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Fundraisers setfor 9/11 memorial

An NCAA tournament fund-raiser, a concert by a Beatlestribute band and a standupcomedy night are being plannedto raise funds for the NorthernKentucky 9/11 Memorial.

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It’s the season forfish fries

Looking for a fun familyouting this Friday? Check out theRecorder’s listing of area fishfries.

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Math fair relatesto everyday life

For some high school stu-dents a science fair seems like agraduation requirement.

For others though, like 25Dixie Heights High School stu-dents, they’d rather show offtheir math skills.

Schools, A4

Library offershomework help

It’s hard to keep everythingstraight, do all the research forprojects and to keep up on allthe homework and tests. Luckily,the Kenton County Public Libraryis able to help us with its data-base offerings.

Viewpoints, A7

LEAP YEAR BABIESCELEBRATE B1

The Community Recorderinvited “Leap Year Babies” –those celebrating theirbirthdays on Feb. 29 only onceevery four years – for cake atthe newspaper office in FortMitchell.

VILLA HILLS — Sitting in thethe center of arguments, self-proclaimed CEO of Villa Hills,Mayor Mike Martin, chompschewing gum and occasionallybangs a gavel to assert his author-ity.

It’s the same authority that themayor uses to remind City Coun-cil that he will not hire anotherpolice officer, and the same au-thority facing lawsuits, internalinvestigations and a labor disputethat will cost the city more than$100,000 in overtime and com-pensation pay.

Mike Martin isn’t running Vil-la Hills, said Councilman ScottRingo, and he needs to get out.

“I hope we can legally removeyou,” said Councilman Tim Sogar,noting that although he knows hecannot get the unanimous vote toremove Martin, it’s one way to al-

leviate the ailing city.If council refuses a budget

amendment, Martin said he will

have to find the funds to pay thecity worker somewhere else,which could involve making vari-

ous cuts.“I only have $2.485 million to

spend,” Martin said.Martin denied accusations

from Ringo, who said the mayoris blackmailing council for themoney.

He also denied requests forbringing the city’s police force toa full roster.

Operating with a smaller po-lice force is hurting citizens, Po-lice Chief Dan Goodenough said,and it’s adding to police responsetimes.

“Police duties are being prio-ritized,” Goodenough said. “Weare putting things on the backburner.”

Six officers are employedwith the Villa Hills Police Depart-ment currently and a seventh isin the final steps of hiring.

But the city needs eight to op-erate at full capacity, Goode-

Council calls for mayor’s resignationBy Libby [email protected]

During a contentious council meeting, Councilman Scott Ringo andothers questioned Mayor Mike Martin's ability to run Villa Hills. LIBBY

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CRESCENT SPRINGS — Ste-vie Markovich has been wait-ing 17 years for overnight suc-cess.

He’s closer than ever sincehe was featured in a Jan. 23Wall Street Journal article.

Markovich has spent thepast few weeks on several ra-dio broadcasts as far away asNew Zealand and the UnitedKingdom, promoting the aero-bic house cleaning lifestylehe’s been living since 1995.

“I don’t know where it couldtake me, but it’s a fun ride,” saidMarkovich.

The 58-year-old formerkickboxer thinks his housecleaning workout routinewould be a great premise for areality television series. He haswritten an as-yet-unpublished,176-page book that could getpicked up. He could endorsecleaning products, appliancesor the foods he uses to curb hisappetite and maintain his

healthy lifestyle.“This is not a 90-day plan to

lose 10 pounds. This is a life-style,” said Markovich. “Peoplecould get in really good shapewith this, and obesity is such apervasive problem in the Unit-ed States. Two-thirds of allAmericans are struggling withbeing overweight. This is justthe most simple way of gettingphysical activity.”

Registered clinical exercisephysiologist Renee Jeffreysthinks Markovich might be onto something.

“We know that any level ofactivity is better than none, andyou see a significant decreasein healthy risk as you movefrom sedentary to low levels ofactivity,” said Jeffreys, whoteaches at Northern KentuckyUniversity. “His program isgood for decreasing healthrisk.”

He won’t get rich selling hisvideo.

While Markovich no longer

Cleaning hisway to the top

Stevie Markovich hopes his in-home exercise regimen, whichincludes core work balancing in the kitchen, will help him land abook deal, reality show or endorsement contract. THANKS TO STEVIE

MARKOVICH

By Amy [email protected]

See CLEANING, Page A2

LAKESIDE PARK — WhenChief Paul Herbst retires onFeb. 29, Capt. ChristopherSchutte will take over the Lake-side Park/Crestview Hills PoliceAuthority.

Schutte’s promotion was an-nounced at the Lakeside ParkCity Council meeting Feb. 13which immediately followed thepolice authority meeting wherehe was offered the position.

The incoming chief was an-nounced by Paul Markgraf, aLakeside Park councilman whoalso serves as vice chairman ofthe police authority.

“It’s the personnel policy ofthe police authority to promotefrom within, if possible,” saidMarkgraf. “Most of the boardfelt we already had a very qual-ified person with supervisoryexperience and the communitywould be best served by promot-ing from within. We’re very hap-py to have him stay on and serveas chief.”

Lakeside Park Mayor DavidJansing and the rest of councilalso congratulated Schutte.

Crestview Hills Mayor PaulMeier said Schutte has regularlyattended his city’s council meet-ings.

“Chris has taken a leadershiprole in the police departmentover the past several years, so itwas a natural transition for thepolice authority to promote himto chief,” said Meier.

The Lakeside Park/Crestview

Hlils Police Authority has 10 of-ficers, the chief and one admin-istrative support person. The au-thority is expected to hire a pa-trolman following the transition.

Schutte is looking forward tohis new role.

His goals for the authorityare to complete reaccreditationthis year, and to “do more com-munity outreach to get our offi-cers out into the community andto let residents know more aboutwhat we do, and otherwise, we’llcontinue what I consider thebest police department in Ken-tucky.”

Schutte has a bachelor’s de-gree in criminal justice and amaster’s degree in public ad-ministration, both from North-ern Kentucky University. He is a2008 graduate of the FBI Acad-emy in Quantico, Va.

He started as a patrolman inthe department in 1996 and waspromoted to sergeant in 2004and captain in 2007.

Schutte to headLakeside Park,Crestview HillsPolice AuthorityBy Amy [email protected]

Christopher Schutte will becomechief of the LakesidePark/Crestview Hills Police whenChief Paul Herbst retires Feb. 29.BY AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

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Fundraisers set for NKY 9/11 MemorialAn NCAA tournament

fundraiser, a concert by aBeatles tribute band and astandup comedy night arebeing planned to raisefunds for the NorthernKentucky 9/11 Memorial.

The 9/11 Memorial pro-ject was launched lastMarch to honor those wholost their lives on Sept. 11,

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The granite monumentwill be pentagonal in shapeand include renderings ofthe Twin Towers. It will in-clude a piece of steel fromthe World Trade Center ob-tained last February by theCrescent Springs VillaHills Fire/EMS.

So far, fundraisersplanned are:

» The public can buy $10tickets for “Hoops Ma-nia,” a fundraiser duringthe NCAA tournament,said committee memberLou Hartfiel of CrescentSprings. Call Hartfiel at859-816-1516 to buy tickets.

» A Comedy Night atNorthern Kentucky Uni-versity’s Greaves ConcertHall on March 23 will be ti-

tled “Stand Up for 9/11” andhosted by Jim LaBarbara,local broadcasting legendknown as “The Music Pro-fessor.” Tickets for thefundraiser are $20.

» On April 21, a Beatlestribute concert by TheSweet Beats .

» A June 8 golf outingat Eagle Creek CountryClub will include drinks,food, door prizes, silentauction and split the pot.

In addition, 9/11 Memo-rial Project donations canbe made in boxes at all Wal-greens locations in North-ern Kentucky.

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nough said.The department accu-

mulated 1,050 hours ofovertime in 2011, not in-cluding wages also owed toan officer who has beencontracted to completebuilding inspections.

Martin’s not surprisedhe’s been asked to resign,he said after the meeting.

But he’s not going any-where.

He has no plans to hirean eighth police officer,saying he could not elabo-rate because he said hedidn’t want to forget any-thing important.

Plans are not yet inplace for the owed six fig-

ures.“It may come out of re-

serves,” he explained. “Atthis time I haven’t come upwith solutions. It’s what I’mworking on.”

Council also voted 4-to-2against Martin’s recom-mendation for city clerk,claiming his candidate isn’tqualified. The position hasbeen filled with part-timeworkers, .

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sells the video on his web-site, www.aerobichousecleaning.com, it’s avail-able for free.

And he doesn’t carethat the name sounds silly.

“I know the name Aero-bic House Cleaning isdumber than two rockstied to a car tire, but whocares. The lifestyleworks. I am proof of this,”states Markovich on the

website.He also doesn’t care if

he looks weird vacuumingwhile wearing a backpackloaded with canned goods.Markovich adds heavyboots to that ensemblewhen he mows the lawn,for added weight training.

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FORT MITCHELL — Giv-ing back has benefits, espe-cially for those attendingBlessed Sacrament’s Eve-ning to Treasure on Satur-day, Feb. 25, at the Draw-bridge Inn in Fort Mitchell.

They have the chance towalk out of the annual fund-raiser with a vehicle, a 2001Honda Civic.

“The night consists ofmainly a dinner, live music,a talent show, a show fromprevious graduates ofBlessed Sacrament and asilent and live auction,”said Evening to Rememberco-chair Aimee Pelletier.“A family donated a usedcar.”

Raffle tickets for thecar are $10 and availableonline, she said. Other lux-

ury items will be availableas well.

The event will occurfrom 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., withthe car raffle happeningaround 10 p.m.

The event has been hap-pening for 24 years, shesaid, and last year theschool made $150,000.

Between 400 and 450 areexpected to come to theEvening to Treasure andtickets are $55 a person.

“Basically, Blessed Sac-rament uses (the event) tofund extra programs ourtuition doesn’t pay for,”Pelletier said.

This includes reading

specialists and upgradingthe school’s technology.

“I think that’s one of themisconceptions with anyprivate school is that theyhave money to do whateverthey need,” Pelletier said.“(...We have fundraisers)

In order to try and stay sta-tus quo with a lot of publicschools around because wedon’t have that financialaid from the governmentcoming to help with thosetypes of things.”

Honda to be raffled at school eventBy Libby [email protected]

There’s a chance to win a 2001 Honda Civic at the BlessedSacrament Evening to Treasure. The vehicle will be raffledoff, as well as other prizes, at the school's yearlyfundraiser on Feb. 25 at the Drawbridge Inn in FortMitchell. THANKS TO AIMEE PELLETIER

Learn about America’smusical heritage and cele-brate Black History Monthwith the Kentucky Sym-phony Orchestra’s New-port Ragtime Band.

The band will perform“Rags to Riches” Tuesday,Feb. 28, at Florence BaptistChurch at Mt. Zion andWednesday, Feb. 29, at No-tre Dame Academy in ParkHills (both Feb. 29 showsare full), for school groups.

The program offers rag-time, blues and early jazz

from 1895-1932, featuringtunes by African-Ameri-can musicians/composersScott Joplin, James ReeseEurope, W.C. Handy, JellyRoll Morton, Eubie Blakeand others.

There will also be a 2p.m. performance Satur-day, Feb. 25, at the KentonCountyPublicLibrary’sEr-langer branch, 401 KentonLands Road, which is freeand open to the public. Res-ervations, however, are re-quired.

Registration can becompleted online or bycalling 859-962-4002.

The Newport RagtimeBand is one subsidiarygroup developed by theKSO that allows them to goto different locales, KSOmusic director James Cas-sidy said.

According to Cassidy,the ragtime band is nor-mally used during BlackHistory Month because itspeaks to how “talent, per-severance, and entrepre-neurial spirit transcendedthe color barrier” beforeaffirmative action and thecivil rights movements aswell as the roots of Ameri-ca’s musical heritage.

KSO performs Feb. 28-29By Stephanie [email protected]

LAKESIDE PARK — Justin time for spring events,Lakeside Park has upgrad-ed its city website to allowonline registration.

The website, www.ci-tyoflakesidepark. com,lists monthly events as wellas news updates, upcomingcity meetings and CityCouncil information.

“One of the reasons tooffer online registration isto help people get morecomfortable on our web-site,” said Grace Neltner,recreation director for thecity.

She believes online reg-istration will be a “time-saver” for participants aswell as event organizers.

