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They’re all around. In everycounty, in every community —in your own backyard. They arethe hungry.
“The need in our area isgreat,” Becky Ewing, executivedirector of United Ministriessaid. “Many of the families wesee are working minimumwage jobs or they are elderly.Many receive SNAP assistance,formerly known as foodstamps. However, the amount isnot enough to meet their needs.Many people count on us in or-der to have enough to eat for themonth.”
United Ministries, located at525 Graves Ave. in Erlanger,works to address these needs inKenton and Boone counties.
According to the Map theMeal Gap 2015 report, by Feed-ing America, Kenton County'soverall rate of food insecurityis 14.2 percent. That’s about22,920 individuals. The U.S. De-partment of Agriculture de-fines food insecurity as limitedor uncertain ability to providenutritious meals. In BooneCounty, 11.8 percent of the pop-
ulation or 14,280 individualssuffer from food insecurity.
United Ministries distrib-utes 342,000 pounds of food an-nually to hungry neighbors, theequivalent of 285,000 meals.
Ewing said the pantry is a“grassroots organization” de-pendent on volunteers and do-nations. One major fundraisingeffort the group counts on eachyear is the Freestore Food-bank’s Hunger Walk & 5K Run,Ewing said. The Foodbank hasorganized the event the last 12years. The walk and run givespartner agencies like UnitedMinistries the opportunity toraise funds to fight hunger.
This year’s event kicks off 9a.m. Monday, May 25, at Yeat-man’s Cove in Cincinnati. Call513-482-7546.
“The Hunger Walk is a won-derful opportunity for agen-cies, especially small ones like
ours, to raise much neededfunds,” Ewing said. “The Frees-tore does all the preparationand runs the event. We benefitfrom the hard work done by theFreestore staff and volun-teers.”
United Ministries has a goalto raise $5,000 through the Hun-ger Walk this year, the equiva-lent of 15,000 meals.
Based in southern CampbellCounty, CARE Mission has thegoal to raise $2,500 through thewalk and run. That’s the equvie-lant of 7,500 meals. In CampbellCounty, 13.9 percent of the pop-ulation, or 12,610 people, strug-gle with food insecurity.
CARE Mission, located at11093 Alexandria Pike, Alexan-dria, serves Boone, Bourbon,Bracken, Butler, Campbell,Clermont, Gallatin, Grant,
THANKS TO SARAH COOK
An aerial view of last year’s Hunger Walk & 5K Run organized by the Freestore Foodbank
Hunger Walk, 5K Runbenefits local food pantries
See HUNGER, Page 2A
Freestore Foodbankhosts annual eventMelissa [emailprotected]
GET INVOLVEDSupport your local food pantry’s efforts through the Freestore Food-
bank’s 12th Annual Hunger Walk & 5K Run 9 a.m. Monday, May 25, atYeatman’s Cove in Cincinnati.
Registration by Tuesday, May 12 costs $15 or $20 with a T-shirt or $15.Registration after Tuesday, May 12 is $20 or $25 with a T-shirt.
To join or donate, 513-482-7546 or visitwww.cincinnatihungerwalk.org. Online registration is open until 2 p.m.Friday, May 22.
ERLANGER — On a recentspring afternoon, the Erlangerhome of Carole and JerrySoard is bustling with laughter.In their tiny, sun-splashed din-ing room, Jerry and Carole areyucking it up with three grin-ning children gathered aroundthe table – ages 2, 3 and 6. It’shard to distinguish who’s hap-piest – the children or theadults.
Carole cuddles with theyoungest, a brown-haired littlegirl.
Jerry, 69, asks the two boys:“How was your day?”
“Good, Papa,” the 3-year-oldbelts out. The 6-year-old nodshis head in agreement.
This scene makes it hard tobelieve that things weren’t al-ways so happy – like the firstnight the children arrived atthe Soard home.
“They were scared,” Carolesaid. “They were crying. (Theoldest) was very quiet . (Theyoungest boy) cried a lot. Itwas heart-breaking.”
The children had been re-moved from their mother’s
care and placed with theSoards for fostering. The mo-ment they walked in the door,they were not foster children,but rather family, Carole said.
“It’s not hard, it’s not a bur-den,” Carole said. “You have toeat, they have to eat. You justcare for them. We get gratifi-cation from doing that. We’vebeen with this group for 20months and we love them. Welaugh everyday.”
The Kentucky Departmentof Community Based Services(DCBS) recently honored theSoards for their service, nam-ing them Foster Family of theYear in the Northern Blue-grass Service Region. The re-gion is made up of Boone, Bour-bon, Campbell, Carroll, Galla-tin, Grant, Harrison, Kenton,Nicholas, Owen, Pendleton andScott counties. The Soardshave been serving as surro-gate parents since 2007.
DCBS, part of the Cabinetfor Health and Family Ser-vices, is the state agency thatoversees the public foster caresystem.
They have fostered 34 chil-
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Jerry and Carole Soard of Erlanger were named Foster Family of the Year.
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“My dad’s family has astrong military back-ground,” she said. “Wehave several World War IIheroes and Korean Warheroes. I have an unclewho was missing in actionin the Korean War.”
Her speech, she said,will focus on the womenwho’ve made the ultimatesacrifice throughout thehistory of the U.S.
King said days like Me-morial Day are importantto have. “Our countryreally doesn’t do enoughfor our veterans,” shesaid. “Our society forgetsit’s these men and womenwho have signed a blankcheck with their lives thatgives us our freedom andthe ability to choose what-ever we want to do withour lives.”
The following is a list ofevents being heldthroughout Kenton Coun-ty.
CRESCENT SPRINGSA Memorial Day Ser-
vice is 2 p.m. Sunday, May24, at the Kenton CountyVeterans Memorial atButtermilk Pike and Col-lins Road, CrescentSprings. The emcee willbe John Lomax, earlymorning anchor of Chan-nel 12.
EDGEWOODEdgewood will hold its
annual Memorial Day Cer-emony 10 a.m. Monday,May 25, at Freedom Park.
Boy Scout Troop 770will collect tattered andworn flags to be properlydisposed of at the ceremo-ny.
ELSMERE,ERLANGER
The Ralph Fulton VFWin Elsmere will host its an-nual Memorial Day pa-rade 9 a.m. Monday, May25. Bring your lawnchairs, candy bags, andpatriotic cheer and findyour spot along DixieHighway between U-Haulin Elsmere and ForestLawn Cemetery in Erlang-er.
FORT MITCHELLA Memorial Day Ser-
vice hosted by HighlandCemetery 10-11 a.m. Mon-
This year marks TheYear of the Woman Veter-an.
This is a new initiativeof the Kentucky Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs.According tovetearns.ky.gov.,throughout this year ofthe woman veteran, thedepartment will spotlightKentucky’s 33,000 womenveterans with a full yearof events and outreach towomen veterans and allKentuckians.
The goal, according tothe department Commis-sioner Heather FrenchHenry, is to make surethat all veterans’ voicesare heard and that femaleveterans get access to theservices and benefits theydeserve. Only about 6 per-cent of the 33,000 femaleveterans currently use
these services and bene-fits.
The Moon BrothersAmerican Legion Lodge isbringing this effort hometo Independence by creat-ing more awareness forfemale veterans throughits Memorial Day ceremo-ny. After the parade, spon-sored in cooperation withthe city on May 25, as ev-eryone gathers at the Ken-ton County Courthousethey will be addressed byfemale Air Force veteranMichele King.
King, 51, of Independ-ence said she is delightedto speak and draw atten-tion to the many womenwho’ve served the coun-try.
“I think this is a cool op-portunity,” she said.“Women aren’t represent-ed well among veterans.Many have lost their livesand have made as much ofa sacrifice as the men whohave served. I’m not say-ing that one’s work is bet-ter over the other, just thatall deserve to be recog-nized.”
King served in the AirForce from 1981 to 1985.She spent time in Michi-gan and Korea. She joinedthe service because of herfather.
day, May 25, at the ceme-tery, 2167 Dixie Highway,Fort Mitchell.
Meet by the CemeteryChapel to remember andhonor those who haveserved our country.
FORT WRIGHTThe Fort Wright Me-
morial Day Ceremony willbe 10 a.m. Monday, May25, at the city building onKyles Lane.
INDEPENDENCEThe annual Memorial
Day Parade sponsored bythe Moon Brothers Amer-ican Legion Lodge in coop-eration with the city of In-dependence will be 10:30a.m. Monday, May 25.
The parade route isfrom Memorial Park atthe Independence TowneCenter by Fire Station No.1 to the Kenton CountyCourthouse. Registrationis not required. Howeverparticipants should arriveone hour prior to start ofthe parade.
PARK HILLSThe Memorial Day Pa-
rade will take place at11:30 a.m. Monday, May25, at Notre Dame Acad-emy and concludes atTrolley Park with a flag-raising ceremony and atribute to the grand mar-shals Don and MissyCatchen.
The route: Dixie High-way to Arlington Road, toOld State Road, to TerraceDrive, to AmsterdamRoad to Park Drive.
Memorial Day tradi-tion has changed little inmore than 40 years of pa-rades, said Carey Kruer, aparade organizer for thePark Hills Civic Associa-
tion.“It just has the charm
of a small town parade,and we still allow people tothrow candy to kids,”Kruer said.
Fort Mitchell Garage(in Park Hills) brings anantique tow truck and oth-er restored antique carsare in the parade, she said.
An essay contest for el-ementary students is partof Memorial Day celebra-tions, Kruer said.
“What is the meaningof Memorial Day? Andwhat can you do to serveyour country” was thisyear’s essay topic, shesaid.
