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ERLANGER - Michael Sullin-ger, 4, points to the vibrantly col-ored picture of the book in frontof him as he lay comfortably onthe colorful carpet in his pre-school classroom at Lloyd HighSchool.

He’s a smiley child, eager tolearn the words on the page. Andhe is, quite well, according to histeacher at Erlanger-ElsmereSchools’ and Children Inc.’s EarlyLearning Center.

That’s in large part due to be-ing in a classroom setting amongchildren his own age. That settingis also laying the foundation forSullinger’s kindergarten experi-ence which will in turn impact hisentire educational career.

After all, about 95 percent of achild’s brain develops by the ageof 6. Countless studies haveshown that kindergarten readi-ness is important to a child’s de-velopment, including social andemotional, physical and motor,cognitive and language.

Last month, Kentucky re-leased its statewide kindergartenreadiness statistics. For the sec-ond consecutive year, only abouthalf of the Kentucky studentswho entered kindergarten in2015-16 were ready. The NorthernKentucky region continues to beslightly above the state level withthe Erlanger-Elsmere School Dis-trict having shown especiallystrong improvements within thepast year.

Erlanger-Elsmere Schoolsjumped from 37.4 percent to 45.5percent, and more than doubledits preschool enrollment from 70in 2014 to 187 in 2015.

“A key part of the success wehave seen with increased enroll-ment and increased kindergartenreadiness has much to do with thewonderful collaboration of ourschool board, our district staffmembers and our magnificentcommunity partners who trulybelieve all children can succeed,”Superintendent Kathy Burk-hardt said. “We are owning the re-sponsibility of making our chil-dren’s future hopes and dreams areality.”

In 2015, Erlanger-Elsmere im-plemented a multitactic ap-proach called Pre-K Works, aninitiative powered by Skyward,United Way Success By 6 and theschool district to provide access

to high-quality early learning forall 3- and 4-year olds. Pre-KWorks was piloted by Erlanger-Elsmere Schools as a demonstra-tion site by implementing an in-novative model that includesmultiple partners, shared re-sources, integrated delivery ofchild care and parent engage-ment, and collective measure-ment in the hopes of garneringstatewide replication of the mod-el.

“United Way is one of ourstrongest partners in this endeav-or,” Burkhardt said. “We beganby reaching out to the communityto share the data about kindergar-ten readiness, and we’ve beenreally working to educate ourparents, our internal staff, andthe surrounding communityabout the data – why it’s impor-tant and how it connects to col-lege and career readiness, and fu-

ture opportunities for children.”Burkhardt noted increased

parent engagement and con-tinued community collaborationare major goals for Erlanger-Elsmere and Pre-K Works goingforward.

Erlanger-Elsmere has also im-plemented two United Way earlychildhood-focused programs –the Born Learning Academy and“Me and My School” kindergar-ten transition project – to helpparents understand the impor-tance of early childhood experi-ences. The district has reliedheavily on community collabora-tion, including strong partner-ships with Head Start and UnitedWay agency partner, ChildrenInc., 4C for Children, and the cit-ies of Erlanger and Elsmere, toname a few.

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Michael Sullinger, 4, reads a book during class at the Erlanger-Elsmere Schoolsand Children Inc.’s Early Learning Center.

District: Pre-K Works asuccess; enrollment upMelissa Stewartmstewart@communitypress.com

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Kenton County will ex-plore third-party manage-ment options for the KentonCounty Golf Courses.

In January, the KentonCounty Fiscal Court formal-ly fired golf course managerDan Moening. In November,Moening was fired by Coun-ty Administrator Joe Shri-ver after Treasurer Roy Coxfound and investigated ir-regularities in the publicgolf courses’ books.

Looking into third-partymanagement was one ofseveral recommendationsmade in the National GolfFoundation’s recent review.The Fiscal Court votedunanimously Jan. 26 to seekout bids for third-partymanagement companies.

“We are only exploringthe option at this point,” As-sistant County Administra-tor Scott Gunning said.

The county is also look-ing into reinstating a golf ad-visory group made up of lo-cal golfers.

“We are still consideringpotential candidates withthe judge-executive form-ing that committee,” Gun-ning said. “We envision thecommittee serving as an ad-visory group during the(bidding) process.”

Richard Singer, NationalGolf Foundation senior di-rector of consulting, pre-sented a review of opera-tions of the Kenton CountyGold Courses to the FiscalCourt. Kenton Fiscal Courtis among numerous commu-nities that have pluggedlosses on golf courses with

public money. Last year theFiscal Court paid $250,000, abudgeted loan paymentfrom the county that the golfcourses could not pay back,according to Gunning. In2015, the Fiscal Court alsohired the foundation to eval-uate its courses and help fig-ure out best ways to sustainthem.

Another recommenda-tion, Singer said, is to con-sider reducing from 54 to 36holes.

“We recommend sellingthe Fox Run Golf Course,only if proceeds from thesale will be put back into im-provements at the remain-ing 36 holes,” he said. Ac-cording to Singer, Fox Run isthe least popular of the threecourses and under-used.

Other recommendationsinclude:

» improving the physicalcondition of the golf courseswith enhanced staff, newequipment and upgradedamenities;

» maximizing the use oftechnology and marketing;

» and embracing and im-plementing new activitiesthat appeal to less tradition-al golfer segments, espe-cially female golfers.

Judge-executive KrisKnochelmann said he waspleased with the overall re-port, however, said that “thegolf courses need to be giv-en a chance to succeed at itsexisting capacity.”

He also said that thecounty is already starting toinvest in equipment and up-grading amenities.

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Kristen Lottman watches her tee shot on 13th hole during matchplay in the championship round of the 2011 Northern KentuckyWomen’s Amateur golf tournament played at The Fox Run of TheGolf Courses of Kenton County in Independence.

Candidate filings set up con-tested primaries in the 64thHouse District on Tuesday,Kentucky’s deadline for partycandidates and some munici-palities in the May 17 primary.

Two Republicans and twoDemocrats filed for the 64th

House seat following lastweek’s announcement that in-cumbent Rep. Thomas Kerr, R-Taylor Mill, withdrew his can-didacy for re-election. Filingfor the seat by Tuesday were:

» Lucas Deaton, an Inde-pendence councilman, a Demo-crat;

» Larry Varney, ColdSpring, a Democrat;

» Sean Fitzgerald, Inde-pendence, a Republican;

» and Kimberly Poore Mos-er, Taylor Mill, a Republican.Moser is director of the North-ern Kentucky Office of DrugControl Policy.

Another surprise in the 4p.m. filings was the name of aDemocrat – Calvin Sidle, High-land Heights – opposing incum-

bent U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie,R-Garrison.

State Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, will have an opponent inthe Republican primary for the11th State Senate seat, Josh L.Turner, of Florence.

State Sen. Chris McDaniel,R-Latonia, will be unopposedfor the 23rd District State Sen-ate seat.

State Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, will be unopposedin the Republican primary forthe 17th District. A Democrat,Charlie Hoffman of George-town, has also filed. The dis-trict includes southern KentonCounty.

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ERLANGER - Remi-nisce about the past andlearn about the historyof your own back yard atthe Erlanger library’s lo-cal history series.

The Erlanger branchof the Kenton CountyPublic Library, 401 Ken-ton Lands Road, is offer-ing a local history seriesthat will focus on findingthe history of yourhome, learning aboutbeer brewing in Cincin-nati and discussing howErlanger went from therailroad suburb to theexpressway suburb.

“People love to learnabout their own commu-nity and reminisce aboutthe past, and these sortsof programs give them achance to do that in away that they don’t oftenget to from a historicalprogram that is more re-moved from their ownexperience,” said ChrisOaks, Erlanger’s adultprogramming librarian.

Oaks said the libraryhas hosted the historyprogram for severalyears.

“There are many his-tory buffs in our commu-nity, so dedicating a se-ries to local historyseemed only natural,”Oaks said. “Knowingabout local history givesyou a sense of belongingin your community, andof course, at the libraryone of our missions is toconnect people to theirhistory and foster thatsense of community.”

The first program,“How to Discover theHistory of Your House,”will be 7-8 p.m. Tuesday,

Feb. 16. Kentucky histo-ry librarian Bill Stolzwill share tips and re-sources for researchinghistory of homes andbuildings in NorthernKentucky.

“We are very fortu-nate in Northern Ken-tucky to have such ahuge collection of homesand structures with his-torical and architecturalsignificance,” Stolz said.“Some that come to mindinclude the Rugby at 622Sanford St. in Covingtonand Elmwood Hall inLudlow.”

According to Stolz,“history connects us toour communities, neigh-borhoods and neigh-bors.”

“Historical researchon homes can assist own-ers of older homes withpreservation and resto-ration, as well as providethe necessary informa-tion for historical desig-nation like the NationalHistoric Register of His-toric Places,” he said.“Homes can be consid-ered historical for theirarchitectural style, for-mer resident or eventsthat may have takenplace within the struc-ture or on the property.It is also just a lot of funto figure out who mayhave lived in your houseat one time or anotherand what may have tran-spired there.”

The next program,“Over the Rhine: WhenBeer Was King,” will be7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23.Local author Mike Mor-gan will take a look intothe history of beer brew-ing in Cincinnati.

Northern KentuckyUniversity professorPaul Tenkotte said he islooking forward to thehistory series. “I lovesharing stories and pho-

tographs with otherswho share my enthusi-asm for history,” he said.

Tenkotte will presentthe final program in theseries, “Erlanger: FromRailroad Suburb to Ex-pressway Suburb,” 7p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.His interest in Erlangerhistory was sparked inthe 1980s when re-searching his disserta-tion about NorthernKentucky. He was in-trigued with how Er-langer had received itsname.

“There were manymyths,” Tenkotte said. “Imanaged to uncover thetrue story, that it wasnamed after BaronFrederick Emile d’Er-langer, of ErlangersLimited in London. Er-langers Limited was oneof the major investmentbanks in the world in thelate 19th century. BaronErlanger owned major-ity stock in the Cincin-nati, New Orleans andTexas Pacific Railroad,which was the lessee ofthe Cincinnati SouthernRailroad that operatedthrough the city.”

One of the things Ten-kotte enjoys most aboutErlanger’s history is thatthe city is one of the bestexamples regionally of arailroad suburb, whereresidents commuteddaily on passenger carsto their jobs in Cincin-nati.

“Our history defineswho we were, who weare, and what we canhope to become,” hesaid.

For more informationon the history series, vis-itwww.kentonlibrary.orgor call 962-4022.

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THANKS TO KENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

A picture of the Southern Railroad Crossing in the DixieHighway area dated March 1936.

Northern Kentucky:60th District – Repub-

lican incumbent Rep. SalSantoro, Florence, is un-opposed.

63rd District – Repub-lican incumbent Rep.Diane St. Onge, LakesidePark, is unopposed.

65th District – Demo-cratic incumbent Rep.Arnold Simpson, Coving-ton, is unopposed.

66th District – Repub-

lican incumbent Rep. Ad-dia Kathryn Wuchner,Burlington, is unopposed.

67th District – Demo-cratic incumbent Rep.Dennis Keene, Wilder, isunopposed in the MayDemocratic primary. Re-publican Matt Teaford, ofHighland Heights, hasfiled for his party’s nomi-nation.

68th District – Repub-lican incumbent Rep. Jo-seph M. Fischer, FortThomas, unopposed.

69th District – StateRep. Adam Koenig, a Re-publican from Erlanger,will have a Republicanopponent in the May pri-mary, Danny Seifried, ofFlorence.

The Kentucky Repub-lican Party, which is mak-ing a major push this yearto capture the KentuckyHouse, put out a press re-lease at 5:17 p.m. sayingGOP candidates filed torun in 91 out of 100 House

districts.No word was immedi-

ately available from theKentucky DemocraticParty.

In Campbell County,the number of candidatesfiling for Newport CityCommission has trig-gered a primary. Ninecandidates filed for fourcommission seats:

Incumbents – BethFennell, Frank Peluso,John C. Hayden andThomas L. Guidugli.

Newcomers – KenRechtin, Bob McCray,Rachel Comte, MathewCline and Nichole Hay-den.

Newport Mayor JerryRex Peluso drew an oppo-nent, Christopher Malo-ney.

In Kenton County, bothCovington mayor and citycommission had the req-uisite number of candi-dates that triggers a pri-mary.

Covington has fourcandidates for mayor(non-partisan): Joseph U.Meyer, Alfonse J. Mele II,Sherry Carran and Mat-thew T. Winkler.

Covington has 10 can-didates for city commis-sion (non-partisan): Stu-art Davis Warren, TimDowning, Michelle Wil-liams, Bill Wells, RobertHorine, Christi Blair, Jor-dan Huizenga, BrandonMims, Clayton Shull andJohn J. Flesch.

Erlanger, Bellevue,Fort Thomas and Flor-ence are among citiesthat did not draw enoughcandidates to trigger aprimary. They will gostraight to the Novemberelection.

Other Northern Ken-tucky city councils andcommissioners have a fil-ing deadline of 4 p.m.Tuesday, Aug. 9.

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“The gains we are see-ing are the direct result ofpersistent and consolidat-ed efforts to support fam-ilies and children,” saidAmanda Greenwell, di-rector, United Way Suc-cess By 6. “The leadershipin these school districtshave created a clear vi-sion and work tirelessly toempower their staff, part-ners and community torally around their earlychildhood efforts. And,it’s working.”

Northern Kentuckyhas set a goal to have 1,000more children enteringkindergarten ready to

succeed by 2020.The goalis an outgrowth of themyNKY plan launched bySkyward in June 2015. Inaddition to supporting theimplementation of Pre-KWorks, the plan calls forexpansion of the numberof high-quality childcareproviders, increased ca-pacity for best practicehome visitation pro-grams, and support forlegislation and fundingmechanisms to expandearly childhood educa-tion.

“Supporting and in-vesting in programs thatincrease kindergartenreadiness rates not onlypositively impact a child’slife, it has a ripple effecton our future workforceand regional economy,”

said Bill Scheyer, presi-dent of Skyward.

To further supporttheir commitment toearly childhood, ToyotaMotor Engineering &Manufacturing NorthAmerica recently con-tributed $50,000 to the Er-langer effort.

“Early childhood edu-cation supports and en-hances student success,”said Carri Chandler ofToyota’s External Affairs.“We are pleased to sup-port our partners, UnitedWay, Skyward, ChildrenInc. and Erlanger-Elsm-ere Schools, with this in-novative, pre-K educationmodel already generatingpromising results.”