The site will let regis-trants know if the event hasreached maximum capaci-ty and will send a remindershortly before a scheduledevent. It will also groupparticipants together incase of event changes orspecial information, so thatthey are notified quickly.

“Attendance has beenphenomenal this pastyear,” said Neltner. “Al-most all of our events havesold out. Now, we hopemore people will registerand help our events growand we will continue orga-nizing larger events.”

Events in March includea demonstration cookingclass on Tuesday, March 6at Party Source in Belle-vue, where Lakeside Parkresidents only will learn

how to make favorite Ital-ian-American dishes. Theclass costs $25 per person.

The city’s annual Pan-cake Breakfast, with a St.Patrick’s Day theme thisyear, will be Saturday,March 17, at ImmanuelUnited Methodist’s WesleyHall from 9 to 11 a.m. Costfor this event is $3 for eachresident and $5 for eachnon-resident.

Reservations can still bemade on the RecreationDepartment’s phone line at859-426-7200.

City offers online registrationBy Amy [email protected]

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EDGEWOOD — For some highschool students a science fairseems like a graduation re-quirement.

For others though, like 25Dixie Heights High School stu-dents, they’d rather show offtheir math skills.

So that’s what they did onFeb. 16, when students relatedmathematical equations andformulas to real-life situations.

At the Dixie Heights HighSchool Math Fair students hadthe chance to win cash prizesfor their problem solving, withfirst place taking $200.

Conceived by Geri Preisser,a parent in the district, the fairaims to show students that whatthey learn from math class canbe applied to real-world situa-tions.

“Kids just don’t care aboutmath when it comes to the testbecause the kids don’t thinkthey’d see it in real life,” shesaid.

But they can. Some studentsresearched math in music,math in natural design and eventhe way math relates to icecream.

“It puts it in perspective,”Preisser said. “To see that itdoes happen in real life.”

Jim Clark, who teaches mathat Dixie, said the competitionwas open to all level math stu-

dents. Participation is up by atleast one student this year.

“This allows them to explorein areas in how and situations(math) is being used,” Clarksaid.

For Ally Tekulve, a junior,she sees how the Golden Ratiorelates to nature.

“I’m really interested in howmath can apply to other things,”she said, adding that seeing howan equation can almost predictthe spirals of a seashell or pet-als on a flower is “an interestingsubject.”

Zoe Becerra and Polina Zhir-kina, both juniors, found a tastyway to test a formula, by doingexperiments to see how fast icecream melts.

They found that due to tem-perature differences, Graeter’sice cream stays stable longerthan ice cream from Cold StoneCreamery.

“We had learned about New-ton’s law of cooling in calculusand thought about how it couldbe used in real life,” she said.

Their experiment earnedthem $25 and an honorablemention.

But the first-place prize of$200 went to sophomore Jona-than Plattner, who related mathto basketball.

“I wanted to do this lastyear,” he said. “I’m going to tryto find the best angle to shootat.”

Math fairrelatesequations toeveryday lifeBy Libby [email protected]

Interested in knowing how Newton’s law of cooling applies to reallife, Zoe Becerra, right, and Polina Zhirkina, left, decided to test outdifferent kinds of ice cream. LIBBY CUNNINGHAM/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

INDEPENDENCE — Instead ofcompeting against each other,basketball players from SummitView Middle, Twenhofel and Si-mon Kenton teamed up to raisemoney to fight diabetes.

Simon Kenton basketballcoach Trent Steiner said it allstarted with sophomore AlexChilders and his dad, Chuck.

“He was diagnosed with diabe-tes suddenly last year,” saidChuck. “We wanted to do some-thing to fight back, so to speak.When Alex made the team thisyear, we thought this would be agreat thing to do, and thankfullyCoach Steiner was all for it.”

In January, Alex’s teammateson the junior varsity team and Si-mon Kenton’s freshman boysbasketball team decided to have aShoot-a-thon to raise money ei-ther by set pledges or for eachbasket they shot during a certainperiod of time.

They just kept meeting peopleand soon, eighth-grade teamsfrom Twenhofel and SummitView were added into the mix.

The Summit View team in-cludes Erich Jakubowski, whowas diagnosed with Type 1, or ju-venile, diabetes in 2010.

“When I heard about it, ofcourse, being near and dear to myheart, I knew I wanted to help,”said Don Jakubowski, Erich’sdad.

Jakubowski said his familyhas participated in walk-a-thons,but this event was special.

“This was especially neat be-cause it was his school, and his

team, and his friends,” said Jaku-bowski. “These events are goodfor everyone because they notonly have the immediate gratifi-cation of raising money, they alsobring awareness to the disease.”

Childers said almost 50 boysparticipated to raise $4,400 forthe Juvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation.

“It was pretty good. They dou-bled the goal I set for it,” saidChilders.

According to Childers, “Whenwe were at the hospital, the doc-tor sat down with Alex and said‘diabetes stinks, but if you takecare of yourself you won’t have togive up anything you love to do.'

Both Alex and Erich are active intheir own care and have done agreat job taking care of them-selves. They both wear insulinpumps, which give them morefreedom to be “normal.”

Childers and Jakubowski saidSteiner was instrumental in orga-nizing the event, and they gavekudos to the Summit View coachCharlie Hawkins, Twenhofelcoach Drew Clayton, Simon Ken-ton freshman boys coach JeffSchraffenberger as well as assis-tant freshman coach Brad Walk-er. Walker also has Type 1 diabe-tes.

They are planning a biggerevent for next year.

Ballers team up againstdiabetes for Shoot-a-thonBy Amy [email protected]

Erich Jakubowski, an eighth-grader at Summit View Middle School, andAlex Childers, a Simon Kenton sophomore, are both diabetic and theyboth participated in the Shoot-a-thon to raise $4,400 for the JuvenileDiabetes Research Foundation. THANKS TO CHUCK CHILDERS

Emily Watson, a senior atNotre Dame Academy, was se-lected as a National Merit Fi-nalist and will be consideredfor Merit Scholarship winnerstatus, to be determined thisMarch.

Distinction as a NationalMerit Finalist also qualifiesher for several scholarship tocolleges and universitiesaround the country, from a$2,500 National Merit Scholar-ship to sponsored scholarshipsthat will be awarded through

June 2012.“We at Notre

Dame Academyare so proud ofEmily’s achieve-ment.” said No-tre Dame Prin-cipal Dr. LauraKoehl.

Watson is oneof only 16,000 students nation-wide chosen from a pool of 1.5million applicants. The final-ists are those with the highestPSAT test scores in criticalreading, math and writingskills.

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Beechwood seventh-graderMaddie Webb will compete at theGovernor’s Cup State Finals inthe written assessment catego-ries of arts and humanities andcomposition in Lexington March10-12.

Webb won second place in artsand humanities and fifth in com-position at the Governor’s CupRegional competition at TichenorMiddle School on Feb. 4.

The Beechwood MiddleSchool Academic Team finishedthird in the 26th District Gover-nor’s Cup competition on Jan. 21with a total of 26 points. BlessedSacrament placed second with34.5 points and St. Joseph Cres-cent Springs won with 41.5 points.Each school held the same place-ment for the Quick Recall teamcompetition. The 26th district in-cludes Beechwood, Blessed Sac-rament, St. Joseph CrescentSprings and Covington Latin.

The following Beechwood in-dividual team members finishedas one of the top five competitorsin the written assessment con-

tent areas at the district competi-tion:

John Taylor, fourth in science;Maddie Webb, second, and ClaireJames, third in composition; J.T.

Toebbe, third in social studies;Webb, fifth in arts and human-ities; Bray Zimmerman, second,Takashi Yokokura, third, and JoeRobbins, fifth in mathematics.

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Beechwood Academic Team members include eighth-graders BrennanGregory, Colby Keating, Joe Robbins, J.T. Toebbe and Takashi Yokokura;seventh-graders Maddie Webb and Bray Zimmerman; andsixth-graders Claire James and John Taylor. Nathan Feld coaches theteam. Not pictured is Bray Zimmerman. THANKS TO SALLY ANDRESS

The Covington Catholic Aca-demic Colonels won first placewith 54 points at the Governor'sCup District Competition onJan. 28, winning for the secondstraight district competition.

In the science competition,the Colonels swept the firstthree places with James Nuttertaking first; Michael Maurer,

second; and Brian Fagel, third.In mathematics, Maurer wonsecond; Kurt Wittmer, third;and Fagel, fourth. In socialstudies, Paul Kleier won firstplace and Adam Goddard tookthird.

In language arts, Nutterplaced second, Casey Stewarttook fourth and Alex Mize,fifth. In arts and humanities,Ian Dollenmayer won third and

Ryan Dickmann took fourth. Incomposition, Dollenmayer de-fended his district champion-ship, and Kleier and Mize tiedfor third place.

The team was supported byCovington Catholic facultymembers Sharon Jones andDiane Ruth, and coached by sci-ence teacher Charlie Hartmanand social studies teacher BillBalskus.

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CovCath seniors signletters of intent

Covington Catholic High Schoolseniors Evan Talkers and BradleyWay signed with colleges on Feb. 1.

Talkers signed a letter of intent toplay soccer at the University of Cin-cinnati and may be offered a chanceto walk on the football team as a kick-er.

Talkers was a standout in both soc-cer and football last season. As a soc-cer midfielder, he was a first-teamEnquirer All-Star selection and wasselected first-team East All-State bythe state coaches association after

scoring a team high of 20 goals andadding nine assists.

As a kicker on the football team hewas selected second-team, all-stateby the Associated Press. Talkerschose UC over Xavier, DePaul andNorthern Kentucky universities forsoccer.

CovCath football lineman BradleyWay signed with Wofford College inSouth Carolina. Way is a three-yearstarter on the offensive line. He is theson of Barry Way, a running back atIndiana in the mid-1980s, and is thefirst position player from CovCath tomake the first team since 2004.

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Covington CatholicHigh School seniorsEvan Talkers andBradley Way signedathletic letters ofintent Feb. 1. Talkerssigned to play soccerat the University ofCincinnati and Waysigned to playfootball at WoffordCollege in SouthCarolina. Pictured,from left: Front, EvanTalkers and BradleyWay; back, coachesDave Wirth Sr., TimHobbs and SteveBailey. THANKS TO SUE

FINKE

Boys basketball» Holy Cross beat St. Henry

75-52 Feb. 17. Jake Burger had25 points and Antonio Camp-bell returned to the lineup af-ter a hip injury to score 19.

» Lloyd beat Grant County57-52 Feb. 16. K.T. Williamshad 13 points.

» Scott beat Highlands 67-59 Feb. 14. Nick Jackson had 21points.

» Simon Kenton beat Co-vington Catholic 79-71 Feb. 14for its 20th win of the season.Cody Chambers had 25 pointsand Riley Barnes 20.

» Dixie Heights beat Beech-wood 88-57 Feb. 15. BrandonHatton scored 25 points.

» Villa Madonna beat Heri-tage 70-42 Feb. 14. Karl Weick-genannt had 16 points.

Girls basketball» St. Henry beat NCC 56-51

Feb. 15. Annie Fugate and Jes-sica Knaley scored 19 pointsapiece. St. Henry beat Holmes49-41 Feb. 18 to improve to22-6. Jessica Knaley scored 12points.

» Covington Latin beat Sil-ver Grove 64-36 Feb. 15. AnnaMatchinga scored 32 points.

» Dixie Heights beat Beech-wood 49-36 Feb. 18. Molly Dia-mon had 17 points. Beech-wood’s Emily Pawsat scoredher 1,000th career point in thegame.

» Holy Cross beat Lloyd 60-39 Feb. 18. DeAsia Beal had 26points.

» Villa Madonna beat Wil-liamstown 41-22 Feb. 15 AllieHennard scored 15 points.VMA then beat Silver Grove62-17 to improve to 17-13 Feb.16. Alex Hengge scored 13points.

District finals32nd (Grant County): Boys 7

p.m. Friday, girls 7 p.m. Thurs-day.

33rd (Conner): Boys 7 p.m.Friday, girls 7 p.m. Thursday

34th (Lloyd): Boys 7:30 p.m.Friday, girls 7:30 p.m. Thurs-day.

35th: Boys (NKU) 8 p.m. Fri-day, girls (Holy Cross) 7 p.m.Saturday.

37th (CCMS): Boys 7 p.m.Friday, girls 7 p.m. Thursday.

