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FORT MITCHELL — KathleenMcClorey Holthaus hasn’t for-gotten about her father’s contri-bution to the Northern Ken-tucky community.

In fact, it’s impossible, as somuch of his work makes up theregion’s landscape, said Holth-aus, 84, of Fort Mitchell.

Her father, Howard McClo-rey, was an architect, one of themost prominent in the areathroughout the 1930s. He de-signed a number of churches, in-cluding Blessed SacramentChurch in Fort Mitchell, andbuildings throughout NorthernKentucky, such as the originalportions of the BeechwoodSchool building and the FortMitchell City building. DixieHeights and Simon Kenton highschools, Villa Madonna Acad-emy, St. Ann Convent, St. Thom-as in Fort Thomas and St. Ste-phens in Fort Mitchell also havehis signature on them.

Recently, the Community Re-corder sat down with Holthausto discuss her father’s achieve-ments.

Q: Where did your father goto school?

A: He only went to the sixthgrade of school. Later, he stud-ied with an architect and got hislicense. When I look at (BlessedSacrament) and some of his oth-er designs I often wonder how aperson who only went to sixthgrade could do that.

NKYarchitectHowardMcCloreyrememberedBy Melissa [email protected]

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CRESCENT SPRINGS — After3 ½ years of fundraising thedream Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorial is becoming a re-ality.

“We’re up to $127,000; ourtotal goal is $150,000, with afew more commitments we’resure to make it to our goal andwe’re planning for completionsoon and a dedication this

Sept. 11,” Crescent SpringsMayor Lou Hartfiel

Hartfiel led the charge forthe memorial that is partlyconstructed in CrescentSprings Community Park nearthe Kenton County VeteransMemorial at the corner of But-termilk Pike and Collins Road.He said it feels good being inthe home stretch.

“It’s been gratifying to see

NKY 9/11Memoriala dreamcome trueBy Melissa [email protected]

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Members of Cincinnati Ironworkers Union 44 place the last of sixsegments representing the Twin Towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks.The Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorial’s first phase was erected in 2013,giving the Crescent Springs monument two 12-foot-tall granite likenessesof the Twin Towers. When completed, the monument will contain anactual steel beam artifact from the rubble of the World Trade Center.

Students rejoiced as severalinches of snow changed North-ern Kentucky’s landscape,causing schools to close for upto a full week.

So what happens now?According to the Kentucky

Department of Education at

education.ky.gov , studentsmust be in school a minimum of1,062 hours, which equals 177six-hour days.

“In some school districts, theregular school day includesmore than six instructionalhours, and those districtschoose to use the extra timethey have ‘banked’ to offsethours missed due to inclementweather. Other districts have‘make-up’ days built into theirschool calendars in case they

are needed,” according to thesite. “Once a district has missed20 days, it may request a dis-trictwide disaster day from theCommissioner of Education.”

Another option for schoolsthat have missed 20 or moredays is a pilot program thatgives schools an online option tomake up missed days.

During the 2014-2015 schoolyear, Kentucky districts thatmissed 20 or more days were el-igible to apply for waivers that

allow the “use of virtual or othernon-traditional means of in-struction when school is can-celed because of weather or an-other emergency. In mostcases, students will participatein the snow day lessons online,”according to an Oct. 10, 2014,media release.

To receive a waiver, districtsthat missed 20 or more dayssubmitted applications that de-scribed their plans for learningwhile school was not in session.

In the spring, the same districtswill submit documentation oftheir participation and mea-surements of student learningfor the missed days.

Thirteen districts receivedthe waiver.

Only one Northern Kentuckydistrict, Grant County is per-mitted to use virtual instruc-tion. Others in the state areBoyle, Grant, Jessamine, John-

Snow days pile up for N. Ky. schoolsBy Chris Mayhew, Amy Scalfand Melissa [email protected],[email protected] [email protected]

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An artist’s rendering of the Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorial.

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Bill would createGold Star Siblingslicense plate

A bill to create a GoldStar Siblings special li-cense plate for Kentuck-ians whose brother or sis-ter died in active U.S. mil-itary service has passedthe state House.

House Bill 209, spon-sored by Rep. Diane St.Onge, (R-Lakeside Park),and Rep. Tanya Pullin, (D-South Shore), advanced ona vote of 94-0. It is now be-fore the Senate for consid-eration.

The initial fee for aGold Star Siblings licenseplate would be $25 and therenewal fee would be $20,with $10 of the initial fee

and $5 of the renewal feededicated to the state’sVeterans’ Program TrustFund, according to HB209. Proof of eligibility forthe plate would be deter-mined by the state Trans-portation Cabinet regula-tion.

HB 209 would take ef-fect Jan. 1, 2016 should itbecome law.

TMC to offernew major

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Strong eventrescheduled

EDGEWOOD — Strong, awinter wellness and booklaunch event has been re-scheduled.

The event will takeplace 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Saturday, March 14, at theEdgewood Senior Center.

The event will feature apreview of the book “ComeBack Strong” by Edge-

wood resident EileenMcGuire Whaley.

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Baugh namedNational MeritFinalist

EDGEWOOD — Villa Ma-donna Academy senior Er-ic Baugh has been named aNational Merit Finalist.

Baugh, the son of Johnand Janet Baugh of Edge-wood, is a nationallyranked runner and honorstudent.

About 1.5 million stu-dents took the PSAT, thequalifying test for Nation-al Merit, during their ju-nior year. Of the 50,000high scorers nationwide,about 16,000 were namedNational Merit Semifinal-ists. The National MeritProgram then namedthose who are NationalMerit Finalists and will beconsidered for 8,000 MeritScholarship awards.

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so many step up and sup-port this project,” Hart-fiel said. “Sept. 11 is aday we never want toforget. There were evensome local people whoperished on that day.This memorial willstand as a reminder ofthis and honor all thosewho lost their lives. Itwill include a time lineof events too to educatefuture generations.”

The Kenton Countygovernment is one ofmany supporters of thememorial. Recently thecounty pledged $15,000toward the project.

“Being located at ourKenton County Veter-ans Memorial, the 9-11memorial representsforever the historic at-tack on our freedomsand the losses that Ken-ton County experi-enced,” Kenton CountyJudge-executive KrisKnochelmann said.“With primarily privatefunding, this memorialpresents a beautiful re-minder of how fragileour freedom is and justhow much of a shock toour world the attacks of9/11 were. The memorialis a bold reminder andwill hopefully be visitedfor 100 years.”

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Q: What’s it like see-ing the buildings yourfather designed?

A: It’s amazing. Ithink of all the peoplewho are still using thesebuildings today. Youdon’t realize the impactof that when you’reyoung. Now that I’m old-er, it sinks in. It’s justamazing.

Q: What do you re-member the mostabout your father?

A: We always had adrafting table in our din-ing room and he was al-ways at it working. Hewas strict; then againyears ago that’s how fa-thers were. But I remem-ber him coming homeand us kids would searchhis pockets for candy. Healso played cards with us

a lot. Oh, and every timehe’d pass a Catholicchurch, he’d tip his hat.

He didn’t believe innew cars and all that. Hebelieved that educationshould come first for uschildren.

He died when he was73. I miss him, just beingaround him.

Q: How did your fa-ther feel about hiswork?

A: He enjoyed it. Hehad an office downtownbut even when he washome, he thought ofwork. He was always atthat drafting table in ourdining room.

Q: What’s your favor-ite building he de-signed?

A: Blessed SacramentChurch. We were mem-bers there. I was evenbaptized there.


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son, Lawrence, Leslie,Owsley, Pike, Taylor,Todd, Washington andWolfe counties, and Cor-bin Independent Schools.

Campbell CountyCampbell County

Schools missed eightdays, and has 13 weathermakeup days for theschool year.

Because of President’sDay and winter weather,there was no school atCampbell County theweek of Feb. 16-20.

“So, we have five moreavailable,” Superinten-dent Glen Miller said.

With eight misseddays, Campbell County’sschool year will will nowend June 3 instead of May21.

If more than five moredays are missed Board ofEducation members maychoose to lower the exist-ing eight missed days tofive days, he said.

Campbell County hasalready “banked” threeinstructional days beyondstate requirements so far,Miller said.

“We typically missonly one or two days inMarch, so we do not antic-ipate using many more

makeup days beyondwhat we have alreadymissed,” Miller said.

Weather has impactedsmaller Campbell Countyschool districts less.Bellevue IndependentSchools have missed fourdays for weather, and FortThomas IndependentSchools have missedthree days.

Fort Thomas will makeup the days at the end ofthe year, which will nowend June 1 instead of May27.

Bellevue will make upa day March 20 and theschool year will now endthree days later May 28instead of May 21, said Su-perintendent Robb Smith.

“We would have to missasubstantial amount mov-ing forward to considerchanging the calendar,”Smith said.

Kenton CountyKenton County stu-

dents will be attending alonger school year thanplanned.

“The Kenton CountySchool District has fivedays built in its schedulefor snow days or calamitydays as they’re known inthe district,” said JessDykes, director of publicrelations and communityengagement. “This win-ter, the district has usedseven calamity days. The

extra two days have beentacked on to the end of theschool year. The year wasoriginally scheduled toend May 27, now schoolwill be in session untilMay 29. Any more days atthis point will have to beadded on to the end of theyear.”

Smaller districts, suchas Beechwood Indepen-dent Schools, operate un-der the same rules.

Beechwood Schoolshas missed three days ofschool this year due toweather.

“Districts are allowedto miss as many days asneeded,” said BeechwoodSuperintendent SteveHutton. “However, thedays need to be made up.We have our makeup daysidentified in our calendar.So far, we will be makingup one day on March 13.The other two days to bemade up will be on May 26and 27.”

The superintendentsaid Beechwood has onemore day identified in thecurrent calendar thatthey can be off for weath-er. After that, they willneed to begin adding moredays to the end of theschool year.

Although Beechwoodwas not eligible for thewaivers to make upmissed missed snow daysonline, Hutton is a fan of

the idea overall. “I think the virtual in-

struction during snowdays is a great idea.,” Hut-ton said.

Boone CountyIn Boone County,

schools were closed sevendays due to inclementweather. It’s undeter-mined whether the dis-trict will add more days tothe calendar.

“Honestly, it’s a wait-and-see, take it one day ata time, situation for Ken-tucky public schools,”said Barbara Cain-Brady,community relations co-ordinator.

“We don’t ‘bank’ timeor days, but after missinga number of days, we doadd instructional time toeach school day to allowfor extended instruction,”said Mike Ford, BooneCounty’s director of pupilpersonnel. He is alsopresident of the KentuckyDirectors of Pupil Person-nel Association.

Ford said the extendedinstruction days are setuntil the local Board ofEducation amends theschool calendar to meetstate regulations.

Boone County’s unoffi-cial last day of this schoolyear is June 1, but the end-ing date could be changedif additional days aremissed.

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INDEPENDENCE — Most8-year-olds are preoccu-pied with television showsand video games.

Parker Willman of In-dependence has a differ-ent matter on his mind –the well-being of shelteranimals.

“I want them to feelloved and happy,” he said.

Parker set his goal tohelp shelter animals whenhe was just 6 years old. Heand his family were at-tending a pet fair whensomeone suggested hisolder brother volunteer atan animal shelter. Parkersaid that he wanted to do ittoo, but was told he wastoo young. Volunteershave to be at least 14 yearsold.

“I kept thinking about

it and thought there’s gotto be something I could doto help the animals, so Istarted Parker’s Pet Pro-ject,” he said.