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ERLANGER - Erlang-er was one candidate shyof a primary. The citydrew 24 total candidatesfor 12 seats Jan. 26.

All incumbents,Kathy Cahill, ReneeSkidmore, John Dunhoft,Bill Howard, Don Skid-

more, Thomas Cahill,Gary Meyer, KevinBurke, Patty Suedkamp,Corine Pitts, Randy Blan-kenship and VictoriaKyle are running.

Former council mem-bers James Brown andShane Longshore havefiled, as well as havenewcomers JessicaFette, Stephen Montgo-

mery, Tom Kolkmeier,Lawrence Wonderling,Daniel McElheney, Jo-seph Engles, Jim Speier,Vincent Bohman, MarkSetters and Donald Nice-ley.

Instead of having acontest in the May 17 pri-mary, the candidates gostraight to the Nov. 8 gen-eral election.

Erlanger one candidate shy of primaryMelissa Stewartmstewart@communitypress.com

COVINGTON – North-ern Kentucky LegislativeCaucus members willspend two hours listeningto public concerns andquestions about state gov-ernment from 9-11 a.m.Saturday, Feb. 6, at theNorthern Kentucky Con-vention Center.

“I think we’re going toget a lot of people workingto voice their opinions onpensions, education fund-ing and teacher salaries,”Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Burlington, said of theweekend Legislative Fo-rum.

Wuchner, chairwomanof the Northern KentuckyLegislative Caucus, said

most people emailing andcalling her office havetalked about pensions,funding requests forNorthern Kentucky Uni-versity and public educa-tion in general.

Questions about whatwill happen to Kynect, thestate’s health insurance ex-change, are expected aswell, Wuchner said. Gov.Matt Bevin has notifiedfederal authorities heplans to dismantle kynectand transition Kentuck-ians to the federal sitehealthcare.gov to shop forinsurance under the Af-fordable Care Act.

Some people have alsoasked about House Bill 94to strengthen mentalhealth treatment lawsknown as “Tim’s Law,”

Wuchner said. Tim Morton died in

March 2014 after beinghospitalized for mental ill-ness 37 times, according tothe National Alliance onMental Illness ofKentucky. HB 94 would al-low judges to order court-supervised treatment insome cases to continue aperson’s treatment whenthey are not forcibly hospi-talized.

Wuchner said she ex-pects a large crowd for Sat-urday’s forum since it’sone of the few chancesmembers of the publichave a chance to talk tomultiple legislators at onelocation.

“It’s really an important

NKY Legislative Foruma chance to be heardChris Mayhewcmayhew@communitypress.com

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Students at Miles El-ementary School andArnett ElementarySchool had a specialvisitor on Friday talk-ing about overcomingobstacles and healthylifestyles.

Clark Davis, MissKentucky 2015, came tothe Erlanger-ElsmereDistrict as spokeswom-an for the KentuckyDepartment of Agricul-ture’s “KentuckyProud” program, whichencourages consumersof all ages to purchaseproducts produced inKentucky and to main-tain a healthy and ac-tive lifestyle.

The visit was madepossible through thedistrict’s Carol M.White Physical Educa-tion Program (PEP) ofthe U.S. Department of

Education to promotelifelong healthy habitsfor students.

“I am always lookingfor speakers and activ-ities that will encour-age students to be suc-cessful in their educa-tion, while livinghealthy lifestyles,” saidDiana O’Toole, the dis-trict’s PEP project coor-dinator. O’Toole saidMiss Kentucky wouldspeak to students“about overcoming ac-ademic struggles andhow eating correctlyand getting exercisewill help them in everyarea of their life. MissKentucky has over-come obstacles of herown to become success-ful, and it is because ofher determination thatshe is in the positionthat she is today.”

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Kenton County FiscalCourt has filed a lawsuitagainst former golf coursemanager Dan Moening.

“Our goal in filing thislawsuit is to protect anypossible assets Mr. Moen-ing has to repay the countyand that’s why we havemoved so quickly,” Judge-executive Kris Knochel-mann said. “We want tohold all staff accountableto our procedures and pro-

tect the assets of the coun-ty.”

The suit, filed Thursdayin Kenton Circuit Court,accuses Moening of fraud,conversion, negligent mis-representation, breach ofjudiciary duty, negligenceand unjust enrichment.

The Fiscal Court for-mally fired Moening dur-ing a special meeting Jan.19 for “violations of admin-istrative policies and pro-cedures including but notlimited to incompetency,inefficiency, neglect of du-

ty, failures of proper cashmanagement and insubor-dination,” according toKnochelmann.

In November, Moeningwas fired by County Ad-ministrator Joe Shriver af-ter Treasurer Roy Coxfound and investigated ir-regularities in the publicgolf courses’ books.

Moening, who earned asalary of $52,031 plus com-mission on pro-shop salesat about $30,000 annually,had been with the golfcourses most recently

since 2011. A year beforethat, after 18 years with thecounty golf courses, hewas laid off along withthree others in a reorgani-zation of the golf courses.

Moening appealed thatlayoff in 2010, arguing itwas a political move, and in2011 he was hired again.And, in 2012, he was madegeneral manager of theGolf Courses of KentonCounty.

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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS- Kentucky will start con-struction in February on anew 1.7-mile road to de-crease traffic congestionon Northern KentuckyUniversity’s main campus.

Construction crews willbuild a new three-lane roadlargely through the west-ernmost portions of NKU’scampus. The connectorroad will be built betweenJohns Hill Road and ThreeMile Road near entranceand exit ramps to I-275.

Drivers seeking to getfrom Johns Hill Road toI-275 have to cut through

the center of NKU’s cam-pus along Kenton Drive toget to I-275 now or goaround a longer route toU.S. 27.

Kentucky Transporta-tion Cabinet District 6 De-partment of Highwayawarded Bray Construc-tion Service Inc. of Alexan-dria a $10.6 million contractto complete the connectorroad by fall of 2017.

“This project will im-prove the safety and de-crease traffic congestion inand around the NKU cam-pus,” said Rob Hans, Dis-trict 6 chief district engi-neer. “This connector willmove much of the traffic tothe perimeter of the cam-

pus away from the centralarea.”

Starting on utilities,work will begin on thenorth end of the road firstnear Three Mile Road andSunset Drive, said NancyWood, District 6 spokes-woman.

Rear portions of NKU’sparking lots A, G, K and Lwill be closed by construc-tion as well as all of lot Y,according to a news releasefrom NKU. NKU recom-mends people coming tocampus arrive earlier thannormal because of expect-ed increases in traffic. Al-ternative parking sites oncampus for impacted lotsinclude the Welcome Cen-

ter Garage and lots O and P.Electron signs will be setup to direct drivers to alter-nate parking. A map ofcampus including a park-ing lot lettering system isavailable at bit.ly/1PnaaFp.

Building a sidewalkalong the connector road isincluded in constructioncosts.

Routing of the new roadfrom Three Mile Road atSunset will be to go aroundCampbell Drive on NKU’scampus and swing behindthe residence halls, Woodsaid.

The road will continuethrough the outermost por-tions of parking lots on theedge of campus.

New connector road diverts traffic around NKUChris Mayhewcmayhew@communitypress.com

time for us to listen,”Wuchner said. “It’s not somuch us talking or beingpolitical.”

Northern KentuckyArea Development District

(NKADD) staff will helpthe legislative caucus hostthe forum.

NKADD executive di-rector Lisa Cooper said all17 legislators in the caucusare invited. With legisla-tors’ schedules and an ongo-ing budget session inFrankfort confirmation ofwhich legislators will at-

tend is not available, Coop-er said.

How long people have tospeak with legislators de-pends upon how many peo-ple sign up to speak, shesaid.

People at previous fo-rums have been allotted atime limit to speak lastingsomewhere around two or

three minutes, Cooper said.Groups are encouraged

to elect a spokesperson tospeak on their issue or con-cern rather than repeatingthe same message, she said.

“It’s a completely openforum,” Cooper said.“We’re there at 8:30 a.m.and it’s a first-come, first-served basis.”

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky

COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Nancy Daly, ndaly@communitypress.com, 578-1059

Friday, Jan. 29, was a nightof remembering the victo-rious 2005 and 2006 Dixie

Heights Cheerleaders on the10th anniversary of their back-to-back national championships.

After winning in 2004-05, theyear began with great excite-ment, the squad nearly doubledin size and competed in a super-large division. Pride was burst-ing at the annual Northern Ken-tucky Cheerleading Coaches As-sociation Competition, whichtook place right at DixieHeights. Dixie swept the event,propelling them on their way tothe nationals in Orlando, Florida.

The first day of the Orlandocompetition went perfectly, butthe excitement was soon metwith devastation and tears onthe second day. During their per-formance a team member suf-fered a severe knee injury whileperforming a tumbling passwith a double full twist.

The routine was stopped and,as their injured teammate wasattended to. The team met back-stage to contend with the emo-tions, to pull together to reworkthe routine and once again stepon the mat to perform.

As they readied themselvesto step back on stage, they wereintroduced by a deejay whoplayed “Ain’t No Mountain HighEnough” and were met withrousing cheers of support fromthe crowd and other participat-ing teams from across the coun-try.

Energized by the support,they performed at a very highlevel and won their second con-secutive national championship.

Members of the 2004-05team: Jessica Aker, Rachel Alig,Heather Barhorst, Kenda Con-ley, Jessica Hardy, MeaghanHuffman, Katie Legman, Mea-gan Matthews, Nikki Matthews,Chelsea Mauck, Erin Miller, Am-ber Morris, Samantha Moyer,Cassie Palmer, Ashley Simmons,Holly Stanek, Amanda Thamesand Cameron Yates.

The 2005-06 team: HeatherBarnhorst, Lindsey Blades, Ken-da Conley, Shannon Crone, Am-ber Dickson, Lindsay Doellman,Kara Fox, Jamie Fritz, RachelGumble, Jessica Hardy, Lauren

Jansing, Taylor Jansing, KatieLehman, Meagan Matthews,Nikki Matthews, ChelseaMauck, Amber Morris, CassiePalmer, Erica Peterson, KramerPike, Ashley Simmons, KelseySt. John, Holly Stanek, AbbySteffen, Whitney Wang, CassieWhitaker, Becky Williams andChelsea Winters.

Both squads were coached byMickey and Beth Hill.

This year’s coaches are Jen-nifer Eckler, Jeremy Garey andKelsey St. John.

In 2004 the gymnasium andfoyer at Dixie was remodeledinto the current configurationand then repainted again in 2010.Lost in the remodel and repaint-ing were the original bannersthat proudly hung to recognizeaccomplishments of the studentathletes of the school. The Ath-letic Department has underta-ken the take of reconstructingthe banners to display those pastathletic accomplishments. OnJan. 29 the department unveiledthe first in that series in recog-nition of this 10th anniversary ofthose back-to-back NationalCheer Championships.

The 2005 and 2006 cheerlead-ing squads and the DixieHeights community wish thisyear’s squad well as they go toOrlando, Florida, this weekendto compete in the national cham-pionship.

PHOTOS THANKS TO AMY MILES

On Jan. 29 Dixie Heights High School recognized its 2005 and 2006 cheerleaders on the 10th anniversary of their back-to-back National Championships.

At the Jan. 29 ceremony are members of the junior varsity and varsity Dixie Heights cheerleaders, as well as members of the National Championship winning cheerleaders of 2005 and 2006.

Dixie Heights honors 2005-06 cheerleading champs

The 2015-16 Varsity Cheerleaders are shown with the victory banner on the 10th anniversary of Dixie’s back-to-backnational championships.

Dixie Heights cheerleaders then and now.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 5Holiday - Mardi GrasCarnaval at Brianza, 6-10 p.m.,Brianza Gardens and Winery,14611 Salem Creek Road, BrianzaReception Hall. Price includesheavy hors d’oeuvres by DelishDish, two drink tickets for wineor beer and live party music byMarty Connor’s band. Ages 21and up. $30, $25 for Wine Clubmembers. Reservations required.445-9369; www.brianzagarden-sandwinery.com. Crittenden.

MainStrasse Village MardiGras, 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., Main-Strasse Village, Main Street, NewOrleans-style party. GrandeParade on Saturday at 9 p.m. Allages welcome at parade; 21 andup for bars. Free admission.Presented by MainStrasse VillageAssociation. 491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-ton.

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

AARP Tax Aide, 9-10 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Instead ofnumber system used in past,must call and make appoint-ment. Check AARP website(aarp.org) after Jan. 15, fornumber to call. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

SATURDAY, FEB. 6Art & Craft ClassesLego and Clay AnimationWorkshop, 10 a.m. to noon,Baker Hunt Art and CulturalCenter, 620 Greenup St. Ages 9and up. $25. 431-0020; www.bakerhunt.org. Covington.

Art ExhibitsModern Living: Objects andContext, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie. Free. 491-2030;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 5:45p.m., 7 p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130W. Pike St. Learn to roll andenjoy sushi, or polish rolling andcutting skills. Deb and Jack give10 minute sushi assembly, rollingand cutting demonstration.BYOB; eat sushi you roll. $18.Reservations required. 513-335-0297; www.sushicinti.com.Covington.

FilmsJewish and Israeli Film Festi-val: Opening Night, 8-11 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.Cincinnati premiere of edge-of-seat thriller, “Remember.” Filmfeatures Oscar-winning actorsChristopher Plummer and MartinLandeau. Opening Night Fea-tures: 1 complimentary drink/person, dessert and valet park-ing. $36, $32 members. Reserva-tions recommended. Presentedby Mayerson JCC. 513-722-7220;bit.ly/1VpBuDP. Covington.

Holiday - Mardi GrasMainStrasse Village MardiGras, 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., Main-Strasse Village, Free admission.491-0458; www.mainstrasse.org.Covington.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,10:30-11:30 a.m., Lakeside Presby-terian Church, 2690 Dixie High-way, white building in backparking lot. Offers program ofrecovery from compulsive over-eating, binge eating and othereating disorders using theTwelve Steps and Twelve Tradi-tions of OA. No dues or fees.Addresses physical, emotionaland spiritual well-being but isnot religious organization anddoes not promote any particulardiet. Free. Presented by Overeat-ers Anonymous NKY. 428-1214.Lakeside Park.