Kendall Poynter, infifth grade at Fort WrightElementary won firstplace. Jase Matheny, infourth grade at St. AgnesSchool, placed second.
A flag-raising ceremo-ny at Trolley Park afterthe parade commemo-rates six residents whodied while fighting in themilitary overseas sinceWorld War II, Kruer said.A tribute to grand mar-shals Don and MissyCatchen will be part ofceremonies. Mayor Mat-thew Mattone, elected asmayor last November as awrite-in, will read a trib-ute recognizing DonCatchen as the outgoingmayor and Missy Catch-en’s contributions, Kruersaid.
“She has devoted hun-dreds of hours helping tomaintain the flowers inTrolley Park and the flow-er beds on Park Road,”Kruer said of MissyCatchen.
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TheIndependenceMemorial Dayparade ends atthe steps ofthe KentonCountyCourthousewhere veteranMichele Kingwill deliver aspeech inhonor of Yearof the WomanVeteran.
dren, and they remain incontact with most of them.
Linette Torrefranca, asocial service clinicianwith DCBS, said theSoards are “one of my fa-vorite families I workwith.”
“Their approach to par-enting is simple wherethey give and show loveand everything fits intoplace,” she said. “TheSoards have always main-tained that, “if it wasn’tfun, we wouldn’t be doingit.’”
The Soards, who werenot able to have childrenof their own, have main-tained positive relationswith the birth families of
the children they’ve caredfor, Torrefranca said.They have been known tohost large pool parties forseveral of their past fosterchildren and their fam-ilies, and have evenshared holiday time to-gether.
“The Soards are a ma-ture resource home thatcontinues to provide a funyet nurturing environ-ment especially for youngsibling groups,” she said.“They have wonderful re-lationships with the birthparents and truly hope thebest for the families.”
In Kentucky, there aremore than 2,000 DCBS-ap-proved households thatserve as foster families.However, almost 7,800children are in out-of-home care in Kentucky.DCBS Commissioner Te-
resa James said there is a“desperate need” formore people like theSoards.
“The number of chil-dren coming into our careis increasing especiallywith the drug epidemichappening,” James said.“Foster parents come intothe life of these children attheir most vulnerabletime, and they give themnothing but guidance andunconditional love. Itmakes the world a muchnicer place to have folksopen their homes andhearts.”
James said anyoneover the age of 21, with astable income, can be-come a foster parent. Formore information, shesuggests visiting The Ken-tucky Cabinet for Healthand Family Services or
calling 1-800-232-5437.DCBS is ready to educateand guide individuals onthe process, she said.
Although it can be diffi-cult when letting a childgo, whether through re-unification with the bio-logical family or adoption,Carole said she and herhusband of 39 years haveno regrets.
“Well, maybe just one,”she said. “I wish we haddone this sooner. I wishmore empty-nesters andlonely couples would dothis.”
It’s the best kind of re-tirement, Carole said.
“They keep you young.They keep you moving,”Jerry said. “They get inyour heart – all of them.”
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Hamilton, Harrison,Kenton, Pendleton andRobertson counties.The pantry distributesmore than 124,000pounds of food annual-ly, equivalent to103,333 meals.
“The CARE Missionis one of the largestfood pantries in south-ern Campbell County,”Chris Pelle, CAREboard chairman said.“We are run entirely byvolunteers. With theever-changing land-scape of our economy,CARE Mission con-tinues to serve clientsbased on their needs.The number of chil-dren who go to bedhungry is unfathom-able. We’re fightinghunger here at the mis-sion because we be-lieve it’s God’s work.The CARE Mission isblessed with amazingvolunteers and the op-portunity to serve thepeople in our commu-nity.”
Pelle said that alarge portion of that ef-fort is possible be-cause of the HungerWalk.
Freestore Food-bank president andCEO Kurt Reiber saidpartnering togetherwith local pantries isthe best way to combatfood insecurity.
“Hunger is not likecancer,” he said. “Wehave the cure. It’s nu-tritional, balancedmeals. When you hearstories about a studentwho slips mashed pota-toes off of his schoollunch tray into his sockso that he has some-thing to eat over theweekend ... that’s whyyou do what we do. Thefunds raised at thisevent all go towardthese food pantries toprovide them withmore food and capitalimprovements like ad-ditional freezers.We’ve got to work to-gether to build our ca-pacity to help others.”
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HungerContinued from Page 1A
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COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Nancy Daly, [emailprotected], 578-1059
Shannon Wilson, a senior atNotre Dame High School, is a2015 Simon Lazarus Jr. Awardwinner.
For 50 years, American Jew-ish Committee has honored out-standing student volunteers ofall faiths who have demonstrat-ed a passion for making ourcommunity a better place inwhich to live with the SimonLazarus Jr. Human RelationsAward.
Throughout the years, doz-ens of local public, private, andparochial high schools havenominated deserving studentsfor this prestigious award.
Shannon, a Lakeside Parkresident, has a record of givingback and spreading hope in theface of great adversity.
At the end of her freshmanyear of high school, she was di-agnosed with a brain tumor andunderwent surgery. Through-out her treatment and recovery,she continued to volunteerweekly at a local rehabilitationagency for children with dis-abilities.
Shannon also took part in ayearly walk to raise money forbrain cancer research and pa-tient education programs. Af-ter participating for two years,she took it upon herself to fun-draise and organize her ownteam for the next walk.
Her tireless efforts resultedin 250 team members and morethan $11,000 in fundraising forthe cause.
The Simon Lazarus Jr. Hu-man Relations Awards arenamed for an accomplishedleader of the American JewishCommittee. Simon Lazarus Jr.was president of the Cincinnatiregion from 1951-1953, and amember of the national Boardof Governors. The late Mr.Lazarus was a distinguishedCincinnati attorney. He alsochaired the Cincinnati Mayor’sFriendly Relations Committee,the forerunner of the Cincin-nati Human Relations Commis-sion.
Simon, and his wife, HarrietLazarus, were long-time activemembers of the American Jew-ish Committee, at both the localand national levels. In 1966, dur-ing the height of the era of na-tional and local civil rights re-form, they worked with the AJCCincinnati to establish the Si-mon Lazarus Jr. Human Rela-tions Award. After her hus-band’s death, Harriet spear-headed an effort to stabilizefunding of the program,through an endowment thatwas secured in 1990. Sadly, Har-riet Lazarus died this past Janu-ary, just after her 96th birthday.
This year, the Lazarus Com-mittee vetted 59 nominationssubmitted by 37 high schools.
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Simon Lazarus Human Relations Award winner Shannon Wilson, right, isshown with Kyle Caskey, one of the award judges and running backs coachfor the Cincinnati Bengals.
Shannon Wilsonreceives HumanRelations AwardCommunity Recorder
EDGEWOOD — The DixieHeights High School teacher’slounge is typical, as breakrooms go. There are a fewsmall round tables with chairs.A mini kitchenette. A trumpetechoes and a drum taps fromthe band room directly above.But, when 18-year-old Kather-ine West begins to speak, shetransforms the lounge into agrand courtroom. Her wordsare that powerful.
The trumpet and drum fadeas West, a senior at DixieHeights, becomes a well-versed, experienced attorneycross-examining the plaintiffduring a Mock Trial practice.
This poise and keen sense ofthe case at hand, something allher teammates share, recentlywon them the Kentucky HighSchool State Mock Trial Cham-pionship in Lexington.
“It feels great. We were theunderdogs,” West said. “Theother teams have been aroundfor 30-plus years and have sev-eral attorney coaches. We’vebeen here for four years andhave only one attorney coach.Also we don’t even have accessto a courtroom to practice in.It’s just this little room.”
Casmir Thornberry, 18, ofVilla Hills, agreed, calling the
team “a ragtag group of misfitson the state scene.”
In previous years the 12-member team has finished inthe top 10. By finishing firstthis year, they can compete atthe 2016 National High SchoolMock Trial Championship inRaleigh, North Carolina.
“No one expected that we’dcome in first place,” Thornber-ry said.
Katherine and Brady Grovereceived best attorney awards.Joey Skaggs and Anna ClaireWest received most outstand-ing witness awards.
Mock Trial is a competitionfor high school, college and lawstudents. It challenges kids toplay roles of attorneys and wit-nesses with an actual case factpattern. Dixie’s team is led byteacher coach Matt Davey andattorney coach Jim West.
“This is a fabulous academ-ic competition,” West, an Edge-wood attorney, said. “The chal-lenge is that the students haveto speak clearly, communicatepersuasively and think on theirfeet. This is a highly competi-tive academic sport that reallyteaches the kids how to try acase. The competition is held ina courtroom and judged by re-tired judges and former MockTrial students.”
West became involved withthe team when it started four
years ago. It is one of onlythree Mock Trial teams inNorthern Kentucky.
“I donate my time for thisbecause, frankly, I love thekids,” he said. “Also, I have twodaughters on the team. It isreally my honor and pleasureto do this. They’re all leaders,all intelligent, articulate quickthinkers and fearless cross-ex-aminers. They’re dedicated.Mock Trial takes as much timeor more to prepare as any othersport.”
The team meets 2 1/2 hoursthree times a week at school,and dozens of hours away fromschool to prepare for the com-petition.
“The thing that I’ve enjoyedmost about being a part of thisteam is the people,” Katherinesaid. “We are in the competi-tion only 2 1/2 hours but we’rewith each other for hundredsof hours. We get to know eachother really well.”
For freshman Anna ClaireWest, 15, of Edgewood, MockTrial has “brought me out ofmy shell,” she said.
“It has made me feel moreconfident in myself,” she said.“It’s taken me out of my com-fort zone and it’s been so muchfun.”
