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RUNNING TOSUCCESSTrack teams on the mark
PARK HILLS — This was a“banner” year for CovingtonCatholicHighSchool’s chamberchoir and basketball team.
The CovCath choir sang the“The Star-Spangled Banner”live at the start of the March 21state championship won by theColonels by beating Scott Coun-ty High School in overtime, 59-51. For the choir, this was was asecond year singing the nation-al anthem at the championshipgame.Thechoir’s recordedver-sion of “My Old KentuckyHome” was also played at thegame in Rupp Arena.
Singing at the national cham-pionship game two years in arow is an accomplishment sen-ior Colin Cummings of FortMitchell said made him proud.
“This year was especiallyspecial because our team wasplaying,” Cummings said. “Oursinging, I think it helped lift ev-eryone’s spirits.”
Cummings said singing is atalent everyone in his familyhas, and being in choir allowshim to be part of the tradition of
camaraderie and brotherhoodat CovCath. Cummings singstenor, and this is his third yearin the choir.
“It’s a great talent to have,and I definitely don’t want towaste it,” he said.
Choral Director Jim Wolfesaid the school’s choir class al-lows students to remain in tunewhomightnototherwisebeableto come to an after-school prac-tice because of other commit-ments, including football.
“The cool thing about this ad-ministration is they think thearts are important and are will-ing to incorporate it into theschool day,” Wolfe said.
Of the choir’s 19 studentmembers, three are membersof the championship basketballteam and did not get to performinLexingtonwith thechoir. Sen-ior Parker Keller, senior BenHeppler, a three-point-shootingspecialist, and his brother soph-omoreWill Heppler, were all on
the court.The choir’s membership is a
diverse cross-section of stu-dents, and they perform regu-larly at Mass, and concerts forthe community, Wolfe said. ThechorussangatanAmericanRedCross Christmas party and atBack theBlue police fundraiserin the last year. The choir alsoreleased a 12-song CD,“Bridge,” around Christmaswith songs including “My OldKentuckyHome”andU2’s “StillHaven’t Found What I’m Look-ing For.”
Senior SamBurchel of Lake-side Park said he likes thechange of pace choir offersfromhis other commitments in-cluding playing football. Choirprovides a chance to use partsofhisbrainhedoesn’tuse inoth-er classes and offers a way toexpress himself inways he nev-er thought he would.
“I’m more of a science andmath kind of guy, so being ableto be in choir has been very re-warding,” he said.
Burchel said his voiceranges from baritone to bass,
Covington Catholic High School Choral Director JimWolfe leads the chamber choir in the singing of “TheStar-Spangled Banner” during class. Surrounding Wolfe are Tommy Lawler of Union, Jack Schrage of FortMitchell, Parker Keller of Edgewood, Zack Meyers of Lakeside Park, Aaron Schilling of Crescent Springs,James Hummeldorf of Fort Mitchell, Sam Burchell of Lakeside Park and Adam Fischer of Villa Hills. CHRISMAYHEW/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
HEAR THEM SINGINGCovington Catholic’s choirsings the national anthem. Goto http://bit.ly/covcathsings.
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FORT MITCHELL — Beech-wood Schoolsmay soon have aschool resource officer.
Talks are underway be-tween the school district andFort Mitchell officials aboutcreating the position.
Superintendent Steve Hut-ton said the mayor and policechief approached the schooldistrictwith the idea“sowe’vebeen looking at variousdetails... nothing is final at thispoint.”
It’s something Fort Mitch-ell Police Chief Jeff Eldridgehas wanted to explore sincetaking over the post in 2011.
“The increaseof school vio-lence and violence in theworld in general, we pressedthe issue a little more,” hesaid.
The school district had ap-plied for, but didn’t receive, agrant last year that wouldhave helped fund a school re-source officer.
Eldridge, however, said hefelt strongly enough about theissue that “even though wedidn’t get funded for this, weneed to try and make it hap-pen.”
Fort Mitchell Mayor ChrisWiest said the notion of a
school resource officer“seemed tomake a lot of sensefrom a number of perspec-tives.”
As a parent himself, Wiestsaid the idea of an officer inthe schools “couldnotbeabet-ter use of taxpayer funds. It’sreally a peace ofmind for par-ents.”
While nothing is con-firmed, Eldridge said discus-sion so far has been positive.
“I think it’s going to be awin-win situation if we’re ableto pull it off,” he said.
According to Eldridge, thedepartmenthasanofficerwhoteaches the DARE program tosixth-graders.
“It’s not even a part-timesituation,” he said. “What itdoes is it takes away from ourresources here in the citywhile he’s away.”
While DARE is a “verygood program” Eldridge saidhaving someone at the schoolfive days a week is a “muchbetter situation than havingsomeone a couple hours ofweek for 10 weeks.”
Hutton said they’ve beendiscussing this idea sinceearly March.
“I think everybody con-cerned just wanted to be
Beechwoodmay get schoolresource officerBy Stephanie [email protected]
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EDGEWOOD — Brian Dehn-er is the new named Edge-wood city administrator.
Dehner accepted the posi-tion March 13.
“I’mextremely excited andprivileged,” said the 48-year-old Erlanger resident. “Edge-wood is a first class place tobe. The community is unbe-lievable. It’s really a once anda lifetime opportunity.”
Dehner replaces DougBeckham, who retired Jan. 31after being on on medicalleave since early August. Hehad served as city administra-tor for the last three years, hisending salary was $94,000.Dehner will earn $92,000.
Dehner wasgraduatedfromNorthern Ken-tucky Univer-sity in1982witha bachelor’s de-gree in organi-zational com-municationsand a minor in
accounting. He has nine yearsof experience in the privatesector and 18 years of experi-ence in the public sector. Heservedas anErlanger council-man from1992 to 1994.
Dehner worked for theNorthern Kentucky Area De-velopment District (NKADD)for13yearsandworkedascityadministrative officer for
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Ludlow for six years.From 2010 to 2012 heserved as the first cus-tomer service managerfor the Sanitation DistrictNo. 1.