He decided to askfriends and family for do-nations that he could taketo the Kenton County Ani-mal Shelter in Fort Mitch-ell. His mother, CrissyWillman, created a Face-book page, “Parker’s PetProject” that they couldshare with close friendsand family to let themknow about Parker’s idea.

One morning, Crissyheard a local radio showwas featuring kids whowere making a difference.She contacted the showand told them all aboutParker.

“Within hours his Face-book page grew from al-most 100 likes to close to1,000,” she said. The page

now has more than 2,000likes.

Parker began holdingcollection events and do-nations, like food and toys,poured in.

“The Kenton CountyAnimal Shelter and its di-rector Dan Evans began totake notice,” Crissy said.“They were moved byParker and his vision, andbecause of Parker theychanged their volunteerpolicy to allow children asyoung as 6 while being ac-companied by a parent.”

Parker now also volun-teers at the shelter, walk-ing and “snuggling” withthe dogs.

“I like doing all of thisto so that the animals feelcomfortable and have anice stay while they’re atthe shelter,” Parker said.

Crissy said she is proudof her son.

“It’s touching to knowthat at such a young agethat he has a heart for oth-ers,” she said. “He’s evensacrificed birthday andChristmas presents so theanimals can have food ortoys. What he does is veryspecial.”


Independence boy makinga difference for animalsBy Melissa [email protected]

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Parker Willman and his dogLeonidas. Willman holds petsupply drives for the KentonCounty Animal Shelterthrough Parker’s Pet Project.

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Kenton residents onNational’s dean’s list

Many Kenton County resi-dents earned dean’s list honorsat National College in Florenceduring the school’s first andsecond fall 2014 terms.

Honored students includedFelicia Davis of Elsmere, Don-na Galliher of Fort Wright, Lin-da Peebles of Morningview,and Elizabeth Richmond andJessica Phillips, both of Co-vington.

Students had to earn a mini-mum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale tobe recognized.

Romito, Riedinger earn honors at Coastal Carolina

Connor Romito, of Edge-wood, and Alex Riedinger, ofTaylor Mill, are among 2,125students honored on the 2014fall semester dean’s list for ac-ademic achievements at Coast-al Carolina University.

Romito, a senior, and Riedin-ger, a freshman, are both ma-joring in marine science.

To qualify for the dean’s list,freshmen must earn a 3.25 GPAand upperclassmen must earna 3.5 GPA. All students must beenrolled full time.

Kenton residentshonored at Georgetown College

Several Kenton County resi-dents achieved dean’s list hon-ors at Georgetown College dur-ing the school’s 2014 fall semes-ter.

Honored students includeKelsey M. Aerni of Taylor Mill,Sara Lynn Bishop of Independ-ence, Sarah Elizabeth Cox ofErlanger, Stephanie Gurren ofErlanger, Julia Lynn Rankin ofEdgewood, Melissa GuadalupeRodriguez of Covington, Kris-ten C. Schellhaas of Edgewood,and Lindsey L. Walker of Inde-pendence.

To qualify, a student musthave completed the semesterwith at least 12 credit hours anda 3.7 GPA.

Kenton students make Midway Collegedean’s list

Taylor Stephenson, of Er-langer, and Melissa Back, ofMorning View, have beennamed to the Midway Collegedean’s list for the 2014 fall se-mester.

To be named to the dean’slist, a student must be classi-fied as full-time and obtain a 3.6GPA.

Meek makes dean’s list,graduates from NKU

Jodie Renae Meek, of VillaHills, earned dean’s list honorsand graduated from NorthernKentucky University duringthe 2014 fall semester.

She graduated with a degreein organizational mangage-ment.

Meek on merit honor listat Rio Grande

Carolyn Ashley Meek, of Vil-la Hills, earned merit honors atthe University of Rio Grandeduring the 2014 fall semester.

Loomis on dean’s list atUniversity of Delaware

Joanna Loomis, of FortMitchell, has been named to thedean’s list for the 2014 fall se-mester at the University ofDelaware.

Kenton residents on dean’s listat Cumberlands

Several Kenton County resi-dents were on the dean’s list forthe 2014 fall semester at theUniversity of the Cumber-lands.

Honored students includeKeely Borden of Independ-ence, Andrew Elam of FortWright, Coleman Lacy of FortMitchell, Christopher Settersof Covington, Sarah Setters ofLatonia, Reed Spata of TaylorMill, and Matthew Wehrle ofEdgewood.

To be eligible, students musthave a minimum cumulativescholastic standing of 3.5 on a4.0 scale.

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The Kohl’s DepartmentStores Kohl’s Cares Scholar-ship Program will award near-ly $400,000 in scholarships andprizes to more than 2,500 stu-dents who have made a positiveimpact on their communities.

Nominations for kids ages 6to 18 will be accepted throughMarch 13 at kohlskids.com.

“Children around the coun-try are doing inspiring work intheir communities every dayand Kohl’s is proud to rewardthese future leaders throughthe Kohl’s Cares ScholarshipProgram,” said Bevin Bailis,Kohl’s senior vice president,communications and public re-lations. “We encourage par-

ents, teachers, neighbors andfriends to nominate the out-standing youth in their lives, sowe can honor and acknowledgeyoung volunteers for theirtime, innovation and passionfor helping others and makinga difference this year.”

Ten national winners willeach be awarded a $10,000scholarship for higher educa-tion, and Kohl’s will donate$1,000 to a nonprofit organiza-tion on each national winner’sbehalf. Nearly 200 studentswill win regional scholarshipsworth $1,000 toward highereducation, and more than 2,000local students will receive a$50 Kohl’s gift card.

Kohl’s Caresprogram to awardscholarships

Students in Scott HighSchool’s “Art of Baking” classtook part in a cake decoratingclass thanks to Remke Mar-kets and its partners.

Remke organized a CakeDecorating Day that involvedproviding cakes, decoratingsupplies, icing, and carriersand brought their partnerRich’s to share decorating tipswith students at Scott.

At the end of the class, eachstudent in the class had com-pleted a two-layer cake com-plete with decorations to takehome.

The Culinary Arts pathwayis just one career pathway op-tion offered at Scott as part ofKentucky’s College and Ca-reer Readiness initiative. InCulinary Arts classes studentslearn nutrition, kitchen safety,food safety, and food prepara-tion techniques, as well as ca-reer and budget skills.

Upon completion of thepathway and taking the appro-

priate tests, students can earnindustry certifications thatcan qualify them for course

credit in post secondary culi-nary programs and/or employ-ment opportunities.

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Scott High School junior Angie Paden shows a finished decorated layer cake in the “Art of Baking” class.

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Students in culinary arts class at Scott High School learn to assemblelayer cakes to decorate.

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Remke Market and its partners organized a Cake Decorating Class for a class at Scott High School. From leftare Brenda Watts of Rich’s Supply; Shelley Schammel, Thom Moore, Robin McCaslin and Karen Wilson ofRemke; and Jama Brown of Supervalu.

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The Smith family, of Newport, from left, Nicole, Madison, 3, Jason, andTaylor, 7, had a great time at the Wilder Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fryheld Friday, Feb. 20.

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Snow-covered roads and frigid temper-atures weren’t enough to stop the debut offish fry season at Mary Queen of Heaven

parish and the city of Wilder on Feb. 20. JohnGeisen, as the “Codfather of Sole,” greetedguests at Mary Queen of Heaven who came for

the traditional cod sandwiches or fish and chips.Wilder Mayor Stanley Turner and his wife, Nor-ma, served desserts at the Wilder Fish Fry atthe Wilder Fire Department on Licking Pike.The weekly event during Lent supports the firedepartment.


Stephanie and Danny Sewell, of Erlanger, and their son Brodie, 7 months, have dinner at the Mary Queen ofHeaven School Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20 in Erlanger.


Lindsay and Ryan Brown, of Fort Wright, and their son Marshall, 11 months,enjoy fish and chips during the Mary Queen of Heaven School Fish Fry heldFriday, Feb. 20, in Erlanger.


From left, Mayor Stanley Turner and his wife, Norma, serve desserts toStephanie Luthi, of Wilder, and her children Becca, 5, and Melody, 1, duringthe Wilder Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20.


Brandon Cramer and Kayla Venter, of Highland Heights, enjoyed fishdinners during the Wilder Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry.


Shelby Besecker, 17 of Petersburg, earns service hours as a student at St.Henry District High School by serving fish dinners to Tammy Baumann, ofUnion, left, and Patti Brandt, of Florence, right, during the Mary Queen ofHeaven School Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20, in Erlanger.

Nothing like a fish fryto beat cabin fever


Alister Roland, 4, of Burlington, gives the stuffed codfish a hug as the“Codfather of Sole,” John Geisen, of Florence, greets attendees during theMary Queen of Heaven School Fish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20, in Erlanger.


From left, Mitchell Bailey, 11, of Erlanger, Aidan Nolting, 11, of Hebron,Matthew Miller, 11, of Hebron, Mackenzie Smith, 10, of Erlanger, andSydney Reymond, 10, of Hebron, were just glad to be out of the house aftera week of school closings due to bad weather. They’re pictured here duringthe Mary Queen of Heaven School Fish Fry.

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From left, Bob Rison, of Wilder, withhis son Bobby, 15, and friend ChrisWeinberg, 14, of Cold Spring, ordertheir fish dinners for carry-out atthe Wilder Volunteer FireDepartment Fish Fry held Friday,Feb. 20.

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From front to back, Kathy Lee, ofFlorence, Amanda Chapman, of FortWright, and Eva McGlynn, of Union,make ready the condiments duringthe Mary Queen of Heaven SchoolFish Fry held Friday, Feb. 20, inErlanger.


FRIDAY, MARCH 6Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

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

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

Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., St. JosephChurch - Camp Springs, 6833Four Mile Road, Fried or bakedfish, fried catfish, salmon, deepfried shrimp, crab cakes andsampler platter. Carryout avail-able. $8.50 and up for set-ups;$6.50 sandwiches. ThroughMarch 27. 635-5652. CampSprings.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., Trinity UnitedMethodist Church-Latonia, 101 E.Southern Ave., Fish sandwich,two sides, drink and dessert fordine-in (drink not included forcarryout). $8, $4 children. 261-4010. Latonia.

Fish Fry, 4:30-8 p.m., St. JosephAcademy, 48 Needmore St., Dinein, drive thru or carry out. Friedor baked fish and shrimp dinners($11 adult) includes 3 sides,dessert and drink. Senior dinners($8) include fish and 2 sides,dessert and drink. Fish sandwich,shrimp and cheese pizza avail-able, and choice of 7 sides a lacarte. $10 dinner. 485-6444;www.saintjosephacademy.net.Walton.

Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., St. TimothyParish, 10272 U.S. 42, Dine-in5-7:30 p.m., drive-thru starts at4:30 p.m. Carryout available.Dinners available: $3-$10. 384-1100; www.saint-timothy.org.Union.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Lawler-HanlonVFW Post 5662, 326 W. 10th St.,Fish, shrimp, steak sandwich,hamburger and cheeseburgerand sides. Carryout available.$6-$8. 431-5565. Newport.

Fish Fry, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 4-8p.m., Knights of Columbus 3908,Father Bealer Council, 605 LytleAve., Carry-out available. Bene-fits Charities of Knights of Co-lumbus #3908.. $7. 342-6643.Elsmere.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Holy CrossHigh School, 3617 Church St.,Alumni Hall. Fried fish, fish tacos,improved shrimp, baked fish,mac ‘n cheese, pizza, grilledcheese, desserts and drinks.431-1335; www.hchscov.com.Covington.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Fort WrightCivic Club, 115 Kennedy Road,Benefits community organiza-tions. 331-1150. Fort Wright.

