldthey were trying to findprivate investors for the$250,000, but “that neverdid come to completion,”Walton said.

According to Walton,he’s done “a lot of back-ground research.” Hedoesn’t think the propertyis worth the asking priceand it’s a “losingventure.”

“If that was a moneymaker, itwouldbeveryat-tractive on the real estatemarket,” he said. “And Idon’t believe taxpayersare wanting to get into in-vesting in a facility thathas not been a moneymaker, nor is it worth$850,000.”

During the meeting,Dedden said he doesn’tthink the “governmentshould be in the businessof the private sector-typework.”

Second strike for Knothole proposalBy Stephanie [email protected]

Boone County Fiscal Court again rejected an agreement that would help Boone CountyKnothole Association purchase Rivershore Sports Complex in Hebron. FILE PHOTO

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COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Marc Emral, [email protected], 578-1053

National College graduateChristina Leffler of Florence isworkingasaregisteredmedicalassistant at St. Elizabeth Physi-cians Women’s Health, wheresheenjoyscaring forDr. StevenHensley’s patients.

“I love what I do,” said Lef-fler, who takes patient’s vitalsigns and assists with proce-dures. “My favorite part of myjob is patient care – making thepatienthappywhen they leave.”

After earning associate’s de-grees in surgical technologyand medical assisting, Lefflerwas hired byHensley. “Shewasvery sincere and seemed veryinterested in the job. She was

also enthusiastic aboutworkingfor me,” he said.

Leffler developed a passionfor caring for others at a youngage, andHensley said she is oneof the finest medical assistantsthat he’s worked with.

“I have never had better,” hesaid. “She is personable, reli-able, conscientious, caring, andenthusiastic. I can always countonher to thinkaheadandbepre-pared. She knows what she isdoing and answers patients’questions well.”

Leffler first came to Nation-al College after becoming a cer-tified nursing assistant througha vocational program in high

school. She decided to continueher education and enrolled atNational after discovering thatit was one of the only schools inthe area which offered a classschedule thatwouldallowher toworkwhile attending school. AtNational, She enjoyed learningfrom instructors who were pro-fessionals from the medicalfield.

Leffler’s drive and determi-nation toadvance in themedicalfield are still strong today.

“It has been a joy to workwith her, but also an incrediblepleasure to watch her grow inher job,” said Hensley.

Medical assistant enjoys caring for her patients

National College graduate Christina Leffler is working at St. ElizabethPhysicians Women’s Health in Florence as a registered medicalassistant. PROVIDED

BLOCK PARTY

Kids Day Out Preschool student Tsukasa Yamaguchi, 4, worksdiligently on his castle during free time. The blocks center is hisfavorite.THANKS TO KATIE SCOTT

Gateway Community andTechnical College and SullivanCollege of Technology and De-sign inLouisvillehavecreatedatransferpathway thatwill allowGateway associate degreegraduates to obtain a bachelor’sdegree in advanced manufac-turing technology from Sulli-van.

“We are pleased to offer yetanother transferpathway toourstudents,” said Laura Urban,Gateway provost and vicepresident of academic affairs.“Theagreementmeans that stu-

dents who meet the requiredcriteria will advance seamless-ly into the bachelor’s degreeprogram at Sullivan.

“The new pathway joinsmore than 250 other transferpathways that Gateway has es-tablished with 20 colleges anduniversities throughout the re-gion,”Urban added. “For exam-ple, we have specific transferpathways with Northern Ken-tuckyUniversity,ThomasMoreCollege, Xavier, University ofCincinnati, University of Ken-tucky, University of Louisville,

Eastern Kentucky Universityand Kentucky State Universityto name a few.”

Under the transfer agree-ment, Gateway associate de-greegraduates incertainmanu-facturingprogramscanreceivetransfer credit for their entireassociate degree when begin-ning a bachelor’s degree pro-gramatSullivan.For full credit,graduates must have a 2.0 GPAandaminimumcompletion rateof 67 percent of credit hours at-tempted.

Three Gateway programs

qualify for the transfer path-way: manufacturing engineer-ing technology, industrialmain-tenance technology and electri-cal technology.

Under a transfer agreementbetween the Kentucky Commu-nity and Technical College Sys-tem and Sullivan, Gateway stu-dents who transfer to Sullivanwill be awarded a $1,500 schol-arship.

The scholarship is renew-able annually until the studentcompletes his or her bachelor’sdegree in advanced manufac-

turing technology. Sullivan willaward up to 10 such scholar-ships a year.

Formerly known as theLouisville Technical Institute,Sullivan College of Technologyand Design is a private, career-focused college accredited bythe Accrediting Council for In-dependentCollegesandSchoolsand licensed to offer associateand bachelor’s degrees by theKentucky Council on Postsec-ondary Education.

Gateway, Sullivan have arrangement

Two Thomas More Collegestudentswill head to theNation-al Conference on Undergradu-ate Research to present theirresearch studies in April.

Abut 4,000 students acrossthe nation submitted abstractsof their research in early De-cember; these were evaluatedby a professional review panelwho determined the projectsthat would be presented. The28th annual conference will beApril 3-5 at the University ofKentucky.

Kelsey Sparks, doublemajor

in biology and chemistry, con-ducted research titled “Tracemetalanalysisofboneash,Port-land cement and human cre-mated remains” which she willbe presenting at the confer-ence. She is from Florence andis a graduate ofCovingtonLatinSchool. William Wetzel of thechemistrydepartment isherre-search adviser at ThomasMoreCollege.

John Notorgiacomo’s re-search is titled “ReplenishingMental Energy for Pain Man-agement.” Notorgiacomo, a

psychology major also earningan associate degree in sociolo-gy, is from Erlanger and is agraduate of Villa MadonnaAcademy. Maria McLean of thepsychology department is hisresearch adviser.

Both students are seniorsgraduating in May and bothplan topursuegraduate studies.

“This will be the first timethat Thomas More Collegesends student researchers tothis national conference. Wehad two students, John andKel-sey, submit abstracts for con-

sideration, and both projectswereaccepted forpresentation.We’re very pleased they will bepresenting theirwork in thisna-tional venue,” said McLean.

“This represents furtherprogress of ourprogramforun-dergraduateresearchandgreatwork on behalf of the studentsand their facultyadvisers,” saidBrad Bielski, vice president foracademic affairs. “For fiveyears, Drs. McLean, Wes RyleandBillWetzel, our Student Re-search ForumCommittee, havedone an outstanding job work-

ing to promote the value of un-dergraduate research at our in-stitution.”

The mission of the Confer-ence on Undergraduate Re-search is topromoteundergrad-uate research, scholarship andcreative activity done in part-nership with faculty or othermentors as a vital component ofhigher education.

For more information aboutThomas More College, visitwww.thomasmore.edu.

Two TMC students presenting research

Longbranch ElementarySchool students recently had achange drive to raise money topurchase books for students inneed. The drive raised $690,

$300 of which was spent on stu-dents at Longbranch so thateach child could receive a newbook from the book fair.

The remaining balance of

$390 was used to purchasebooks for students at CooperHigh School. These books weredonated to Cooper’s FMD andAutism classrooms.

Mackenzie Milburn, from left, Bryn Stephenson, Zane Kegley and Jerney Sipple are library helpers fromLongbranch Elementary. They presented students at Cooper High School with baskets of new booksdonated to their FMD classroom from the students of Longbranch. THANKS TO STACIE KEGLEY

Longbranch makes ‘change’

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Twenty-two wrestlers fromthe five teams in Boone Countycompeted at the KHSAA statewrestling meet Feb. 22 at All-tech Arena in Lexington.

Andrew Bailey of Cooper, right, wrestles at 145 at the KHSAA state wrestling meet Feb. 22 at Alltech Arenain Lexington. JAMES WEBER/COMMUNITY RECORDER

Braden Jones of Boone County, top, wrestles at the KHSAA statewrestling meet Feb. 22 at Alltech Arena in Lexington. JAMES

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Conner seniorTrevorThompson,bottom, goes fora pin at theKHSAA statewrestling meetFeb. 22 at AlltechArena inLexington. JAMES

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Walton-Verona senior Colin Rothgets a bloody nose checked at theKHSAA state wrestling meet Feb.22 at Alltech Arena in Lexington.JAMES WEBER/COMMUNITY RECORDER

Boone goes bigat state wrestling

LEXINGTON — While he isnot as tall as most 170-poun-ders, Johnny Meiman knowshow to come up big.

TheRyleHighSchool soph-omorewas able to adjust to hisopponent at the right time towin his first state wrestlingchampionship Feb. 22 at All-tech Arena. Meiman beat Lu-cas Miozza of Trinity in sud-den-death overtime, scoring atakedown in the final secondsof the period to win 3-1.

“I outworked him,” Mei-man said. “He was tired. Ipropped him up a little bit andIwas able to get a shot on him.He was taller than me so Icouldn’t pick him up...the tall-er kids have a lot more reachonme. I just try to play it safeand tire them out.”

Meiman finished the sea-son59-9.Hewonhis first threematches convincingly beforesqueaking out a 4-3 win in thesemifinals.

“I took a lot more shots andpicked up the intensity,” Mei-man said. “I went at it a lotharder. This was the last tour-nament.”

Logan Erdman, a sopho-more, finished 60-6 for theyear after finishing as staterunner-up at 120. He lost bysecond-period pin to NathanBoston of Woodford County,who is headed tonationalDivi-sion I power Iowa State.

Erdman won his first threematchesbypin thenpulled outan overtime win in the semifi-nals.

JuniorJonBelkwassixthat

152, losing by fall in the semi-finals. He was 49-14 overall.Jack Dorne was seventh at145, winning four in a row inconsolation after losing hisfirst-round match.

Walton-Verona almost hadits secondstatechampion inasmany years after Lane Jones’triumph in 2013. Senior Clay-ton Brown fell 3-1 to MichaelWhalen of Henry Clay in thestate championship match. Atakedown by Whalen late inthe second period turned outto be the difference.

“This was a tough weightclass with a lot of very solid

Meiman adds toRyle title loreBy James [email protected]

Walton-Verona senior Clayton Brown, left, won in the 145quarterfinals at the KHSAA state wrestling meet Feb. 22 at AlltechArena in Lexington. JAMES WEBER/COMMUNITY RECORDER

SeeWRESTLE, Page A7

STATE RESULTSBoone County

Ahmad Hameidan, 220, 3-2, 35-13Braden Jones, 182, 3-2, 39-10Dru Schroer, 152, 2-2, 10-9Chris Vaske, 113, 1-2, 30-22

ConnerTristin Badida, 145, 4-3, 33-9, eighth placeTrevor Thompson, 195, 4-2, 29-6, fifth placeJosh Vanstrien, 220, 0-2, 13-23Derek Wiley, 132, 2-2, 34-13

CooperAndrew Bailey, 145, 5-3, 40-4, sixth placeHunter Bailey, 170, 2-2, 35-11Jordan Monroe, 120, 2-2, 36-9

RyleWill Allen, 160, 1-2, 20-14Jon Belk, 152, 3-3, 49-14, sixth placeJack Dorne, 145, 5-2, 45-20, seventh placeJacob Erdman, 132, 3-2, 43-13Logan Erdman, 120, 4-1, 57-6, second placeCole Kirkland, 138, 0-2, 25-27Johnny Meiman, 170, 5-0, 56-9, state championMeiman’s road to the state championship: TuckerPridemore of Anderson County (Fall 1:34), CaliebRay of St. Xavier (Fall 1:22), Jackson Avant ofLafayette (17-5), Isaac Lawson of Hopkinsville(4-3), Lucas Miozza of Trinity (3-1 in overtime).