EdgewoodMayor JohnLink said 60 applicationswere received for the po-
sition.With the help of theNKADDtheselectionwasnarrowed to five candi-dates.
According to Link,Dehner’s years of experi-ence within governmentand the relationships he’scultivated over the yearsset him apart from theother candidates.
Dehner said his topgoal is tomaintain and im-prove current services
provided to residents.“I look forward to
working with the mayorand council,” he said. “Ibelieve it’s one of the beststaffs in Northern Ken-tucky.”
Link said he expectsDehner to start in two tofour weeks.
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and he helps lead the basssection.
“We switch betweenthree-part and four-partharmonies, whatever Mr.
Wolfeneeds todoweget itdone,” Burchel said.
The chamber choirclass also provides a verylaid back atmosphere, butthe atmosphere at thechampionship game wasanything but relaxed.Burchel said.
“It was definitely pret-
ty cool, therewas somanypeople in there,” he said.“It was definitely a liveenvironment. Fortunate-ly, our voices were only alittle hoarse from cheer-ing a couple nights be-fore.”
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proactive,” said Hutton.Eldridge agreed.“We just want to be
proactive in our approachand we want to partnerwith the school and makesure we’re doing every-thing possible to makesurechildrenhaveanoffi-ceroradditionalperson totalk to,” he said.
School officials wantstudents to feel safe, Hut-ton said. Being educatedin a safe and orderly envi-ronment is one less dis-traction in students’ lives.
“We just want our stu-dents to come inand focuson their academics sothey don’t have to worryabout what’s going to hap-pen at school,” he said.“Being proactive in thatarea is abenefit toourstu-dents. (It) limits distrac-tions they have to worryabout (and) gives parentsa sense of security thatthe school and the city aredoing everything possibleto keep their kids safe.”
Eldridge says the de-
partment would be look-ing for a seasonal employ-ee to work when school isin session and who wouldbe off in the summer likefaculty and staff. The po-tential future resource of-ficer would likely be anoutside hire.
While thecostwouldbesplit between the city andthe school district, nei-ther Eldridge nor Hutton
could estimate a potentialcost at this point.
“It’s one of thosethings,” Eldridge said.“You could have a schoolresource officer and nev-er have an incident, butyou don’t know and you’llnever know if they pre-vented something.”
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Beechwood School superintendent Steve Hutton. Theschool, along with the city of Fort Mitchell, is looking atthe possibility of a school resource officer.FILE PHOTO
Candidates speakThe Optimist Club of
Covington has more can-didates scheduled tospeak before the upcom-ing primary election inMay.
The meetings being atnoon Thursdays at Pee-Wee’s Place on AndersonRoad in Crescent Springs.
» Beth Sewell on April10.
» AmyHeegeronApril24.
»Kris KnochelmannonMay 1.
» Steve Arlinghaus onMay 8.
The speaker series isopen to the public. Thereis no cost to attend themeetings.
The only charge wouldbe the lunch that you canorder off the menu. TheSpeaker Series will betaped for re-broadcast
over Time Warner Cableby the Telecommunica-tions Board of NorthernKentucky. Registrationfor eachmeeting starts at11:40 a.m.
For more informationor to register for a pro-gram, contact Dan Hum-pert, program chair, at859-491-0674.
Taylor Mill delaysegg hunt
TAYLOR MILL — Thecity’s annual Easter egghunt has been postponedto Saturday, April 12, dueto the weather, accordingto City Events Coordina-tor Michelle Frisch.
The event will still be-gin at1p.m. at Pride Park,5614 Taylor Mill Road.
Participation in thehunt is free and intendedfor children aged 6months to 12 years old.
Children should bringtheir own baskets or bagsto collect candy.
For more information,call 859-581-3234.
Holmes alumni hasmonthy lunch
The Holmes HighSchool Alumni Stag willbe the last Friday of eachmonth at 11:30 a.m. at TheGreyhoundTavern inFortMitchell.
There will be time tosocialize and a enjoylunch.
Consignmentboutique opens
CRESCENT SPRINGS —There is a newBest of Ev-erything in the city as sis-tersJackieSheaandSher-ry Akens open their newconsignment boutique.
Hours will be 10 a.m.-6p.m. Tuesday and Thurs-
day; noon-8 p.m. Wednes-day; and 1-5 p.m. Satur-day. Friday business is byappointment only.
For information callthe boutique at 859-341-3111.
Kindervelt hostsmeet-and-greet
Kindervelt Auxiliaryof Cincinnati Children’sHospital is having a new-member meeting for itsNorthern Kentuckygroup, 7 p.m. Monday,April 14, at the ErlangerBranch of the KentonCounty Public Library,401Kenton Lands Road.
The informal get-to-gether is designed toteach newcomers aboutKindervelt Group No. 56.Call Libby at 859-331-4108for more information.
Chef Danny Bungenstockfrom Cincinnati State’s Mid-west Culinary Institute wasrecently presented the JohnSector Educator of the Yearaward by the CincinnatiChapter of the American Cu-linary Federation.
This award pays tribute toan active culinary educatorwhose knowledge, skills andexpertise have enhanced theimage of the professionalchef, and who, by example,has given leadership, guid-ance and direction to stu-dents seeking a career in theculinary profession. Accord-ing to the award criteria, therecipient “demonstrates theability to help students de-fine and develop their ca-
reers by usingtheir skills andabilities to pro-vide a strongfoundation” fortheir futuresuccess.
In additionto leading aCin-cinnati State
student team in a recent ACFcompetition, Bungenstock,who lives in Erlanger, hasalso competed in the 2012 In-ternational Culinary Olym-pics as part of a Midwest Cu-linary Institute team whichwon two bronze medals. Healso has garnered two silvermedals in culinary competi-tions in the United States in2013.
Cincinnati State chef iseducator of the Year
Bungenstock
Jody Keeley’s preschoolclasses andAmyFloyd’s first-grade class recently workedon a service-learning projectwith the Family ResourceCenter at RylandHeights Ele-mentary.
