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Longbranch schoolhas typical first day

The wait is finally over.Aug. 18 was the first day ofschool at the new LongbranchElementary. Boone CountySchools opened its 13thelementary school, which islocated on the same campusas Cooper High School. On thefirst day, the school welcomed723 students.

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Florence Mayor Diane Whalenand nine of her closest friends

By Justin B. [email protected]

Florence’s top cop has beennamed the top in the region.

Florence Police Chief TomSzurlinski was named NorthernKentucky’s Outstanding PoliceChief at the Northern KentuckyArea Development District’s annu-al awards dinner.

“I’m very honored,” Szurlinskisaid.

While Szurlinski is pleased withthe award, he’s quick to give cred-it to those around him.

“It takes more than just oneperson,” Szurlinski said.

The Florence Police Depart-

ment is unified in how they wantto serve the community, he said.

“They understand what we’retrying to do,” Szurlinski said.

City leaders also make the jobeasier, he said.

“I have a mayor and CityCouncil that’s very supportive,”Szurlinski said.

Along with his duties in Flo-rence, Szurlinski serves as thepresident of the Northern Ken-tucky Police Chiefs Association.

“He has done numerousthings, not only for the NorthernKentucky Police Chiefs Associa-tion, but for the Kentucky Associ-ations of Chiefs of Police,” saidErlanger Police Chief Marc Fields.

Fields nominated Szurlinski forthe award because of how he han-dles his chief duties and presiden-tial duties.

“He’s done everything wecould ask for as a leader,” Fieldssaid.

Szurlinski helped start a com-munication committee to discusshow different departments cancoordinate during emergencies.

Fields was also impressed withSzurlinski’s dedication to thepolice memorial in Covington.

“We started a golf event underhis direction,” Fields said.

The golf event should helpkeep the memorial funded, hesaid.

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Florence Police Chief Tom Szurlinski was namedNorthern Kentucky’s Outstanding Police Chief.

Covington man chargedin Union burglary

The Boone County Sheriff’sDepartment arrested a Covingtonman Tuesday in connection withbreaking into a home in Union.More charges are expected.

David Smith, 23, Covington,was charged with second-degreeburglary, theft by unlawful takingand second-degree persistentfelony offender.

The sheriff’s department saidSmith would remove garage dooropeners from cars parked outsideand use them to gain entry intoattached garages. Then he wouldenter the house from the garageand take purses that were usuallynearby.

Smith was caught after an inci-dent at approximately 3 a.m.Tuesday when a Calava Court res-ident was awakened by hergarage door opening and herbarking dog.

The resident saw a man enterher neighbor’s garage after shewas awakened, the sheriff’sdepartment said. The resident wasable to give dispatchers a vaguedescription of the man and a bet-ter description of the car he wasdriving as he departed.

Deputies stopped Smith in theneighborhood and found 12 purs-es in his car. The sheriff’s depart-ment said Smith has a lengthycriminal history for theft and bur-glary.

Similar burglaries that hap-pened last week in the Hebronarea are being investigated bydetectives. Residents who mighthave had a similar burglaryshould call the sheriff’s depart-ment at 859-334-2175.

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Tax rate season is approaching,and Florence City Council hassome decisions to make. Councilhas to decide whether they willkeep property tax rates the sameor increase them. Finance DirectorLinda Chapman filled council in onwhere the city stands at the Aug.17 council caucus meeting.

“The total revenues have basi-cally been flat the last two years,”Chapman said.

A new law altered the waymunicipalities collect insurancepremium taxes, and has led to a12 percent decrease in Florence’scollection, Chapman said.

Last year, council decided tohold the line on tax rates, keepingreal rates at $1.74 per $1,000 ofassessed value and tangible ratesat $3.64 per $1,000.

Years ago, the city put in along-term plan to help cover therising expenses of operation. Thatplan called for annual tax increas-es through 2018. The plan wouldcreate a large fund balance earlyon that the city could dip into lateras operation expenses began toreally heighten, Chapman said.

“I cannot deny that we’re sit-ting on a huge fund balance, butthat was the plan,” she said.

Florence started the fiscal yearJuly 1 with a fund balance of$19.6 million.

Not raising rates last yearmeans the city can’t collect asmuch this year because they canonly increase revenues by 4 per-cent each year. Over the span ofthe long-term plan, the city willnot collect about $4 millionbecause rates weren’t raised lastyear, Chapman said.

“It does have a huge cumula-tive effect,” she said.

Based on preliminary reportsfrom the Boone County PropertyValuation Administrator’s office,the real property tax assessmentshave dropped $15.7 million inFlorence while the tangible taxassessments have dropped $27.5million. Based on those numbers,council has to decide on leavingthe tax rates the same, or raisingrates.

If the city took an increase atthe compensating rate, real rateswould go to $1.75 per $1,000 andtangible rates would go to $3.99

per $1,000.If a 4 percent increase was

added to the compensating rate,real rates would go to $1.82 per$1,000 and tangible would go to$4.14 per $1,000.

Not raising rates again thisyear would mean the city would-n’t collect on $8.1 million over thespan of the long-term plan.

That would also mean the citywould have to look at making cutsbeyond what departments havealready made, Chapman said.

“At some point you can keepcutting costs, but eventually you’llcut into core services,” she said.

After getting an update on howthe city was doing, Council Mem-ber Mike Apgar wanted some kindof update on how residents andbusinesses were doing.

“I believe people are still hurt-ing,” Apgar said.

Business owner Bill McElhaneyagreed with Apgar. He said heappreciated the efforts the city isshowing to find places to cut, buthopes it doesn’t come down to thecity asking for more.

“I hope you keep sharpeningyour pencils instead of raisingtaxes,” McElhaney said.

Before deciding tax rates, thecity will hold a public hearing at 5p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the Flo-rence Government Center.

Florence deciding on tax rateBBeeffoorree ddeecciiddiinngg ttaaxx rraatteess,,the city will hold a publichearing at 5 p.m. Friday,Aug. 27, at the Florence

Government Center.

Doggie inthe window

Eight-year-old Brooke Bidwelland 5-year-old TakahiroHikida make friends with thepuppies in the brand newAdoption Waggin’ whichvisited the Little RedSchoolhouse recently. Thechildren raised $228 for theBoone County Animal Shelter,which prompted the visit.PATRICIA A.SCHEYER/CONTRIBUTOR

When airport borderguards in Cincinnati took acloser look at the tombstonefor “Delroy Senior” lastweek, they found it offeredmore than kind words forthe dearly departed.

More than 50 pounds ofmarijuana was packedinside the hollowed-outgrave marker.

U.S. Customs and BorderProtection officers say thediscovery at the CincinnatiDHL express consignmentoperation is a first forCincinnati, where they’vefound drugs packed into allsorts of objects but neverone quite like this.

Customs spokesmanBrian Bell said officerstagged the shipment as sus-picious because they could-n’t figure out why anyone

would send a tombstonefrom Jamaica to England,where one could be pur-chased without the cost ofshipping it across theAtlantic. The shipment wason a connecting flightthrough theCincinnati/Northern Ken-tucky International Airport.

The officers discoveredthe tombstone was a con-crete shell when they X-rayed it, and a drug-sniffingdog alerted when it gotclose to the stone.

Bell said efforts to findthe stone’s sender – or the

intended receiver – havefailed because everyoneinvolved used fake namesand addresses.

“Everything came up asa dead end,” Bell said.

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Free cheese pizza, freedrinks, discounts on hair-cuts, oil changes and gymmemberships are just a fewof the benefits of having alibrary card.

Participating restaurants,retail stores, and other busi-nesses in Northern Ken-tucky are offering discountsfrom Sept. 1-30, to anyonewho shows a Boone, Camp-bell, Grant or Kenton Coun-ty Public Library card.

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If you’re a bluegrass fan,you’ll plenty to choose fromthis month at the library.

The music begins withOne Iota at the Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, 7p.m. Friday, Aug. 27.

Band leader SteveBonafel recruited some ofthe area’s best grassers forOne Iota.

In 2002, they releasedtheir first CD, “Never GrowOld,” a bluegrass gospelproject that hit its mark witha new slant on some tradi-tional songs.

In September 2006, OneIota was selected to performin Nashville at the presti-gious IBMA Showcase andin 2007, they releasedanother CD, “Feuds & Fri-days.”

Today, the band consistsof Bonafel on guitar andlead vocals, Jim Moore on

bass and vocals, Bob Bentleon fiddle, and Rick Hayeson mandolin.

Head on over to the Flo-rence Branch, 7425 U.S.42, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug.29, to enjoy an afternoon ofbluegrass music, historyand culture with Upriver.

This multitalented bandplays a wide variety ofinstruments including theupright bass, guitar, banjo,piano, fiddle, Irish whistleand mandolin.

Enjoy beautiful melodieswhile Upriver shares therich history of traditionalbluegrass music.

Here’s the schedule ofLive @ the Library Concerts:

One Iota: Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, 7p.m. Friday, Aug. 27.

Upriver: FlorenceBranch, 7425 U.S. 42, 2p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29.

Comet Bluegrass All-Stars: Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, Union, 7p.m. Friday, Sept. 10.

Jeffrey Foucault: MainLibrary, 1786 BurlingtonPike, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17.

Wild Carrot: FlorenceBranch, 7425 U.S. 42, 2p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3.

Theresa Dunn as PatsyCline: Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, 7 p.m. Fri-day, Oct. 15.

Jessi Bair: SchebenBranch, 8899 U.S. 42,Union, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5.

The Turkeys: MainLibrary, 1786 BurlingtonPike, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19.

MUSE: Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, 7p.m. Friday, Dec. 3.

Hills of Kentucky Dul-cimers: Florence Branch,7425 U.S. 42, 2 p.m. Sun-day, Dec. 12.

A judge has dismissed afelony abuse charge againstChristopher Robison, a mid-dle-school teacher fromUnion who was accused ofbeating his son.

Boone District JudgeMichael Collins found noprobable cause for continuingthe case, which Robison con-tended stemmed from a cus-tody dispute with his formerwife, with whom he sharescustody of the 5-year-old boyand an older daughter.

Robison, 46, a teacher atCamp Ernst Middle School,was reassigned from his job,pending an investigation.

The allegations were

made by his ex-wife,according to the BooneCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment, which said Robisonhit his son with a belt“because the boy was notplaying hopscotch to hissatisfaction.”

The commonwealth’sattorney could take the caseto a grand jury, file a lessercharge or do nothing.

In an interview with TheEnquirer in July, Robisonsaid that he had hit his sontwice on the buttocks with abelt after his son talkedback to him several timeswhile they were outsideplaying hopscotch. He said

he gave his son warnings,but the boy did not stop.That’s when he took himinside to discipline him, hesaid.

“I gave him two hits, hecried, we went back outside,finished the activity wewere doing, and he was finethe rest of the night,” Robi-son said. “He was neverinjured, and never com-plained of pain.

“It was about him talkingback,” he said. “Not abouthopscotch.”

He said the implicationthat he was enraged andbeat his son was false.

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The Boone CountyArboretum needs a mascotand it wants the help oflocal students to produceone.

Kris Stone, the arbore-tum’s director, said thearboretum identified in itsstrategic planning process acouple years ago that itwanted a mascot to helppromote the arboretum,especially to school childrenand for public events.

The arboretum, locatedat 9190 Camp Ernst Roadinside Boone County’s Cen-tral Park, was dedicated in

1999. Today, the arboretumfeatures 3,218 trees andshrubs.

Josh Selm, the arbore-tum’s curator, said the mas-cot should be “just some-thing fun and engaging forthe children to kind of relateto.”

He said the arboretumhas a logo with a tree andthe Boone County Arbore-tum name under it but offi-cials are looking for some-thing a little bit more engag-ing.

Selm said a plant or ani-mal would work or even acartoon character.

“I’m actually open topretty much anything,

whatever the kids wouldthink of relating to thearboretum,” he said.

Students can mail theirpictures and ideas to Friendsof Boone County Arbore-tum, Attention: Mascot Pro-ject, P.O. Box 876, Burling-ton, KY 41005. The dead-line is Oct. 1.

A Friends of BooneCounty Arboretum commit-tee will make the selection.

Notable Boone Countymascots include Tales theDragon from the BooneCounty Public Library andFit Boone (a man wearing acoonskin cap that was partof a program to get residentsto run, walk and bike).

Of course all of the coun-ty’s high schools have mas-cots (Boone County Rebels,Conner Cougars, CooperJaguars, Ryle Raiders andSt. Henry Crusaders).

Students submittingentries should be advisedthat one creature is proba-bly a bad idea: the emeraldash borer.

Stone said the insect

would not be a good arbore-tum mascot.

The insect, whose larvaeeat ash trees’ inner bark,has been found in BooneCounty.

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The date has been set for“Starry, Starry Night,” theannual gala for Hospice ofthe Bluegrass NorthernKentucky.