Lenten Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., MaryQueen of Heaven School, 1130Donaldson Highway, Dine-inservice, carry-out and drive-thru.Call 859-371-2622 for carry-outorders. Benefits Mary, Queen ofHeaven School. Prices vary.Presented by Mary, Queen ofHeaven Parish. 525-6909;www.mqhparish.com. Erlanger.

St. Thomas Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m.Mother’s Club., St. ThomasSchool, 428 S. Fort Thomas Ave.,Cafeteria. Hand-dipped fish.Shrimp and pizza available.$4.50-$7. 572-4641, ext. 242. FortThomas.

Drive-through Fish Fry, 5-7:30p.m., Beechwood High School,54 Beechwood Road, Includesfried fish with choice of bun orrye bread, coleslaw, french friesor mac and cheese. Drinks anddessert available. Benefits Beech-wood Band Boosters. $7.50meals. Presented by BeechwoodBand Boosters. 620-6317. FortMitchell.

St. Barbara Fish Fry, 4:30-8p.m., St. Barbara Church, 4042Turkeyfoot Road, Dine in or carry

out. Fried fish, baked tilapia,shrimp and cheese pizza. Adultdinners include three sides. $8and up. 371-3100. Erlanger.

Lenten Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., Im-maculate Heart of Mary Church,5876 Veterans Way, Dine-in,carryout and drive-thru service.Fried fish, baked fish and friedshrimp dinners. Price varies.Presented by Boonedockers.689-5010. Burlington.

Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Fort ThomasMasonic Lodge No. 808, 37 N.Fort Thomas Ave, Fish, macaroniand cheese, and/or fries, coles-law and tartar sauce. $7. Present-ed by Fort Thomas MasonicLodge No 808. 441-1280. FortThomas.

Fish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., Silver GroveFirefighter Association, 5011 FourMile, Meals start at $7.25. 441-6251. Silver Grove.

Fish Fry, 4-8 p.m., Wilder Volun-teer Fire Department, 520 Lick-ing Pike, Presented by City ofWilder. 431-5884. Wilder.

Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., St. PaulChurch, 7303 Dixie Highway,Weekly specials plus fried had-dock, fried cod, crab bisque,stewed tomatoes, fried shrimp,kids’ combos and more. $5.Presented by St. Paul AthleticBoosters. 647-4072; www.saint-paulboosters.net. Florence.

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

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

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

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

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 6 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42, Allskill levels welcome. 342-2665.Union.

Missy Werner Band, 7 p.m.,Scheben Branch Library, 8899U.S. 42, Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Union.

Music - ClassicalMusic on the Avenue Series, 8p.m. Austin Peay State UniversityChamber Singers present concertof diverse choral music., St. JohnUnited Church of Christ Bellevue,520 Fairfield Ave., Sanctuary.Free art show and receptionfollows performance. Free.261-2066; www.stjohnchurch-.net. Bellevue.

Music - ConcertsDave Alvin & Phil Alvin andthe Guilty Ones, 8 p.m. tomidnight, The Southgate HouseRevival, 111 E. Sixth St., $25-$30.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

Music - RockClever Girl Band, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.

Stephen Luke and the NewLime, 8 p.m. to midnight, Sis’son Monmouth, 837 MonmouthSt., Free. Presented by Sis’sFamily Affair. 431-3157. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyFaizon Love, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, $20. 957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterWar of the Worlds: The 1938Radio Broadcast, Live onStage, 8-9 p.m., Fort ThomasWoman’s Club, 8 N. Fort Thomas

Ave., Village Players Theater.Adapted by Howard E. Koch,co-writer of Casablanca, fright-ening tale of an extraterrestrialtakeover. Listen as actors createa scene using only their voices,hear live sound effects and allowyour imagination to bring classicscience-fiction tale to life. $12.Reservations recommended.Presented by The CompanyCommunity Theater. ThroughMarch 7. 513-549-6738;www.thecompanypresents.com.Fort Thomas.

ShoppingShop Bellevue, 5 p.m., City ofBellevue, , NCAA-themed scaven-ger hunt throughout city. Free.431-8888; www.bellevueky.org.Bellevue.

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

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

Community DanceFort Thomas Education Foun-dation Dance, 8 p.m. to mid-night, Newport Syndicate, 18 E.Fifth St., Food, silent auction anddancing to music of Soul Pocket.Ages 21 and up. Benefits FortThomas Schools. $45. Ticketsrequired. Presented by FortThomas Education Foundation.815-2004; www.ftef.org. New-port.

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

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

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

FestivalsWinter Carnival, noon to 4 p.m.,Historic Fairfield Avenue Busi-ness District, 200-700 FairfieldAve., Photos with Anna and Elsaof Disney’s “Frozen” (noon-2p.m.); magic of Presto Paul(1-2:15 p.m.); balloon artist(1:30-3 p.m.); face painters;carnival fun and games at partic-ipating Fairfield Avenue shops;

carnival and more. Free. Present-ed by Bellevue Renaissance.261-9488; www.shopbelle-vueky.com. Bellevue.

Literary - Story TimesNKEA Read Across America, 10a.m. to 3 p.m., Florence Mall,2028 Mall Road, Outside Pen-ney’s entrance downstairs.Children to 5th grade can meetCat in the Hat and listen to localcelebrities read books, takepictures with Cat and take homea bag of gifts. Information forparents about raising goodreaders and reading programs inNorthern Kentucky. Free. 371-1231. Florence.

Music - RockThem Carls, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500.Newport.

Music - WorldFirst Saturday Reggae Night,9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. $20. WithLuciano and Ikronik., TheThompson House, 24 E. Third St.,261-7469. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyFaizon Love, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, $20.957-2000; www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterWar of the Worlds: The 1938Radio Broadcast, Live onStage, 8-9 p.m., Fort ThomasWoman’s Club, $12. Reservationsrecommended. 513-549-6738;www.thecompanypresents.com.Fort Thomas.

Mystery Dinner, 6:30-9:30 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, 19th Hole aCountry Club Conundrum.Includes production by AnyTheme Goes. Mystery, dinner,dessert and non-alcoholic bever-ages. For ages 15 and up. $25.Registration required. Presentedby City of Edgewood. 331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Edge-wood.

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

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

SUNDAY, MARCH 8Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.

Covington.Spherical Perspectives: CedricMichael Cox and Ben Kleier,2-4 p.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery atThomas More College, 333Thomas More Parkway, Free.Through March 19. 513-460-1844.Crestview Hills.

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:3-10:30a.m., 4-5 p.m., Edgewood Jazzer-cise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

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

Literary - LibrariesExperience Blues Guitar withNoah Wotherspoon, 2 p.m.,Boone County Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Music - BluesRicky Nye, 2:30-5:30 p.m. WithRob Lumbard, Rabbit HashGeneral Store, 10021 Lower RiverRoad, 586-7744. Rabbit Hash.

Music - ConcertsCathedral Concert Series, 3p.m. Celebrating the 330thbirthday of Johann SebastianBach. Organist Kim Heindelre-creates1840 program given byMendelssohn., Cathedral Basilicaof the Assumption, 1140 Madi-son Ave., Free, donations accept-ed. 431-2060; www.cathedral-concertseries.org. Covington.

On Stage - ComedyFaizon Love, 7:30 p.m., FunnyBone Comedy Club, $20. 957-2000; www.funnyboneonthele-vee.com. Newport.

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

MONDAY, MARCH 9Art ExhibitsSpherical Perspectives: CedricMichael Cox and Ben Kleier,8-10 p.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery atThomas More College, Free.460-1844. Crestview Hills.

AttractionsHomeschool Days, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, New-port on the Levee, Enhance yourchild’s knowledge of marine lifeand conservation. Includesvarious activities. $11 specialadmission. Registration required.Through March 10. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

Cooking ClassesClean Eating 101: Class 4 Din-ner From Start to Finish withJennifer Kagy, 6-8 p.m., NewRiff Distillery, 24 Distillery Way,Focus on five-course feast-healthy cocktail, soup, salad,main course and healthy anddelicious dessert. $50. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

Dance ClassesLine Dance Classes, 5:30-6:30

p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., $3. Presented by HollyRuschman. 727-0904. Elsmere.

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

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

Literary - LibrariesGentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Burlington.

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

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

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15-4:45 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Gaming and snacks. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. Hebron.

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

Hook and Needle: Basic Cro-chet Beanie, 6:30 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Ages 18 months and under withadult. Free. 342-2665. Union.

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

TUESDAY, MARCH 10Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6-9 p.m.,Flipdaddy’s Burgers and Beers,8863 U.S. 42, Painting class withcocktails. Ages 18 and up. $35.Reservations required. Presentedby Wine and Canvas. 513-317-1305; www.wineandcanvas.com.Union.

7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

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

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

Spherical Perspectives: CedricMichael Cox and Ben Kleier,8-10 p.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery atThomas More College, Free.513-460-1844. Crestview Hills.

AttractionsHomeschool Days, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., Newport Aquarium, $11special admission. Registrationrequired. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

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

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I had to laugh when Bill Thomasof BBQ Review restaurant in Madi-sonville agreed to share the recipefor his iconic mac & cheese.

I heard Bill was closing his res-taurant (but keeping the railroaddining car adjacent to the proper-ty) so I gave him a call. Already Ihad several requests from readerswho were addicted to his mac &cheese and who asked me to get therecipe.

To give you a bit of history, Billand I started out our culinary ad-ventures about the same time wayback when.

Fast forwardsome 30-plus yearslater and now Billwants “to take iteasy.”

When I told himabout my readerswho can’t exist hap-pily without his mac& cheese, Bill said“I’ll share, no prob-lem, but it startswith 18 pounds mac-

aroni, 20 pounds of cheese, andmakes 120 pounds and no, I won’teven try to break it down!”

OK then. Well I fiddled with itand came up with a good recipehopefully close to Bill’s. I even fol-lowed his technique for cooking themacaroni and the cheese sauce.

I served this to my family, and Inever saw a bowl of mac & cheeseeaten so fast.

I hope you like it as much as wedo.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blogonline at Abouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

BBQ Review dishes out addictingmacaroni and cheese recipe

Clone of BBQ Review’s famous mac &cheese

If you want it “cheesier” add more cheese. This is morelike the old fashioned type, with a mild flavor. This recipedoubles or triples easily.

1//2 pound elbow macaroni - 2 cups dry1 stick butter - 4 oz.1/4 cup onion, diced fine 1/4 cup flourSalt and pepper to taste4 oz. regular, not low fat, Velveeta cheese, cubed4-6 oz. shredded cheddar, divided (I used a heaping cup,

probably more like 6 oz.)2 cups milk, warmed

Boil macaroni in salted water, drain, and set aside whilemaking sauce.

Over medium heat, melt butter and stir in onion. Cookuntil onion is translucent but not brown. Add flour, salt andpepper and whisk just until flour is light brown. Stir in milkand whisk until thicker and bubbly.

Remove from heat and stir in Velveeta and a little morethan half the cheddar. Stir in macaroni. The mac & cheese willbe very creamy and thickens as it sits. Sprinkle with rest ofcheddar.

Versatile cheese sauce: Sauce alone is a good all-purposecheese sauce.

Rita’s salt free Italian seasoning

Savory is herb of the year and one that’s underused. Ithas an aromatic peppery flavor, good in bean dishes (Germanscall it the bean herb) since it helps you digest beans. Whenyou’re ready to dry herbs this summer, use this recipe andyou’ll have a marvelous homemade blend.