SUNDAY, FEB. 7

MONDAY, FEB. 8Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8-11p.m., Molly Malone’s Irish Puband Restaurant, 112 E. Fourth St.Northern Kentucky’s best blue-

grass musicians play in front offireplace on first floor. All blue-grass pickers invited to partici-pate. Ages 21 and up. Free.491-6659; covington.mollymalonesirishpub.com. Covington.

TUESDAY, FEB. 9Exercise ClassesHip Hop Zumba, 6-7 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, 550Freedom Park Drive, $40. Regis-tration recommended. Presentedby City of Edgewood. 331-5910.Edgewood.

Health / WellnessTake Time for Your Heart,6:30-7:30 p.m., St. ElizabethEdgewood, 1 Medical VillageDrive. Comprehensive 10-weekprogram helps identify risks andteaches how to make meaning-ful changes to live better andlive longer. For 55+. $50. Regis-tration required. Presented by St.Elizabeth Heart and VascularInstitute. 301-9355;www.stelizabeth.com/taketimeforyourheart. Edge-wood.

Literary - CraftsArt Club, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thismonth: Yarn Block Printing.,Walton Branch Library, 21 S.Main St. For those who lovepainting, drawing and all thingsart. Ages 0-5. Free. Registrationrecommended. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Wal-ton.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10Literary - Book ClubsYoung at Heart Book Group,6-7 p.m. Discuss “Chains” byLaurie Halse Anderson, Barnes &Noble Florence, 7663 Mall Road,Free. Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 647-6400. Flor-ence.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Cafe, 4-5:45 p.m., WaltonBranch Library, 21 S. Main St.,Drop in for gaming, snacks andmore. Free. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Walton.

Genealogy Tech: African-American History Online,6:30-7:30 p.m., Kenton CountyPublic Library Covington, 502Scott Blvd., Local History &Genealogy Department, 2ndFloor. Learn about many onlineresources for researching Afri-can-American history. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Kenton County Public Library.962-4070; www.kentonlibra-ry.org. Covington.

RecreationPub Quiz, 8 p.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., Pub. Teams competefor victory, bragging rights and$500 prize. No two quizzes alike.$2 draft special. Ages 21 and up.Free. 491-6659; covington.mollymalonesirishpub.com. Coving-ton.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,10:30-11:30 a.m., Erlanger Chris-tian Church, 27 Graves Ave.Program of recovery from com-pulsive overeating, binge eatingand other eating disorders usingTwelve Steps and Twelve Tradi-tions of OA. Addresses physical,emotional and spiritual well-being. Not religious organizationand does not promote anyparticular diet. Free. Presentedby Overeaters Anonymous NKY.428-1214; www.cincinnatioa.org.Erlanger.

Al-Anon Beginner Meeting,7:30-8:30 p.m., Lakeside Presby-terian Church, 2690 Dixie High-way, Enter basement door nextto main entrance off Marian Dr.Follow hallway on left to roomat end of hallway. Al-Anonoffers strength and hope forfamilies and friends of alcoholics.Find understanding and supportin Al-Anon. Free. Presented byAl-Anon Family Group. 760-6178;www.kyal-anon.org. LakesidePark.

THURSDAY, FEB. 11On Stage - TheaterPrelude To A Kiss, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, $20, $15 stu-dents. Reservations recom-mended. 479-6783; falcontheater.net. Newport.

FRIDAY, FEB. 12Fish FrysFish Fry, 5-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, Fish dinner choices include

baked fish, beer battered fish orshrimp, choice of french fries,onion rings, hush puppies,potato cakes, coleslaw or mac/cheese. Children’s menu andcarry out available. No fish fry on2/26. Benefits Edgewood Fire/EMS Association. $7. Presentedby Edgewood Fire/EMS. 331-0033; www.edgewoodky.gov.Edgewood.

Mary, Queen of Heaven FishFry, 4-8 p.m., Mary, Queen ofHeaven Parish, 1150 DonaldsonHighway, Dine-in service, carry-out and drive-thru. Call 859-371-2622 for carry-out orders. Bene-fits Mary, Queen of HeavenSchool. Prices vary. 525-6909;www.mqhparish.com. Erlanger.

Lenten Fish Fry, 6-8 p.m., Im-maculate Heart of Mary Church -Burlington, 5876 Veterans Way.Dine-in, carryout and drive-thruservice. Fried fish, baked fish andfried shrimp dinners. Price varies.Presented by Boonedockers.689-5010. Burlington.

Health / WellnessSt. Elizabeth CardioVascularMobile Health Unit, 10 a.m. to2 p.m., Remke Market TaylorMill, 5016 Old Taylor Mill Road,Cardiovascular screenings of-fered on St. Elizabeth Cardio-Vascular Mobile Health Unit. 4screenings available: peripheralartery disease, abdominal aorticaneurysm, carotid artery disease/stroke and cardiac age healthrisk assessment. $25 per screen-ing. Reservations required.Presented by St. Elizabeth Heartand Vascular Institute. 301-9355;www.stelizabeth.com/screenmyheart. Taylor Mill.

Literary - LibrariesGenealogy Tech: African-American History Online, 1-2p.m., Kenton County PublicLibrary Covington, Free. Regis-tration required. 962-4070;www.kentonlibrary.org. Coving-ton.

Music - CountryConcerts at the Library: DallasRemington, 7-8 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, 15-year oldsinger-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performs originalcompositions, classic countrysongs, and today’s contemporaryhits. Free. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.

SATURDAY, FEB. 13Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 5:45p.m., 7 p.m., Sushi Cincinnati,$18. Reservations required.513-335-0297; www.sushicinti.com. Covington.

NatureMaple Tapping, 9-10:30 a.m.,

Boone County Arboretum atCentral Park, 9190 Camp ErnstRoad, Shelter #1. Learn processof making maple syrup. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Arboretum.384-4999; www.bcarboretum.org. Union.

Runs / WalksOrienteering Race, 11 a.m. to 1p.m., Middle Creek Park, 5656Burlington Pike, Follow signs atpark to registration location.Adventure runners and anyonewho loves being outdoors andsolving problems. Use map,observation skills and wits tonavigate course through parkvisiting features in terrainmarked on map as quickly aspossible. $10. Presented byOrienteering Cincinnati. 513-523-9279; ocin.org. Burlington.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,10:30-11:30 a.m., Lakeside Presby-terian Church, Free. 428-1214.Lakeside Park.

SUNDAY, FEB. 14Music - FolkConcerts at the Library: Buffa-lo Wabs and The Price HillHustle, 2-3 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Cincinnati-based, 4-piece Ameri-cana folk band blends traditionof Woody Guthrie and Mis-sissippi John Hurt with contem-porary flavor. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665. Florence.

On Stage - TheaterDearly Departed, 3-5:30 p.m.,Village Players of Fort Thomas,$17. Reservations recommended.392-0500; www.villageplayers.biz. Fort Thomas.

MONDAY, FEB. 15Clubs & OrganizationsBoone County Alliance Meet-ing, 9-10:30 a.m., Florence CityBuilding, 8100 Ewing Blvd., Thesubstance abuse/use preventioncoalition for Boone County, KYwill be meeting to discuss pre-vention efforts to reduce/elim-inate drug abuse/use locally.Free. Presented by Boone CountyAlliance. 689-4496; BooneCountyAlliance.com. Florence.

Exercise ClassesYoga, 7:10-8:10 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, $30 fee formonth. Registration required.334-2117; www.bcpl.org. Burling-ton.

Health / WellnessWomen Take Heart HealthEvent and Screening, 11 a.m.to 3 p.m., Dillard’s-Crestview HillsTown Center, 2900 Dixie High-way, Cardiovascular screenings

on St. Elizabeth CardioVascularMobile Health Unit. 4 screeningsavailable: peripheral arterydisease, abdominal aortic aneu-rysm, carotid artery disease/stroke and cardiac age healthrisk assessment. For Women ages35-55. $25 per screening. Reser-vations required. Presented bySt. Elizabeth Heart and VascularInstitute. 301-9355; www.stel-izabeth.com/womentakeheart.Crestview Hills.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayCards to (Love), 6:30-8 p.m.,Newport Branch Library, 901 E.Sixth St., Make cards. Ages 18and up. Free. Presented byCampbell County Public Library -Newport Branch. 571-5035;www.cc-pl.org. Newport.

Literary - LibrariesIn the Loop, 10-11 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, Free. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Royal: Reviewers of YoungAdult Literature, 6:30-7:30p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Readnew books before they hitshelves. Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

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

Let’s Talk About It: The Un-derground Railroad in North-ern Kentucky, 7-8 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, Free.Registration recommended.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Sticky Science (Grades 3-5), 4-5p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike, Gethands dirty making own oo-bleck, flubber, and silly putty.Ages 3-5. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8-11p.m., Molly Malone’s Irish Puband Restaurant, Free. 491-6659;covington.mollymalonesirish-pub.com. Covington.

RecreationMonday Night Bingo, 7:30-10p.m., Newport Elks Lodge,441-1273. Cold Spring.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., Union Presbyterian Church,Free. 525-6932; www.cincinnatioa.org. Union.

TUESDAY, FEB. 16AttractionsWinter Family Days, 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Newport Aquarium,261-7444; www.newportaquari-um.com. Newport.

Exercise ClassesHip Hop Zumba, 6-7 p.m.,Edgewood Senior Center, $40.Registration recommended.331-5910. Edgewood.

Health / WellnessTake Time for Your Heart,6:30-7:30 p.m., St. ElizabethEdgewood, $50. Registrationrequired. 301-9355; www.stel-izabeth.com/taketimeforyour-heart. Edgewood.

St. Elizabeth CardioVascularMobile Health Unit, noon to 6p.m., St. Elizabeth Florence, 4900Houston Road, Cardiovascularscreenings offered on St. Eliza-beth CardioVascular MobileHealth Unit. 4 screenings avail-

able: peripheral artery disease,abdominal aortic aneurysm,carotid artery disease/stroke andcardiac age health risk assess-ment. $25 per screening. Reser-vations required. Presented bySt. Elizabeth Heart and VascularInstitute. 301-9355; www.stel-izabeth.com/screenmyheart.Florence.

Literary - LibrariesLocal History Series: How toDiscover the History of YourHouse, 7-8 p.m., ErlangerBranch Library, 401 Kenton LandsRoad, Meeting Rooms A&B. BillStolz shares tips and resourcesfor researching history of homesand buildings in Northern Ken-tucky. Free. 962-4000; www.ken-tonlibrary.org. Erlanger.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17Health / WellnessTake Time for Your Heart, 10-11a.m., St. Elizabeth Florence, $50.Registration required. 301-9355;www.stelizabeth.com/taketimeforyourheart. Florence.

St. Elizabeth CardioVascularMobile Health Unit, 10 a.m. to2 p.m., Kroger, 1700 DeclarationDrive, Cardiovascular screeningsoffered on St. Elizabeth Cardio-Vascular Mobile Health Unit. 4screenings available: peripheralartery disease, abdominal aorticaneurysm, carotid artery disease/stroke and cardiac age healthrisk assessment. $25 per screen-ing. Reservations required.Presented by St. Elizabeth Heartand Vascular Institute. 301-9355;www.stelizabeth.com/screenmyheart. Independence.

Music - Concert SeriesMidday Musical Menu, 12:15-1p.m. Festival music for Horn andOrgan by Wilmer Hayden Welsh;Tom Clements, Hornist; JohnDeaver, Organist., Trinity Episco-pal Church, 326 Madison Ave.,Sanctuary. Lunch prepared bythe Women of Trinity availablefor $7. Free. 431-1786; trinitycovington.org. Covington.

RecreationPub Quiz, 8 p.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, Free.491-6659. Covington.

Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,10:30-11:30 a.m., Erlanger Chris-tian Church, Free. 428-1214;www.cincinnatioa.org. Erlanger.

Al-Anon Beginner Meeting,7:30-8:30 p.m., Lakeside Presby-terian Church, Free. 760-6178;www.kyal-anon.org. LakesidePark.

THURSDAY, FEB. 18Health / WellnessHope for the Heart Psychoedu-cational Group, 6:45-8 p.m.,Gena Grigson, LCSW, 2521Anderson Road Suite A, Gainmore peace through under-standing personality, stressmanagement, and learninghappiness habits in small group.Refreshments and materialsincluded. Ages 21 and up. $60for 4 group meetings. Regis-tration required by Feb. 12.344-9321, ext. 4. CrescentSprings.

Job FairsYouth Job Fair, 3-6 p.m., New-port Branch Library, 901 E. SixthSt., Bring copies of resume andbe prepared to complete em-ployment applications on-site.Ages 16-24. Free. Presented byCampbell County Public Library -Newport Branch. 571-5035.Newport.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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MainStrasse Village Mardi Gras will be 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Feb.5-6 at MainStrasse Village, Main Street, Covington. This newOrleans-style party features Grande Parade at 9 p.m. Saturday.All ages are welcome at parade; ages 21 and up are permittedfor bars. Admission is free. Call 491-0458; visitwww.mainstrasse.org.

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I just loved the request froma Northern Kentucky readerfor a Valentine’s Day recipe.

“My husband keeps talkingabout his mom’s Swiss steak.All he remembers is that shepounded salt and pepper intothe meat with flour, browned itand then baked it with toma-toes. It had cheese on the topand was his favorite. I wouldlike to make this as a surpriseValentine’s Day dinner for him. Ifyou have a recipe that is close, Iwould really appreciate it,” shesaid.

Well, I not only have arecipe that looks likewhat she wants, I thinkthis one might be whathis mom made.

I also wanted to sharesome truffle recipes.There are two recipeshere: one for adults andone for kids. I’ve got allbases covered!

Rita Nader Heiken-feld is an herbalist, educator, Jun-gle Jim’s Eastgate culinary profes-sional and author. Find her blog on-line at Abouteating.com.

‘I love you’ oven Swiss steak

1-1/2 pounds round steak, 3/4 inches thick1/4 cup flour1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons each salt and pepper1 can stewed tomatoes1/2 cup each chopped celery and carrot1/4 cup chopped onion1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce or bit more to taste1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 325.Cut meat into 4 portions. Mix flour, salt and pepper and pound into meat. Set

aside flour that is left. Brown meat in oil or shortening on all sides. Don’t cook it,just brown it. Place meat in shallow baking dish. Blend remaining flour with drip-pings in skillet and add rest of ingredients, except for cheese. Cook, stirring con-stantly, until mixture boils. Pour over meat. Cover tightly and bake for 2 hours oruntil tender. Top with cheese and return to oven for a few minutes to melt cheese.