In lieu of a gift exchange at
Christmas, the students col-lected 75 new books for theKenton County School Dis-trict’s Health Clinic. The clin-ic is on the campus of RiverRidge Elementary School inVilla Hills. It is staffed by anurse practitioner who will
share the books with parentsand talk with them about theimportance of reading toyoung children. The programis called Reach Out and Read.
Paula Rust, center, coordinator of school health services for the Kenton County School District, stands with,from left, Logan Still, Kay Rossi, Ryland Eger, Josie Holtzapple, Claire Mulcahy and Cameron Vice.THANKS TOSUSANMARTIN
Ryland Heightsstudents serve others
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
For the first time the Kenton County School District translatedkindergarten registration information in both Spanish and Chin.The kindergarten informational video is available in threedifferent languags online at www.kenton.kyschools.us. Pictured:two students from Turkey Foot Middle School, Joel Lian and JuliePar, work with Principal Deb Obermeyer on translating thekindergarten registration information.THANKS TO TRINA EDWARDS
Locals make dean’s list at EKUThe following students were named to the dean’slist at Eastern Kentucky University for the Fall 2013semester:Joshua Mark Tewes of Bromley, a senior wildlifemanagement major;Rachel Ann Tewes of Bromley, a junior englishmajor;Caroline Ann Durstock of Covington, a freshmanpre-occupational science major;Carrie Mae Dwyer of Covington, a junior ele-mentary education teaching major;Rachel Marie Flynn of Covington, a senior childand family studies major;Jonathan Daniel Gaupel of Covington, a seniorcriminal justice major;Shawna Kaye Jones of Covington, a senior ele-mentary education teaching major;Sara Michelle Kuhse of Covington, a senior specialeducation major;Nicholas Anthony Roettker of Covington, a fresh-man forensic science major;Claire Marie Sketch of Covington, a junior broad-casting and electronic media major;James Ross Spears of Covington, a senior assetsprotection and security major;Leah Ann Volpenhein of Covington, a juniorpre-occupational science major;Christina Marie Von Handorf of Covington, asenior biology major;Darrion Colton Reynolds of Crescent Park, afreshman undeclared seeking four-year major;Brittany Marie Benge of Crescent Springs, a juniornursing second-degree major;Caitlyn Ann Hemmer of Crescent Springs, a fresh-man pre-occupational science major;Molly Katherine Kaiser of Crescent Springs, ajunior general dietetics major;Richard Joseph Vando of Crescent Springs, a juniorbroadcasting and electronic media major;Molley Elizabeth Backscheider of Edgewood, ajunior recreation and park administration major;Victoria Grace Critcher of Edgewood, a juniorelementary education teaching major;Kristen Marie Klensch of Edgewood, a juniorspecial education teaching major;Katherine Anna Koplyay of Edgewood, a fresh-man pre-occupational science major;Abbey McKinney-Tally of Edgewood, a sophomoreundeclared seeking four-year major;Raymond Louis Moehlman of Edgewood, a fresh-man marketing major;Hannah Danielle Moore of Edgewood, a senior artmajor;Lindsey Morgan Otis of Edgewood, a sophomorechild and family studies major;Alicia Marie Reinersman of Edgewood, a freshman
middle-grade education major;HannahMarie Steiger of Edgewood, a freshmanpre-occupational science major;Alexis Paige Taulbee of Edgewood, a freshmanundeclared seeking four-year major;Dylan Richard Bogard of Elsmere, a senior politicalscience major;Elizabeth Ashley Bushey of Erlanger, a seniorcommunication disorders major;Adam Robert Crabbs of Erlanger, a freshmanundeclared seeking four-year major;Courtney Elizabeth Davis of Erlanger, a freshmanpre-nursing major;Madison Ann Enzweiler of Erlanger, a freshmanpre-occupational science major;Rebecca Kayla Jaeger of Erlanger, a freshmancriminal justice major;William Patrick Legg of Erlanger, a senior criminaljustice major;Lauren Elizabeth Mueller of Erlanger, a juniorpre-general dietetics major;Christina Nicole Spenlau of Erlanger, a senior sportmanagement major;Ashtin ElizabethWoodruff of Erlanger, a sopho-more pre-communication disorders major;Kaysie Taylor Worley of Erlanger, a senior occupa-tional science major;Alexis Nicole Hunter of Fort Mitchell, a freshmanbiology major;Molly AnnMcMath of Fort Mitchell, a freshmanpre-nursing major;Moriah Paige Steenken of Fort Mitchell, a fresh-man elementary education teaching major;Nicholas Jordan Ayers of Independence, a fresh-man management major;Rachelle Marie Barnett of Independence, a sopho-more criminal justice major;Nathan Christopher Bergman of Independence, ajunior computer science major;Jared Gregory Bowling of Independence, a fresh-man sport management major;Amanda Katherine Bruemmer of Independence, asophomore pre-occupational science major;Erika Jordan Casson of Independence, a freshmanpre-athletic training major;Romeo Caluza Dumlao of Independence, a fresh-man computer information systems major;Leah Michelle Gill of Independence, a freshmanpre-occupational science major;Ashley Nicole Miller of Independence, a freshmancriminal justice major;Joseph Daniel Schmiade of Independence, a junioroccupational safety major;RyanWilliam Schroth of Independence, a juniormarketing major;Morgan Alise Yocum of Independence, a seniorsociology major;
Staci Morgan Cox of Morning View, a sophomorepre-nursing major;Andrew Bain Fisk of Morning View, a sophomorecommunication studies major;Daisy Louise Lawrence of Morning View, a fresh-man elementary education teaching major;David William Rabe of Morning View, a juniorwildlife management major;McKinley Rose Cole of Park Hills, a sophomoregeneral studies in education major;Brian Dale Schultz of Ryland Heights, a senioranimal studies major;Kyle Douglas Fischer of Taylor Mill, a freshmanundeclared seeking four-year major;Kirsten Rochelle Franxman of Taylor Mill, a juniormarketing major;Jessica Nicole Kentrup of Taylor Mill, a sophomorepublic relations major;Megan Elizabeth Scheper of Taylor Mill, a juniormiddle-grade education major;Ethan Albert Trauth of Taylor Mill, a junior policestudies major;Leah Murray Bishop of Villa Hills, a senior nursingmajor;Nicole Josephine Blank of Villa Hills, a freshmanaccounting major;Roy Conner East of Villa Hills, a sophomore fire,arson and explosions investigation major;Trevor Nicole Goodridge of Villa Hills, a freshmanpre-nursing major;Joseph Benjamin Hacker of Villa Hills, a seniorbusiness major;Sarah Elizabeth Klare of Villa Hills, a sophomorefinance major;Kara Lynn Sturm of Villa Hills, a sophomore mar-keting major;Rachel LynnWilson of Villa Hills, a sophomorepublic relations major;Jamie HopeWitherall of Villa Hills, a sophomoreglobalization and international affairs major.To achieve dean’s list honors, students attempting14 or more credit hours must earn a 3.5 grade-pointaverage out of a possible 4.0. Students attempting13 credit hours must earn a 3.65 GPA, and studentsattempting 12 credit hours must earn a 3.75 GPA.