The fifth annual gala will

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Florence to refundbonds, save money

Florence is looking to usethe troubled economy to helpsave a little money.

City Council will vote Aug.24 to refund bonds from 2002.

“Mortgage rates have hitrock bottom,” said FinanceDirector Linda Chapman.

By refunding the bonds, thecity will likely save about$26,000 a year and $604,000over the life of the bonds,Chapman said. Refunding thebonds, which are scheduled tomature in 2032, does notextend the life.

“We’ve done this before,and it’s always worked out forus,” said Council Member MelCarroll.

Arboretum needs helpThe Boone County Arbore-

tum needs help to spreadwood chips under shrubs andtrees.

Volunteers can come at anytime with their tools to help atthe hydrangea, dogwood, rho-dodendron and crab

apple/flowering cherry collec-tion areas.

The arboretum is locatedinside Central Park at 9190Camp Ernst Road.

PVA to inspectThe Boone County Proper-

ty Valuation Administrator’sOffice will inspect properties inthe Bob subdivision, OxfordHills subdivision, Estates ofRichwood and RichwoodCountry Estates the week ofAug. 30.

Don’t be alarmed if you seestaff members in these areas.They will be in a marked vehi-cle and have identificationavailable upon request.

If you have questions, con-tact Boone County PVA CindyRich at [email protected]

Man surrendersafter standoff

A Burlington man barricad-ed himself inside his housewith a loaded rifle after havingan argument with his wife, theBoone County Sheriff’s

Department said.The woman had fled and

called 911. Deputies respond-ed at approximately 7:50 p.m.Aug. 21 at the home in the3100 block of FeatherstoneDrive. Deputies secured thestreet by informing neighborsabout the situation and theyset up a perimeter around thehouse.

A negotiator spoke atlength to Brian Heath, 32, to noavail. The sheriff’s departmentSWAT team was deployed at9:10 p.m.

Heath surrendered justafter 6 a.m. on Aug. 22. He wastransported to St. ElizabethFlorence for evaluation.

The sheriff’s departmentsaid no shots were fired and noone was injured.

Beshear appointsUnion man

Gov. Steve Beshear hasappointed Robert W. Zapp ofUnion to the Northern Ken-tucky Convention Center Corp.board of directors. Zapp ispresident and CEO of TheBank of Kentucky.

Beckfield College willhost a neighborhood blockparty from 11 a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, atthe Florence campus behind

Sam’s Club.The day will feature free

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Honoring a true public servantUnion Mayor Don Kirby reads former Union mayor Warren Moore’s autobiography on Aug. 8 inside the Union CityBuilding during the ceremony naming building after Moore. Next to Kirby is Warren S. Moore III (Moore’s son) andWarren S. Moore III’s wife Debbie. In the back row is City Clerk-Treasurer Kathy Porter, City Commissioner ToddSayers, Michael Morey, a Moore family friend, City Commissioner John Adams and Kirby’s son Sam.

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The wait is finally over.Aug. 18 was the first day of

school at the new LongbranchElementary.

Boone County Schools openedits 13th elementary school, whichis located on the same campus asCooper High School.

On the first day, the schoolwelcomed 723 students.

With the thought of opening a$15 million facility, it was hard totell if the students or staff weremore excited, said Principal ErikaBowles.

“It’s a draw,” Bowles said.Starting a new school means

that everyone is new – students ofall grades and staff. The unfamil-

iarity didn’t really cause any prob-lems, Bowles said.

“The day’s actually gone verywell,” she said. “I didn’t noticeany difference from a normal firstday of school.”

The day saw many familiarsights that come with a first day ofschool, Bowles said.

“We had the normal amount ofteary-eyed kids who didn’t want

to leave their moms,” she said.Teachers also had the first-day

nerves, Bowles said.“We had the normal first-day

jitters,” she said.Even with all the nerves, par-

ents were well pleased with howthe school was operating, Bowlessaid.

“We’ve gotten some very nicee-mails from parents,” she said.

Many parents expressed howcomfortable they were with leav-ing their children at the school,Bowles said.

Now that the first day is out ofthe way, Bowles and the staff arelooking forward to getting to busi-ness.

“Now the hard work begins –we zone in on academics,” Bowlessaid.


After years of planning, the halls of Longbranch Elementary are finally full of students.

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Just a typical first day at Longbranch Elementary


Buses line Longbranch Elementary to take kids home frowm the first day of school.


Barbara Kincaid gets a uniqueview of how the local economy ishandling the recession.

Kincaid is the food servicesmanager for Boone CountySchools, and in her three years onthe job, she’s seen the number ofstudents receiving free andreduced lunches jump from 24percent of the district to 32 per-cent. As the district edges closer to20,000 students, that meansmore than 6,000 students receiveassistance.

“It’s unheard of for our com-munity to have numbers thathigh,” Kincaid said.

For the next three or fourweeks, Kincaid’s staff will be pro-cessing free and reduced lunchapplications for the new school

year, and she doubts 32 percentwill be as high as it goes.

“I suspect it will go higher,”Kincaid said.

Because the program is federal-ly funded, Kincaid is glad they areable to help as many families ashave needs.

“That’s where our tax moneygoes; I want it coming back toBoone County,” Kincaid said.

Often times, struggling familiesare apprehensive about applyingfor free and reduced lunch becausethey’re afraid if they are acceptedanother family may be denied orlose the assistance.

“We’ve got endless openings,”Kincaid said.

As many parents lose jobs orget pay cuts, more students aregoing on the service – which ischanging the dynamics of somefamilies, she said.

Kincaid’s office recentlyreceived a call from a middleschooler whose father was laidoff. Since her father had more timeduring the day, she wanted toknow how much it would cost forher dad to visit during lunch sothey could eat together.

After finding out an adult visi-tor meal was only $3, she realizedthere weren’t many cheaperplaces for her dad to eat, so hecould probably visit often, Kincaidsaid.

“She was kind of excited,” Kin-caid said.

And while the family is strug-gling because of the lost income,the low-priced meal offers a newwindow of opportunity for a dadto be involved in his daughter’sschool day that he probably neverhad while he was working, Kin-caid said.

Free lunch applications continueto rise in Boone County Schools

Academicleague results

Immaculate Heart of Mary placedsecond overall among 10 privateand public schools participatingin the Northern KentuckyAcademic League TournamentJan. 9. The tournament hadwritten assessments in fivesubject areas as well as quickrecall play. Team members were,from left, back row: DrewEsselman, Nathan Freihofer,Michael Glaser, K.C. Grome, AllyIglesias and Adam Lannon. Frontrow: All ie McGlade, ThomasMcGrath, Ryan Puckett, EmilyRose, Cassie Sallee and WilliamSanders. Individual award

winners were Drew Esselman, fifth place, science; K.C. Grome, honorable mention, math; Ally Iglesias, honorable mention, language arts;Adam Lannon, honorable mention, math; Thomas McGrath, honorable mention, science; Ryan Puckett, second place, social studies;Cassie Sallee, fifth place, language arts; William Sanders, first place, mathematics; and honorable mention, arts and humanities.

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All ‘A’ Honor RollMadeline Aase, Carrie Anderson, Michael

Barnett, Lauren Barriger, Brittany Biddle,Andrew Blank, Alicia Boone, SamanthaBosshammer, Richard Bowers, Jacob Bran-del, Savannah Burke, Heather Burns, NathanCaldwell, Emily Canterna, Michelle Canterna,Austin Cliff, Stacie Curran,

Kelsey Disibio, Shelby Doran, GregoryDudar, Julia Edmonds, Jordan Findley, HollyGoessling, Sarah Gripshover, ZacharyGroeschen, Maya Gruseck, Jennifer Hester,Tyler Honschopp, Leena Ibrahim, KatelynKappes, Brenna King, Joshua King, RobertKippler, Samantha Koors,

Kelsey Lawhorn, Cambri Lee, LaurenLeeke, Katelyn Long, Virginia Ludwig, OliviaLuehrmann, Elizabeth Lykins, RebeccaLyons, Rachael McMahan, Rachel Meeks,Adam Millson, Brittany Mockbee, WilliamPack, Rooshil Patel, Natalie Petrelli, NicholasPhillips, Samuel Prescott, Michelle Pressly,

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Kelsey Lawhorn, Ashley Lawson, EricaLeach, Cambri Lee, Robert Lee, LaurenLeeke, Katelyn Long, Virginia Ludwig, OliviaLuehrmann, Elizabeth Lykins, RebeccaLyons, Michelle Mathis, Rebecca McCane,Rachael McMahan, Christian McNabb, RachelMeeks, Lindsey Michels, Adam Millson, KaciMitchell, Brittany Mockbee, Alexander Molen,Austin Molen, Michael Morgan, Alecia Morris,Brittany Mullins,

Zachary Neumann, Phuong Nguyen,Jenna Nilles, Morgan Ogle, William Pack,Rooshil Patel, Natalie Petrelli, Kaitlin Phillips,Nicholas Phillips, Brennan Pike, MorganPittman, Samuel Prescott, Trenton Presnell,Michelle Pressly, Maggie Huckaby-Price,Olivia Rankin, Trent Redmon, Travis Renton,Morgan Restaino, Zachary Rieder, SidneyRussell, Katlyn Sams, Kenton Sandfoss, Adri-enne Sandlin, Joseph Schafer, Alyssa Schlot-man, Katherine Schroeder, Joy Schug, Kay-lynn Schwamb, Jessica Sebree, AllisonSetser, James Siler, Cassandra Singleton,Carly Smith, Hagen Smith, Kenneth Smith,Katherine Sturniolo, Yoshiki Sunada,

Ryan Taylor, Elizabeth Terlep, JoshuaThibault, Kayleigh Tully, Darian Van Dusen,Jennifer Walters, Jenna Waymeyer, RobertWeiler, Eric Wells, Sydney Whitaker, LauraWigginton, Lauren Willett, Brittany Willoughby,Jaleesa Worrell, Sidharth Yadav, DanielleYoung, Shelby Young.

COOPER HIGH SCHOOLHONOR ROLL

The Kentucky TransportationCabinet today announced thebeginning of the 2010 Adopt-a-Highway Poster Contest. Studentsfrom across the commonwealthare invited to submit creativeworks for use in the Adopt-a-Highway calendar for 2011.

The contest is aimed at educat-ing and encouraging children notto litter and to spread the message

to others.The entry form with the neces-

sary certificate of authenticity canbe obtained by contacting theKentucky Transportation Cabinet,Office of Public Affairs.

The form also is availableonline at http://adopt-a-high-way.ky.gov/. Click on poster con-test. Entries must be postmarkedby Sept. 30.

Ky. poster contest begins

The path from highschool to postsecondaryeducation will be madeclearer for career and tech-nical education studentswho participate in Close theDeal.

The new program willoffer informational work-shops for students and par-ents at over 50 locationsacross the state.

The sessions will coverissues such as applying tocollege, college costs andusing financial aid andKEES money. Participantswill also learn about theopportunities that are avail-able to students interestedin transferring high schoolcredit to college.

“Making the transitionfrom high school to a post-secondary institution is crit-ical in today’s world, and itis important to understandhow to connect the dots,”said Education and Work-force Development CabinetSecretary Joseph. U.Meyer.”

The goals of the programare to increase knowledgeof education financialoptions including assistancein filling out the Free Appli-cation for Financial StudentAid (FAFSA); increaseawareness about dual credit

and articulation pathways;and increase the number ofstudents enrolling in post-secondary institutions aftergraduation.

Locally, the Close theDeal kick-off event will beheld at noon Tuesday, Aug.31, at Turkey Foot MiddleSchool, 3230 Turkey FootRoad, Edgewood.

The Close the Deal pro-gram is being fundedthrough a grant provided byKentucky CAN! (CollegeAccess Network). The grantis designed to build uponexisting efforts of theKnowHow2Go initiative to

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Here is a look at local girls’ soc-cer teams this season, taken most-ly from coach questionnaires:

BBoooonnee CCoouunnttyy went 13-6-2 lastyear and returns Mike Hughes forhis fourth year as head coach. TheRebels lost to Simon Kenton inovertime in the Ninth Region Tour-nament.

Boone returns nine starters.“I think the overtime loss in the

2009 regional tournament is thespringboard for our team goinginto the 2010 season,” Hughessaid. “We have a loss to avengeand the players are focused onmaking it back to the tournamentand advancing.”

Boone is 2-0 to start the year.Kayla Scott has three goals andAlisha Lee two.

CCoonnnneerr returns Katie Saundersfor her second year as head coach.Conner went 8-8-2.

Returning starters are ChelseaSchulte, Kaycee Dolwick, AlisaMondragon, Kayla Matola, andHannah Pennington.

Top newcomers are Cori Storms,Bellina Fiorelli, and Haley Lan-drum.

Saunders said she has a youngteam with great senior leadership.Seniors are Dolwick, Matola,Schulte, Lauren Leick and JessicaMahoney.