Swimming» The complete list of local

qualifiers for the state meetFeb. 23-25 in Louisville. Thenumber is the rank of the entryamong the 32 qualifiers basedon regional performance.

Boys200 medley relay: 3. CCH,

16. Dixie, 18. Ryle, 20. High-lands.

200 free: 12. Mikey Summe(CCH), 15. Conner Downard(Highlands), 24. Zach Smith(CCH), 28. Austin Haney(Beechwood), 29. MaysonHurtt (Highlands), 30. Connor

Bright (Dixie), 31. Evan Dula-ney (Dixie).

200 IM: 1. Max Williamson(CCH), 11. Cole Garriott (Dix-ie), 22. Chase Vennefron(CCH), 26. Chris Weinstein(Beechwood), 27. Jacob Mader(Brossart), 32. Liam Galloway(Ryle) 2:08.18.

50 free: 9. Robbie Newman(CCH).

Diving: 1. Justin Youtsey(Beechwood), 2. Logan Stevens(Scott), 3. Bailey Harrison(Dixie), 5. Louie Hunt (CCH), 7.Nick Fox (Scott), 8. EvanBrungs (Boone), 12. RyanBrown (Boone), 21. Bryce Cra-ven (Ryle), 24. Matt Brown-field (Dixie), 25. Gabe Gray(CCH), 26. Spencer Dummitt(Scott).

100 fly: 5. Hunter Pasek(CCH), 16. Robbie Newman(CCH), 18. Chris Schoettker(Dixie), 21. Evan Dulaney (Dix-ie).

100 free: 6. Cole Garriott(Dixie), 31. Trey Zimmerman(Dixie).

500 free: 4. Max Williamson(CCH), 12. Conner Downard(Highlands), 13. Chris Wein-stein (Beechwood), 15. ZachSmith (CCH), 20. Austin Haney(Beechwood), 21. MaysonHurtt (Highlands), 22. ConnorBright (Dixie), 28. T.J. Al-bright (Ryle).

200 free relay: 4. CCH, 21.Dixie.

100 backstroke: 9. HunterPasek (CCH), 22. Sam Mullen(CCH), 24. T.J. Albright (Ryle),26. Davis Hanna (Dixie), 30.Christopher Schoettker (Dix-ie).

100 breaststroke: 12. ChaseVennefron (CCH), 16. MikeySumme (CCH), 28. Jacob Mad-er (Brossart), 32. Trey Zim-merman (Dixie).

400 free relay: 9. CCH, 10.Dixie, 21. Ryle, 23. Highlands.

Girls200 medley relay: 4. NDA,

14. Beechwood, 17. Cooper, 20.Highlands, 26. Dixie, 29. Ryle.

200 free: 15. Markie Duffy(Scott), 20. Maddie Heist(Beechwood), 22. Kandis Ar-linghaus (Cooper), 24. ShelbyWhitt (Highlands), 28. Kather-ine Redden (Highlands), 30.Bray Zimmerman (Beech-wood), 31. Madeline Huber(Highlands).

200 IM: 2. Sharli Brady(Cooper), 9. Olivia Kuykendall(NDA), 16. Lilly Morgan(NDA), 19. Mallory Meier(Beechwood), 29. Taylor Piatt(Ryle), 30. Whitney Sprague(Dixie).

50 free: 2. MacKenzie Mar-groum (NDA), 18. Kirsten Lar-son (Calvary), 26. NatalieSchultz (Highlands), 28. KatieMauntel (St. Henry), 29. Sa-mantha Bosshammer (Coop-er), 30. Mollie Bushelman(Beechwood).

Diving: 3. Carly Hill (High-lands), 4. Meredith Brownell(Ryle), 6. Carly Scheper(NDA), 8. Madison Rylee

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By James [email protected]

See HIGHLIGHTS, Page A6

LEXINGTON — Three DixieHeights High School wrestlersspenta lotof timeonthematsFeb.17-18 at Alltech Arena.

The reward for that time wasthree state medals, the first timein at least a decade the Colonelshave had that many in one season.Dixie hadn’t had a single medalistat all since 2006.

“We made our coach (Ken Sim-mons) happy,” said senior CharlieCornett. “Hopefully we’ll do bet-ter next year. I’ll come back andhelp with that, help coach theguys.”

Cornett, a senior, finished fifthat 220 pounds, as did fellow seniorAnthony Castellano at 126. Sopho-more Austin Jackson placedeighth at 138, and sophomoreChris Risch was 0-2 at 170.

Cornett lost inthesemifinalsat220, 6-2, to eventual runner-upDrew Newberry of Larue County.After a loss in the consolationbracket, Cornett won his finalmatch to go 4-2 for the tourna-ment. He finished 40-7 for the sea-son.

“Fifthplaceisnothingtobesadabout. It’s fifth in the state,” Cor-nett said. “I wish I could havedone better, but it happens. I cameout and wrestled to win, and if not,give them a hard time.”

Castellano went 6-2 in the tour-ney and finished 45-5 for the sea-son. The third-place finisher at re-gionals, he drew eventual statechamp Brock Ervin of Union

County in the second round andlostbypin.Thenherolledthroughthe consolation bracket, winningfive matches and losing one.

Jackson lost his opening matchthen won four straight in the con-solation bracket to earn a medal.He went 4-3 overall in the tourneyand 41-12 for the season.

Sophomore Risch was19-13 forthe year.

Cornett, also a football playerat Dixie, enjoyed his last wres-tling experience. He plans to helpout the program next year.

“I’m a really competitive per-son, and this is the most individ-ually competitive sport you canparticipate in,” he said. “Betterthan winning any football game iswinning a wrestling match.”

Scott senior Ryan Sowder fin-ished 2-2 at 160. He lost to theeventual state champ in the thirdround.Sowderwasbattlingakneeinjury in recent weeks and fin-ished 50-5 for the year. FreshmanDale Hensley went 1-2 at 113 andwas 33-17 for the season.

By James [email protected]

Charlie Cornett of Dixie Heights, right, celebrates a victory. Cornettwon the match. The Kentucky state wrestling championships were Feb.18 at Alltech Arena. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Austin Jackson of Dixie Heights, top, wrestles to victory. The Kentuckystate wrestling championships were Feb. 18 at Alltech Arena inLexington. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Three Colonel wrestlers winmedals in landmark season

Dixie Heights took a 9-20record in girls basketball intothe 34th District Tournament.Dixie beat Beechwood 49-36 toend the regular season afterlosses to Campbell County andBoone County. Dixie was set toplay Villa Madonna in the dis-trict tourney Feb. 21.

Dixie Heights senior Abbey Kruetzkamp passes the ball in the 54-42loss Feb. 12 to Campbell County at Dixie Heights High School. JAMES

WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Dixie Heights senior MeredithHartfiel tries to block CampbellCounty junior Taylor Robinsonin their Feb. 12 game. Campbellwon 54-42 at Dixie HeightsHigh School. JAMES WEBER/THE

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The Thomas More Col-lege Athletic Hall of Fameinducted 10 new membersFeb.18.

The 2012 class will bringthe membership in theThomas More Hall of Fameto 67. The new members arewomen’s basketball playerJoanna Bess, men’s basket-ball players Gerry Thelenand Dan Lenihan, volleyballplayer Leigh Ann Burke,men’stennisplayerChrisEi-lerman, football playersTodd Naumann and MikeStrassel, baseball playerNoah Welte, women’s golferLynnThompsonandathleticdepartment administrativeassistant Mary Dahloff.

» Joanna Bess, 2004,women’s basketball, is tiedfor seventh in scoring with1,181 points, fifth in assistswith 276, seventh in three-point field goal attemptswith 308 and eighth in three-point field goal makes with96.Atthetimeofhergradua-tion, she was the only playerin school history to have1,000 points, 400 rebounds,300 steals and 200 assists.

» Gerry Thelen, 1961,men’s basketball, started toplay basketball halfwaythrough his junior year andplayed in 27 games as a sen-ior. He averaged 10.6 pointsper game, pulled down 226rebounds,was44-of-66fromthe free-throw line and wasnamed to the All-KIAC

team. He was drafted by theCincinnati Royals with the70th pick in the 1961 Ameri-can Basketball Association(ABA) draft.

» Dan Lenihan, 1985,men’s basketball, currentlyranks 17th in career pointswith 1,140 points and eighthin career rebounds with 727.During his senior season hewas first on the team in re-bounds with 272 and fourthin points with 428. Lenihanwas a member of the lastThomas More basketballteam to beat Northern Ken-tuckyUniversityandwasin-vited to tryout for the 1984U.S. Olympic Team, butchose not to attend.

» Leigh Ann Burke, 1994,volleyball, is one of the topservers in theSaints'historyas she ranks first in careerservice aces with 284 andsingle-season service aceswith 182. Her teams went149-40andwererankedNo.8in the nation in ThomasMore's first year in NCAADivision III in 1991. Shehelped lead the team in theNCAA Final Eight in 1992and1993.

» Chris Eilerman, 1995,men’s tennis, was a four-time All-AMC first-team se-lection (1992-1995), three-time AMC singles champion(1992, 1993 and 1995) andfour-time AMC doubleschampion (1992-1995). Eiler-man was named team MostValuable Player in 1994 and1995 and was the team cap-tain in1995.

» Todd Naumann, 1995,football, is one of the top re-ceivers in Thomas More his-tory as he ranks first in ca-reer receptions with108 and

in career total receivingyards with 1,748. He ranksthird in single-season re-ceivingyardswith649andincareer touchdown recep-tions with14.

» Mike Strassel, 2002,football, was an All-Ameri-can offensive lineman fortheSaints.Hehelpedanchoran offensive line thatblocked the way for 913, 713,1,736 and 1,116-yard rushersin his four seasons.

» Noah Welte, 2005, base-ball, was named a CoSIDAAcademic All-American in2003 and 2005, and All-Re-gion in 2003 and 2005. Heholds the single-season runsscored record with 57 in2003 and ranks in the top-10in seven career categories.Welte was a member of the2003 NCAA Regional Final-ist team that set the schoolrecord for wins with 33.

» Lynn Thompson, 2005,women’s golf, won ThomasMore's first-ever nationalchampionshipasshewasthe2002 NCAA Division IIIWomen’s Golf Champion-ship at the Orchards GolfClub in South Hadley, Mass.She was named the DivisionIII Player of the Year and afirst team All-American se-lection by the NGCA. Shewas the golf nominee for the2001-02 NCAA Division IIICollegiateWomanAthleteofthe Year.

» MaryDahloff,adminis-trative assistant, is in her30th year as the administra-tive assistant in the ThomasMore athletic department.She has worked for four ath-letic directors in the 30years, includingafatherandson combination.

TWO-TIME RUNNER-UP

The St. Pius X eighth-grade girls basketball team finished as runner-up in both theNotre Dame Academy League Tournament and the St. Henry Lady CrusaderInvitational. Pictured, from left: Back, Rachael Maher, Tara Rennekamp, head coachChuck Butler, Kayla Rankin, Maggie Karas and assistant coach Nina Butler; middle,Julia Gerwe and Hannah Bradley; and front, Kara Tranter, Emily Zimmerman, MollieYung and Lily Bradley. THANKS TO PATTY HEIMBROCK

(Beechwood), 12. KarlyCrail (NDA), 13. SydneyBouras (Highlands), 19.Bridget Fallis (Scott), 22.Clair Brunson (NDA), 24.Caroline Schilling (Beech-wood), 25. Karly Brungs(Boone), 27. MaeghenKnox (Boone), 29. LindseyFox (Scott).

100 fly: 3. Caitlyn For-man (NDA),15. Julia John-son (NDA), 18. MarkieDuffy (Scott), 20. Taylor

Piatt (Ryle), 28. AbbyShoyat (Beechwood).

100 free: 1. MacKenzieMargroum (NDA), 3. An-nie Davies (Beechwood),23. Samantha Bossham-mer (Cooper), 25. NatalieSchultz (Highlands), 26.Kandis Arlinghaus (Coop-er).

500 free:1. Sharli Brady(Cooper), 17. MaddieHeist (Beechwood), 21.Shelby Whitt (Highlands),22. Jessica Peck (NDA),24. Katherine Redden(Highlands), 26. MadelineHuber (Highlands).

200 free relay: 5. NDA,

9. Highlands, 10. Beech-wood, 18. Cooper, 25. Dix-ie.

100 back: 2. Caitlyn For-man (NDA), 12. Lilly Mor-gan (NDA), 14, Julia John-son (NDA), 30. MaggieBushelman (Beechwood).