WVClayton Brown, 145, 4-1, 34-3, second placeJake Peace, 120, 2-2, 23-20Colin Roth, 126, 2-2, 28-13Mason Smith, 113, 5-2, 15-6, fourth place

ERLANGER — Paul Stur-geon’s first season as headcoach of St. Henry DistrictHigh School’s girls basket-ball team was going swim-mingly. After a win overHarrison County on Feb. 1,the Crusaders were 15-5and playing like one of thearea’s top teams.

Then, injuries struck atan inopportune time. The

Crusaders had to face fiveof the top teams in North-ernKentuckywithout someof their top players. Thatled to a disappointing Feb-ruary, as the Crusadersdropped six of their finalseven regular seasongames.

There is a silver lining.Instead of searching for an-swers as they enter thepostseason, the Crusadersknowwhat theyarecapableof if they just get get their

best players healthy and onthe court together.

“The biggest challengehas been overcoming thenumber of injuries that wehave incurred this season.We have had some injuriestokeypersonnel,”saidStur-geon. “It is not about cor-recting anything. It is moreabout getting healthy forthe tournament.”

Senior TrishaMarks andjunior Savannah Neace areleadingtheCrusaders.Both

postplayersaveragenearlya double-double. Despitethe rash of late-season inju-ries, the teamhas remainedfocused and upbeat.

“The girls’ attitude hasbeen fantastic all seasonand has never been an is-sue.Theyare a tough-mind-ed, resilient group thatplays hard, smart and to-gether,” said Sturgeon.“Theyarepreparing for the

St. Henry girls hoops hopefor health in postseasonBy Adam [email protected]

St. Henry’s Savannah Neace, left, battles for arebound last season.FILE PHOTO See HOOPS, Page A7

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wrestlers, so it could havebeen anyone,” Brownsaid. “Mike wrestledgreat his whole career.I’m proud of him. I wouldhave liked to finish first,but there’s nothing I cando about it.”

Brown won his firsttwo matches by pin thenclaimed decisions of 6-2and 8-6 to get to the final.He finished 34-3 and wonhis fourth statemedal, re-bounding after a tough,medal-less junior season.This was his last majorwrestlingmatchashewilljoin the Coast Guard thisJune to take part in a fam-ily tradition.

“I’ve wrestled mywhole life, so it means alot,” he said. “It’s been abig part of my life. Westarted the program hereand I was really excited.”

Walton-Verona’s Ma-son Smith was fourth at113 and 15-6 for the year.

He lost by pin in the quar-terfinals then won three

straight matches to win amedal.

Tristin Badida, a Con-ner High School sopho-more, finished eighth at145, winning four straightin the consolation bracketafter losing his first-round match.

Conner’s TrevorThompson, a senior, fin-ished fifth at 195 and re-ceived the KentuckyArmy National GuardBest & Brightest Award.He had a tough 8-7 loss inthe championship semifi-nals and finished his sen-ior season 29-6.

Cooper sophomore An-drew Bailey finishedsixth at 145 and was 40-4for the year. He won fivein a row in the consolationbracket after losing hisfirst-round match. In amajor quirk, four of theeight medalists at 145were from schools inBoone County.

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WrestleContinued from Page A6

Ryle sophomore Johnny Meiman, top, wrestles to victoryin the 170 quarterfinals at the KHSAA state wrestling meetFeb. 22 at Alltech Arena in Lexington. JAMES

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tournament just as hard as they have the entire sea-son.”

TheCrusadersget toplay the34thDistrict tourna-ment at home, beginning Feb. 26 against Lloyd. Theprogram is seeking its sixth straight Ninth Regiontournament. The final regular season record did notmatter much, and the girls do not feel pressure tokeep the regional tournament streak alive.

“We try not to be too results driven because youcan lose sight of doing things the right way,” saidSturgeon. “We only concern ourselves with thosethings whichwe can control: Our preparation, effortandattitude.We try to focuson theprocess anddoingthings the right way.”

Sturgeon’s first season has been a success. TheCrusaderswon16regularseasongameswith just twoseniors on the roster. Several players have steppedup into bigger roles than expected and shown im-provement since the beginning of the season. It willtake a total teameffort for theCrusaders to find suc-cess in the postseason. Despite all the obstacles - in-juries,weatherpostponements,andadifficult sched-ule -Sturgeonhasenjoyedhis first seasonat thehelmand is not ready to see it end just yet.

“The biggest surprise has been how quickly theseason has gone,” he said. “It seems like yesterdaywewerestartingpracticeonOct.15andnow it’s tour-nament time.”

HoopsContinued from Page A6

Boys basketball» Boone County beat Coop-

er 38-36 Feb. 17. Brenden Stan-ley had 16 points. Zach McNeilhad 23 for Cooper. Boone beatNewport 62-29 Feb. 19. JuniorStockwell scored20and theRe-bels shut down one of the area’smost potent offenses, limitingthe Wildcats to eight first-halfpoints.

» Conner lost 55-54 toHolmesFeb.18, falling on a bas-ket at the buzzer. Landon Lam-blez had 22 points.

» Cooper beat Scott 64-58 inovertime Feb. 21. Spencer Hol-land had 15 points and Colin

Hathorn 11.» Ryle beat St. Henry 64-51

Feb.18.Will Stuhr had13 pointsand six other Raiders had fivepointsormore.RylebeatCamp-bell County 72-68 Feb. 20. Stuhrposted 20 points.

» St. Henry beat Holy Cross85-61 Feb. 21 to end the season13-9. Jordan Noble had 25points and Connor Kunstek 16.

» Walton-Verona lost 69-68to Grant County in overtimeFeb. 18. Alex Taulbee had 19points and Chance Sullivan 18.Shea Evansmade a 3-pointer astime expired to force OT. W-Vbeat Carroll County 61-54 to endthe regular season.

Girls basketball» Boone County beat St.

Henry 40-31 Feb. 19. MaceyFord had 13 points and MaddyMcGarr11.DallisKnotts scored12 points on four 3-pointers.

» Cooper beat PendletonCounty 65-23 Feb. 18. KateyPittman had 13 points, LexiHeld and Paige Ross 11 each.Cooper beat Campbell County67-36 Feb. 20.

» Ryle beat Notre Dame 49-43 Feb. 18. Mallory Schwartzhad19pointsandninerebounds.

»Walton-Verona beat OwenCounty 65-20 Feb. 17. HaileyIson had 18 points and MorganSimpson15. Isonhad23 ina lossto Simon Kenton Feb. 19. AllieMills had 21 in a 67-45 win overCarroll County Feb. 21.

» Here are the NorthernKentucky Girls’ Basketball

Coaches Association All Divi-sion Teams, which will be hon-ored at a banquet at 6:30 p.m.,March 18, at Receptions in Er-langer. The Players of the Yearin each division will be an-nounced that night:

Division I: Alexis Switzer(Boone County), Dallis Knotts(Boone County), Kylie Kramer(Campbell County), Madi Mey-ers (Conner), Savannah Brinne-man (Cooper), LizaTibbs (DixieHeights), Haylee Smith (NotreDame),EllyOgle (NotreDame),Paige Kellam (Notre Dame),Carly Lange (Ryle), Ally Niece(Scott), Abby Owings (SimonKenton), Rachel Cox (SimonKenton).

Coach of the Year: JeffStowers (Simon Kenton). Miss

Hustle: Taylor Gambrel (Con-ner).

Division II: Macy Stuempel(Beechwood), Ally Johnson(Beechwood), Sarah Futscher(Bishop Brossart), Abby Stadt-miller (BishopBrossart),Brian-na Adler (Highlands), LydiaGraves(Highlands),JyneaHar-ris (Holmes), DajahMcClendon(Holmes), Ally Mayhaus (HolyCross), Nicole Kiernan (New-port Central Catholic), Michae-la Ware (Newport CentralCatholic), Alexus Mayes (New-port Central Catholic), Savan-nah Neace (St. Henry), HaileyIson (Walton-Verona).

Coachof theYear: JaimeRi-chey (Highlands). Miss Hustle:Stephanie Lewis (Newport Cen-tral Catholic).

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RYLE HEADS INTO DISTRICTTOURNEY ON LOSS

Ryle senior MacKenzie Senvisky, 24, guards NCC junior Alexus Mayes.Newport Central Catholic defeated Ryle 40-31 in girls basketball Feb.19. JAMES WEBER/COMMUNITY RECORDER

UNION — Ryle High Schoolplans to put a new board in theschool listing its swimmingrecords this year, naming it af-ter formerheadcoachJimBai-lie, who died last fall shortlybefore the season began.

The Raiders hope to havesome new numbers on thatboard as well after the statemeet this weekend at the Uni-versity of Louisville.

“We’ve had T-shirts all yearthat say ‘Swim for Jim’ andwe’ll have new ones for state,”said head coach Erica Ware.“We dedicated the whole sea-son in his memory.”

Ryle will have 14 athletesparticipating in the statemeet,including three stalwarts whoqualified in both of their indi-vidual events.

Senior T.J. Albright fin-ished fourth in the 200 free-style at the Region 4 meet

(1:49.18) and third in the 100backstroke (55.25).

Senior Liam Galloway wasfourth in the 100 butterfly(54.65) and has a shot at theschool record in the event. Hewas sixth in the 100 breast-stroke (1:02.65), a new eventfor him this season.

Those two seniors teamwith seniorMikeyO’Learyandfreshman Brandon Powellteamed to place fourth in the400 free relay (3:30.89). Theyhave a shot at the school rec-ord, as well.

Ryle was fifth in the 200medley relay at regionals.Sophomore Bryce Cravenswam in that and is seeded11thin diving. He finished sixth inregionals.Rylewas third in the200 free relay with O’Learyand Powell joined by Zak Bai-ley and Tristan Stamm.

In girls, Ryle freshmanGraceBankwasfifth in the200individualmedley(2:14.30)andthird in the 100 breaststroke

(1:07.78) to qualify for state.“It’s exciting to see a fresh-

man make it down there,”Ware said.

Ryle was fourth in the 200medley in girls, with Bank,Hayley Ashcraft, Taylor Mal-kemus and Katie Clements.Ryle was sixth in the 200 freerelay to qualifywithBank, Ka-tyDunham, SavannaBolin andClements.

Eighth-grader MaddieBloemer is the seventh seed indiving and was sixth in thedeep Region 4 championships.

Ryle was fourth in the boysmeet overall and third in girls.

“With all the madness ofgetting rescheduled (becauseof weather), we thought thekids did a really good job,”Ware said. “We were right be-hind CovCath and Dixie. Wewere really excited to do thatand get third combined.”