The Cougars are off to a 5-0-1start this season. Storms has threegoals and three other players havetwo. Matola has four assists. Schultehas allowed one goal in six games.

CCooooppeerr went 8-8-1 last year inits second season, and welcomesback head coach Crystal Blanton,who has been at Cooper since theschool’s beginning for the 2008season.

Cooper graduated just one play-er from last year and returnsstarters Michelle Pressly, JennaWaymeyer, Beth Erp, Stephanie

Brandstetter, Brandy Deaton, JenBrandstetter, Rachel King, KelseyGregory, Katie Schroeder, andChelsea Nibert. Waymeyer was thetop scorer last year.

Freshman Emily Conner is thetop newcomer.

Blanton looks for a promisingseason with her veteran team.Cooper is 2-2 so far this year.

RRyyllee is 2-1 after losing to NotreDame 2-0 Aug. 23.

Ryle hosts Scott Aug. 25 andtravels to NewCath Aug. 28.

St. Henry is off to a solid 3-0start, having beaten Assumption,Cooper and Campbell County.

SStt.. HHeennrryy had a landmark yearlast season, going 20-2 and losingto Notre Dame in the “Sweet 16”of the state tournament.

Top senior scorer Abby Janszenhas missed the early part of theseason with an injury, but return-ing sophomore forward Libby Lee-dom has six goals already this sea-son. Sarah Wheeler has three.

WWaallttoonn--VVeerroonnaa looks torebound from a 2-16-2 campaignlast year.

Jason Owens returns for histhird year as head coach.

He returns eight starters, led bysenior Lauren Bennett, juniorLizzie Hoffa and sophomoreKendall Williams. The top new-comer is freshman Shelby Mul-likin.

“We are going to be a muchimproved group this year,” Owenssaid. “We are still young and inex-perienced, but are playing welltogether.”

CCaallvvaarryy CChhrriissttiiaann returns JeffBowers, who has a 104-48-12career record at Calvary, including8-8-1 last year.

Returning starters are Jacque-line McWhorter, Liz Niehaus, AmieRoaden, Brittany Bowers, MyrleShelton, Jenna Wright, and ZaniaCaudill. Roaden and McWhorterare seniors.

Top newcomers are Sarah

Roaden, McKenzie Rusch, andSarah Ham.

Bowers said he has a youngteam with a lot of heart. TheCougars are 1-1-1 so far this yearand start play in the All “A”regionals Aug. 30.

VViillllaa MMaaddoonnnnaa went 12-6-2last year under sixth-year headcoach Steve Ridley.

VMA has a veteran team withreturning starters Clara Califf,Abby Gerst, Lauren Mikhail, CecilyKennedy, Alexis Simpson, KileyStoll, Rachel Bailey, Katie Miller,Kelsi Pickens, Megan Barton andLauren Dumaine.

Top newcomers are AmandaGreenwood, Alex Hengge, MackieStoll and Megan Johnston.

Ridley said overall numbers aredown beyond the returningstarters, meaning younger playerswill have to step up.

VMA is 3-2-1 this year.

Area girls’ soccer teams hit the pitch


Three of Boone County’sfive high school footballteams played their firstgames of the 2010 seasonlast weekend, and all werevictorious.

Under state rules, Boone,Cooper, and many otherNorthern Kentucky teamsopted to play a secondscrimmage game last week-end and will start their offi-cial schedule this weekend.Local teams who won lastweekend will get a byeweek later in the year.

RRyyllee routed CovingtonCatholic 61-7 to start theyear in the Skyline ChiliCrosstown Showdown Aug.20 at the University ofCincinnati.

The Raiders ran the ballat will all night, going formore than 600 yards.

Travis Elliott carried 22times for 268 yards andfour touchdowns. Conner

Hempel carried 12 times for151 yards and a score.Deion Mullens had nine car-ries for 118 yards and twotouchdowns.

Backups scored in thefourth quarter as Jake Nutterhad an interception for ascore and Tanner Pulicescored from 61 yards out ona rush.

Ryle will travel to High-lands 7 p.m. Friday, Aug.27, for the first of two meet-ings with the Bluebirds thisyear. Highlands, three-timedefending Class 5A statechampions, beat Ryle inboth meetings last year –37-14 and 31-14 – on itsway to a 15-0 season.Highlands beat DuPontManual 45-14 last week toopen the year.

CCoonnnneerr also pulled off abig road win Aug. 21 tostart the year, edging Old-ham County 22-20 as partof a daylong series of gamesat South Oldham HighSchool.

Cy Smith, in his first var-sity start under center, com-pleted 14 of 22 passes for174 yards and two touch-downs, both to TaylorMiller. Miller had 134receiving yards.

Jalen Hudson had a TDrush for Conner. Wes Wal-ters had an interception.Camron Fogle had a bigdefensive game with a keyinterception and stopped anOldham County two-pointconversion to keep Connerahead 22-20.

The Cougars make theirhome debut against Scott 7p.m. Friday, Aug. 27. Con-ner beat Scott last year by a40-7 count. Scott finished2-9 in Class 5A last yearand it will be Scott’s 2010season opener.

WWaallttoonn--VVeerroonnaa beat Gal-latin County for the secondstraight year, pulling out a29-28 overtime win on theroad Aug. 20.

When Zach MacAdamsscored on a TD run, the

Bearcats went for the winand senior Andrew Baum-gartner provided it on atwo-point conversion run towin the game.

Baumgartner finishedwith 84 yards on 13 carriesand a touchdown. Juniorrunning back Nolan Brownhad 12 carries for 106 yardsand a touchdown.

Ronnie Nadicksberndalso had a TD rush.

Walton plays 3 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 28, at GrantCounty, going up againstBerea. It’s part of a triplehead-er which also involves W-V’s1A district rival Dayton.

W-V lost 28-20 to Berealast year, as Berea finished6-5 in Class 1A. Berea beatClinton County 8-6 lastweek.

BBoooonnee CCoouunnttyy will openits 2010 season at HenryClay 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27.Henry Clay was 10-3 lastyear and reached the quar-terfinals of the Class 6Astate tournament.

CCooooppeerr begins its 2010year at Johnson Central 7:30p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28.

Johnson Central, a 5A

power, was 8-5 last yearand lost to defending 4Astate champ Boyle County36-29 last week.

Boone County football teams start 3-0

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Ryle High School’s Travis Elliott eludes Covington Catholic High School tacklersDan Gregory, 19, left, and Leo Schaeffer, 33, during their game in the Skyline ChiliCrosstown Showdown played at Univerity of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium Friday.


The St. Henry DistrictHigh School boys’ soccerteam has big goals this year.

One of them comes upearly in the season, prompt-ing Steve Hahn, the fourth-year head coach, to set up achallenging schedule fromday one.

St. Henry’s first week ofthe season consisted ofhome games against Lex-ington Catholic, Highlandsand Trinity. Those contestshelped the Crusaders pre-pare for the All “A” regionaltournament the followingweek. St. Henry was All “A”state runner-up last year.

LexCath was 13th in thepreseason state coachespoll. Trinity was third.

“We have to go fullspeed right away because ofthe All ‘A,’” Hahn said. “Wewant to play at the highestlevel because that’s who wewill play if we go to George-town (for the postseasonstate tournament).”

St. Henry, 19th in the

same state poll, finished 12-5-2 and Ninth Region run-ner-up last year.

St. Henry’s slate is filledwith tough foes, mostnotably defending statechamp St. Xavier on Sept.25.

Ultimately, Hahn wantshis team to be ready for ashot at that same year-end-ing prize in October.

“The guys are steppingup to the challenge,” Hahnsaid. “Everyone’s looking toget better.”

Hahn has eight returningstarters in Kevin Baeten,Jesse Zilio, Andrew Svec,Brenden Murphy, NickSmith, Ryan Janszen, Jere-my Jones, Luc Dehner.Adam Nields, JohnathanRolfsen and Daniel Astudil-lo. The Crusaders have 10seniors overall.

“I have a lot of guys whohave been with me for threeyears now,” Hahn said.“They’ve had great leader-ship. They’re looking for agreat senior year.”

Zilio and Astudillo scoredagainst Highlands in a 2-1

win which lifted St. Henry to1-0-1 after tying LexCath.Zilio, one of the most veter-an seniors, scored late in thecontest. St. Henry then lostto Trinity 2-0 Aug. 21.

St. Henry was set to playGallatin County to start theAll “A” Aug. 25. The Cru-saders’ next home game isAug. 31 against BooneCounty.

St. Henry’ssoccer prepsfor big tourneys

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St. Henry junior Michael Rieger getsset to pass the ball Aug. 19 during SH’s2-1 home win over Highlands.


Here is a look at otherlocal boys’ soccer teams,taken mostly from coachquestionnaires:

BBoooonnee CCoouunnttyy was 9-9-1last year and welcomes innew head coach NathanBrowning.

Boone returns five startersin goalkeeper Alvie Poweleit,defenders Nick Stoller andLandon Mimms, midfielderMauricio Moreno and for-ward Daniel Benjamin.

Top newcomers are mid-fielder Matt Melzer, defenderEvan Valentine, forwardEvan O’Hara and midfielderRian Ait Salih.

Seniors are Mimms,Moreno, Benjamin, Stoller,Poweleit and Jeff Tetteh. Tet-teh is out for the year with abroken leg and the team israllying around him.

“We have a young talent-ed team that works extreme-ly hard to improve andbecome better soccer play-ers,” Browning said. “Theseniors have a lot of experi-ence at the Varsity level andtheir leadership will be a bigfactor in how far this teamgoes into the post season.”

Boone is 1-1-1 so far thisyear. O’Hara, Melzer and Ben-jamin have two goals each.

CCoonnnneerr was 8-7-1 lastyear under Kevin Crone, who

returns for his fourth year ashead coach.

Returning starters areEberardo Perez, Adam Buck,Steven Brashear, and Harri-son Jones. The top newcomeris Jake Fraiture. Crone said hehas a young team.

CCooooppeerr is 0-3 in its secondfull varsity season under newhead coach Steve Richardson.

Cooper plays at BooneCounty Aug. 26 and ConnerAug. 31.

RRyyllee was 15-5-3 last yearand reached the NinthRegion final for the fifthstraight year.

Returning starters are jun-ior defender Rob Poehlmann,junior goalkeeper ChrisFroschauer, sophomore strik-er Tyrus Sciarra (eight goals,12 assists last year), seniorstriker Kyle Sullivan (twogoals, five assists), juniorstopper Nick Pomfrey, andsenior defender Scott Stuck-enschneider.

Other top returning letter-men are Hugo Galan, MattSee, Cole Willoughby, CraigCleveland, Garrett Mead,Brett Uminger and DavidHester.

Top newcomers are JakeSiemer, Connor Jordan andJ.B. Browning.

Head coach StephenCollins said the team hasgreat overall team speed andquickness, and a tough,

hard-nosed defense.Ryle is 2-0 this year

heading into a showdownwith Boone County Aug. 24.Ryle hosts CovingtonCatholic Thursday, Aug. 26.

WWaallttoonn--VVeerroonnaa is 1-2 sofar this season under headcoach Randy Cody.

He returns seniorsRadleigh Wakefield andKoby Dixon.

CCoovviinnggttoonn CCaatthhoolliiccreturns just two starters fromlast year’s state semifinalistwho was 14-7-1 for the year.

The Colonels welcome anew head coach in JasonMott.

“Replacing nine starters isnever easy, but we have avery talented class of seniorssupplemented with a strongcore of underclassmen whoconstantly push each otherin training every day. Theteam is finding better formwith every practice and I amexcited to see the level ofquality that they will demon-strate by the postseason.”

The two returning startersare the two top scorers fromlast year in Evan Talkers andSam Mullen. Top newcomersare Cory Matsko, SeanCooney, Peter Craig and NickWeber.

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The swimmers at the Flo-rence Aquatic Center havegone from new kids on thestarting block to leaguechampions in six years.

The Hammerheads, thename of the center’s youthclub swimming team, wonits first overall championshipin the Northern KentuckySwim League this summer.They won the year-endchampionship meet whichended in late July.

“This is a huge accom-plishment,” said KathySteiber, team president. “Itwas a close meet. We hadpretty significant recordsbroken.”

The Hammerheads start-ed out with 23 swimmers in2004 and had 105 this year.

Steiber said 96 percent ofthe team started out in theFlorence program. Many ofthe swimmers practice thesport outside the summermonths.

“They were encouragedto swim year-round,” Steibersaid. “These kids listened totheir coach and now swimyear-round. This is why our

team became strong.”Their coach is Lisa

Harkrader, who swam as akid for Cherry Hill SwimClub, later competing at theUniversity of Cincinnati. Shecurrently coaches with theNorthern Kentucky Clippersand is the head coach atCooper High School. Thisyear, she was placed on theNKSL Wall of Fame.

