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In Kenton County, farmersmarkets do more than promotehealthy living -- they providean opportunity for relation-ships to grow.

Like a familyOn a recent, cool Saturday

morning the Kenton CountyCourthouse transforms into abustling market place. Patronsstroll through the booths gaz-ing at and choosing fresh,hand-picked vegetables andfruits. The IndependenceFarmers Market is open forbusiness.

“The market provides ameans for the local communityto buy fresh homegrown pro-duce and products,” said mar-ket manager Reta Vann. “Youdon’t have to worry aboutwhere this produce has comefrom or what’s been put on it.What you’re getting has beenhand-picked that morning. It’sfresh and it’s quality.”

The market, open 8:30 a.m.to 1 p.m. every Saturday Maythrough October, at the court-house, 5272 Madison Pike, In-dependence, features about 10to 15 vendors each week.

Vann said it all began as aschool project at Simon KentonHigh School in 2008. The mar-

ket has grown extensively, shesaid, and is now sponsored bythe city of Independence.

She said the market is morethan a place to buy produce,however, it’s a place to build re-lationships.

“My favorite thing about themarket is the communityatmosphere,” she said. “All thevendors get along and helpeach other. We’re like one bigfamily at the market, and wetreat the customers that way,too.”

Vann said customers havebeen known to bring with thema chair and sit and chat for awhile during the market. Theyget to taste test some of themarket’s offerings, too, shesaid.

“I cook up some samplesand do some demos,” she said.“Every Saturday we have bis-cuits and gravy and breakfasttacos. We even have samples ofbacon for customer’s dogs.”

Good associationsOn a breezy, warm Thurs-

day afternoon, The DixieFarmers’ Market opens to pa-trons 2-6 p.m. at Erlanger Bap-tist Church, 116 Common-wealth Ave., Erlanger.

The market has beenaround for 11years and is oper-ated through the Elsmere andErlanger Renaissance pro-

gram.“It’s a loving place,” market

coordinator Don Koop said.“The people are so nice, we’reall friends. It’s a really nicegroup to be associated with.”

It’s also the place to shop ifyou want to live healthy, Koopsaid. Fresh fruits and vegeta-bles of all kinds abound at themarket. Seventeen vendorshave signed up for the year, in-cluding a new vendor who willoffer gluten-free products.

Perhaps a bit of a departurefrom the all-healthy environ-ment surrounding it, a hot dogstand has been added this year.

“That’s something differ-ent, but I felt like our farmershave to eat, so why not,” Koopsaid. “He has very good all-beef hotdogs.”

There’s more to the marketthan food. Koop said they alsohave a few wood-working ven-dors who make pens and plant-ers out of Kentucky-grownwood.

Koop said things have beena little slow for the market’sfarmers this year and that’shad an impact on the market,already in its fourth week. Theweather, of course, governstraffic as well.

“So far we’ve had only oneday of rain, so that’s been

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Jose Elias of Independence visits Erma Griffith’s honey, jams and jellies stand at the Dixie Farmers Market inErlanger.

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EDGEWOOD — The journeyhas been distant and strenuousfor Hayleigh Harden.

But, she is strong.The 17-year-old sits up

straight, her slender armscrossed, her young face firm, asshe recalls the troubled pathshe’s been traveling along.

“It was hard,” she said.“What kept me going was my fu-ture. I couldn’t live the way Ihad been living.”

When Harden was 14, hermother and stepfather owned apawn shop. They were arrestedand charged with having stolenproperty. Her stepfather wentto jail. Her mother was on pro-bation, but violated it and even-tually went to prison, too. Hard-en often felt alone and afraid,but by helping to care for heryounger siblings, she foundcourage.

“I took them under mywing,” she said. “They kept megoing. We have a bond. I didn’twant to fail them. I didn’t wantto fall under like my mom ortheir dad did. They have poten-tial and I want to make sure thatdoesn’t go to waste.”

Harden saw potential in her-self as well, and pursued it.

And at the end of May she’llreach a milestone destination –high school graduation.

“I’m excited to go on to col-lege and do what I want to doand make my own decisions formy life,” the Dixie HeightsHigh School senior said. “I’mexcited to start a new path, myown path.”

Harden endured every bumpin the road, coming to schoolearly and staying late to studyand keep up her grades. She re-cently was awarded the AgainstAll Odds Award by the Ken-tucky Education Council.

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FORT MITCHELL — Mike Sta-cy was named the new superin-tendent of Beechwood Indepen-dent School District Tuesday.

The Beechwood Board ofEducation unanimously ap-proved a four-year contractwith Stacy, who served as chiefacademic officer for WoodfordCounty (Versailles) Schoolssince July 2010.

"The Board and I are excitedto welcome Dr. Stacy and hisfamily to our Beechwood com-munity and look forward toworking together as we strive toachieve our mission to provideinnovative education groundedin tradition," school board chairMelanie Stricker said.

Prior to his work in the Wood-ford County School District, heserved as a principal, assistantprincipal, athletic director, as-sistant director of pupil person-nel,head coach and social stud-ies teacher in multiple districtsat the elementary, middle andhigh school levels.

"I am extremely excited to bea part of the Beechwood com-munity, and I can't wait to getstarted," Stacy said. "I am im-pressed with the history andperformance record of Beech-wood Independent Schools, andIconsider it an honor to have theopportunity to help lead such an

amazing institution."Stacy earned his bachelor's

degree in communications, so-ciology and history fromGeorgetown College. He com-pleted his master's of educationin administration at the Univer-sity of Kentucky and earned adoctorate degree in educationalpolicy and leadership at Spal-ding University in Louisville.

Stacy, 43, and his wife, Melo-dy, have three children: Tanner,15; AnnMarie, 13; and Sam, 10.He will officially start his newrole as superintendent July 1.

Current SuperintendentSteve Hutton is retiring.

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ERLANGER — Placinghis right hand over the Bi-ble and taking a vow toserve and protect, Col. To-ny Wilson was made chiefof the Erlanger Police De-partment May 5.

The crowd at the Er-langer City Council meet-ing applauded Wilson ashe stepped into his“dream” role at the de-partment – the only one hehas worked within – thathe has served for 23 years.

Wilson, who has servedas assistant chief for thelast two years, replaces re-tiring Chief Bob Arens.

The 46-year-old Bur-lington resident said he isexcited about his new rolewithin the department. Herecently sat down with theRecorder to talk about histhoughts and plans for thecity.

Question: How does itfeel to be named police

chief of thedepart-mentyou’veservedwithin alltheseyears?

An-swer: It

feels very good. I’m justgetting my feet wet, but Ithink it’s going to be good.

Q: Is this a role you’vealways aspired to?

A: Yes. It’s somethingyou strive for but you nev-er really know if it’s goingto happen or not. Every-thing fell into place for me.It’s very rewarding to bethe chief where you’veworked all of your career.I started here and I’m go-ing to end here. It’s verysatisfying; like a dreamcome true.

Q: What are you lookingforward to the most?

A: Getting through an-other budget cycle. I alsowant to see us (the city) get

ourselves another Toyota.Their leaving is going tohave a big impact on us inthe near future.

Q: What role does thepolice department play infilling such a vacancythat’s going to be left byToyota?

A: Our professionalismis important. It’s a plus forour community to have apositive image. We, as adepartment, have alwaystried to maintain a good re-lationship with our busi-nesses and corporate resi-dents.

Q: What are some ma-jor issues the city is fac-ing?

A: Economic develop-ment and the heroin issue.We’ve been dealing withthe heroin epidemic forthe last six to eight years.It’s been brought to theforefront the last fewyears, but it’s somethingwe’ve dealt with for manyyears.

Q: How do you plan to

combat the heroin epi-demic?

A: Our main focus is oneducation and prevention.We’ve got to get our kids tonot try it in the first place.We’re working on this bydoing community talks,being involved throughthe school resource offi-cer and DARE programs.We also have partneredwith the Kenton CountyAlliance.

Q: Is this a winnablebattle?

A: I think we are goingto win, but it’s taken a hugeportion of a generation,those ages 14 to 25. We’relosing hundreds upon hun-dreds of kids and youngadults. Not just in Erlang-er, but the region. Our fo-cus needs to be broaderthan local law enforce-ment. We need to stop theimportation of heroin intoour country. We also needto educate children and fo-cus on prevention.

Q: Although policing,

especially in the age of theheroin epidemic, is diffi-cult, what makes Erlangera great place to work as anofficer?

A: Well, I grew up here.I also lived in Erlanger forquite some time. It’s myhometown. Erlanger is avery family-oriented city,especially the police de-partment. We are veryclose-knit here; it feelslike home.

Q: What are your plansfor the department?

A: Right now, there arereally no major changes orprojects I have planned.(Chief Bob Arens) left it oncruise control for me. Weboth really worked hard,together, to make it thatway. It’s a sigh of relief formany in the department.People like to have some-thing steady and we havethat now.

Q: When did you knowyou wanted to go into lawenforcement?

A: I was in college and it

just sparked my interest.It was my focus. My closefriend’s mother workedhere at the departmentwhen I was a kid. We’dwalk home from TichenorMiddle School and pass byhere and stop in to see heralmost everyday. I thinkthat’s when it really start-ed.

Q: What inspires you?A: My parents. They’ve

always been an importantpart of my life. They’vespent their lives focusingon raising a family and do-ing the right thing. Also,my family – my wife, threekids and grandbaby.

Q: What do you enjoymost about your work inlaw enforcement?

A: You get to experi-ence a little bit of every-thing. I look forward tocoming into work, but younever know what will goon each day. Also, here, wehave a supportive citygovernment, that’s big.

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DCCH Center MusicFestival May 29-30

FORT MITCHELL —DCCH Center for Chil-dren and Families willhold their annual musicfestival 6-11:30 p.m. May29-30.

The festival will beheld at the DCCH cam-pus, 75 Orphanage Road,Fort Mitchell.

Line up includes: OnFriday, The Menus, PeteDressman, The Mitch-ells, Queen City SilverStars. On Saturday, Jami-son Road, Carter NewBand, Young Heirlooms,Honey & Houston.

There will also be aCraft Beer Garden fea-turing local brews, foodtrucks and vendors, andBourbon tastins at theBourbon Barn.

Info: www.dcchcente-r.org.

Alopecia SupportGroup meeting

FORT MITCHELL —The Alopecia & MedicalHair Loss Support Groupwill meet 5:30-7 p.m.Wednesday, June 17, atThe Northern KentuckyChamber of Commerce,300 Buttermilk Pike,Fort Mitchell.

The meeting is freefor people experiencinghair loss from Alopecia

and related medical con-ditions.

Interested partici-pants should contact L-AStopa directly at 859-444-7976 or [email protected].

WetlandRestorationWorkshop to beheld June 10-11

MORNING VIEW — AMorning View HeritageArea Wetland Restora-tion Workshop will beheld June 10-11.

This workshop is de-signed for those interest-ed in learning how to usepractical low-cost tech-niques to restore wet-lands for rare species ofwildlife.

Part one will be held8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.Wednesday, June 10, atCongregation of DivineProvidence St. Anne Re-treat Center, 1000 St.Anne Drive, Melbourne.Part two will be 8:15 a.m.to 5:15 p.m., Thursday,June 11, at Morning ViewHeritage Area, 15168 De-coursey Pike, MorningView.

Registration requiredand due Friday, May 29.Cost is $115. Lodging isavailable at St. Anne Re-treat Center for $40 pernight.

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good,” he said. “But thathasn’t stopped us.”

Koop recalls times ofgreeting patrons at theircars with an umbrella andmaking curb-side deliver-ies.

“We do what we have todo to make it work,” hesaid.

Local supportShaded by trees on the

DCCH Center’s campuson Orphanage Road inFort Mitchell, the DCCHFarmers’ Market thrives8:30 a.m. to noon Thurs-days and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Saturdays.