Dean’s Awards honor tripleachieversEastern Kentucky University recently announced551Dean’s Award recipients for the Fall 2013semester, including Carrie Dwyer of Covington, ajunior elementary education teaching major;Molley Backscheider of Edgewood, a junior recrea-tion and park administration major; and LindseyOtis of Edgewood, a sophomore child-and-familystudies major.To earn the Dean’s Award, students must achieve
dean’s list honors at EKU for three semesters, notnecessarily consecutive. A lapel pin is presented tostudents by the dean of their academic college.To achieve dean’s list honors, students attempting14 or more credit hours must earn a 3.5 grade-pointaverage out of a possible 4.0. Students attempting13credit hours must earn a 3.65 GPA, and studentsattempting 12 credit hours must earn a 3.75 GPA.
EKU honors graduatesEastern Kentucky University recently recognized1,111 graduates at the conclusion of the Fall 2013semester.Among the graduates:Brian Dale Schultz, of Ryland Heights, Magna CumLaude B.S. in animal studies and Magna Cum Laudewith a B.A. degree in anthropology;David J. Boyd, of Covington, B.S. in police studies;Jacob S. Reeves, of Covington, M.S. in appliedengineering and technology management;Christina Marie Von Handorf, of Covington, B.S. inbiology;Deaven Michelle Williams, of Covington, B.A. ingeneral studies in business and technology;Debra Lusczynski-Tarka, of Edgewood, M.S. insafety, security and emergency management;Samantha Lynn Utz, of Edgewood, Summa CumLaude B.S. in special education;Alan Lawrence Beiting, of Elsmere, B.A. in generalstudies in health sciences;Diana Krystine Reusch, of Elsmere, B.S. in occupa-tional safety;Kaitlin Elizabeth Staverman, of Erlanger, SummaCum Laude B.S. in special education;Brock Christopher Hart, of Fort Mitchell, MagnaCum Laude B.S. in physical education;Stephanie Rose Landwehr, of Fort Mitchell, B.A. ingeneral studies in arts and sciences;Lauren Michelle Snyder, of Fort Mitchell, M.S. inphysical education;Tiffany Marie Brison, of Independence, M.Ed. inmiddle-grade education;Greg David Holian, of Independence, M.S. insafety, security and emergency management;William PattersonWilson, of Independence, M.S.in criminal justice;Tyler Joseph Osborne, of Ryland Heights, B.S. inpsychology;Elizabeth Ashley Krallman, of Taylor Mill, B.S. inchild and family studies;Leah Murray Bishop, of Villa Hills, B.S. in psycholo-gy;Joseph Benjamin Hacker, of Villa Hills, B.B.A. inbusiness; andAndrew Charles Reilly, of Villa Hills, B.S. in generaldietetics.
COLLEGE CORNER
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The Northern Ken-tucky Sports Hall ofFame has its annual in-duction ceremony, 1 p.m.Wednesday, April 16, atVilla Hills Civic Club.
The inductees include:
Garren ColvinFootball, basketball
and baseball, LudlowHigh School and ThomasMore College
Began his baseball ca-reer in Ludlow Knotholewith hall-of-fame coachBenny Clary; team wasthe Kenton County post-season champs, enteredthe Cincinnati Knotholetournament and won theCincinnati League Cham-pionship,playedatRiver-front Stadium.
Wasathree-yearstart-er in three sports at Lud-low. Played football withBilly Jo Blasingame andJeff Berkemeier; was awide receiver his firstthree years and the quar-terback his senior year;named all-9th region as asenior, and received theTop 22 Enquirer presti-
gious postseason award.His basketball career
averages were 11 pointsand 11 rebounds pergame; named all-9th re-gion tournament team asa senior; one fond memo-ry was beating High-lands.
Pitched and playedoutfield for the baseballteam; four-year starter;named to the all-9th re-gion tournament team in1982as a senior, aswell asall-region,all-district, all-Enquirer and all-Ken-tucky Post.
Received baseballscholarship to ThomasMore; played four yearsthere for Coach Jim Con-ner, as a pitcher and out-field. Still ranks in the top10 for most inningspitched in school history;did not lose a game as apitcher until his junioryear; named All-NAIA asa senior.
Received two invita-tions to major leaguetryouts; now works at St.Elizabeth Hospital as anassistant CEO;will be thecommencement speakerat this year’s Ludlow
High School graduation.
GeorgeWilsonBasketballGraduated from Mar-
shall High School in Chi-cago, where he won bas-ketball state champion-ships in 1958 and1960; at-tended University ofCincinnati and played onthe 1962 NCAA champi-onship team; was select-ed to the 1963 Pan Amer-ican team; won a goldmedal in the 1964 Sum-mer Olympics; draftedby Cincinnati Royals ofthe NBA; inducted intoOhio Basketball Hall ofFame in 2010 and the Illi-nois StateHall ofFame in2011.