100 breaststroke: 4. An-nie Davies (Beechwood),5. Olivia Kuykendall(NDA), 17. Mallory Meier(Beechwood), 29. JessicaPeck (NDA), 31. SamanthaHuffman (Dixie).

400 free relay: 3. NDA,13. Beechwood, 18. Coop-er, 23. Highlands, 24. Cov.Latin, 28. Ryle.

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A publication of

The right to vote.It is fundamental to us as

Americans and as Kentuckians.Most often we exercise it byelecting our representativeswho then pass laws that governour commonwealth and ourcountry.

Sometimes, though, an issuedemands that the voters ofKentucky have more directinput. When a new law wouldrequire a change in Kentucky’sconstitution, that decision mustbe put directly in the hands ofKentucky voters. Often, theseare decisions that have suchpivotal impact that they shouldbe decided by the majority ofKentuckians – not just a major-ity of their representatives.

That is the situation we faceas we try to recapture some ofthe gaming dollars – Kentuckydollars – that are leaving ourstate by the truckload. If Ken-tuckians are going to spend thatkind of money on entertain-ment, let’s spend it and tax it athome.

Hundreds of millions of

dollars in taxrevenue areleaving ourstate as thou-sands of Ken-tuckians driveto Illinois,Indiana, Ohio,West Virginiaand elsewhereto spend theirentertainmentdollars on gam-ing. Kentucky

money is funding early child-hood education, schools, librar-ies, police officers, roads andbridges in our neighboringstates. It makes no sense tocontinue watching that happen.

Furthermore, one of Ken-tucky’s signature industries –our equine industry – is losingstature as other states use gam-ing earnings to boost purses andbreeders’ incentives. They’reluring race horses, broodmaresand stallions away from theHorse Capital of the World, aswell as the jobs that go withthem. We can – and must – re-

verse that trend.That is why I, along with

many of our legislators fromboth political parties, propose togive the voters of Kentucky theopportunity to allow similartypes of expanded gaming inour commonwealth, and keepthat money inside our borders.

This week, Sen. DamonThayer and I introduced a con-stitutional amendment in thestate Senate that would allowyou – the citizens of this state –the opportunity to decide if ourstate should reap the benefits ofexpanded gaming in Kentucky.This bill is co-sponsored by bothRepublicans and Democrats inthe Senate.

A change to Kentucky’s con-stitution would require theapproval of an amendmentduring the next general elec-tion, in November. Before thatvote can happen, your senatorsand representatives in Frank-fort will have to decide to put iton the ballot. Only then do youget to exercise your right andmake your voice heard in how

we chart the future in Ken-tucky.

The proposed biennial bud-get is bleak, thanks to a saggingnational economy and slow-to-recover state revenues. All thebig cost-saving measures havebeen taken. Deep and painfulcuts are being made acrossstate government. Even criticalareas like education will seesome reductions, though not asmuch as most state services.Agencies and services will becut to the bone.

We are running a real risk oftaking steps backward in mul-tiple areas – education, publicprotection, job creation – anduntil our state generates morerevenue, we will always fallbehind.

It’s simply time for us todecide where we want to go as astate. We can muddle along, andwe can keep our head just abovewater. But is just getting byenough for our families, for ourchildren, or for our future? Wedon’t think so. If we want toattack the fundamental weak-

nesses that have held our stateback for generations, it has tobegin with more revenue. Wecan step out and really attackthese persistent weaknessessuch as education, health andjob training. We can do it bygetting expanded gaming on theballot and letting people vote onit this November.

We’ve all heard argumentsfor or against allowing expand-ed gaming in Kentucky. Butwhat we haven’t heard is onesingle reason why Kentuckiansshouldn’t be allowed to vote onit and make the decision them-selves.

Those elected officials whodisagree with expanded gamingshould not deny their fellowcitizens the right to vote on theissue. Kentuckians deserve theopportunity to cast their ballotsand have their votes counted onthis important question. Wewant to hear your voices on thisissue in November.

Steve Beshear is the governor ofKentucky.

Let Kentuckians vote on expanded gaming

SteveBeshearCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Speak for yourself, noton behalf of others

In response to the editorialcontribution of Ms. Rowles,Covington, titled “Confusingcreation story with history,” Iwould like to add a postscript.

Ms. Rowles asserts an opi-nion for a “legion” of Chris-tians, but her response doesnot identify the authority tospeak for anyone other thanherself. I respect her right toshare her comments. However,I believe that we should onlyassert our views on a givenissue and refrain from general-izing beliefs of a given classunless elected or appointed todo so.

As for my opinion, I believethe first sentence in the Bible:“In the beginning God createdthe heavens and the earth.”Genesis 1:1-2 (NIV). To me, theremaining sentences of theBible exist because of the first.If creation is an allegory, couldgrace and resurrection beallegory as well?

Please don’t misunderstandthe intent of this letter; it isn’tto criticize others’ views or theright to express them. I alsodon’t want to spark a theo-logical debate in this column.These conversations can bepassionately charged for avariety of reasons; the matterwill not be resolved with abarrage of editorial contentfrom each side. I simply wantto request that we each onlyassert our own opinions on agiven matter and refrain fromspeaking on behalf of a certaingroup (i.e. “legion of Chris-tians”) unless duly appointedto do so.

Clayton JamesFlorence

Legislation is flawedDuring the recent Northern

Kentucky Day Event of theChamber of Commerce, it wasreported that both David Wil-liams and Greg Stumbo ex-pressed opposition to the Be-shear gambling amendment. Iwas delighted to see this kindof bipartisan work againstflawed legislation and poten-tially damaging constitutionallanguage. The House made apromise under the leadership

of Rep. Bill Donnermeyeryears ago, and I think theyshould uphold that and allowthe people to decide.

It was also noted that Sen.David Williams criticized theKentucky Chamber of Com-merce for being single-mindedin their support of the expan-sion of gaming. The Chamberis supposed to be a pro-busi-ness organization with mul-tiple issues such as tax reform,prevailing wage and job cre-ation. I applaud Williams’ criti-cism of the Chamber and itssingled-minded approach.

I also applaud Stumbo’scomments against “giving oneindustry a monopoly” andchanging a constitution thatwould “provide a license to oneindustry.”

I found it shocking that theNorthern Kentucky ChamberPresident Steve Stevens evenspoke to this criticism and saidthat “we are not talking aboutit out loud, but we will when webelieve the time is right.”Aside that a business associa-tion does not set the agenda ortiming of such, we all knowthat the timing for growth andjob creation is now.

Kevin SellAlexandria

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I feel like February is one ofthe busiest times of the yearfor my family. We have theregional speech competition,indoor soccer, the Odysseycompetition just around thecorner, school projects due, lotsof tests (my seventh-grader hasfour this week), the PinewoodDerby and so much more.

It’s hard to keep everythingstraight, do all the research forprojects and to keep up on allthe homework and tests. Lucki-ly, the Kenton County PublicLibrary is able to help us withits database offerings.

My children, now 10 and 12,quickly learned that they couldaccess almost all of the librarydatabases from their home orschool computer with just theirlibrary card number and anonline connection. They useWorldBook Encyclopedia On-line, CultureGrams and StudentResearch Center to researchtopics for papers and projects.They use Mango Languageswhen they want help with Span-ish or to learn about other cul-tures.

But the database they prob-ably use the most is LearningExpress.

Learning Express offerspractice tests and study helpfor math, reading, science,

social studies,writing, gram-mar and more.This is a greatway for chil-dren to keep upon their stud-ies, practicefor upcomingtests and workat home withtheir parentsor siblings. Mychildren often

use this together, which meansmy younger child is even learn-ing advanced skills.

Learning Express also offersfree ACT, SAT, GRE and GEDpractice tests and study help.With the ACT coming up inMarch for so many, this wouldbe a great way for kids to pre-pare at no cost. It is even in-stantly scored.

The database offers work-place skills improvement, occu-pation practice tests and skill-building for adults. This in-cludes practice tests and studyhelp for cosmetology, real es-tate, electrical, culinary arts,emergency medical servicesand many others. There arealso tests, courses and e-Bookson resume writing, interview-ing, grammar and writing im-provement and personal fi-

nance, math, reading, scienceand public speaking skills.

Learning Express also offerssoftware tutorials in AdobePhotoshop, Dreamweaver, Mi-crosoft Word, Publisher, Out-look, Excel, WordPerfect andmore. People will learn at theirown pace with interactive tuto-rial courses on today's mostpopular software and operatingsystems. Each course offersdetailed, easy-to-follow in-structions with audio and cap-tions for the program and skilllevel of the participants’choice.

This database is truly amaz-ing and makes homework andstudying much easier at myhome. It even helps us withresearch for the Odyssey of theMinds project and speeches forcompetition. If you or childrenaren’t using it yet, you shouldbe. All you need is your KentonCounty Public Library cardnumber and an online connec-tion. Or stop by the library anduse one of its computers. Visitwww.kentonlibrary.org/databases and choose the data-base or category in LearningExpress you want to use.

Gina Holt is the public relationscoordinator for the Kenton CountyLibrary System.

Library offers homework help

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DIXIE HEIGHTS SENIORS AT THE CAPITOL

Dixie Heights High School seniors Lydia Voss, Emily Benken and Sascha Dovenbarger present their bill forpublic education reform at the State Capitol in the Senate for the Kentucky Youth Assembly inDecember 2011. THANKS TO CINDY BENKEN

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Once every four years, an extra daygets tacked onto February so that ourcalendar aligns with the astronomicalyear.

That’s why we have Leap Year ba-bies,thosebornonFeb.29.They’llcele-brate their actual birthday nextWednesday for the first time since2008.

It’s a day for good-natured teasingand special celebrations. The Recorderhosted a get-together on Feb. 18 forLeapYearbabiesfromBooneandKen-ton counties.

“I have a daughter that just turned50 on Jan. 1 and I always tease her I’myounger than she is,” said BarbaraJean Smith of Florence. On Feb. 29Smith will celebrate her 18th birthday,but she’ll be 72 years old.

Growing up, “we’d always have aspecialcakefromLatoniaBakery.Nowwe go to Emerson’s. It has to be a whitecake with white icing,” Smith said.

Jim Johnson, a retired educator andathletic director in Kenton CountySchools, heard teasing from other kidswhen he was younger.

“Sometimes I got into fights be-causeIwas8yearsoldandtheytoldmeI was 2,” Johnson said with a laugh.

In his first year teaching at LloydHighSchool,“Iturned6andthelibrari-ans gave me a stuffed mouse.

“They said every 6-year-old shouldhave a stuffed animal,” said Johnson,who’ll celebrate his 16th birthday nextWednesday. (That’ll make him 64.)

Good-natured teasing“My friends teased me all the time

about it,” said Josh Stegner, a Univer-sity of Cincinnati sophomore fromLakesidePark.“Idon’ttakeitpersonal-ly. I’m special and they’re not.”

The sports administration majorwill have his fifth birthday (makinghim 20).

Rick Hatton, who’ll turn 15 in “leapyears,” is a project manager for an in-surance restoration firm and dive in-structor for Boone County Water Res-cue.

“My older grandkids get a kick outof it. They always kid me that they’reolder than me,” said Hatton, of Union,who’ll turn 60.

Hatton makes the most of his LeapYear birthday at work. Anybody with abirthday brings in doughnuts for thewhole office. He usually gets to arguethat he’s not technically responsibleforbringinginthetreats, thoughhisof-fice manager recently said, “we won’thave to argue with Rick this year overthese darn doughnuts.”

Like most Leap Year babies, MeganSteffen of Crescent Springs celebrateson Feb. 28 or March 1 in the off years.

OntheactualLeapYear, “It’s justanextra special birthday because the oth-er ones don’t even feel like your birth-day,” she said.

“Iwanttohaveoneofmykidsonmybirthday,” said Steffen, a bank officerwho’ll celebrate her seventh birthday

(28 in calendar years).Steffen got the nickname “Skippy”

when she was little because she used toskip on the soccer field. Later, though,people assumed it was because herbirthdays were skipped.

“I actually met two girls in collegefrom around here who were born onthe exact same day,” Steffen said.

A Leap Year cruiseAmy Arlinghaus of Villa Hills re-

members some very special Leap Yearcelebrations of her birthday growingup.

“When I was 4, I went on the ‘UncleAlShow,’”shesaid.Atage8shewentonthe “Skipper Ryle Show.”