Mix together:

3 tablespoons dried basil2 tablespoons dried oregano1 tablespoon dried marjoram1 teaspoon dried thyme1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed1 teaspoon dried savory1/2 teaspoon dried sage2 tablespoons dried parsley - optional

Why this blend is good for you:Basil is good for cardiovascular healthOregano and marjoram help keep joints healthy, and

fight colds and fluThyme is especially good for upper respiratory healthRosemary helps keep memories sharpSavory is a good salt substitute and helps dispel gasBoost your wisdom with sageParsley is good for kidney and liver health

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

A clone BBQ Review’s macaroni and cheese recipe should keep satisfied customers addicted to the dish.

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Support of hospiceinvaluable duringwintry weather

To our friends in KentonCounty,

Snow, ice, freezing rain andsubzero temperatures were achallenge to much of Kentucky

last week. I was touched by theresponse from Hospice of theBluegrass staff and our com-munity as so many went togreat lengths to ensure home-bound hospice patients con-tinued to receive medical andnursing care despite the severeweather.

A huge thank you needs tobe given to more than can benamed for their extraordinaryefforts. It is heartwarming tosee so many committed to help-ing us achieve our mission. Oursupporters helped by clearingcars, offering four-wheel-drivevehicles and transporting staff

to patient homes and our carecenters. We appreciate all ofyou and want you to know thatyour support is invaluable toour mission.

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Feb. 26 questionWhat is your ideal place or

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“A good book.”Cheryl Burke Curtis

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The county attorney’s of-fice gets calls from individ-uals and receives motionsfiled by attorneys concerningthe expungement or removalof convictions from someone’srecord. This article will ex-plain what offenses may beeligible for expungement andthe procedure to have an of-fense expunged.

Before proceeding, itshould be noted that if yourcriminal case was dismissedwith prejudice or you wereacquitted of the charge(s), thecharge can be expunged 60days after the dismissal oracquittal pursuant to KRS431.076.

Felonies: Although mostfelony convictions cannot beexpunged, the opportunity forexpungement may be avail-able if the person chargedcompleted a pretrial diversionprogram instead of pleadingguilty. Completion of the pro-gram results in the chargebeing listed as “dismissed-diverted.” This listing doesnot constitute a criminal con-viction and the personcharged is not required to listthe disposition on most em-ployment and licensing appli-cations. Even though there is

no statutoryprocedure forexpungementof a felonythat was dis-posed of as“dismissed-diverted,” theKentuckyCourt of Ap-peals hasallowed forexpungementunder these

circumstances.Misdemeanors and Vio-

lations (including trafficoffenses): Most misdemean-ors and violations can be ex-punged except offenses in-volving sex or children. How-ever, you cannot expunge amisdemeanor if you have hada felony, misdemeanor, orviolation conviction or if youhave one pending against yousince the misdemeanor con-viction you seek to expunge.

A person can file for ex-pungement five years afterthe completion of the sentence(i.e. the date you were sen-tenced) or five years after theend of their probation – which-ever is later.

It should be noted thatalthough traffic offenses stay

on your accessible drivinghistory record for three years,the traffic violation will stayon your criminal record untilit is expunged. For some, likean applicant for a commercialdriver’s license, a recklessdriving charge that is still onyour criminal record, no mat-ter how long ago, may be det-rimental.

Juvenile Offenses: Certainjuvenile offenses may be eligi-ble for expungement as wellpursuant to KRS 610.330 suchas status offenses (such asrunaway), misdemeanors(such as shoplifting), and vio-lations (such as harassment)that fall under KRS 630, 635 or645. Offenses prosecutedunder KRS 620 (dependency,neglect or abuse) or KRS 640(youthful offenders) are noteligible nor are offenses thatwould be felonies had theybeen committed by an adult.

Process for Expungement:The process of expunging acriminal charge can take asignificant amount of time andeffort because it involvesseveral steps with the mul-tiple government agencies. Toinitiate the process, the per-son seeking expungementmust acquire a certification

from the Kentucky State Po-lice.

The process to obtain thecertification can be found athttp://bit.ly/KYexpunge . Onceyou have the certification, youmust file the appropriate pet-ition with the court where thecharge occurred. The courtwill then review the petitionand decide whether to grantor deny the expungement. Ifthe expungement is granted,the court and all other listedagencies will expunge anyrecords related to the charge.I recommend that anyoneseeking to expunge a criminalrecord seek an attorney toassist in determining youreligibility for expungement ofa criminal charge and com-pleting the expungementprocess for you.

I hope this information isinteresting and helpful. If youhave any topics you would liketo have covered in this col-umn, please contact my officeby e-mail at [email protected], by phone at491-7700 or by regular mailaddressed to 319 York St.,Newport, KY 41071.

Steven J. Franzen is CampbellCounty Attorney.

Expungement allowed in some felony charges

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Last fall, I attended a meet-ing in Detroit of other charita-ble pharmacy leaders. Ilearned that with the imple-mentation of the AffordableCare Act (ACA), we are allfaced with the same issues –sustainability, declining needfor services, and newly in-sured clients who cannot af-ford their high deductiblesand co-pays.

I also realized that, unlikeus, the majority of the charita-ble pharmacies are financiallysupported by a hospital sys-tem or parent organization.From the beginning it’s beenour responsibility to seek outevery single dollar that wehave received. As a co-founderI have often said that I will diebegging for money.

By the summer of 2014 thenumber of clients we werehelping started to decline.Before we expanded our pro-gram to anyone with insur-ance and always mindful ofsustainability, we decided toseek input from St. ElizabethHealthcare regarding the need

for our ser-vice goingforward. Be-cause of theirpast supportand the factthat 70 per-cent of ourclients are St.Elizabethpatients, itseemed thelogical place

to start. Their answer waspositive. Currently we areworking with them to findways to strengthen our col-laboration. In addition, wepartner with other providerssuch as Health Point, ChristHospital and NorthKey.

We are excited to announcethat we have opened our pro-gram to anyone with insur-ance with family income at orbelow 200 percent of the Fed-eral Poverty Level that residesin the geographic boundariesof the Diocese of Covington(Boone, Campbell, Kenton,Grant, Owen, Carroll, Gallatin,Pendleton, Mason, Bracken,

Robertson, Lewis, Harrisonand Fleming counties).

It’s become evident thatwhile the ACA has been verypositive for our community,there are still folks – especial-ly our senior citizens – whocannot afford their premiums,high deductibles and co-pays.Our mission to help thoseunable to pay receive medica-tion free of charge remainsthe same. It is our goal to helpwith 80 percent of a client’smedication needs, thus freeingup money to buy other neces-sities. It absolutely breaks myheart to hear of anyone, espe-cially senior citizens, choosingbetween housing, food, orlife-saving medication.

Faith Community Pharma-cy is a charitable 501(c)(3)pharmacy located in Florence.Pharmacy law prohibits usfrom charging our clients anddispensing controlled sub-stances. Because we are aCatholic organization we onlydispense medications in keep-ing with our faith. We focusmainly on chronic disease

states – heart disease, highblood pressure, diabetes, men-tal illness, and breathing con-ditions. We cannot promise tohave all medications all thetime.

Since opening in 2002 thepharmacy has dispensed medi-cation valued at nearly $33million to more than 6,000qualified residents of ourcommunity. For an individualto receive help we need a re-ferral accompanied with pre-scriptions from a health careprovide. Once enrolled, clientswith transportation issuesmay receive help at one of ouroutreach locations – Carroll-ton, Falmouth, Covington andNewport Community ActionCenters.

As a pharmacist I feel trulyblessed to have the opportuni-ty to use my professionaltraining to help those lessfortunate.

Rosana Aydt is the co-founder andexecutive director of Faith Commu-nity Pharmacy. She is also a phar-macist.

The Faith CommunityPharmacy is growing

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COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573

Boys basketball» The Northern Kentucky

coaches association an-nounced its all-star teams Feb.23. Teams are ranked in orderof voting.

Division 1: Sean McNeil(Cooper) and Cole VonHandorf(CovCath) tie for first, JuniorStockwell (Boone), Jake Ohm-er (Scott), Austin Schreck(Dixie), Bo Schuh (CovCath),Brenden Stanley (Boone), De-ondre Jackson (Campbell),Matt Wilson (Campbell), MattMullins (SK), Colin Hathorn(Cooper), Liam Rabe (Dixie).Academic Award: Jake Fran-zen (Campbell). Defensiveplayer of year: Kyler Padgett(Conner) and Junior Stockwell(Boone). Mr. Hustle: AustinSchreck (Dixie). Coach of theYear: Ken Chevalier (Dixie).

Division 2: James Bolden(Holmes), Drew McDonald(NCC), Zach Pangallo (NCC),Ben Weyer (NCC), EthanSnapp (Newport), MarkelMcClendon (Holmes), AdamGoetz (St. Henry), ConnorKunstek (St. Henry), JacobHuff (Beechwood), Tyler Be-zold (Holy Cross), Rod Avery(Holmes), Parker Harris(Highlands). Mr. Hustle: ZachPangallo, Alex Green (St. Hen-ry), Andrew Arnold (Holmes).Defensive POY: Paul Price(Newport), Hayden Molitor(Lloyd), Ben Weyer. Academic:

Hayden Molitor. Coach of theYear: Ron Dawn (NCC).

Division 3: Zach Barrett(Bellevue), Kalib Mitchell(Ludlow), Christian Pollitt (Sil-ver Grove), Thomas Schutz-man (VMA), Matt Grimme(Dayton), Austin Woodyard(Bellevue), Randy Kuntz (SG),Billy Miller (SG), Matt Gibson(Ludlow), Cameron Hart (Lud-low). Defensive POY: MattGrimme and Cameron Hart(Ludlow). Mr. Hustle: TC Eads(Ludlow). Academic Award:Alex Kenkel (VMA). Coach ofthe Year: Randy Wofford (Lud-low).

» 35th District all-tourneyteam: Devin Davis (CovingtonLatin), Leighton Schrand (HolyCross), Connor Brock (Beech-wood), Markel McClendon andRod Avery (Holmes) Bo Schuh,Cooper Theobald and Cole Von-Handorf, MVP, (CovCath).

» Adam Goetz scored agame-high 31points to St. Hen-ry to a 61-52 win over Lloyd inthe 34th District semifinals.Senior forward Connor Kun-stek added 16 points for theCrusaders.

» Beechwood beat Coving-ton Latin 80-38 in the 35th Dis-trict quarterfinals. Jacob Hufffinished with 18 while seniorguard Connor Brock scored 17and J.T. Toebbe chipped in 14points.

» Calvary fell 64-41 to Sil-ver Grove in the first round ofthe 37th District. Aikeem Ri-

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By James [email protected]

LOUISVILLE — While theycouldn’t match the depth andnumbers of perennial championSt. Xavier, the Covington Catholicswimming and diving teamproved they still have state cham-pionship moxie.

The Colonels ended Saturday’sKHSAA state meet by winning the400-yard freestyle relay, with sen-ior Mike Summe narrowly edgingSt. X’s anchor by 0.08 seconds.The Colonels broke their ownstate record with 3 minutes, 5.72seconds.

“It was spectacular,” said CCHhead coach Richard Dickmann. “Iknew it was going to take a staterecord to win. The last two legs ofthat relay went out with a split of45 which was phenomenal, 45.6and 45.9. That’s pure heart rightthere and that’s what won thatrace.”