The market firstopened last year. DCCH

Center Development Co-ordinator John Carneysaid the center was ap-proached by local farm-ers wanting to rent thespace and set up tents forthe project. Proceedsfrom the rental spacebenefits the center thathas helped Northern Ken-tucky children for morethan 160 years.

“This is just anotherway to get the communityinvolved with us. Thisfarmers market also cre-ates a sense of communi-ty,” Carney said.

Vendor Jeannie Car-nes, who was instrumen-tal in the start of the farm-ers market, said the mar-ket offers Fort Mitchelland nearby residents anopportunity to shop local-ly. She sells her home-grown flowers and plantsat the market.

“It’s important to peo-ple that they shop locally,”she said. “My favoritething about the market isgetting to buy locallygrown and fresh fruitsand vegetables myself.Everything here at themarket is organic andgood for you.”

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“This award is impor-tant because it recogniz-es students’ success de-spite their challenges,”said Jess Dykes, KentonSchools director of pub-lic Information andCommunity Engage-ment. “It reminds every-one how important aneducation is for the fu-ture of all students.”

Dykes said that stu-dents like Harden arewhy educators teach.

“She is the real suc-cess story,” she said.“Hayleigh is proof we’rereaching out to all stu-dents. All kids matter.Here, we give them whatthey need to succeed;what they need to be-come productive mem-bers of society. Hayleighand all of our studentsare our future.”

The future is lookingbright because of stu-dents like Harden, ac-cording to Dixie HeightsPrincipal Karen Hen-drix.

“We are so proud ofher and all that she’sdone,” Hendrix said.“She is such a great ex-ample to everyone. Shehas shown persever-ance. In her life she’sovercome.”

Harden said she re-ceived a lot of supportfrom her school family.

“My teachers andcounselors helped me somuch,” she said. “I spokewith them everyday.They were more thanmy school teachers andcounselors. I neededthem. I couldn’t do ev-erything by myself.”

Without them, Hard-en said she wouldn’thave college figured out.This fall, she’s planningto attend the Universityof Cincinnati. She’s beenaccepted into theirchemistry program andhopes to one day be ananesthesiologist. Hersiblings are now withher mother. Harden saidshe will remain close toher family and keep awatchful eye over them.

“This didn’t comeeasy,” she said. “But, I’mproud. I had to work toget here. The key is tonot give up, not to fall un-der. You’ve got to bestrong. You’ve got to tellyourself that you’re bet-ter than your circum-stances. Don’t look in thenow, look in the future. Iwant people to see youdon’t have to crinklewhen things get hard.Persevere.”

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FORT WRIGHT — FortWright may be getting“into the zone” with Auto-Zone possibly setting upshop by April 2016.

On May 6, Fort WrightCity Council heard firstreading of a design planfor the proposed site at3394 Madison Pike, whereSaylor and Son, a com-mercial automotive re-pair facility, now oper-ates.

This store is one of 150new stores AutoZone willopen in the next 12months, said AutoZonespokesman Ray Pohlman.

“We believe FortWright will be a greatplace for an AutoZonestore based on the num-ber of out-of-warranty ve-hicles registered,” Pohl-man said. “... The averageage of a vehicle in the U.S.fleet is now 11½ years old.A lot of the work on thesevehicles are done by indi-viduals who like to do the

work themselves. Therest of the repairs andmaintenance are done byskilled and highly trainedtechnicians in indepen-dent shops and garages.”

AutoZone is the lead-ing retailer of automotiveparts and accessories inthe U.S. There are eightAutoZones in NorthernKentucky.

Council members didhave concerns over cus-tomers working on theircars along the main thor-oughfare.

AutoZone representa-tive Jason Hal, withPrism Engineering, saidAutoZone would be opento creating some kind ofstipulation to preventsuch activity.

The council will voteon the design plan at thenext meeting at 6 p.m.Wednesday, June 3, at thecity building on KylesLane.

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DaShawntee Durham, Induction intoPhi Rho Pi, Latonia

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Lauren Ashley Engel, PsychologyThinker of the Year, Ludlow

Angela Crout-Mitchell, PoliticalScience Scholar of the Year, Erlanger

Cori Storms, Deger-Hall Historian ofthe Year Award, Hebron

Science, Technology andMathematics Awards

Jacob William Rex Beach, OutstandingMedical Microbiology Award, Florence

Minaz Murand Ali, Basic Anatomyand Physiology Student of the YearAward, Florence

Thomas P. Krebs, Anatomy and Physi-ology II Student of the Year Award, FortThomas

Chelsea Renea Bond, Anatomy andPhysiology I Student of the Year Award,Bellevue

Chrissy Ann Schmidt, EnvironmentalScience Award of Excellence, Melbourne

Sara Moloney, Outstanding Introduc-tion to Biology Award, Crescent Springs

Shereen Far, Aspects of Human Biolo-gy Award, Burlington

Lisa Massie, Outstanding GeologyStudent Award, Florence

Nirmala Ballie, Outstanding Studentin College Mathematics, Florence

Zakaria Charafi, Outstanding Studentin College Mathematics, Erlanger

DevelopmentalEducation andIntroduction to CollegeAwards

Marissa Tinch, Outstanding Devel-opmental Reading Award, Verona

Jack Waechter, Outstanding Devel-opmental Math Award, Edgewood

Theresa Thompson, OutstandingDevelopmental Writing Award, LakesidePark

Protective andProfessional ServicesAwards

Jamie Barham, Criminal Justice Aca-demic Excellence Award, Hebron

Derek Leach, Criminal Justice Aca-demic Excellence Award, Union

Brandi Ross, Criminal Justice AcademicExcellence Award, Covington

Irina Berberich, Early ChildhoodEducation Spirit Award, Hebron

Antonia Hunt, Early Childhood Educa-

Gateway Community and TechnicalCollege recognized the exemplaryacademic, leadership and technicalperformance of 115 students at itsannual Night of Excellence May 12 atThe Grand Ballroom, Covington.

“We are pleased tonight to recognizethe best of the best at Gateway,” saidDr. G. Edward Hughes, President/CEO ofGateway Community and TechnicalCollege. “We are very proud of ourstudents and the talent they will bringto their communities.”

Michael Read, of Latonia, and DanitraBrown, of Erlanger, received top honorsas recipients of the J.D. Patton Awardfor academic and technical excellence.The Gateway Student GovernmentAssociation earned the award for beststudent organization of the year.

Recipients are selected by faculty andstaff committees and academic divisionsbased on student performance. Individ-ual students receiving awards, included:

Student Affairs AwardsBurgandi Turner, SGA Officer of the

Year, LatoniaChrissy Schmidt, Student Organization

Officer of the Year, MelbourneJill Frakes, Influential New Leader,

FlorenceDanitra Brown, KCTCS All Academic

Team, ErlangerPaulette Bunch, KCTCS All Academic

Team, AlexandriaFelicia Wilson, Spirit of Student Sup-

port Service Award, BellevueRegina Owens, Student Support

Services Graduate of Distinction, Flor-ence

Christina Hicks, Spirit of InspirationAward, Covington

Summer McClanah, Spirit of In-spiration Award, Park Hills

Dominic Kleier, Student Veteran ofthe Year, Fort Mitchell

Jasper Bichler, Gateway RegionalAcademy Award, Union

Academic AffairsStudents inducted into the National

Technical Honor SocietyDavid Rider, Lakeside ParkRachel Watkins, FalmouthBrandi Ross, CovingtonNaseema Mobedin, HebronSarah Kaiser, Dry RidgeNathan Mustian, HebronSara Harris, IndependenceAmanda Leon, UnionJessica Baldridge, BurlingtonMichael DiChiara, FlorenceAllen Elliot, Verona

Joseph Hamilton, ErlangerJeremy Link Givens, UnionMarco Moore, Taylor MillClaude Rogers, FlorenceKenneth Spicer, Cold SpringMicah Wilcox, FlorenceChristina Hicks, CovingtonBrian Roaden, IndependenceDarrell Cooper, VeronaAmy Marie Bockestette, Highland

HeightsDarrell Walls, CincinnatiAlexandra Dansberry, Crescent

SpringsDebra Ann Strautman, Auroa

Manufacturing andTrades TechnologiesAwards

Amber Moore, Manufacturing Engi-neering Technology Academic Achieve-ment Award, Erlanger

Michael Brixey, Outstanding Manu-facturing and Trades TechnologiesStudent, Burlington

Brandon Pierson, Outstanding Com-puterized Manufacturing and Machin-ing Student, Crittenden

Roger Miller, Outstanding Mechatron-ics Student, Covington

Bryan Thomas, Outstanding Mecha-tronics Student, Warsaw

Alex Robinson, Outstanding Comput-er Aided Drafting and Design Student,Florence

Randall Byrd, HVAC Student of theYear, California

Austin Tretter, 2015 OutstandingApprentice, Florence

Julie Mockbee, Raise the Floor Award,Walton

Cody Moore, Outstanding Manu-facturing and Trades Technologies Co-opStudent, Dry Ridge

Jordan Meneghini, Industrial Leader-ship Award, Union

Mike Ewbank, Outstanding Appren-tice Machinist, Burlington

Cody Centers, Outstanding Appren-tice Machinist, Florence

Velvet Raterman, Outstanding Ap-prentice Machinist, Erlanger

Adult Education AwardsEmili Marthaler, Adult Education

Outstanding Student, Boone County,Hebron

Gladys Moore, Adult EducationOutstanding Student, Kenton County,Covington

Heidi Pond, Adult Education Out-standing Student, Grant County, DryRidge

Kayla Prather, Adult Education Out-standing Student, Owen County, Owen-ton

Cintia Paiva, English as a SecondLanguage (ESL) Award, Florence

TransportationTechnologies Awards

Greg Souders, Automotive Technol-ogy Best Student Award, Villa Hills

Gary Rice, Automotive TechnologyBest Student Award, Erlanger

Darrell Cooper, Collision Repair Tech-nology Work Ethics Award, Verona

Matt Wardlow, Collision RepairTechnology Second Year Student of theYear, Newport

Josh Verkamp, Collision Repair Tech-nology First Year Student of the Year,Bellevue

Arts, Humanities andSocial Sciences Awards

Bobby Polick, Gateway English De-partment Voices Poetry Contest, FirstPlace, Bellevue

Stephany Snow, Gateway EnglishDepartment Voices Poetry Contest,Second Place, Burlington

Heather Reynolds, Gateway EnglishDepartment Voices Poetry Contest, ThirdPlace, Independence

Kenneth Spicer, Gateway EnglishDepartment Voices Flash Fiction Contest,First Place, Cold Spring

Daniel Milton Franklin, GatewayEnglish Department Voices Flash FictionContest, Second Place, LaTonia

Justin Conrad, Gateway EnglishDepartment Voices Flash Fiction Contest,Third Place, Cincinnati

Lauren Engel, Gateway English De-partment Voices Essay Contest, FirstPlace, Ludlow

Chris Henry, Gateway English Depart-ment Voices Essay Contest, Second Place,Fort Thomas

Shelby Creech, Gateway EnglishDepartment Voices Essay Contest, ThirdPlace, Erlanger

Laren Engel, Gateway English Depart-ment Writer of Distinction, Ludlow

Annelise Glenn, Gateway EnglishDepartment Voices Black & WhitePhotography Contest, First Place, Co-vington

Jille Frakes, Gateway English Depart-ment Voices Black & White PhotographyContest, Second Place, Florence

Kenneth Spicer, Gateway EnglishDepartment Voices Black & WhitePhotography Contest, Third Place, ColdSpring

tion Butterfly AwardChristina Hicks, Early Childhood

Education Leadership Award, CovingtonJulie Melching, Early Childhood

Education Scholar Award, Fort WrightKristyn Disibio, Outstanding "Teach-

ing the Exceptional Children" Student,Crescent Springs

Joseph McCreary, Outstanding "Edu-cational Psychology" Student, Burling-ton

Dawn Gamble, Outstanding “In-tegrating Technology in the of 21stCentury Classroom” Student, Hebron

Brittany Champagne, Outstanding"Introduction to Education" Student,Florence

Business, Design andTechnology Awards

Amanda Featherston, OutstandingVisual Communication Student, FirstPlace, Batavia

Clay Adams, Outstanding VisualCommunication Student, Second Place

Rachel Skyrm, Outstanding VisualCommunication Student, Third Place,Park Hills

Matthew Plummer, OutstandingVisual Communication Student, ThirdPlace, Butler

Sheilah Day, CIT Spirit of Persever-ance, Edgewood

Justin Conrad, Outstanding CIT Pro-gramming Student Award, Cincinnati

Dennis Sullivan, Outstanding CITNetwork Administration Student Award,Burlington

Jeremy Givens, Outstanding CITInformation Security Student Award,Union

Nursing and AlliedHealth Division Awards

Sue Ogden West, Nurse Aid Studentof the Year, Fort Mitchell

Sabina Ramic, Medical InformationTechnology Student of the Year, Flor-ence

Molly Cheek, Medical Assistant Stu-dent of the Year, Burlington

Becky Emmett, Massage TherapyStudent of the Year, Highland Heights

Felicia Miller, Student Phlebotomist ofthe Year, Walton

Charles P. Tanner, Outstanding Para-medic Student, Elsmere

Kaitlyn Trapp, Human Services Pro-gram Make a Difference Award, Elsmere

Nicholas Kaliin, Human ServicesProgram Outstanding Student, Florence

David Haigis, Spirit of Nursing, FortThomas

Gateway honors outstanding students at awards convocation

FORT THOMAS — HighlandsHigh School has been rankedas Kentucky’s top public schoolin U.S. News & World Report’sBest High Schools 2015.