“She is so good with thekids, from the lower levels tothe top kids,” Steiber said.“She treats them with somuch respect and encourag-ment and she always cheersthe loudest.”

In the championshipmeet, depth in the girls’ ros-ter was a big key for Flo-

rence. The girls’ team sweptfirst place honors in all eightrelay races. Hanna Gillcrest,Sharli Brady, Sophie Skinnerand Mary Bank all wonthree individual events, andnine different swimmerswon individual events.

Florence won 26 eventsoverall. Here are the teamstandings and all the eventwinners for each BooneCounty club:

This week at Ryle• The Ryle boys’ soccer

team beat MontgomeryCounty 3-0, Aug. 17. Ryle’sChris Froschauer made sixsaves. Ryle’s Hugo Galanscore two goals and ColeWilloughby scored one.

• The girls’ soccer teamshut out Calvary Christian 4-0, Aug. 17. Ryle’s Zembrobtand Kolkmeyer scored onegoal each, and Dugginsscored two goals. Otis madetwo saves and Muenchenmade two saves.

• In girls’ golf, Ryle beatCooper 225-175, Aug. 17.Ryle’s Nadine Innes shot 4over par 39 on the front nineat Lassing point.

On Aug. 18, Ryle girls beatScott 161-229. Ryle’s AlexBruce and Innes sharedmedalist honors, both shoot-ing 2 over par 37 on the frontnine at Kenton County.

This week at St. Henry• The boys’ soccer team

tied with Lexington Catholic1-1, Aug. 17. St. Henry’s Jan-szen scored the goal.

• In girls’ volleyball, St.Henry beat Highlands 25-9,25-13, Aug. 17.

This week at Walton-Verona• Walton-Verona’s boys

golf team beat Owen County,Aug. 17.

• In volleyball, OwenCounty beat Walton-Verona25-17, 25-20, Aug. 17.

This week at BooneThe Boone County girls’

soccer team beat Beechwood6-1, Aug. 18. Boone’s KaylaScott and Alisha Lee scoredtwo goals each and PresleyGillespie and Kaitlin Abdonscored one goal each.

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Mary Bank: Girls 15-18, 100free, 50 free, 50 fly.

Michael Summe: Boys 13-14,50 free.

Kaylee Witkiewicz: Girls 11-12, 50 back, 100 individual med-ley.

Girls 9-10 200 medley relay:Sophie Skinner, Sarah Harkrader,Alison Bomkamp, Sophia Hagen.

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Girls 11-12 200 medley relay:Kaylee Witkiewicz, Bailey Fessler,Katie Clements, Olivia Hagen.

Girls 11-12 200 free relay:Kaylee Witkiewicz, Bailey Fessler,Katie Clements, Olivia Hagen.

Girls 13-14 200 free relay:Hanna Gillcrest, Booke Harkrad-er, Kandis Arlinghaus, SharliBrady.

Girls 13-14 200 medley relay:Kandis Arlinghaus, Hanna Gill-crest, Sharli Brady, BrookeHarkrader.

Girls 15-18 200 medley relay:Ashley Arlinghaus, Taylor Piatt,Mary Bank, Samantha Bossham-mer.

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Editor Nancy Daly | [email protected] | 578-1059 NKY.comVIEWPOINTSVIEWPOINTSAugust 26, 2010

Summer vacation might becoming to a close, but smog sea-son is not. As children return toschool, it is essential to acknowl-edge the continued importance ofair quality in the Greater Cincin-nati area. There are many cleanair practices that can make a dif-ference during the back to schoolseason.

Although back to school isusually associated with autumnmany schools have alreadyreturned to the classroom.Because high temperatures andsmog are creeping further into theearly part of the school year it isessential to maintain clean airpractices.

This year Hamilton CountyEnvironmental Services hasalready issued 19 smog alertswhich is a significant increasefrom last year's three smog alerts.Smog alerts are issued when thereis a high level of ozone or particlepollution, making the airunhealthy. The area included inthe smog alerts involves Boone,Campbell, and Kenton counties inKentucky; and Butler, Clermont,Hamilton, and Warren counties inOhio.

“The increase in smog alerts

reinforces theneed for every-one to take partin clean air prac-tices in the Tris-tate” said OKIBoard Presidentand CampbellCounty JudgeExecutive StevePendery. “Evenas smog seasonnears its endwith schoolbeginning, itremains impor-tant to continue

doing your share for cleaner air soit becomes a daily habit.”

The easiest way for individualsto do their share for clean air ischanging how one travels. Forinstance, walking to schoolinstead of driving can be beneficialfor health as well as the environ-ment. To avoid safety issuesregarding children walking toschool, it is important to ensurethat walking routes are safe. SafeRoutes to School (SRTS) is anational partnership which con-ducts projects aimed at keepingchildren from walking in streets oralong train tracks. SRTS seeks to

create connectivity betweenschools and residential areas andincrease the number of police offi-cers patrolling school areas. Safetyis important and more informationregarding SRTS can be found atwww.saferoutespartnership.org.

Another way to reduce smog iscarpooling with neighbors. Createa carpool with friends and neigh-bors. It is an easy, convenient,money-saving way to get toschool. This is an incredible wayto contribute to cleaner air,because vehicle emissions cause44 percent of the smog produced.

If children are assigned to ridea bus, encourage them to ride it. Afull bus is equivalent to taking 40cars off the road during rush-hourtraffic. Both carpooling and ridingthe bus decrease the number ofcars on the road. Fewer cars onthe road results in less exhaustfumes and less smog.

Any of these modes of trans-portation, will positively affect theair quality in the Tristate. Try andselect one way each week – everylittle bit helps in doing your sharefor cleaner air.

Callie Holtegel is a communicationsitern for the Ohio Kentucky Indiana

Council of Governments.

Reducing smog on way to school

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Last week’s questionTri-County Mall has joined Newport

on the Levee and is now requiringteens to have an adult escort after 4p.m. on weekends. Do you support theidea? Why or why not?

“I think having adult supervi-sion in the malls after a certainhour is a responsible approach tomaking sure that the kids are wellbehaved. It would reduce thecrowding of areas and it also helpspeople feel more comfortablewhen they do not have to worryabout crowds of teens that hangtogether whatever their inten-tions.

‘Having said that, if the child isnot respectful and is disruptive tothe commercial intentions of themalls, having a parent who didnot teach their child to be respect-ful and mind full of others will notprotect people from their badbehaviors because their lack orinability to parent them in the firstplace is why they behave in suchways in the first place.”

C.L.

“I think they are being short-sighted. Teens have more spend-ing money than most adults.Many of our teens are capable ofvisiting the mall, even in a group,and behaving themselves. Wesend mixed messages to our chil-dren. We give them a license at 16

and allow them to work but thentell them they cannot drive to andspend their money at our localmalls. A better plan would be toenforce a code of conduct. Thosewho don’t behave should beasked to leave.”

J.H.

“While these privately ownedmalls have every right to enforcethem, parental escort policies are abad idea. Business-wise, theyrestrict the flow a huge part oftheir consumer-base – i.e. teenshoppers. Not so smart. But, moreimportantly, unilateral rules likethis also forget that ‘teens’ are notall equally mature or immature(and that a lot of adults act less‘grown up’ than some childrendo). Should we really be givingour kids another reason to thinkthat we expect them to get intotrouble? These sorts of policieshurt commerce and underminetrust across generations.”

P.L.

CH@TROOM

Keep out ofimmigration issue

I would like to state that I findit scary that the justices of BooneCounty have enough time to pon-der the support of this defiance ofAmerican federal laws. They aresupposed to be neutral and onlylook to the law for their direction.Standing up for a state that is indefiance of the federal laws is con-trary to what a judge should be.Voicing an opinion on a subjectwhich they have no right to speakout against is contrary to theirmandate. They should not repre-sent the bench if they are going toput their “personal” opinions outthere.

Immigration, problematic ornot, is a federal portfolio and Ithink we have enough on ourhands here to not worry aboutsupporting a measure that doesnot apply to local taxpayers.

Having said that, being a whiteperson who has never knowinglybeen subjected to racial profiling, Ifind it very bold for people whoare not that removed from beingslave owners to even think thatthey could understand the impli-cations of this Arizona law. Shameon you!

Claire LaporteCedarwood Drive

Union

Issue is aboutproperty rights

Thank you to Boone County forleaving negotiations for a regionalsmoking ban. As a non-smoker, Iam annoyed with inconsideratesmokers and the smell of cigarettesmoke. But, I love freedom muchmore. Those in the middle maythink this is about whether youcan smoke in a restaraunt but forthose on both the left and the rightit’s about private property rights.One group wants to destroy themand the other wants to preservethem.

David PaoloBattery Circle

Hebron

Realtors pick uplitter for a cause

Twenty-two Northern Ken-tucky Association of Realtorsmembers recently came togetherfor a great cause. NKAR’SPR/Communications Committeewas approved by Boone CountySolid Waste to clean 5 miles earn-ing $100/mile for their ambitionto help a local fallen soldier’s fam-ily with school supplies and cloth-ing.

“Our Realtors were excited toparticipate in this worthwhileevent,” said Rebecca Trout, presi-dent of the association. “The‘Trash for Cash’ program was avery effective way to help out inour community and show ourgratitude for a fallen soldier’s serv-ice to our country,” she added.

Many items were found suchas plastic and glass bottles, alu-minum cans, fast food cups andcontainers as well as a bicycle andcar tire. The amount of cigarettebutts that were found just tossedalong the side of the road wasastonishing.

Cigarette butts not only show asmoking problem in the communi-ty that affects more than just thesmokers themselves, but alsoshows a disrespect for the beautyand cleanliness of the neighbor-hood.

Participating in this projectreally gave our members a senseof satisfaction, but also mademany of us realize that this wasjust a minuscule fraction of whatis possible. An organized cigarettebutt cleanup is necessary.

One member voiced that ayouth trash management programacross the county would be agreat way to help clean up thecommunity while learning goodenvironmental habits and teach-ing leadership. The NKAR partici-pants were rewarded with a pizzaluncheon following the cleanup inappreciation for all their hardwork.

Becky YungbluthAdena TrailPetersburg

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Here in Rabbit Hash, our clos-est neighbor isn’t Belleview orEast Bend. It’s Rising Sun. Theonly difference between thisneighbor and the others is the factthat it is in another state. And thestate line is the Ohio River.

Back in 1792, when Kentuckywas added as the 15th state in theunion, its boundary was deter-mined to be the “low water markon the northerly side.” At thistime, Kentucky was a separatecounty of Virginia and thenortherly side of the Ohio was stillthe Northwest Territory; the sameland that the Virginia Resolutionof 1781 ceded to the United Statesin 1784.

Since all the land on both sideswas originally owned by Virginia,the low water mark boundary forKentucky had no bearing what-so-ever on the rightful ownershipor control of the river. And therewas never any need to challengethat boundary. The Common-wealth of Virginia could traceclaim of title and possession allthe way back to the 1609 charterof King James I to the LondonCompany.

Even after Ohio became a statein 1803, and Indiana in 1816, theboundary between them and Ken-tucky remained the low watermark of the Ohio on the opposite

shore. As theOhio Riverbecame moreimportant to theeconomics andcommerce of thestates, control ofthe river regular-ly became anissue. Time andagain, “the lowwater mark onthe oppositeshore” wasupheld as thelegal boundary.

Even after the improvements fornavigation of the Ohio Riverraised the water levels by the con-struction of a series of woodenwicket dams between 1885 and1929, and again even higher withthe modern lock and dam system,the legal boundary remains thelow water mark of 1792 instead ofthe middle of the river as demand-ed in recurring Supreme Courtcases.

This is the reason why river-boat gambling was permitted inIndiana. The law required that theriverboat be under way while thegambling occurred, and gamblingwas against the law in Kentuckyand on Kentucky waters. But the1792 low water mark boundary ofKentucky allowed Indiana boats

just enough water to pull awayfrom shore and operate within thelaw.

Back before the navigationalimprovements came along, cross-ing the river was little more thancrossing the street. John boats andferry boats were plentiful. As amatter of fact, in the dry times ofsummer and the frozen months ofwinter, a person would simplywalk across or drive a horse andwagon. People from Rabbit Hashattended church and school in Ris-ing Sun. They conducted theirbusiness and trading in RisingSun. Many were born there, doc-tored there, and eventually buriedthere. Their newspapers knew nostate boundaries either. We wereessentially one community.

As is the general rule, in orderto gain something, something elseis sacrificed. So by gaining year-round navigability of the OhioRiver, Rabbit Hash and Rising Sunwound up in two different states.

The Boone County HistoricPreservation Review Board meets at 5

p.m. the second Thursday of everymonth. Meetings are open to the

public. For more information abouthistoric preservation in Boone County,contact the review board at 859-334-

2111 or [email protected] review board is online atwww.boonecountyky.org/pc.