The relay, in order, was seniorTodd Sheets, senior Robbie New-man, junior Brendan Meyer andsenior Mike Summe. Summe andNewman were on the 2013 champsthat had the previous record.

“It’s pretty crazy” Meyer said.“The last relay was awesome, do-ing it with my friends who I havebeen swimming with since I was 8years old. To see them go out ontop like that was unbelievable.We’ve been dreaming of breakinga state record, and Mikey Summecoming back from being downwas pretty cool.”

The title was Cov Cath’s thirdtitle and second meet record ofthe day.

“To be able to come back fromthat kind of deficit in the first legis remarkable,” Dickmann said.“It’s as exciting as it gets in swim-ming: What you have left in youafter you’ve been swimming thewhole meet. You got to dig deep.”

The Colonels were second inthe team standings with 335points to 449.5 for St. Xavier. Mey-er, a junior, picked up his first in-dividual state crown earlier in theday by winning the 500 freestyle.

“I didn’t get my best time. Ididn’t rest fully for this but myfirst state title is pretty cool,” hesaid. “Hopefully next year I canget a state record.”

Cov Cath’s Louie Hunt won thestate diving championship indominating fashion, scoring astate record 569.40 points. CovCath finished second in the med-ley relay to start the meet butbroke the previous state record.

Meyer added a third-place inthe backstroke and Sheets wasthird in the 100 free. Summe hadtwo state runner-up finishes indi-vidually in the individual medleyand breaststroke. Newman had apair of third-place finishes in the200 free and 100 butterfly. NickSmith also won two solo medals.Evan Brungs was third in divingand Josh Smith eighth in the 500free to medal. CCH was also thirdin the 200 free relay.

Notre Dame freshman SophieSkinner made the proverbial bigsplash in her state tournament de-but. The newcomer set new staterecords in both the 100 freestyle(49.79) and 200 freestyle (1:47.61),State champion in 100 free. The200 free was a big upset as shebeat Sacred Heart senior LeahStevens.

“I was racing a very fast swim-mer, Leah, and she’s amazing.She’s really nice,” Skinner said. “Ijust worked with her to finish therace and I just touched first. It’snot about the place in the end, it’sabout having fun racing. It was areal shock. All my friends were sopsyched. The energy from thecrowd really topped it off.”

The Pandas finished a distantsecond to Sacred Heart, who re-peated as state champions.

“This is not what I expected atall,” Skinner said. “After region-als I trained hard, and then I camehere and I just wanted to do mybest and have fun. I wanted to seehow close we could get to beatingSacred Heart. Senior year, I wantto at least beat them in one relay.”

Other Pandas who picked up apair of solo medals included Sa-mantha Glass, Amanda Smith andMadeleine Vonderhaar. Smithwas runner-up in backstroke andVonderhaar notched third-placemedals in both the individualmedley and breaststroke. SeniorLilly Morgan was eighth in thebackstroke.

Notre Dame was runner-up inall three relays. Karly Crail wasthird in diving.

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Mike Summe of Covington Catholic swims the butterfly.

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SophieSkinner ofNotre Damegets a hugfrom headcoach EmilyKnoll afterwinning the200freestyle.

STATE RESULTS

COVINGTON CATHOLICEvan Brungs: 3rd in div-

ing (442.45). Bryce Day: 19thin 50 free (22.50), 14th in 100free (48.75). Matt Elsbernd:28th in 50 free (23.24), 22ndin 100 fly (54.92). BlakeHanna: 12th in 200 IM(1:59.37), 12th in 100 back(54.47). Louie Hunt: Statechampion in diving (569.40).Pierce Knollman: 23rd in200 IM (2:05.90), 28th in 100back (58.04). Evan McMil-len: 15th in 50 free (22.33),22nd in 100 fly (49.89). Bren-dan Meyer: State championin 500 free (4:28.19), 3rd in100 back (50.17). RobbieNewman: 3rd in 200 free(1:41.86), 3rd in 100 fly(49.66). Calvin Scheper:25th in 200 free (1:51.38).Todd Sheets: 10th in 50 free(21.87), 3rd in 100 free (47.30).Josh Smith: 13th in 200 free(1:46.85), 8th in 500 free(4:52.46). Nick Smith: 5th in200 free (1:42.24), 4th in 500free (4:36.54). CalebSumme: 10th in diving(350.70). Mike Summe: 2ndin 200 IM (1:51.39), 2nd in 100breast (56.28). Ben Wolber:29th in 100 fly (55.72), 15th in500 free (4:51). 200 medleyrelay: 2nd (1:33.15) – Meyer,M. Summe, Newman, McMil-len. 200 free relay: 3rd

(1:27.85) – Sheets, Day, JakeLentsch, Evan McMillen. 400freestyle relay: State cham-pion (3:05.72) – Sheets, New-man, Meyer, Summe.

NOTRE DAMEKat Akin: 21st in 50 free

(25.62), 18th in 100 fly (59.61).Francie Case: 10th in diving(345.00). Karly Crail: 3rd indiving (442.15). SamanthaGlass: 6th in 200 IM(2:07.22), 8th in 100 fly(57.13). Meghan Greenwell:25th in 100 back (1:01.07).Olivia Hagen: 20th in 200free (1:57.36), 18th in 100back (1:00.21). Carlee Jones:21st in 200 IM (2:11.52), 14thin 100 breast (1:08.30). Lau-ren Judy: 28th in 100 fly(1:01.27). Sophia Midden-dorf: 28th in diving (122.55).Lilly Morgan: 8th in 100back (57.41). Ellen Neltner:27th in 200 IM (2:14.91), 18thin 100 breast (1:08.75). MariaNovak: 13th in 100 fly(58.50), 18th in 500 free(5:16.25). Jessica Peck: 27thin 500 free (5:24.91), 20th in100 breast (1:09.09). SophieSkinner: State champion in200 free (1:47.61), Statechampion in 100 free (49.79).Amanda Smith: 4th in 200free (1:49.92), 2nd in 100 back(55.76). Katie Summe: 27thin 50 free (25.84), 32nd in 100free (58.42). MadeleineVonderhaar: 3rd in 200 IM(2:03.28), 3rd in 100 breast(1:02.65). 200 medley relay:2nd (1:45.62) – Morgan, Von-derhaar, Glass, Summe. 200free relay: 2nd (1:35.05) –Morgan, Smith, Glass, Skin-ner. 400 free relay: 2nd

(3:25.31) – Sophie Skinner,Lilly Morgan, MadeleineVonderhaar, Amanda Smith.

LOUISVILLE — Austin Ha-ney has 11 years of swimmingexperience under his belt anda college scholarship in hand.

One thing he didn’t have en-tering the KHSAA state swim-ming meet was a state champi-onship. The Beechwood HighSchool senior left the prepranks on the best possible noteFeb. 28, taking his first statechampionship medal with himfrom the University of Louis-ville.

Haney claimed his firststate championship in the 200freestyle, swimming in 1 min-utes, 38.97 seconds. He was theregional champion in theevent, and later took thirdplace in the 100-yard breast-stroke (57.05).

“I was happy with it,” hesaid. “Yesterday, I wasn’t outvery fast in the first 100 so Iknew I had to get out faster to-day, and that’s what I did. Itmeans a lot. I got third lastyear so it’s been my goal allyear to be a state champion.”

Haney has been a veteranof the Northern KentuckyClippers but said there is noth-ing like a high school statemeet.

“The atmosphere. Highschool, state, all the fans here,”he said. “It’s a lot of fun. Itmeans a lot. I got third lastyear so it’s been my goal allyear to be a state champion.”

Haney will swim for theUniversity of Kentucky nextseason.

“There are a couple of peo-ple that I swam with last yearthat were on my team and I’llget to swim with them againnext year. The whole collegeexperience will be a lot of fun.”

The Beechwood girls team

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Austin Haney swims thebreaststroke for Beechwood.

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Mallory Beil of Dixie Heights swims the medley relay.

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For years, Holmesand Covington Catholichas been the most heat-ed district rivalry inNorthern Kentucky.CovCath won the 201335th District title on ahalfcourt buzzer-beater,only to watch Holmeswin the regional and ad-vance to the elite eightof the state tournament.

Last year, Holmeswon the district champi-onship by 10, but Cov-Cath went on to win theregion and captured thefirst state title in schoolhistory.

On Feb. 27, the rival-ry swung back in theColonels’ favor as theybeat the Bulldogs 80-53.It was their second winof the season over theirrivals, having beat them54-42 back on Jan. 23 atthe Bank of KentuckyCenter.

“Our guys were real-ly mentally ready toplay,” CovCath coachScott Ruthsatz said. “It’sa tough environment be-ing on their home court,but we had to go out andmake sure that weproved that when weplayed them earlier itwasn’t a fluke.”

Both teams advancedto the Ninth RegionTournament. Cov Cathplays Newport 6:30 p.m.Wednesday. Holmestakes on Newport Cen-tral Catholic 8 p.m. Fri-day. The semis are 12and 1:30 p.m. Sunday andthe final 7 p.m. Monday.

Sophomore guardCole VonHandorf wasnamed most valuableplayer of the tourna-ment finishing with 22points in the finals. Hehad 17 points in the semi-finals against Beech-wood.

Junior guard AndyFlood tied VonHandorfwith a game-high 22points, and senior for-ward Bo Schuh helpedthe Colonels control thepaint with 11 points andnine rebounds. Schuhwas named to the all-tournament team alongwith senior point guardCooper Theobald.

Flood scored 11 of his22 points in the firstquarter as CovCath tooka 21-11 lead.

“Our coaching staffdid a tremendous job ofconfidence building allweek,” Ruthsatz said.“Andy Flood has beenstruggling and we kindof go between him and

Matthew Shumate, buthe hit that first shot andwas feeling it so we rodehim.

“When we get guyslike that stepping up, itmakes it easier for guyslike Cole, Bo and Cooperto play their game.”

The Colonels con-tinued the onslaught andkept their double-digitlead throughout the sec-ond quarter. A pair offree throws by VonHan-dorf gave the Colonelstheir biggest lead of thehalf, 39-22.

CovCath gained ahuge advantage on theboards in the first half.The Colonels cleared70.6 percent of their de-fensive rebounds, whilealso hauling in six oftheir nine misses fromthe field on the offen-sive end.

For the game, Cov-Cath outrebounded theBulldogs 39-20.

“(Rebounding) is keyfor us against them, be-cause they do a nicejob,” Ruthsatz said. “Wespend a lot of timewatching game film andstopping to watchwhether we rebound ornot. We can’t rely on Boto get every rebound.”

Junior Marcus Mul-lins led Holmes with 13points. The Colonelsheld West Virginia com-mit James Bolden toeight points on 3 of 10shooting, the sameamount he scored thefirst time the two teamsmet this season.

Ruthsatz said histeam doesn’t necessar-ily have a secret butmore of an overallscheme involving theentire team when tryingto slow down the Mr.Basketball candidate:

“If he doesn’t catch-and-shoot, once he getsgoing, it’s just total col-lapse because he’s sogood at moving his bodyin traffic and has suchgood body control thatyou have to surroundhim. Lots of times youcan’t actually do that,but if we can just standthere and make himmove or alter his shot alittle bit then we’re OKwith that.”

Dixie Heights won itsthird straight districtchampionship by beat-ing St. Henry 52-39 inthe 34th final Friday.Dixie senior AustinSchreck scored 17 pointsand was named tourna-ment MVP.

Liam Rabe had 11points and AndrewHedger posted nine re-

bounds.Adam Goetz scored

13 points for St. Henryand Connor Kunstek 12.