Elegant chocolate truffles

3 tablespoons light corn syrup3/4 cup whipping cream, unwhipped12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped

into very small pieces1 teaspoon vanilla

In a small saucepan combine the corn syrupand heavy cream. Bring to a simmer and add the 12ounces of chocolate. Stir until smooth. Removefrom the heat and add vanilla.

Pour the mixture into a container and place inthe refrigerator for at least 1 hour until firm. Scoopchocolate using small ice cream scoop onto panlined with parchment paper or sprayed foil. Returnto frig until very firm.

Coating:

8 ounces or so high quality melted chocolate,cooled a bit but still liquid enough to dip

Tiny sprinkles/nuts, etc. (optional)

Remove the truffles from the refrigerator andshape into balls by rolling between the palms ofyour hands. Work quickly since the heat of yourhands makes the chocolate soft. Dip each truffleinto the chocolate to coat and place on wire rackfor excess to drip off.

Tip:For a quicker and easier truffle, omit thechocolate coating and drop the shaped trufflesdirectly into cocoa powder, nuts or coconut.

Oreo truffles

1 pound package of Oreo sandwich cookies, divided (not double stuffed)8 ounces cream cheese, softened1 teaspoon vanilla

Coating:

12 ounce bag semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips, melted and cooled abit but still liquid enough to dip

Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor. Set aside. Cookies alsocan be finely crushed in a plastic bag using a rolling pin.

Crush rest of cookies. Place in bowl and add cream cheese and vanilla. Mixuntil well blended. Roll into 1 inch balls.

Dip in melted chocolate and set on wire rack.Immediately sprinkle with leftover crumbs so that crumbs adhere before

chocolate coating sets up. Refrigerate until firm. Store in refrigerator up to a cou-ple of weeks.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

It’s that time of year – chocolate and Oreo truffles.

Steak, truffles speak language of love

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

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Needle exchange sendsthe wrong message

In regards to the article onneedle exchange in your Jan. 28publication (“Health leaderspitch heroin needle swap toFlorence”) it seems to be one-sided, While a needle exchangemight help control the spread ofHIV and hepatitis, it’s also tell-ing drug addicts that it’s OK tobe a drug addict, as long as youuse a clean needle.

It’s not OK to be an addict.A lot of people like to say ad-

diction is a disease. A disease issomething you have no controlof – cancer, MS, ALS – those areknown as diseases.

Heroin is not a disease, it’s achoice. Nobody holds an addictdown and forces the needle intotheir arm the first time, nor the

second, third and so on. My daughter was an addict. I

say was because she died of anoverdose at the beginning ofDecember 2015. It was herchoice to stick that needle in herarm. Nothing else mattered, nother children, family, friends.The help she was offered wasignored or used to her advan-tage. She was at one time a hap-py, healthy girl – she turned intoa shell of the girl she was. Shewas only 27 when her life ended.Is that what we all want?

Instead of getting heroin outof our cities, counties and neigh-borhoods, let’s just give thempermission to keep using drugs,just as long as they use cleanneedles. What’s wrong with thispicture?

Cathy TichyIndependence

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Last week’s questionWho will be President of the

United States one year from to-day? Why will he or she have won?

“One year from today we willbe hailing the almighty and mag-nificent President Trump. I amnot saying I agree with thischoice, but yet again it will be amatter of the majority of thepopulation voting against thegreater evil rather than for thebest choice. I truly long for anelection where we can in goodconscience vote for the rightcandidate with passion and be-lief that he or she is the best andcorrect choice for the highest of-fice in our society. Trump simplyhas too much momentum, mediapresence and too many faithfulfollowers to be stopped. He issaying the things that too manyof us feel need to be said, andwhich the other hopefuls are tooPC to state. On the campaignside he doesn’t require huge do-nations and is therefore behol-den to none of the special inter-ests. If nothing else, this electioncycle so far has been good enter-tainment.”

M.J.F.

“I think it will be Ted Cruz.Most of America will finallywake up and realize that healthcare isn’t a right it is a privilege,that Christianity is the nationalreligion, diplomacy is weak andbombing is strong and good,woman should cede decisionsabout their bodies and reproduc-tive health to wealthy, whiteevangelical males, and everycitizens duty is to be armed withan open carry weapon of his orher choice.

“I can relate very well to hispopulist story of attending com-mon Ivy League schools, marry-ing a common Goldman Sachsexecutive and taking a jobwhere you grind your place ofemployment to a standstill.

“For all these democratic andpatriotic reasons I see him com-ing out on top next year.”

C.S.

“One year from today, you ar-rive home excited because youmet with your boss today and hesaid due to increase in business,he was promoting you to managethe new employees. A nice raisecomes with the job. The HRmanager informs you yourhealth insurance is going downin price because of increasedcompetition.

“Then you think back, a yearearlier the country felt like itwas rapidly suffocating, No

good jobs, increased health in-surance premiums and a Navysuffering through a Third Worldcountry holding guns to theirheads on their own ship.

J.H.D.

“Right now Democrat HillaryClinton and Donald Trump arethe favorites for their parties. Ithink the Democratic nomineehas that 47 percent of voters(Romney’s claim of those notpaying taxes and/or on entitle-ments) in their hip pocket.Trump seems to have capturedthe American voters’ disap-pointment with current leader-ship. He seems to have what thefrustration fueled masses arelooking for, i.e., a change or thenext Ronald Reagan. I think thatvoter frustration will ‘trump’Hillary’s very questionabletrack record. I hope Trumpchooses wisely his VP, cabinetand advisers. He scares me, butI am naively optimistic he canright the ship. I look forward totheir debates next fall as it couldget ugly. Go figure!”

T.D.T.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONA 2015 Kentucky law allowsoperation of syringe accessexchange programs at the locallevels to reduce the threat ofinfectious diseases spread byintravenous drug use. Howshould your county deal withthe question of the proposedneedle exchange?

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“What breaks your heart?”I was at a conference and thespeaker asked this question ofthe audience. In my work, Iam accustomed to asking peo-ple what they are interestedin, excited, even passionateabout. But this questionstopped me cold.

Let me back up. I believethat when we limit our defini-tion of our careers to just whatwe are paid to do, we miss thebiggest picture; the opportuni-ty to engage in the world withour full skill set and with ourcomplete hearts and souls. Ifyou enjoy coaching girls bas-ketball, that is part of who youare and even it if it is purely avolunteer endeavor, it is a partof your unique career set, oryour “big picture.”

Take a minute and ask your-self what your total career is.What does it include, and whatwould you like it to have moreof? If you are an animal lover,and spend any time or re-sources on animal-relatedcauses, that is part of yourcareer – part of who you are.

I knew I wanted to do some-thing to help dogs, but I alsoknew that was too broad of adesire. When a goal is too bigor too vague, your chances ofreaching it diminish, versusdeveloping concrete, action-able goals. What breaks myheart? When I really thoughtabout that question, I had an

“aha” mo-ment.

Senior dogsdumped atshelters be-cause they aresenior dogs.That breaksmy heart topieces.

Now what?I know I

can’t volun-teer in a shelter. My emotionswould not survive and I wouldlive as a blubbering mess. Ihave tremendous respect forthose who do. I give money, Iget the word out, I work toconnect people and resources.I have as many dogs as I can inmy home. But still, I knewthere was more I could do.

When facing the emptynest, we decided that we want-ed more dogs. I knew the num-ber was not 50, but it alsowasn’t three. We built a homeon 15 acres and attached asenior doggie recreation room,dogs runs and a fenced-inyard. It is a place for eightsenior dogs who were given upjust for being old, to live outtheir days in comfort and love.

I knew we had done theright thing when we got ourfirst resident: Mitzi. It’s nosecret that the gray muzzledoes not increase yourprospects for being selectedby shelter visitors. Maybe it

was my imagination, but whenI whispered in her ear that shewas now safe, those tiredbones took a deep breath andher whole body relaxed.

Our world is not lacking inthings to be heartbroken over.It can paralyze us into inactionor just the feeling that wecan’t do anything that matters.There is no right or wronganswer to this question.

I am constantly amazed byour community’s love for ani-mals. Animal lovers are givers– and so are animals.

My Furry Valentine, a non-profit organization that hostsan annual event to bring peo-ple and adoptable pets togeth-er, is a way that you can getinvolved. To date My FurryValentine has found homes fornearly 2,000 shelter pets in thelast five years. My Furry Val-entine, the region’s largestannual animal adoption event,will be held on Saturday andSunday, Feb. 13 and 14, from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sharon-ville Convention Center, 11355Chester Road, Cincinnati, OH45246. For more information,visitwww.myfurryvalentine.com.

Julie Bauke is the chiefcareer happiness officer of TheBauke Group and a volunteermember of My Furry Valentineteam.

My Furry Valentine helpinganimals dumped at pet shelters

Julie BaukeCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

St. Elizabeth Healthcare isfortunate to be part of agroundbreaking study lookingat how to reduce inpatientheart attack deaths by influ-encing organizational culture.For this study, inpatient heartattack deaths means someonedies while in the hospital fol-lowing a heart attack.

Leadership Saves Lives is atwo-year project involvinghealth systems across thecountry sponsored by YaleGlobal Health LeadershipInstitute. St. Elizabeth isjoined in this venture by nineother Mayo Clinic Care Net-work members.

St. Elizabeth is the onlyhealth system in the regionparticipating in this study, thefirst of its kind to look at howorganizational culture affectspatient outcomes. It’s uniquebecause of its use of quantita-tive and qualitative data –which is uncommon in medicalstudies.

Kentucky ranked 43rdworst among U.S. states forcardiovascular deaths from1990-2014, according to Amer-ica’s Health Rankings. Ohiowas No. 40 and Indiana No. 39.That same organization re-cently released its annualreport that rated Kentucky44th worst in healthy behav-iors, determinants and out-comes. Ohio is No. 39 andIndiana No. 41.

Heart disease is, of course,the leading cause of death inthe United States for men andwomen.

The Yale study’s goal is tolearn how patients, familymembers, emergency medicaltechnicians, emergency room

personnel,physicians,nurses, phar-macists,health careadministra-tors and oth-ers can collab-orate to pro-vide the bestcare and bestoutcomespossible.

Community education is akey component.

One example: If you experi-ence heart attack symptoms, itis important you know youshould call 911 immediately.We can’t stress enough thepositive benefits of that.

According to a St. Elizabethtimeline evaluation, more than50 percent of heart attackpatients do not call 911 andarrive by car rather than bylife squad, and they are wait-ing an average of nine hoursbefore they seek care (eithercalling 911 or driving them-selves to the emergencyroom). Making that 911 call –and making it sooner – can bea life-saving decision.

The Yale study, co-spon-sored by The Medicines Com-pany, will likely be completednext summer. But we’ve al-ready learned why organiza-tional culture is so important.As Dr. Victor Schmelzer, mycolleague and medical directorof the St. Elizabeth HealthcareHeart and Vascular Institute,says: It starts with a commit-ted administration that sup-ports innovation and fosters acollaborative environment.

Some examples of what’sahead:

» St. Elizabeth Healthcarewill work with communityEMS providers to improveinformation received fromemergency medical servicesprior to arrival at the hospital.St. Elizabeth is securing agrant to purchase software tosupport Pulsara, new technol-ogy that will enhance EKGstransmitted from EMS person-nel to hospitals prior to patientarrival.

» EMS and St. Elizabethstaff will meet regularly toreview processes of care,seeking opportunities for con-tinued improvement.

» We will increase commu-nity education initiatives,including an enhanced focuson the importance of timelyresponse to symptoms and theimportance of calling 911.

» We will increase pharma-cy involvement in care ofheart attack patients.

» We will continue to iden-tify and implement new tech-nology. One example is therecent implementation ofPulsePoint, a bystander CPRactivation app.

St. Elizabeth has estab-lished a goal of reducingheart-related deaths by 25percent in Northern Kentuckywithin 10 years of opening theHeart & Vascular Institute lastspring.

Participating in this studyand developing actionableitems is just one of many waysin which we will continue toimprove the health of ourcommunity today and in thefuture.

Dr. D.P. Suresh is medicaldirector of St. Elizabeth Physi-cians Heart & Vascular.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Yaletarget inpatient heart attack deaths

Dr. D.P. SureshCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • 1B

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky

COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman, mlaughman@communitypress.com, 513-248-7573

Basketball» The pairings for the 2016

St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteenand the 2016 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet Sixteenwill be revealed on Thursday,Feb. 4 at 1 p.m.. The Sweet 16Draw Show will also bestreamed online at KHSAA.tvand WKYT.com.

The 2016 St. ElizabethHealthcare/KHSAA Girls’Sweet 16 will be held March 9-13 at BB&T Arena in HighlandHeights, with the 2016 Whit-aker Bank/KHSAA Boys’Sweet 16 taking place March16-20 at Rupp Arena in Lexing-ton. Brackets with officialpairings will be available onthe KHSAA/Riherds.comScoreboard and the KHSAAwebsite on the basketballhome page following the con-clusion of the draw show.

Full-session ticket pack-ages for the boys’ and girls’Sweet 16 will be available forpurchase by the general pub-lic starting Feb. 8th, at a costof $124 for side/lower arenaseats. For more information,visit KHSAA.org.

Boys basketball» The Jack Kaelin Fresh-

man Tournament for boysbasketball will begin Feb. 6and end Feb. 15 wit the cham-pionship game at 7:30 p.m. Allgames are Covington Catho-lic.

The JV boys tournamentwill have its semifinals and fi-nals at CovCath, starting at 3p.m. Feb. 13 for semis and thefinals 6 p.m. Feb. 15.

Bracket and schedule forthe freshman tournament:

Sat., Feb. 6 – G1: HolyCross vs. Ludlow, 10 a.m.; G2:CovCath vs. Scott, 11:15 a.m.;G3: Cooper vs. Boone, 12:30p.m.; G4: NewCath vs. Beech-wood, 1:45 p.m.; G5: SimonKenton vs. Highlands, 3:15p.m.; G6: Dixie Heights vs. St.Henry,. 4:30 p.m.; G7: Walton-Verona vs. Conner, 5:45 p.m.;G8: Newport vs. Ryle, 7 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 8 – G9: Holmesvs. G1 winner, 5 p.m.; G10:Lloyd vs. G2 winner, 6:15 p.m.;G11: G4 vs. G5, 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 10 – G12: G3 vs.G9, 5 p.m.; G13: G6 vs. G10,6:15 p.m.; G14: G7 vs. G8, 7:30p.m.