Ky./Indiana: Like a goodneighbor – state line is there

Don ClareCommunity

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Next question:What do you think about

Kentucky Speedway getting aNASCAR Sprint Cup event for 2011?Do you plan to attend?

Send your response [email protected] with “chatroom” in thesubject line.

4-H lambsWarren Beeler of theKentucky Department ofAgriculture inspects a lambheld by Samantha Kunkel ofUnion during the Aug. 2 4-Hsheep show at the BooneCounty 4-H & Utopia Fair.

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By Patricia A. ScheyerCommunity Recorder Contributor

Florence Mayor DianeEwing Whalen recently tooka weekend to walk downmemory lane with ninefriends who went to schoolwith her.

Janet Hines Hughes,Debbie Biehler Poe, ToniTownson Sullivan, VickiWare Vaughn, LynnetteGoley Appel, Jennifer AngelOppenheimer, Terry WebsterSpreher, Vanessa Kirby Wil-son, and Debbie HughesMcCarty, most of whom stilllive in the area, joinedWhalen for a few days.

Some of the friendshipsbegan in second grade atFlorence Elementary, butmany of the girls jelled asfast friends at OckermanMiddle School, and morejoined the fold at BooneCounty High School.

This year was special; all10 reunited in a few whirl-wind days of touring theirold schools and stompinggrounds, and touching basewith each other.

“Mr. Hedrick, in middleschool English, dubbedeight of us the ‘CrazyEights’ and in high schoolwe kind of kept the nameand added more people,”

said Poe.The giggling, joking and

remembering picked upagain like they had neverbeen apart.

This popular group offriends didn’t all have thesame classes or interests,but they used to draw confi-dence and happiness fromeach others’ company, andthey still do.

“Everybody likes eachother,” Vaughn said simply.She traveled from California.

“The bond of friendshipis eternal, “ said Appel.“We’re like sisters – it’salmost unconditional.”

Spreher came fromAtlanta.

“They are all innerstrength for me,” she said.“Just to know you can callthem and they’re there foryou is very important.”

Friendship is the inde-scribable deliciousness ofhaving someone whoknows all about you, likesyou anyway, and can laughabout memories you share.The ladies of Florence did alot of laughing and remem-bering.

“There’s no judgmentwith us,” Whalen summedup. “It’s genuine love andcaring – a great support sys-tem.”

Whalen, nine friends hold reunion

PATRICIA A. SCHEYER/CONTRIBUTOR

Florence Mayor Diane Whalen and nine of her closest friends get ready to ride abus over to Cincinnati.

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K e n t u c k yHorse Park in Lexing-ton on Sept. 25, it willmark the first time theGames have been heldoutside of Europesince their inception in1990. The Games willserve as the world championships for eight separateequestrian disciplines, and 62 countries will be repre-sented in the events.

“There’s definitely a sense of pride to know thatpeople from all over the world will be here in Ken-tucky,” said Kristin Bednarski, a public relationsassistant for the 2010 Alltech FEI World EquestrianGames. “This is going to be huge, not just for thecity, but for the entire state.”

The Games are expected to draw more than400,000 people over the 16-day event, which will offer not

only the competitions, but also a trade show and family-friendly EquineVillage. The village will include hand-on activities, demonstrations and a Kid Zone,

complete with a pony petting area, mechanical cutting horse and even an old stagecoach. Therewill also be a special “Kentucky Experience,” where guests can sample bourbon, enjoy Bluegrass music,and learn about other unique aspects ofKentucky culture andtourism.

John Long, CEOof the United EquestrianFoundation, said theGames are sure toattract a wide rangeof people, eventhose who aren’tfamiliar with equinecompetitions.

“It’s kind of likepeople who don’twatch footballenjoying the SuperBowl – the enormityof the event ispart of whatmakes it fun,”he said.

As the publicrelations coordi-nator for theGames, LouiseBowden agrees.She also saidthat for peopleoutside of theequine industry,it’s easy tounderest imatethe significanceand magnitudeof the Games.After all, noteveryone knowswhat para-dres-sage is or how toscore reining,and they maynot be able toappreciate a great driving performance.

However, to the competitors, she said these Gamesare everything. And if people are going to see an eventfor the first time, why not watch the absolute best?

“This is the pinnacle of competition for these ath-letes – it’s like their World Cup,” she said. “This is asbig as it gets for the athletes, and that’s what makesthis so compelling to watch.”

Bowden said that preparing for the Games has beenhard work, as temporary buildings, stadiums andstructures are being constructed all over the 1,200-acre Horse Park in anticipation of the crowds. All ofthe horses for the Games, a number that could be closeto 800, will be stabled at the Horse Park, and there areexpected to be close to 6,000 volunteers on handthroughout the games to help with various events.

“It’s been a lot of work to get ready, and it’s prettyhectic right now as it’s getting closer,” she said. “Butit’s also a lot of fun just to be a part of this.”

Guests can purchase general admission tickets for$25 to have access to the Horse Park grounds, EquineVillage, trade show and Kentucky Experience, whiletickets to each of the competitions are extra, withprices ranging from $25 to $140 depending on theevent.

A full schedule of events and prices, as well asdirections and lodging information, is available atwww.alltechfeigames.com.

“In terms of the number of visitors and the rev-enue generated, this is going to be a historic event forthe state,” said Long. “The excitement is growing, andwe just can’t wait for the Games to start.”

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EDUCATIONThe Elements of Photoshop, 7 p.m., Boone

County Main Library, 1786 Burlington Pike,Advanced - master more complex tech-niques. Local photographer Bob Ihrig unlockspossibilities of using Photoshop Elements 8.0to enhance your photography. Free. Present-ed by Boone County Public Library. 859-342-2665. Burlington.

EXERCISE CLASSESYoga, 6 p.m., Scheben Branch Library, 8899

U.S. 42, All skill levels. With Karen Landrum.Basic/beginner yoga practice offers holisticapproach to maintaining healthy weight withincreased flexibility, more stamina and leanmuscle. Bring yoga mat and small hand-heldor wrist weights. $25 per month. Presentedby Boone County Public Library. 859-342-2665. Union.

FARMERS MARKETMcGlasson’s Fruit & Vegetable Farm, 9

a.m.-6 p.m., McGlasson’s Fruit & VegetableFarm, 5832 River Road. 859-689-5229;www.mcglassonfarms.com. Hebron.

Boone County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-6p.m., Boone County Farmers Market, Ky. 18and Camp Ernst Road. Presented by BooneCounty Cooperative Extension Service. 859-586-6101. Burlington.

MUSIC - CONCERTSJeff Daniels, 8 p.m., Southgate House, 24 E.

Third St., Doors open 7 p.m. $20, $16advance. 859-431-2201;www.ticketweb.com. Newport.

SPORTSFlorence Freedom Baseball, 7:05 p.m. vs.

Gateway Griz-zlies, Champi-on WindowField, 7950Freedom Way,WEBN “ThirstyThursday” fea-turing MillerLite draftbeers or Pepsifountain drinks for $1. Dying To Get In Night:Includes a funeral giveaway. VIP includeswait service. Lawn available on game dayonly. Fans must show a lawn chair or blanketat time of purchase. $10-$12 VIP, $9, $7lawn. Presented by Florence Freedom Pro-fessional Baseball. 859-594-4487; www.flo-rencefreedom.com. Florence.

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a.m.-6 p.m., McGlasson’s Fruit & VegetableFarm, 859-689-5229; www.mcglasson-farms.com. Hebron.

Boone County Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-6p.m., Boone County Farmers Market, 859-586-6101. Burlington.

Boone County Farmers Market FlorenceSatellite, 2-6 p.m., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, Locally grown and producedfood items. Presented by Boone CountyCooperative Extension Service. 859-342-2665; www.boonecountyfarmersmarket.org.Florence.

MUSIC - BLUEGRASSBluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Willis Music Store,

7567 Mall Road, All ages and skill levelswelcome. Family friendly. Free. Presented byWillis Music. 859-525-6050. Florence.

One Iota, 7 p.m., Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library. 859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

MUSIC - BLUESRicky Nye, 7:30-11:30 p.m., Chez Nora, 530

Main St., Free. 859-491-8027. Covington.

MUSIC - CLASSIC ROCKEmbarrass the Children, 7-10 p.m., Vintage

Wine Bar - Kitchen - Market, 2141 NorthBend Road, Covers from the 1960s to today.Free. 859-689-9463; www.thevin-tagewinebar.com. Hebron.

Terry and the Rockets, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., River-side Marina Bar and Grill, 145 Mary InglesHighway (Ky. 8), Free. Presented by RiversideMarina. 859-442-8111; www.RiversideMari-naKY.com. Dayton.

MUSIC - CONCERTS7 Bridges - The Ultimate Eagles Concert,

9 p.m., Madison Theater, 730 Madison Ave.,Doors open 8 p.m. Six-member tribute band.$10. 859-491-2444; www.madisonthe-ateronline.com. Covington.

MUSIC - COUNTRYWhiskey Creek, 10 p.m., Peecox II, 12200

Madison Pike, 859-356-1440;www.peecox.com. Independence.

RECREATIONFamily Horseback Rides, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,

First Farm Inn, $60-$65 per person. Reser-vations required. 859-586-0199. Peters-burg.


River City Rascals, Champion Window Field,Fireworks after the game. $10-$12 VIP, $9,$7 lawn. 859-594-4487; www.florencefree-dom.com. Florence.

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CIVICComputer Recycling, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Ken-

tucky eScrap, 7430 Industrial Road, Comput-er and electronics recycling. Anything withpower cord. If it plugs in or consumes power,it can be recycled. Computers, keyboards,mice, cables/wires, LCD monitors, networkequipment, office equipment, audio equip-ment, telephones, cell phones, power sup-plies, circuit boards, ink and toner cartridgesand more. 859-292-8696;www.KYescrap.com. Florence.




HISTORIC SITESDinsmore Homestead, 1-5 p.m., Dinsmore

Homestead, 5656 Burlington Pike, 1842farmhouse and furnishings of the Dinsmorefamily. Tours begin on the hour; the last tourbegins at 4 p.m. Includes gift shop. $5, $3ages 60 and up, $2 ages 7-17, membersand ages 6 and under free. 859-586-6117;www.dinsmorefarm.org. Burlington.

MUSIC - ACOUSTICKristen Key, 7-10 p.m., Vintage Wine Bar -

Kitchen - Market, 2141 North Bend Road,Free. 859-689-9463; www.thevin-tagewinebar.com. Hebron.

MUSIC - BLUESSurf & Blues Winterfest, 6 p.m.-1 a.m.,

Mahogany’s Coffee House and Bar, 3715Winston Ave., Music by the Maladroits, theAmpFibians, the Surfer Tiki Bandits and theSouthgate Boys. Includes beach drink spe-cials. Dinner available 6 p.m. Family friendly.859-261-1029. Latonia.

MUSIC - R&BZack and the Boys, 7 p.m., The Waterfront,

859-581-1414. Covington.

MUSIC - RELIGIOUSMatthew Smith and Indelible Grace, 7

p.m., Leapin Lizard Gallery, 726 Main St.,Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Smith is an EastNashville singer-songwriter. $10, $7advance. 859-581-2728;www.cincyticket.com. Covington.

MUSIC - ROCKJack Squat, 10 p.m., Peecox, 635 Donaldson

Highway, 859-342-7000; www.peecox.com.Erlanger.

Mad Anthony CD Release Party, 9 p.m.,Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., WholeHouse. Doors open 8 p.m. With Banderas,Knife the Symphony, the Frankl Project, theHarlequins, the Dukes, Max & Sara (Alone At3am), Junebaby (Margaret from the SeedySeeds) and the Host (acoustic). $8 ages 18-20, $5 ages 21 and up. 859-431-2201;www.southgatehouse.com. Newport.

Jack Trigger, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Dollar Bill Tavern,8074 U.S. 42, 859-746-3600; www.dollar-billtavern.com. Florence.

ON STAGE - THEATERBig River: The Adventures of Huckleberry

Finn, 7:30 p.m., Carnegie Visual and Per-forming Arts Center, Sign-language interpret-ed and closed-captioned. $26; $23 Carnegie,Enjoy The Arts and WVXU members; $21with groups of 10 or more; $19 students.859-957-1940; www.thecarnegie.com. Cov-ington.


First Farm Inn, $60-$65 per person. Reserva-tions required. 859-586-0199. Petersburg.

RELIGIOUS - COMMUNITYCo-Ed Golf Outing, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Boone Links

Golf Course, 19 Clubhouse Dr., Includesround of golf, cart and dinner for $75. Hole

Prizes avail-able and Mul-ligans avail-able for pur-chase. Bene-fits FlorenceChristianChurch spe-cial projects.$75. Reserva-tions required.Presented by

Florence Christian Church. 859-468-1522;859-647-6110; www.florencechristian.org.Florence.