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THANKS TO JIM WEST
The Dixie Heights High School Mock Trial team with their championship trophy from the Kentucky High SchoolMock Trial Competition.
The InternationalTrumpet Guild has invit-ed the Northern Ken-tucky University Trum-pet Ensemble to performat its conference in May26-30.
Associate ProfessorRaquel Rodriquez of theNKU School of the Artsdirects the NKU Trum-pet Ensemble. The en-semble features studentsHeather Hale, CameronEverage, Miguel Timerd-ing, Samantha Faulkner,Zach Holden, AaronHelms, Chris Meeks andAbby Campbell.
Dr. Rodriquez will bebusy at the conference ina variety of capacitiesthis year. She will be per-forming, serving as anITG reporter, and adjudi-cating the ITG Youth Solo
Competition.The conference will
take place in Columbus,Ohio. Each year, ITGhighlights top collegiatetrumpet ensemble pro-grams as prelude con-
certs for world-classheadliner performances.The annual ITG confer-ence features the world’sgreatest trumpet andbrass artists and is in-deed the trumpet event
of the year. In addition toperformances and stu-dent competitions, theconference presents amyriad of master classesand clinics. Sessions aredevoted to numerous top-
ics including jazz, sym-phony orchestra, solo re-cital, chamber music,pedagogy, history, reper-toire, performance prac-tices, acoustics, equip-ment modifications,
physiology, psychology,premieres of new worksand all aspects of thetrumpet.
The InternationalTrumpet Guild is a world-wide organization oftrumpeters, formed topromote communicationamong trumpet playersaround the world and toimprove the artistic levelof performance, teach-ing and literature associ-ated with the trumpet.ITG’s more than 7,000members represent 64countries and includeprofessional and ama-teur performers, teach-ers, students, manufac-turers, publishers andothers interested in be-longing to an organiza-tion dedicated to thetrumpet profession.
NKU ensemble trumpets its talent
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Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5-9 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, 6570 VineyardLane, StoneBrook Tasting Room.Select samples from variety ofaward-winning Kentucky FruitWines. Ages 21 and up. $5.Through Dec. 27. 635-0111;www.stonebrookwinery.com.Camp Springs.
EducationLittle Learners, 9-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Balance ofstructured, unstructured andself-directed play opportunitiesto help learners develop their
social, intellectual and communi-cation skills. Ages 3-6. $10.Registration required. -2721.Florence.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30 a.m.,4:45 p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium.com. Newport.
Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquari-um. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.
Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Craw-ford Museum, 1600 MontagueRoad, There are many fascinat-ing stories about Covington:political intrigue, haunting tales,arts, athletics. Exhibit celebrates200 years of people, places andevents that shaped city, fromtrading of buffalo and bourbonfor land to building of Ascentand “alien house.” ThroughAug. 30. Included with museumadmission. 491-4003; bcmuseum.org. Covington.
Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.308-7019; www.cincinnatioa.org.Fort Thomas.
Literary - LibrariesGenealogy Tech: Using Fold3,
1-2 p.m., Kenton County PublicLibrary Covington, 502 ScottBlvd., Local History Department,2nd Floor, Covington Branch.Learn about various militaryresources available through thisdatabase. Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Kenton County Public Library.962-4070; www.kentonli-brary.org/genealogy. Covington.
Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & the TunaProject, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Man-sion Hill Tavern, 502 WashingtonAve., $4. 581-0100. Newport.
Music - JazzBlue Chip Trio, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,Joseph-Beth Booksellers-Crest-view Hills, 2785 Dixie Highway,Free. 912-7860; www.josephbeth.com. Crestview Hills.
Music - RockJoey Said No, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.
On Stage - ComedyIan Bagg, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, $10-$20. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterThe Best Little whor*house inTexas, 8-10 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre, 802 York St., Happy-go-lucky view of small town viceand statewide political side-stepping recounts good timesand demise of The ChickenRanch. $20. Reservations re-quired. Presented by FootlightersInc.. Through May 30. 652-3849;www.footlighters.org. Newport.
RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-aRacing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Through Dec. 30.371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.
SATURDAY, MAY 23Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, $35.
Reservations required. 513-317-1305; www.wineandcanvas.com.Newport.
Art ExhibitsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 957-1940; www.thecarnegie.com. Covington.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training and BYOB,reservations required. Reserva-tions required. Through Dec. 26.513-335-0297; www.sushicinti.com. Covington.
Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 1-6 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, $5. 635-0111;www.stonebrookwinery.com.Camp Springs.
Memorial Day Weekend Bri-anza Wine Tastings, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Brianza Gardens andWinery, 14611 Salem Creek Road,Tasting Room and Gardens.Come for tasting and stay forpicnic with friends and family.Local breads and cheeses, soda,water and beer also available.For 21 and up for Wine Tastingand Picnic Areas for all ages. $5wine tastings. 445-9369; brianzagardensandwinery.com.
Crittenden.
EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Boone County EducationAssociation, 75 Cavalier Blvd.,suite 201, Enter building at rightside entrance. ACT test prepcourse. Ages 9-12. $399. Reserva-tions required. Presented byCollege and Beyond. 283-2655;candbtestprep.com. Florence.
Newspaper Writing for AllAges, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Studentsproduce online newspaper, tryout variety of journalism genres:news, opinion, features, in-terviews, reviews, sports. Learnheadline writing, editing, webpage design, advertising andother topics associated withproducing an online newspaper.Ages 5-18. $15. Registrationrequired. 916-2721; www.thelive
lylearninglab.com. Florence.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15 a.m.,9:30 a.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, $38 for unlimited month-ly classes. 331-7778; jazzercise-.com. Edgewood.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.
Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.newportaquarium.com. Newport.
Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Craw-ford Museum, Included withmuseum admission. 491-4003;bcmuseum.org. Covington.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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RGI 5K River Run to benefit Kicks for Kids is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday May 23, Newport on theLevee, 1 Levee Way, Purple People Bridge. The event “kicks” off with a Special K (for kids withspecial needs), continues with a scenic 5K route across bridges, and ends with Children’s FunRun and post party event. The event enefits Kicks for Kids. Cost is $18, $10 kids; free to kids 6and under - additional cost for T-shirt. Registration required. Call 331-8484; visitwww.kicksforkids.org.
Monday, June 1, noon to 6 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 1700 Declaration Drive, Independence
Tuesday, June 2, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger 9950 Berberich Drive, Florence
Wednesday, June 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Bank of Kentucky 111 Lookout Farm Drive, Crestview Hills
Thursday, June 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger 2150 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell
Friday, June 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lawrenceburg Community Center 423 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg
Monday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Elizabeth Physicians 204 Bridgeway St., Aurora
Tuesday, June 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Elizabeth Grant 238 Barnes Road, Williamstown
Wednesday, June 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger 375 Crossroads Blvd., Cold Spring
Thursday, June 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger Marketplace 130 Pavilion Parkway, Newport
Friday, June 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Remke Markets 1952 North Bend Road, Hebron
Monday, June 15, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Elizabeth Physicians 12827 Lenover St., Dillsboro
Tuesday, June 16, noon to 6 p.m. St. Elizabeth Florence Professional Building 4900 Houston Road, Florence
Thursday, June 18, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Five Seasons Family Sports Club 345 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview Hills
Friday, June 19, noon to 4 p.m. St. Elizabeth Covington 1500 James Simpson Jr. Way, Covington
Monday, June 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grant County Drugs 24 S. Main St., Dry Ridge
Thursday, June 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Northern Kentucky Realtors Association Health Fair 7660 Turfway Road, Florence
Tuesday, June 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kroger 53 Donnermeyer Drive, Bellevue
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The picnic season doesn’t start for me untilMemorial Day.
We have a tradition in our family of attend-ing outdoor Mass, weather per-mitting, at St. Philomena in Cler-mont County. Afterward, there’sa gun salute to the fallen veter-ans. We visit my parents’ gravesand the grandkids help me plantsprigs of Mom’s heirloom mintaround them.
I know many of you celebrateMemorial Day this way, whetherremembering a fallen veteran,family or friends.
So here are some nice sidedishes to go along with the celebration of bur-gers and hot dogs that are part of this specialday.
Tip from Rita’s kitchenIf you don’t have Pernod, a licorice tasting
liqueur, try substituting fennel leaves or tarra-gon, both anise flavored herbs.
Readers want to know
How can I keep Cilantro growing all sum-mer?
Well, you can’t. Cilantro, an annual herb,loves sun but hates heat. It’s not going to staybushy like the heartier herbs such as basil,rosemary, etc. If it does go to seed, let theseeds, called coriander, drop to the ground,cover with a quarter inch of soil and soon you’llsee new cilantro shoots popping up. Or justplant coriander seeds (even from the pantry).You can plant them even into late fall, wherethey nestle in the soil overwinter, ready togrow when the weather gets warm.
Health benefits:Cilantro helps remove heavy metals from
the body. Check out my site Abouteating.comfor more tips on cilantro and substitutes for it.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary professional and author. Findher blog online at Abouteating.com. Email her at [emailprotected] with “Rita’s kitchen” inthe subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Spinach, strawberries in seasonfor Memorial Day salad
Roxanne’s strawberry spinach salad
I had a presentation on “Eating from the Garden of Eden” at FaithLutheran Church. Roxanne Johnson prepared dinner for the participantsand her spinach salad was outstanding. I have just enough spinach comingup in my garden to make Roxanne’s version of this classic. Roxanne is aself-taught cook and caterer, picking up much of what she learned from herItalian mom and grandmom.