Dixie faces BooneCounty 6:30 p.m. Fridayin the first round. St.Henry plays Cooper 8p.m. Wednesday.

The Dixie Heightsgirls edged St. Henry 52-48 for the 34th Districtcrown. Brooke Davisscored 22 points to leadthe way. She was thetourney MVP. JennaBluemlein scored seven.Liza Tibbs, CarolineBuddenburg and RileyEast had six apiece.

Paige Noble scored 19points for St. Henry andSavannah Neace addedseven.

Dixie faces NewportCentral Catholic Tues-day in the quarterfinals.The semis are 6 and 7:30p.m. Saturday and the fi-nal is 6 p.m. Sunday.

The Holy Cross Indi-ans haven’t lost a girls’basketball game in 55days. They hope theynever lose another one.

The 35th Districtchampions cruised to a55-33 first-round winover St. Henry in Mon-day’s Ninth Region tour-nament opener at North-ern Kentucky Univer-sity’s Bank of KentuckyCenter. Kent Staterecruit Savannah Neaceled the Crusaders with14 points.

The reigning All “A”Classic state championsare not finished winningtitles. The victory overSt. Henry was the Indi-ans’ 16th in a row, keep-ing alive hopes for theirfirst Kentucky HighSchool Athletic Associa-tion regional champion-ship in 39 years andfirst-ever state crown.

“We’ve got a lot of ex-perience, and the girlshave felt disappoint-ment,” Holy Cross coachKes Murphy said. “Butthey don’t want to feel itagain.”

Holy Cross, 27-3 andtop-ranked in The En-quirer coaches' poll,plays third-rankedHighlands (30-3) in a 6p.m. Saturday semifinalthat will have a champi-onship feel.

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CovCath’s Cole VonHandorf and Holmes’ Roderick Avery pursue a loose ball during the firstquarter of their 35th District Championship game.

Red, blue Colonelsroll to district titlesBy James Weber andGannett News [email protected]

ONLINE EXTRASPhoto gallery: Scott

boys vs. Silver Grovehttp://cin.ci/1BxakoJ

Photo gallery: Coving-ton Catholic vs. Holmesboys’ hoops http://cin.ci/1AkoJgY

The fourth-grade boysbasketball team (TeamWebster) from Beech-wood Elementary havestarted their season 7-0.The Tigers play in the Er-langer/Elsmere youthbasketball league.

There are a total of 12teams, from throughoutKenton and Boone Coun-ty, that play in the league.For their efforts, thus farthis season, the Beech-wood team was given theopportunity to attend aXavier men’s basketballpractice Dec. 29. The boyswere excited to see all ofthe hard work and prepa-ration that goes into agame, at the collegiatelevel.

While at the practicethe boys were able tospeak with Xavier headcoach Chris Mack, inter-act with the Musketeerplayers, get autographs,and shoot on the floor ofthe Cintas Center.

The Beechwood Tigersmade memories that theywill be able to share with

their family through theyears. The Beechwoodplayers then got to watchthe Xavier Musketeersapply what they learned

in practice. On Dec. 31in agame broadcast onESPN2, Xavier went on todefeat the 25th-rankedGeorgetown Hoyas 70-53.

Tigers meet with MuskiesSubmitted

THANKS TO JEREMY WEBSTER

The fourth grade basketball team from BeechwoodElementary recently visited with the Xavier men’s basketballteam at the Cintas Center.

ley led Calvary with 12points.

» Covington Catholicbeat Beechwood 62-32 inthe 35th District semifi-nals. Cole Vonhandorfhad 17 points, Bo Schuh 16and Cooper Theobald 12.Connor Brock led Beech-wood with 11 points.

» Covington Latin lost80-38 to Beechwood in the35th District quarterfi-nals. Devin Davis led theTrojans with 15 points andfive rebounds.

» Dixie Heights beatLudlow 57-38 in the 34thDistrict semifinals. Aus-tin Schreck and LiamRabe had 12 points each.

» Holmes beat HolyCross77-66 in the 35th Dis-

trict semis. MarkelMcClendon led with 21points and Rod Avery add-ed 18. Leighton Schrandled HC with 20 points in-cluding five 3-pointers. Ty-ler Bezold had 18 and Der-rick Barnes 16.

» Lloyd lost 61-52 to St.Henry in the 34th Districtsemifinals. Lloyd was ledby Sterling Hamilton,who scored 17. LashunnTownsend and ElijahJouett added 12 and 11points, respectively.

Girls basketball» 34th Districtall-tour-

ney team: Liza Tibbs, Ri-ley East and Brooke Davis(MVP) for Dixie, alongwith Paige Noble and Con-nor McGinnis from St.Henry, Villa Madonna’s

Charissa Junker, Ludlow’sTori Wofford and Lloydsophomore Devin Chea-tum.

» 35th Districtall-tour-ney team: Holy Cross: AllyMayhaus (MVP), AleahTucker, Deja Turner,Holmes: Tyrah McClen-don-Englemon, JayniceStovall, Beechwood: KimiStokes, Notre Dame: Hil-ary Hellmann, CovingtonLatin: Gabrielle Krumple-man.

» St. Henry beat Lloyd37-24 in the 34th Districtsemifinals. ConnorMcGinnis scored 10points.

» Beechwood beat Co-vington Latin 48-12 in the35th District quarterfi-nals. Beechwood lost 65-36to Holy Cross in the semis.

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scored 29 points in themeet. Mollie Bushelmanhad two top-16 finishesand Caroline Schilling andAbby Miller were top-16 indiving. Bushelman wasalso in two relays that fin-ished 16th in the state.

Scott senior Nick Foxfinished second in boysdiving.

“Everyone dove reallywell today,” he said. “Itwas really fun going outthere with all of myfriends and we all did well.These were my best threedives. They’re my highest(degree of difficulty) andI’m the most comfortablewith them.”

He will dive for West-ern Kentucky Universitynext year and major inmechanical engineering.

Sister Lindsey Fox fin-ished fifth in girls divingto win an individual med-al. Dallas Corsmeier of St.Henry finished sixth inboys diving.

Dixie Heights fresh-man Mallory Beil won amedal in the 100 butterflyby finishing fourth. Shejust missed a medal in the200 free by finishingninth. She led a produc-tive group of Colonels, asnine Dixie swimmerscompeted in solo eventsand the Colonels had ateam in all six relays in themeet.

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STATE RESULTS

BEECHWOOD BOYSAustin Haney: State champion in 200 free (1:38.97), 3rd

in 100 breast (57.05).

BEECHWOOD GIRLSMollie Bushelman: 10th in 200 IM (2:07.24), 13th in 100

breast (1:07.98). Jordan Carman: 28th in 200 IM (2:14.94),17th in 100 breast (1:08.12). Abby Miller: 12th in diving(343.10). Caroline Schilling: 9th in diving (354.50). AbbyShoyat: DQ in 50 free, DQ in 100 fly. Bray Zimmerman:18th in 50 free (25.26), 17th in 100 free (54.33). 200 med-ley relay: 16th (1:57.23) – Zimmerman, Carman, Bushelman,Ainsley Ayres. 200 free relay: 16th (1:45.52) – Carman,Ayres, Zimmerman, Bushelman.

DIXIE HEIGHTS BOYSRobby Larson: 29th in 100 breast (1:05.20). Ethan Po-

weleit: 31st in 100 back (59.01). Daniel Sims: alternate in200 IM. Matthew Sims: 27th in 200 free (1:51.92), 26th in100 fly (55.41). Trey Zimmerman: 20th in 50 free (22.55),23rd in 100 free (49.95). 200 medley relay: 14th (1:42.26) –Poweleit, Larson, M. Sims, Zimmerman. 200 free relay: 12th

(1:32.59) – Larson, Poweleit, Hurtt, Zimmerman. 400 free-style relay: 17h (3:29.28) – M. Sims, Jackson Hurt, D. Sims,Larson.

DIXIE HEIGHTS GIRLSMallory Beil: 9th in 200 free (1:52.31), 4th in 100 fly

(55.91). Alison Bomkamp: 29th in 200 IM (2:14.96), 14th in100 fly (58.68). Peyton Quinn: 23rd in diving (141.30).Abbi Richards: 31st in 200 IM (2:17.30), 24th in 100 back(1:00.91). 200 medley relay: 10th (1:51.81) – Richards, Sa-mantha Huffman, Beil, Bomkamp. 200 free relay: 17th

(1:44.27) – Bonkamp, Helen Michels, Heidi Hurtt, SamanthaHuffman. 400 free relay: 14th (3:43.82) – Richards, HeidiHurtt, Huffman, Beil.

ST. HENRY BOYSDallas Corsmeier: 6th in diving (392.35). 200 free

relay: Alternate.

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SCOTT GIRLSMarkie Duffy: 16th in 200 free (1:58.40), 15th in 500 free

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The Carnegie in Con-cert season continueswith “Easter Parade” –Classic Film, Live Musicat 7:30 p.m. Thursday,March 12.

The classic 1948 filmfeaturing Fred Astaireand Judy Garland will bescreened in the Otto M.Budig Theatre at TheCarnegie while two on-stage actors sing thesongs written by IrvingBerlin.

Performing the part ofFred Astaire will be Jus-tin Glaser and HelenRaymond Goers will singthe part of Judy Garland.Both recently performedin The Carnegie’s pro-duction of “SweeneyTodd” as Sweeney andMrs. Lovett respectively.

Tickets for “Easter

Parade” Classic Film,Live Music are $21; $18for Carnegie members,Enjoy the Arts Membersand students. Tickets canbe purchased through

The Carnegie Box Office,open Tuesday throughFriday noon to 5 p.m. orcall 859-957-1940. Ticketsare also available onlineat www.thecarnegie.com.

The 2014-15 Carnegiein Concert Series offers aPick Three Subscriptionwhich allows patrons toenjoy three 2014-15 Car-negie in Concert Seriesofferings of their choiceand save $3 off each. Theremaining concerts inthe series are “Easter Pa-rade,” The Carnegie andKentucky Symphony Or-chestra present “Two Cit-ies, Two Bands” – Thesounds and stories ofBlood Sweat & Tears andChicago in May, and TheRL Big Band with NancyJames, in June.

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The Northern Ken-tucky Society for HumanResource Management(NKY SHRM) announcesthe 2015 board:

President: KellySchoening of Dressman,Benzinger & Lavelle PSC

Vice President: DebiBeil, SPHR of SouthernAir Inc

Treasurer: Joan Sears,SPHR of Columbia Sus-sex

Secretary: BrynnHahnel, PHR of Divi-sions Inc.

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Legislative Chair:Nick Birkenhauer ofDressman, Benzinger, &Lavelle PSC

Communications &Social Media Chair: AnnLightfoot, PHR of Har-per Oil

Technology Chair:Scott McGarvey, SPHRof ARCpoint Labs

Membership Co-Chair: Scott McGarvey,SPHR of ARCpoint Labs

Membership Co-Chair: Michelle Cestaric,PHR of Staffmark

Workforce ReadinessChair: Jason Ashbrook ofKentucky Career Center

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Diversity Chair: Sta-cey Miller, PHR of Per-fetti Van Melle

College RelationsChair: Juliane Stockmanof Northern KentuckyUniversity

SHRM FoundationChair: Krista Reinhart,PHR of Marriott River-

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Special Events Co-Chair: Holly Ewart ofInnovative Career Con-sulting

Board Volunteer:Patty Nolan of PersonnelProfiles Inc.

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The program, which ran fromThanksgiving through year end, netted$40,000 for the Freestore Foodbank,which will help to provide 120,000 mealsto local families in need.