SHOPPINGShop Til You Rock, 1-6 p.m., Florence Mall,

2028 Mall Road, Music-inspired mall tourinvites teens to experience ultimate rock startreatment with live music, games, prizes anddeals. Music by All Out Best, $4. 859-371-1231; www.shoptilyourock.com. Florence.


River City Rascals, Champion Window Field,Post Game Band: 24/7. $10-$12 VIP, $9, $7lawn. 859-594-4487; www.florencefree-dom.com. Florence.

Absolute Action MMA Takeover, 7:30 p.m.,Turfway Park, 7500 Turfway Road, Mixedmartial arts cage fighting. Outdoors,inclement weather moves indoors. $50 tableseating, $35 VIP, $25. Presented by AbsoluteAction MMA. 859-803-3100;www.aamma.net. Florence.

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HISTORIC SITESDinsmore Homestead, 1-5 p.m., Dinsmore

Homestead, $5, $3 ages 60 and up, $2ages 7-17, members and ages 6 and underfree. 859-586-6117;www.dinsmorefarm.org. Burlington.

LITERARY - LIBRARIESLive @ the Library, 2 p.m., Florence Branch

Library, 7425 U.S. 42, Music by Upriver.Free. 859-342-2665. Florence.

ON STAGE - THEATERBig River: The Adventures of Huckleberry

Finn, 3 p.m., Carnegie Visual and Perform-ing Arts Center, $26; $23 Carnegie, EnjoyThe Arts and WVXU members; $21 withgroups of 10 or more; $19 students. 859-957-1940; www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.


River City Rascals, Champion Window Field,Fan Appreciation Night: Giveaways. FamilyFun Sunday: Autographs, running the basesand a pre-game parade for kids. $10-$12VIP, $9, $7 lawn. 859-594-4487; www.flo-rencefreedom.com. Florence.

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EDUCATIONWhen the IRS Comes a Calling, 1 p.m.,

Boone County Cooperative Extension Service,6028 Camp Ernst Road, Discussion on let-ters, notices and other correspondence sentby the IRS. Learn about collection optionsincluding payment plans and Offers in Com-promise. Find out what options you havewhen you don’t agree with the IRS. Ages 21and up. Free. Registration required. 859-586-6101; www.ca.uky.edu/boone.Burlington.

EXERCISE CLASSESYoga, 6:30 p.m., Boone County Main Library,

1786 Burlington Pike, Bring mat. $25 permonth. Registration required. Presented byBoone County Public Library. 859-342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Burlington.




LITERARY - LIBRARIESWriters Group, 7 p.m., Boone County Main

Library, 1786 Burlington Pike, Join local writ-ing enthusiasts. Share work, and get feed-back. Ages 18 and up. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

MUSIC - CONCERTSHoots and Hellmouth, 9 p.m., Southgate

House, 24 E. Third St., Doors open at 8 p.m.$10, $8 advance. 859-431-2201;www.ticketweb.com. Newport.

Adam Lambert, 8 p.m., Madison Theater, 730Madison Ave., Standing only on main floor.Doors open 7 p.m. $33. Tickets sold onlineonly. Presented by AEG Live. 859-491-2444;www.aeglive.com. Covington.

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a.m.-6 p.m., McGlasson’s Fruit & Veg-etable Farm, 859-689-5229; www.mcglasson-farms.com. Hebron.Boone County Farm-

ers Market, 9 a.m.-6p.m., Boone County Farmers Mar-ket, 859-586-6101. Burlington.

LITERARY -LIBRARIESJane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, 7 p.m., Wal-

ton Branch Library, 21 S. Main St., Discus-sion of Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece. Free.Registration required. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 859-342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Walton.

MUSEUMSCentennials: The City of Fort Mitchell, Boy

Scouts of America and Devou Park, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7; $6 ages 60 and up; $4 ages 3-17; freeto members. 859-491-4003; www.bcmuse-um.org. Covington.


First Farm Inn, $60-$65 per person. Reser-vations required. 859-586-0199. Peters-burg.

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CLUBS &ORGANIZATIONSBoone County Jaycees Meeting, 7-8:30

p.m., Florence Government Center, 8100Ewing Blvd., Information on ways for peopleages 20-40 to get involved in the communitywhile meeting new friends. Free. Presentedby Boone County Jaycees. 859-750-9445.Florence.




HISTORIC SITESRailway Museum of Greater Cincinnati,

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Railway Museum of GreaterCincinnati, $4, $2 ages 10 and under. 513-574-7672; www.cincirailmuseum.org. Cov-ington.

Dinsmore Homestead, 1-5 p.m., DinsmoreHomestead, $5, $3 ages 60 and up, $2ages 7-17, members and ages 6 and underfree. 859-586-6117;www.dinsmorefarm.org. Burlington.

Campbell County Log Cabin Museum, 10a.m., Campbell County Log Cabin Museum,Free, donations requested. 859-466-0638.Alexandria.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

PROVIDED

The Farmers’ Fair, a day-long street fair and farmers market celebrating local food culture, is 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday,Aug. 28, at the Roebling Point Entertainment District, Court Street and Park Place, Covington. Keynote speaker is actor EdBegley Jr. at 1:30 p.m., with a book signing following. There will be music by Comet Bluegrass Allstars, a petting farm, facepainting and educational children’s activities. The event benefits the Central Ohio River Valley Food Guide, Slow FoodCincinnati, Ohio Valley Foodshed and Future Farmers of America Northern Kentucky Chapter. Visit www.farmersfair.org.Pictured is a booth at last year’s fair.

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Deadline is two weeks before publication date. To find morecalendar events, go to “www.NKY.com” and choose from a menu ofitems in the Entertainment section on the main page.

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The American Idol Live! Tour 2010, featuring season nine top 10 contestants, including winner Lee DeWyze and runner-upCrystal Bowersox, comes to Riverbend Music Center at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30. Tickets are $26, $50.50, $70.50 and fora lawn four-pack, $79. For tickets, visit www.Riverbend.org or call 800-745-3000. Also pictured, and performing at theconcert, are: Didi Benami, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Siobhan Magnus, Katie Stevens andTim Urban.

J. P. BALL, CARTE DE VISITE, 1867.

Work by James Presley “J.P.” Ball, a 19th century African-American photographerand abolitionist, who lived in Cincinnati, is on display at the Cincinnati MuseumCenter through October. The 900-square-foot free exhibit, “An American Journey:The Life and Photography of James Presley Ball,” features 60 original images offamous figures such as Frederick Douglass, pictured. Visitwww.cincymuseum.org or call 513-287-7000.

“The eternal silence ofthese infinite spaces terrifiesme.” So stated Blaise Pas-cal, famed philosopher, sci-entist, mathematician andwriter about the vastness ofthe universe.

Notice it was not thesheer size of “these infinitespaces” that amazed him. Itwas their silence that terri-fied him.

The gaping stillness of anight sky can remind us ofour human solitude. For somany, noise and busynessare familiar; solitude andsilence frighten us.

Theologian NicholasLash writes, “I have a sus-picion that one reason whysome scientists seem sokeen to suppose that some-where, in some vastly dis-tant region, there must bethat which we could recog-nize as ‘living,’ and ascapable of communicatingwith us … Meeting themwould give us company anddiminish our terrifying iso-lation.”

He could have a point.Our fear of silence and soli-tude is confirmed when werecall how even earlyGreeks and Romans popu-lated the distant skies withspirits, deities and astrologi-cal animals.

Horoscope readers todayfind solace in the belief thatthe stars and planets arereally entities concernedabout us and our fate.

Why do we dislikesilence so much?

One reason is we fearlooking at all that is withinus. We’re masters at avoid-ing confrontation with who

we really are and what’sgoing on in our depths.

True, our advances intechnology can be extreme-ly helpful in conversingwith another and transact-ing our businesses.

But at other times tech-nology is like the Trojanhorse that delivered a hid-den enemy within thecamp.

Technology has alreadygiven us multiple ways toavoid silence: radio, TV,computers, cell phones,internet, games, e-mails,text-messaging, etc.

We can go to bed withmusic or TV and awake tothe same. Want to avoidsilence? There’s an app forthat.

An old paradoxical say-ing claims that the cure forloneliness is solitude. Forwhen we have conqueredsolitude’s fear, we discoverwe are not alone.

Bringing a temporaryhalt to our hurrying anddoing permits us to tap intoour conversations with our-selves within.

Dr. James Hollis notes,“The chief pathology of ourtime is the capacity of theworld to distract us fromthis conversation.”

Psychological observa-tions have proven that thethree places we can come to

know ourselves the best aremarriage, psychotherapyand silence.

Our first tries at bringingmore silence into our livescan be agitating. Webecome anxious, feelingweird at doing this, andchecking the time to seewhen our time is up so wecan get on to better things.

Actually, we have to gothrough the frighteningsilence to come to the elo-quent silence. After workingour way through the scarypart of silence, we come toan inner place where thequality of the silencechanges. In this morepeaceful place we are most-ly with our self, and withGod.

This apparently emptyspace of silence is actuallyindescribably full. Then it isthat we discover that elo-quent silence is not anabsence, but a presence; notboring but refreshing; notstressful but serene.

Author Pico Iyerdescribes this serenity foundin silence: “Eloquent silenceis that enchanted placewhere space is cleared, timesubsides, and the horizonexpands.

“In silence, we often say,we can hear ourselvesthink; but what is truer tosay is that in silence we can

hear ourselves not think,and so sink below ourselves into a place far deep-er than mere thoughtallows. In silence, we mightbetter say, we can hearsomeone else think.”

As the heat and humidi-ty moderate in late summerand autumn, nature calls us

more insistently to comeaway for awhile fromexpressways, malls andcrowds – and like the greathost that she is – invites usto revel in her silence.

Father Lou Guntzelman is aCatholic priest of the

Archdiocese of Cincinnati.Contact him at columns@

communitypress.comor P.O. Box

428541,Cincinnati,

OH 45242.

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Silence frightens but has so much to sayTThhee ggaappiinngg ssttiillllnneessss of a night sky can remindus of our human solitude. For so many, noise

and busyness are familiar; solitude and silencefrighten us.

Motion Computing, aprovider of integratedmobile computing solutions,says that The Whole ChildPediatrics, P.S.C. is usingMotion C5 Mobile ClinicalAssistants.

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There are certain soupsthat transcend trendy andbecome real heirloomfavorites.

The soup recipes I’m shar-ing today fit those criteria.They are the ones that aremy most popular.

Now I know it may be toohot to make them now, buttuck these jewels away –autumn isn’t far away!

Tony Palazzolo’s versionof Frisch’s vegetablesoup

“A result of over a dozenattempts, and I think it isvery close to Frisch’s,” wroteTony, an Anderson Townshipreader.

The last time I made this, Iused about a pound of frozen

mixed vegetables for thepeas, corn, beans and limabeans.

I also omitted the freshcarrots, since carrots wereincluded in the frozen mixedvegetables. I used quickcooking barley and brownrice, as well.

4 tablespoons vegetable oil1 cup onion, diced1⁄2 cup each diced: carrots,

celery1⁄2 cup each frozen vegeta-

bles: peas, corn, cut greenbeans, baby lima beans (canuse canned baby limas)

1 can, 14.5 oz, dicedtomatoes with juice

2 quarts beef broth1 quart water1⁄2 teaspoon each thyme,

garlic powder

3⁄4 teaspoon black pepper1 cup potato, diced1⁄4 cup pearl barley1⁄4 cup long grain riceSalt to taste

In a large soup pot, sautéonion, carrot, and celery untilonion is soft but notbrowned, about 10 minutes.Add rest of ingredients exceptpotato, rice and barley.

Bring to boil and lower tosimmer partially covered for30 to 45 minutes.

Add potato, rice and bar-ley, bring back to boil, lowerto simmer, partially covered,for another 30 minutes oruntil potato, rice and barleyare done. Add salt and pep-per.

Rita’s 30-minute

vegetable soupOne of my most requested

recipes, this is a favorite withkids and adults.

Also, throw in any strayvegetables lurking in thefridge. Ditto with extracooked pasta or rice.

And if your family doesn’tlike spicy soup, use regularcanned diced tomatoes. Passplenty of cheddar or Parme-san.

l pound lean ground beef:sirloin or ground round

1 generous cup choppedonion

1 teaspoon garlic1 jar, 20-30 oz. chunky

garden style pasta sauce2 cans beef brothWater to taste (start with

1 soup can of water and gofrom there)

1 can, 10 oz., choppedtomatoes and chilies

1 pound or so frozenmixed vegetables, thawed ifyou have time

Several handfuls anyfresh greens (opt.)

Cheddar or Parmesan forgarnish

Sauté meat, onion andgarlic together in large stock-

pot. “Sauté” simply meansbrowning the meat with theonion and garlic. Drain anyfat.

Now add everything elsebut the greens. If you havethe 30 oz. jar of pasta sauce,add almost all but taste beforeadding the rest.