He has been involvedin Cincinnati and North-ern Kentucky organiza-tions since arriving toplayatUC in1960; has ap-pearedatmany localhighschools and NorthernKentucky sports func-tions and as a guestspeaker for the Hall ofFame many times; bigsupporter of the Talbert
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CRESTVIEW HILLS —A 9-8 start is noreason to panic for the Thomas MoreCollege baseball team. The program’slast sub-.500 season came in 1996.
This year’s team is on the right trackto keeping the streak alive. After start-ing the season slowly, theSaintswonsixof eight games entering a weekend se-ries at home against Grove City begin-ning on April 5.
The Saints have advanced to the re-gional semifinals of the NCAADivisionIII tournament in three of the past fourseasons. Thomas More won back-to-back Presidents’ Athletic Conferencetitles in 2010 and2011.TheSaintswon31games en route to another regionalsemifinal finish in 2013. The program’sstability is a result of consistentlystrong leadership from veteran play-ers.
“It’s been a matter of guys just buy-ing into the system and having upper-classmen pass the torch down year af-ter year,” said head coach Jeff Hetzer.“We have gotten great leadership fromour juniors and seniors. They are al-waysmakingsureouryoungerguysaredoing things the right way.”
This year’s leaders are senior out-fielder Cody Makin (Elder), senior sec-ond baseman/outfielder Jason Handley(OakHills), and junior pitcher TimBal-drick (Elder) and senior pitcher Andy
Roenker (Holy Cross).“We’re still trying to figure out who
we are, especially on the mound,” saidHetzer. “We lost 75 percent of our in-nings from last year.”
Despite having new starters in therotation, the team’s pitching has beenits most consistent strength so far thisseason. The Saints boast a teamERA of3.90. Sophomore pitcher Logan Miller(La Salle) boosts the starting rotation,which is led by Baldrick and his 1.96ERA. Roenker has yet to allow anearnedrun infourappearances, collect-ing three saves.
At the plate, the heart of the lineuphas been reliable. Sophomore firstbasemanDonovanPogue(CincinnatiSt.Xavier) has provided a boost. He leadsthe team with a .450 batting average.Pogue, Handley, and Makin each haveanOPSover1.000.Findingotherbattersto drive them in has been the biggestchallenge this season.
“We are trying to consistently knockguys in when they’re in scoring posi-tion,” saidHetzer. “Consistency ismoreof a mindset.”
The veteran leadership--all from lo-cal high school products this year--isagain in place. Once they find that elu-sive consistency, the Saints hope tosurge toward a 18th straight winningseason.
“Our strength depends on the day,”said Hetzer. “Right now, we’re just try-ing to survive weekend to weekend.”
Thomas More junior pitcher Tim Baldrick (Elder) throws to the plate. THANKS TO THOMAS
KENTON COUNTY —Dixie Heights won boththe boys and girls cham-pionships at the KentonCounty meet, which hadthe three schools in thecounty district. The girlsteam had 75.5 points to 68for Simon Kenton and38.5 for Scott. The boysteam had 83 points to 78for SK and 25 for Scott.
Dixie boys won the4x800 (8:45.87) with Aus-tin Althaver, BrandonBrown, Andrew Perryand SpencerMason. Also,the 4x100 (45.59) with Pe-ter Fields, Austin Stacy,Aaron Springer and TreySimmons. Miles Paynewon the 110 hurdles(15.70). Austin Stacy wonthe 100 (11.48) and 200(23.90). ZaneWagner tookthe 400 (53.91) and BaileyHarrison the pole vault(11-6). Branden Johnsonwon the discus (121-1) andshot put (46-9).
In girls, Dixie seniorBrittney Turner won the100hurdles (17.08). SeniorChelsea Perdue won the100 (12.82) and200 (27.23).Dixie won the 4x100 withTurner, Perdue, MarandaAlthaver and Mary Conti(51.66). Lauren Kohl-brand took the 300 hur-dles (53.80). Jordan Mil-ler took the pole vault(6-6). Althaver claimedthe long jump (15-6.5).Molly Diamon took thediscus (89-4) and shot put(30-6.5).
For the Scott boys,Chris Stoeckel won the1,600 (5:04.48). JeremyJackson claimed the 800(2:07.41).
TheScottgirlswonthe4x800 (10:49.21) withMegan Buckner, LexiFlynn, Morgan Sweeneyand JessicaMartin. Flynn
won the 1,600 (5:41.25).The Simon Kenton
boys 4x200 relay won(1:35.89) with Ben Mul-berry, Dillon Powell,Adam Myers and BrentRussell. SKwonthe4x400with Chase Wilson, Rus-sell, Nathan Staley andJacob Listerman(3:38.16). Russell won the300 hurdles (42.59). Aus-tin Kidwell won the 3,200(10:57.96). Matt Isbel tookthe high jump (6-2) andLogan Winkler the triplejump (40-0). Winkler isdefending regionalchamp in the high jump.
Simon Kenton girlswon the 4x200 (1:51) withAmarah Nicholson,ChristinaCook,AbbyOw-ings and Mackenzie Hes-ter. They won the 4x400with Cook, Hester, TaylorCole and Meredith Hiles(4:23.94). Cook won the400 (1:02.44). MeredithHiles won the 800(2:39.07). Sophia Delisiowon the 3,200 (12:53.31).KarleyAbelwon thehighjump (4-10) and triplejump (31-1). ChristinaCook is returning region-al champion in the 400.
Here is a look at someother teams in the areabasedonformssubmittedby head coaches.
Covington CatholicJoshua McCoy returns
for his seventh year ashead coach.
His top returners areSean Panoushek, BrianMenke, Nick Jacobs, Lo-gan McDowell and JaredFlood. Overall, McCoylikes the team’s depth asthe Colonels have strongnumbers overall, includ-ing a lot of newcomers.“If they can put it togeth-er and learn their events,we should have a verystrong team,” McCoysaid.