Sat., Feb. 13 (semis) – G11vs. G12, 6 p.m.; G13 vs. G14,7:30 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 15 (finals) – 7:30p.m.

» Beechwood beatHolmes 49-46 Jan. 26. BenToebbe had 28 points for theTigers.

» Dixie Heights beat Lloyd61-52 in a 34th District gameJan. 26. Reed Bradfield had 18points and Hunter Meyer 17.Sterling Hamilton led Lloydwith 18.

Dixie beat Simon Kenton43-41 Jan. 29. Meyer had 12points for Dixie, TylerSchreckand Cameron Thornberrynine. Timmy Cottrell led SKwith 16 points and AustinFries had 13.

Dixie beat Conner 60-59Jan. 30. Reed Bradfieldhad 23points.

» Lloyd beat Ludlow 46-39in a 34th District game. An-drew Kemen and ElijahJouett had 10 points each.

» Scott beat MontgomeryCounty 62-60 Jan. 26 in a key10th Region game. VinnieDuimlao led the Eagles with18 points. Jake Ohmer andNelson Perrin had 17 each.

Scott beat Bracken County87-80 Jan. 29. Jake Ohmer setthe career scoring record andBrad Carr set the career

coaching wins record in thegame.

Girls basketball» Dixie Heights beat St.

Henry 35-29 Jan. 27 in a 34th

District game. Kylie Brockand Brooke Davis had ninepoints for the Colonels, JennaBluemlein and Jaiden Douth-it eight.

» Holy Cross beat RowanCounty 52-48 Jan. 28. RachelCrigler led HC with 18 points.

» Lloyd beat Villa Madon-na 60-50 Jan. 28 in a 34th Dis-trict game. ShaMaya Beha-nan had 23 points and DevinCheatum 19. Lexi Aytes had28 for VMA.

» Notre Dame beat Beech-wood 43-36 Jan. 27 in a 35th

District game. KennedyBaugh led the Pands with 13points.

» St. Henry beat Ludlow52-31 in a 34th District gameJan. 28. Chisom Iloegbunamled the Crusaders with 13points.

» Scott beat George Rog-ers Clark 68-63 in a key 10th Re-gion game Jan. 26. Anna Cle-phane had 24 points, Lexi Sta-pleton 17 and Summer Se-crist 16.

Volleyball» For the Northern Ken-

tucky Volleyball Club: Inter-ested parent meeting for non-travel programs that begin inMarch. The informationalmeeting will take place onMonday, Feb. 8 from 6:30-8p.m. at The Marquise BanquetCenter in Wilder. There aremany new and exciting thingshappening at NKYVC includ-ing a brand new practice facil-ity. Registration for the Non-Travel Programs (StormChasers) is now open atwww.nkyvc.com NKYVC of-fers the best volleyball train-ing in the area for all skills lev-els and the non-travel pro-grams benefit those athleteswho want to continue theirvolleyball skills progressionoutside the normal school sea-son but for various reasons,could not commit to a USAVtravel schedule.

Swimming and Diving» Results from the Scott

Eagle Diving Classic Jan. 16:Girls: Lindsey Fox (Scott)

414, Alexis Epperson (Scott)374, Abby Miller (Beech-wood) 355, Francie Case(NDA) 355, Marian Tiemeier(Campbell) 353, Abby Weger(Highlands) 350, Sophie Mid-dendorf (NDA) 296, Nicole Al-derisio (Ryle) 293, AubreyMiddendorf (Dixie) 289,Brooke Hodory (Highlands)278, Ann Postolowski (Ryle)273, Kenzie Nehus (High-lands) 269, Kayla Nehus(Highlands) 262, PeytonQuinn (Dixie) 256, EmmaLehmkuhl (Holy Cross) 247,Elena Alcantara (NDA) 230.

Boys: Evan Brungs (CCH)486, Dallas Corsmeier (St.Henry) 404, Gus Staubitz(HC) 396, Finn Murphy (High-lands) 373, Owen Finke (HC)366, Sean Courtney (Boone)308, Reece Guthier (High-lands) 297, Parker Duell(CCH) 276, Trevor Buescher(Scott) 267, Korey Kleier(Scott) 247, Jake Hoarston(Highlands) 235, Sam Schuh(CCH) 226, Damien Blades(CCH) 218.

» Middle-school regionalswimming championship re-sults:

Scores: Boys team: High-lands 224, Ryle/Gray 205,Beechwood 185, girls team:Ryle/Gray 380, Simon Kenton232, Scott 198, Combined:Ryle/Gray 721, Highlands 409,Campbell 393.

SHORT HOPS

James Weberjweber@communitypress.com

See SHORT HOPS, Page 2B

Beechwood High School’sboys basketball program is onpace to snap a streak of fourstraight losing seasons. It’s notjust the win-loss column that ischanging this year. The Tigersare focused on rebuilding theculture of Beechwood basket-ball.

“When we arrived there wasvery little appreciationamongst our players for anytype of basketball tradition atBeechwood,” said third-yearhead coach Erik Goetz. “We aretrying very hard to turn thataround and make basketballrelevant at Beechwood.”

Defeating perennial powerHolmes for the first time innearly 50 years is a good start.On Jan. 26, behind 28 points and10 rebounds from sophomoreguard Ben Toebbe, the Tigers(13-8) defeated the Bulldogs forthe first time since 1968. Thatvictory was important as theprogram tries to shake off itsunderdog status among North-ern Kentucky’s more success-ful programs.

“There certainly was aware-ness that there are certain bas-ketball programs that we aren’t‘supposed’ to beat. All we aretrying to do is change that men-tality and create a sense herethat Beechwood basketball canbe relevant in northern Ken-tucky and that we can walk intoany gym and feel like we have achance against any opponent,”said Goetz.

“I don’t know that the histor-ic value of that victory is impor-

tant to our kids, but the sense ofconfidence they gained fromfinding a way to win againstsuch a talented and respectedprogram can’t be undervaluedas a milestone moment in ourattempt to build a competitiveprogram here.”

The streak of losing seasonswas preceded by five straightwinning campaigns, but the Ti-gers were seldom able to breakthrough and find any postsea-son success in the challenging35th District. That is the ulti-mate goal for this year’s team.

“We are trying to rally downthe stretch and are not worriedabout our record but only aboutimproving,” said Goetz. “At theend of the day, we are all racingto be at the best at tournamenttime and nowhere is that moreimportant than in 35th district.”

Seniors JT Toebbe and JoeRobbins have been instrumen-tal in the evolution of the pro-gram under Goetz and his staff.Toebbe is a three-year starterand is leading the team in both

Beechwood hoopson the upswing Adam Turerprepsports@enquirer.com

JIM OSBORN/FOR THE ENQUIRER

Beechwood's Joe Robbins averages nearly nine points per game and hasemerged as the team’s top defender.

See HOOPS, Page 2B

KENTON COUNTY – Lastyear, the Dixie Heights boysbowling team was a sophomore-loaded group, and junior teammember Cory Spivey said theteam was immature and felt en-titled to a regional title. The Col-onels learned a lesson thenwhen they were eliminated byCooper in last year’s Region 6team semifinals and did notqualify for state.

The Colonels came back thisseason as an older, more focusedgroup and calmly made them-selves “titled” as they pro-gressed their way to their firstteam championship Jan. 27 atSuper Bowl Erlanger in the Re-gion 6 team championship. Dix-ie beat Boone County 3-2 in thebest-of-five Baker finals to winthe title. Both teams will ad-vance to the state tournamentFeb. 11-12 in Lexington.

“It feels great,” Spivey said.

“Last year we came in with real-ly high expectations. The onlydifference was we got better.We had the mentality that wehad to earn it. Last year we justfelt we were going to show upand take it. We all put in a lot ofwork and we all showed up whenwe needed to.”

The Baker system involvesfive teammates alternatingframes, with each player rollingtwo frames in a single game.The Colonels lineup was Shel-don High, Christopher Wolf-zorn, Nathan Hopper, Spiveyand Kevin Jones.

“These guys are really goodbowlers,” said Dixie head coachButch Wehrle. “They’ve beenbowling high school since sev-enth, eighth grade. We’ve got acouple of seniors who came onthis year and made a big differ-ence. Sheldon High got us goingwith a strike in the last game.They’re a nice group of kids.They’re level-headed, they don’tget all riled up about things.”

Dixie was the top seed afteraveraging 202 in qualifying tostart the tournament. Dixie av-eraged 183 in sweeping eightseed Holy Cross, then 209 in dis-patching Cooper in four gamesin the semis, including an em-phatic 245 to end the match ingame four.

The championship matchcame down to a vast differencein the two lanes used for the fi-nals. Under the tourney rules,each team stayed on the samelane throughout one game, thenthe teams would switch lanesfor the next game.

With the Rebels and Colonelsalternating through the firstfour games, the team bowling onthe right-hand lane averaged215 and won easily as the otherteam could only average 157,forcing a deciding fifth game.As the top seed, Dixie got tochoose its lane for the fifthgame, and made the easy deci-

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Dixie Heights was the boys team champion Jan. 27.

See BOWLING, Page 2B

Colonels lead charge to state bowlingJames Weberjweber@communitypress.com

THE COMMUNITY RECORDER/JAMES WEBER

Olivia Nagen and Notre Dame won the NKAC girls’ title for the 18thstraight time.

The dream of a return to atwo-division Northern Ken-tucky Athletic Conferenceswimming and diving cham-pionship meet was realizedFriday and Saturday at Scott,and many of the desired ef-fects were achieved.

When conference athleticdirectors voted last year tosplit the meet into competi-tions for Division I big schooland Division II small schoolindividual and team crowns,the hope was to create a morecompetitive environmentwhile creating the opportuni-ty for added recognition.

Mission accomplished,said Holy Cross coach SethJansen.

“This year was the firstyear that NKAC was split intotwo divisions since at least theearly ‘90s,” Jansen said. “(It’s)the first year in school historythat Holy Cross has had ateam conference champion-ship in boys, girls, or com-bined, or an individual confer-ence champion. A third-placecombined finish by CampbellCounty would be their highestin a long time. I know that St.Henry has not had much con-ference success before, aswell.”

There were plenty of oth-ers excited about their ac-complishments in the pool inTaylor Mill.

Holy Cross and St. Henryemerged as new kids on thechampionship block in Divi-sion II, while CovingtonCatholic, Notre Dame Acad-emy and Highlands assumedtheir usual perches at the topof Division I.

Notre Dame won its 18thconsecutive NKAC girls’ titlewith 437 points, outpacingrunner-up Highlands (251)and Dixie Heights (230). No-tre Dame sophomore SophieSkinner won the 100-yard

freestyle, repeated in the 200free and earned the Division Itop female competitor award.

CovCath won its thirdstraight NKAC crown with408 points. Highlands (272)was second, followed by DixieHeights (171). Scott junior TyGrubb repeated in the 100breaststroke and was secondin the 200 individual medley,and was named Division I topmale competitor.

Highlands (523) won theDivision I combined team ti-tle over Dixie Heights (401),which had won two of the pre-vious three years with oneHighlands interruption.Campbell County (155) wasthird.

Jansen, who doubles asKenton County Aquatics Di-rector, watched his teammake a big splash in DivisionII. Holy Cross won the com-bined team crown and thegirls’ championship for thefirst time. The Indians (524.5)beat runner-up St. Henry(481) in the combined stand-ings, and edged the Crusaders305-233 in girls’ action.

St. Henry (248) won theboys’ small-school title overrunner-up Holy Cross (219).Villa Madonna was thirdacross the board in boys’,girls’ and combined. “It wasexciting with two divisions,”St. Henry coach Clare Gross-er said. “It’s nice to be com-pared to your own size.”

Holy Cross swept thesmall-school individual hon-ors. Megan Nielander won the50 and 100 freestyle races andwas top female competitor.Fellow junior Michael Ackleycaptured the 50 free and 100backstroke, and took the topmale competitor award.

Diving champions wereScott’s Lindsey Fox in Divi-sion I girls, Beechwood’s Ab-by Miller in Division II girls,CovCath’s Even Brungs in D-1boys and St. Henry’s DallasCorsmeier in D-2 boys.

NDA continuesto rule Division I Marc HardinEnquirer contributor

2B • COMMUNITY RECORDER • FEBRUARY 4, 2016 LIFE

There might not be a morepotent scoring duo in NorthernKentucky girls basketball thanthe pair of sophomores leadingScott High School.

The Eagles average 61.8points per game. SophomoresAnna Clephane and Alexis Sta-pleton combine to score 37.1 ofthose. Clephane leads the way at19.8 points per game on 43.5 per-cent shooting. Stapleton is notfar behind, averaging 17.3points on 38.8 percent shooting.They feed off of and comple-ment one another’s games.

“Both Anna and Alexis runthe floor very well and movewell without the ball,” saidcoach Rhonda Klette. “Theyreally look for each other andwork well together creatingshots for each other.”

Clephane is most dangerouswith the ball in her hands. Sheloves to attack the rim and leadsthe team by a wide margin infree-throw attempts, with 155.Stapleton benefits from defensecollapsing on Clephane’s drives;she is the team’s deadeye shoot-er, knocking down 36.4 percentof her 118 three-point attempts.Opposing defenses have to picktheir poison.

“Teams have tried to key onthem and take away Anna’sdrive to the basket,” said Klette.“When that happens, we are for-tunate to have had other playersstep up, which opens up Alexis’soutside shooting as you cannotleave her open.”

This is not a breakout seasonfor the pair. They emerged asdouble figure scorers at the var-sity level as freshmen last sea-son when Clephane scored 13.7points per game and Stapleton

averaged 12.5. They have takentheir games to the next level thisseason, especially after seniorHolly Kallmeyer broke herhand.

“Last season they reallystepped into their own. Both be-came confident players andlearned to really work togeth-er,” said Klette. “This seasonwhen Holly went down, Annaknew she had to become more ofa scorer and Alexis realized shehad to push the tempo.”

Kallmeyer and the team’sother senior, Tori Dant, havedone what they can to boost theteam despite battling injuries.They have put their trust in theunderclassmen to carry the pro-gram this year.

“Both have been injured andmissed several games, but theirsupport of our team has been asteady influence,” said Klette.“They are providing confidencein our young players and havebeen positive role models in thelocker room and off the court.”