Highlands was ranked asthe 197th best public highschool in the nation out of morethan 21,150 high schools ana-lyzed, according to a releasefrom Fort Thomas Indepen-dent Schools.

Beechwood High School inFort Mitchell was ranked333rd in the nation and third

among Kentucky publicschools. Campbell CountyHigh School was ranked1,404th in the nation and 13thamong Kentucky publicschools.

Conner High School in He-bron was ranked 14th in Ken-tucky and 1,443th in the nation.Randall K. Cooper High Schoolwas ranked 15th in Kentuckyand 1,509th in the nation. Noother Northern Kentuckyschools made the top 2,000 innational rankings.

A gold medal designation,awarded to the top 500 schools,was earned by Highlands and

three other Kentucky schools,according to the release.

“We are very excited thatHighlands High School hasonce again been recognized asNo. 1 in Kentucky and one ofAmerica’s best,” said Superin-tendent Gene Kirchner in therelease. “Congratulations toour students, staff and commu-nity.”

Rankings were determinedby U.S. News & World Report,which teamed with North Caro-lina-based RTI International, aglobal nonprofit social scienceresearch firm, according toU.S. News & World Report.

Rankings methodology,available at bit.ly/1FanlTL, arebased on principles including

high schools must serve all stu-dents, and not just studentswho are college-bound.

Highlands ranked bestKy. public high schoolChris [email protected]

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Highlands High School in Fort Thomas is ranked in U.S. News & WorldReport’s Best High Schools 2015 as Kentucky’s best public high school.

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BURLINGTON — “O, had I but followed the arts!”Act 1, Scene 3 of “Twelfth Night” gives us this

memorable line. But members of a teen Shake-speare society certainly don’t share this regret.

The Lively Shakespeare Company, made up ofhome-school students from Boone and Grant coun-ties, performed “Twelfth Night” to an audience of70 people May 9 at the main branch of the BooneCounty Public Library in Burlington.

The play was a culmination of two semester’sstudy of the Bard of Avon by students aged 10 to 17.

“They spend the first few months of the year inacting games, learning to become familiar withShakespeare’s work, but even more becoming com-fortable on the stage in front of others,” saidHeather Schader Tenney, assistant director of“Twelfth Night” and a home-school mother of two.

“They had a recital of his sonnets in December.Then in January we pick a play. They audition andlearn their roles,” said Tenney, also a part-timephotographer and marketer.

The name of the group comes from founderCarlotta Lively, who home schools her nine chil-dren.

“The group has had many formations over theyears. This current version formed in 2014,” Ten-ney said.

“The goal is to help the students become famil-iar with Shakespeare, and discover that his worksare not just some stuffy old words, but in fact arerich, dynamic and alive even today,” said Tenney,who like Lively lives in the Oakbrook subdivisionin Boone County.

“They all learn – without us really decoding itfor them – what his words mean, that these areeveryday characters like we find in our own life.”

Asked about the colorful costumes used in“Twelfth Night,” Tenney said Lively has collectedcostumes over the last nine years. “There weretrunks and trunks of them.”

The Lively Shakespeare Company will take abreak during the summer. Then it picks back up inthe fall. Nothing is set in stone as far as futureproductions, but next year’s play is sure to havehumor.

“We keep to comedies,” Tenney said. “Teens lovethem.”

MARTY WHITACRE FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER

From left, Lathan Cooley, of Burlington, plays Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Jonathan Lively, 17, of Florence, plays Sir Toby Belch, Hannah Kugel plays Feste the Fool as Walter Cooley, 14,plays Feste’s apprentice during the Lively Shakespeare Company’s production of “Twelfth Night” May 9 at the Boone County Public Library in Burlington.

Boone, Grant teens bringShakespeare to life

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“Twelfth Night” cast members from left, front row, Morgan McFarland, 14, of Williamstown; Jonathan Lively, 17, ofFlorence; and David Nelson, Jr., 15, of Burlington. Back row: Davy Lively, 12, of Florence; Savannah McFarland, 19, ofWilliamstown; Logan Perkins, 16, of Burlington; and Joselyn Thoroughman, 18, of Williamstown. The productiontook place May 9 at the Boone County Public Library in Burlington.


From left, Morgan McFarland plays the characters Viola andCesario as Samantha Osbourne plays the Sea Captain.


Joselyn Thoroughman, 18, of Williamstown, playsOlivia as Logan Perkins, 16, of Burlington, playsMalvolio in “Twelfth Night.”


FRIDAY, MAY 29Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Covington Arts,2 W. Pike St., Flight featuresworks by three women (Shar-mon Davidson, Marsha Ka-ragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regard totime, space and experience.Exploring the notions of passage,memory and dialogue within thecycle of life, the exhibitionincludes mixed media construc-tions, collaged books and earth-enware ceramics. Presented byCovington Arts District. 292-2322;http://covingtonarts.com/. Co-vington.

Convocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Exhibition organized aroundvery best of graduating seniorsand MFA candidates in region.Participating schools includeUC/DAAP, NKU, Art Academy ofCincinnati, University of Ken-tucky and more. Through June13. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.

CivicCounty Wide Conversation, 1p.m., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, Meetings to consid-er new services and potentiallynew roles for library. Conversa-tions are designed to generateideas and solicit input fromcommunity. Free. 342-2665.Florence.

Dining EventsFriday Night Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30p.m., Newport Elks Lodge, 3704Alexandria Pike, $8.50. 441-1273.Cold Spring.

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

Education

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

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30 a.m.,4:45 p.m., Edgewood JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly classes.331-7778; jazzercise.com. Edge-wood.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquari-um. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m.- to p.m., Behringer-Craw-ford Museum, 1600 MontagueRoad, There are many fascinat-ing stories about Covington:political intrigue, haunting tales,arts, athletics. Exhibit celebrates200 years of people, places andevents that shaped city, fromtrading of buffalo and bourbonfor land to building of Ascentand “alien house.” ThroughAug. 30. Included with museumadmission. 491-4003; bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

FestivalsDiocesan Catholic Children’sHome Music Festival, 6-11:30p.m. The Menus headline., DCCHCenter for Children and Families,75 Orphanage Road, Two stages,many local bands. Food, craftbeer garden. New for 2015: TheBourbon Barn. Ages 18 and up.Benefits Victims of child abuse..$5 per person. 331-2040, ext.

8555. Fort Mitchell.

Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.Through Dec. 18. 308-7019;www.cincinnatioa.org. FortThomas.

Music - BluegrassRalph Stanley and the ClinchMountain Boys, 8:30 p.m. to12:30 a.m., The ThompsonHouse, 24 E. Third St., $30.513-261-7469; www.thompson-housenewport.com. Newport.

Music - ConcertsGreg Brown, 8 p.m. to midnight,The Southgate House Revival, 111E. Sixth St., One of American folk

music’s most prolific and pro-found singer/songwriters of pastthree decades. Ages 18 and up.$30-$35. Presented by JBMPromotions Inc.. 513-779-9462.Newport.

Music - ReligiousPraise Concert for Missions,6-11 p.m., Alexandria UnitedMethodist Church, 8286 W. MainSt., Main Entrance and Audi-torium. Featuring Kaitlin Ste-phens, Encounter and Redview.Benefits Operation ChristmasChild and Ida Spence Mission.Free, donations accepted. Pre-sented by Spark Mission. 635-9727. Alexandria.

Music - RockDan Varner Band, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500;www.jerzeespub.com. Newport.

On Stage - ComedyMark Curry, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, Comedian and actor.$20. 957-2000; www.funnybone-onthelevee.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterAssassins, 8-10 p.m., FalconTheatre, 636 Monmouth St.,Sondheim’s story of John WilkesBoothe, Squeaky Fromme, SamByck, Lee Harvey Oswald andother unsavory characters whodecided that their path to great-ness lay in the assassination of anAmerican president. $20, $18students and seniors. ThroughJune 13. 513-479-6783; www.fal-contheater.net. Newport.

The Best Little Whorehouse inTexas, 8-10 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre, 802 York St., Happy-go-lucky view of small town viceand statewide political side-

stepping recounts good timesand demise of The ChickenRanch. $20. Reservations re-quired. Presented by FootlightersInc.. Through May 30. 652-3849;www.footlighters.org. Newport.

Addams Family: The Musical,8-10 p.m., The Carnegie, 1028Scott Blvd., Wednesday Addamshas grown up and fallen in lovewith a sweet, smart young manfrom respectable family. Familyfriendly. $24.50, $21.50 seniorsand students, $11.50 children.Group discounts available.Reservations required. Presentedby Showbiz Players Inc.. ThroughJune 7. 957-1940; http://tiny-url.com/l5qquwa. Covington.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-aRacing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Through Dec. 30.371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.

Summer Fun Pack, 11 a.m. to 4p.m., Axis Alley, 1 Levee Way, 1hour of bowling and shoe rentalfor 4 guests plus 1-large onetopping pizza and 4 soft drinks.Tax/gratuity additional. Addition-al time/guests available. $50.652-7250; www.axisalleylevee-.com. Newport.

Youth SportsSummer Kids Club, 11 a.m. to 4p.m., Axis Alley, 1 Levee Way,Show card to receive $2 gamesof bowling, $2 shoe rental and10 percent off food and non-alcoholic beverage purchases!On 5th visit, get 2 free games ofbowling and shoe rental andfree ice cream sundae. Re-strictions apply. Free. 652-7250;www.axisalleylevee.com. New-port.

SATURDAY, MAY 30Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, 18 E.Fifth St., Painting class withcocktails. No experience neces-sary. $35. Reservations required.Presented by Wine and Canvas.513-317-1305; www.wineand-canvas.com. Newport.

Creating in Clay, 10 a.m. tonoon, Covington Clay, 16 W. PikeSt., Hand build various itemsfrom clay, decorate and glazethem. Items created vary withthe season, from mugs andplanters to small trays, plates andbowls. Ages 18 and up. $65.Registration required. Presentedby Communiversity at UC. 513-556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu. Covington.

Art ExhibitsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.

Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training and BYOB,reservations required. Reserva-tions required. Through Dec. 26.513-335-0297; www.sushicinti-.com. Covington.

Dining EventsCincinnati-Eastside RotaryClub Annual Gala, 6:30-9:30p.m., BB Riverboats, 101 River-boat Row, Buffet dinner cruise,music, wine, beer and bourbontasting, silent auction. BenefitsChild Abuse Prevention. $99.Reservations required. Presentedby Cincinnati-Eastside RotaryClub. No phone; CincinnatiEast-SideRotary.org. Newport.