Bring to a boil and let sim-mer for 20 minutes or untilveggies are tender.

Toss in greens and cookuntil just wilted, about aminute more.

Amy Tobin’s Italianwedding soup

Amy is a friend and col-league who is well known forher creative entertainingskills. This soup is so good.

4 cups escarole, cleanedand cut crosswise into 1-inchstrips

11⁄2 large carrots, chopped12 cups chicken stock4 ounces ditalini or tubet-

ti, or other small pastaFreshly grated ParmesanMeatballs*1⁄2 pound ground veal or

beef1⁄2 cup plain breadcrumbs1⁄2 cup freshly grated

Parmesan cheese

1⁄4 cupg r a t e donion

1 largeegg

1⁄2 tea-spoon salt

Freshlyground pepper, to taste

Combine the escarole, car-rots, and stock in a large pot.Bring to a simmer and cookuntil the escarole is almosttender, about 30 minutes.

*To make the meatballs:Combine ground meat,breadcrumbs, cheese, onion,egg, salt and pepper. Shapeinto tiny balls, less than 1inch in diameter.

When the escarole isalmost tender, stir in thepasta and return the soup tothe simmer.

Drop the meatballs intothe soup. Cook over lowheat, stirring gently, until themeatballs and pasta arecooked, about 20 minutes.

Taste for seasoning. Servehot with cheese.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and author. E-

mail [email protected] with “Rita’s kitchen” in

the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

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The Northern KentuckyArea Development District(NKADD) has namedRobert Hudson, a memberof Frost Brown Todd’s Flo-rence office, the 2010 recip-ient for theCommunityLeadershipAward.

T h eN K A D Dpresents thishonor annu-ally to ani n d i v i d u a lwhose career has includeddistinguished service inbusiness, civic and commu-nity affairs.

Hudson’s leadership hasfocused primarily on help-ing to improve the businessclimate in Northern Ken-tucky/Greater Cincinnati,working with professionalsand a wide spectrum ofbusiness-related organiza-tions.

Hudson has served in avariety of capacities for theNorthern Kentucky Cham-ber of Commerce, includinghis recent role as the chair-man of the board (2008-2009).

During his time as chair-man, he helped lead theorganization and restructureportions of it during therecession.

Hudson will chair theChamber’s Political Involve-

ment Committee, which isinitiating Northern Ken-tucky’s first broad-basedbusiness Political ActionCommittee, referred to asthe Northern KentuckyBusiness PAC.

After serving as the Cov-ington Business Council’s(CBC) advocacy chair andon the executive committee,Hudson served as its presi-dent in 2008.

In addition to these roles,Hudson’s involvementincludes: President of theUniversity of KentuckyAlumni Association- Cincin-nati; Northern KentuckyHuman Resource Associa-tion president; University ofKentucky National AlumniAssociation director; presi-dent of Be-Concerned; Tri-Ed director; WorkforceDevelopment Collaborativevice-president; IndustrialRelations Research associa-tion director; and CovingtonE-zone director.

Hudson is a member ofFrost Brown Todd’s Laborand Employment practicegroup.

Duff hiredExit Real-

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Licensed for eight years,Duff specializes in rehab-bing, REO and relocationservices.

He lives in Kentuckywith his wife and children.

Austin hiredTonya J. Austin has

joined Frost Brown Todd asan associate in the firm’sFlorence office.

As part of the firm’sBusiness Litigation PracticeGroup, Austin will assistclients with general litiga-tion matters as well asbanking, commercial andbankruptcy matters.

Prior to joining the firm,Austin was an associatewith Greenebaum, Doll &MacDonald PLLC’s Coving-ton office.

She is a graduate of theUniversity of Dayton Schoolof Law, where she receivedher J.D.

Austin also completed aclerkship under the Honor-able C. Lynwood Smith,U.S. District Court, NorthernDistrict of Alabama.

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The long-term success ofthe education, health andfood relief projects launchedby Ed Colina in Kenya is inthe hands of the local Maa-sai. Actually putting thefuture in their hands is thechallenge faced by his chari-table foundation.

“Our sustainability projectis one of the most importantprojects we have now,” saidColina, who left a position asprincipal at Immaculate

Heart of Mary School inBurlington three years ago toengage in outreach work inKenya.

“We have to find a wayto keep things going after themoney is gone, after we aregone.”

Colina presented anupdate on projects in Kenyain which he is involved tothe Florence Rotary Club onAug. 16. His work has beensupported largely by grants

and donations. Among thecontributions last year was a$10,000 donation from theFlorence Rotarians.

That donation provided asustainable source of cleanwater for schools in Maasaivillages outside of Nairobi,Kenya. Colina’s team pur-chased a large water tankand installed a gutter systemon a small school building tocollect rainwater. The fund-ing also contributed to anadult education project,youth days, medications andimmunizations for womenand children and uniforms,and meals for children at theschool.

“We gave students newuniforms and they worethem home,” Colina said.“They rarely get anythingnew.”

Food relief during thedrought in Kenya enabledColina and others to gain thetrust and support of theMaasai, one of 42 tribes inthe country. However, food

relief is expensive because ofshipping costs. Colina andthe local groups with whichhe works provided 270,000meals to needy people, but itcost $10,000 to ship thefood to the villages.

Colina created Journey:The Ed Colina Foundation in2008 to help improve thelives of men and women inthe Nairobi area and to pro-vide a mechanism to buildsustainability. The Maasaitypically do not own theirown land, and they live inhuts made of mud and cowdung. They cannot surviveon meager corn and beancrops alone.

Colina’s foundation aimsto help them develop themeans to pay for the projectsthemselves. For example,Colina created a cooperativeunder the direction of localleaders to market the elabo-rate beadwork of the Maasaiwomen. Their necklaces,earrings and sandals noware on sale at a resort hoteloutside Nairobi.

Colina, who was namedthe 2007 Citizen of the Yearby the Florence Rotary Club,also started a “Goats NotFees” project. The founda-tion has used donations topay schools fees for stu-dents. This project will usedonations to provide seedmoney for the purchase ofgoats for Maasai families,enabling them to exchangemilk or young goats forschool fees. The foundation’sgoat herd has grown toabout 80 goats. The founda-tion also purchased chickensfor a cooperative assistingwidows of the Kamba tribe.

Teaching women how touse these resources wisely is“one of the programs ofwhich I am most proud,”Colina said. On the onehand, the foundation con-ducts classes in English,Swahili and mathematics aswell as personal hygiene andAIDS awareness. On theother hand, the women learnhow to read bus signs andsell mike – sustainabilityskills.

The Ed Colina Foundationcurrently works with fourschools, two of which Colinahelped to start. The founda-tion supports two preschools(with feeding programs), anacademy for preschoolthrough fourth grade in aslum near the area in whichhe lives, and a small schoolin another slum in whichmore than 1 million peoplelive on one square mile ofland.

Colina’s next big project isconstruction of an adult liter-acy center on land on 1.5acres in Athai River near theMaasai the foundationserves. The 2,000-square-

foot building will house adulteducation classrooms, aresource library and officesfor the project director. Anoutdoor garden on the prop-erty will serve as a demon-stration project for agricultur-al classes.

The price tag for thebuilding is $50,000.

“The building is the mostimportant project” in thefoundation’s sustainabilityeffort, Colina said. “We needtwo things before the boardcan move forward – oneyear’s operating budget and80 percent of the cost of thenew building.”

For information about theweekly meetings, guestspeakers, and communityservice opportunities of theFlorence Rotary Club, con-tact Greg Palmer, president [email protected] or 859-282-1220. Visitour website at www.flo-rencerotary.org. FlorenceRotary meets weekly onMondays at noon at the Air-port Hilton Hotel in Florence.

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BOONE COUNTYArrests/Citations

Andrew W. Lamar, 21, second-degree disorderly conduct, alcoholintoxication in a public place atBurlington Pk. and Centennial Cir.,May 23.

Sonja Cook, 33, DUI, reckless drivingat Mount Zion Rd., May 23.

Jeremy L. Tull, 31, DUI at BlacksmithPl. and Mount Zion Rd., May 22.

Darrel B. Piercefield, 51, DUI, care-less driving, operating a motorvehicle on a suspended license atU.S. 42 and Portage Rd., May 21.

Cali M. Fellers, 19, third-degree pos-session of a controlled substanceat Mount Zion Rd. and Dixie Hwy.,June 11.

Matthew C. Beach, 23, shoplifting at5000 Mall Rd., June 8.

Kristal C. Feller, 30, failure to dimheadlights, reckless driving, failureto produce insurance card, DUI atNorth Bend Rd./Northside Dr., July24.

Leisa G. Reinert, 48, DUI, failure toproduce insurance card, improperequipment, reckless driving atCougar Path/North Bend, July 24.

Robert J. Fabre, 51, trafficking con-trolled substance, prescriptionconstrolled substance not in prop-er container, failure to notifyaddress change to department oftransportation, drug paraphernaliaat Berberich Dr./Lakeside, July 24.

Chris Mancino, 33, operating non-motor vehicle under influence ofintoxicants at Dixie Hwy., July 24.

Mary A. Kresin, 42, careless driving atI-275, July 23.

Austin W. Weedn, 24, alcohol intoxi-cation in a public place at 2305Litton Ln., July 23.

Jimmy E. Kannady, 50, alcohol intoxi-cation in a public place, posessionof marijuana, drug paraphernalia at2514 Burlington Pk., July 22.

Ray Spangler, 55, careless driving,DUI at Mount Zion Rd., July 22.

Melinda S. Delph, 39, DUI, failure toproduce insurance card, drugparaphernalia, possession of mari-juana at East Bend Rd., July 22.

Shinagawa Naoyuki, 39, DUI at 1625Distribution Dr., July 21.

Amanda F. Brogan, 27, possessioncontrolled substance, prescriptioncontrolled substance not in propercontainer at 317 Cathy Ct., July21.

Nicole Perry, 37, failure to wear seatbelts, no registration receipt, poss-esion controlled substance seconddegree, possession controlledsubstance third degree, posessionof marijuana, prescription con-trolled substance not in propercontainer at Mount Zion Rd./Bilt-more, July 20.

Shana M. Carf, 24, burglary at I-275,July 20.

Incidents/ReportsAssaultVictim assaulted by known subject at

8800 block of East Bend Rd.,June 10.

BurglaryStructures damaged and tools stolen

at 6780 River Rd., July 26.Pending inventory stolen at 2365

Progress Dr., July 26.Tools stolen at 88 Ponderosa Ln.,

July 25.Drugs/narcotics stolen at 305 Villa

Dr., July 25.Firearms stolen at 9900 Sullivan Rd.,

July 20.Heavy construction/industrial equip-

ment stolen at 3743 BelleviewRd., July 21.

Consumable goods stolen at 14975Walton Verona Rd., July 21.

Other property stolen at 2999 Jen-

nifer Ct., July 20.Residence broken into and items

taken at 6349 Birchwood Ct., May23.

Residence broken into and itemstaken at 6969 Lucia Dr., June 10.

Controlled substanceDeputies discovered a controlled sub-

stance on a subject during a trafficstop at Mount Zion Rd., June 11.

Criminal mischiefAutomobiles damaged at 8405 U.S.

42, July 23.Automobiles damaged at 5 Huey Dr.,

July 22.Property vandalized at Veteran’s Way,

May 21.Vehicle vandalized at Idlewild Rd.,

June 10.Vehicle vandalized at 2059 Wood-

mere Ct., June 10.Property vandalized at 4900 Houston

Rd., June 9.Criminal possession of a forgedinstrumentSubject tried to use counterfeit

money at Taco Bell at 6724 DixieHwy., May 7.

Possession of a controlledsubstanceDrugs/narcotics seized at 317 CathyCt., July 21.Drugs/narcotics seized at 5 BiltmoreBlvd., July 20.Deputies discovered a controlled sub-

stance on a subject during a trafficstop at I-75 northbound, May 23.

Recovery of stolen propertyAutomobiles recovered at 13019 Wal-

ton Verona Rd., July 24.Automobiles recovered at 145 Rich-

wood Rd., July 22.Automobiles recovered at Dolwick

Rd., July 21.Terroristic threateningVictim threatened with violence by

subject at 3061 Allen’s Fork Dr.,June 10.

TheftComputer hardware/software stolen

at 1537 Woodside Dr., July 25.Heavy construction/industrial equip-

ment stolen at 5660 LimaburgRd., July 25.

Automobiles stolen at 2199 Teal BriarLn., July 24.

Vehicle parts/accessories stolen at1731 Jones Cir., July 24.

Vehicle parts/accessories stolen at759 Petersburg Rd., July 24.

Automobiles damaged, computerhardware/software stolen at 3990Olympic Blvd., July 24.

Computer hardware/software stolenat 10189 Hartwood Ct., July 23.