The Eagles are 12-8 entering

February. Five of those eightlosses were by five points orfewer. Once the two seniors re-turn to complement and takesome pressure off of the do-it-allsophomores, the Eagles willhave some much-needed depth.The seniors will also bring asense of urgency down thestretch. Scott has advanced tothe Tenth Region semifinalseach of the past two seasons andsuffered a crushing one-pointdefeat to end last season. Theseniors are determined to breakthrough to the regional final thisyear. They have two talentedsophomore teammates whocould carry them that far.

“We are still learning thestyle of basketball we need toplay to be successful and gettingour seniors back and in the mixwill provide us with a big pushdown the stretch as they want tokeep playing as long as possi-ble,” said Klette. “Their fightand determination will helppush us into the postseason.”

Potent pair propelsScott basketball’s attackAdam Turerprepsports@enquirer.com

Scott’s Alexis Stapleton is second onthe team in points-per-gameaverage.

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Scott’s Anna Clephane leads theEagles on the court this year.

Mixed: 200 medley relay –Ryle (Madison Fowler, Anna Pa-len, Lilly Zehnder, Seamus Col-lins); 200 free relay – Ryle (AnnaPalen, Lilly Zehnder, AudreyWest, Avery Floyd).

Boys: 100 breast – PatrickLester (Beechwood), 50 fly –Miles Sower (Highlands), 100IM – Patrick Lester (Beech-wood), 50 free – Eli Shoyat(Beechwood), 100 back – BenHamilton (SK), Diving – LukeKoenig (Highlands), PatrickLester (Beechwood), 100 fly – EliShoyat (Beechwood), PeytonStagner (Campbell), Eli Shoyat(Beechwood).

Girls: 100 breast – AveryFloyd (Ryle), 50 fly – Lilly Zehn-der (Ryle), 100 IM – CarolineMeister (Scott), 50 free – RachelMoscona (Boone), 100 back – Ra-chel Moscona (Boone), Diving –Alexis Epperson (Scott), TaylorPreston (Ryle), 100 butterfly –Lilly Zehnder (Ryle), 50 breast –Madison Fowler (Ryle), Caro-line Meister (Scott).

Bowling$ Region 5 girls singlesStepladder finals (all four

qualify for state): ElizabethMasminster (Dayton) def. Kate-lyn Schneider (Highlands), 171-159; Masminster def. VanessaCheesman (Simon Kenton), 191-144. Championship: Kaylee Hitt(Campbell County) def. Mas-minster, 161-131.

Top Eight: Hitt 949, Chees-man 915, Schneider 909, Mas-minster 876, Michelle Thomas(Simon Kenton) 857, MirenaCombs (Newport) 850), AbbeyParrott (Highlands) 808, Kath-ryn Ball (Highlands) 749.

Region 5 boys singlesStepladder finals (all four

qualify for state): Jake Farley(Highlands) def. Sam Fleissner(Bishop Brossart), 203-148; Far-ley def. Jacob Lawson (SimonKenton), 276-179. Champion-ship: Farley def. Andy Campbell(Highlands), 223-200.

Top Eight: Campbell 1181,Lawson 1162, Farley 1113,Fleissner 1058, Luke Haigis(Campbell County) 1037, Hunter

Kolb (Highlands) 1010, AustinHitt (Campbell County) 1007,James Killen (Highlands) 979.

Region 6 girls singlesStepladder finals (all 4 qual-

ify for state): Sierra Brandt(Cooper) d. Kara Strong (Boone)176-155, Kayla Hightchew(Boone) d. Brandt 225-173,Hightchew d. Taylor Evans(Boone) 187-182, championship.

Top 8: Evans 973, Hightchew926, Brandt 872, Strong 869, Sa-mantha Schmitz (Boone) 866,Brooke Goodness (Cooper) 806,Alecia Radford (Notre Dame)794, Ashley Bruce (Beechwood)753.

Region 6 boys singlesStepladder finals (all 4 qual-

ify for state): PJ Rump (Beech-wood) d. Cory Spivey (Dixie)196-174, Rump d. Andrew Blood(Cooper) 205-193, Rump d.Adam Zimmerman (CovCath)202-200, championship.

Top 8: Zimmerman 1,114,Blood 1,107, Rump 1,101, Spivey1,091, Zachary Vickers (Boone)1,032, Nathan Hopper (Dixie)994, Coire Ayres (CovCath) 943,Kevin Jones (Dixie) 931.

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scoring and rebounding (13.5ppg, 8.9 rpg), posting a dou-ble-double nearly everynight. Robbins has emergedas the team’s top defenderand has been a pleasant sur-prise on the offensive end,chipping in nearly nine pointsper game. Juniors GannonHuff, Owen Alcorn, ColeHicks, and Lucas Benson willbe counted on to step up intobigger roles down thestretch.

In addition to the successon the court, there have beennoticeable improvementssurrounding the team. Goetzand his staff knew they wouldneed to make changes begin-ning at the middle school lev-

el. In their third year at thehelm, they are noticing aheightened level of commit-ment from players in the pro-gram and from the communi-ty supporting it. There is abuzz around Beechwood bas-ketball that has been missingin recent years.

“I know that there is a hun-ger for success in the sport inthe community as evidencedby the outpouring of supportwe have received in the wakeof the victory over Holmes,”said Goetz. “I think for thefirst time in our three yearswe have seen the studentbody and larger communityreally get behind our kids andprogram in a way that buildsenthusiasm and excitement.”

The Tigers hope to rewardthose fans with the program’sfirst Ninth Region tourna-ment berth since 2009.

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sion to stay on the right lane. Itpaid off as the scoring trendcontinued and the Colonels won203-149.

“We chose the left lane tostart out with because we didour qualifying match on thatlane and we liked it better,” saidSpivey, who will also compete inthe state singles tournament af-ter qualifying on Jan. 25. ‘Theleft lane was going longer. Withour bowling styles, we don’t likethe lanes to go longer, we like anearly reaction so the ball can getthrough the deck and the pins go

straight back.”In the Region 6 singles tour-

ney Jan. 25, Beechwood juniorPJ Rump faced one of the mostnerve-wracking moments abowler can have when he had toconvert the 10-pin spare in the10th frame of the championshipmatch to win the title. He hadfailed in a similar situation earli-er in the season.

This time, he didn’t, as Rumpconverted the spare and went onto beat Covington Catholic’sAdam Zimmerman 202-200 towin his first championship atSuper Bowl Erlanger.

“It’s pretty awesome,” Rumpsaid. “I’m the first one to do it forBeechwood and that’s prettycool.”

Rump and Zimmerman eachqualified for state, along withDixie’s Spivey, who finishedfourth.

In each of the three steplad-der games, Rump needed to per-form in the final frame to win.He notched four strikes in theninth and 10th frames to defeatSpivey, who finished fourth andalso advanced to state. Then,Rump struck twice in the 10th todefeat Cooper’s Andrew Blood,who finished third.

“I just had to stay slow, had tomake sure I hit my marks,”Rump said. “Cory had a greatshot in the 10th and left a nine pin.He deserved better. Adam justleft a couple of splits.”

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It’s been 20 yearssince Toyota arrived inNorthern Kentuckyamid the fanfare of new,high-paying jobs.

But instead of throw-ing a birthday celebra-tion for the internationalautomaker in 2016, theregion will begrudginglysay goodbye to Toyota’sNorth American manu-facturing headquarters.

Nearly 2,000 employ-ees will start the processof relocating this year.Most of them will go toToyota’s massive newNorth American head-quarters in Plano, Texas,as well as a handful ofother operations acrossthe U.S.

The initial shock ofToyota’s departure has

subsided since the an-nouncement nearly twoyears ago. Yet the toll onNorthern Kentucky’seconomy could just bestarting.

“One huge impact atonce I can see is the lossof high-end, high-wagejobs,” said Janet Harrah,senior director of North-ern Kentucky Univer-sity’s Center for Eco-nomic Analysis and De-velopment.

“A region never wantsto lose a major employer.But with an overall lookat the Greater Cincinnatilabor market, we’ve hadenough growth to bal-ance out the loss of jobsfrom a labor perspec-tive.”

Harrah said there area number of effects thatToyota’s departure willhave. Some will be feltacross the larger regionand some only will be ap-

parent right around thefacility.

“We have to look at itfrom a macro level and amicro level,” she said.

Will NKY be able to bring in anotherbusiness?

Toyota has been asource of pride forNorthern Kentuckysince the Japanese auto-maker opened its Erlang-er offices in 1996. The in-ternationally respectedcompany helped giveNorthern Kentucky itsown business identity.Political and businessleaders could tout theToyota brand in their ef-forts to try to bring morecompanies to NorthernKentucky.

Trey Grayson, presi-

NKY tries to fill holeas Toyota drives awayFatima Husseinfhussein@enquirer.comand Jason Williamsjwilliams@enquirer.com

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dent of the Northern Ken-tucky Chamber of Com-merce, said losing Toyota“is in some ways like los-ing a trophy.”

“But we lost that andwe have to move on,” hesaid.

Company heads expectthe move should be com-pleted in late 2017.

Grayson, along withother economic develop-ment authorities in the re-gion, will be responsiblefor finding potential re-placement companies tofill the void that Toyota’sdeparture will inevitablyleave.

Toyota will offer its1,600 Northern Kentuckyemployees work in Texas.Another 300 jobs willmove to Georgetown,where the assembly plantis undergoing an expan-sion set to be completed atthe end of 2017.

“Because of the time-table they gave us, thereisn’t an immediate void,”Grayson said, adding thata nearly two-year timeta-ble to find another compa-ny gives Northern Ken-tucky an advantage.

“We have areas ofstrengths and we have toshore up our weaknessesso we can bring othercompanies here.”

Daniel Tobergte, CEOof the Tri-County Eco-nomic DevelopmentCorp., said his organiza-tion is confident it willfind a way to fill Toyota’svoid. He said one compa-ny has already come for-ward expressing interestin Toyota’s location, al-though he didn’t elabo-rate what industry or typeof company it was.

Toyota uses two facili-ties, including a mainbuilding at 217,000 squarefeet and a quality lab of176,000 square feet offOlympic Boulevard in Er-langer.

“We’ve got a regionthat’s resilient and di-verse, the business cli-mate is conducive to com-panies that can grow, andnew companies have theability to be built here,”Tobergte said. “I’m prettypositive we can certainlymarket the facility and al-leviate any pain that

Toyota’s departure maybring.”

Grayson added thatwith Toyota’s departure, atalent pool of highlyskilled individuals who donot want to leave the re-gion will be left here.

“There are more peo-ple wanting to stay thanthey anticipated – somewant to stay, start theirown businesses, some areretiring, some trans-ferred to Georgetown,”he said. “This shows thatimpact won’t be large.”

Can surroundingbusinesses surviveafter departure?

Suppliers say theyaren’t worried about theloss of Toyota. They saythey will simply adapt.

Doug Cain, CEO of Mu-bea North America, amanufacturer of light-weight auto parts inNorthern Kentucky, saidToyota’s move “does notimpact our direct busi-ness with them. The totalamount of business we dowith them is approxi-mately $10 to $15 millionin sales, which is about 2percent of our business.”

The company employsabout 1,400 people andships to Mexico andEurope. Ultimately, Cainsaid, “We would ship toToyota’s plants else-where, so there’s a littleinconvenience. As far asour direct business,there’s a limited impact.”

Cain said there is a sil-ver lining, in that many ofToyota’s highly skilledemployees who do notwant to leave will be via-ble candidates at Mubea.

“We do not anticipateany impact on our dailybusiness, and we will con-tinue to work to supportall of the manufacturingprograms that we havewith them,” said AaronAllen, a spokesman forToyota Boshoku, an inde-pendent supplier to Toyo-ta that operates its NorthAmerican headquartersacross the street fromToyota’s manufacturingheadquarters.

Harrah said enoughchanges have occurred toGreater Cincinnati in thepast two years, includingthe announcement thatGeneral Electric wouldbuild its new U.S. GlobalOperations Center in

downtown Cincinnati,adding roughly 2,000jobs.

“With the new GE fa-cility, there are about thesame number of jobsfrom macro perspective,and the two (loss of Toyo-ta and gain of GE) balanceeach other out,” she said,adding as a caveat thatthe types of jobs at GEmay not be exactly simi-lar to the jobs lost at Toyo-ta.

She said the highlyskilled jobs offered by GEand its “marquee name,”despite being across theriver, will assist in liftingthe region’s economy as awhole. “From a labor mar-ket perspective, most ofus are more than willingto cross the river for ajob,” she said.

Did CVG play a role in Toyota’s exit fromarea?

Toyota’s Erlangercampus is less than 2miles from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Inter-national Airport, and athriving airport is criticalfor an international com-pany. When Toyota movedto Erlanger, the companycited the importance ofCVG, which at the timewas a thriving Delta AirLines hub.

CVG’s well-document-ed flight reductions didnot factor into the compa-ny’s decision to move toTexas, Toyota spokesmanMike Goss said, but “webecame accustomed totaking connecting flightswhen we need to travel.One of the factors formoving to Texas was di-rect flights to Japan.”

Plano is a suburb ofDallas, and Dallas/FortWorth International isone of the five busiestU.S. airports.

Japan Airlines, one of

Asia’s largest commer-cial carriers, decided tostart flights to Dallas-Fort Worth in November.Toyota’s arrival reported-ly influenced the airline’sdecision.

Last summer, The En-quirer reported that CVGofficials traveled to Ja-pan to recruit All NipponAirways and Japan Air-lines, among Asia’s larg-est carriers. It’s believedneither airline has givenserious consideration toflights in Cincinnati.

But CVG’s airline

recruiting efforts remaincritical to retain and growbusinesses. CVG couldplay a critical role in de-termining whether someof those companies thatrelocated or started herebecause of Toyota end upstaying in the region.

Cain, at Mubea NorthAmerica, said of the air-port: “When I was hiredthere were multipleflights to Germany, andthat was quite conve-nient. Now there’s onlyone international flightthat goes through Paris.

“I think it definitely isa factor for someone look-ing to move their busi-ness.”

CVG never has offerednonstop service to Asia,and flights to Europefrom CVG are down to theone daily destinationfrom four in 2005. The air-port has succeeded inadding new domesticflights the past few years,and that’s been almost thesole focus of CVG’srecruiting efforts.

The airport does havea key selling point for in-ternational flights. In theearly 2000s, CVG re-ceived millions from thefederal government to ex-pand the east-west run-way with the main goal ofallowing jumbo jets totake off for nonstopflights to Asia.