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

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PROVIDED

About 15-20 Kentuckywineries will be on hand atthe Wine Festival, 11 a.m. to 7p.m., Saturday, May 30, Jane’sSaddlebag, 13989 Ryle Road,Union. An arts and craftsshow will be part of thefestival. Admission is $17. Call384-6617; visitwww.janessaddlebag.org.


When I was a young mother, my mom, Mary Nader,would try to teach me how to cook our traditionalLebanese food. I say “try” because it didn’t come easyto me. Mom never measured - she said her handswere the best utensils. Ring a bell with any of you? I

bet it does, especially when you makethose heirloom recipes handed downfor generations. And I’m still learning.

My dear friends, Joe and MarylouZarick, Mason readers, have had me intheir kitchen making Lebanese breadand sfeehah, bread stuffed with meatand seasonings.

I can now say my Lebanese food isdelicious, and yes, I use my hands formeasuring and mixing. My familyloves the food, and laughs when I sayMom’s was still better.

One dish we make is our yogurt dip, with Laban/homemade yogurt, along with cucumber, mint andgarlic. Now making this dip with homemade yogurtresults in a pretty loose mixture, even when I strainthe yogurt overnight. I wanted to serve a thicker

version of this in a Lebanese class I taught and KayHitzler came to the rescue.

Kay, a West Side reader, and I have been cookingbuddies for years. We first met at Jungle Jims andimmediately connected when she was my sous chef.Kay is a skilled, compassionate nurse by day and apassionate, talented foodie by night. I can’t tell youhow many good recipes she, along with her mom,Jean Shirley, have given me. Kay’s Tzatziki sauce isthe best. She has been sharing it with friends andfamily for years. It goes with so many summer dish-es, from salmon to chicken to crudités.

Lebanese Festival at St. Anthony of PaduaSunday, June 14 from noon to 8 p.m.961-0120 StAnthonyofPaduaChurch.comEnjoy both the yogurt dip and hummus without

lifting a finger. Stop by the Lebanese Mahrajan festi-val and enjoy the abundance of authentic homemadeLebanese food. I’m getting hungry now just thinkingabout kibbee, shish kebabs, salads, breads, greenbeans with tomatoes, and, of course, all those sinfulpastries…

Middle Eastern fare gets dippyKay Hitzler’s Tzatziki/yogurt cucumber dip

You can buy Greek yogurt already strained. Greekyogurt is thicker than regular and contains more protein.The garlic and olive oil are good for your heart, the vitaminC in the lemon helps your immune system and helps detox-ify your liver, and the mint is high in fiber and good fordigestion.

1 English or regular large cucumber, peeled if desired,seeded, shredded

Salt1-1/2 cups whole milk Greek yogurt, strained1 clove garlic, minced or more to taste2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil1 tablespoon lemon juice1/4 cup chopped fresh mintSalt to taste

Place cucumber in strainer over a bowl and sprinklewith a little salt and let stand for 15 minutes. Meanwhile,place yogurt in a strainer and let drain for 15 minutes, thendiscard liquid. Squeeze the cucumber in a towel to removeas much liquid as possible. Mix everything together.

Tip from Rita’s kitchen: Remove seeds from cucumberCut in half longways and take a small spoon and run

it down the center, scooping up seeds as you go.

Rita’s hummusI may as well go full tilt here and share another Mid-

dle Eastern favorite. It’s one of my most requested whichI’ve shared with you before. For Jennifer, an Eastside read-er. “Store bought hummus is way too expensive”, she said.Better than anything you can buy and a lot less costly. LittleEmerson, my granddaughter, loves hummus.If too thick,add a little water.

1 can, 15 oz, chick peas, drained, rinsed and drained1 teaspoon minced garlicLemon juice, olive oil and Tahini (ground sesame seed

“paste”) to taste - start with 3 tablespoons and gofrom there

Salt to tasteCumin to taste – start with a teaspoonWhole milk Greek yogurt to taste - start with 1/4 cup

Mash chickpeas by hand or in food processor until ofdesired smoothness. Add everything else and mix.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Kay Hitlzer gets mint ready for Tzatziki at Jungle Jims.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN


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I thought golfer liabilitywould be an interesting andhelpful topic consideringthat most golfers have al-most been hit by a golf ballor almost hit someone elsewith a golf shot.

To my surprise, whileresearching this issue I dis-covered that there were very

few publishedcourt deci-sions con-cerning per-sonal injuryfrom errantgolf balls.

A 1932 caseout of Jef-ferson Countydealt with acaddy thatsuffered seri-ous and per-manent head,

nervous system, other bodilyinjury and resulting in epi-leptic fits after being struckin the head by a tee shotfrom one of the foursomethat he and three others werecaddies for. The caddieswere standing to the leftbetween the tee box and thegreen watching the drives ofthe four players when theone player hooked his driveinto the caddies. The othercaddies ducked and were nothit. The player who hit theball did not yell “Fore” towarn the caddies becausethey were already watchinghis drive and he assumed allthe caddies saw the ball com-ing toward them.

The court dismissed thecase and found that the play-er was not responsible towarn the caddy by yelling“Fore” because the caddyalready knew the player washitting his drive and was infact watching the drive.

However, in another casea golfer was held liable to acaddy for another foursomethat suffered serious headinjuries when struck by adrive that sliced into the nextfairway. That court held thatthe player was under a dutyto warn the caddy and hadfailed to do so by not hol-lering “Fore” or giving someother warning.

In a 1965 case reported outof Lexington, a jury awarded$25,000 against the Lexing-ton Country Club, but noth-ing against the driver of agolf ball, after a lady wasstruck while a passenger inan automobile crossing afairway and road leading tothe country club. The injuredperson lost an eye whenstruck by the golf ball. Thecourt felt that the countryclub should have providedsome warnings to automo-biles or taken some otherprecautions to try to protectautomobile passengers driv-ing through the golf course.

The above-noted casesand others basically indicatethat personal injury situa-tions from golf balls aregoverned by ordinary negli-

gence principles. Negligenceis considered a breach of aduty owed to another personby reason of a relationshipexisting or the circum-stances presented. The driv-er of a golf ball has a duty toexercise ordinary care forthe safety of persons reason-ably within his range of dan-ger. Also, the driver of a golfball must give notice to thosedangerously situated whoare unaware of his intentionto drive the ball.

Applying those principlesto us everyday golf hackers,certainly when driving theball from the tee, a playershould make sure that every-one that could be struck bythe tee shot around the teebox is warned in case theplayer toes or heels a ball.Also, a player must yell“Fore” or otherwise warnanyone in the path of the ballafter it is hit. This wouldcertainly include those inyour own fairway or adjoin-ing fairways If you hit anerrant ball and are not sure ifsomeone is located whereyou hit the ball, it is certainlybetter practice to yell “Fore”than not yell and have some-one injured.

Many golf courses have“blind tee shots” where theplayer cannot see whetherthe foursome in front hasproceeded far enough to beout of danger. It is the re-sponsibility of the playerdriving the ball to make surethat the other players are outof range before hitting theball. Some courses have bellsor other warning deviceswhereby players can signalthe golfers behind them thatthey have cleared the area. Ifthere is no such warningdevice, the player must makesure that the group in frontof them has cleared the fair-way either by waiting anadditional period of time ordriving up to look and makesure that the fairway is clear.

As mentioned above, agolfer is not negligent be-cause of hitting a bad shot,but can be held negligent ifother players, caddies, orpedestrians are not warnedof the bad shot.

Also, if a person is playinggolf while drunk and notplaying according to accept-ed golf rules or in accord-ance with normal methods ofmaking a shot, he could befound negligent for the badshot itself as well as for anyfailure to warn of the badshot.

I hope this information isinteresting and helpful. Ifyou have any topics youwould like to have covered inthis column, please contactmy office by e-mail at [email protected], byphone at 491-7700 or by reg-ular mail addressed to 319York St., Newport, KY 41071.

Steven J. Franzen is CampbellCounty Attorney.

Yelling ‘fore’on golf coursecould be alegal matter

StevenFranzenCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Health benefits are tough tocome by at small businesses,according to a new report fromthe Kaiser Family Foundation.

Less than half of employerswith three to nine workersoffer health insurance. Con-versely, nearly all firms with1,000 or more employees offersome type of coverage to atleast a portion of their workers.

Small firms that don’t offerhealth benefits could be mak-ing a strategic mistake. Provid-ing insurance is one of the mosteffective, economical ways foremployers to support thehealth of their workers – and toretain them, too. Even better,small businesses have morecoverage options available tothem than ever before – in-cluding some new ones createdby the Affordable Care Act.

Employer-based coverageoffers several key advantagesto both firms and workers.

For starters, premiumscovered by employers aretax-deductible, and employerpayments toward coverage arenot considered taxable incometo employees. Individuals don’tget the same tax benefits pay-ing for insurance themselves.

That tax exemption cuts theprice of insurance for employ-ers by up to 40 percent. Thatallows businesses to providemore generous coverage thanindividual workers might beable to secure on their own.

Employer-sponsored cov-erage is also less expensive toadminister. According to theNational Bureau of EconomicResearch, the administrative

load for em-ployer-spon-sored insur-ance is halfthat for indi-vidually pur-chased pol-icies.

Thatshouldn’t besurprising.After all, it’seasier for in-surers – as

well as agents and brokers – towork with one business-ownerrepresenting eight staffersthan to service eight peopleindividually.

Most importantly, for manyAmericans, the mere act ofchoosing an insurance plan ischallenging. Indeed, a recentstudy published in the journalHealth Affairs reported that“more than 60 percent of thosetargeted by the health insur-ance exchanges struggle withunderstanding key health in-surance concepts.”

Employers usually workwith agents and brokers to findcoverage for their employees.In most states, a broad range ofcoverage is available to em-ployers of all sizes.

The Affordable Care Actalso created another way forsmall businesses to securehealth coverage for their work-ers – the Small Business HealthOptions Program. Firms with50 or fewer employees canselect from among severalhealth plan options. They cansign up at any time during theyear. Businesses with 25 or

fewer employees can qualifyfor tax credits that cover asmuch as half of their insurancetab if they purchase coveragethrough the SHOP program.

SHOP’s online system allowsemployers to choose how muchto contribute to worker premi-ums and what level of coverageto offer. Features like dentalinsurance and dependent cov-erage are optional.

In some states, employerswill have the option to offercoverage that will allow em-ployees to select from severaldifferent insurance plans.Starting this year, workers in14 states will be able to choosetheir insurance provider.

Fortunately, whether em-ployers want to explore theiroptions through SHOP or otheroptions for coverage, they canturn to licensed agents andbrokers to help them with cov-erage options, manage theenrollment process for them,and serve as their expert bene-fits counsel throughout the lifeof the insurance policy.

In fact, HealthCare.gov’sSHOP exchange allows smallbusinesses to search for agentsdirectly on the website, or theycan find someone in their areaon the NAHU website atwww.nahu.org.

There’s no better time foremployers to explore the op-tions available to them foroffering coverage than now.

Janet Trautwein is CEO of the Na-tional Association of Health Under-writers.

Shop around for health coverage

JanetTrautweinCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Over the last four months,there has unfortunately been arenewed effort to breathe lifeinto a proposal that most econ-omists declared dead long ago.Supporters call it “right towork;” the rest of us, with thefacts on our side, call it “rightto work for less.”

Those backing the conceptclaim it will cure everythingbut the common cold. Not em-bracing it, they say, has costKentucky countless jobs andlimited worker choice.

They’re wrong on bothcounts.

For those unsure of whatright to work means, it allowsnew workers to avoid joining aunion and paying dues whilestill being represented by theunion. Imagine trying to join acivic club, a country club oreven a Sam’s Club withoutpaying the membership fees,and you can better understandwhy this is not about choice;it’s about ending unions andorganized labor.