Follow James Weber on Twitter,@RecorderWeber

Ryle swimming ready for recordsBy James [email protected]

Ryle freshman Grace Bank swims the 400 freestyle relay Jan. 4 at the Scott Classic.FILE PHOTO

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COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Marc Emral, [email protected], 578-1053

FLORENCERECORDER

Florence Recorder EditorMarc [email protected], 578-1053Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

228 Grandview Drive, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017654 Highland Ave., Fort Thomas, KY 41075phone: 283-0404email: [email protected] site:www.nky.com

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014 • FLORENCE RECORDER • A9

Start with $1million. Theninvest $100,000 increments infive community areas: trans-portation, health and wellness,housing, jobs and education.

Which area gets the mostdollars? What should the re-gion’s priorities be? That’s upto you.

An online interactive gameis just one of the many waysthe community can get in-volved with myNKY, a vision-ing campaign being guided byVision 2015 that is designed todevelop the priorities andgoals for Northern Kentucky’snext strategic plan.

I work for Vision 2015,Northern Kentucky’s 10-yearplan for growth. The plan,created by more than 2,500people in 2005, has had tre-mendous success – the launchof the Catalytic Development

Fund, the ex-pansion ofSuccess bySix, the recre-ation of theNorthern Ken-tucky Educa-tion Council,the informat-ics businessacceleratorknown as Up-Tech, andmany more

initiatives are a result of ourcurrent plan.

Now that 2015 is almosthere, it’s time to start thinkingabout the region’s future. It’stime to write the next plan forour community and we needyour help to do it.

This time around we’reusing social media and ourwebsite, myNKY.org, to gath-

er opinions and allow commu-nity members, from Wilder toWalton, and Fort Mitchell toFalmouth, to help set the fu-ture direction for NorthernKentucky. myNKY is the per-fect place for you to shareyour opinions, your thoughtsand your ideas about what weneed for the future, not onlyfor the region as a whole, butfor you and your family per-sonally.

It’s a fact – Northern Ken-tucky stays competitive be-cause we have a common com-munity agenda that allows usto accomplish more collec-tively than we ever couldalone. That’s why creating thisplan is so important.

I invite you to learn moreabout the myNKY campaignby attending the NorthernKentucky Forum on Wednes-

day, March 12, from 8a.m.-9:30 a.m. at NorthernKentucky University’s Georgeand Ellen Rieveschl Digitori-um.

During the forum, you’llhear updates on the cam-paign’s progress, learn ofways to get involved, andmost importantly have theopportunity to share yourideas about the challengesfacing Northern Kentucky.

But you don’t have to waituntil March 12 to get involved.You can start now by visitingmynky.org. The site features agame that I hope you’ll play,as well as a rotating polls andchallenge questions on topicssuch as education, transporta-tion, workforce and jobs.

I challenge you to ask your-self, “What one thing do Ithink can be done to improve

life in Northern Kentucky?”Think hard, and answer care-fully. The response to thisquestion and to the othersyou’ll find at mynky.org couldmake the difference in mak-ing Northern Kentucky a bet-ter place to live and work.

Whether you do it online orin-person, myNKY is yourchance to say – in a way onlyyou can – what Northern Ken-tucky can do or change tomake this region even better.

Find out more about myN-KY by visiting the websiteand social media accounts –Twitter: @my_nky; Facebook:Itsmynky; Instagram, my_n-ky; and Youtube Channel:Itsmynky.

Kara Williams is vice president ofVision 2015. She lives in Florence.

Be part of making NKY even better

KaraWilliamsCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Vote on pro-life billsFor nine years, liber-

als in the KentuckyHouse of Representa-tives have blocked allpro-life bills from beingvoted on by the entireHouse by killing them inthe Health andWelfareCommittee.

One of the bills isHouse Bill 184. This billwold simply allow awoman to have a face-to-face consultation (in-stead of a tape-recordedmessage) and have theoption of seeing an ultra-sound of the fetus beforemaking her decision toabort.

The bill currently has59 sponsors, yet onlyneeds 51 votes to pass it.Will the House leader-ship let this bill out for avote? Ten years is toolong to block legislationthat the majority of Ken-tuckians and their repre-sentatives support.

Diana HogueFlorence

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I was pleased to see Sen.Rand Paul calling out Mat Bev-in on his bailout flip-flop. Thesenator said, “I think it hurtsany individual if it appears as iftheir responses to issues aren’tconsistent.”

Bevin has done some oddthings. He claimed he “attend-ed” MIT when he only attendeda seminar in a MIT building. NoMIT faculty was involved.

Sen. Paul is tea party, yet hesaid his endorsement and back-ing of Sen. Mitch McConnellwas “unqualified.” Paul said, “Ithink he’s (McConnell’s) been avery conservative leader forKentucky.” Yet, the tea partypeople are still supporting Bev-in.

Sen. McConnell stands tobecome Senate majority leaderif Republicans control the Sen-ate helping us Kentuckians andthe entire U.S. But, the tea par-ty people support Bevin. Hewould be a “newbie back bench-er” with little if any power tohelp Kentucky if elected. That’s

wacko.The tea par-

ty got off to abad start withreal Repub-licans. GarthKuhnhein, thenpresident of theNorthern Ken-tucky Tea Par-ty, posted thefollowing mes-sage on itswebsite just

before the March 2012 Repub-lican Party reorganization.Kuhnhein said:

“At the next meeting of theKenton tea we will discuss howto get involved in your localRepublican party and return itto the party of limited govern-ment, free markets and fiscalresponsibility.”

We real Republicans consid-ered Kuhnhein’s comments aninsult. He accused us of beingfor an expanded role of govern-ment, in favor of a managed/socialist economies and fiscally

irresponsible. He displayedincredible ignorance.

Throughout history we Re-publicans have been the onespromoting limited government,free markets, fiscal responsibil-ity, liberty and the sanctity oflife.

While Republicans are try-ing to increase the number ofU.S. senators so we can takecontrol of the Senate fromHar-ry Reid, the tea party has takenus in the opposite direction.

In 2010, the tea party in-jected candidates into Repub-lican primaries in Colorado,Delaware and Nevada, defeatedthe Republican candidates thenlost the general elections keep-ing the seats Democrat.

In Indiana, they cost us aseat. The tea party said Repub-lican Sen. Richard Luger wastoo “liberal” so they injectedRichardMourdock into theRepublican primary. Mourdockdefeated Lugar then lost thegeneral election to Joe Donnel-ly, a Democrat. A U.S. Senate

seat Republican for 18 years isnow Democrat.

The tea party consistentlymakes three mistakes. First, teapartiers attack Republicans likeSen. Lindsey Graham, Sen.JohnMcCain and Sen. MitchMcConnell yet say nothingnegative about Democrats likeHarry Reid.

Second, tea partiers injecttheir candidates into Repub-lican primaries, defeat the Re-publican candidates then lose tothe Democrats.

Third, tea partiers don’tunderstand that they cannotachieve their objectives unlessthey win general elections.

Now, as to this RINO thing. Iam not a member of the teaparty. I am a Republican only.Kuhnhein and his posse areregistered Republican, yet callthemselves tea party members.They are Republicans in nameonly. They are the tea partyRINOs.

Ted Smith lives in Park Hills.

Tea party making three mistakes

TedSmithCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

With all the news lately aboutcarrying guns in bars andschools, I thought it would be agood time to review the history ofconcealed carry in Kentucky.

The Second Amendment of theConstitution guarantees all Amer-icans the right to keep and beararms.Many people are not awarethat the Kentucky Constitutiongives Kentuckians additionalrights and responsibilities withregard to their right to bear arms.

The Kentucky Constitutionspecifically states that all Ken-tuckians have the right to beararms in self defense and the de-fense of others and that rightshall not be infringed upon ex-cept for the regulation by theKentucky General Assemblyregarding carrying arms con-cealed.

Some have tried tomake ourConstitutional rights with regardsto arms an argument about squir-rel or deer hunting, but that’s notwhat our Founding Fathers had inmind. The reason these protec-tions were put in place was sothat citizens could protect them-selves from tyrannical govern-

ments andthugs. Becauseof their back-ground, tyranni-cal governmentswere one oftheir worstfears.

History has along list of trag-edies when thepeople wereforced to disarm

themselves by the government.One of themost recent is inWorldWar II whenHitler chosenot to invade Switzerland becauseof his knowledge that the peoplewere well-armed. Unfortunately,France and other European coun-tries had disarmed their pop-ulations and were sitting ducks.

As a retired police officer withover 30 years of experience in thecriminal justice system and as aconcealed carry permit holdermyself, I have followedwithinterest the history of the con-cealed carrymovement in Ken-tucky. Amovement that is nowmore than 20 years old.

When it was first proposed the

press and some in law enforce-ment predicted dire conse-quences. However, the oppositehad been true. Since our con-cealed carry laws were enactedin Kentucky, over 20,000 peoplehave lawful concealed carrypermits and the crime rate isdrastically down from previousyears. Accidental deaths fromfirearms are at a 40 year low.Letting Kentuckians exercisetheir Constitutional rights hasbeen a huge success by any stan-dard.

Senate Bill 60, which I spon-sored, updated our concealedcarry laws by streamlining theprocess while still holding li-cense-holders accountable. Thebill also allows lawful permitholders to legally defend them-selves in places that serve alcoholif they are not drinking. Again wehave the naysayers, but historyshows they will be wrong.

Republican State Sen. John Schickelrepresents District 11. He can bereached at PO Box 991, Union Ky.,41091. Call him at 1-800-372-7181

Historical lesson onconcealed carry in Kentucky

John SchickeCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Boone County Jaycees

Meeting time: 7 p.m. firstWednesday of each month

Where: Florence GovernmentCenter, 8100 Ewing Blvd., Flor-ence (lower level)

Contact: President Katie Beagle,859-466-8998

Daughters of theAmerican Revolution

Rebecca Bryan Boone Chapter,National Society Daughters of theAmerican Revolution of FortThomas

Meeting time: SecondWednes-day or Saturday of each month

Contact: Zella Rahe, 1106 CraftRoad, Alexandria KY 41001,859-635-5050, [email protected]

Interact Club of BooneCounty

Meets: Twice monthly, dates vary

Where: Scheben library, 8899U.S. 42, Union

Contact: florencero-tary.org/1173-2

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‘12 HYUNDAI ELANTRA ....................... $15,7864 Dr, Auto, A/C, Full Power, One Owner! #17174A

‘12 HYUNDAI ELANTRA LTD ................ $16,277Leather Interior, Pwr Sunroof, Navigation #19609A

‘11 HYUNDAI SONATA SE .................... $17,739A/C, Auto, Sunroof, Navigation, One Owner #P7191

‘07 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY TOURING .... $9,791Auto, A/C, Full Pwr, One Owner #4277A

‘06 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT...............$10,792V6, Auto, A/C, Full Pwr, Low Miles #P7164

‘07 CHEVY COLORADO EXT CAB .................$12,831Auto, A/C, Pwr Windows & Locks #P7204