“Onetimewewentonacruiseanditwas a Leap Day cruise. There wereprobably eight or10 of us. If you were aLeap Year baby you got a balcony up-grade,” Arlinghaus said. The cruisewent to Key West and Cozumel.

Her five children always got a kickout their mom’s special birthday.

“When they were older than methey thought that was really funny,”

said Arlinghaus, who will turn 14 thisyear (real age, 56).

Stegner’s family also had specialcelebrations.

“Forafewyears inarow, (thewholefamily) always went to Perfect North”for his birthday.

Smith, the Florence resident, saidone time her Feb. 29 birthday createdsome official confusion.

“I went to the courthouse to get mydriver’s license renewed and they sentit to me for March. I knew it was wrongand I would be driving illegally be-cause that’s a month overdue,” Smithsaid.

Shewentbacktothecourthouseandsaid,“SorryI’moneofthoseoddpeoplewith a Leap Year birthday” and got itfixed.

Confusing to bureaucrats“I’vehadpeoplecardmeandaskme

how old I am and they think my ID isfake. I say it’s really Leap Day, it’s notfake,” Stegner said.

“I’vehadpeopleactuallychangemydate of birth on applications,” Hattonsaid.“Theyscratchoutthe29thandputthe 28th. I call them up and say youchangedmybirthday.Theysayitwon’tgo in the computer. Their computersystem isn’t geared toward that.”

Every year Smith gets a kick out ofgoing to Stith Funeral Home in Flor-ence to get a new complimentary cal-endar.

While there she usually runs intoDougStith,BooneCountycoroner,whois also a Leap Year baby. “I tease himwhen I go in to get the calendar. ‘OhDoug, you get a birthday this year,’”Smith said.

Despite the minor hassles, most oftheLeapYearbabiessaytheyenjoytheoddity of their once-every-four-yearsbirthday.

“I kind of enjoy it,” Hatton said. “Itgives you some extra attention and Ihear from people I haven’t heard fromin awhile.”

By Nancy [email protected]

Eric Babanskyj, right, enjoys an early Leap Year birthday celebration at theRecorder with his daughter Ella, 6, left, and August, 3. The family lives inIndependence. NANCY DALY/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

“Leap Year Babies” gather at theRecorder for an early birthdaycelebration. Seated, from left, areAmy Arlinghaus of Villa Hills andMegan Steffen of Crescent Springs.Standing: Eric Babanskyj ofIndependence and Jim Johnson ofFlorence. All will celebrate theironce-every-four-years birthday onFeb. 29. NANCY DALY/THE COMMUNITY

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LEAP YEAR BABIES

WHY DO WE HAVE LEAPYEAR, ANYWAY?

Every four years an extra day hasto be added to the modern calendarto keep it in sync with the Earth’sactual revolution period around thesun and the four seasons. While ourcalendar year is 365 days long, itactually takes us 364.2422 days toorbit the sun. If we didn’t make thisadjustment in about 100 years we’dbe celebrating the 4th of July in themiddle of June.

Source: Cincinnati AstronomicalSociety

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FRIDAY, FEB. 24BenefitsJust Wish For It Gala, 8 p.m.-midnight, The Madison EventCenter, 700 Madison Ave., Silentauction, DJ and dancing. Drinksand appetizers included inadmission. Benefits Make-a-Wish Foundation. $30. 859-291-3300. Covington.

Cincinnati YPACS Wine Tast-ing, 6:30-9 p.m., Embassy SuitesRivercenter, 10 E. RivercenterBlvd., Presented by CincinnatiYPACS. Benefits the AmericanCancer Society. Wine providedby Treasury Wine Estates. $30person advance; $50 coupleadvance; $40. 859-261-8400.Covington.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-8 p.m., CrescentSprings Firehouse, 777 OverlookDrive, Fish, shrimp, French friesand onion rings. Dine-in orcarryout. Presented by CrescentSprings & Villa Hills Fire Depart-ment and Emergency Services.859-341-3840; www.csvfd.com.Crescent Springs.

St. Barbara Fish Fry, 4:30-8p.m., St. Barbara Church, 4042Turkeyfoot Road, Fish dinner$7.50. Shrimp dinner $9.50.Children’s dinner $4. Carryoutavailable. 859-534-0304;www.stbarbaraky.org. Erlanger.

Lenten Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., MaryQueen of Heaven School, 1130Donaldson Highway, Menuincludes shrimp, baked coddinner, platters, fish sandwich,sides, desserts and kids menu.Available for dine-in, carryout ordrive-thru. 859-371-2622. Erlang-er.

Fish Fry Dinner, 4:30-8 p.m.,Knights of Columbus 3908,Father Bealer Council, 605 LytleAve., Includes fried or bakedfish, chicken, shrimp, hamburg-ers and hot dogs, sides anddrinks. Carry-out available.Family friendly. $1.50-$7.50.859-342-6643. Elsmere.

Holy Cross High School FishFry, 5-8 p.m., Holy Cross HighSchool, 3617 Church St., AlumniHall. Fish sandwiches, shrimpbaskets and cheese pizza. Sides:hush puppies, green beans,macaroni and cheese or Frenchfries and dessert. Drinks avail-able for purchase. Family friend-ly. 859-431-1335; www.hchscov-.com. Covington.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Fort WrightCivic Club, 115 Kennedy Road,859-331-1150. Fort Wright.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., ErlangerVFW, 4435 Dixie Highway, Cashbar only. With Jay. No cover.859-727-9303. Erlanger.

Music - RockI-69, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Shim-mers Tavern, 1939 Dixie High-way, $5. 859-426-0490. FortWright.

On Stage - TheaterAgnes of God, 8 p.m., ThomasMore College, 333 Thomas MoreParkway, John Pielmeier’s playfollows the story of Dr. Living-stone, a court-appointed psychi-atrist, who is summoned to aconvent and charged withassessing the sanity of a youngnovice accused of murdering hernewborn. $10. Through Feb. 26.859-341-5800; www.thomasmo-re.edu. Crestview Hills.

Saturday, Feb. 25

BenefitsA’cat’emy Awards Extrava-ganza, 6:30-10 p.m., Gardens ofPark Hills, 1622 Dixie Highway,Red carpet entry with guest"paparazzi" photos, horsd’oeuvres and cash bar, fullplated dinner, dessert and glassof wine (vegetarian optionsavailable), movie trivia forprizes. Silent auction and calledauction benefitting Ohio Alley-cat Resource & Spay/NeuterClinic. With host Katy Morgan,FOX 19 Meteorologist. $50. RSVPby Feb. 13. Presented by OhioAlleycat Resource & Spay/NeuterClinic. 513-871-7297. Park Hills.

Music - BluesThe Flock, 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.,Molly Malone’s Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St.,Blues, Irish, roots and Americanamusic. Ages 21 and up. Free.859-491-6659. Covington.

Music - Classic RockAndy and Cash, 8 p.m.-mid-night, All In Cafe, 480 ErlangerRoad, Local musicians. Free.859-360-2878; www.all-in-cafe.com. Erlanger.

Music - ClassicalKentucky Symphony Orches-tra’s Newport Ragtime Band,2 p.m., Erlanger Branch Library,401 Kenton Lands Road, Songsfrom "Rags to Riches: the Rootsof America’s Musical Heritage"CD including those by Jelly RollMorton, Fats Waller, Scott Joplinand more. Free. Registrationrequired. 859-962-4002;www.kentonlibrary.org. Erlang-er.

Music - ConcertsThe Upset Victory Before theWorld Ends, 8 p.m. With Auto-majik, Lions Rampart, PlasticInevitables, Ohio Knife, theYugos and Desert Gun. Doorsopen 7 p.m., Madison Theater,730 Madison Ave., CD ReleaseParty. Standing only on themain floor. $10. 859-491-2444;www.madisontheateronline-.com. Covington.

Music - JazzNew Sleepcat Band, 7 p.m.,Dee Felice Cafe, 859-261-2365;www.deefelice.com. Covington.

Chris Comer Trio, 8-11:30 p.m.,Chez Nora, Free. 859-491-8027;www.cheznora.com. Covington.

Music - LatinJorge Wojtas, 7-10 p.m., Argen-tine Bean Bistro and Wine Bar,2875 Town Center Blvd., Free.859-426-1042; www.argentine-bean.net. Crestview Hills.

Music - R&BBasic Truth, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,KJ’s Pub, 2379 Buttermilk Cross-ing, 859-344-1413; basictruth-.webs.com. Crescent Springs.

Music - RockRock Hero, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,Shimmers Tavern, 1939 DixieHighway, Karaoke with theband. $5. 859-426-0490. FortWright.

Doctor Bombay and theAtomic Bachelor Pad, 8-11:30p.m., The Avenue Lounge, 411Madison Ave., With the Worth-mores and Team Void. Free.859-261-6120. Covington.

On Stage - TheaterAgnes of God, 8 p.m., ThomasMore College, $10. 859-341-5800; www.thomasmore.edu.Crestview Hills.

ShoppingGirls Fast Pitch Softball TeamsMattress Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Lloyd Memorial High School,450 Bartlett Ave., Name-brandmattress sets up to 60-percentoff retail pricing. Brand new,top quality mattress sets withfull manufacturer warranties. Allsizes, price ranges, lay-a-wayand delivery available. BenefitsLloyd Girls Softball teams.Presented by Lloyd Girls Softball.859-727-1555. Erlanger.

Youth SportsBecome a Soccer Referee, 9a.m.-5 p.m. Grade 9 entry-levelone-day course., Thomas MoreCollege, 333 Thomas MoreParkway, Re-certification for2012 or become new referee.$65. Reservations required.Presented by KY Soccer RefereeAssociation Inc.. Through March4. 859-282-0222; www.kyrefe-ree.com. Crestview Hills.

SUNDAY, FEB. 26Exercise ClassesWrestling Open Mats, 5-6:30p.m., All Star PerformanceTraining, 8419 U.S. 42, Designedfor the committed wrestler,grades K-12, who want to reachfull potential. Intense drillingand live wrestling to prepareyou for your upcoming season.$6. Registration required. 859-912-0764; www.allstarperfor-mancetraining.com. Elsmere.

ExhibitsOur Rivers’ Fury: Past andPresent Ohio Valley Floods,1-5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7, $6 seniors, $4children. 859-491-4003. Coving-ton.

On Stage - TheaterAgnes of God, 2 p.m., ThomasMore College, $10. 859-341-5800; www.thomasmore.edu.Crestview Hills.

MONDAY, FEB. 27Art Centers & ArtMuseums

A Retelling, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Artisans Enterprise Center,859-292-2322; www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.

CivicFriends of Peaselburg Neigh-borhood Association Meet-ing, 7-8:30 p.m., Center forGreat Neighborhoods of Coving-ton, 1650 Russell St., CGN HaileRoom, rear entrance. Residentsand business owners encour-aged to attend meetings andget involved in discussing newideas and concerns in our neigh-borhood. Free. Presented byFriends of Peaselburg Neigh-borhood Association. 859-468-4177; peaselburg.org. Coving-ton.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 6-7 p.m., Step-N-Out Studio, $55 for 10-classpunch card, $40 for unlimitedmonthly, $30 for 5-class punchcard; $8 drop in. First class free.859-291-2300. Covington.

Karaoke and Open MicOpen Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., ThePub Crestview Hills, 2853 DixieHighway, With Mike Liggett.859-426-7827; www.experi-encethepub.com/crestview-hills.Crestview Hills.

NatureSugar Camp - Making MapleSyrup, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Dailythrough March 3. Moves toMarch 5-10 if sap not ready.Reservation time slots for Mon-day-Friday are 10-11:30 a.m.,noon-1:30 p.m., and 2-3:30 p.m.Open to the public March 3.,Middleton-Mills Park, 3415 MillsRoad, Shelterhouse 2. Tasteunrefined sweet sap water andsample homemade syrup. SteveTrauger, Kenton County recrea-tion programs coordinator, willguide campers into wilderness.Free. Registration required.Presented by Kenton CountyParks and Recreation. 859-525-7529. Independence.

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

TUESDAY, FEB. 28Community DanceLine Dancing, 7-9 p.m., LookoutHeights Civic Club, 1661 ParkRoad, Holly and Bernie Rusch-man, instructors. Beginnerswelcome. Smoke-free. Familyfriendly. $6, $3 for first-timers.Presented by H & B Dance Co..859-727-0904. Fort Wright.