Supporters of “right towork” say states taking thisstep have seen phenomenaleconomic growth when com-pared to states like Kentucky.Research, however, has foundthat this is simply not true.

The Kentucky Center forEconomic Policy noted thatOklahoma actually saw a rela-tive decline in jobs after itmade the switch in 2001. Sincethe end of the recession, mean-while, the center says Ken-tucky’s manufacturing gains

have easilyoutpaced thosein Indiana –whichswitched toright to workin 2012 – andTennessee,which hasbeen a right-to-work statesince the1940s.

It’s worthpointing out that Kentucky hasa diverse workforce profile. Inthe auto industry, for example,the Ford and GM assemblyplants in Louisville and Bowl-ing Green are unionized, butToyota’s in Georgetown is not.

Those who downplay Ken-tucky’s job prospects must nothave been paying attention tothe steady stream of goodnews the Beshear administra-tion and other outlets haveannounced in recent years. Inthe last few weeks alone, welearned that every single coun-ty saw its unemployment ratedecline last year, somethingthat has never happened be-fore. At the same time, ourmonthly unemployment ratehas dipped below the nationalaverage and is at its lowestpoint in nearly 14 years.

We have added almost36,000 new jobs over the last 12months, and Site Selectionmagazine – a trade publicationmonitoring economic devel-opment – says no state hadmore major job announce-

ments per capita last year thanKentucky.

Few, if any, states canmatch our export growth. Ourmanufacturers are on track tobreak the $30 billion mark inthe not-too-distant future,while products stamped “Madein Kentucky” can now be foundin nearly 200 countries. Otherstates trail us as well when itcomes to business climate andentrepreneurship.

What “right-to-work” sup-porters neglect to tell Kentuck-ians is that this step harmsmore than just unions. A na-tional study cited by the Ken-tucky Center for EconomicPolicy found that the averageworker’s hourly wage in “rightto work” states is 3.2 percentlower than in states like Ken-tucky, and benefits are loweras well.

If those backing “right towork” would put even half oftheir energy into pursuingpolicies businesses really wantand need – such as investingmore in education, workforcedevelopment and infrastruc-ture – I am convinced the gainsI mentioned would be evengreater.

If they are not going workfor true job growth in ourstate, though, then they at leastneed to stop promoting a tiredand discredited idea. The ver-dict is in: “right to work” iswrong for Kentucky.

Greg Stumbo is Speaker of the Housein the Kentucky Legislature.

‘Right to work’ proposalnot right for Ky.

GregStumboCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST


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Jessica Martin, Lauren Radenhausen.4x800: 12th 10:39.83 – Lauren Raden-hausen, Jessica Martin, Alyssa Rieg-secker, Alexis Flynn.

Beechwood boys (1A)Grant Birindelli: 7th in 800 2:01.74.

Dalton Everett: 2nd in 110 hurdles15.89, 22nd in 300 hurdles 45.18.

Beechwood girls (1A)Tanvi Brar: 15th in 3,200 13:04.40.

Sophie Colosimo: 7th in long jump15-6.75, 2nd in triple jump 33-10.Haley Holbrook: 13th in 1,600 5:46.15,12th in 3,200 12:46.35. MackenzieRylee: 15th in 800 2:36.44. CarolineSchilling: 18th in 100 13.62, 15th in200 28.05, 19th in long jump 13-5.5.Katherine Skeen: 14th in 1,6005:47.01.Rebecca Slagle: 10th in 100hurdles 17.59, qualified in high jump(NH). 4x100: 5th 52.94 – SophieColosimo, Addy Fessler, CarolineSchilling, Merrin Woods. 4x800: 10th10:39.69 – Tanvi Brar, Haley Holbrook,Jackie Tierney, Mackenzie Rylee.

Lloyd Memorial boys (1A)Jamorrow Dawson: 7th in long

jump 19-8. Jaquan Evans: 3rd in 110hurdles 16.14, 4th in high jump 6-0.Austin Robbins: 17th in 1,600 4:55.88,23rd in 3,200 11:38.16.Amadou Yero:18th in 400 55.84. 4x100: 20th 47.25 –Taj Carter, Charles Vance, AmadouYero, Justin Durham. 4x400: 16th3:49.04 – Andrew Stookey, CharlesVance, Jamorrow Dawson, AmadouYero. 4x800: 8th 8:46.93 – TJ Bailey,Austin Robbins, Andrew Stookey,Amadou Yero.

Villa Madonna boys (1A) Eric Baugh: State champion in

1,600 4:26.97, state champion in 8001:55.87, 3rd in 3,200 10:09.94. JohnKomaromy-Hiller: 16th in 800 2:10.97.Thomas Schutzman: 15th in 300hurdles 44.15, 17th in triple jump36-11.75. Zack Werner: 5th in 1,6004:35.90, 5th in 3,200 10:16.28. 4x100:

Covington Catholic (2A)Tanner Bayer: 15th in 300 hurdles

44.13. Andrew Beiersdorfer: 6th inpole vault 12-0. Ben Boydston: 18th inhigh jump 5-8. Jake Dressman: 13th in110 hurdles 16.78. Jake Erpenbeck:2nd in 100 10.80, 2nd in 200 22.13.Jared Flood: 16th in 300 hurdles44.43. Luke Foertsch: State championin discus 152-2. Grant Guenther: 16thin 3,200 10:31.34. Chris Holthaus: 15thin shot put 42-1.5. Nick Jacobs: 4th in110 hurdles 15.53. Andy Kuykendall:10th in triple jump 40-6. Logan Mc-Dowell: 11th in long jump 19-5.25.Michael Schulte: 2nd in shot put 49-6.Harrison Sommerkamp: 10th in polevault 11-0. Ben Thieman: 9th in 8002:03.38. 4x100: State champs 43.33 –Logan McDowell, Jake Erpenbeck,Henry Toebbe, Lee McClure. 4x400:13th 3:38.67 – Logan McDowell, AndyKuykendall, Adam Wagner, JaredFlood. 4x800: 5th 8:26.50 – JaredFlood, Grant Guenther, ThomasZiegler, Ben Thieman

Scott boys (2A)Clay Groeschen: 6th in discus 135-8.

Chris Stoeckel: 9th in 1,600 4:41.52,4th in 800 2:00.66. 4x400: 17th 3:42.10– Robert Brown, Derrick Berry, TimSherrrard, Chris Stoeckel.

Scott girls (2A)Sarah Farrell: 16th in high jump

4-8, 20th in 300 hurdles 52.88. AlexisFlynn: 10th in 1,600 5:31.07, 9th in3,200 12:00.72. Brooke Kitinic: 7th indiscus 101-01, 6th in shot put 33-3.75.Lauren Radenhausen: 23rd in 400(1:04.99), 15th in 800 2:31.23. 4x100:20th 54.12 – Mia Lee, Brooke Niede-regger, Anna Brown, Holly Kalle-meyer. 4x200: 15th 1:54.63 – Mia Lee,Brooke Niederegger, Kylie Meyer,Holly Kallmeyer. 4x400: 22nd 4:42.37– Alyssa Riegsecker, Hannah Loftis,

18th 47.02 – Will Campbell, AlexBarton, Michael Paxton, ThomasSchutzman. 4x400: 21st 3:52.55 – AlexBarton, Jake Schenthal, MichaelPaxton, Thomas Schutzman.4x800:21st 9:35.86 – Brian Davis, JohnKomaromy-Hiller, Michael Paxton,Jake Schenthal.

Villa Madonna girls (1A)Abby Austin: 17th in 800 2:40.45.

Maddie Dickman: 5th in 1,6005:32.23. Amanda Werner: 13th in3,200 12:55.72. 4x800: 4th 10:16.33 –Sarah Ernst, Abby Austin, AmandaWerner, Maddie Dickman.

Dixie Heights boys (3A)Peter Fields: 16th in 100 11.55. Matt

Isbel: 4th in high jump 6-6. BrandenJohnson: 6th in shot put 49-9.75,22nd in discus 97-11. Walker McGoy:22nd in 110 hurdles 17.47, 11th in 300hurdles 41.75. Miles Payne: 3rd in 110hurdles 14.93, 6th in 300 hurdles40.21. Austin Stacy: DQ in 200. 4x100:10th 43.82 – Peter Fields, CameronBarrett, Miles Payne, Austin Stacy.4x200: 12th 1:31.97 – Jackson Stanek,Cameron Barrett, Peter Fields, AustinStacy. 4x400: 21st 3:42.05 – BlakeHoward, Walker McGoy, BrandonBrown, Spencer Mason. 4x800: 15th8:29.26 – Blake Howard, James Conti,Brandon Brown, Spencer Mason.

Dixie Heights girls (3A)Mary Conti: 6th in 100 12.64, 6th in

400 57.94, 22nd in 800 2:53.08. Han-nah Cook: 20th in shot put 30-8. SaraEdgett: NH in pole vault. 4x800: 16th10:28.55 – Danielle Hooper, CeciliaOrr, Nicole Marker, Jessica Riddle.

Notre Dame girls (3A)Natalie Kleier: 19th in 3,200

12:15.06. Sophia Middendorf: NH inhigh jump. Erika Nageleisen: 15th in400 1:00.22. 4x800: 24th 10:59.46 –Natalie Kleier, Carly Wolnitzek,Camryn Scaringi, Manon Stovik.

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St. Henry boys (1A)Robert Brockman: 5th in 800

2:00.77. JP Ferraro: 2nd in 400 50.59,13th in 200 23.85, 7th in triple jump40-4.25. Nathan Freihofer: 13th in3,200 10:48.62. Joe Gillcrist: 7th in 110hurdles 16.30, 18th in long jump 18-2.Blake Girlinghouse: qualified in highjump (NH). Josh Hannon: 7th in 1,6004:41.85. Brendan Hansen: 16th in3,200 10:58.47. Ethan Snyder: 12th in1,600 4:52.48. Nicholas Tobler: qual-ified in high jump (NH). 4x400: 3rd3:34.79 – Robert Brockman, JP Ferra-ro, Adam Lannon, David Poat. 4x800:5th 8:32.70 – Robert Brockman,Adam Lannon, David Poat, JoshHannon.

St. Henry girls (1A)Holly Blades: 7th in 3,200 12:11.13.

Tina Felix: State champ in 100 hurdles15.37, 3rd in 300 hurdles 48.43, 5th inpole vault 8-0. Samantha Hentz: 4thin 1,600 5:22.96, State champion in800 2:19.18, 3rd in high jump 5-0.Elizabeth Hoffman: 6th in 8002:28.98. Mckenzie Kathman: 18th inshot put 28-9.5. Ellie Laudenslayer:7th in 400 1:01.71. Lillian Marino: 16thin shot put 29-1.5. Morgan McNeely:7th in high jump 4-8. Jordan Miller:12th in 200 27.76. Kim Spritzky: 6th in100 hurdles 16.46, 2nd in pole vault10-6. Renee Svec: 6th in 1,600 5:32.58,4th in 3,200 11:57.69. 4x200: 3rd1:48.94 – Tina Felix, Ellie Laudenslayer,Jordan Miller, Grace Von Lehman.4x400: State champion 4:06.90 – EllieLaudenslayer, Jordan Miller, Saman-tha Hentz, Grace Von Lehman. 4x800:3rd 10:05.93 – Holly Blades, AbbeyEpplen, Renee Svec, Elizabeth Hoff-man.

RESULTS

LEXINGTON — Villa Madonnasenior Eric Baugh fell short ofthe “triple crown” he was look-ing for, but took home statechampionships in the 800 and1,600 May 23 at the Class 1A statetrack and field championships.Later in the day he finished thirdin the 3,200. Baugh was hoping topace himself in the 800 and 1,600to save energy for the 3,200, buta close race in the 800 hurt thoseplans. He took time to soak in theexperience.

“It’s been consistently thebest thing in my life,” he said. “Ican’t stress it enough. My coach,my teammates, my parents fordriving me around and bringingall my stuff, and when I collapseon the ground after a race, pick-ing me up, taking my shoes offand putting new ones on. Itwouldn’t happen without that.”