‘07 CHEVY COLORADO CREW CAB 4X4 Z71 ...$17,796Auto, A/C, Full Pwr, Loaded #P7121

‘09 CHEVY SILVERADO C1500 EXT CAB ........$18,76349k Miles, Auto, A/C, One Owner #P7019

‘09 TOYOTA VENZA NAVIGATION ...............$19,623V6, Pwr Sunroof, Leather #P7010A

‘10 CHEVY SILVERADO K1500 4X4 EXT CAB ..$19,873V8, Auto, A/C, Loaded, Clean #4285A

‘11 FORD RANGER SUPER CAB 4X4 XLT .......$20,873V6 4.0, Auto, A/C, Full Pwr #P7161

‘08 CHEVY SILVERADO K1500 EXT CAB ........$21,263V8, A/C, Auto, Full Pwr #P7198

‘09 FORD RANGER SUPER CAB 4X4 FX4 .......$21,699Lift Kit, Call for Details #P7103

‘11 KIA SORENTO EXT ..............................$21,849V6, Auto, Pwr Sunroof, Leather, Navigation #P7183

‘04 CHEVY K2500 HD LONG BED 4X4 CREW CAB SILVERADO...$22,337V8 6.0, 61,000 Miles #P7145

‘10 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC XLT ...............$22,733V6, Pwr Sunroof, One Owner #28517A

‘05 CHEVY K2500 HD SILVERADO CREW CAB 4X4...$22,859V8 6.0, Long Bed, 54k Miles #P7146

#P7079

‘13 CHEVY SPARK ............................... $11,7694 Dr, Auto, A/C, Pwr Windows & Locks, Looks New #P7160

‘12 CHEVY IMPALA LT..................... ....$15,731V6, Auto, A/C, Loaded, 18000 Low Miles #78696A

‘13 CHEVY SONIC LTZ.......................... $15,8964 Dr, Auto, A/C, Leather, and Heated Seats #P7173

‘10 CHEVY COLORADO LT................ ....$15,8965 Sp, A/C, Custom Wheels, Low Miles #P7202

‘13 CHEVY CRUZE LT........................... $17,3884 Dr, Auto, A/C, Full Power, One Owner #P7110

‘12 CHEVY MALIBU LTZ....................... $17,8154 Dr, Pwr Sunroof, Leather, Low Miles #P7050

‘12 CHEVY EQUINOX LS.......................... ....$18,898Auto, A/C, Full Pwr, One Owner, 19k #14264A

‘13 CHEVY CRUZE LT RS...................... $19,4734 Dr, Auto, A/C, Leather, Sunroof, Looks New #P7116

‘10 CHEVY TRAVERSE ......................... $20,843V6, Auto, A/C, Pwr Sunroof, Loaded, One Owner #P7172

‘13 CHEVY MALIBU ECO...................... $20,9624 Dr, Auto, A/C, Full Pwr, One Owner #19623A

‘11 CHEVY SILVERADO K1500 CREW CAB 4X4 .... .$21,263V8, A/C, Loaded, One Owner #14295A

‘12 CHEVY EQUINOX XLT AWD ............ $22,972V6, Pwr Sunroof, Low Miles, Loaded #P7188

‘11 CHEVY TRAVERSE LT AWD....................$23,411V6, Auto, A/C, Full PWR, One, Owner #4265A

‘13 CHEVY EQUINOX LT....................... $23,659Auto, A/C, Loaded, Pwr Windows & Locks, Loaded #P7189

‘10 CHEVY CAMARO CPE LT2 .............. $23,762Auto, A/C, Pwr Sunroof, Loaded #P7089

‘12 BUICK REGAL GS.............................$24,8294 Dr, Leather, Pwr Sunroof, Wheels, Loaded #P7028

‘12 CHEVY SILVERADO K2500 Z71 CREW CAB 4X4.....$38,613V8 6.0, Full Pwr, 10,000 Miles #P7074

‘13 BUICK ENCLAVE ........................ ....$38,692Leather, AWD, Pwr Sunroof, Loaded #P7207

‘12 CHEVY K2500 HD CREW CAB LTZ....$42,463Duramax, Leather Interior, Loaded #P7112A

•2 YEAR/24,000 MILE CPO SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE PLAN•12 MONTH/12,000 MILE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY•POWERTRAIN LIMITED WARRANTY•172 POINT VEHICLE INSPECTION AND RECONDITIONING PROCESS

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SUPERCENTERSUPERCENTER

‘11 HYUNDAI SONATA LIMITED............ $18,862Leather Interior, Pwr Sunroof, Loaded, One Owner #P7114

‘11 HYUNDAI SONATA.......................... $18,8624 Dr, Pwr Sunroof, Auto, A/C, Full Power #P7196

‘12 HYUNDAI VELOSTER CPE .............. $18,988Pwr Sunroof, Full Pwr, One Owner #P6993

‘13 HYUNDAI ELANTRA LTD ................ $19,7634 Dr, Auto, A/C, Pwr Windows & Locks, Clean #14319A

‘11 HYUNDAI SONATA SE .................... $21,8232.0 T, Leather, Pwr Sunroof, Nav, Loaded #P7151

‘12 HYUNDAI TUCSON LTD ................. $21,874Leather, Sunroof, Loaded, One Owner #4219A

’12 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ LTD AWD ..... $22,696Leather, Sunroof, Loaded #P7165

‘13 HYUNDAI TUCSON AWD ................ $22,8794 Dr, Auto, A/C, Full Pwr, Low Miles #P7130

‘09 LEXUS 15 250 AWD ...................... $19,783Auto, A/C, Leather Interior, Sunroof, Loaded #28650A

‘10 FORD MUSTANG GT CPE .............. $19,8736 Spd, Leather Int, Full Pwr #13911A

‘09 CADILLAC CTS4............................ $20,839Auto, A/C, Leather, 30k, Sunroof, Loaded #P7197A

‘06 CHEVY SSR ................................... $24,653Auto, A/C, Custom Wheels, One Owner #P7079

‘13 HONDA ACCORD CPE EXL ............ $24,8996 Spd, Leather, Pwr Sunroof, 7000 Low Miles #19647A

‘08 GMC SIERRA K1500 CAB SLE 5.3 .................$24,379V8,Loaded, Hard to Find #P7195

‘05 CHEVY K2500 HD EXT CAB 4X4...................$25,337Diesel, Full Pwr, Loaded #P7139

‘12 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LARADO 4X4 ....$26,799Auto, A/C, Loaded, One Owner #13796A

‘12 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE UNLIMITED 4X4.$26,8144 Dr, HardTop, Automatic, Loaded, 39k miles #P7208

‘07 FORD F150 SUPER CREW 4X4 ...............$27,841Lariat, Leather Int, Pwr Sunroof, One Owner #14115A

‘10 CHEVY SILVERADO K1500 CREW CAB LT....$30,762V8, Auto, Loaded, Lift Kit #P7162

‘10 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB 4X4 .................$30,846V8, Auto, A/C, Lift Kit, Loaded #P7100

‘08 CHEVY SILVERADO K3500 4X4 DUALLY LTZ .....$36,719Diesel, Loaded #13819A

STK: P7133

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COMMUNITYRECORDER

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Small businesses signifi-cantly impact Kentuck-y’s economy, accordingto a report by the U.S.

Small Business Administrationpublished last February. Theyrepresent 96.7 percent of allemployers and 47.8 percent ofthe private-sector labor force.

Pie Bird Sweet and Savoryis one of them. The handmadepie business began in an Elsm-ere home last summer. The

owner, Jonni Lynch,, is marriedand mother of a 5-year-old,with four dogs and a full-timejob at a law firm in Covington.

“This is what I love to do,”she shared. “I want to givemyself the opportunity.”

About five months agoLynch joined the NorthernKentucky Kitchen Incubator.Together with other small busi-ness owners, she shares kitch-en space at Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky in Coving-ton.

The idea came from RachelDesRochers. “The kitchen

incubator is a united kitchenspace so that we’re all workingunder one roof,” she said.

Her business, Grateful Gra-hams, produces handmadevegan graham crackers. “Itallows small businesses to getoff the ground so they’re nottaking over the burden in over-head of what of a commercialkitchen costs.”

Members of the incubatormeet once a month to shareideas. For instance, they nego-tiated with a local printer sothey can get their labels print-ed at a discounted rate.

“We have buying power thatwe wouldn’t have if we didn’twork together,” DesRocherssaid.

“We’re also working with anaccountant who’s going to helpus,” she added. “He’s retiredand part of the senior services,and just wants to donate histime.”

To celebrate their successesthey had an open house earlierthis month where all the foodproduced at the kitchen was upfor sale. The event drew quite acrowd.

Other local producers repre-

sented were the Delish Dishgourmet caterers, Love andFluff Marshmallows, Whirly-bird Granola, and EvergreenHolistic Learning Center, bak-ers of vegan zucchini bread.

Small business owners whoare interested in becoming partof the incubator should contactDesRochers atwww.gratefulgrahams.com.

“When you have other peo-ple that own small businesses,you have somebody to talk to,”DesRochers shared. “It’s awe-some because we all work to-gether.”

Luke Alquizola of Newport slices pie for customers. Alquizola loves baking and is a business partner of JonniLynch, owner of Pie Bird Sweet and Savory.KAMELLIA SMITH/FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Small business owners share work space

Jonni Lynch of Elsmere, pie maker and owner of Pie Bird Sweet andSavory, at the Northern Kentucky Kitchen Incubator’s open house inCovington.KAMELLIA SMITH/FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Doug Clark of the Delish Dish, left, talks to customers Carla Cain ofRyland Heights, far right, and her mother Mary Jo McClury ofErlanger. The Delish Dish is owned by Clark’s wife, MavisLinnemann-Clark, second from left. She couldn’t afford a kitchen untilshe joined the incubator.KAMELLIA SMITH/FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Attendees of the open house wereencouraged to bring canned goodsfor the Senior Services of NorthernKentucky’s food pantry in order tobe entered in a drawing for a giftbasket of Northern KentuckyKitchen incubator treats, valued atover $50.KAMELLIA SMITH/FOR THE

COMMUNITY RECORDER

Love and Fluff Marshmallows owner Stephanie Beck Borden, left, talks to customers Rhonda Wood ofBellevue, center, and Alexis Stein of Crittenden.KAMELLIA SMITH/FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Christy White of Whirlybird Granola, left, had to drive nearly twohours to find kitchen space before joining the incubator. White is seenhere with customer Chuck Sugarman of Fort Thomas.KAMELLIA SMITH/FOR

THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Vincent Alquizola of Newport, 8, in blue shirt, tries samples of Loveand Fluff Marshmallows.KAMELLIA SMITH/FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

By Kamellia [email protected]

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FRIDAY, FEB. 28Art & Craft ClassesLittle Learners, 10 a.m.-mid-night, The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Learn basic skills including finemotor skills, social skills, read-ing, dancing, music, science andarts/crafts. Ages 3-6. $15. 859-371-5227; www.thelively-learninglab.com. Florence.

Art Exhibits

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Allskill levels welcome. 859-342-2665. Union.

SATURDAY, MARCH1EducationKaplan ACT Practice Exam, 10a.m.-2 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Take practice exam beforeupcoming exam date; bring No.2 pencil and calculator. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665. Burling-ton.