“Feeding people is my way of expressing love. It is how I can showGod’s care and compassion to others,” Roxanne said.
Dressing:
2 lemons zested (1 teaspoon) and juiced (1/4 cup lemon juice)1/4 cup white wine vinegar2/3 cup sugar2 tablespoons vegetable oil2 teaspoon poppy seeds
Salad: mix together:
1/2 pound strawberries hulled and quartered1/2 medium cucumber, scored, cored, thinly sliced and cut in half1/4 red onion sliced into thin slices and cut in half8 ounces or more baby spinach
Garnish: 1/3 cup sliced almonds toastedAdjust berries, cucumber, almonds and onion to your taste. For dress-
ing combine zest, juice, vinegar, sugar, oil and poppy seeds. Whisk until wellblended. Roxanne uses a stick blender. Pour dressing on salad, toss. Sprinklealmonds on. Serve immediately. Serves 8 to 10.
Roxanne said the salad goes limp pretty quickly so try to make just asmuch as you can use in one sitting.
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To freeze: roll into a log, wrap well and freeze several months.
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serve Memorial Day? What isyour favorite local or nation-al veterans memorial site?What do you like about it?
“My husband is an Armyveteran. Each year he par-ticipates in the parade inCovington which begins atHolmes High School andends at Linden Grove Cem-etery. Prior to the parade,he also participates in visit-ing several local cemeter-ies where they put flags atthe tomb of fallen veterans.This is a full-day event thathe has been involved withfor at least 20 years ormore. He looks forward toeach one.”
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In Northern Kentucky, wehonor a decades long, pioneer-ing tradition of creating boldregional agendas and aligningour resources in support of thecommunity’s most compelling,shared ambitions. For the last10 years, the legacy of thiswork to strengthen our positionin a global competition fortalent and economic opportuni-ty has been manifest in thestrategies and examples ofprogress of Vision 2015.
To many in our community,the implementation and im-pacts of Vision 2015, and theambitious regional plans thathave preceded it, has not oftenbeen highly visible or easilyrecognizable. In part, that isbecause transformative initia-tives often require a coalitionof independent institutions,businesses and individuals, andthe process of forging coalitionalignment behind common
goals and cata-lyzing actionamong un-related stake-holders can becomplex andpainstaking.
Success inthese endeav-ors requires aunique andcritical massof trust, con-vening, bridge-building, chal-
lenging, and inspiring others toact in partnership. To becomereal, community ambitionsmust enjoy not merely thecurious interest and observa-tion of business and communi-ty leaders, but their passionand genuine partnership indriving an agenda in whichthey firmly believe and areprepared to invest themselves.Thankfully, we live in a com-
munity where our culture andour identity is driven by a spir-it of contribution, and as aresult, our progress has beensteady, and in some cases, ex-traordinarily impactful. It isclear that “but for” our region’ssustained commitment to col-laborative, catalytic, strategic-dreaming – and – doing, theoutcomes of Vision 2015 wouldlikely not exist today.
We can also be proud thatour community is credited withinnovating a highly effectiveplatform for solving complex,multi-dimensional economicand social challenges; innova-tion that has come to be nation-ally recognized in a modelknown as “collective impact.”In our collective impact model,the credit for successes be-longs not to any one organiza-tion, but instead, to the busi-nesses, nonprofits, educationinstitutions, individual leaders
who believe in and work onbehalf of purposes greater thantheir own – and to the funderswhose philanthropy unleashesgifted change-makers to focustheir professional lives on mak-ing real the dreams we share.
As we pause to reflect onNorthern Kentucky’s progress,it must be said that the world istoday a more competitive placethan it was 10 years ago whenwe set upon the work of Vision2015. The prospects for thiscommunity to stimulate great-er economic opportunity,achieve a higher quality of life,significantly improve healthand wellness and create anauthentic, distinctly inclusivecultural vibrancy, now demandeven greater collaboration,focus, effort and ambition.That has proven to be a win-ning strategy for NorthernKentucky and our entire re-gion.
Andrew J. (A.J.) Schaeffer is chair-man of Vision 2015 and managingdirector, Diatom Venture.
A look back at Vision 2015’sculminating successes
Andrew J.(A.J.)SchaefferCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
VISION 2015’SCOLLABORATIVESUCCESSESA Taste of LearningAccess to Care IndexCenter for Economic Analysis &
Development at NorthernKentucky University
Center for Educator ExcellenceChild Health & Needs Assess-
mentConfluenceExpansion of Success by 6Green UmbrellaLicking River Greenway and
TrailsnkyHelps.orgRegional Service Learning Net-
workThe Catalytic FundThe Northern Kentucky Educa-
tion CouncilThe Northern Kentucky ForumThe Regional Indicators ReportThe Story ProjectUpTechUrban ScorecardVision 2015 Northern Kentucky
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Negative 12 degrees, fight-ing ice or 95 degrees and mudcovered, the cows still need tobe fed.
Some might say that it’s ahorrible job for a high schoolstudent. But I love it.
Farming is not a luxuriousor comfortable job, and youalways have to be ready for aletdown. Although on thebright side, when everythinggoes smoothly and you turn outa bumper crop, farming is themost satisfying job on earth.
Good or bad, farming is agamble with uncontrollablevariables like weather, econo-my and mechanical failures.When you feel like you areplaying against loaded dice,and the odds are against you,the best thing you can do iskeep working smart and hopefor a better years to follow.
Many of my fellow high
school class-mates wouldbe discouragedby the hurdlesof farming, butthere are stillmany of uswho preferthis job to theconveniencesof workingbehind acounter in an
air-conditioned retail shop.Why would we prefer this
job?There are many reasons
that test our skills, endurance,strength and problem-solvingability. We are outside peoplewho find it rewarding workingwith our hands and our minds,while connecting with otherswho share similar goals. In theretail position, a pay raise isvery rewarding, but in farming
our pay raises come as healthybaby calves, less competitiveweeds, smooth operatingequipment, and a fair price forcrops.
So even though farming is agamble financially, to quote theFFA Creed, “I know the joysand discomforts of agricultur-
al life, and hold an inborn fond-ness for those associationswhich, even in hours of dis-couragement, I cannot deny.”
Gene Wagner, a student at ConnerHigh School, is a farmer and (prob-ably) gets up earlier than you do.
Farming’s ‘joys anddiscomforts’ appealto Conner student
Gene WagnerCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
THANKS TO GENE WAGNER
A crew works on stretching a fence. From left: Will Carr, Ethan Starns,James Walton and Henry Scheid. Front center: Gene Wagner.
The $13 million the stateauthorized for Mall Road im-provements four years agowas money well spent. Underthe leadership of Mayor DianeWhalen and the Florence CityCouncil, Mall Road has experi-enced an amazing renais-sance.
Eight years ago, we beganto see the decline of Mall Roadwith many vacancies and nonew development. With theimprovements made along theimportant corridor – includingnew pavement, storm watercontrols, landscaped medi-ums, trees, sidewalks anddecorative street lighting –the transformation has beenamazing. New businesses andconstruction crews are every-where and the previous va-cant storefronts are gone.
Mall Road may be less than
two mileslong, but theretail districtis importantas it also em-ploys morethan 3,400people andgenerates $120million inannual em-ployee wagesand more than
$8 in annual payroll and in-come taxes for Florence,Boone County and Kentucky.The estimated state sales taxgenerated from businesseslocated on Mall Road is morethan $30 million annually.
Costco, a membershipwarehouse club, had beenlooking to build on a 63-acresite, commonly referred to asthe Berkshire Farm, for years
but only approved the projectafter the road improvementson the nearby Mall Road wereannounced. It has been widelyreported that the developersfor Berkshire Farm estimatethat the businesses locatingthere will generate an addi-tional $17 million in local tax-es over 30 years.
Cincinnati-based Krogergrocery store chain decided tobuild a new Marketplace nearan existing store that hadbecome outdated. Burlington,the discount-clothing retailer,is moving into the old Krogerlocation. Two new restaurantshave also announced plans toopen in the corridor. City lead-ers have said they have re-peatedly heard from thesenationally known chains thatimprovements to the road,used by 11.8 million vehicles
annually, factored into theirdecision to build.
I even hear Dave & Bust-er’s plans to open a location inthe Mall Road corridor. It willbe the restaurant-arcade oper-ator’s first foray into Ken-tucky. Coups like this willcontinue to ensure Mall Roadremains Northern Kentucky’spremier shopping and enter-tainment destination for an-other four decades.
Clearly, Mall Road was agood investment for Ken-tucky.
Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, repre-sents Boone County. He welcomesyour concerns or comments toll freeat 800-372-7181 or online at http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Messages/S011.aspx. Twitter: @SenatorSchickel.
Mall Road improvements lead to retail renaissance
John SchickelCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
LEXINGTON — Austin Husseynever got to finish a final re-match with Brandon Lancaster.
Hussey, the CovingtonCatholic senior, was eliminatedfrom the KHSAA state tennistournament in boys singles inthe semifinals May 16 at theUniversity of Kentucky. Hus-sey, the two seed, fell to fourth-seeded St. Xavier sophom*oreDrew Singerman in three sets,5-7, 6-3, 10-4. The third set isplayed solely as a tiebreaker to10 points. It was a rematch oflast year’s semis, which Husseyhad won 6-2, 6-4.
Singerman went on to the fi-nals, where he met St. X team-mate Brandon Lancaster, a sen-ior bound for the University ofLouisville tennis program. Lan-caster won 6-2, 6-2 for his sec-ond state title.
Hussey had fallen to Lancas-ter in last year’s state final,which also went to a third-settiebreaker, and defeated himfor the 2013 state title. The twomet again on court the night be-fore in the team finals as theNo. 1 singles players for eachclub.