VMA won four other medals.Zack Werner finished fifth be-hind Baugh in both distanceevents. Maddie Dickman had asolo fifth-place and a relay forthe girls team.

Dixie Heights led all NKYschools with 17 points in the boysmeet. Miles Payne had nine witha third in the 110 hurdles andsixth in the 300 hurdles. Matt Is-bel was fourth in high jump and

Branden Johnson sixth in shotput. Dixie had six points, all bysenior Mary Conti, who wassixth in the 100 and 400.

Covington Catholic tri-umphed as champs in the 4x100with Logan McDowell, Jake Er-penbeck, Henry Toebbe, LeeMcClure. The Colonels had fin-ished second last year. The Colo-nels shook off the disappoint-ment of not being able to finishthe 4x200 after trouble in thesecond half of the race. Erpen-beck, the defending state champin the 100, had a heartbreakingsecond-place finish by a whisker

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Eric Baugh of Villa Madonna runs inthe state meet.

See BAUGH, Page 2B

LEXINGTON — St. Henry andNewport Central Catholic arebitter rivals in girls track.

After the KHSAA Class 1Astate championship meet fin-ished, however, St. Henry headcoach Tony Harden was readyto shower several New Cathgirls with gifts after St. Henrywon its fourth-straight KHSAAClass 1A team championship atthe University of Kentucky.

St. Henry won the 4x400-me-ter relay to end the meet, scor-ing 10 of its 91points for the day.Murray finished fourth in therace for five points and 90 over-all, allowing St. Henry to comefrom behind and win by a singlepoint. That point came via Thor-oughbred, when NCC anchorOlivia Schalk passed Murrayanchor Grace Campbell withless than half a lap to go in thefour-lap race.

Another heated rival, Bros-sart, came in second in the race.

“I told the NCC girls I owe allthe girls on the relay a steak din-ner,” Harden said. “It’s the mostexciting state meet I’ve been apart of. One point. The mile re-lay has always been my favoriteevent. For us to stay ahead ofBrossart – we had beat them atregion but they had beat uspretty good at conference – for

us to stay first, and NCC helpedus out, it was pretty neat.”

The 4x4 was Jordan Miller,Ellie Laudenslayer, Grace VonLehman and Samantha Hentz.Hentz, a senior, won her secondevent of the day.

“As soon as I finished, Iturned around and looked to seewho else had finished, and I sawNCC come in right before Mur-ray,” Hentz said. “I kind of knewat that point. I was so proud ofeveryone on our team. Jordanalways has a really strong startfor us and after her start we just

gained more and more confi-dence. I’m so proud of ourwhole team. Every point count-ed today.”

Said Von Lehman: “I’m soglad our coach had faith in usbecause a bunch of stuff was go-ing wrong, but we kept fightingand didn’t get phased. We keptgoing and it paid off.”

Hentz won the 800 in a timeof 2:19 that matched formerteammate Taylor Connett lastyear in victory. Hentz finishedfourth in the 1,600 and placedthird in the high jump. Hentz,also the top runner on the crosscountry team that won the statetitle last fall, has the odd combi-nation of having the high jumpin her repertoire. This was herfirst season going full-time inthat event.

“It’s hard because I don’tpractice it every day,” she said.“It’s fun to do because it’s differ-ent from running. I really likeit.”

Junior Tina Felix was St.Henry’s other individualchamp, claiming the 100 hur-dles. She was third in 300 hur-dles, fifth in pole vault and partof the third-place 4x200 teamwhich had the other three mem-bers of the 4x400 except forHentz.

Kim Spritzky finished sec-ond in pole vault and sixth in 100hurdles. Renee Svec was fourth

in the 3,200 and sixth in the1,600. Elizabeth Hoffman wassixth in the 800. Laudenslayerwas seventh in 400, HollyBlades seventh in 3,200 andMorgan McNeely seventh inhigh jump. Blades, Svec, Hoff-man and Abbey Epplen werethird in the 4x800.

McNeely’s efforts symbol-ized the team effort.

“We moved her up to varsitythe last month of the season,”Harden said. “She was jumping4-6, she came here and jumped4-8. She didn’t think she was go-ing to be in the state meet, sojust little things like that makeit sweet. It wasn’t one personcarrying the team, it was every-one doing their job.”

For the St. Henry boys team,Robert Brockman and JP Fer-raro each won three state med-als, including relays. AdamLannon, David Poat and JoshHannon had two each, and JoeGillcrist one. Ferraro was sec-ond in the 400.

Walton-Verona finishedthird in the boys team stand-ings. W-V was second in the4x400 and top four in all four re-lays. Clark Crook, Noah Rich-ardson and Scott Smith eachwon three medals. Emily Wellsled the Bearcats girls team withthree medals. Rachel Lehkampand McCall Ponzer each had so-lo medals.

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Renee Svec helps St. Henry to avictory in the 4x800.

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When the baseball sea-son started, 17 teams setout to represent the NinthRegion at the KentuckyHigh School Athletic As-sociation state tourna-ment in Lexington. AfterMonday, the field waswhittled down to four.

Highlands, BooneCounty, Ryle and NewportCentral Catholic kept thedream alive by winningtheir first round games inthe Ninth Region tourna-ment at UC Health Stadi-um in Florence on Mon-day. Highlands will faceBoone County at 5 p.m. onTuesday in the semifinalsand Ryle will take on New-Cath at 7:30 p.m.

Highlands backed upits No. 1ranking in the En-quirer Northern Ken-tucky coaches' poll in thefirst game of the tourna-ment on Monday by beat-

ing St. Henry 8-1.The Bluebirds broke a

1-1 tie with three runs inthe bottom of the third.They added two more inthe bottom of the fourth,one in the fifth and one inthe sixth. Senior Todd Ra-mey went 3-for-4 with adouble, a run scored andthree RBI. Senior LukeHennigan was 2-for-3 witha triple and an RBI, andsenior Jake Whitford was3-for-3 with a double, a tri-ple, two RBI and two runsscored.

Junior Ricky Raisorstarted for Highlands andgave up one run on threehits over five innings.Senior Lou Bunning fin-ished the job by pitching ascoreless sixth and sev-enth. Raisor would beavailable to pitch again inthe regional finals onWednesday per KHSAArules should the Blue-birds advance that far.

Boone County junior

pitcher Jeffrey Purnellstole the show in the sec-ond game of the day as hetook a no-hitter into thebottom of the seventh tohelp lead the Rebels to a3-1 win over Beechwood.

An RBI single up themiddle by junior KentonHibbard and a wild pitchthat scored sophomorePeter Westhoff gaveBoone County a 2-0 lead inthe top of the first inning,and that was all Purnellneeded. He walked a run-ner in the fourth inningand hit a batter in the sev-enth, which later came into score on the onlyBeechwood hit of thegame, an RBI single byBrayden Combs.

Purnell struck out fiveand walked one in thecomplete game effort.

A trio of Rebels led theway on offense. Seniorcatcher Blake Roeder-sheimer went 2-for-3 atthe plate with two runs

scored, and Hibbard andsenior Brenden Stanleywere each 2-for-3 with anRBI.

Ryle ace Jake Ziegel-meyer outdueled Coving-ton Catholic's Adam Ruwein the third game as theRaiders topped the Colo-nels 2-1 in nine innings.

Both pitchers went the

distance and got out ofjams late in the game, butRyle was able to scratchthe go-ahead run across inthe bottom of the ninth fora walk-off win when Ruweerrantly threw the ballpast his first baseman intoright field on a sacrificebunt attempt by Rylesophomore Jarod Billigwith runners on first andsecond. Andrew Louden,who was courtesy run-ning for Ziegelmeyer,scored from second on theplay.

In addition to pitchingan outstanding game, Zie-gelmeyer was 2-for-3 atthe plate with a home run,despite dealing with abruised and swollen shinafter being hit with a linedrive on the mound earlyin the game.

In the final game of thenight, Newport CentralCatholic raced out to a biglead early against DixieHeights and never looked

back as they rolled to an11-1mercy rule win in fiveinnings.

The Thoroughbredsscored in every inning, in-cluding plating four withtwo outs in the top of thesecond. Senior Nate En-slen singled up the middleto score junior SamuelKaelin, who was courtesyrunning for GriffinMcHugh, and then seniorZack Pangallo tripled tworuns in with a high fly offthe wall in right field. Pan-gallo scored moments lat-er on a wild pitch to makeit 5-0 after two.

Senior Grant Moeveswent the distance on themound for the Breds andallowed just one run ontwo hits.

Despite entering thetournament with a recordof 14-19, the Thorough-breds are confident thatthey can capture theirthird regional title in thelast five years.

Local teams bow out of 9th RegionRick [email protected]

JIM OSBORN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Beechwood shortstop ChadNussbaum fires to first toretire Boone County's AaronFloyd during their NinthRegion Tournament gameMonday, May 25.

Seeds held form Mon-day at the Ninth Regionsoftball tournament untilRyle pulled the day’s loneupset with a 5-1 win overSt. Henry in the last offour quarterfinal con-tests at Northern Ken-tucky University.

The Raiders, 14-12 andranked eighth in The En-quirer Northern Ken-tucky coaches’ poll, con-tinued their charmedpostseason by earning adate with second-rankedNotre Dame Academy,after Recorder dead-lines. Seventh-ranked St.Henry, the 34th Districttournament champion,finished 20-13.

The Raiders took a 3-0lead in the top of the firstand held on against theCrusaders, who had theirchances to get back intoit. Winning pitcher Kena-dy Carson gave the Raid-ers a 2-0 lead with a first-inning double. It was 3-0on a run-scoring singleby Morgan Smith.

St. Henry received a 3-for-4 day at the platefrom pitcher Jordan Kra-mer, who allowed justfive hits but was victim-ized by four errors.

The Crusaders loadedthe bases with two outs inthe third, but grounded tothe third baseman, whothrew home for the force-out, ending the inning.They made it 4-1 with arun in the fifth, but left arunner on second. Theyhad runners on first andsecond and the tying runstanding at the plate withtwo outs in the sixth, butended the inning with afly-out to center.

Notre Dame 6, New-port Central Catholic 2:

The Pandas (23-6) pushedtheir winning streak toeight with a come-from-behind win. HayleeSmith pitched a four-hit-ter for Notre Dame, andGabriela Miller drove ina pair of runs for the Pan-das.

The fifth-rankedThoroughbreds (20-11)took a 2-0 lead in the topof the first. The Pandastied it with two runs in thesecond and added anoth-er run in the third on Mil-ler’s single to center totake the lead. They platedthree more runs in thefourth.

“For having sevennew starters, that’s notbad,” Pandas coach JoeStephenson said. “Youcould tell we’re young inthe first inning when wehad some jitters, but wesettled down and startedscoring, and Haylee wasgreat.”

Highlands 12, Beech-wood 0: The defendingchampion Bluebirds(23-8), ranked tied forthird in the coaches’ poll,stayed on track in pursuitof a repeat title by shut-ting down the Tigers (10-16) in five innings.

Highlands ace Bailey

Spencer threw a four-hitshutout, didn't walk a bat-ter and struck out five.She was backed by a 14-hit Bluebirds attack, in-cluding three triples, oneeach by Whitney Quillen,Haley Coffey and RachelGabbard, who had threehits.

Brooke Dill had twohits and drove in fourruns for Highlands. TheBluebirds scored fourruns each in the first,third and fourth innings.“Bailey pitched well, andwe hit throughout,” High-lands coach Rob Coffeysaid.

Conner 7, DixieHeights 4: The top-ranked Cougars (26-5)survived a late Colonelsrally and advanced toplay Highlands, also af-ter deadline. Conner led7-3 going into the top ofthe seventh.

Sixth-ranked DixieHeights loaded the baseswith no outs and scored arun on Kaylee McGinn’ssingle, pulling to withinthree. McGinn went 2-for-4 with three RBI.