Literary - LibrariesWinnie the Pooh andWinter,Too, 1 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Snowy funin Hundred Acre Wood. Ages2-5. Free. 859-342-2665. Union.

SportsWinter/Spring Meet, 1:10 p.m.,Turfway Park, Free, exceptMarch 26. 859-371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

SUNDAY, MARCH 2SportsWinter/Spring Meet, 1:10 p.m.Optional, Turfway Park, Free,except March 26. 859-371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

MONDAY, MARCH 3Art & Craft ClassesLittle Learners, 10 a.m.-mid-night, The Lively Learning Lab,$15. 859-371-5227; www.the-livelylearninglab.com. Florence.

CivicTea Party Meeting, 6-8 p.m.,Sub Station II, 7905 Dream St.,Meet and discuss limited gov-ernment, free markets andfiscal responsibility. Free. Pre-sented by Grassroots Tea Partyof Boone County. 859-586-9207;www.teapartyboonecoun-ty.org. Florence.

Dance ClassesCardio Dance Party DanceFitness Class, 6-7 p.m., TheRitz Ballroom Dance Studio,8150 Mall Road, Variety ofdance styles, including jazz,hip-hop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. Ages18 and up. $7-$12. Presented byCardio Dance Party. 513-617-9498; www.cardiodanceparty-.com. Florence.

EducationCreativity in the Classroom:Writing Poetry with Middleto High School Age Writers,5-8 p.m., Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Teachers learn how to makepoetry writing come alive fortheir students. Led by RichardHague and Pauletta Hansel.$25. Registration required.859-334-3304; www.thomasmo-re.edu. Crestview Hills.Russian Language Class, 1-2p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Introduces Russian languageand culture, facilitated by thestudy of vocabulary, grammar,short readings and guidedconversation. For ages 10 andup. $22. Registration required.859-371-5227. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesHomework Help (gradesK-12), 5-7 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Drop in and volunteersshow you how to use libraryresources and guide you towardthe correct answer. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.Zumba, 6 p.m., Chapin Memori-al Library, 6517 Market St.,Latin-inspired, calorie-burningworkout. $5. 859-505-8263.Petersburg.Gentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665. Burling-ton.

Yoga, 7:10-8 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.Microsoft Excel I, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Explorebasics of MS Excel 2013, in-cluding creating worksheet,working with simple formulas,sorting and filtering, creatingpie chart and more. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.859-342-2665. Burlington.In the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Knit or crochet in relaxed,friendly company. Learn forfirst time or pick up new tricks.859-342-2665. Florence.Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Latin-inspired dance-fitness program.$25 per month. 859-334-2117.Union.Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15 p.m., Lents BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Gaming and snacks. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Hebron.

TUESDAY, MARCH 4EducationAdmissions InformationSession, 2-3 p.m., GatewayCommunity and TechnicalCollege Boone Campus, 500Technology Way, B104A, Centerfor Advanced Manufacturing.Find out about financial aid,academic programs, advisingand more. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Gateway Commu-nity and Technical College.859-441-4500; gate-way.kctcs.edu/admissions.Florence.Financial Aid Workshop, 3-4p.m., Gateway Community andTechnical College Boone Cam-pus, 500 Technology Way, B206,Center for Advanced Manu-facturing. Attend workshopand get help with filing theFree Application for FederalStudent Aid. Ages 18 and up.Free. Presented by GatewayCommunity and TechnicalCollege. 859-441-4500; gate-way.kctcs.edu/admissions.Florence.Sign Language, 4:30-5:30 p.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, 7500Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10, Learnconversational sign language.$10. 859-371-5227. Florence.

Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30-3 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,859-342-2665. Union.TAG andMAC (middle andhigh school), 6:30-8 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Help planprograms, recommend booksand materials and earn volun-teer hours. Pizza provided.Reservations required. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 859-342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.Open Gym (middle and highschool), 3:30 p.m., ChapinMemorial Library, 6517 MarketSt., Basketball, board gamesand snacks. 859-342-2665.Petersburg.

Music - BluesOpen Jam, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,Miller’s Fill Inn, 52 Donner-meyer Drive, Free. 859-431-3455; www.facebook.com/Millersfillinn. Bellevue.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5Art & Craft ClassesLittle Learners, 10 a.m.-mid-night, The Lively Learning Lab,$15. 859-371-5227; www.the-livelylearninglab.com. Florence.

EducationFinancial Aid Workshop, 2-3p.m., Gateway Community andTechnical College Urban Center,525 Scott Blvd., Room 211.Attend workshop and get helpwith filing the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid. Ages18 and up. Free. Presented byGateway Community andTechnical College. ThroughMarch 19. 859-441-4500;www.gateway.kctcs.edu/admis-sions. Covington.Admissions InformationSession, 1-2 p.m., GatewayCommunity and TechnicalCollege Urban Center, 525 ScottBlvd., Room 201. Find out aboutfinancial aid, academic pro-grams, advising and more. Free.Presented by Gateway Commu-nity and Technical College.859-441-4500; gate-way.kctcs.edu/admissions.

Covington.Lego Club, 3-4 p.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Suite 10, Learn sciencewith Legos. Free. 859-371-5227.Florence.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Cafe, 3:15 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Gaming, Internet, snacks andmore. Teens. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Florence.Homeschool Hangout (middleand high school), 2 p.m. JoinStephanie Jolly, Kaplan PremierACT/SAT tutor, to learn strate-gies and tips for college applica-tion process., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.Homeschool Sampler (gradesK-5), 2 p.m. Boone CountyParks staff teaches how to playBocce, ancient game played inRoman Empire., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.Chess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Allages and levels are invited toplay. 859-342-2665. Florence.Family Storytime (ages 2-5),10:30 a.m., Chapin MemorialLibrary, 6517 Market St., Helpyour child build language andliteracy skills through stories,songs and play. 859-342-2665.Petersburg.Newport Aquarium PresentsCreature Feature, 6:30 p.m.,Lents Branch Library, 3215Cougar Path, Learn about giantturtles and lizards from New-port Aquarium. Visit with themup close and personal. Free.859-342-2665. Hebron.

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

RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 6:30-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996Belair Drive, Doors open at 5:15p.m. Early games begin 6:45p.m. Regular games begin 7:30p.m. Ages 18 and up. BenefitsRyle Marching Band Boosters.Presented by Ryle Band Boost-ers. 859-282-1652. Erlanger.

THURSDAY, MARCH 6Art & Craft ClassesArts and Crafts by Defy Grav-ity Designs, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, 7500Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10, Makedifferent art/craft piece everyweek. $5. Registration required.859-371-5227. Florence.

Exercise ClassesSombo/Russian Judo, 6:30-8p.m., Hebron Lutheran Church,3140 Limaburg Road, Down-stairs. Ages 6-adult. LearnRussian art of self-defense andhow to fall properly to preventinjury. Ages 6-. $85 per year.Presented by Sombo Joe. 859-609-8008. Hebron.

Literary - LibrariesComputer & Internet Basics,10 a.m., Florence Branch Li-brary, 7425 U.S. 42, Learn how

to use computer and surf In-ternet. Learn about parts ofcomputer system, how to getonline and get to websites, howto use search engines andperform keyword searching andhow to set up and use an emailaccount. Registration required.859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Florence.Bridge, 12:30-3 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 859-342-2665.Union.Yoga, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42, Classsuitable for all levels. 859-342-2665. Union.Magic the Gathering (middleand high school), 3-5 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, PlayMagic the Gathering with otherlocal players, or learn how toget started. Bring your owndeck. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 859-342-2665.Burlington.Best of the Best Book Group,3 p.m. Discuss “The FuneralDress” by Susan Gregg Gil-more., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, 859-342-2665.Florence.Seuss on the Loose (gradesK-2), 4:30 p.m., Walton BranchLibrary, 21 S. Main St., Free.Registration required. 859-342-2665.Walton.

Music - ChoralQueen City Choral Champi-ons, 7:30 p.m., The Carnegie,1028 Scott Blvd., Otto M. BudigTheatre. Relive sonic bliss ofCincinnati’s 2012 World ChoirGames with three of its medal-winning local choirs: the NKUVocal Jazz Ensemble, CincinnatiSound Chorus and the ChristChurch Glendale Choir. $20.859-491-2030; www.thecarne-gie.com. Covington.

FRIDAY, MARCH 7Art & Craft ClassesLittle Learners, 10 a.m.-mid-night, The Lively Learning Lab,$15. 859-371-5227; www.the-livelylearninglab.com. Florence.

Cooking ClassesCooking the Books, 10 a.m.-1p.m. Book: “Colonel Sandersand the American Dream.”,Boone County CooperativeExtension Service, 6028 CampErnst Road, Prepare foodsinspired by monthly bookselection. Ages 21 and up. Free.Registration required. Present-ed by Boone County Coopera-tive Extenson Service. ThroughMay 16. 859-586-6101. Burling-ton.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Mary Queenof Heaven School, 1130 Don-aldson Highway, Dine-in ser-vice, carry-out and drive-thru.Benefits Mary, Queen of Heav-en School. Prices vary. Present-ed by Mary, Queen of HeavenParish. 859-525-6909;www.mqhparish.com. Erlanger.

Drink TastingsFriday Wine Tasting, 4-8 p.m.,D.E.P.’s Fine Wine & Spirits FortThomas, Free. 859-781-8105;www.depsfinewine.com. FortThomas.

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m.-noon,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Middleand low-income taxpayers areeligible for this free tax prep-aration service. Those with

complex tax returns will beadvised to seek professional taxassistance. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Burling-ton.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 859-342-2665.Union.Teen Night (middle and highschool), 6 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,

Games, snacks, movies andmore. Free. 859-342-2665.Florence.

Music - BluegrassMarty Raybon and Full Circle,7 p.m., Turfway Park, 7500Turfway Road, Bluegrass con-cert presented by Cincinnati’sWOBO-FM. $25, $20 advance.Presented by WOBO (FM 88.7).859-992-5775; www.turfway-.com. Florence.

On Stage - TheaterThe Story of My Life, 8-10 p.m.,Monmouth Theatre, 636 Mon-mouth St., Follows lifelongfriendship of Alvin and Thomas.Thomas struggles to writeAlvin’s eulogy while recountingthe many turns their lives havetaken. Through music and song,they discover what is at thebase of every strong friendship:love. $20, $17 students andseniors. Presented by Falcon

Theater. 513-479-6783; falcon-theater.net. Newport.

SportsWinter/Spring Meet, 6:15 p.m.,Turfway Park, Free, exceptMarch 26. 859-371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

SATURDAY, MARCH 8Dining EventsDavid Wood Chili Cook-offand Flea Market, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Petersburg CommunityCenter, 6517 Market St., Alsofeatures indoor flea market.Free. Presented by Elvin E.Helms Lodge No. 926. 859-801-3095. Petersburg.

Literary - LibrariesPAWS to Read (grades K-5), 10a.m., Scheben Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Read to therapydog. Call to schedule 15-minutetime slot. 859-342-2665. Union.