EducationJob Searching and the In-ternet, 10 a.m., Mary AnnMongan Library, 502 Scott Blvd.,Go over various websites whereyou can upload your resume socompanies can see you, how tocreate a resume for a specificcompany website and someother ways to get hired. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Mary Ann Mongan BranchLibrary. 859-962-4071;www.kentonlibrary.org. Coving-ton.

The Golden Era of CincinnatiRadio, 7 p.m., Erlanger BranchLibrary, 401 Kenton Lands Road,Through rare and often unpub-lished images, experience thefirst 50 years of the golden eraof Cincinnati Radio with localArcadia Publishing authorMichael A. Martini. Free. Regis-tration required. 859-962-4002.Erlanger.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,Turkey Foot Middle School, 3230Turkey Foot Road, Cafeteria.Exotic rhythms set to high-energy Latin and internationalbeats. All fitness levels welcome.$5. Presented by Zumba withGabrielle. 513-702-4776. Edge-wood.

ExhibitsOur Rivers’ Fury: Past andPresent Ohio Valley Floods,

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, $7, $6seniors, $4 children. 859-491-4003. Covington.

Health / WellnessWeight Loss Class, 6:30-7 p.m.,Hickory Grove Baptist Church,11969 Taylor Mill Road, $60 for12-week membership. First classfree. Presented by EquippedMinistries. 859-802-8965;www.facebook.com/equipped-ministries. Independence.

Literary - CraftsPaint with Color Me Mine!, 6-8p.m., William E. Durr BranchLibrary, 1992 Walton-NicholsonRoad, Paint a cereal bowl withColor Me Mine! First 12 teenswho arrive will get to paint.Ages 6-12. Free. 859-962-4031;www.kentonlibrary.org. Inde-pendence.

Music - BluegrassNorthern Kentucky BluegrassBand, 9 p.m.-midnight, Zola,626 Main St., Free. 859-261-7510.Covington.

Music - ConcertsTaddy Porter, 7 p.m. Doors open6 p.m., Madison Theater, 730Madison Ave., $10. 859-491-2444; www.madisontheateronli-ne.com. Covington.

Music - JazzMike Darrah, 7 p.m., Dee FeliceCafe, 529 Main St., Pianist.859-261-2365; www.deefel-ice.com. Covington.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29Art Centers & ArtMuseums


Health / WellnessWeight Loss Class, 5:30-6 p.m.,Lakeside Christian Church, 195Buttermilk Pike, $60 for 12-weekmembership. First class free.Presented by Equipped Minis-tries. 859-802-8965; www.face-book.com/equippedministries.Lakeside Park.

Music - ClassicalRags to Riches, 8:30 a.m.-noon,Notre Dame Academy, 1699Hilton Drive, Kentucky Sympho-ny Orchestra. Multimedia con-cert presentation of historicalrise of ragtime, blues and earlyjazz music for middle school tohigh school students. Part ofEducation Concerts Series. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Kentucky Symphony Orches-tra. 859-431-6216; www.ky-so.org. Park Hills.

Music - JazzMike Darrah, 7 p.m., Dee FeliceCafe, 859-261-2365; www.dee-felice.com. Covington.

Music - RockBirdbrain Crash, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.,Sidebar, 322 Greenup St., Coun-try/rock music. Ages 21 and up.Free. 859-431-3456. Covington.

Senior CitizensSenior Movie Day, 1-3 p.m."Adam’s Rib" starring KatharineHepburn and Spencer Tracy.,

Erlanger Branch Library, 401Kenton Lands Road, Includestheater-style snacks and dis-cussion. Family friendly. Free.859-962-4002. Erlanger.

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

Kenton County FastpitchSoftball Sign Ups, 7 p.m.,Blessed Sacrament School, 2407Dixie Highway, District 28 Knot-hole looking for teams andplayers for newly forming Girls’Fastpitch Softball League. TeamRepresentatives and interestedplayers not currently signed upare invited to attend meeting.Free. Presented by KentonCounty District 28 KnotholeBaseball. 859-331-3062. FortMitchell.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1Art Centers & ArtMuseums


Community DanceSwinGallery, 8-11:30 p.m.,Step-N-Out Studio, 721 MadisonRoad, All ages. No partnerrequired. Free beginner EastCoast Swing lesson 8-9 p.m.Dancing to music by DJ 9-11:30p.m. Family friendly. $5. Present-ed by SwinGallery. Through Dec.27. 513-290-9022; www.swingal-lery.com. Covington.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,Turkey Foot Middle School, $5.513-702-4776. Edgewood.

Health / WellnessHealthy Happy Hour, 11:30a.m.-12:30 p.m., All Star Perfor-mance Training, 8419 U.S. 42,Energy drinks and protein drinkcocktails along with samples ofnutritional bar hors d’oeuvres.Ages 18 and up. 859-912-0764;www.allstarperformancetrai-ning.com. Elsmere.

Music - AcousticThe Turkeys, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.,Zola, 626 Main St., Folk rock.Free. 859-261-7510. Covington.

Bob Cushing, 8 p.m., Geez’lPete’s, 508 Madison Ave., 859-261-1030; www.geezlpetes.com.Covington.

Music - JazzLee Stolar Trio, 7 p.m., DeeFelice Cafe, 529 Main St., 859-261-2365; www.deefelice.com.Covington.

ShoppingThrift Sale, 7 a.m.-noon, UnitedChristian Volunteers of Elsmere,15 Kenton St., Weekly thrift sale.Family friendly. Through May 10.859-727-4417. Elsmere.

Youth SportsVolleyball Training TeamSession I, 6-7:30 p.m., FunCenter at Pleasure Isle, 313Madison Pike, Open to girls,grades 3-5. Teams divided byskill and grade level. Trainingteam participants will not haveuniforms, but will receive T-shirt.$300. Registration required.Presented by Northern KentuckyJunior Volleyball. 859-620-6520;www.nkjv.net. Independence.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

"Beyond The Brush," a collaborative art show, will be atBoleros Dance Club, 8406 U.S. 42 in Florence through March3. Works by local artists C. Pic Michel, Louise Aug, KevinMcQuade and Kyle Carpenter will be on display. Pictured is"Fools Fall" by C. Pic Michel. THANKS TO GARY BLEVINS

If the sap is ready SugarCamp - Makin' Maple Syrupwill be 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Monday through Saturday,Feb. 27 - March 3, atMiddleton-Mills Park, 3415Mills Road in Covington.Reservations required fortime slots Monday-Friday.No reservations neededSaturday, March 3. Toschedule a visit, call859-525-7529. Pictured isMichael Strohm at lastyear's Sugar Camp. FILE PHOTO

With the start of Lent, local organizations, schools andchurches will be offering fish fries on Fridays Feb. 24through April 6. Be sure to check out the fish fry listingshere on the calendar page and throughout the paper.Pictured are Peter and Angie Thaler of Crittenden withtheir sons at a previous fish fry at St. Joseph Academy inWalton. FILE PHOTO

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Sometimes when I putthis column together, Ihave so many recipesrunning through my mindthat I don’t know whichones to share at any giventime.

Right now I have goet-ta recipes, the HeritageRestaurant’s signaturehouse dressing, awesomechunky granola and a hostof others for naturallycolored Easter eggs. Iguess I’ll start fromsquare one with goettaand go from there.

Goetta has Germanicorigins, but most peoplewho live in Germany havenever heard of it. Inge,my German daughter-in-law who grew up in Ger-many, said she didn’t havea clue until she moved toCincinnati. Yes, it’s defi-nitely a Cincinnati/North-ern Kentucky “thing.” Apossibility about the nameis that it comes from theGerman word “gote” or“gotte,” which meanspeeled grain. The wordbecame Americanized tomean “goetta,” since theingredient you cannot dowithout for authenticgoetta is pinhead oats(also called steel-cutoats). Dorsel’s is a com-mon brand.

Rita’sgoetta

I’vebeen mak-ing mymother-in-law Clara’sgoetta foryears withpork shoul-der, just as

she made it when theyslaughtered hogs in thefall. We fry it with bacon,which is THE way. Goettafreezes well. I’ve changedmy recipe over the yearsand this is my latest one.If you’d like my originalone using pork shoulderalone with very few sea-sonings, check out myblog at Cincinnati.com.You’ll find West Sidereader Bill Sander’s reci-pe, there, as well as Mil-ford reader Don Deim-ling’s recipe made in aroaster. I’ve borrowedsome of Don’s ideas forthis recipe.

2 pounds fresh porkshoulder

1/2 of a 19 oz packageJohnsonville originalbratwurst, skinned (nosubstitutes)

½ pound ground chuck1 large onion, chunked up2-3 ribs celery, chopped5 bay leaves

1 teaspoon each: garlicpowder and poultryseasoning

Couple dashes groundallspice

1-2 tablespoons seasoningsalt

Pepper to taste8 cups water3 generous cups pinhead

oats

Put everything but oatsinto big pot. Bring to aboil, lower to simmer andcook 2 hours, stirringoccasionally. Strain, pourliquid back in pot, chopeverything finely and setaside. Add oats to liquidand simmer 2 hours, stir-ring often, until oats arefully cooked. Stir in meatmixture. Cook anotherhour or more until a spooncan stand straight upwithout falling over in thecenter of the pot. Mixtureshould be stiff. This isimportant so goetta sets

up later. Pour into plasticwrap-lined pans, andrefrigerate uncovered fora day or so. Cover, store inrefrigerator, or freeze.

Jim Reinhart’s slowcooker goetta

Jim is an Indiana read-er who makes his in aslow cooker. A time-testedreader favorite.

3 cups pinhead oatmeal5 cups water1½-2 tablespoons salt1 pound each: ground pork

and ground beef2 medium onions, diced6 bay leaves1 teaspoon each: garlic

powder, black pepper,crushed red pepper, sage

2 teaspoons allspice4 beef bouillon cubes2 additional cups water

Combine 3 cups ofoatmeal with 5 cups waterin sprayed slow cookerand cook on high for two

hours, stirring occasional-ly. An hour and a halfafter putting oatmeal inslow cooker, combine bayleaves, garlic powder,sage, allspice, red pepper,black pepper and bouillonwith 2 cups water insaucepan. Bring to boil,then simmer for about 30minutes or until reducedto 1 cup. Strain and addliquid to slow cooker.While spices are cooking,brown beef and pork withonions. Drain grease andadd mixture to slow cook-er, either before or afterspice mixture goes in.When all ingredients arein slow cooker, turn to lowand mix well, stirringoften for another twohours. Don’t be temptedto add water, even thoughgoetta gets very thick. Ifit becomes too thick tostir, add water sparinglybut remember, the thickerit is when done, the better

it will fry up. Spoon intocasseroles, seal tightlyand after it cools, put onein the refrigerator and theother in the freezer ifdesired. To serve, sauté ina non-stick or cast ironskillet until both sides arebrowned. (Add enoughsalt or it will be bland.The bouillon cubes willhelp with this.)

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

Goetta is a Greater Cincinnati ‘thing’

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

How do you makegoetta? What’s your“secret” ingredient?Share your favorite goet-ta recipe on my blog,Cooking with Rita, atCincinnati.com.

Thanks to Rita Heikenfeld.Goetta and eggs are aquintessential Cincinnatibreakfast.

Thanks to Rita Heikenfeld. Pour prepared goetta intoplastic-lined pans and refrigerate.

Transitions Inc. andthe Grateful Life Founda-tion are hosting “Dressedto the Tea,” a high tea andstyle show, at 11:30 a.m.March 1 at the EmbassySuites in Covington. Pro-ceeds from the event willbenefit Transitions Inc.

Admission is $40 andincludes lunch, tea, mu-sic, door prizes and astyle show featuring CabiClothes, Premier DesignsJewelry and Stella & DotJewelry. In addition, au-thor Robert Schrage willsign his recent work,“Carl Kiger: The Man Be-yond the Murder.”

Please RSVP to NancyWorks by Feb. 27, 859-491-4435 or 859-743-7483.Payment can be made bycash, check or credit card(Visa, Master Card orAmerican Express). Em-bassy Suites will validateparking.

The Grateful LifeFoundation was incorpo-

rated in 2009 as a non-profit public charity. Thethree purposes of thefoundation are to: in-crease the financial andhuman resources neededto support and guide thealcoholic and addict cli-

ents and the family mem-bers of those served byTransitions Inc.; exploregratitude and use its les-sons to give back to thecommunity; and provideopportunities to changelives for the better.