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For the fourth year, LaRosa’s Family Pizzeria focused its holiday efforts on helping the FreestoreFoodbank by donating $5 from the sale of every $10 Buddy Card to the Freestore Foodbank.The program, which ran from Thanksgiving through year end, netted $40,000 for the FreestoreFoodbank, which will help to provide 120,000 meals to local families in need. Shown are MickClay of Freestore Foodbank and resident of Villa Hills; Sarah Cook of Freestore Foodbank andresident of Colerain Township; and Cathy Shondel of LaRosa’s Inc. and resident of Erlanger.

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Immunizations areone of the most effec-tive public health tools,and it is an area inwhich the NorthernKentucky Health De-partment excels, ac-cording to a health de-partment press release.

A recent audit foundthat 95 percent or moreof children seen at thehealth department’scounty health centershad received all of theirrecommended immuni-zations. Further, immu-nization rates at three ofthe four health centersimproved from 2013 to2014, and the fourthcenter maintained itscoverage rate of 99percent.

The annual 2-year-oldimmunization audit isconducted by the Ken-tucky ImmunizationProgram. For 2014, theGrant County Health

Center in Williamstownhad a rate of 99 percent,followed by the Camp-bell County Health Cen-ter in Newport with arate of 98 percent, theBoone County HealthCenter in Florence with97 percent and the Ken-ton County Health Cen-ter in Covington with 95percent.

In comparison, Ken-tucky’s statewide immu-nization rate is 78 per-cent and the nationalrate is 73 percent.

The health depart-ment’s four countyhealth centers were allabove 90 percent — thebenchmark set by thestate and federal gov-ernment.

“The measles out-break originating inCalifornia shows justhow vital immunizationsare to protecting ourcommunities from in-

fectious diseases,” saidJennifer Hunter, direc-tor of clinical services.“Immunizations aresafe, effective and cansave a child’s life. That’swhy ensuring that allNorthern Kentuckychildren are immunizedis so important to ourstaff — and why wecontinually strive toimprove our immuniza-tion rates, with a goal ofreaching 100 percentcoverage.”

The vaccine cov-erage rates track sevenchildhood immuniza-tions, with a total of 19doses, recommendedfor children by age 18months. The auditchecks for complianceat 24 months, givingfamilies a six-monthcushion should the childneed to be caught up. Itincludes:

» Four doses of diph-theria, tetanus andpertussis

» Three doses ofpolio

» One dose ofmeasles, mumps andrubella

» Three doses ofHaemophilus influen-zae type b (Hib)

» Three doses ofHepatitis B

» One dose ofVaricella (chicken-pox)

» Four doses ofpneumococcal

For more informa-tion about childhoodimmunizations, call859-341-4264 or visithttp://www.nky-health.org.

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This is third in a seriesabout different bakingingredients and how theycan make a big differ-ence in your recipes.

Our Kenton CountyCooperative ExtensionService recently offereda class on, “Your BakingIngredients: They Makea Difference” with tipsfrom our office and theHome Baking Associa-tion. For more informa-tion, contact our office at859-356-3155.

Wheat flour is mostoften what we refer towhen using the term“flour” and is one of the

main ingredients in mostof our baked goods.Wheat flours containprotein (gluten) whichgives baked goods theirstructure.

Whole wheat flour ismade of all three parts ofa wheat kernel: The bran,germ and endosperm.Whole wheat flour can bedifficult to bake with, asthe germ and bran caninterfere with glutendevelopment. All-pur-pose flour is made fromthe endosperm only, andproduces great resultsoverall for home baking.It has a protein amount

of 10 percent to 12 per-cent and is made of ablend of different typesof wheat.

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» Bread flour is madewith a different “harder”variety of wheat, andcontains 14 percent to 16percent protein. Thisdifferent wheat varietyand higher protein con-tent yield a sturdierproduct – what we arelooking for in bread.

» Cake flour is theopposite – made with asofter wheat variety, andtherefore a lower proteinamount of 7 percent to 8percent. Less glutendeveloped yields a moresoftly structured prod-uct.

» Self-rising flour isall-purpose flour withsalt and leavening in-cluded for convenience.One cup of self-risingflour contains one and ahalf teaspoon bakingpowder and one-halfteaspoon salt.

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Edna AbelaEdna M. Abela, 89, of Crest-

view Hills and formerly ofFlorence, died Feb. 19.

She was a supervisor withEquitable Bag in Florence afterbeing transferred here fromNew York.

Her husband, Joseph Abela,died previously.

Survivors include her son,George Hoffman; daughter,Patricia Hoffman; sister, Audrey;and five grandchildren alongwith 10 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Alzheimer’sAssociation, C/O Atria SummitHills, Attn: Kate Race, 2625Legends Way, Crestview Hills,KY 41017.

Sandra ArmstrongSandra Faye Johnson Arm-

strong, 64, of Taylor Mill, diedFeb. 21 at University of Cincin-nati Hospital.

She retired as a tax examinerfrom the IRS in 2012 and was amember of the Porsche Cluband the Taylor Mill MooseLodge. She enjoyed gardening,NASCAR, and shopping.

Her parents, James E. andUna Bell Johnson; and brother,James Johnson, died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Marty Armstrong; daugh-ters Kelly Dudley of Bromleyand Amy Henry of Lawrence-burg, Indiana; sons Chris Arm-strong of Independence andAdam Armstrong of Independ-ence; sister, Linda Wright ofWalton; brother, Steven John-son of Dry Ridge; and sevengrandchildren.

Burial was at IndependenceCemetery.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

James Canada Sr.James C. Canada Sr., 81, of

Crestview Hills, died Feb. 18 athis home.

He worked 42 years for theKroger Co. as head produceclerk.

Survivors include his wife,Gracelene Canada; childrenDeborah Canada Kappes, JamesCanada Jr., and Timothy Canada;brother, John Canada Jr.; and 10grandchildren along with 13great-grandchildren.

Interment was at AlexandriaCemetery.

Charles FinkenstedtCharles L. Finkenstedt, 90, of

Latonia, died Feb. 22 at hishome.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran,having served during WorldWar II on the USS Franklinaircraft carrier. He was a retiredsecurity guard with Pinkertonand Kroger and was a memberof First Church of God in Lato-nia.

His wife, Audrey Evans Fin-kenstedt; and daughter, ModineDavis, died previously.

Survivors include his daugh-ters Maxine Rouse of Ludlow,Carol Decker of Alexandria,Shirley Bogle of Burlington, andCharlene Glacken of Latonia;and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

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

William FlickingerWilliam “Bill” Joseph Flick-

inger, 71, of Batavia, Ohio, diedFeb. 22.

He was a longtime deacon atBeechgrove Baptist Church inIndependence, serving thecommunity in a variety ofministries.

His wife, Martha “Marty” SinzFlickinger, died previously.

Survivors include his childrenCarol Murray, Cathy Goulet, Rev.Randy Fannin, Bill Fannin,Jeannie Molitor, and JackieAttinger; siblings Jozetta Cassonand Robert Flickinger; and 16grandchildren along with 11great-grandchildren.

Interment was at St. Patrick’sCemetery in Fayetteville, Ohio.

Memorials: BeechgroveBaptist Church, 450 Independ-ence Station, Independence, KY40158.

John HopkinsJohn Berry Hopkins, 93, of

Independence, died Feb. 20 athis home.

He was a retired machinist forGeneral Electric, a member andformer elder of Banklick Chris-

tian Church, and a Mason.His son, John Hopkins Jr., died

previously.Survivors include his wife,

Retha Patrick Hopkins; sonsHarrison Hopkins, Jerry Hopkins,and David Hopkins; daughtersShirley Wartman and DiannDreyer; and 11 grandchildrenalong with nine great-grand-children.

Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery.

Memorials: Disabled Amer-ican Veterans, 3725 AlexandriaPike, Cold Spring, KY 41076.

Lila JonesLila B. Jones, 98, of Erlanger,

died Feb. 22.She was a beautician, mem-

ber of Christ’s Chapel, regular atthe Senior Services of NorthernKentucky, and an avid Cincin-nati Reds fan.

Her son, Jerry Saylor; anddaughter, Billie Wilhoit, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her threegrandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Senior Services ofNorthern Kentucky, 1032 Madi-son Ave., Covington, KY 41011.

May KennedyMay Kennedy, 93, of Ludlow,

died Feb. 14 at her home.She was a homemaker, mem-

ber of Mother of God Church inCovington, and long-standingmember of St. Ann’s Parish inCovington. She loved to travel,play golf and basketball, andwas an avid University of Ken-tucky basketball fan. She volun-teered at Henry Hosea Houseand St. Vincent de Paul. She wasactive in the Knights of Colum-bus in Ludlow and was a mem-ber of Prime Time.

Her husband, John EdwardKennedy; daughter, Mary ReneeKennedy; granddaughter,Adelaide McReynold; and sister,Carmal Loud, died previously.

Survivors include her sonsJohn Kennedy of Manchester,Kentucky, and Tim Kennedy ofLudlow; daughters Ann Hub-Hardin of Edgewood, BonnieDomet of Cincinnati, SharonSchaffner of Park Hills, LindaHaywood of Florence, GayleAytes of Villa Hills, Sally Hick-man of Cincinnati, Karen Mulh-eran of Cincinnati, and LauraGrim of Oak Ridge, Tennessee;and 36 grandchildren alongwith 50 great-grandchildren.

Memorials: Mother of GodChurch, 119 W. Sixth St., Coving-ton, KY 41011; or AdelaideKennedy McReynold’s Endow-ment Fund, C/O Arboretum, 500Alumni Drive, Lexington, KY40503.

Nathan McElfreshNathan “Tom” McElfresh, 80,

of Park Hills, died Feb. 16.He was a graduate of Eastern

Kentucky University and workedas the film and theater critic forthe Cincinnati Enquirer in the1970s and 1980s. His love oftheater, shared with his family,led to acting, singing, anddirecting in local communitytheater groups. He was a char-ter member of the AmericanTheatre Critics Association. Hewas recognized professionallyfor his achievements in thetheater and journalism. He also

became involved in film andvideo production for many localcompanies and charities. Heloved to cook, tell stories,entertain others, and read.

Survivors include his wife,Joan Scholle McElfresh; daugh-ters Victoria, Alison, and Stepha-nie; and two granddaughters.

Memorials: Mercantile Li-brary, 414 Walnut St., 11th Floor,Cincinnati, OH 45202; or TenderMercies, 27 W. 12th St., Cincin-nati, OH 45202.

Carolyn McGuireCarolyn J. McGuire, 49, of

Erlanger, died Feb. 19 at herhome.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her daugh-

ter, Christy Townsend of Coving-ton; sons Justin Gabbard ofWalton and Dylan McGuire ofErlanger; sister, Gail Gabbard ofErlanger; brother, MatthewGabbard of Richmond, Ken-tucky; and five grandchildren.

Memorials: Carolyn McGuirefund, C/O Ronald B. JonesFuneral Home, 316 Elm St.,Ludlow, KY 41011.

Esther McIntyreEsther Virginia Wolf Jackson

McIntyre, 90, of Morning View,died Feb. 21 at St. ElizabethMedical Center in Edgewood.

She was a retired custodianfor Kenton County Schools atRyland Elementary and a mem-ber of St. Matthew Church inMorning View. She had beenactive with the Irish Rovers,Independence Senior CitizensCenter, Kenton Community FireDepartment Auxiliary, andWalton Senior Citizens Center.