SportsWinter/Spring Meet, 1:10 p.m.,Turfway Park, Free, exceptMarch 26. 859-371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

SUNDAY, MARCH 9

SportsWinter/Spring Meet, 1:10 p.m.Optional, Turfway Park, Free,except March 26. 859-371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The annual MainStrasse Village – including the Big Head Parade – is Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1. Ages 21 andolder. $15 both nights, $10 one night. Presented by MainStrasse Village Association. 859-491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org.THANKS TO DONNA KREMER

Zak Morgan, nationally recognized singer and storyteller,performs family-oriented songs 2 p.m., Sunday March 2, atthe Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, 620 Greenup St. $5,$2.50 children. 859-431-0020; www.bakerhunt.com.FILEPHOTO

ABOUT CALENDARTo submit calendar items, go to www.cincinnati.com and click

on “Share!” Send digital photos to [email protected] with event information. Items are printed on a space-available basis with local events taking precedence.Deadline is two weeks before publication date. To find more

calendar events, go to www.cincinnati.com and choose from amenu of items in the Entertainment section on the main page.

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MARCH RETAIL SCREENINGSMonday, March 3 10 a.m – 2 p.m.St. Elizabeth Physicians Aurora, INTuesday, March 4 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.St. Elizabeth Physicians Heart and VascularEdgewood, KY (PAD screenings only)Wednesday, March 5 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.Bank of Kentucky Mt. Zion BranchFlorence, KYThursday, March 6 10 a.m – 2 p.m.Kroger NewportFriday, March 7 10 a.m – 2 p.m.Remke Markets Taylor Mill, KYFriday, March 14 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.Kroger WaltonSaturday, March 15 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.Dixie Heights High SchoolEdgewood, KYMonday, March 17 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.St. Elizabeth Physicians Dillsboro, INTuesday, March 18 12 – 6 p.m.St. Elizabeth FlorenceWednesday, March 19 2 – 6 p.m.Kroger HebronThursday, March 20 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.St. Elizabeth EdgewoodFriday, March 21 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.Kroger Lawrenceburg, INSaturday, March 22 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Cityof Independence Health and Wellness Fair,Community Center, Independence KYWednesday, March 26 4 – 7 p.m.Plum Creek Christian Church Butler, KYFriday, March 28 12 – 4 p.m.St. Elizabeth CovingtonSaturday, March 29 8 – 11 a.m.Sharp Middle School, Butler KY

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It was a week of “lastofs.” We split and stackedthe last of our wood

(check outour smilingphotos onmy blog)and we hadour lastsled ride ofthe year.Son Jasonvideoed itnot just forfun, but, ashe said, “to

have evidence that you,mom, actually made itdown the hill.”

Well, I not only made itdown the hill but I wentfarther than any of thekids. So there. I also usedthe last of our garden but-ternut squash to make anice pasta dish, which I’msharing today.

All these “last ofs” re-mindme that spring is notfar away.

Pasta withbutternut squashand sage

This is a real impromp-tu, go to taste recipe. Theoriginal called for freshsage and I only had driedfrommyherbgarden.Un-less you add red pepperflakes, don’t look for a lotof spice in this dish, just anice, mellow flavor.

1butternut squash, about 3pounds, peeled andchopped into 1⁄2-inch cubes

1 large red onion, coarselychopped

Olive oil8 oz. whole wheat shortpasta

4 tablespoons butter orolive oil

Dry or fresh sage leaves(start with 1 teaspoon dryor 6 fresh, chopped and gofrom there)

2-3 teaspoons minced garlicSalt and pepper (I added abit of crushed red pepperflakes at the end)

Parmesan for garnish

Preheat oven to 375 de-grees. Mix squash, onion,salt and pepper, andenough olive oil to coat.Place in single layer onpan and roast about 30-40minutes, until squash istender and lightlybrowned, turninghalfwaythrough.

Cook pasta. Cook but-ter, sage and garlic untilgarlic is golden. Addsquashmixture, andpasta(I didn’t add all the pastaat once) to taste. Addmore sage if you like. Addred pepper flakes if youwant. Sprinkle withcheese. Serves 3-4.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Easy-to-peel wintersquash/pumpkins: Worthsharing again. Poke holesall over with fork. Put inmicrowave on high for afewminutes. This softensthe skin. Remove with

mitts. Let cool and peel.You know what? The

squash/onion mixture isso good on its own that itwould make a great sidedish.

Homemadehoney-lemon coughsyrup

Ever since I talkedabout this onRonWilson’sgardening show, I’ve hadrequests to share. Goodforsore throatcoughsandjust about anything upperrespiratory that ails you.Raw honey is what I rec-ommend for its antibioticproperties, healthy en-zymes and other good nu-trients.

Check out my blog formore health qualities oflemon and honey, photosand a honey poultice reci-pe. Here’s how Imake thecough syrup:

Roll a washed lemonaround (organic pre-ferred) on counter, put-ting pressure on it withyour hand to help releasethe juices andbreakdowncell structure. Cut inchunks and pour honeyover to cover. Smoosh alldown with a spoon. Let sitin refrigerator a couple ofdays before using. Storein refrigerator.Takea tea-spoonfulasneeded,sever-al times a day if neces-sary.

More goetta stories

They keep coming in!Mueller family goetta.

Joyce Mueller’s familymakes goetta at Christ-mas as a gift to them-selves.

She said: “Our familyusesporkandveal.Weputthe meat in a pot; add wa-ter, onion, celery (theleafy part), carrots, pick-ling spice, bay leaf, all-spice and bouillon andcook like a stock. Aftersimmering for about an

hour, we grind the meat,reserve the water intowhich we place theground meat, a little bar-ley then stir in quick oatsuntil one can’t add anymore oats. Place in thebread loaf pans. We fry ina cast iron skillet.”

Carol’s vegetariangoetta. Reader Sandi W.loved Carol’s goetta andwanted toknowif it canbefrozen.

Hopefully, reader Julie

Bruns, who shared therecipe, will let us know.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim's Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online at Cincinnati.Com/blogs. Email her at [email protected] "Rita's kitchen" in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Rita shares pasta and squash,homemade cough syrup recipes

Rita’s pasta and butternut squash recipe can be altered depending on what tastes good toyou or what you have on hand.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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Prayer service forservice members

A nondenominationalprayerserviceforservicemen and women servingoverseas will be 7 p.m.Thursday, March 6, at theTrucker’s Chapel at theTravel Centers of Ameri-ca truck stop at 7777 Bur-lington Pike, Florence.

Volunteers from thecommunity hold this ser-vice the first Thursday ofeach month to pray forpeople from all over theGreater Cincinnati areawho are stationed over-seas. This service is opento anyone.

For more informationor to add a name to theprayer list, call BobbyVallandingham at 859-462-4652 or e-mail [email protected].

Walton pollinglocation to move

WALTON—Voters in theWalton 1 precinct willhave a new polling loca-tion for the May 20 pri-mary election and Nov. 4general election.

Boone County ClerkKenny Brown announcedFeb. 20 that Walton-Vero-na High School, a pollinglocation for more than 20years, is unable to accom-modate voters during the2014 elections.

Until further notice,the new polling place forvoters in theWalton1pre-cinct area will be theBoone County Public Li-brary’s Walton branch, 21S. Main St., Walton.

Kenner fundraiserplanned

Former CongressmanGeoff Davis and RichardKnock will host a fund-raiser for Boone CountyCommissioner CharlieKenner from 5:30-8 p.m.Thursday, March 13, atthe Triple Crown Country

Club, 1 Tri-ple CrownBlvd.,Union.

Kennerfaces chal-lengerPhyllisSparks inthe May

Republican primary forhis District 2 seat on theBoone County FiscalCourt.

Kenner has had a den-tal practice in Florencesince 1979 and has beencommissioner since 2000.AU.S.Armycaptain,Ken-ner has also served on theNorthern KentuckyHealth Board since 1980and has been chairman ofthe Boone County HealthBoard since 2002.

First aid, CPRcourses offered

FLORENCE — The FireDepartment will offerCPR course basic firstaids course March 23, atStation, 1152 WeaverRoad, Florence.

TheCPRcoursewill be8 a.m.-noon followed bytheBasic First Aid course1-5pm.

Cost of each AHA cur-riculum course is $25 perperson or $35 for bothcourses. Nonrefundablepayment isdueat the timeof registration to confirmthe participants spot.

Registrations can becompleted at Station 3 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. Deadlineto register is March 14.

For more information,call 859-647-5660.

Nominate excellentteacher

John R. Green TeacherSupply Co. is partneringwith Cincinnati ChristianUniversity togiveaway10$500.00 John R. GreenShopping Sprees.

Ten Teachers of Excel-lence will be chosen andcelebrated during 2014GreaterCincinnatiTeach-ers of Excellence AwardsBanquet held on the cam-pus of Cincinnati Chris-

tian University 5:30-7p.m. Thursday, April 10.

Greater Cincinnatiprincipalsandviceprinci-pals from public, district,private and parochialschools are invited tonominate aTeacher ofEx-cellence from theirschools. For a nominationform contact [email protected]. Nomination deadline isFridayMarch 14th.

Pathways Preschoolopening this fall

Florence BaptistChurch atMount Zionwillbe opening a weekdaypreschool program thisfall. Classes will be of-fered for children whowill turn 3 or 4 four yearsold by Sept. 30.

Online registration be-gins at noonMarch 3.

For more information,visit www.pathwayspres-chool.org or call thechurch at 859-371-7141.

Forum chance toweigh in on future

As the year 2015 ap-proaches, it’s time to startthinking about NorthernKentucky’s next strategicplan. That’s why Vision2015, the organization be-hind implementing thecommunity’s currentplan, recently launchedmyNKY,asix-monthcam-paign designed to engagethe community in deter-mining the priorities forNorthern Kentucky’snext strategic plan.

On Wednesday, March12, Northern KentuckyForum is inviting resi-dents to Northern Ken-tucky University’sGeorge and Ellen Rie-veschl Digitorium in the

College of Informatics tolearnmoreabout thecam-paign and to to elicit pub-lic feedback, ideas, andpriorities to build the nextplan.

During the forum at-tendees will have achance to hear from orga-nizers about thehistory ofvisioning in NorthernKentucky, about themyN-KY campaign specifical-ly, and will be asked toshare their own prioritiesfor our region through aseries of interactivegames and through livepolling and challengequestions. Audiencemembers will also havethe opportunity to givefeedback on what stillneeds to be asked or whatmay be missing from thecurrent process.

The event is free to at-tend and will run from 8-9:30 a.m. Facilitators in-clude Bill Scheyer andKaraWilliamswithVision2015 and A.J. Schaefer,Tufco chair and Vision2015 board Member. TheCollege of Informatics isat 500 Nunn Drive inHighland Heights.

PVA inspections setThe Boone County

Property Valuation Ad-ministrator’s office willinspect Orleans subdivi-sion, farms and new con-struction throughoutBoone County Feb. 27-March 5.

Staff members will bein a marked vehicle andhave identification avail-able upon request.

For more information,contact PVA Cindy Ar-linghaus at [email protected].

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Behringer-CrawfordMuseum in Devou Parkhasnamedthreepeopleasthis year’s recipients ofthe Two-Headed CalfAwards.