Wanting to conserve energyfor a possible rematch in thesingles final, the pair startedtheir match about 20 minutesafter the other four had begunin the team dual contest andwere in their ninth game whenSt. X clinched the title. St. X won3-0 for its 24th overall teamchampionship and seventh in arow.
CCH started Hussey at firstsecond singles, Anthony Boschat second and Max Cook atthird. Senior Grant Woodco*ckand junior Blake Heimbrockplayed first doubles, and broth-ers Jake and Jared Haught weresecond doubles.
“Right before this new for-mat, we were runner-up to St. Xby one point,” said Cov Cathhead coach Al Hertsenberg. “Tolose to a team like St. X, there’snothing to be ashamed of. Icouldn’t be more proud of thisgroup for this season.”
Hussey, who will play colle-giately on the same courts atUK, lost five total games in hisfour match wins. He will gradu-ate along with Woodco*ck.
“The way they played in re-gional and sectionals and repre-sented themselves, they madeCovington Catholic proud andall of our supporters proud,”Hertsenberg said. “And me,myself. In my 25 years, I havenot had anything better thanthis.”
CCH’s other state qualifiersreturn. The Haught brothersreached the third round of dou-bles, the farthest any local ad-vanced in that bracket.
Notre Dame fell 3-0 toMcCracken County in the teamfinal. Francie Case fell at firstsingles to defending state indi-vidual singles champion Mi-chelle McKamey. EmmaHughes lost at second singles to
Taylor Sprouse, who lost in thisyear’s state quarterfinals indi-vidually. Abigail Kennedy andMaryann Meadows lost in firstdoubles to Madelyn Kauffmanand Sophia Shiben, who reachedthe state doubles semis. KylieMoellering started at third sin-gles and Catherine Meadowsand Sarah Frisch played seconddoubles, whose match had bare-ly started when McCrackenclinched.
“McCracken’s a great team,”said NDA head coach Rob Har-din. “They’ve been the bestteam all year. Everybody knewthat. We knew we had an uphillbattle. We thought we had agood lineup but we knew we hadto win first doubles to have achance. That was a tall task.”
Kennedy is one of four sen-iors on NDA’s team.
“I’m glad that we got here,”she said. “It took a lot from ev-eryone, it took the whole team.Everyone played their hardest
to get there. It wasn’t just a fewplayers. We played the best wecould.”
NDA beat Russell in the teamsemis, 3-2. Kennedy and Moel-lering swapped roles in the line-up from the finals. Moelleringand Meadows pulled out thematch in dramatic fashion, win-ning 10-8 in the third-set tie-breaker.
Kennedy and Meadows wereNotre Dame’s top performersindividually, reaching the statequarterfinals in doubles beforefalling to the eventual statechamps from Manual. Theywere named to the all-stateteam.
All of Dixie Heights’ entrieswon one match: Brooke Wardenin singles, and both doublesteams of senior Anna Staros-ciak and freshman Annie Atkin-son, and junior Kristen Sniderand sophom*ore Alaina Moore.The five participants is a teamrecord.
Colonels, Pandas farewell in state tennisJames [emailprotected]
Notre Dame with its state runner-up trophy.
CovingtonCatholicwith itsstaterunner-uptrophy.
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Covington Catholic sophom*ore Jared Haught volleys the ball during hisfirst-round doubles victory with junior brother Jake Haught.
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Here’s a wrap of regionaltrack championships from lastweek. The state meets are thisweekend at the University ofKentucky. The 2A champion-ships are Friday evening. The1A meet starts Saturday morn-ing and 3A Saturday after-noon. All state qualifiers willbe listed next week.
Covington Catholic wonthe 2A, Region 4 championshipwith 136 points, just one aheadof Lexington Catholic.
The Colonels won the 4x200with Logan McDowell, JakeErpenbeck, Adam Wagner andLee McClure, and CovCathwon the 4x100 with McDowell,Erpenbeck, McClure and Hen-ry Toebbe. CCH was fourth inthe 4x400 with McDowell,Kuykendall, Wagner andFlood.
CCH was third in the 4x800with Jared Flood, GrantGuenther, Thomas Ziegler andBen Thieman.
Luke Foertsch won the dis-cus. Andrew Beiersdorfer wonthe pole vault and HarrisonSommerkamp, third.
Jake Erpenbeck won the100 and was third in the 200.
Jared Flood was third in the300 hurdles and Tanner Bayerfifth. Michael Schulte was sec-ond in shot put. Andy Kuyken-dall was second in triple jump.Nick Jacobs was second in 110hurdles and Jake Dressmanfourth. Logan McDowell wasthird in long jump. Thiemanwas fourth in the 800. BenBoydston was fourth in highjump and Kuykendall fifth.Ziegler was sixth in the1,600.Grant Guenther wasthird in the 3,200 and MichaelWard sixth.
Beechwood’s Dalton Ever-ett won the boys 110 hurdles in1A.
Beechwood was second inthe girls 4x100 with Sophie Col-osimo, Addy Fessler, CarolineSchilling and Merrin Woods.Colosimo was second in longjump and won the triple jump.
Dixie Heights’ Miles Paynewon the Class 3A 110 hurdlesand was second to teammateWalker McGoy in 300 hurdles.Payne was also second in longjump. Matt Isbel won the highjump at 6-6.25. Branden John-son won the shot put and thediscus.
Peter Fields was second inthe 100. Austin Stacy was sec-ond in the 200.
Dixie won the 4x100 relaywith Fields, Payne, Stacy andCameron Barrett, and was sec-ond in the 4x200 with Barrett,Fields, Stacy and Jackson Sta-nek. Dixie was second as wellin the 4x400 with Blake How-ard, McGoy, Brandon Brownand Spencer Mason, and sec-ond in the 4x800 with Howard,
Brown, Mason and James Con-ti.
In girls, Mary Conti wassecond in the 100 and the cham-pion in the 400 and 800. SaraEdgett won the pole vault at7-0. Hannah Cook was secondin shot put.
Notre Dame’s Sophia Mid-dendorf was second in highjump in 3A.
For Lloyd in 1A, Jaquan Ev-ans won the boys high jump.
For Villa Madonna in 1A,seventh-grader Maddie Dick-man finished second in the1,600.
Senior Eric Baugh dominat-ed regional competition in hisfinal go-round. He won the1,600 in 4:35.03, a 4.48-secondvictory over teammate ZackWerner. In the 800, he ran1:59.52 for a 1.25 victory. In the3,200, he ran 10:13.60 to win by4.87 seconds.
In boys, Scott’s Clay Groes-chen was second in discus.Chris Stoeckel won the 800.
In girls 2A, Brooke Katinicwas fourth in shot put and dis-cus. Scott was second in the4x200 with Mia Lee, BrookeNiederegger, Kylie Meyer andHolly Kallmeyer.
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Villa Madonna sophom*ore ZackWerner, right, finished second,and St. Henry junior Josh Hannonwas third. KHSAA 1A regionalNKY meet May 13 at theWalton-Verona complex.
Katherine Skeen and HaleyHolbrook of Beechwood run the1,600.
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The Big Red Machineholds a special place inthe hearts of local base-ball fans, and the Flor-ence Freedom is findinga niche in bringing fanscloser to their favoritestars from that era ofReds history.
Fans donned in Redsapparel packed insideUC Health Stadium Fri-day night to watch theFreedom beat the JolietSlammers 6-5 with Redsgreats Johnny Benchand George Foster serv-ing as honorary coaches.
Bench and Fostersigned autographs onthe field before thegame, threw out cere-monial first pitches, andthen coached first(Bench) and third (Fos-ter) base for the Free-dom for the first two in-nings before heading tothe concourse to signmore autographs forfans.
“We have 2,900 seatsin our lower seatingbowl and sold 2,700 ofthem by 3 or 4 o’clock to-day,” Freedom ownerClint Brown said. “Theafternoon rain hurt ourwalkup (crowd), but thisis great. We expect to dowell on Friday nights.”
The Freedom held asimilar promotion forthe first time last seasonwhen they brought PeteRose to the ballpark, andBrown feels that con-necting local baseballfans with their heroes isa great way to experi-ence the minor leaguegame.
“The really cool thingabout it is we’re not try-ing to be the junior Cin-cinnati Reds,” Brownsaid. “The neat thingabout being out here isyou actually get close tothem. It’s a much moreintimate experience, in-timate stadium; if youwant to actually meetthe guy, you can do it.”
“With the Reds – andthey do a wonderful jobbringing all the formerstars back – you can seethem on the video board.It’s not a close experi-ence.”
The Freedom plan tocontinue bringing starsto the ballpark. On Fa-ther’s day this season,Ken Griffey Sr will be atUC Health Stadiumplaying catch on thefield, and on August 5Jose Canseco will stopby Florence for a homerun derby contest withfans.
“We’re having funwith this stuff,” Brown
said. “We’re such a fam-ily business and a groupouting business that it’smuch easier for us to dowell when school is out.But the first weekend inMay, we need to dosomething a little extraspecial to gain every-body’s attention.”
On a night where theFreedom honored thebest No. 5 in Cincinnatisports history, it was ap-propriate that the Free-dom’s No. 5, Cody Bish-op, starred at the plate inthe win. Bishop went 3-for-4 with three extra-base hits, a run scoredand an RBI. His solo shotto left-center in the bot-tom of the second inningput Florence on top 1-0.He followed it up with aground-rule double inthe third, and anotherdouble in the bottom ofthe fifth where he wasthrown out at third on aquestionable call tryingto stretch the hit into atriple.