Vehicle parts/accessories stolen atPatrick Drive, July 23.

Bicycles stolen at 205 Carpenter Dr.,July 23.

Money, computer hardware/software,clothes/furs stolen at 6558 Sum-merfield Dr., July 23.

Computer hardware/software stolenat 2811 Circleport Dr., July 23.

Other property stolen at U.S. 42, July 23.

Tools stolen at 2119 Ellis Rd., July22.

Vehicle parts/accessories stolen,automobiles damaged at Cross-bow Ct., July 22.

Jewlery/precious metals stolen at12300 Towne Center Dr., July 21.

Other property stolen at CircleportDr., July 16.

Computer hardware/software stolenat Worldwide Blvd., July 21.

Other property stolen at 7400 Indus-trial Rd., July 20.

Jewlery/precious metals stolen at8840 Bankers St., July 21. Sub-ject tried to steal goods fromMacy’s at 5000 Mall Rd., June 8.

Subject tried to steal merchandisefrom Kohl’s at 61 Spiral Dr., June8.

Money and credit cards taken fromvictim at Urban Active at 430 Mei-jer Dr., May 6.

Victim’s purse lost or stolen at Flo-rence Mall at 1154 Mall Rd., May7.

Jewelry taken from victim’s residenceat 7771 Kernal Dr., May 7.

Victim’s purse lost or stolen at

department store at 8040 Burling-ton Pk., May 10.

Jewelry taken from victim’s residenceat 113 Lawrence Dr., May 8.

Bicycle stolen from customer at Wal-Mart at 7625 Doering Dr., May 12.

Electronic equipment taken frombusiness at 5991 Jefferson St.,May 22.

Medication stolen from vehicle at 35School Rd., May 22.

Items taken from victim at TiburonDr., June 10.

Theft by deceptionSubject wrote bad checks to pay for

a rental storage property at 10000Sam Neace Dr., May 22.

Theft from autoVehicle broken into and items taken

at Idlewild Rd., May 21.

Vehicle broken into and items takenat Veteran’s Way, May 22.

Vehicle broken into and items takenat 10530 Dixie Hwy., June 10.

Vehicle broken into and items takenat 325 Ryan Pl., June 10.

Trafficking controlled substanceDrugs/narcotics, drug/narcotic equip-

ment, computer hardware/soft-ware seized at Berberich Dr., July24.

Unauthorized use of motorvehicleAutomobiles stolen at 579 Petersburg

Rd., July 20.Wanton endangermentWanton endangerment reported at 50

Boone Lake Dr., July 22.

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Amber Lee BensonAmber Lee Benson, 30, Ludlow,

died Aug. 15, 2010, at her home.She was a member of the First

Baptist Church of Walton.Her mother, Beverly Bonar Ben-

son, died the same day.Survivors include her father,

Stanley Benson of Florence; and hergrandparents, James and LouiseBenton Bonar of Walton.

Burial was in the RichwoodCemetery.

Memorials: G.I. Dept. of Chil-dren’s Hospital, Attn: DevelopmentOffice VP-2, 3333 Burnett Ave.,Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.

James Henry CombsJames Henry Combs, 78, Flo-

rence, died Aug. 19, 2010, at Uni-versity Hospital in Corryville.

He was a machinist for Lodge &Shipley Co.; a United States Armyveteran; and a member of theAmerican Legion Post No. 4 in Flo-rence.

Survivors include his wife, PeggyCombs of Florence; son MichaelCombs of Fairfield Township;daughter Linda Romaniuk of GroveCity, Ohio; a brother, Arnold Combsof Versailles, Ind.; a sister, MaxineShorter of Reading; and two grand-children.

Burial was at Baltimore PikeCemetery in Westwood.

Memorials: St. Jude's Childrens'Research Hospital, 501 St. JudePlace., Memphis, TN 38105.

Dave Charles CookDave Charles Cook, 28, of Flo-

rence died Aug. 7, 2010, at hishome.

Survivors include his mother,Darlene Cook of Florence; sisters,Susan Cook of Hamilton, Ohio andPamela Murphy of Florence; broth-ers, Dominic Kuchera III of Midland,Ohio and David Kuchera of Amelia;grandparents, Lourinda Cook, RebaMurphy, Glen and Patricia Murphy.

Memorials: Family of Dave Cook,c/o Chambers and Grubbs FuneralHome, P.O. Box 6049, Florence, KY41022.

Betty CormanBetty L. Corman, 79, Florence,

died Aug. 21, 2010, at St. ElizabethEdgewood.

She was a homemaker.Her husband, William Corman

Sr., died in 2001.Survivors include her sons, Timo-

thy Corman, Melvin Corman andPaul Corman, all of Florence, Antho-ny Corman of Cynthiana and BillCorman of Orange, Texas; 11grandchildren and 12 great-grand-children.

Edwin P. HammonsEdwin P. “Ed” Hammons, 68, of

Erlanger, formerly of Ludlow, diedAug. 16, 2010, at St. Elizabeth Flo-rence.

He was a security officer at Lore-al Co., Guardsmark Security, was aVietnam War Army veteran andmember of Main Street BaptistChurch of Florence.

His son, Hayden Hammons, diedin 1962.

Survivors include his wife, LindaCrawford Hammons; daughters, TeriHammons of Newport and AmberLyons of South Shore, Ky.; son, ToryHammons of Covington; sister,Martha Daley of Florence; brothers,Harry Hammons of Crestview Hills,Harold Hammons of Felicity, Ohioand Charles Hammons of Ludlow;four grandchildren; two stepgrand-children; one great-grandson; andfour stepgreat-grandchildren.

Memorials: Main Street BaptistChurch of Florence, 213 Main St.,Florence, KY 41042.

Della Mae IsbelDella Mae Isbel, 64, Newport, a

homemaker, died Aug. 17, 2010. atSt. Elizabeth Fort Thomas.

Survivors include her daughters,Penny Kunkel of Wilder and CindyBarnett of Cold Spring; son, ScottIsbel of Hamilton, Ohio; brothers,Sam Johnson of Dry Ridge, WoodyJohnson of Burlington, Eddie John-son of Florence, Noah Johnson ofMorning View, Jimmy Johnson ofSparta, and Richard Johnson ofCorinth; sisters, Mildred Lainhart ofOklahoma and Sherry Freeman ofFlorence; four grandchildren; andnine great-grandchildren.

No public services. CooperFuneral Home, Alexandria is han-dling arrangements.

John R. KennedyJohn “Jack” R. Kennedy, 94,

Edgewood, died Aug. 17, 2010, atHospice of St. Elizabeth Healthcare,Edgewood.

He was the owner of Wides Pipeand Supply in Cincinnati and a

World War II Army Air Corps veter-an.

His wife, Ruth Miller Kennedy,died in 1997.

Survivors include his daughters,Lesley Wagner of Crestview Hills,Mary Hacker and Barbara Pugne,both of Florence; sons, JohnKennedy Jr. of West Palm Beach,Fla., Kevin Kennedy of Crittendenand Patrick Kennedy of Edgewood;17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery, Fort Wright.

Memorials: St. Pius X Church orSchool, 348 Dudley Road, Edge-wood, KY 41017.

Bernie J. MainelloBernie J. Mainello, 58, Fort

Mitchell, died Aug. 17, 2010, atChrist Hospital, Mount Auburn.

He was a chef for Noce's Pizzain Edgewood.

Survivors include his son,Dominic Mainello of Fort Mitchell;two daughters, Leah Iles of Florenceand Lauren Mainello of Fort Mitchell;two sisters, Pam Farrington ofLargo, Fla., and Beth MainelloofWest Palm Beach, Fla., his mother,Barb Mainello of Largo, Fla., andone grandchild.

Memorials: American Heart Asso-ciation, P.O. Box 163549, Colum-bus, OH 43216-3549.

Betty McClanahanBetty "Sue" Cox McClanahan,

60, Elsmere, a homemaker, diedAug. 19, 2010, at Hospice of St.Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood.

Her son, James Earl McClana-han, died previously.

Survivors include her husband,James L. McClanahan; daughter,Dawn Brison of Elsmere; son,Thomas McClanahan of Union;brothers, Larry and Dave Cox ofIndependence and six grandchildren.

Memorials: American Lung Asso-ciation, 4050 Executive Park Drive,Suite 402, Cincinnati, OH 45241.

Rev. Thomas M.Pendergrass

The Rev. Thomas M. Pender-grass, 77, of Florence, formerly ofSanta Barbara, Calif., died Aug. 19,2010, at his home.

He was a minister for 44 yearswith the Church of Christ and Chris-tian Churches, administrative direc-tor for Master Provisions and mem-ber of First Church of Christ inBurlington.

Survivors include his wife, Bar-bara Pendergrass; son, Marvin Pen-dergrass of Albuquerque, N.M.;daughter, Paula Babik of Florence;six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Memorials: MasterProvisions/Pendergrass MemorialFund (masterprovisions.org) or HopeInternational University (hiu.edu).

Janeen C. MurrayRatliff

Janeen C. Murray Ratliff, 69,Florence, died Aug. 20, 2010, at St.Elizabeth Florence.

She was a homemaker.Survivors include her husband,

Donald G. Ratliff of Florence; sonsDonald Ratliff of Dry Ridge, RichardRatliff of Edgewood, Rodney Ratliffof Florence, and David Ratliff andBrad Ratliff, both of Fort Mitchell;two brothers, Thomas Murray andBob Murray, both of Edgewood; asister, Coleen Brockman of Flo-rence; eight grandchildren and two-great grandchildren.

Burial was at Highland Cemetery,Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Notre Dame Acade-my, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, KY41011.

Susan SchwierSusan M. Schwier, 55, Coving-

ton, died Aug. 20, 2010, at Hospiceof St. Elizabeth Health Care inEdgewood.

She was the inter-library loan man-ager for the Kenton County Library.

Survivors include her son, MikeSchwier of Hebron; mother, VernaBurnet of Amelia, Ohio; brothers,Daniel Schwier of Latonia and DavidSchwier of Florence; sisters, PeggyRectin and Jennifer Mansfeld, bothof Ludlow; and three grandchildren.

Burial was in St. John Cemetery,Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Kenton County PublicLibrary Foundation, 502 Scott Blvd.,Covington, KY 41011.

William StrasingerWilliam Russell Strasinger, 84, of

Fort Thomas, died Aug. 18, 2010,at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.

He was a mechanical engineerwith McCloud Co., a World War IINavy veteran, member First BaptistChurch of Newport and the Experi-mental Aircraft Association.

His first wife, JacquelineStrasinger, died previously.

Survivors include his wife, NormaStrasinger; son, Dennis Smith ofBurlington; daughters, DebbieStahlhut of Fort Thomas, KarenOrrender of Fort Thomas and ReneeDeJarivette of Alexandria; brothers,Irvin and Donald Strasinger, both ofCovington and sister, JanetStrasinger-Braun.

Burial was in Gate of HeavenCemetery, Cincinnati.

Memorials: First Baptist Churchof Newport, East Eighth and YorkSt., Newport, KY 41071.

Bernadette L. TiemanBernadette L. Westerkamm Tie-

man, 92, Edgewood, a homemaker,died Aug. 19, 2010, at Villaspring ofErlanger Health Care & Rehabilita-tion Center, Edgewood.

Survivors include her daughters,Shirley Ramsey of Edgewood andMary Close of Florence; son, DonaldTieman of Oahu, Hawaii; five grand-children; six great-grandchildren andone great-great-grandchild.

Burial was in Floral Hills MemorialGardens, Taylor Mill.

Memorials: Hospice of St. Eliza-beth Healthcare, 483 South LoopRoad, Edgewood, KY 41017.

Ervin TurnerErvin Turner, 66, Newport, died

Aug. 20, 2010, at Hospice of theBluegrass - Northern Kentucky CareCenter in Fort Thomas.

He was an HVAC installer and anavid Cincinnati Reds fan whoenjoyed hunting, fishing and spend-ing time with family.

Survivors include sons RichardTurner of Dayton and Jason Turnerof Hebron; daughters Janet Jacksonof Mt. Washington and Lisa Turnerof Fort Mitchell; a sisters, SadieWebb of Cold Spring; and ninegrandchildren.

Burial was at Rice Cemetery inUnion.

Connie Van CleveConnie Van Cleve, 59, Florence,

a waitress, died Aug. 18, 2010, ather home.

Her daughter, Mary Jo Whitta-more, died previously.

Survivors include her sons, StevieWhittamore of Kentucky, David andBobby Whittamore, both of WestVirginia; father, James Van Cleve ofFlorence; mother, Mary Van Cleve ofFlorence; brothers, James VanCleve of Winter Springs, Fla., Ron-nie Van Cleve of Erlanger and RickyVan Cleve of Florence; sisters, LenaKing and Betty Fisher, both of Flo-rence.

Burial was in Floral Hills MemorialGardens, Taylor Mill.

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