With the bases loaded,Cougars pitcher Eliza-beth Sims fanned the fi-nal three Colonels battersto end it, giving her eightstrikeouts in the game.Sims went 3-for-3 with atriple and two RBI at theplate. “I think I startedworking myself up toomuch and I just had totalk myself down in theseventh,” Sims said. “So Icalmed down and got fo-cused, and we won.”

Jenna Hicks went 2-for-4 with a triple for theCougars. Alexia Snelbak-er drove in a pair of runs.Conner scored three runseach in the fourth andfifth innings to take con-trol.

Notre Dame moveson in Ninth RegionMarc HardinEnquirer contributor

JIM OSBORN FOR THE ENQUIRER

Notre Dame shortstop RyleeStephenson makes anacrobatic catch during thePandas’ Ninth Region firstround game againstNewport Central Catholic.

Junior pitcher Bray-den Combs struck outeight batters, allowingjust one hit, to lead Beech-wood to a 2-0 win over Co-vington Catholic in the35th District baseball titlegame. The Tigers scoredtwo runs in the bottom ofthe fifth inning. SeniorBlake Hamilton went 2-for-3 with an RBI. SeniorChad Nussbaum was 2-for-3 and junior EthanStringer was 2-for-4.

CovCath beat HolyCross 4-3 in the semifinalsto narrowly hold off a bigupset. Elliott Brazell goton base three times in thegame for HC. He scoredone run and had one RBI.He singled in the third andfifth innings. Jared Seib-ert had an impressive out-ing against the Colonelslineup. Seibert held themhitless over four innings,allowed no earned runs,walked none and struckout four. Adam Ruwe got

the win for CCH to im-prove to 8-0. He allowedthree runs over seven in-nings. He struck out nine,walked one and surren-dered nine hits. CovCath’sNico Pangallo stole twobases to break the schoolrecord of 30 in a singleseason.

Senior Luke Zajacwent 3-for-3 with a doubleand two RBI, as DixieHeights defeated St. Hen-ry 11-2 in the 34th districtchampionship game.

Junior pitcher GriffinSmallwood (3-3) struckout eight batters over fiveinnings to earn the win.Senior JT Breeden was 2-for-3 with two RBI, whileNick Niehaus went 3-for-4for the Colonels. The Cru-saders were led by juniorKevin Flaherty, who went2-for-3 with a double. Dix-ie earned its third straightdistrict championship.

Scott won the 37th Dis-trict championship 9-8over Campbell County.Zach Mann did it all for

the EaglesThe junior pitcher

struck out six batters andhad hits in two of his fourat-bats, including a three-run homer in the fifth in-ning.

In the semis, Scott beatBrossart 4-3 in 10 innings.

Notre Dame beatBeechwood 10-0 for the35th District softball title.Haylee Smith improvedto 18-5 with 11 strikeouts.She had two hits includinga double. Erica Hustonhad two hits and threeRBI, and Cori Ladanyidrove in two. NDA beatHoly Cross 16-1 in thesemis. Smith struck outseven batters while alsogoing 2-for-3 with twoRBI. Kennedy Baugh was3-for-3 with a home runand five RBI. Angela andErica Huston hit back-to-back home runs in thethird inning to end thegame.

St. Henry beat DixieHeights 5-3 for the 34thDistrict title.

Roundup: Baseball, softball winsGannett News Service

Even though he knowshis senior standout SeanLawrence is a clutch per-former, Simon Kentonhead baseball coach TroyRoberts worries about hisbatters slacking off whenLawrence is on themound.

The Pioneer hittershad a good excuse for notperforming for most ofthe game Monday, butLawrence proved againhe could handle those situ-ations by outdueling oneof the state’s top pitchersand leading the SimonKenton baseball team to a4-0 win over OldhamCounty Monday in anEighth Region quarterfi-nal in Shelby County. ThePioneers (18-14) were setto play Collins (21-11) 6:30p.m. Tuesday in the semi-finals at Shelby CountyHigh School, after dead-line.

Lawrence pitched acomplete game, giving upsix hits and striking outsix, which all came in thelast 10 outs. No batterreached third base

against him and only twoColonels got to second.

“He was gettingstronger as the game wenton,” said Roberts.

Oldham sent juniorGriffin McLarty to themound, who had an 8-1record and was a keypitcher when he and hisneighbors played in the2011 Little League WorldSeries. Monday, he shutdown the Pioneers on onehit through the first fourinnings. In the fifth, sen-ior Nick Abell singled,and after a hit from seniorCole Murray, Abell even-tually was thrown out atthe plate.

With one out in thesixth and the game score-less, Lawrence, who isalso one of the Eighth Re-gion’s top batters, got onwith a double. AfterMcLarty hit the next bat-ter, senior Robert Smithsingled to load the bases.Junior Colton Downs sin-gled to drive in two runs.Abell collected his secondhit in as many innings todrive in a third run, andMurray walked with thebases loaded to make it4-0.

Simon Kenton had sev-en hits for the game. Abellwas the only player withtwo.

Simon Kenton waslooking to repeat asEighth Region champion.School district rival Scott,the area’s other defendingregional champion stillalive in the postseason,advanced in the 10th Re-gion with a 10-5 win overMason County (18-14) atClark County. Scott (18-11)was set to play in the semi-finals on Wednesday nightwith a potential regionalchampionship gameThursday night on the ho-rizon.

The Eagles collected 13hits and took advantage offive Royals errors. An-drew Trame had three ofthe hits including a triple,and drove in two JakeOhmer pitched a com-plete game for the win andhelped his cause by driv-ing in three runs with twohits. Mason scored threeruns in the seventh afterScott broke it open in thesixth with six runs to ex-tend a lead that was only4-2.

Simon Kenton, Scottstill alive in regionalsJames [email protected]

of a hundredth of a sec-ond. He also finished sec-ond in the 200. SeniorLuke Foertsch won thediscus with a throw of152-2. Michael Schultewas second in shot put.Nick Jacobs was fourth in110 hurdles and AndrewBeiersdorfer sixth in pole

vault.Scott posted four med-

als, with Chris Stoeckelfinished fourth in theboys 800 and Brooke Ki-tinic was sixth in girls dis-cus and seventh in girlsdiscus. Clay Groeschenwas sixth in boys discus.Holmes’ Freddie Vickerswas third in boys triplejump and fifth in highjump, and Denisha Jack-son seventh in high jump.

Beechwood won five

medals in 1A, three ofthem by Sophie Colosimo,who was second in triplejump, seventh in longjump and helped the Ti-gers continue their run ofsuccess in the 4x100 (fifthplace). Dalton Everettwas second in boys 110hurdles and Grant Birin-delli seventh in the 800.Jaquan Evans had twotop-four finishes for theLloyd, who won four med-als overall.

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UNION — While the BigBone Lick State HistoricSite’s visitor center is get-ting a facelift, the prehis-toric attraction is adding anew, super cool ambassa-dor.

Harlan G. Sloth is aperky representation ofHarlan’s ground sloth,also known as parmylo-don – a nearly 11-foot-tall,furry four-legged crea-ture not directly relatedto today’s sloths, whichwas first discovered in iceage sediments at Big BoneLick, according to OssanaWolff, the site’s new pro-gram services supervisor.

Harlan is also helpingthe Friends of Big Bonehost a 30-day Indiegogocampaign to raise $20,000to help fund the secondphase of renovations atBig Bone Lick’s visitorcenter. The campaign isset to start April 15.

Created by artist SarahPhipps of FireMane Stu-dio in Cincinnati, Harlanand his light blue bow tieshare prehistoric facts onFacebook and Twitter(@Harlan_Sloth) to helpgenerate interest in theproject and the prehistor-ic site.

Phipps imagined Har-lan would help embodythe idea of stewardshipfor the site.

“Harlan is unique, justlike the site,” she said.“He doesn’t take himselftoo seriously, but he’s nota joke. He wants to sharefacts about his home withpeople and interest themin coming to the site, sothey get into the conser-vation and education pur-poses here, not just re-creation.”

“This is a great idea,”said park manager DeanHenson. “There are a lotof places Harlan can goand things he can do thatwill make people think, ‘Iwant to go out and do thattoo.’ As a vehicle for pub-licity, we’ve kind of need-ed a mascot.”

Wolff is adding moreice age education to thesite’s traditional pro-grams featuring survivalskills and pioneer life,which go along with therenovations and Harlan’spromotional campaign tohelp raise the site to a lev-el commensurate with thearea’s place in Kentuckyand world history.

“A lot of people areaware of the significanceof this park and its contri-butions to science, but atthe same time, the parkhas largely allowed thecommunity to more orless forget about Big Boneand its significance,” saidHenson. “People whohave been coming heretheir whole lives will see

something different.”In October 2014,

Friends of Big Bone presi-dent Patricia Fox an-nounced two $70,000grants from the R.C. DurrFoundation to update thecenter’s nine displaycases. The second grantcame along with a chal-lenge for the site’s sup-porters to match funds forthe second grant.

According to Fox,“Friends of Big Bone andBig Bone Park personnelhave developed a strongpartnership with the Cin-cinnati Museum Centerwhich has brought energyand expertise to the revi-talization of the visitor’scenter in order to providevisitors a better under-standing of the uniquevalue of Big Bone LickState Historic Site. All in-terested parties have thesame goal: educating thepublic about the local, na-tional, and internationalsignificance of Big BoneLick.”

The renovation’s firstphase, which is totallyfunded by the grant, in-cludes updating displaycases throughout the cen-ter.

Henson said work onthe new displays is under-way at the Cincinnati Mu-seum Center, and he ex-pects the cases to be in-

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Artist Sarah Phipps and new mascot Harlan G. Sloth stand with park program supervisorOssana Wolff in the soon-to-be renovated visitor center at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site.

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Question: Severalscattered leaves of myWinter King Hawthornare turning brown alongthe edges and tips. Someleaves are already one-third to one-half brown. Isthis a blight? What shouldI spray with? I don’t wantit to kill the entire tree.

Answer: If entirebranch tips and all theleaves on that branch tipturn brown or black on ahawthorn or crabapple,along with the twig itself,but the dead leaves re-main attached, the prob-lem could be bacterialfireblight (for whichthere is no treatment orcure at this time of year).

However, it soundslike your tree has prob-ably been attacked byinsects known as Haw-thorn Leafminers. Thesepests normally prefer toattack the Cockspur Haw-thorn, but lately we haveseen some damage to theWinter King Hawthorn.

They are a fairly com-mon pest problem ob-served on hawthorn treesin May and June. Theleafminer is the larvalstage of a sawfly. Thelarvae live inside the leaf,causing the leaf tips toturn brown. The entireleaf does not usually turnbrown, but just the mar-gin or a portion of the leafsurface. Twigs do not turnblack or die from leaf-miner damage. Leavesappear to be diseased ordamaged by frost. How-ever, frass (insect excre-ment mixed with chewedplant material) and atcertain times even thelarvae themselves can be

seen be-tween theupper andlower leafepidermisby holdingthe leavesup to thesun.

Haw-thorn leaf-minerspends the

winter in the soil. Adultsappear as the leaves arebeginning to emerge andlay their eggs on theleaves. Tiny, newlyemerged larvae tunnelinto the inner leaf tissueand feed at the leaf tip.There may be severallarvae in each leaf. Lar-vae grow to almost 3/8inch in length by mid-June. Then they cut ahole through the lowerleaf surface and drop tothe ground to pupate.There is only one genera-tion per year.

Damage appears to bedisfiguring during earlysummer but trees are notkilled and new growthconceals the damagedleaves by mid-summer.

Even though propertyowners sometimes getworried when they seeseveral browned leaveson their hawthorn trees,control of this insect isgenerally not necessary.The damage is mostlyaesthetic and trees recov-er by mid-summer. Pick-ing infested leaves is notpractical and destroyingfallen leaves is of no ben-efit since the insect over-winters in the ground, notin the leaves.