Starting pitcher Ca-sey Henn, the lone Cin-cinnati native on theFreedom’s roster,pitched five innings andpicked up the win whileallowing three runs oneight hits with threestrikeouts and a walk.Reliever Daniel DeSi-mone gave up a run inthe ninth, but held on topick up the save.
Henn wiggled out of ajam with two base run-ners on and one out in thesecond, but couldn’t getout of a similar situationin the third when theSlammers put two onwith no outs. Joliet’sMike Garza plated Char-lie White with a groun-dout to third base, andthen the Slammers tooka 2-1 lead on an error byFlorence second base-man Daniel Fraga thatallowed Joliet rightfielder Nate Roberts toscore.
The Freedom took thelead back with a two-outrally in the bottom of thethird that was aided byJoliet’s defensive mis-cues. Freedom centerfielder Jake Luce, whowas in Spring Trainingwith the BaltimoreOrioles, singled up themiddle, stole second andmoved to third when thethrow from Joliet catch-er Jack Cleary bouncedoff Luce’s helmet andcaromed into right cen-ter field. He scoredwhen Slammers’ secondbaseman Max Casperbooted a routine ground-er by Florence’s SamEberle. Bishop then belt-ed a ground-rule doublethat bounced over thecenter field fence, andEberle scored a batterlater on a wild pitch.
The Freedom addedthree insurance runs inthe bottom of the fourthto pull away with a 6-2lead.
GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE ENQUIRER
Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench signs an autograph forFlorence Freedom Fan Ray Beach during Friday night’s game.
Freedom puttingthe fans first Bench andFoster visit firstof specialeventsRick BroeringEnquirer contributor
» Thomas More Col-lege baseball junior des-ignated hitter DonovanPogue (St. Xavier) wasnamed the Presidents’Athletic Conference Play-er of the Year and 11Saintswere named All-PAC bythe conference’s ninehead coaches. Pogue ledthe team in batting with a.450 average as he was 67-of-149 at the plate. He hada team-leading sevenhome runs and 55 RBI and13 doubles to go with 25base-on-balls with a .678slugging percentage and a.538 on-base percentage.
Pogue was also namedfirst team All-PAC alongwith freshman secondbaseman Ben Laumann(Oak Hills) and sopho-more right fielder BenKenning (Elder). Lau-mann batted .358 as hewas 37-of-105 with onehome run, nine doublesand 21 RBI to go with a.444 on-base percentageand a .467 slugging per-centage. Kenning wassecond on the team in bat-ting with a .402 average ashe was 68-of-169 with 49RBI, two home runs, twotriples and 13 doubles. Hehad a .538 slugging per-centage and a .944 fieldingpercentage.
Senior first basemanNick Connor (Elder), ju-nior pitcher Logan Miller(LaSalle) and junior pitch-er Brandon Humphrey(LaSalle) were named sec-ond team All-PAC. Con-nor was third on the teamin batting with a .373 aver-age as he was 62-of-166with two home runs 19doubles and 28 RBI to gowith a .524 slugging per-centage and a .990 fieldingpercentage. Miller had a2.64 earned run averageand a 6-2 record in 61.1 in-nings pitched. He had twocomplete games and 29strike outs. Humphreyhad a team-leading 1.95ERA and a 6-1 record withfour complete games in 60innings pitched. He had ateam-best 46 strike outsand gave up only 23 runswith 13 earned.
Freshman third base-man Bailey Abbatiello
Baseball» Covington Catholic
baseball won the NinthRegion championship atboth the freshman and JVlevels last week.
Track and Field» Villa Madonna sen-
ior running star EricBaugh is the LaRosa’sMVP of the Week for May12. He is the reigning Ken-tucky state track champi-on in the 800 (1:58.12) and1,600 (4:35.33), having wonboth of those events lastseason as a junior. He isalso the defending region-al champion in the 800,1,600 and 3,200 runs.
He holds school rec-ords in the 1,600 (4:13.28)and 3,200 (9:26.96), plusholds numerous otherrunning records. Histrack honors include be-ing named ConferenceRunner of the Year twiceand the Enquirer’s NKY2014 Track Runner of theYear. He’s been first teamall-state three years in arow.
In cross country,Baugh is the reigning re-gional champion, finish-ing as Kentucky state run-ner-up last fall. He was un-defeated locally for theentire 2014 season, andholds the school record incross country (15:21). Hewas also an AAU crosscountry national champhis junior year in his agegroup. He has been 1stteam all-state in crosscountry four times. A Na-tional Merit Finalist andNational Honor Societystudent, Eric will run col-legiately at Butler Univer-sity.
Bass Fishing» Sean King and Nick
Tekulve of Dixie Heightsfinished fourth out of 55teams in the KHSAA statebass fishing tournamentMay 15-16. They caughtseven fish out of the maxi-mum allowed 10, toalling22 pounds, 7 ounces.
Freedom Trail» Florence Freedom
professional baseballteam will play at homeThursday, May 21, start-ing at 6:35 p.m. The teamwill play a three-game se-ries at Evansville May 22-24 and three at GatewayMay 26-28 before return-ing home for three againstNormal May 29-31. Flor-ence started the season bysweeping Joliet at homeMay 14-16, going 3-0 over-all.
TMC Notes» Thomas More fresh-
man women’s track &field student-athleteChristina Cook (SimonKenton) is the firstfemale Thomas Moretrack & field student-ath-lete to qualify for theNCAA Championships inthe program’s four-yearhistory. She qualified forthe 400 meters with a timeof 55.75 seconds, whichshe set at the Gregory Fi-nal Qualifier hosted byNorth Central College.The NCAA meet is thisweekend in New York.
Cook was named the2015 Presidents’ AthleticConference Indoor Co-Track Athlete of the Yearas she finished first in the400-meter dash, third inthe 200-meter dash andfourth in the 60-meterdash. During the outdoorseason she was the PACchampion in the 400-me-ter dash and placed thirdin the 200-meter dash.
(LaSalle), sophom*ore cen-ter fielder Casey Metzg-er (Oak Hills), junior leftfielder Zach Fardo (Bish-op Brossart), seniorcatcher Brad Popham(Dixie Heights) and soph-omore pitcher Ken Rub-erg (LaSalle) were namedhonorable mention All-PAC. Abbatiello had a.318 batting average withtwo home runs, one triple,11 doubles and 25 RBI.Metzger had a .331 aver-age with three triples,eight doubles and 29 RBI.Fardo hit .311 with twohome runs, seven doubles,32 RBI and 27 runs scored.Popham hit .314 with twotriples, 12 doubles, 28 RBIand had .972 fielding per-centage behind the plate.Ruberg set a single-sea-son school record with 23appearances and had a2.58 ERA with a 4-2 recordto go with six saves in 38.1innings pitched.
NKU Notes» Cole Bauml and Brad
Bohleneach recorded twohits to lead the NorthernKentucky Universitybaseball team, but theNorse fell to LipscombUniversity, 7-1, in its sea-son finale on Senior Day atthe Bill Aker BaseballComplex May 16.
Bohlen finished 2-for-3for NKU, which collectedsix hits on the day andstranded six base runners,while Bauml went 2-for-4in the final game of his col-legiate career. DavidHead and Taylor Searseach collected one hit toaccount for the six hit totalfor the Norse, who fin-ished the 2015 season 17-34overall and 5-16 in the At-lantic Sun.
Matt Jefferson (3-8)took the loss for NKU, al-lowing four runs on fourhits with one strikeout andsix walks over 3.1 inningsof work in his last appear-ance in the Black andGold. Jake Shaw pitched3.2 innings of relief, andhe struck out four battersand gave up two runs ontwo hits.
The 2015 season sawNKU set new bench-
marks. The 17 victoriesfor the Norse is the mostfor the team since begin-ning the reclassificationprocess, and Bauml’s 25doubles, which finishedone shy of the school rec-ord of 26 set by JasonCisper in 2010, is the mostby an NKU player in theD-I era. Bauml becamethe first Norse baseballplayer to earned AtlanticSun Player of the Weekhonors after the firstweekend of action.
» The Northern Ken-tucky University men’strack and field squadplaced fourth (92 points)at the Atlantic Sun Out-door Track and FieldChampionship. NKU col-lected a total of nine med-als over two days of com-petition.
On Saturday, J.J. Web-ber won his second title ofthe meet winning the10,000-meter and scoring10 points in a time of14:37.78. Earlier in the day,Webber took silver in the1,500 meter for eightpoints at 3:51.01. Team-mates Andrew Schille(3:52.73) and John Mi-chael Griffith (3:49.22)combined for five morepoints in the 1,500 meterplacing fourth (fourpoints) and sixth (onepoint) respectively.
NKU picked up morepoints in relay events Inthe 4 x 100m, the team ofTyler Mowery, Caleb Au-gustus, Izak Velasquezand Danny Keller placedfifth for two points in atime of 51.12. Schille, Web-ber, Zac Holtkamp andKeith Prive also took fifthin the 4 x 400m for twopoints finishing at 3:36.08.
In the discus, Kellerand Michael Leone foundthe podium taking silverand bronze respectively.Keller took second foreight points with a throwof 43.72m (143’5”) whileLeone took third for sixpoints with a mark of43.38m (142’4”).
On Friday, Webber tookgold in the 10,000 meterscoring 10 points with atime of 31:36.02. Holtkampadded two more pointstaking fifth at 32:18.96,while Holmer tacked onone point finishing sixth at32:37.55.
In the 3,000 meter stee-plechase, Griffith tookbronze scoring six pointsin a time of 9:34.65. Mow-ery placed seventh cross-ing the finish line at9:53.70.