In late 2004, the $20.5million, 2,000-foot run-way expansion was com-pleted. But by then, theairline industry was in fi-nancial turmoil after the9/11 terrorist attacks andDelta soon began its hubdownsizing.

The chamber’s Gray-son said ultimately CVGoffers more flights thanColumbus or Dayton’s air-ports and is positioned tooffer more flights as theeconomy improves.

“Our airport is an as-set,” he said. “We can’tthink about what we usedto have. We have to focuson what this region offersand not cause other com-panies here to leave.”

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85, of Crescent Springs, died Jan.24 at her home.

She attended Miami HighSchool in Miami, Florida, beforereceiving her bachelor’s degreein primary education from theUniversity of Kentucky and hermaster’s degree in library sciencefrom Xavier University. She wasa member of the Delta KappaGamma sorority, the KentuckyRetired Teachers Association,and the Friends of the KentonCounty Library Board. She waspast president of the CovingtonArt Club and a regent withDaughters of the AmericanRevolution, Mary Ingles Chapter.She enjoyed volunteering for 20years as an ambassador atGreater Cincinnati Airport, as apoll worker for local votingprecincts, and with the KentonCounty Library book sales. Shetaught elementary school atKenton Elementary, was alibrarian at Ninth District Schoolin Covington, and was directorof Library Services for the Co-vington Public School System.

Her husband, Buenie Ashcraft,died previously.

Survivors include her son,Stephen Dale Ashcraft; andsister, Susan McLennan.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park.

Edward BoergerEdward “Bob” Robert Boerg-

er, 84, of Kenton County, diedJan. 17 at Carmel Manor in FortThomas.

He was owner of Thompson-Boerger Insurance Agency inPark Hills and was a graduate ofPurcell High School and theUniversity of Cincinnati. He wasa U.S. Army veteran and mem-ber of the Catholic Order ofForesters, St. Vincent de PaulSociety, and Blessed SacramentChurch in Fort Mitchell.

His son, Joseph Mark Boerger,died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Mary Lou Boerger; daughters,Catherine Mary Loesing andJane Marie Boerger-Doyle; son,Matthew Edward Boerger; sister,

Marilyn Wirthlin; and eightgrandchildren.

Burial with military honorswas at Mother of God Cemeteryin Fort Wright.

Memorials: St. Vincent de PaulSociety, 2655 Crescent SpringsRoad, Covington, KY 41017.

Nancy BoldebuckNancy G. Boldebuck, 80, of

Erlanger, died Jan. 18 at VillageCare Center.

Her son, Steven Boldebuck,died previously.

Survivors include her husband,Richard Boldebuck; children,Gregg Boldebuck of Texarkana,Texas, Kathleen Jenisch ofCovington, and Ron Boldebuckof Addison, Illinois; and threegrandchildren.

Burial was at Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery North in William-stown.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203; or North-ern Kentucky Baptist Church,2681 Turkeyfoot Road, LakesidePark, KY 41017.

Greta BrownGreta Brown, of Florence and

formerly of Crestview Hills, diedJan. 18 at Elmcroft of Florence.

She was a member of ErlangerMethodist Church and a long-standing member of the Erlang-er Lions and Lioness Clubs,where she received many localand international awards. Shewas also a band booster mem-ber for Lloyd High School.

Her husband, Arvine Brown;brothers, Kenneth Chambers,Ray Chambers, and J.D. Cham-bers; sisters, Verna Batchelderand Amy Mikel; and grandson,Jimmy Jasper, died previously.

Survivors include her son,Robert Brown of Richmond;daughter, Juanita Ray of Erlang-er; and two grandchildren alongwith two great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Erlanger Lions EyeSight Fund, P.O. Box 18486,Erlanger, KY 41018; or Alz-heimer’s Association, 644 LinnSt., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, OH45203; or Hospice of the Blue-

grass, 7388 Turfway Road,Florence, KY 41042.

Roland HodgesRoland A. Hodges, 94, of

Crestview Hills and formerly ofAlexandria, died Jan. 20.

He retired as general foremanof metallurgical inspection fromNewport Steel after more than40 years of employment. He wasa member of the Newport Elksin Cold Spring and a U.S. Navyveteran of World War II.

His wife, Sue Hodges; son,Roland C. Hodges; granddaugh-ter, Brandee Hodges; and sister,Audrey Hodges, died previously.

Survivors include his sons,Thomas L. Hodges of Newportand Timothy J. Hodges of TaylorMill; daughter, Sue HodgesMoore of Villa Hills; and fourgrandchildren along with twogreat-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. Ste-phen Cemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203.

John KennedyJohn “Tim” Kennedy, 68, of

Lakeside Park, died Jan. 18.He retired from Terminix,

formally Rose Exterminators,volunteered at the BrightonCenter, and was a long-standingmember of Ryland Lakes Coun-try Club. He was a U.S. ArmyReserves veteran.

Survivors include his wife,Janice Kennedy; sons, JohnnyKennedy and Pat Kennedy;daughter, Tracy Roberts; brother,Terry Kennedy; sister, JudyKennedy; and seven grand-children.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park.

Memorials: Holy Cross HighSchool, 3617 Church St., Coving-ton, KY 41015.

Helen LancasterHelen L. Lancaster, 86, for-

merly of Erlanger, died Jan. 17.She was a retired secretary for

Kelly Koett Manufacturing Co.,member of Erlanger UnitedMethodist Church, and pastpresident of Kenton CountyHomemakers Club.

Her husband, David Lancaster;son, Daniel Lancaster; and sister,Dorothy Kemen, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Linda Herbstreit; son, DavidLancaster; sisters, CatherineDungan and Nancy Washburn;and eight grandchildren alongwith 11 great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Erlanger UnitedMethodist Church, 31 Common-wealth Ave., Erlanger, KY 41018.

Robert LusbyRobert “Bob” Gaines Lusby,

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Sunoco Convenient Store andCarwash for 49 years andworked until he went into thehospital. He was a member ofCrescent Springs Baptist Church,U.S. Air Force veteran, long-standing member of the ATA,and president for 18 years of theKentucky Association of TrapShooting League.

Survivors include his wife,Betty Lusby; and son, Tim Lusby.

Burial was at Hillcrest Ceme-tery in Dry Ridge.

Elizabeth MairoseElizabeth “Liz” J. Mairose, 83,

of Fort Mitchell, died Jan. 18.She was a member of Blessed

Sacrament Church and a 1950graduate of Notre Dame Acad-emy.

Survivors include her husband,Alfred Mairose; children, TomMairose, Steve Mairose, MaryBeth Mairose, Michelle Kline,Mike Mairose, Jerry Mairose,Terry Mairose, and Alan Mai-rose; siblings, Bernie Lunnemannand Bill Lunnemann; and 13grandchildren along with agreat-grandchild.

Interment was at St. JohnCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Rosedale Green,4250 Glenn Ave., Covington, KY41015; or Blessed SacramentChurch, 2409 Dixie Hwy., FortMitchell, KY 41017.

Brenda McGaheeBrenda McGahee, 62, of

Elsmere, died Jan. 18 at herhome.

Her husband, Charles McGa-hee; and son, Charles V. McGa-hee, died previously.

Survivors include her children,Raymond McGahee, KevinMcGahee, Jeff McGahee, andDavid McGahee; sisters, PriscillaFerguson and Betty Chandler;and six grandchildren.

Burial was at Kentucky Veter-ans Cemetery North in William-stown.

Ruth MekhausRuth Williamson Menkhaus,

97, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana,and formerly a longtime resi-dent of Independence andTaylor Mill, died Jan. 15.

Her and her husband oper-ated Bob’s Market, the onlyfull-service grocery store inTaylor Mill for a long timebefore modern chain groceriesarrived in the area. She enjoyedgolfing, playing cards, andspending winters in Leesburg,Florida. She was a UK basketballfan, member of the Lady Repub-licans group, and enjoyed ridingher lawnmower and doingheavy gardening and housemaintenance.

Her husband, Robert F. Menk-haus; sister, Virginia Metzger;and brothers, Paul and RussellWilliamson, died previously.

Survivors include her son,John Menkhaus Sr. of Atlanta;daughter, Rebecca Nutley ofDillsboro, Indiana; and fourgrandchildren along with sevengreat-grandchildren.

She donated her body to theUniversity of Cincinnati Depart-ment of Anatomy for medicalresearch study.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike, FortMitchell, KY 41017.

Russell Ross Jr.Russell Ross Jr., 83, of Edge-

wood, died Jan. 19 at his home.He was the owner and opera-

tor of an over the road truckingcompany, U.S. Coast Guardveteran, and member of ColonelClay Lodge No. 159 F&AM,Scottish Rite Valley of Coving-ton, and Teamsters Local Union100. He loved UK basketball andhot rod cars.

Survivors include his wife,Mary Lou Ross; children, LuannRoss Allender of Bromley, ScottRoss of Independence, andSusan York of Villa Hills; and sixgrandchildren along with 11great-grandchildren.

He was cremated.Memorials: St. Jude Children’s

Research Hospital, 262 DannyThomas Place, Memphis, TN38105; or United Cerebral Palsy,2300 Drex Ave., Cincinnati, OH45212.

Betty SanerBetty Ilene Saner, 89, of

Independence, died Jan. 24 ather home.

She was a homemaker, lovedthe outdoors, and especiallyenjoyed camping, fishing, takingrides on motorcycles and mo-peds, and listening to countrymusic.

Her husband, RaymondHarold Saner; daughter, SherryRogers; and siblings, FrankRogers, Roger Perkins, andGordon Perkins, died previously.

Survivors include her children,Linda Stevens, Brenda Jacobs,Ray Saner, Debbie Vickers, andDavid Saner; siblings, PaulPerkins and Carol Gorman; and15 grandchildren along with 18great-grandchildren.

Interment was at St. StephensCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor’s choice.

Edna SniderEdna Jean Snider, 72, of

Elsmere, died Jan. 22.She was an LPN.Her husband, Dennis Snider,

died previously.Survivors include her son, Tim

Hale; sister, Ann Baker; and twograndsons.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park.

Joyce ThompsonJoyce Ann Thompson, 74, of

Erlanger, died Jan. 15 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

She worked as a housekeeperfor Children’s Hospital MedicalCenter in past years and sheenjoyed collecting angel andbutterfly figurines.

Her sister, Ada Fields; broth-ers, Billy and Cliff Thompson;grandson, Franklin Bell III; andgreat-grandson, Micah Gibson,died previously.

Survivors include her children,Janet Presley, Linda Rigney,Sandy Wilson, Teonia Davis, andJamie Thompson; sisters, KayRedman, Peggy Ward, and BettyHoward; and 22 grandchildrenalong with 16 great-grand-children.

Interment was at BurlingtonCemetery.

Memorials: To the family ofJoyce Thompson, C/O Chambersand Grubbs Funeral Home,11382 Madison Pike, Independ-ence, KY 41051.

James Walker Jr.James Timothy Walker Jr., 52,

of Elsmere, died Jan. 20 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.

He was a former truck driverand he enjoyed playing videogames, reading history books,watching NASCAR and hisfavorite driver, Kyle Busch, andcheering for the CincinnatiBengals.

Survivors include his wife,Mary Elizabeth Nienaber Walk-er; sons, James Timothy WalkerIII and Nathanael Adam Walker;parents, James Timothy WalkerSr. and Ruth J. Walker; sisters,Kimberle Ann Walker andMelissa Kaye Fuller; and threegrandchildren.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery.

Memorials: To the WalkerFamily, C/O Chambers andGrubbs Funeral Home, 11382Madison Pike, Independence, KY41051.

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A scholarship equaledvalidation of poet CarrieJerrell’s abilities as anartist.

Jerrell received moretime last year to get in-spired and do researchfor a book of poems sheis writing on the mytholo-gy and reality of theAmerican West, thanks toan Al Smith IndividualArtist Fellowship.

“Time is what everyartist needs,” said Jer-rell, who also teaches atMurray State University,and who received an AlSmith Fellowship in 2015.“I spent three weekstraveling before I startedmy writing residencylast summer in Nebras-ka. It was time I didn’thave to teach in the sum-mer to try to get the mon-ey to do it next year. Itgives you time to think,time to write, time to seethe things that inspireyou or help you figureout what it is you’re go-ing to do. It’s good toimagine, but to be in itfor a little while is somuch more useful. It waspriceless. The fellowshipallowed me to do theresidency, which wasgreat, but it also allowedme the benefit of travelto prep my mind for theresidency.”

Writers of fiction,creative nonfiction andpoetry, as well as chore-ographers, can apply forthe two scholarshipsthrough the KentuckyArts Council EmergingArtist Award for individ-ual artists.

The Al Smith Individ-

ual Artist Fellowshipprogram supports Ken-tucky artists engaged increating work of highquality and recognizescreative excellenceamong professional art-ists. Fellowships areunrestricted $7,500awards.

The Emerging ArtistAward is a $1,000 unre-stricted award to earlycareer, professional Ken-tucky artists who demon-strate excellence andcreativity in their work.

“It’s a boost whensomeone believes in yourwork,” Jerrell said.“Writing is a lonely art,so for any organization tosay ‘we think this projecthas promise,’ it gives youa real shot in the arm.”

That’s a sentimentshared by 2012 EmergingArtist Award recipientMatthew Gaddie of Bard-stown. Gaddie is a woodfire ceramic artist, andhas been practicing thatcraft professionally formore than 10 years.

“Spiritually and emo-tionally winning some-thing like that lets you

know you’re doing some-thing right,” said Gaddie.“Every artist I know of isaddicted to the high frompeople understandingand appreciating yourwork. It makes you feelvalidated; that you’re onthe right path, doingwhat you’re supposed todo. When you do it for aliving, success in art issuch a moving target.When you get recognitionlike the Emerging ArtistAward, you feel moreconfident in what you’redoing.”

Guidelines for the AlSmith Individual ArtistFellowship and theEmerging Artist Awardapplications can be foundat the arts council’s web-site. Applications arejudged by a panel ofindependent arts profes-sionals on artistic excel-lence and professionalachievement.

The application dead-line for both awards isFeb. 16.

Interested parties, orthose who have questionsor need more informa-tion, should contact Ta-mara Coffey, individualartist director, at 502-564-3757, ext. 479, ortamara.coffey@ky.gov.