Covington Latin boys
and girlsReturning starters for
thegirlsaresprinters Isa-bel Eliassen, SophiaMitchell and SarahWells;and middle distance run-ners Emily Clements, Do-die Meyer, Maria Pope,and Kate Minzer. Clem-ents, Minzer and Wellswerestatequalifiers in1Alast year. Joy Himmels-bach isakeynewcomer inthe 100.
Returning starters forthe boys are sprintersAlex Gerwe, Isaac Li, Mi-chael Mohn, James Rahn-er, Travis Velky, and Dan-iel Zalla; middle distancerunners Joe Speth andJosh Cochran; throwerJohn Schlaak and jumperLogan Baaler. Neil Li andWill Foster add depth tothe sprint crew. First-year head coach ChristoLassiter said the team isyoung this season.
Dixie Heights boysHead coach Steve
Saunders returns for his27th year. The Colonelswere fourth in the 3A re-gional meet last season.
Dixie has three return-ing regional champions:Miles Payne in the 110hurdles, Jackson Stanekin the 300 hurdles andBailey Harrison in thepole vault. Harrison tiedthe school record in theevent last year. AustinAlthaver is the top dis-tance runner and AustinStacy the top sprinter.Saunders said the team isyoung overall but still hasplenty of experience.
Ludlow boys/girlsSixth-year head coach
Chris Wright welcomesback an experienced Pan-ther unit. The girls 4x800relay team was sixth atthe 1A state meet in 2013,a small portion of the 19
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Boone County High School’s Robert Beneker runs the last leg of the 4x800 relay, whichthe Rebels won at their own invitational April 4. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
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St. Henry beat Lloyd 11-1 inthe first round of the All“A” 9th Region t ourna-
ment April 5. The tourney wasset to conclude after deadline.St. Henry hosts BeechwoodThursday, April 10 and TrinityFriday, April 11.
St. Henry pitcher Michael Ridilla (20) and Rex Rogers confer on the mound. JAMES WEBER/THE
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Michael Ridilla pitches for St. Henry. The Crusadersbeat Lloyd 11-1 in baseball during the All “A” 9thRegion tournament April 5 at St. Henry DistrictHigh School in Erlanger. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY
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St. Henry senior Josh Kleisinger, 29,hits the ball. St. Henry beat Lloyd11-1 in baseball during the All "A"9th Region tournament April 5 atSt. Henry District High School inErlanger. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY
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House and Miami CountyYMCA; involved with theKicks for Kids Program;and is on the board ofTransitions, Inc.
Lindsay Pauline(Long)Lichtenberger
Swimming, DixieHeights High School
Kentucky state cham-pion two times for DixieHeights, 1996 and 1997;Junior National Champi-onplatform1993,1997and1998; member of the Unit-ed State JuniorWorld div-ingteam1995,placedtop6in the world 3-meter;placed top 8 on platformdiving in 1997; member ofthe U.S. Senior Nationaldiving team 1997-2001;won World Cup bronze inMexico City on the10-me-ter synchronized plat-form; platform; bronzemedalist in 1998 at Swim-ming and Diving WorldChampionships in Perth,Australia, in the 10-metersynchronized platform;finalist at the GoodwillGames in 1998 at Buffalo,N.Y. in the 10-meter syn-chronized platform; qual-
ified for finals of the 2000Olympic games in Syd-ney, Australia; namedNCAA All-American 10-meter individualplatformat Southern MethodistUniversity.
Rick SmithBasketball, baseball;
Ludlow High SchoolLettered three years of
varsity sports, basketballand baseball, 1968-1971.Pitched in the baseball re-gional final in 1971; re-ceived special recogni-tion that year andwasvot-ed “the game guy” in thestate of Kentucky forplayinghighschool sportswith a handicap. He wasunfortunate in having po-lio in his left leg. Hishandicap never inter-fered with his desire toplay sports.
He was very active incoaching Ludlow youthandFortMitchell youth inthe 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s.Ludlow Youth Footballwas reinstated by Smithin 1990 after a few yearsof no peewee ball in Lud-low; was director of Lud-low Youth Football 1990-95; director of FortMitch-ell Spartan football 1995-2000; involved in SpecialOlympics program inNorthern Kentucky formany years.
Coached basketball onthe junior- and high-school levels,while teach-ing at Newport and Lud-low; employed as the spe-cial education director atLudlow Schools.
Tom SaalfeldBasketball; Holy Cross
High School 1964-67,Thomas More College,1967-71
Four-year starter forHoly Cross basketball un-der Coach GeorgeSchneider; played froshand JV 1964-65; won 9thRegion championship as ajunior, played in statetournament at FreedomHall, Louisville, lost toBreckenridge County instate finals; in 1967,named All-34th District,played with his brother,Bob Saalfeld.
Went on to play atThomas More for CoachJim Weyer; a 6-foot-4 for-ward,hestartedhis juniorand senior years; aver-aged 8.8 points and 5.1 re-bounds per game as a ju-nior, 10 points and 7.1 re-bounds as a senior; re-ceived the RobertBreinich Award for bas-ketball, academics andcharacter.
Now employed as CEOat St. Elizabeth HospitalFort Thomas.
different Ludlowathleteswho competed at statelast year.
Topgirls returners areAmber Victor, TiffanyVictor, Chesi Dugan, Car-men Shworles andBreeann Bailey. Top boysareDerekGaiser, Camer-on VanHuss, Zach Cole,Chris Welbers and AlexLewis.
“We return a veryyoung teamfromlast sea-son,” Wright said. “Wealso battled several keyinjuries last season, soour ability to stay healthywill be key. This is a hun-gry, hard-working teamthathas set loftygoals forthemselves this season.”
Notre DameThe Pandas are de-
fending conference andreigonal champions, andwere 10th overall at the3A state meet.
Top returners are sen-iors Molly Kirn and FranHerbe (pole vault), seniorSavanna Hemmer(sprints), MackenzieScaringi (discus), and ju-nior Mandy Arnzen(sprints, jumps). Arnzenwon four medals in lastyear’s state meet. JuniorCarlyWolnitzek is the topreturner in distance/mid-dle distance.