Her husband, Robert “Boots”Jackson; husband, Bill McIntyre;and sons Timothy Jackson andBob Jackson, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenPat Schalck, Jack Jackson, JerryJackson, Margie Curran, JimJackson, John Jackson, MaryPresnell, Sherri Moffett, andSandy Kay Lubben; stepson, LeoMcIntyre; and 32 grandchildren,49 great-grandchildren, andseven great-great-grandchil-dren.

Memorials: St. MatthewChurch, 13782 Decoursey Pike,Morning View, KY 41063.

John NienaberJohn W. Nienaber, 87, of Fort

Wright, died Feb. 23 at hishome.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran,having served during WorldWar II. He also helped foundBAWAC, worked at Comprehen-sive Care/North Key, and was ateacher and principal.

Survivors include his wife,Catherine Nienaber; childrenTeresa Schuler, Tony Nienaber,Maria Nienaber, Nanette Hen-sley, Marci Nienaber, Krista

Nienaber, and Eric Nienaber;sister, Mary Margaret Hemmer;and 11 grandchildren.

Memorials: BAWAC, Inc., 7970Kentucky Drive, Florence, KY41042.

Margaret O’BrienMargaret Mary Listerman

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She was a member of OurLady of the Assumption RomanCatholic Church.

Her husband, John E. O’Brien,died previously.

Survivors include her childrenKathleen Ashcraft, John O’Brien,Karen Gibson, Barbara Zerhu-sen, Dan O’Brien, Mary Lu“Bebe” Smith, and Peggy Jack-son; and 25 grandchildren alongwith 45 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at St. StephenCemetery.

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Thelma PorterThelma Dell Wallace Porter,

94, of Independence, died Feb.18 at her home.

She was a homemaker andmember of Wesleyan ChristianChurch in Covington, where shewas a former Sunday schoolteacher.

Her husband, James AlvinPorter; son, James H. Porter;sister, Omega Wallace; andbrothers Leondis, James, Ken-neth, Henry, Carl, and RaymondWallace, died previously.

Survivors include her son,John Foster Porter of Independ-ence; daughter, Kellie LynnWilloughby of Frankfort; broth-ers Otto Wallace and DavidWallace, both of Covington; andeight grandchildren along with

13 great-grandchildren and fourgreat-great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: Wesleyan Chris-tian Church, 32 W. Eighth St.,Covington, KY 41011.

George RossGeorge Ross, 70, of Elsmere,

died Feb. 21 at Highlandspringof Fort Thomas.

His wife, Nancy Ross, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his childrenFrank R. Ross, Bobbie J. Stafford,and Betty J. Stidham; brother,Johnny Ross; sisters MickeyRoberts, Carolyn Sturgil, andPatty McIntosh; and 15 grand-children along with sevengreat-grandchildren.

Burial was at Peach GroveCemetery.

Clara SmithClara “Bea” Bernadine Kaiser

Smith, 84, of Florence andformerly of Independence, diedJan. 21.

She was a self-employedseamstress, member of Good

Shepherd Lutheran Church, andenjoyed traveling, reading, andcrocheting.

Her sister, Fern Lewis, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her hus-band, Kenneth Smith; daughtersLinda Schoborg, Cynthia Don-aldson, and Rebecca Tomlin;brother, Donald Kaiser; and sixgrandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: Lutheran HourMinistries, 660 Mason RidgeCenter, St. Louis, MO 63141.

Toby TrueToby Wells True, 79, formerly

of Taylor Mill, died Feb. 18.She was a retired substitute

teacher with Taylor Mill Ele-mentary and other KentonCounty Schools and member ofTrinity United Methodist Churchin Latonia and United Method-ist Women in Taylor Mill. Shechaired Bike Trails for TaylorMill.

Survivors include her hus-band, Charlie True; sons Chuck

True of Fort Thomas, Todd Trueof Hoover, Alabama, and Kris-topher True of Olive Branch,Mississippi; and nine grand-children along with a great-grandson.

Interment was at RiversideCemetery in Falmouth.

Memorials: Tri-State Parkin-son’s, 260 Stetson St., Suite2300, Cincinnati, OH 45219; orTaylor Mill United Methodist

Women, 5160 Taylor Mill Road,Taylor Mill, KY 41015.

Cindy TurnerCindy Lee Talbott Turner, 55,

of Independence, died Feb. 20at St. Elizabeth Medical Centerin Edgewood.

She was a Cincinnati Belloperator for 16 years and was acustomer service representativeat Citi Bank for 10 years. She

loved to laugh and had a greatsense of humor.

Her parents, Charlie and IvaMae Talbott; and daughter,Mallorie Louise Galarza-Jackson,died previously.

Survivors include her hus-band, William “Bill” Turner; sonsLuis Galarza, Loren Turner, andJacob Turner; sister, CharleneSanzone; brother, Larry Talbott;and three grandchildren.

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“He has a personalinterest in everybodyhere. He makes an effortto get to know them,”McGuire explained. “Heknows their names, heknows their families.”

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INDEPENDENCE —Father Mario Tizziani,pastor of St. CeciliaChurch and School inIndependence, has beenchosen as just one of 12recipients of the 2015National Catholic Educa-tion Association’s Dis-tinguished PastorAward.

“He’s very active inmaking improvements tothe school,” said KendraMcGuire, principal of St.Cecilia School and theone who nominated himfor the award. “He al-ways has the school inmind.” McGuire ex-plained that every yearthere’s something thatneeds to be done, such asupdating the building orrenovating the schooloffice.

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student, Alex Clark.“You wouldn’t ask foranybody else.”

Before being a pastor,Father Mario was ateacher. For 15 years hetaught elementary, mid-dle, and high school inJacksonville, Florida.

The proud Navy vet-eran has been with St.Cecilia School since2007. He will be present-ed with the award at abanquet April 7 in Orlan-do, Florida. “It’s veryhumbling,” he said. “Iknow there are wonder-ful, great priests outthere that do such goodwork with their parishesand schools.”

St. Cecilia priest to receive nationalaward for his work in education

KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

Father Mario Tizziani of St. Cecilia School in Independence,left, with students Alex Clark, center, and AJ Wood, both 13years old.

By Kamellia SoenjotoSmithCommunity Recorder Contributor

UNION — Carespring’sBoone County nursinghome may be one stepcloser to zoning approv-al, but company leader-ship and governmentofficials are still waitingto see if the project willclear legal hurdles.

Carespring HealthCare Management,based in Loveland, ownsseven communities inOhio and three others inKentucky: Villaspring ofErlanger, Highlandspr-ing of Fort Thomas andColdspring in ColdSpring.

Baptist ConvalescentCenter Inc., a rival nurs-ing home provider, filedsuit in August againstthe Commonwealth ofKentucky, the Cabinetfor Health and FamilyServices and Boonespr-ing, a proposed three-story skilled nursingfacility on U.S. 42 next toSt. Timothy Church.

Oral arguments wereheard in court Nov. 5,and Carespring Exec-utive Vice PresidentJohn Muller expects tohear the results soon.

“We presented our

case that this does meetgood health planningneeds. It’s well thoughtout, and I think it’s pret-ty well undisputed thatthere is a substantialneed for this type ofservice there,” saidMuller. “We should real-ly hear any day now. Theguidelines are to havethe response in 90 daysand that was Feb. 5.Hopefully, the peoplewho have opposed ithave had their day incourt and they’ll focuson their own operations.We could break groundin April or May if that’sthe case.”

A zoning map amend-ment, changing a littlemore than 9 acres of the14-acre parcel from asuburban residentialzone to a public facil-ities/planned develop-ment zone, was unani-mously approved by theBoone Planning Commis-sion on Feb. 4. The zon-ing change isn’t com-plete until it’s approvedby the Boone CountyFiscal Court, and thatwon’t happen untilMarch 17 or April 7, andrequires two readings.

Boone County ZoningAdministrator Kevin

Wall said staff recom-mended approval be-cause the developmentmeets the requirementsof the 2010 Comprehen-sive Plan and the UnionTown Plan.

As high suburbandensity residential prop-erty in unincorporatedBoone County adjacentto Union, the parcelcould have up to eightunits per acre, whichWall said are usuallybuilt as townhomes.

The proposed 143-bedfacility would have atotal of 94,249 grosssquare feet and would bebuilt in a cross-shapedfloor plan. The buildingwould face U.S. 42, but a320-foot-long retainingwall was approved forthe southern end of theproperty, between thebuilding and a strip ofnatural wood. The woodswould screen the devel-opment from the neigh-boring residents onWhispering Trail.

Additionally, the Plan-ning Commission re-quired that proposedvinyl siding be replacedwith fiber-cement board.

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Question: I wouldlike to grow some of myown fruits at home, butI have clay soil and nota lot of sunshine in someareas due to large trees.What do you suggest?

Answer: Fruit cropscan usually tolerate claysoils, as long as it’s not alow, wet area. You willneed to select the sunni-est location for yourfruit crops in order toget high-quality, well-colored fruit.

Although growingfruit at home has manyadvantages, you alsomust plan carefully,follow certain require-ments for care and giveyour plantings quite abit of attention if youwant to produce highquality fruit.

Your success or fail-ure will depend on (1)avoiding low, wet sites;(2) selecting a sunnylocation where cold airdoes not settle and stag-nate, to avoid latespring frosts; (3) choos-ing fruit types adaptedto Northern Kentuckyconditions; (4) selectingvarieties with somedisease and insect resis-tance; (5) adequate con-trol of weeds, diseasesand insects; and (6)adequate time workingwith the plants to giveyour fruit plantings thecare they need.

Without these re-quirements, yourchances of success willbe reduced. NorthernKentucky weather, es-

pecially the fluctuatingwarmth and cold inspring, jeopardizes eventhe best-maintainedfruit planting. Occasion-

ally, ex-treme lowwintertemper-ature orlate springfreezescomplete-ly wipeout entirecrops.

Choos-ing a sitefor a fruit

planting involves sever-al factors. The locationshould be fertile andpreferably near thehouse. Fruit plantsthrive best in fertile soilbut will give good re-turns on average soil,especially strawberriesand other small fruits.You can add organicmatter to the soil bymixing in heavy appli-cations of compost,manure, decayed saw-dust, etc. before plant-ing.

In order to help withdrainage of your claysoil, the planting loca-tion should, if possible,be higher than sur-rounding areas andhave a slope of 2 to 10percent so that cold air,like water, will flowdownhill and away fromthe planting. If fruitplants are in a lowplace, fruit buds (flowerbuds) are more likely tobe killed by late frosts

in the spring.When choosing fruit

tree varieties, and fortips on insect and dis-ease control, refer tothe publication, “Dis-ease and Insect ControlPrograms for Home-grown Fruit in Ken-tucky, Including Orga-nic Alternatives”(ID-21), which is avail-able online or from yourlocal County ExtensionOffice.

Also, consider theadvantages of dwarfvarieties. Dwarfed treesproduce the same qual-ity fruit as larger stan-dard trees. The princi-pal advantages of dwarftrees are: They bearfruit much sooner; theybear less fruit per tree,so there’s not so muchfruit all at once that itbecomes a problem, asoften happens with stan-dard trees; fruit is usu-ally larger and morehighly colored than inthe same variety onstandard rootstocks;you can reach all partsof the tree easily, so thatall operations may beperformed from theground or from a smallstepladder; smaller, lessexpensive spray equip-ment is needed; anddwarf fruit trees areeasier to prune, train orespalier than standardtrees because they areslower growing.

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

Pick sunniest spotfor your fruit trees

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