Jim Reis, Rick Hule-feld and Ralph Drees willreceive the award at abanquet Saturday, March8, at the Northern Ken-tucky University’s JamesC. and Rachel M. VotrubaStudent Union Ballroom.

The fourth annualTwo-Headed Calf Awards aredesigned to recognizeNorthern Kentuckiansfor significant accom-plishments in the areas ofhistory, education andcommunity service.

The awards are namedfor themuseum’smostno-torious and fun exhibit: apreserved two-headed

calf. The calf symbolizesthat very often true excel-lencerestswith thosewhodemonstrate achieve-ment beyond a single con-tribution. Just as twoheads are better than one,so, too, is the service ofthe people these awardshonor.

The winners are:» Jim Reis – Historical

AwardReiswas a reporter for

the Kentucky Post for 38years and has devoted hislife to researching North-ern Kentucky history. Heis a contributor to “TheEncyclopediaofNorthernKentucky” and serves onthe board of the CampbellCounty Historical Soci-ety.

“Hehas tobe the singlemost quotes source of

anyone re-gardingNorthernKentuckyhistory,”said KenReis, hisbrotherand presi-dent of the

Campbell County Histori-cal Society.

» Rick Hulefeld – Edu-cation Award

Hulefeld is the founderand executive director ofChildren Inc. in Coving-ton. He has made enor-mous contributions to ourregion over the last 40

years. Hulefeld hasshown passion and a com-mitment to bettering thelives of our youth. Chil-dren Inc. has grown fromonesiteservingonlyafewdozen children to a com-prehensivechildcarepro-vider involved in a multi-tude of activities, pro-grams and policy-makingefforts that are all devot-ed to improving the livesof our youth.Hulefeld hasdeveloped Children Inc.into Kentucky’s largestprovider of early child-hood education services.

» Ralph Drees – Com-munity Service Award

A former KentonCounty judge-executive,Drees has shown a long-standing commitment tothe organizations, chari-ties, and people of this re-gion. As a nationally rec-ognized builder, he hassupported numerous or-ganizations throughoutGreater Cincinnati in-cluding the Behringer-Crawford Museum andThe Carnegie. In 2003 hedeveloped and donatedthe Drees Pavilion,named after his father, inDevou Park creating astrong foundation for thecontinuing rejuvenation

of the park. Proceeds di-rectly benefit projectsimproving the beauty andutilityof theParkforallofthe region’s residents.

The awards banquetbegin at 6 p.m.March 8. Itwill includecocktails, a si-lent auction, live musicanddinner.JohnLomaxofWKRC-TVLocal12willbethemaster of ceremonies.Tickets are $100 per per-son or $800 for a table ofeight. Reservations canbemadebycontacting themuseum at 859-491-4003or by email mailto:[email protected] byFeb. 28.

Three will receive two-headed calf award

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JerseyMike’sSubswillopen in Florence onWednesday, Feb.26. Fran-chise ownersMark Potterand Dorothy McCutchanwill have a grand openingand free sub fundraiserfrom Feb. 26 to Sunday,March 2, to support Flor-enceElementaryandYea-ley Elementary schools.

The restaurant, at 1035Vandercar Way, is circu-lating 10,000 couponsthroughout the communi-ty offering a free regularsub for aminimum$1con-tribution to either school.Customers must have acoupon to be eligible.

“We’ve always lovedthe product and servicethat Jersey Mike’s offersits customers,” said Pot-ter. “For my businesspartner, Dorothy, and I,opening our own businesswas the next logical stepand Jersey Mike’s wasjust the right fit.”

This is the first JerseyMike’s location for PotterandMcCutchan.

The restaurant’s hoursare 10 a.m.-9 p.m., sevendays a week. You can con-tact this location directlyat 859-282-8310.

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Question: Do I need toworry about the possibili-ty of termites or otherharmful insectsemergingfrom the firewood insidemy home or garage?

Answer: Insects thatare brought into the homein firewood may causealarm, but most pose no

problem.Firewoodinsectsusually be-long to oneof twogroups:those thatactivelyfeed onwood, andthose thatare thereonly forshelter.

Many insects attackstressed or dead trees.Beetles are themost com-mongroupfounddevelop-ing in firewood. These in-clude various wood bor-ers, the legless, white lar-val stagesofborerscanbefoundwhile splitting logs.Piles of sawdust appearfrom small holes in logsinfested by powderpostbeetles.

The potential for theseinsects to infest structur-al wood in the house isvery low. Often these bor-ers attack only certaintypes of wood, such ashickory or oak. Also, themoisture content of thewood usually has to bemuch higher than thatfound in structural woodin the home.

Sometimes the adultemerges after logs arebrought indoors. Round-headed wood borers are

brightlymarked, fastbee-tles with long antennae.The elongate flat-headedwoodborers often have ametallic sheen. Powder-post beetles are small,brown to black insects.Any of these may be seencrawling or flying in theroom or accumulating atwindows or light fixturesas they move to light.These insects are harm-less.

Carpenter ants and ter-mitesmayalsobefoundinfirewood that has beenwet or stacked in oneplace for a long time.

Termite colonies are inthe soil, so only workersarefoundinthewood.Ter-mites form mud tunnelsand thismud canbe foundin wood that they are at-tacking. Carpenter antgalleries are very clean,with no mud or sawdust.

Individuals broughtinto the house in logs willnot start an infestationbut a colony may exist inold wood piles outdoors.Manyinsects, suchasbee-tles, wood cockroaches,

and even over-winteringwasp or hornet queenssimply seek over-winter-ing sites under loose barkor in hollow trees that aresubsequently used forfirewood.

Spider eggsacks, pray-ing mantis egg masses,and moth cocoons mayalso be associated withtrees or fallen logs.

These creatures will

become active afterwarming up indoors.They can be swatted anddiscarded as they appear.These insects are not ableto survive for extendedperiods indoors. Theywillnot multiply or becomeestablished in the home.Insect invasion of homes

from firewood can be re-duced by following theserules:

» Avoid stacking thewood directly on theground. Thiswill keep thewood fromgetting toowetand reduce the chancesfor infestation by ter-mites and ants.

» Don’t stack firewoodin or against the house orother buildings for longperiods of time. Termiteor carpenter ant prob-lems can develop andcause more serious prob-lems.

For more information,and towin free flower andvegetable seeds, go towww.facebook.com/BooneHortNews or con-tact your local county Co-operative Extension Ser-vice.

Mike Klahr is the BooneCounty extension agent forhorticulture.

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Frederick ClaytonFrederick Clayton, 90, of

Erlanger, died Feb. 16, at Flor-ence Park Care Center.

He was a service manager forABS Business Products, formerlyUnderwood/Olivetti, for 43years, was a sergeant in theArmy Air Corps during WorldWar II, was a member of St.Henry Church, Holy NameSociety, Nocturnal AdorationSociety, and Knights of Colum-bus, and was a past president ofSt. Henry Church Credit UnionBoard.

His wife, Harriet; sisters,Louise and Rita; and brother,Paul, died previously.

Survivors include his sons, KenClayton of Shawnee, Kansas,and Kevin Clayton of Florence;daughter, Karen LaVelle ofFlorence; brother, Bill Clayton ofCovington; and two grand-children.

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

Memorials: Passionists Monas-tery, 1511Donaldson Hwy.,Erlanger, KY 41018.

Mary ConnorMary Meinken Connor, 87, of

Newport, died Feb. 20, at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.

She earned her bachelor ofarts degree from Thomas MoreCollege at the age of 63, servedas a secretary at St. Paul Schoolin Florence for 18 years, was amember of Mother of GodChoral Club in Covington formore than 60 years, a memberof Holy Spirit Parish in Newport,and hand-restored religiousstatues for Our Lady of the HolySpirit in Norwood, Ohio. She wsthe wife of former coach andathletic director at Thomas MoreCollege the late Jim Connor.

Her husband, Jim Connor;sisters, Ruth, Thelma, Esther,Annalee and Vera; and brother,Bud, died previously.

Survivors include her children,Dr. James, John, Dr. Edward,Gery, Nancy Kelly, Marty andTerry; sisters, Ursula and Juanita;12 grandchildren and threegreat-grandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Covington.

Memorials: Coach Jim andMary Connor Scholarship Fundat Thomas More College, 333Thomas More Parkway, Crest-view Hills, KY 41017, Attn: CathySilvers.

Carol JohnsonCarol Ann Johnson, 70, of

Florence, died Feb. 18.She was a retired secretary for

Dixie Heights High School, andattended Crossroads Church.

Survivors include her husband,Keen D. Johnson; son, TonyJohnson; brother, H.B. Deather-age; and two grandchildren.

Memorials: Boone CountyEducation Foundation, 8330 U.S.Hwy. 42, Florence, KY 41042.

Ira Curry Jr.Ira Curry Jr., 89, of Delbarton,

W. Va., died Feb. 8, at Appa-lachian Regional Hospital inSouth Williamson, Ky.

He was a retired coal minerafter 33 years of work, memberof the Connolly Memorial Bap-tist Church, and an Army veter-an of World War II.

His brothers, Eugene, Billy Rayand Estelle Curry, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wife,Violet Kirk “Tince” Curry; sons,Henry Curry of Dry Ridge, andRobin Curry of Burlington; sister,Lillie Curry of Manassas, Va.;four grandchildren and twogreat-grandchildren.

Burial was at Lenore Memori-al Gardens in Lenore, W. Va.

Karen DernbachKaren McKay Dernbach, 75, of

Mount Vernon, Ohio, formerlyof Boone County, died Jan. 9, atRiverside Memorial Hospital inColumbus, Ohio.

She was a retired teacher,member of the Berean FaithFellowship Church in MountVernon, and graduate of thefirst senior class at Boone CountyHigh School, 1956.

Her husband, Rev. RichardDernbach, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Jessica Harmon of MountVernon; son, Michael Dernbachof Bellville, Ohio; brothers,Randy and Jeff McKay; sister,Lynn McKay; three grand-children and six great-grand-children.

Memorials: Berean FaithFellowship Church, P.O. Box 784,Mount Vernon, OH 43050.

Claude GrubbsClaude Allen Grubbs, 75, of

Ludlow, died Feb. 13, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a retired self-em-ployed truck driver, member ofthe Sunday Morning Club, andloved hunting, fishing andwatching sports, especially theUKWildcats.

His brother, Ralph Grubbs;and sisters, Betty Doan and MaryGregory, died previously.

Survivors include his brothers,Harold Grubbs of Erlanger,James Grubbs of Hebron, andCharles Grubbs of Florence;sisters, Clara Doerman of He-bron, Norma Gillespie of Mor-row, Ohio, and Glenna Buntonof Cincinnati.

Interment was at KentuckyVeterans Cemetery North.

Anna HensleyAnna Mary Hensley, 94, died

Feb. 17, at St. Elizabeth FortThomas.