The Norse notched 22points in the shot put. Kel-ler took gold and 10 pointswith a throw of 15.47 me-ter (50’9.25”). Adamsontook silver scoring eightpoints with a mark of14.46m (47’5.25”). TravisDavis followed in fourthplace for four points witha throw of 12.98m (42’7”).In the hammer throw,NKU tallied another 10points. Keller took bronzescoring six points withtoss of 47.52m (155’11”).Leone added six morepoints finishing fourth at46.92m (153’11”).
SHORT HOPS
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CovCath shortstop Tyler Langguth tries to come up with a short hop as Highlands’ AlexVeneman steals second during their game May 12.
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Sean King and Nick Tekulve at the KHSAA state bass fishingtourney, where they finished fourth.
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Juicy tomatoes, freshcorn on the cob, and crispgreen beans are all sum-mertime favorites. FromJune to late October, thefarmer’s market is agreat place to find local,fresh fruits and vegeta-
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When are your favor-ite fruits and vegetablesavailable at our Kentuckynarkets? You can contactus, or visit: http://bit.ly/KYProduceGuide to seethe Kentucky Depart-ment of Agriculture pro-duce availability chart.
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Notre Dame offer archery campNotre Dame Academy will host an ar-
chery summer camp June 15-17 from 9a.m. to 1 p.m.
The cost is $70 which covers the use ofequipment, instruction, tournament,“string bow” and a camp T-shirt. Boysand girls grades 5-12 are invited to regis-ter provided the archer can pull back 12pounds.
The camp will provide beginner andintermediate archery instruction in theNational Archery in the Schools Programstyle of target archery. Registration isopen now. [emailprotected] for more infor-mation.
Show features antique tractorsLicking Valley Antique Machinery
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Admission is free. There is no entryfee to exhibitors or vendors.
There will be antique farm tractorsand machinery displays along with dem-onstrations. There will be a tractor pedalpull for the kids around noon Saturdayand arts and crafts vendors.
Food and drinks are available on siteprovided by the Knights of Columbus.
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Faith Community Churchpresents family movie nights
Free summer family-friend movienights will be shown on three dates atFaith Community Church, 4302 Richard-son Road, Independence:
» June 5, 7 p.m. » July 24, 7 p.m., Vacation Bible
School Week » Aug. 14, 7 p.m. Info: 859-609-0152.
Covington Ladies Home earns excellent rating
Covington Ladies Home announcedthat the Compliance Review conductedby the Cabinet for Health and Family Ser-vices, Office of Inspector General, in lateApril 2015 determined that the homemeets all state personal care home licen-sure requirements with no deficiencies.
CovCath invites alumni to networking event May 27
Covington Catholic High SchoolAlumni Association and the Colonel Busi-ness Connection will host a Spring Busi-ness After Hours Social 5-7 p.m. Wednes-day, May 27, at Fort Mitchell CountryClub.
Appetizers and drinks will be provid-ed, compliments of the CCH Alumni As-sociation. This event will provide a greatway to network with other Colonel alum-ni and business leaders.
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Campbell Co. gradfinishes Armycombat training
Army Pvt. Ian P. Fran-zen, a 2014 graduate ofCampbell County HighSchool, recently graduat-ed from basic combattraining at Fort Jackson,Columbia, S.C.
Franzen is the son ofMark and Ruth Franzen ofAlexandria.
During the nine weeksof training, the soldierstudied the Army mission,history, tradition and corevalues, physical fitness,and received instructionand practice in basic com-bat skills, military weap-ons, chemical warfareand bayonet training, drilland ceremony, marching,rifle marksmanship,armed and unarmed com-bat, map reading, fieldtactics, military courtesy,military justice system,basic first aid, footmarches, and field train-ing exercises.
Eddy graduateswith honors
Air Force Airman JoshW. Eddy, a 2014 Kenton
County Success Academygraduate, graduated frombasic military training atJoint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio,Texas.
Eddy earned distinc-tion as an honor graduate.
The airman completedan intensive eight-weekprogram that includedtraining in military disci-pline and studies, AirForce core values, physi-cal fitness, and basic war-fare principles and skills.
Airmen who completebasic training earn fourcredits toward an asso-ciate in applied sciencedegree through the Com-munity College of the AirForce.
Eddy is the stepson ofJohn R. Eddy of Independ-ence.
Scott grad finishesAir Force basictraining
Air Force Airman KyleC. Carpenter, a 2010 grad-uate of Scott High School,recently graduated frombasic military training at
IN THE SERVICE
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The Colonel BusinessConnection, in its thirdyear, hosts monthly busi-ness breakfasts on thethird Wednesday of eachmonth from 7:30-9 a.m. inthe CCH Griffin AlumniCentre. A complimentarycontinental breakfast isprovided, followed by aguest speaker who pro-vides insight on various
business topics. All CCH alumni are in-
vited to the May 27 event.Younger alumni arestrongly encouraged to at-tend as a new CCH youngprofessional group is be-ing developed.
Fort Mitchell CountryClub is located at 250 FortMitchell Ave. For more in-formation on this or otherCCH Alumni events, visitwww.covcath.org.
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Arthur BrownArthur H. Brown, 75, of Er-
langer, died May 7 at St. Eliza-beth Hospice.
He was a produce managerwith the Kroger Co. for 40 years,a Knights of Columbus member,and a member of St. HenryParish.
Survivors include his wife,Carol Brown; daughters KellyLong of Florence, Diane Bibbinsof Florence, and Karen Hudsonof Florence; sister, VirginiaTrenkamp of Taylor Mill; andseven grandchildren along withfive great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Covington.
Memorials: American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike,Lakeside Park KY 41017.
Joan CavanaJoan Cavana, 66, of Latonia,
died May 8 at St. ElizabethHospice.
Her brothers, Skip and JimmieMasten, died previously.
Survivors include her childrenJami Briede of Sweetser, Indianaand Jimi Cavana of Latonia; andsix grandchildren along with agreat-grandson.
Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017; or Camp-bell County Animal Shelter, 1898Poplar Ridge Road, Alexandria,KY 41001.
Samuel Dailey IIISamuel “Sam” Joseph Dailey
III, 75, of Erlanger, died May 5 athis home.
He worked as a tool andgauge inspector for GeneralElectric. He was an avid golferand a member of several golfleagues. After his retirement, heworked as a starter at KentonCounty Golf Course. He was amember of the Moose Lodge inTaylor Mill, Erlanger Lions Hall ofFame, and he played semi-profootball for the Cincinnati Jetsafter graduating from HolmesHigh School. He started hiscoaching career at a young ageand helped develop youth sportsprograms in Northern Kentucky.
His wife, Sandy Dailey; son,Michael Dailey; and sister, BetteClegg; died previously.
Survivors include his childrenSherri Snelling, Michelle Asher,Tim Dailey, and Kevin Dailey;sister, Carol Houston; and sevengrandchildren along with onegreat-grandchild.
Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.
Carlos DayCarlos Howard Day, 85, of
Erlanger, died May 7.He was a 1948 graduate of
Holmes High School in Coving-ton and a U.S. Army veteran. Heworked for NCR and retired asnational sales manager in 1993.He loved horses, golf, dancing,playing drums, music, parties,and martinis.
His wife, Joan A. Day; andbrother, Bill Day, died previously.
Survivors include his sons TonyDay of Jamestown, Ohio, PatrickDay of Fairborn, Ohio, andMichael Day of Bonita Springs,Florida; and siblings WandaDressing, Flo Reilly, and DannyDay.
Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.
Blair DuechleBlair Q. Duechle, 33, of Inde-
pendence, died recently.He was a member of St. Cecilia
Catholic Church, loved theoutdoors, and was a craftsmanwho enjoyed woodworking,building things, and helpingothers.
Survivors include his wife,Allison “Ally” Duechle; daughter,Madilyn Duechle; son, QuinnDuechle; parents, Ken and TracieFibbe; sisters Aubree Fibbe andAnna Fibbe; brothers JustinDuechle, Kenneth Fibbe, andKyle Fibbe; and grandmother,Nancy Duechle.
Burial was at St. Mary’s Ceme-tery.
Memorials: Blair DuechleMemorial Fund to benefit hischildren, C/O any HuntingtonBank; or St. Cecilia BuildingFund, 5313 Madison Pike, Inde-pendence, KY 41051.
David GreenDavid Lee Green, 57, of Inde-
pendence, died May 9.
He was a U.S. Marine Corpsveteran, having served duringthe Vietnam War era and was amember of Seven Hills Church inFlorence.
His parents, Elmer and JoyceSingleton Green, died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Sherry Hutchison; sons JamesGreen, Daniel Green, MikeGreen, and Christopher “Boo”Green; sisters Ann Roth, JudyHolloway, and Julie Kirby; andseveral grandchildren.
Interment with honor guardservice was at Kentucky VeteransCemetery North in William-stown.
Memorials: The Cure StartsNow, 10280 Chester Road,Cincinnati, OH 45215.
Aaron GregoryAaron Patrick Gregory, 39, of
Taylor Mill, died May 5 in SanDiego, California.
Survivors include his son,Gabriel Gregory; parents, PatrickGregory and Mary SummeGregory; brothers sister-in-law,Adam Gregory and NicholasGregory; and Amanda, his love.
Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Fort Wright.
Memorials: Aaron GregoryMemorial Fund, C/O MiddendorfFuneral Home, 3312 MadisonPike, Fort Wright, KY 41017.
Linda GreshamLinda Rose Gresham, 59, of
Erlanger, died May 10 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.
She was retired from the DanaCorp. She was athletic and likedto bowl and play softball.