Top newcomers startwith hurdler Emma Ja-cobs, distance runnerNatalie Klein and sprint-ers Macey Tranter andSarah Schuh.
They will all look tostep up as the Pandasgraduated a lot of pointsfrom last season.
“Hopefully with thereturning veterans andsome talented newcom-ers we will have the op-
portunity to contend forthe regional title inMay,”said veteran head coachJim Parsons.
Villa Madonna boys/girls
Joe Cordonnier hasbeen head coach for 13years and returns to leadthe team.
SeniorEricBaughwassecond in the state in the1,600 lastyearat theClass1Achampionships, finish-ing behind Louisville Ho-ly Cross phenom JacobThomson, who has gradu-ated.Baugh is0.3 secondsoff the school record inthateventandhastiedthe
school mark in the 3,200.Healso has a chance to bethe top point-scorer inteam history.
Top athletes on thegirls team include MariaBlom, Allison Laber, Sa-rah Ernst and MarcusSchwarting. Blom, a highjumper, has been accept-ed to the Army at WestPoint.
VMA’s overallstrength is in distanceevents and the fieldevents are a preseasonweakness.
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As the world becomesincreasingly more uncertainand complex, the need for aquality education grows aswell. Education should in-clude many elements, withthe three Rs (reading, writingand arithmetic) serving as itsfoundation. However, today’syoung person needs morethan that, and the month ofApril has been designated tofocus on one of those needs.
April is National FinancialLiteracy Month, which high-lights the importance ofknowing the ABCs of finan-cial literacy, which touchevery facet of life. Studiesshow that people with lowlevels of financial literacytend to be less financiallysecure, and less confident inall matters related to finan-cial decisions, be they per-sonal or family oriented.
Sadly, Michigan Retire-ment Research Center re-search reveals only 27 per-cent of young adults under-stand basic financial conceptssuch as interest, inflation andrisk diversification. Accord-ing to research completed atthe University of Arizona,early financial educationefforts increase the likelihoodstudents will continue to befinancially literate through-out their lives.
Just as Fidelity Invest-ments provides our custom-ers with guidance and finan-cial tools to help them realize
their personalfinancialgoals, we areworking hardin NorthernKentucky andthroughoutGreater Cin-cinnati to dothe same withstudents toensure theyhave the fi-
nancial foundation they needto be successful in the future.We teach students personalfinancial basics, such asspending and saving, to em-power them to make smartfinancial decisions, focusingour volunteer efforts on in-classroom discussions andhands-on simulations withteachers and students to helpimprove their financial litera-cy.
One effort involves nearly1,300 students from KentonCounty School District andCovington IndependentSchools. These students areparticipating in our year-longInvesting in Students pro-gram that includes in-personlessons and online simula-tions, culminating with aninvestment tournament em-phasizing the importance ofimplementing the Kentuckymathematics Common Corestandards. Meanwhile, Fidel-ity volunteers are piloting ateach-the-teacher trainingprogram working with 20
teachers from Covington’sHolmes Middle School andthe Boys & Girls Clubs ofGreater Cincinnati to helpthem learn new financialconcepts and interactivegames to take back to theirclassrooms.
We are dedicated to mak-ing financial expertise acces-sible and effective in helpingpeople live the lives theywant. That same principleapplies to our kids: givingthem access to financialknowledge and expertise tomake themmore financiallyconfident and help themmakeeducated decisions to betterthemselves and their futures.Our schools look to achievethis every day. And by engag-ing in classrooms and commu-nities, we help reach thatshared goal.
We can all make a differ-ence when it comes to finan-cial literacy and preparingstudents for the future. Weencourage families to talk tochildren about how to handlemoney, stressing the impor-tance and benefits of savingresponsibly and helping themset their own financial goals.Together, we can all help pre-pare students in northernKentucky to make betterfinancial decisions to improvetheir lives.
Nicole Gordon is manager, commu-nity relations for Fidelity Invest-ments.
Fidelity helpingstudents learnfinancial literacy
Nicole GordonCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
As I sit and read my bible,accompanied by the latestMax Lucado book, “Grace;More ThanWe Deserve,Greater ThanWe Imagine,” Iam truly grateful for God’sgrace. It does not escape methat I could not be sitting hereon this cozy couch, drinking acup of hot coffee and readingmy bible if it weren’t for Hisunselfish grace.
I have known about Godand welcomed Him into mylife as a little girl. Yet, statis-tically speaking, poor choicesfor much of my young adult-hood and a family history ofalcoholism (coupled with toomuch of a personal liking foradult beverages) could haveleft me living a much differ-ent scenario. Divorce anddebt are the first two wordsthat come to mind.
However, in trying to real-ly digest this crazy little thingcalled grace, my dilemma isnot so much how to acceptGod’s grace, I just do, but how
on Earth will Iever learn toextend it toothers?
Sometimesjust 10 min-utes into mymorning, withthree kidscomplainingabout schoolwork and“What’s for
breakfast?” I have blown theopportunity to extend thegrace that I had just prayedabout. What’s wrong with thispicture?
I heard a phrase once,“Grace happens, just not over-night.” And in Max’s book, hesays, “We don’t get grace,grace gets us.” Maybe that’smy problem. I’m too busyrunning around trying to fig-ure out where I can find graceto extend to my children (cutme some slack, though, wehome-school. I do spend 24/7with all three of them!) May-
be if I just slow down, gracecan find me.
Could that be the issue forall of us? Are we too busysearching for the grace thathas already been freely given.The bible gives us a perfectexample of how God’s grace istransplanted into us. “I willgive you a new heart and put anew spirit within you; I willtake the heart of stone out ofyour flesh and give you a newheart of flesh” Ezekiel 36:26.
So, what is our part in theprocess of grace? Heed Ro-mans 8:29, “For whomHeforeknew, He also predes-tined to be conformed to theimage of His Son.” God al-ready has a plan to changeyou, you just need to show upfor the appointment.