She grew up on a farm onPetersburg Road in BooneCounty, played basketball andswam in her youth, played manyyears in a bowling league atSouthern Lanes in Alexandria,was a contestant on the Bowlingfor Dollars game show in the1970s, enjoyed playing golf laterin life, spent many afternoonsplaying bridge and other gamesat Leonard Shore Senior Centerat Reeves Golf Course as well asthe Campbell County SeniorCenter, was an avid sports fan,cheering on the UKWildcats,Cincinnati Reds and her grand-daughters’ basketball andMoreland Drug softball games,was a member of the Rosie Redsand the Spring Chicks Red Hats,was a member of the FirstBaptist Church of Cold Spring,and volunteered many hours atSt. Luke’s Hospital in Fort Thom-as.

Her husband, Howell R.Hensley, two brothers and twosisters, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Nell Jo Vick of HighlandHeights; three grandchildrenand four great-grandchildren.

Interment was at SpringGrove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Memorials: First BaptistChurch of Cold Spring.

Margarita MartinezMargarita “Margie”Martinez,

80, of Southgate, died Feb. 13, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was a homemaker, activein the Fort Thomas community,volunteered at the St. LukeHospital Gift Shop in Fort Thom-as, was a past member of the St.

Luke Auxiliary, and the HighlandCountry Club, and was active atthe Campbell County YMCA, theNewport Elks Lodge No. 273,and their Ladies Auxiliary.

Her son, Isaac Martinez;brothers, Francisco and Pedro dela Garza; and sisters, GertrudisRoman and Juanita Gomez, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her husband,Dr. Aureliano “Al”Martinez ofSouthgate; daughters, Rebeca“Becki”Walker of Union, LupitaLaber and Maria “Liza”Marti-nez of Fort Thomas; brothers,Alfredo, Adan and Santos de laGarza; sisters, Rebeca and Teresade la Garza; nine grandchildrenand four great-grandchildren.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017; or St.Catherine of Siena Church, 1803N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thom-as, KY 41075.

JoAnneMeeceJoAnne Meece, 82, of Flor-

ence, died Feb. 15.She was a homemaker, and

member of Fort Mitchell BaptistChurch.

Her husband, Milford Meece,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Debbie Keller of Florence;sisters, Dolores Wolfzorn ofErlanger, and Carol Mai ofErlanger; and two grandsons.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.

RoyMullikinRoy P. Mullikin, 94, of Coving-

ton, died Feb. 18, at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

He was an Army veteran ofWorld War II, retired electricianfor Covington IndependentSchool Board of Education,formerly employed as a watertechnician and maintenanceperson for the City of Covington,and member and shop stewardfor AFSME Union.

His wife, Martha LouiseClifford Mullikin; grandson,Christopher Lee Graham; andsister, Virginia Rose Grout, died

previously.Survivors included his daugh-

ters, Barbara Jean Lakes ofTaylor Mill, and Linda Sue Lan-drum of Covington; sons, RobertPaul Mullikin of Union, andSteven Roy Mullikin of Coving-ton; 10 grandchildren and eightgreat-grandchildren.

Interment with military hon-ors was at Mother of God Ceme-tery in Fort Wright.

Lydia MullinsLydia Mae Mullins, 83, of

Florence, died Feb. 14, at herhome.

She was a homemaker whoenjoyed cooking, watchinggame shows and spending timewith her grandchildren.

Her husband, George; andsisters, Audrey Leek and MaryRust, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters, Karen Walker of Dry Ridge,and Margie Sebring of Florence;sons, Jim Mullins and GregMullins of Crittenden; sisters,Janet Durr of Crittenden, andRennie Roland of Florence;brothers, Frank Connelly ofMorning View, and ArthurConnelly of Crittenden; sevengrandchildren, 14 great-grand-children and three great-great-grandchildren.

Burial was at CrittendenCemetery.

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

Robert Roberts IIRobert David “Bob” Roberts

II, 50, of Walton, died Feb. 18, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a self-employedaccountant.

Survivors include his son, BrettRoberts of Park Hills; daughter,Brittany Roberts of Florence;parents, Robert “Bob” andMartha Murphy Roberts ofWalton; sisters, Patti Brown ofHebron, and Kristy Chalk ofCovington; brother, DanielRoberts of Erlanger; and girl-friend, Sandy Norman of Bates-ville, Ind.

Tina ShieldsTina Shields, 53, of Peters-

burg, died Feb. 15.She was a realtor for Star One

Realtors, member of N. Ky.Realtors Association, and retiredfrom Federal Express after 26years.

Survivors include her husband,Jerry Shields; son, Justin Shields;daughters, Tasha Shields andCyndi Stary; brothers, Phil andTom Teeters; sisters, BeckyGannaway and Cathy Teeters;and six grandchildren.

Burial was at BullittsburgBaptist Cemetery.

Memorials: American HeartAssociation; or a college fundfor the grandchildren.

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in 1989 as part of the 82nd AOC,served in the Army for six years,was a member of FlorenceBaptist Church at Mount Zion,was an avid Kentucky Wildcatsfan, and loved to sing .

His wife, Alma, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his daugh-ters, Ramona Lee, Rene’ Lynnand Robin Lisa; two grand-children.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017; or theSouthern Police Institute AlumniAssociation University of Louis-ville, Louisville, KY 40292.

Terry YeltonTerry Yelton, of Hebron, died

Feb. 15, at his brother’s home inWalton.

He was an accomplished finishcarpenter for both Finke andArlinghaus builders, enjoyedhunting and clay-pigeon compe-titions in Vandalia, Ohio, andduring the last years of his lifehis joy and companion was hisdog, Patch.

His sisters, Betty Pierce, RuthBrown, Jane Rowland, JennieMoore and Jo Ann Scott, diedpreviously.

Kyle SimsKyle Sims, 75, of Verona, died

Feb. 14, in Florence.He was a retired diesel me-

chanic for Key GMC in Cincin-nati, and a member of theCincinnati Kopeling PigeonFlyers.

His brothers, Larry Sims andRicky Sims; and sister, MavinLauchard.

Survivors include his wife,Nancy Price Sims of Verona;sons, Tony Sims of Cape Coral,Fla., and Ronnie Sims of Critten-den; brother, Bobby Sims ofOhio; sisters, Kathleen Zins andJudy Boehl, both of Ohio; fourgrandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Burial was at New BethelCemetery.

RamonWilsonRamon L. “Ray”Wilson, 78,

died Feb. 15.He was a Boone County

policeman and retired as majorof the department in 1993,attended the Southern PoliceInstitute where he was votedclass historian before graduating

Survivors include his sisters,Linda Yelton and Nancy Drin-genburg; and brother, RonaldYelton.

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

Helen ZieglerHelen Rose Ziegler, 77, of Fort

Mitchell, died Feb. 15, at herhome.

She was a longtime memberof Blessed Sacrament Church, anavid gardener, world traveler,and a 40-year employee ofCentral Clinic at the University ofCincinnati where she served asassistant to the executive direc-tor and as a director of humanresources.

Survivors include her husband,Wilbert “Will” Ziegler of FortMitchell; sons, Greg Ziegler ofFort Mitchell, Dan Ziegler ofVerona, and Rob Ziegler ofCrescent Springs; sister, LorettaMoore of Peach Grove, Ky.; andfour grandchildren.

Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Central ClinicFoundation, attn: Lisa Steffen,311Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati,OH, 45229.

DEATHS

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TheWaltonLionsCluborganizational group ismoving forward. Thenext meeting will be atthe Heritage Bank in theWalton Towne Center onTuesday, March 4, at 1p.m. Youmay contact Sa-rah Rodgers at859.485.3937 with anyquestions.

■You might want to

mark your calendars forMarch 9, as this is datedaylight savings timebe-gins.

■Rev. Kevin Russell

has returned from amis-sion trip to Nicaragua.Kevin traveled with Aland Charlene Meyer ofCincinnati, founders ofthe Tin Roof Foundation.Walton Christian Churchis active in this ministrywhich provides food,education, medical careto the kids in the moun-tainvillageofNicaragua.

■There is much excite-

ment about the newMom’s Morning Out be-ing organized at the Wal-ton Christian Church.The program is designedtogiveparents (orgrand-parents) a few hours tothemselves to run er-rands, make appoint-ments or just some freetime.

The spring session isfor 10 weeks from 9 a.m.to11:30 a.m. on Thursdaymornings beginningMarch16throughMay22for children ages 6

months tokindergar-ten .Dur-ing theprogram,the chil-dren willenjoy astructuredenviron-ment withactivities,

art and music time,games and more. Thepurpose of creating thisprogram is to continuethemissionof thechurchby providing a quality,affordable program forfamilies toconnect, growand to serve thepeople inour community.

Inorder togetstarted,toy donations suitablefor theagegroupswill begladly accepted byMarch 1.

Volunteers are gladlywelcomed such as snackhelpers, nursery hel-pers, preschool helpers,pickup/drop off helpersandbehind the scenehel-pers to prepare and getready for activities. Asmall donation or activ-ity fee will gladly be ac-cepted.

More informationwillbeforthcomingwithbro-chures.

Ifyouwould likemoreinformation or be a partof this new program,please e-mail or call Tif-fany Sams [email protected] or 859-250-5402.

■Don’t forget the Wal-

ton Verona ElementarySchool PTA SpringCrafts Fair this Satur-day, March1, in the cafe-teria. The fair will startsetting up at 8 a.m. Adultshoppers entrance fee is$5.

■Walton Verona High

School Class of 1958members, Jean Phipps,Louise Reynolds, Elea-nor Baker, JaniceGrubbs and Ora Scottmet at El Torro Restau-rant last Thursday. Theyget together eachmonth.

■Greg and Peggy Pee-

bles enjoyed a trip toGatlinburg this pastweekend.

■Hilda Noe has com-

pleted her rehab and isglad to be home. Hildawould like to express hergratitude and sincerethanks to everyone fortheir prayers, cards,calls and visits duringher hospital stay.

■MikeGlenn is at home

recuperating from out-patient surgery lastweek.

■Happy Birthday to

Phillip Lawrence andBobRoarkonFeb. 27 andPatti Glenn onMarch 1.

Ruth Meadows writes acolumn about Walton. Feelfree to call her at 859-391-7282 with Walton neigh-borhood news items.

New Lions Clubhaving meeting

RuthMeadowsWALTON NEWS

Thestaffof theBehrin-ger-Crawford Museum isas tired of the winterweather as you are.

So as the temperatureslowly returns to normal,freeing Devou Park fromlayers of snowand ice, themuseum invites you tocelebrate the comingspring – wit the hot dogssupplied by the museum.

On Saturday, March 1,from11a.m.-1p.m. themu-seum will grill hot dogsfor all the guests, free

with paid admission.There will also be craftsfor the children

The museum has ex-hibits to learn aboutNorthern Kentucky’sunique history and cul-ture. Featured now isVietnam:Our Storywhichreflects upon the experi-ences, contributions, andimpact of Northern Ken-tuckians during and fol-lowing the Vietnam War,in their own words.

In appreciation for

their sacrifice and ser-vice, veterans from alleras and all current mili-tary personnel will re-ceive free admission toBehringer-Crawford Mu-seum for the entire run ofVietnam: Our Story,through Aug. 31.

For more informationabout this exhibit, contactTiffany Hoppenjans, cu-rator of exhibits and col-lections at 859-491-4003 [email protected].

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