The Kentucky ArtsCouncil, the state artsagency, fosters environ-ments for Kentuckians tovalue, participate in andbenefit from the arts.Kentucky Arts Councilfunding is provided bythe Kentucky GeneralAssembly and the Na-tional Endowment for theArts.

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10 ____ Bay, former U.S. base on Luzon

15 County center

19 Pope John X’s successor

20 Latin 101 verb

21 Italian fashion label

22 Weigh-station unit

23 Notice regarding voting in a state legislature?

26 In ____ land

27 Fake

28 Prurient material

29 Cool, once

30 Pride : lions :: mob : ____

31 Some G.I. duties

32 Suited to serve

34 Sign on the N.S.A.’s entrance?

37 Something to chew on

38 Unchanging

41 Person of interest to the I.R.S.

42 Explorer for England who mistook Canada for Asia

45 Deg. for a teacher-to-be

46 Command and Control

49 Runs into

50 Biblical prophet

51 Spanish royalty

53 Nomadic northerner

55 Ace

56 Audition caution for a movie with a cast of thousands?

60 One side in “The Terminator”

61 Mexican cigar brand

62 Squirrel away

63 Blue

66 Shorelineproblem

68 Brings good news to skiers, say

70 See 45-Down

72 It ends in Nov.

73 Sporty car roof

75 Pickled garnish

77 “Seinfeld” role

78 Note on a watered-down assault indictment?

81 Where to get a mud wrap

83 Numerical prefix

84 Abstain

85 Screen meas.

86 1914 battle locale

88 Chick magnets?

90 Some safari camping gear

91 Unable to get it, say

92 Houses

94 Feature of the Devil

96 ____ Hots

97 Offer of free pillow fill?

100 Second-largest moon of Saturn

102 Beauty

105 Many a bush plane, in brief

106 Thrice, in prescriptions

107 Center of a Scrabble board

110 Typically active voting group, with “the”

112 Chum

113 Desertsupermarket?

116 Stress, it’s said

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119 Buzzing

120 During whose reign Peter was crucified

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7 Musical documentary/biopic of 2015

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10 News sensation of 10/4/1957

11 Ocean State sch.

12 Ballet dancer’s support

13 10, say

14 Bag carrier

15 Ones doing demos, maybe

16 Bay Area newspaper

17 Suggest

18 Promos

24 Wedding expense

25 Computer command

33 Court stat

35 Infection fighter

36 “Forrest Gump” setting, for short

37 Longtime Olympics TV host

39 Conjugation factors

40 Mulishness

42 Squirreled away

43 Trysters

44 Witticism

45 With 70-Across, member of Hollywood’s Frat Pack

47 Blathers

48 Old-timey footwear accessory

51 Dish that’s stirred constantly when being made

52 Neighbors of Fijians

54 Guard

57 Soul singer Baker

58 Nadir

59 Herringbone, for example

63 Tried to avoid a tag, say

64 Defender of Troy

65 Clear, as a channel

67 Belt mark

69 Parlor piece

71 Held in high esteem

74 Super Bowl-winning coach Carroll

76 Target of a curfew, maybe

78 Old Southwest outlaw

79 Title chameleon of a 2011 animated film

80 Fraternity letters

81 Throw a monkey wrench into

82 Concert V.I.P.

86 Masculine icon

87 Poetic twilight

89 Low-quality material, in a saying

91 Unsmilingly

93 Attacks

95 Opposing voice

96 Count (on)

98 “The best is ____ come”

99 Impurity

101 Graceful bird

102 Hazard for high heels

103 1961 Charlton Heston

title role

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108 Penny ____

109 Commuter option

111 Alternatively

114 Big name in

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Boone County Fiscal Courtnow hiring a Part-time TaxSpecialist. The job entails

the collection ofoccupational license fees,

net profit taxes andbusiness license fees. Thisperson will examine tax

returns, posts payments toaccounts; determine

underpayments, invoicecustomers, send requests

for documentation,balance cash posted as wellas other duties as assigned.Must be proficient with 10key and Microsoft Officeproducts and have a high

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have good customer serviceskills.

This is a part time positionworking 24 hours a weekMonday – Friday between

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6 positions – Temporary/seasonalwork planting, cultivating andharvesting nursery stock, from2/22/2016 to 11/18/2016 at TheWm. A. Natorp Company, Mason& Lebanon, OH. Three monthsverifiable previous experience re-quired in the job described. Satur-day work required. Must be ableto lift/carry 80 lbs. Employer-paidpost-hire drug testing required.The highest of $12.07/hr or cur-rent applicable AEWR or applica-ble piece rates depending on cropactivity. Raise/bonus at employerdiscretion. Workers are guaran-teed ¾ of work hours of total peri-od. Work tools, supplies, equip-ment supplied by employer with-out charge to worker. Housingwith kitchen facilities provided atno cost to only those workerswho are not reasonably able to re-turn same day to their place ofresidence at time of recruitment.Transportation and subsistence ex-penses to work site will be paid tononresident workers not laterthan upon completion of 50% ofthe job contract. Interviews re-quired. Apply for this job at near-est State Workforce Agency instate in which this ad appears, orOMJ Center Warren County, 300E. Silver St., Lebanon, OH 45036.Provide copy of this ad. OH JobOrder # 3090364.

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Congregate MealsAssistant

The position is 15 hours per week,working three days a week. It will

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location is at the Delhi SeniorCenter and it will serve a meal onWednesday. This position’s start

time is 9:30 am and its end time is1:30 pm. Person taking on thisposition must finish their day at

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EXPERIENCED CLEANERSPart-Time Cleaners Needed

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FULL TIME COOKFor a retirementcommunity with

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Spring/Summer Positions at Spring GroveBeautiful and historical Spring Grove Cemetery is lookingto fill part-time Mowing, String Trimming, Security and

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Heartland EngineeredProducts located in

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The City of Florence is acceptingapplications for a seasonalmaintenance worker in the

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regulatory issues, systemmaintenance, program

development & validation.Interact w/ facility

personnel to maintain anunderstanding of current

food safety/regulatorysystems. Conduct internal

audits/assessments.Develop internal Quality &

other departmentalprograms. Assist inmaintenance of an

effective Recall/CrisisManagement system.Develop regulatory

training materials & train.Provide guidance, research

activities & support tocompany facilities w/regard to USDA/FDA

regulatory control actions.Provide summaries of

potential impact to thecompany regarding newly

published FSIS or FDApublications. Provideresearch support for

regulatory, food safety orlaboratory inquiries. Assist

in reviewing potentialcustomer contracts &

incorporating customerrequirements into

procedures & policies.Provide support/oversightto facilities with regard to

the SQF 2000 System’sregulatory codes. Travel =

25% to regulatory agenciesin Washington D.C.; to

plants across the US; tradeshows and to teach USDA

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yrs exp as RegulatoryAffairs Manager, Quality

AssuranceManager/Supervisor/Coordinator, or related. 2 yrs exp:

analyzing testingmethodologies; drafting

technical reports; workingcollaboratively w/ foreigngovernments to develop,implement and validateprocessing requirements

and verification activities;researching scientificliterature relevant to

industry; and providingtechnical proposals forapproval of facilities by

federal regulatory agenciesto be in compliance with

domestic and internationaltrade laws. Exp may be

gained concurrently. Applyat:

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Call 216-409-1729 now for anappt. Call M-F, 9 am-3 pm.

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DME Delivery Technician

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up of DME equipment,respiratory, & supplies to

acute, sub-acute, long-termcare, hospice, and

homecare accounts.Requires at least 5 years

DME Industry experience,excellent driving record,

strong work ethic,excellent physical

condition, and able tomulti-task. Ability to

lift/carry 75lbs frequently.

Email resume todom@patriotmedical.org

or fax to 614-888-8453

APARTMENTMANAGEMENT TEAM

For 214 unit subsidized apt.community for the elderlyin Oakley. EEOC employer.Must live on site, 2 Bdr Aptwith all utilities provided.Office and maintenance

experience required. SalaryDOE. Send Resume along

with salary history to:Bill Strite, 3781 Eastern Hills

Lane, Suite A, Cincinnati,OH 45209 or fax(513) 421-3445.

Management Team OnlyPlease!

MISC. LIGHTPRODUCTION WORK

Florence Manufacturing Companyseeks part time worker--up to 35hrs/week. Work hours are 7a-4p.

Call 859-342-7841 to discussposition and possible interview.

Cafeteria ManagerSeeking Cafeteria Manager forfull-time high school position in

Fort Thomas, KY. Culinarymanagement experience is

preferred. For more information,contact Gina Sawma at

859.815.2545 . Please applythrough online application

located on the Human Resourcespage of the district website at

www.fortthomas.kyschools.us.

SALES ASSOCIATESCVG Airport

Sales Associates at TheParadies Shops use First

Class Service standards toassist customers and processsales transactions. Must becustomer service focused.

Competitve pay with benefits.

Please send resumesonly to: lisa.schroeder

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STORE MANAGERKirlin’s Hallmark is currently hiringa Store Manager in Crestview Hills,

KY. Retail managementexperience preferred. Must be

results oriented, energetic,organized. Benefits and training

program available. EOE resumes@kirlins.com or

fax 217-224-9400.

Part Time Sales AssociateMature Individual. Must

have good math andcommunication skills, with

a neat appearance. Possible Advancement toteam leader or key holder

Email Resume To:diane@cappelsinc.com

TELEMARKETERS

Are you looking to changecareers? Are you

tired of getting beat up withlow wages? Do you want tomake 1,000 a week or more

helpingothers? Do you like to have

fun? Are you self motivated?Would you like making top

bonuseseach week? Do you like

incentives like going to theJamaican Islands?

If you answered yes to any ofthese questions, changecareers in the New Year

with a company that cares.Call Patti for a confidential

interview 330-491-1297EOE

APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLEFOR LOCAL 392

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Cincinnati, OH 45246.

Must be 18 years of age or older,have a high school diploma or GED

Photo I.D. is mandatory to pickup an application. Selected

Apprentices are requiredto take a pre-employment

drug screening test.

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Class B Driver Wanted

Immediate opening for motivated,reliable driver for local straight

truck route, with customer serviceresponsibilities. Must be physically

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responsibilities.Apply in person at

10877 Millington Ct., Blue Ash 45242

Drivers: $3,000.00 OrientationCompletion Bonus! Dedicated,

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1-855-314-1138

DRIVERSLocal Contract Drivers

needed. Jumpstarts/fueldeliveries/tire changes.

Vehicle required, noexperience necessary. CallManny at 267-270-5225

MEDICAL DELIVERY Well est. delivery businesssks. honest, reliable, ind.

contractor w/ van or SUV thats wants$1000 weekly. Must passdrug screen, background

check and be non-smoker. Call

513-841-1159

38th Annual Winter Swap(Previously at the Ohio Nat.Gaurd Armory 3000 Symmes Rd,Hamilton, OH) HAS BEEN CAN-C E L L E D . We Will be backnext year at a new location.

Public Notice of UpcomingAccreditation Review Visit

by the ACEN

The Departments of Nursingand Advanced Nursing Stud-ies at Northern KentuckyUniversity (NKU) wish toannounce that it will host asite review for continuingaccreditation of its Bacca-laureate, Masters, and Post-Masters Certification pro-grams by the AccreditationCommission for Education inNursing (ACEN).

The Accreditation Commis-sion for Education in Nurs-ing (ACEN) has rescheduledtheir accreditation visit withNKU from February toMarch. You are now invitedto meet the site visit teamand share your commentsabout the program in personat a meeting now scheduledfrom 5:15pm - 6:00pm onWednesday, March 30, 2016in Room 104 in the StudentUnion Building at NKU.

Please be aware that thepreviously scheduled meet-ing for February 2 at 5:15has been cancelled.

Written comments are alsowelcome and should be sub-

mitted directly to: Dr.Marsal Stoll, Chief Execu-tive Officer Accreditation

Commission for Education inNursing

3343 Peachtree Road NE,Suite 850 Atlanta, GA 30326

Or e-mail:mstoll@acenursing.org

All written comments shouldbe received by the ACEN by

March 21, 2016.

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ANTIQUE SHOWSaturday, Feb 6th, 9am-4pm.Sunday, Feb 7th, 11am-4pm.

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3371 Hamilton Cleves Rd.1/2 mile North of US 27.

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MODEL TRAIN SHOWSt. Andrew, Milford, OHSat. Feb. 13th, 9:30am -2:30pm over 70 Dealers,Food, Interactive Display

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POSTAGE STAMP SHOWFree admission,

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Firewood - seasoned ash, cut,split, delivered, & dumped. 1cord - $200. Call 859-393-5002

FIREWOOD--Seasoned. Deliv-ered and stacked. 859-640-

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Seasoned Firewood.Full cord - $250.Face cord - $150.

24" logs avail upon request.859-485-9198

SEASONED , split, stacked, &delivered. 1/2 cord $120.

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Brass urns $99.Metal $895 floor model spe-

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King Prem Matt Sets 18"$499-$799

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Buy Standing Timber in Ohioand Kentucky. 5 Acres ormore. 937-725-8793

CASH PAID for unopenedunexpired Diabetic Strips. Upto $35 per 100. 513-377-7522

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I BUY OLD ELECTRONICS: StereoEquip. Radio speakers guitar amp.

Records (513) 473-5518

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estates, Many Others! We Pkup513-295-5634

$$$ PAID for LPs,CDs-ROCK,BLUES, INDIE, METAL, JAZZ,

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German Shepherd PuppiesPure Breed w/papers & shots,

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GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS,AKC Reg. Mostly Black. $700 each.812-727-0025

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GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIESAll Black, 3F, 1M, Vet Checked, 1stshots/wormed, $1000; 859-445-2809

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LABRADOOLE PUPS, CKC, $800Boys & Girls, Ready Feb. 14. VetChecked for new homes. 859-689-4477

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Rottweiler Puppies - AKC,Nice large heads, vetchecked w/shots. $600 Cash.Call 859-586-5158

Rottweiler Puppies German,Purebred, AKC, Born 12/8/15,5-M, 5-F, Asking $500 ea,859-620-0072

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OLDSMOBILE ALERO 2000,V6, 4 door, auto, 90k miles,Exc. cond. Call 859-525-6363

SUZUKI RENO 2007 4 cyl., 4 door,auto, 70K mi., Exc. Cond.Call 859-525-6363

TOYOTA 2005 CAMRY, 1 owner,leather int., 29,614 mi., $13,995;859-415-0012

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