March 1 fundraiser to help TransitionsCommunity Recorder

Gateway Communityand Technical Collegewill host a special veter-ans’ enrollment work-shop Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. atthe college’ Boone Cam-pus in Florence. Theevent will take place inthe Classroom andTraining Building.

The 90-minute ses-sion will provide infor-mation about all of Gate-way’s academic andtechnical programs aswell as how to enroll andapply for financial aid.Gateway speakers alsowill discuss how to usemilitary benefits andearn credit for prior mil-itary experience. At-

tendees also will tour theBoone Campus.

The session is freeand open to all veterans.For more information orto make a reservation,contact Craig Beesten at859-815-7687, [email protected]. The Boone Campusis located at 500 Technol-ogy Way in Florence.

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Ardella Bachmannbought her house in 1988and says she didn’t thinkmuch about the smallcreek running through theback of her property.

“The creek was noteven close to the width itis now. It was much, muchnarrower. You could standin it and touch the sides.Since then it’s gone out ofcontrol,” her grandsonKevin says.

Heavy rains, along withnew home constructionand the subsequent in-crease in rainwater run-off, have led to the in-crease in the size of thecreek.

“We had a bridge put inabout 15 years ago and wecame out one night andsaw the bridge hadwashed down the streamto the neighbor’s yard,”Kevin says.

After that, they boughta new, longer bridge anderected it over the span ofthe creek. Unfortunately,now the ground below the

new bridgealso isstarting towash away.Part of theproblemappears tobe stormwater emp-tying intothe creekfrom a

large pipe buried underthe Bachmanns’ side yard.There’s a lot of erosion atthe site where the pipeempties into the creek.

During a heavy rain-fall, Bachmann says thewater gets so high itreaches the bottom of thebridge as it continues toerode the land.

“We will eventuallylose this house due to allthe moisture and it’s goingto get worse. The backdeck is very close to thecreek now, and it’s goingto pull the siding off thehouse,” Kevin says.

The Bachmanns haveasked the Kenton CountySanitation District to pipethe water through theirbackyard so they don’tlose any more land, butthey’ve been turned downbecause the creek is onprivate property.

Ardella Bachmann saysshe knew the creek wasthere when she bought thehouse 24 years ago. Shesays, “That’s what theysay, ‘Sorry about your

luck, you knew about itwhen you moved in.’ Butthe creek was small and itwas really kind of nice. Ihad no idea it was going tocreate a problem or Iwould not have bought theproperty.”

The creek is naturallyflowing on the Bachmannproperty, so county offi-cials say they are notallowed to do anything tohelp. What about that pipebringing in storm waterand adding to the prob-lem? Officials say its car-rying water from a natu-rally flowing culvert thathad been there. It waspiped through the yard bythe developer when hesold the property yearsago.

The Bachmanns saysthey are very upset aboutthe county’s inability tohelp, noting it was thecounty that initially ap-proved all the construc-tion, including buildingthe house so close to thecreek.

Bottom line, if you’rethinking of buying ahouse, check it out care-fully if there’s a nice littlestream in the backyard.

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Store to hostLadies Night Out

CRESTVIEW HILLS —Those interested in a la-dies night out need to lookno further than Crest-view Hills Town Centeron March 4.

Charming Charlie’s isteaming up with SpecialSpaces Cincinnati for a“Ladies Night Out” fund-raiser to help fund bed-room makeovers for chil-dren with life-threaten-ing illnesses.

A donation of $5 is theticket to 20 percent offmerchandise at the acces-sories store. Beauty con-sultants will be on handproviding free eyebrowand nail polish changes.

Attendees can also en-ter to win prizes, whichwill be donated by localbusinesses.

Park Hills plan semail notifications

PARK HILLS — ParkHills Police Chief CodyStanley is starting a cityemail newsletter to ad-vise residents of specialevents and announce-ments.

Stanley said the mes-sages would not be dis-tributed on a regular ba-sis, but as needed for spe-cial notifications.

Park Hills residentsare encouraged to emailhim at [email protected] to join hisdistribution list.

For more information,call 859-431-6172 or visitwww.parkhillspolice.com.

Two Headed Calfbanquet planned

Three Northern Ken-tuckians will be honored

by the Behringer-Craw-ford Museum for cele-brating local history, artand culture.

They will be honoredat Northern KentuckyUniversity’s StudentUnion Ballroom on March1 at the Two Headed CalfAwards Banquet.

Mary Middleton, whopassed away in Novem-ber, will receive the Com-munity Service Award.

James Ramage isawarded the HistoricalAward and Debbie Brownwill be presented with theEducation Award.

The banquet starts at 6p.m. and tickets are avail-able for $100 a seat and$800 for a table.

RSVP by Feb. 24 toLaurie Risch at 859-491-4003 or [email protected].

Party raises fundsfor technology

FORT WRIGHT — TheFort Wright ElementaryPTA will present a St. Pat-rick’s Day Party: Socializ-ing for Smart Boards at 7-11 p.m. March 9 at theGardens in Park Hills.

Tickets cost $15 perperson and must be pur-chased by Monday, Feb.27. The event is open tothe public and each ticketentitles its bearer to ad-mission, soft drinks, ap-petizers, desserts and en-tertainment. The adults-only event will also in-clude raffles, split the potand a cash bar. All pro-ceeds go toward purchaseof new technology forFort Wright Elementary.

To order tickets or formore information, [email protected].

Erlanger-Elsmere inneed of volunteers

ERLANGER — Erlang-er-Elsmere Schools islooking for adult volun-teers to help with Opera-tion Preparation.

Operation Preparationis an advising programwhich runs March 12-16.Volunteers will help stu-dents in eighth grade aswell as high school sopho-mores in planning careerpaths.

Those interested involunteering can fill outan online application athttp://www.erlanger.k12.ky.us or contact thedistrict office at 859-727-2009.

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The Northern Ken-tucky Health Departmentis reporting that the high-ly contagious Norovirusis prevalent in the area.

According to a pressrelease, the gastrointesti-nal illness is causingsymptoms of vomitingand diarrhea.

If someone is experi-encing these symptomsthey should stay homefrom school or work.They should also be sureto wash their hands andfood items before theyeat them.

Symptoms includevomiting, diarrhea, ab-dominal cramps and fe-ver. Often people think itis food poisoning or thestomach flu.

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Fort Wright Civic ClubFish Fry

5-8 p.m. Fridays Feb. 24through April 6 at 115 KennedyRoad in Fort Wright.

Holy Cross High SchoolAthletic Boosters Fish Fry

5-8 p.m. Fridays Feb. 24through March 30 in AlumniHall cafeteria at Holy Cross HighSchool, 3617 Church St. in Co-vington.

Menu consists of fish sand-wiches, shrimp baskets, cheesepizza, hush puppies, greenbeans, mac and cheese, frenchfries and dessert. Carry-outavailable.

St. Barbara's Church FishFry

4:30-8 p.m. Fridays Feb. 24through March 30 at the church,4042 Turkeyfoot Road in Erlang-er.

Fish dinner is $7.50; shrimpdinner, $9.50; and children'sdinner, $4. Carry-out available.

Fr. Bealer Knights ofColumbus Council No.3908 Fish Fry

4:30-8 p.m. Fridays Feb. 24through April 6 at 605 Lytle Ave.in Elsmere.

Menu items include fish,chicken, jumbo and popcornshrimp, hamburgers, hot dogs,dinners and sandwiches. Sidesinclude fries, macaroni andcheese, and cole slaw. Pricesrange from $1.50-$7. Carry-outavailable. For more information,call 859-342-6643.

Mary, Queen of HeavenParish Fish Fry

4-8 p.m. Fridays Feb. 24through March 30 at the church,1130 Donaldson Hwy. in Erlang-er.

Proceeds support Mary,Queen of Heaven School. Dinein or call ahead and carry-out.Drive-thru also available. Menuincludes fish sandwiches, Holyhaddock, fish and chips, bakedcod and shrimp, macaroni andcheese, cole slaw and salad. Forthe full menu and more in-formation, visit www.mqhpar-ish.com. For more information,call 859-371-2622.

Crescent Springs-VillaHills Fire/EMS Fish Fry

4-8 p.m. Fridays during Lentstarting Feb. 24 at 777 OverlookDrive in Crescent Springs.

Menu items include fish,shrimp, fries, onion rings, maca-roni and cheese, hush puppies,chicken fingers, potato soup andhomemade desserts. Princesrange from $2.50-$7.

Dine in or Carry-out available.For more information, call

859-341-3840.

St. Therese Parish FishFry

5-7:30 Fridays Feb. 24 throughMarch 30 at 11 Temple Place inSouthgate.

Call 859-441-5187.

Pee Wee's Fish FryLunch and dinner buffet on

Fridays during Lent at PeeWee's, 2325 Anderson Road inCrescent Springs.

Lunch is $10.95, dinner is$12.95. The following items willbe offered on a rotating sched-ule: salad, slaw, tuna casserole,tuna melt, clam chowder, toma-to soup, grilled cheese, beanburrito, veggie lasagna, spa-ghetti/marinara, veggie stir-fry,grilled blackened vegetables,quesadillas, fish tacos, shrimpfettucini, seafood jambalaya,cheese tortellini, bread stix, red

beans/rice, macaroni and cheese,broccoli fettucini alfredo andtwice-baked potatoes. Call859-341-4977.

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The Optimist Club of Co-vington is announcing the2012 Candidate Speaker Se-ries.

With many candidatesrunning for office thisyear, the club will run theseries over three months.

The first speaker isnoon Thursday, Feb. 23, at

Chez Nora, 530 Main St.,Covington. The speakerwill be Chris McDaniel whois running for State Senatein the seat being vacated byJack Westwood.

Over the next 10 Thurs-days the candidates for thisseat, the open House seatbeing vacated by AleciaWebb-Edgington and theopen Fourth Congressional

seat being vacated byGeoff Davis will be invitedto speak to the Optimists.

There is no charge forthe program. Lunch can beordered off the menu . Reg-istration starts at 11:45 a.m.

The meeting startspromptly at noon.

For more information orto register , contact DanHumpert, at 859-491-0674.

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The Rev. Peter D. D’An-gio will join Trinity Episco-pal Church as Rector onSunday, March 4.

D’Angio has been serv-ing as priest at St. Luke’sEpiscopal Church in Scran-ton, Pa., since 2007. D’An-gio replaces the Rev. JoePennington, who retired in

2010.After a

lengthysearch, thechurch’snominatingcommitteeand Vestryendorsedthe call to

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er of the nominating com-mittee, said ”Rev. D’Angiowas a very impressive can-didate. We believe he willlead our parish in a verypositive way. We look for-ward to him being our nextrector at Trinity.

D’Angio, 52, a native ofBoston, was raised inLarchmont, N.Y.

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FORT WRIGHTArrests/CitationsDonna M. Tucker, 33, 4408Michigan Ave,. Apt. 2, shop-lifting at 3450 Valley PlazaPkwy., Feb. 8.

Tiffany L. Holt, 24, 15 BricklerLn., executed Boone Countywarrant for public drunken-ness at 1937 Dixie Hwy., Feb.9.

Video game stolen at 3450Valley Plaza Pkwy., Feb. 5.

Video game controllers sto-len at 3450 Valley PlazaPkwy., Feb. 7.

TheftStereo, speakers and amplifi-er stolen from car at Birch-wood Dr., Feb. 8.

Cell phone stolen at 20 KylesLane W., Feb. 9.

Cash and credit cards stolenat 30 Augusta Ave., Feb. 11.

Laptop stolen from unlockedcar at 1646 Amsterdam Rd.,Feb. 12.

Heating/air unit stolen at1458 Dixie Hwy., Jan. 23.

DVD player, DVDs and cashstolen from car at 1051

Altavia Ave., Jan. 12.Vehicle license plate stolen at1640 Dixie Hwy., Jan. 11.

Theft, criminal misch iefCash stolen from vehicle, putin neutral and rolled intomailbox at 447 Pickett Ct.,Jan. 22.

Wallet and contents stolen at3450 Valley Plaza Pkwy., Jan.29.

Wallet and cash stolen at3450 Valley Plaza Pkwy., Jan.26.

Jewelry stolen at 442 GeneralDr., Jan. 26.

PARK HILLSArrests/Citations

John N. Strohm, 32, 301 ViewPl., executed CampbellCounty warrant for failureto appear at 1601 Dixie Hwy,Jan. 22.