Insecticides are rarely

warranted. Foliar sprayscould be applied to pre-vent damage by sprayingin early May when theleaves are just fully ex-panded or when the firstsign of leaf browningappears.

Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.

Hawthorn leavesturning brown

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stalled by May. An openhouse is planned for June11.

The second phase willexpand the existing wallmural out into the floorwith a furry freestandingbison antiquus replica anda re-creation of the site’ssludge that attracted ani-mals, along with a skeletaldisplay of Harlan’sground sloth, surely aclose friend to Harlan G.,will also be featured. Thenew additions will also in-clude video presentationsthat will provide interpre-tation when park staffmembers aren’t presentto help visitors.

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Melvin BarthMelvin Barth, 93, of Erlanger,

died May 17 at his home. He was a retired iron worker,

starting in 1946 with Iron Work-ers Local 44, and was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II.He was a member of St. PiusChurch in Edgewood.

His first wife, Jane CahillBarth, died previously.

Survivors include his wife,Evelyn Barth; son, Craig Barth ofFlorence; daughter, MarshaWermes of Highland Heights;stepson, Mark Kleckner ofLexington; brother, Dan Barth ofElsmere; and six grandchildrenalong with seven great-grand-children.

Interment was at St. Mary'sCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. Henry DistrictHigh School, 3755 SchebenDrive, Erlanger, KY 41018.

Emily BaxterEmily Ann Moore Baxter, 69,

of Independence, died May 16 ather home.

She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband,

Charles Baxter; daughter, StarrBaxter-Ahr of Independence;sons Chuck Baxter III of Elsmereand Joe Baxter of Fort Wright;sisters Margaret Brewster ofIndependence and ShirleyGodsey of Hebron; and sixgrandchildren along with twogreat-grandchildren.

John BrueggeJohn Bruegge, 57, of Gallatin

County and formerly of FortMitchell, died May 15 at hishome.

He graduated from Dixie HighSchool and spent most of hissummers, in his younger years,on the race track with his grand-father, owner and trainer,Johnny Hauer. He was in theelevator trade most of his adultcareer and also worked inelectric motor technology. Hewas a fisherman, sportsman, andloved being on his tractor on hisfarm.

Survivors include his wife,Nancy Layne Bruegge; step-children T.J. Karnes, AmandaBorchers, Trevor Layne, RachealButrum, and Layne Gattis; andmany grandchildren.

Mary BurdetteMary C. Vacca Burdette, 87, of

Villa Hills, died May 17 at herhome.

She was a nurse's aid with St.Luke Hospital East for more than40 years before retiring.

Her son, Ralph Burdette, diedpreviously.

Survivors include four grand-children and four great-grand-children.

Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.

Memorials: St. Joseph Church,2470 Lorraine Court, Crescent

Springs, KY 41017.

Gilbert ChippsGilbert Glen Chipps, 84, of

Edgewood, died May 16 at hishome.

He retired from the U.S. Armyas a sergeant major after 30years of service, serving duringthe Korean War and the Viet-nam Era.

His wife, Mary Virginia Chipps,died previously.

Survivors include his daugh-ters Sue Iha and Carol Willson;son, David Chipps; and six grand-children along with a great-grandson.

Memorials: Wounded WarriorProject, 4899 Belfort Road, Suite300, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.

Mattie GoansMattie Louise Jamison Goans,

50, of Elsmere, died May 16 ather home.

Survivors include her husband,Raymond Goans; sons JamieJamison, Christopher Goans,Andrew Goans, and ShawnGoans; daughters JenniferAcqesta and Nicole Goans;mother, Nettie Lykins; brother,Chuck Lykins; sister, MonicaMinor; and 12 grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Garden in Erlanger.

John GroftJohn David Groft, 41, a native

of Louisiana and previous resi-dent of South Dakota andKenton County, died May 15.

He was a 1992 graduate ofCovington Catholic High Schooland 1997 graduate of Cumber-land College in Williamsburg,Kentucky. He worked for Bau-mer Foods in Reserve, Louisianaas a quality assurance technician.He was attending New RiverBaptist Church in St. Amant andwas a member of ErlangerBaptist Church in Erlanger.

Survivors include his parents,Katherine Watson and DavidGroft; and brother, Daniel Groft.

Madelyn HumpertMadelyn S. Humpert, 93, of

Lakeside Park, died May 17 ather home.

She was a member of BlessedSacrament Church, the SeminaryGuild, and was a long-standingmember of Summit Hills CountryClub. She volunteered and VillaMadonna Academy.

Her husband, Paul A. Hum-pert, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Paula H. Vinson; son, WilliamA. Humpert; and three grand-children along with two great-grandchildren.

Interment was at St. MaryCemetery.

Memorials: Passionists NunsMonastery, 1151 DonaldsonHighway, Erlanger, KY 41018.

Albert JordanAlbert Owen Jordan, 92, of

Ludlow, died May 17. He was a retired mail handler

for the U.S. Postal Service andwas a U.S. Army veteran ofWorld War II, serving in the 10thMountain Division where hereceived a Bronze Star. He was amember of Sts. Boniface &James Church in Ludlow and theVFW Ludlow Vets. He lovedhorseracing and being at thetrack.


Memorials: Sts. Boniface &James Church Roof Repair, 304Oak St., Ludlow, KY 41016.

Paulene JuddPaulene M. Meyer Judd, 94, of

Covington and formerly ofIndependence, died May 15 atRosedale Green Care Center inCovington.

She was a former typesetter, acharter member of KentabooBaptist Church, and a memberof the Kenton County Home-makers for more than 45 years.She enjoyed sewing.

Her husband, Charles N. Judd,died previously.

Survivors include her childrenCharles C. Judd, Pauline M. Hart,and Shari L. Siebe; sister, Arthe-da “Sugie” Hutsenpillar; adopt-ed children Earl Rider, TomRichardson, and Ute Stewart;and eight grandchildren alongwith 18 great-grandchildren andfive great-great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 2808 Reading Road,Cincinnati, OH 45206.

Gayle KnightGayle Lois Knight, 80, of

Latonia, died May 16 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

She was a retired kindergar-ten aide with Latonia Elemen-tary School and member ofLatonia Christian Church andVFW Post 6095. She also loved toplay bingo.

Her husband, John W. KnightJr.; and daughter, Debra Powell,died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Carol Knight; sons RoddyPowell, H.B. Powell, and JohnnyKnight; sister, Norma Whaley-Tyree; brothers Bill Brearton,Donald Brearton, and RaymondBrearton; and numerous grand-children and great-grand-children.

Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.

Memorials: To the charity ofthe donor's choice.

Marian KoehlerMarian Emmett Koehler, 82,

of Fort Wright, died May 13 atSt. Elizabeth Covington.

She was retired as a secretaryfor Royal Insurance Companyand she loved to play the piano

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William Koehler Sr.; sons WilliamKoehler Jr. of Aurora Indiana,George Koehler of Atlanta,Georgia, Mike Koehler of FortWright; brother, Melvin Emmettof Latonia; sister, Shirley Emmettof Dayton; and six grandchil-dren.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Alzheimer'sAssociation, Suite 1026, 644 LinnSt., Cincinnati, OH 45203; orAmerican Lung Association, P.O.Box 9067, Louisville, KY 40209.

Elizabeth LeachElizabeth Sue Perkins Leach,

68, of Port Charlotte, Florida andformerly of Elsmere, died May 7.

She retired from Tots Univer-sity Day Care in Kentucky andshe loved to crochet and was anavid reader. She was an activemember of the Ladies Auxilaryat Lighthouse Free Will BaptistChurch in Elsmere.

Survivors include her husband,Dennis Leach; daughters MicheleBurns of Columbus, Ohio andEdwina Baker of Shepherdsville,Kentucky; son, Dennis Leach Jr.of Port Charlotte, Florida; sister,Janice Ingram of Union; brothersCecil Jones of Butler, Kentuckyand Ronald Perkins of Dry Ridge;and 11 grandchildren along withseven great-grandchildren.

Memorials: American Diabe-tes Association, Suite 415, 1101 N.Lake Destiny Road, Maitland, FL32751.

Thomas LeightThomas N. Leight, 73, of

Taylor Mill, died May 13. He was a retired telephone

splicer for Cincinnati Bell, mem-ber of Covington Moose Lodge#1469, and a U.S. Army veteran.

His wife, Maretta Leight; andgranddaughter, Shanessa Chap-pie, died previously.

Survivors include his daughter,Lavonda Grant of Taylor Mill;and stepdaughter, ShaunaDoyen of Florence.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

James LippsJames H. Lipps, 76, of Winter

Haven, Florida, and formerly ofErlanger, died May 13 at St. PeteGeneral Hospital in Florida.

He was a retired shoe mer-chandise manager for the Schot-tenstein and the Value Cityorganization. He was an avidgolfer and belonged to the FourLakes Golf Club in Winter Haven.He was also an avid boater.

His son, Jerry Lipps; brother,Jack Lipps; and sister, Rita, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife, JoAnn Lipps of Winter Haven;children Jim Lipps of Indianapo-lis, Indiana, and Bob Lipps ofCape Coral, Florida; and sixgrandchildren along with threegreat-grandchildren.

Entombment was at Motherof God Cemetery in Covington.

Memorials: Austin QuinnScholarship Fund, C/O Ball StateUniversity Foundation, 2800 W.Bethel Ave., Muncie, IN 47304.

Jane MontgomeryJane Montgomery, 90, of Fort

Mitchell, died May 11 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.

She was a homemaker wholoved playing cards, especiallybridge, and golfing. She was amember of St. Agnes Church inFort Wright, Ludlow SeniorCitizens, and an original mem-ber of the Ludlow Swim Club.

Her husband, Charles Mont-gomery; and daughter, MelissaThompson, died previously.

Survivors include her son,Robert Montgomery of FortMitchell.


Memorials: Missy Montgo-mery Thompson 1981 Fund, C/ONotre Dame Academy, 1699Hilton Drive, Park Hills, KY 41011.

John Pingel Sr.John Bernard Pingel Sr., 90, of

Edgewood, died May 15 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a Kentucky Coloneland member of the Knights ofColumbus and the American

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Legion. He was employed byJoseph Rockcastle CadillacOldsmobile for more than 60years. He was a U.S. Army veter-an of World War II in NorthAfrica as part of Merrill’s Ma-rauders and the 475th InfantryMars Task Force in India andBurma and Chinese CombatCommand in China. He wasawarded the Army Bronze Star,four Bronze Battle Stars, CombatInfantryman Badge, and theChinese War Memorial Badge.

His son, John B. Pingel Jr.; andsister, Barbara Unkraut, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Doris Pingel; sister, Mary AnnUnkraut; and three grand-daughters along with six great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of God

Cemetery. Memorials: St. Pius X Church

Building Fund, 348 Dudley Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.

Judy ReinersmanJudy Fricke Reinersman, 69, of

Fort Wright, died May 18. She was a 50 year parishioner

of St Agnes Parish and workedfor 20 years as bookkeeper atCovington Catholic High School.She was a generous and activesteward of many charitableorganizations.

Survivors include her husband,John Reinersman; children ChrisReinersman, Terri Rentrop, LisaDavis, and Rene Cooper; and 10grandchildren along with fivegreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: Steinford ToyFoundation, PO Box 17634,Covington, KY 41017.

Esther Vollmer

Esther Jane Vollmer, 96, ofLatonia and formerly of Belle-vue, died May 16 at St. ElizabethFort Thomas.

She was a member of DaytonBaptist Church and retired as abakery clerk with the ColonadeRestaurant in Cincinnati. Sheloved growing roses at herhome and she enjoyed readingand traveling.

Her husband, Philip L. Vollmer,died previously.

Survivors include her son,Robert L. Vollmer; sister, LauraConrady; and brothers DonaldLadenburger and Jerry Lad-enburger.

Interment was at EvergreenCemetery in Southgate.

Memorials: Arthritis Founda-tion, 7124 Miami Ave., Cincin-nati, OH 45243.

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