Her husband, James R. Gresh-am; and parents, John andMartha Runge, died previously.
Survivors include her sonsDarek Carnes and James R.Gresham; sisters Gloria Adamsand her twin, Leah Wight;brother, John Runge; and agranddaughter.
Ronald HoustonRonald Lee Houston, 76, of
Erlanger, died May 4 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.
He was a U.S. Air Force veter-an and had retired with GE in1998. He enjoyed playing cards,watching horse races, and cheer-ing on the Cincinnati Bengalsand Cincinnati Reds.
Survivors include his wife,Catherine Houston; childrenPatricia Tincher of Loveland,Ohio, Greg Houston of Rich-mond, Illinois, Lisa Anne Nortonof Maroa, Illinois, JenniferBychowski of Twin Lakes, Wis-consin, and Ronald Keith Hous-ton of Lakeside Park; and 14grandchildren along with 13great-grandchildren.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017.
Charles Keeney Sr.Charles Joseph Keeney Sr., 47,
of Erlanger, died May 6 at hishome.
Survivors include his childrenCharles Keeney Jr. and ShondaColeman; mother, Margie Kee-ney; siblings James Kenney, JeffKeeney, Margie Rose, andTammy Loveless; significantother, Mindy Menear; and a
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Frank Little Jr.Frank “Doc” M. Little Jr., 70, of
Erlanger, died May 12 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.
He was the principal at Can-ton Central High School in Ohio,a headmaster of Covington LatinHigh School, the executivedirector of Delray Youth AutoVocational School and Leader-ship Academy in Florida, and ateacher/university supervisor atNorthern Kentucky University.He was a member of the Nation-al Eagle Scout Association, aKentucky Colonel, past presidentof Canton Rotary and Governor’sCup, Paul Harris Fellowshiprecipient, past president of theCincinnati/Kentucky RiverfrontKiwanis Club, and the lieutenantgovernor of Kiwanis Interna-tional.
Survivors include his wife,Mary Jo Bowman of Erlanger;son, Brian Bowman of Erlanger;sisters Carole DeWitt of Canfield,Ohio, Marjorie Gatto of Youngs-town, Ohio, and KathleenMalloy of Youngstown.
Memorials: Cincinnati River-front Kiwanis, P.O. Box 72037,Newport, KY 41072; or Dr. FrankLittle Memorial ScholarshipFund, Canton Central CatholicHigh School, 4824 W. TuscarawasSt., Canton, OH 44708.
Alice MarksberryAlice Jean Marksberry, 80, of
Taylor Mill, died May 6.She enjoyed playing bingo
and gambling.Her husband, Rolin Lee Marks-
berry; and grandson, Jason, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her daugh-ters Donna Fry and Missy Wha-ley; sons Billy Myers and TimothyMarksberry; and eight grand-children along with 15 great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.
Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.
William MorganWilliam “Rusty” Morgan, 49,
of Taylor Mill, died May 8.Survivors include his former
wife, PattyAnn Morgan; childrenAmanda Baldwin and WilliamMorgan Jr.; parents, Dave andPatricia Morgan; siblings Fredand Tammy Morgan; maternalgrandmother, Lillian Clark; andthree grandchildren.
Dale NormanDale Norman, 52, of Inde-
pendence, died May 10 at hishome.
He enjoyed biking, fishing,and traveling with his wife. Hewas a member of NicholsonChristian Church.
His father, Albert Norman,died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Michele Stoy Norman; sonsRyan-Lee Norman and TimothyNorman; stepson, Billy Stoy;mother, Marcia Jones; sister,Barrie Lynne Kuehnle; and onegrandchild.
Interment was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.
Memorials: Children’s Home ofNorthern Kentucky, 200 HomeRoad, Covington, KY 41011.
Jane PaigeJane Reid Lovell Paige, 92, of
Erlanger, died May 5 at Madon-na Manor Skilled Care Center inVilla Hills.
She was a member of Green-ville United Methodist Church inGreenville, Kentucky, and sheretired from the human re-sources department with Su-perValu Inc.
Her husband, Charles D. Paige,died previously.
Survivors include her daugh-ter, Debra Reid Paige; son, Dr.Carl D. Paige; sister, Jo AnnGlover; and eight grandchildrenalong with one great-grand-child.
Interment was at EvergreenCemetery in Greenville.
Memorials: Greenville UnitedMethodist Church, 144 N. MainSt., Greenville, KY 42345.
Dolores ReinhartDolores “Faye” Reinhart, 85,
of Bromley, died May 8 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.
She was retired from theaccounting department at theKroger Co., was a member ofImmanuel United Church ofChrist in Bromley and the Brom-ley Fire Department, and was aformer president of the BromleyPTA. She loved spending thesummer with her husband attheir lake house on Watts BarLake in Tennessee.
Her brother, Frances Weaver,died previously.
Survivors include her husband,Robert Reinhart; son, R. KirkReinhart of Fort Mitchell; broth-er, Don Weaver of Bromley; andone granddaughter along withtwo great-grandchildren.
Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.
Donald SearsDonald R. Sears, of Taylor Mill,
died May 8 at St. Elizabeth FortThomas.
He was a quality controlspecialist for White Castle Dis-tributing Co., a U.S. MarineCorps veteran, and a member ofRyland Heights Fishing Club.
His brother, Bob Sears; andsister, Virginia Flake, died previ-ously.
Survivors include his wife,Nora Sears; daughters SarahGreen of Covington, BarbaraSears of Covington, and AmyMeyer of Crescent Springs;brother, Charles Sears of Coving-ton; and a grandson.
Burial was at Floral HillsCemetery.
Memorials: Oak Ridge BaptistChurch, 6036 Clubhouse Drive,Covington, KY 41015.
Samuel SteinhauserSamuel Lee Steinhauser, 57, of
Morning View, died May 11 at hishome.
He had worked as a mechanicfor Honda of Florence for 16years before continuing hiscareer at Mazak, KentuckyRebuild, and as a TANK busdriver as well as computertechnician for Affordable Com-puter. He was also self-employedat Sam’s Cycle Care. He was amotorcycle enthusiast, riding foryears after he lost both his legs.He was a member of New Begin-ning Evangelical Church and the
Christian Motorcycle Association.His parents, Eldred “Wimp”
and Roberta Steinhauser, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his daughter,Rachel Moser; son, Jared Stein-hauser; and a granddaughteralong with his American bull-dog.
Interment was at WilmingtonCemetery in Morning View.
Memorials: Christian Motorcy-clists Association, P.O. Box 9,Hatfield, AR 71945.
Joe TaylorJoe Taylor, 61, of Independ-
ence, died May 6 at his home.His parents, Ernest and Ruby
Taylor; and brother, Bob Taylor,died previously.
Survivors include his sons BrianTaylor and Jason Taylor; daugh-ter, P.J. Fandaw; brothers JerryW. Taylor and Richard Taylor;sisters Carol Ferguson and PegCaldwell.
Burial was at Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery North in William-stown.
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Wright, died May 8.He was retired from the U.S.
Postal Service, where he was thepost master for the Melbourneoffice and he was a U.S. Armyveteran of the Vietnam War. Hewas an active member of theHills of Kentucky Dulcimers anda master luthier. He enjoyedriding motorcycles, playingmusic, and traveling.
His brother, Jack Weiss; andsister, Evelyn Medley, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his wife,Joan Weiss; children, TobiasWeiss of Fort Thomas and Kath-erine Wilmhoff of Boulder,Colorado; sisters Rose Epperlyand Jean Loomis; and fourgrandchildren.
Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.
Memorials: American CancerSociety, 2808 Reading Road,Cincinnati, OH 45206.
Michael WilsonMichael Allen Wilson, 63, of
Independence, died May 9 at hishome.
He was a U.S. Army veteran.He enjoyed studying the Amer-
ican Civil War and he enjoyedthe outdoors, hiking, camping,and working with beads. He wasa UK fan and was an advocatefor the American Indians duringhis residency in New Mexico.
His father, Chester Wilson;mother, Mary Lou HofmannBergman; and stepfather, LarryBergman, died previously.
Survivors include his sister,Sandra Johnson of MorningView; and stepsister, Becky Paffof Independence.
Interment of cremated re-mains was at Kentucky VeteransCemetery North in William-stown.
Memorials: American CancerSociety, 701 W. Muhammad AliBlvd., Louisville, KY 40203; orJames A. Ramage Civil WarMemorial, 1402 Highland Ave.,Fort Wright, KY 41011.
Richard WinklerRichard “Dick” E. Winkler, 82,
of Fort Mitchell, died May 7 atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.
He was a U.S. Army veteranand a retired salesman forDuk-it, where he worked for 45years.
Survivors include his wife,Marie Winkler; children TraceyMassman of Erlanger, KhrystinaWinkler of Forest Park, Georgia,
and Richard Winkler II of FortMitchell; and four granddaugh-ters.
Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: American HeartAssociation, 5211, Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH 45227.
Mary YeltonMary Jane Lucas Yelton, 86, of
Bozeman, Montana, and for-merly of Erlanger, died May 5.
She attended Lloyd HighSchool, Georgetown College,and graduated from the Univer-sity of Kentucky in 1950 with adegree in home economicseducation. She was a homemak-er and was active in many differ-ent churches over the years. Sheenjoyed sewing, quilting, bak-ing, cooking, decorating, andreading.
Her husband, Richard LeeYelton; and five siblings, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her daugh-ters Debby Young of Bozeman,Cindy Alber of Massillon, Ohio,and Mary McMillion of Gassa-way, West Virginia; and ninegrandchildren along with 12great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.
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