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ABOUT POLICEREPORTSThe Community Recorderpublishes the names of alladults charged withoffenses. The informationis a matter of publicrecord and does notimply guilt or innocence.

Bridget Steely, 34, of Edge-wood and Carl Harris, 33, ofPark Hills, issued Feb. 7, 2012.

Jessica Lovins, 30, andMichael Holt, 30, both of FortMitchell, issued Feb. 8, 2012.

Kimberly Schiesl, 28, andNoah Finley, 30 both of Cin-cinnati, issued Feb. 8, 2012.

Patience Church, 27, andRussell Bowman, 29, both ofCovington, issued Feb. 8,2012.

Holly Ashenfelter, 39, andJeremiah Cook, 31, both ofMooresville, issued Feb. 9,2012.

Ronda Collins, 29, andStanley Meatchem Jr., 29,both of Cincinnati, issued Feb.9, 2012.

Billie Waynick, 37, and

Julius Norman, 24, both ofCincinnati, issued Feb. 9, 2012.

Stephanie Ruff, 29, andChristopher Dean, 30, both ofCincinnati, issued Feb. 9, 2012.

Danelle Howard, 29, andMark Hall, 30, both of Cincin-nati, issued Feb. 10, 2012.

Christina Ehrhard, 25, andErnest Odei, 31, both ofSpringfield, issued Feb. 10,2012.

Shay Zimmerman, 24, ofUnion and Jarrett Spisak, 25,of Covington, issued Feb. 10,2012.

Khaliah Bias, 33, and Je-rome Adams, 29, both ofCovington, issued Feb. 10,2012.

Emily Patrick, 22, and DerekWilliams, 23, both of Inde-

pendence, issued Feb. 13,2012.

Sarai Benyamini, 27, ofEdgewood and Alonzo Thom-as, 31, of Florence, issued Feb.13, 2012.

Katrine Wheeleer, 26, andCorey Gamble, 34, both ofCincinnati, issued Feb. 13,2012.

Kathleen Ross, 23, andMichael Reinzan, 24, both ofErlanger, issued Feb. 13, 2012.

Amy McCullah, 26, andEmanuel Williams, 29, both ofCovington, issued Feb. 13,2012.

Lisa Kenny 34, of Park Hillsand Keith Conrad, 32, ofCovington, issued Feb. 3,2012.

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David BeasleyDavid Roger Beasley, 83, of

Florence, died Feb. 9, 2012,at his home.

He was a retired journalistand copy editor with theCincinnati Enquirer. He was aU.S. Army Air Corps and AirForce veteran, having servedin World War II and Korea.He was a member of theFriends of the Boone CountyLibrary and Boone CountyHistorical Society, and aformer volunteer at FlorenceVolunteer Fire Department.

An infant grandson, RobertDavid Fessler, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his wife,Rae Mangold Beasley; daugh-ters, Terry Timmers of Erlang-er and Cindy Fessler of Belle-vue; son, Kevin Beasley ofBurlington; five grandchil-dren; and three great-grand-children.

Memorials: Honor FlightTri-State, 8627 Calumet Way,Cincinnati, OH 45249; Amer-ican Diabetes Association,4555 Lake Forest Drive, Suite396, Cincinnati, OH 45242; ordonor’s favorite charity.

Patricia BorlandPatricia A. Wert Borland,

73, of Villa Hills, died Feb. 11,2012, at her residence.

She was an ardent sup-porter of Master Provisions inFlorence, a member of NewFriends of Northern Kentuckyand a former board memberof the Wood-Hudson CancerCenter. She volunteered withWelcome Wagon of NorthernKentucky and WelcomeHouse in Covington.

Her husband, Clifford R.Borland Sr., died in 2007.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Clifford Borland Jr. ofFort Mitchell, Lisa Borland ofErlanger and Douglas Bor-land of Union; and sisters,Agnes Adler, Mary Gahaganand Joan Beck, all of Bethle-hem, Pa.

Memorials: Master Provi-sions, 7725 Foundation Drive,Florence, KY 41042.

Mary Lou DeakMary Lou Bogenschutz

Deak, 75, of Lawrenceville,Ga., formerly of Fort Mitchelland Erlanger, died Jan. 27,2012.

She retired from OfficeDepot, was an active memberof St. Marguerite d’YouvilleCatholic Church and a volun-teer at the St. Vincent dePaul Society.

Her husband, Frank Deak,died previously.

Survivors include herdaughter, Angela Deak Mc-Carthy; son, Stanley Law-rence Deak; stepdaughter,Marta Deak Vittini; brother,Andrew Bogenschutz; andfour grandchildren.

Lawrence FelthausLawrence J. Felthaus, 91, of

Erlanger, died Feb. 14, 2012,at St. Elizabeth Florence.

He was the president ofStanley’s Auto Parts and amember of the Knights ofColumbus and the NorthernKentucky Sports Hall ofFame. He was an avid golferand bowler.

His wife, Shirley Felthaus;and sisters, Eleanor Exter-kamp, Jeanette Exterkamp,

Martha Canfield and Char-lotte Vaske, died previously.

Survivors include his sons,Larney Felthaus of Harriman,Tenn., and Todd Felthaus ofFlorence; brother, RobertFelthaus of Lakeside Park;four grandchildren; and onestep grandchild.

Burial was at St. MaryCemetery, Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. Henry Dis-trict High School, 3755 Sche-ben Drive, Erlanger, KY41018.

Donald FrancisDonald Francis, 78, of

Erlanger, died Feb. 13, 2012,at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a member of Er-langer Baptist Church, and aretired Ford Motor Co. em-ployee and school bus driver.He was a member of theMasonic Lodge No. 109 inCovington and the UnitedAuto Workers. He was a

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His brothers, Billy MacFrancis and Willard RayFrancis, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Faye Francis; Daniel andPamela Francis, Duane andPatti Mahan, Joshua andHannah Purnell, ColemanFrancis, and “his girls” Piperand Harper Mahan; andspecial coworkers, DonaldPerry and Avery Morgan.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Gardens, Erlanger.

Memorials: Erlanger Bap-tist Church Brown Bag Fund.

Celestia Holocher-NeffCelestia F. Holocher-Neff,

98, of Fort Mitchell, diedFeb. 9, 2012, at Baptist Vil-lage Care Center in Erlanger.

She was a cafeteria dieti-cian with Covington CatholicHigh School and a memberof Blessed Sacrament Churchin Fort Mitchell, the St.Mary’s Ladies Society, FortWright Grandmothers andRosie Reds. She was an avidgolfer and bowler, and wasgiven the honor of lightingthe torch for the SeniorOlympics.

Her first husband, WilliamHolocher; second husband,

Maurice Neff; and daughter,Harriet Ives, died previously.

Survivors include her sons,Tom Holocher of Fort Mitch-ell, Dale Holocher of Edge-wood, Bill Holocher of VillaHills and Jeff Holocher ofWestminster, Colo.; daugh-ter, Mary Koenig of VillaHills; 18 grandchildren; and31 great-grandchildren.

Interment was in St. John’sCemetery, Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: DiocesanCatholic Children’s Home, 75Orphanage Road, Fort Mitch-ell, KY 41017.

Thomas KennedyThomas Charles Kennedy,

71, of Villa Hills, formerly ofLondon, Ky., died Feb. 11,2012, at St. Elizabeth.

He was a retired mechanicwith Federal Express and amember of Crescent SpringsBaptist Church for 43 years.He served as a deacon andSunday school teacher.

Three siblings, William EarlKennedy, Joe Robert Kenne-dy and Ruth Ann Pruitt, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Joan Helen Barrett Kennedy;siblings, John Milton Kenne-dy, Carl Wayne Kennedy,Mary Elaine Abbott, JamesFinley Kennedy and VernonEugene Kennedy, all ofLondon, Ky., Helen ReseWhitaker of Avon, Ind., andMargaret Faye Settles ofBradenton, Fla.; daughters,Stacy Anne Brunker of He-

bron and Susan Willette Haleof Erlanger; and threegrandchildren.

Interment was at FloralHills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.

Memorials: CrescentSprings Baptist Church.

Mary ReinhartMary Lee Herbol Reinhart,

64, of Fort Mitchell, formerlyof Newport, died Feb. 8,2012, at Good SamaritanHospital in Cincinnati.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her hus-

band, Joseph “Tim” Reinhart;son, Joseph Reinhart; daugh-ters, April Murray, AmyPence and Samantha Wisch-er; brother, Chick Herbol;sisters, Janice Shields, Char-lene Shaw, Kathy Smith,Carol Store, Monica Bradfordand Marita McIntosh; and 12grandchildren.

Burial was in KentuckyVeterans Cemetery North,Williamstown.

Memorials: Dobbling,Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funer-al Home, 835 York St., New-port, KY 41071.

Pamela SassinPamela Abdon Sassin, 54,

of Cincinnati, died Feb. 8,2012.

She was a homemaker.Her father, Richard Abdon,

died previously.Survivors include her

mother, Betty Watts Abdonof Burlington; brother, TimAbdon of Chickasha, Okla.;

daughters, Jennifer Liver andKelly Liver, both of Cincin-nati, and Sarah Napier ofGrafenwoehr, Germany; son,Gary Douglas “Doug” Liver;stepson, William MichaelLiver of Lakeside Park; step-daughter, Angie Williamsonof Crittenden; nine grand-children; and seven stepgrandchildren.

Burial was in HebronLutheran Cemetery.

Philip Schmidt Sr.Philip W. Schmidt Sr., 66,

of Erlanger, died Feb. 11,2012, at St. Elizabeth Edge-wood.

He worked for GeneralElectric and coached footballfor 19 years at the ErlangerLions Club.

Survivors include his wife,Linda Schmidt; children,Philip Schmidt Jr. and Mi-chael Schmidt, both of Er-langer, Dee Reusch of Inde-pendence, Chris Schmidt andHeather Randolph, both ofFort Wright, and CherylMarable of Walton; andseven grandchildren.

Burial was at St. Mary’sCemetery, Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: AmericanDiabetes Association, 4555Lake Forrest Drive, Suite 396,Cincinnati, OH 45242.

Rita SchmitzRita Krumpelman Schmitz,

93, of Erlanger, died Feb. 13,2012, at Villaspring of Er-langer.

She worked for the Lodgeand Shipley Co. in Cincinnatifor 40 years and assisted herhusband in a floral shop.

Her husband, Karl Schmitz,and brother, Louis Krumpel-man, died previously.

Survivors include her sister,Agnes Yelton.

Interment was at ArlingtonMemorial Gardens in Cincin-nati.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice.

David WaddleDavid Allen Waddle, 53, of

Fort Mitchell, died Feb. 11,2012.

He served in the U.S. Ma-rines Corps and was passion-ate about gardening andphotography.

His father, Otis R. WaddleJr., died previously.

Survivors include his moth-er, Katherine “Kathy” Wad-dle of Erlanger; former wifeand dear friend, Grace EhretWaddle of Fort Wright;sisters, Becky Herzog ofErlanger and Elizabeth GayDolezal of Tallmadge, Ohio;and five nieces and nephews.

Interment was at FloralHills Cemetery, Taylor Mill.

Memorials: Charity ofdonor’s choice.

Annabelle WallaceAnnabelle Wallace, 74, of

Erlanger, died Feb. 13, 2012,at her home.

She was a homemaker anda member of the First Baptist

Church in Covington. Sheformerly worked at Shillito’sand in her church’s day care.

Her father, Fred K. Smith,died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Donald C. Wallace;mother, Zula Smith of Owen-ton; son, Kenneth Wallace ofOwenton; brothers, EugeneSmith of Monterey andFreeman Smith of Owenton;and one grandchild.

Burial was in OwentonCemetery.

Memorials: Owen CountyFriends of Animals.

Robert WiechmanRobert A. “Bob” Wiech-

man, 87, of Hebron, diedJan. 27, 2012, at his resi-dence.

He was an original mem-ber of the Fort Wright FireDepartment, Fort WrightCivic Club and NorthernKentucky Fly Fishers. He wasa U.S. Navy World War IIveteran and retired as asuperintendent for PaulHemmer Construction.

His wife, Mary “Millie”Wiechman, died in 2000.

Survivors include his son,Robert G. Wiechman ofCrescent Springs; daughters,Julia Ketteler of CrescentSprings and Amy Willen ofHebron; sister, Anna MaeScheper of Delhi, Ohio;seven grandchildren; andone great-grandchild.

Burial was at St. John’sCemetery.

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