Julie House is a resident of Inde-pendence, and founder of EquippedMinistries, a Christian-based healthand wellness program. She can bereached at 802-8965 or on Face-book.com/EquippedMinistries.
Grace has a way of finding you
Julie HouseCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Last year the Administra-tion on Aging’s theme for OlderAmericansMonth of May was:Unleash the Power of Age. Asan advocate for seniors, I be-
lieve that weshould be cele-brating thepower of ageevery day, allyear round.
The ques-tion becomes,though, how tobest unleashthat power?How can wetap into therich life expe-
riences, leadership skills andinsights of the older residentsin our community, to makeNorthern Kentucky a betterplace to live?
I’d answer that question bysaying that the opportunity to“unleash that power” is beforeus right now – the myNKYcampaign.
Seniors have the wisdomand experiences to help guidethe vision of tomorrow forNorthern Kentucky. myNKY, asix-month community vision-ing campaign currently un-derway focused on engagingresidents, educators, politi-cians, and businesses to helpdetermine the priorities forNorthern Kentucky’s nextfive-year strategic plan. Ilearned about the myNKYwhen I was contacted by arepresentative from the cam-paign and asked to share in-formation at the 10 Senior Ac-tivity Centers operated bySenior Services of NorthernKentucky.
Seniors are the ‘experi-enced” population of NorthernKentucky, and can provideexpertise, wisdom and life-longknowledge to this visioningprocess.
Recently my almost-80-year-old mother came to live withme. After years of living threehours apart, it is a delight totalk with her each night andhug her each morning. But herneeds and wants for this com-munity are drastically differ-ent than mine. She is con-cerned about how she will getto doctor’s appointments, if hermedication costs will go up andwhat kinds of activities areavailable for older adults in thecommunity. Jobs and economicgrowth are important ofcourse, but that’s not what is onher mind day-in and day-out.
Many seniors share theconcerns of health, transporta-tion andmeeting daily needs.
Their perspective is quit differ-ent than mine, yet seniors pro-vide such valuable insights aswe plan for our future – ouraging future.
I encourage everyone, butespecially seniors in NorthernKentucky, to make your voiceheard by visiting myNKY.org,the online hub for collectingcommunity input. The websitefeatures a variety of ways foryou to share your thoughts andfeelings about our future in-cluding an interactive prio-ritization game where you canshow how you’d invest a mil-lion virtual dollars in communi-ty priorities like housing andpublic transportation, andthere are a variety of polls andchallenge questions on topicsthat change each week. If youdon’t have access to the in-ternet, call 859-757-0518 andprovide your opinions over thephone or visit any of SeniorServices of Northern Kentuck-y’s Senior Activity Centers andask the Center Manager tohelp.
Whether you do it online,over the phone or in-person,myNKY is your chance toshare your voice about whatyou believe will move the re-gion forward. Let’s talk give anod to our past, but focus onour future. Let’s talk about ourpriorities. Let’s make sureeveryone in our community’svoice is heard. I encourage youto visit today and use yourwisdom to influence the futureof Northern Kentucky.
Tricia Watts lives with her 80-year-old mother and husband in ParkHills.
Seniors havevaluable insightsfor the community
Tricia WattsCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Let there be lightIn response to a guest col-
umn by Vickie Cimprich:God blessed the earth with
many resources. He gave hu-mans the ingenuity and com-mon sense to harness the re-sources to our needs. It strikesme as incredibly silly that youwould prefer to live in the darkto satisfy your need for pen-ance.
If you want to impose dark-ness on yourself, it is your pre-rogative. Butwhat is your need
to impose your personal choiceon the rest of us? You couldbuild a log cabin in the forestand use your candles there.Even burn some wood insteadof fossil fuel. If you reallywantto make yourself uncomfort-able while sitting in the dark,try wearing a hair shirt orsome other medieval form ofself punishment.
As for the rest of us in the21st century, let there be light.
Jack ShieldsEdgewood
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An enthusiasticcrowd raised$95,000 to help
children of abuse atMasquerade Madness,March 1.
More than 320 sup-porters of the North-ern Kentucky Chil-dren’s Advocacy Cen-ter gathered at theAirport Marriott tofind themselves im-mediately immersed
in Venetian opulence.A cocktail receptionstarted the eveningleading to an Italian-themed dinner fol-lowed by dancing tothe music of TheChuck Taylors.
The newly themedannual gala (formerlythe Ghoulish Gala)was an explosion ofglamour and allurewith most guests
adorning masks sur-rounded by gold andsilver accents, themedcenterpieces by Timo-thy’s Florals, perfor-mances by ballerinasof Expressions DanceTheatre, and greenscreen photographyby Studio 66 forguests to have theirportrait taken in thefamed Italian cityupon arrival.
Emcee Ed Hartmanled a special live auc-tion of wind chimescreated by NorthernKentucky high schoolart students and anelaborate copper andbrass water featurecreated by students atBoone County AreaTechnology Center. Anew video for the chil-dren’s advocacy cen-ter was shown, and a
new fundraising andawareness campaignwas announced begin-ning this month tocoincide with nationalChild Abuse Preven-tion month.
Last year, the NKY-CAC served nearly750 children in a coor-dinated response tochild abuse. It is theonly Children’s Ad-vocacy Center in
Northern Kentuckyand recognized as aCenter of Excellenceby the National Chil-dren’s Alliance.
For more informa-tion about the North-ern Kentucky Chil-dren’s Advocacy Cen-ter, visitwww.nkycac.org orcall 859-442-3200.
Masquerade Madness 2014 co-chairs Candice Ziegler and Shannon Wendt and the Advocates of the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center raised a record $95,000 from the annualgala.THANKS TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER
Gala madness helps Children’sAdvocacy Center
Patrick Brown and AmyWainio Brown in masks at theNorthern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center's gala.THANKS TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER
Attending the Masquerade Madness for the NorthernKentucky Children’s Advocacy Center were Jack and LindaGivens. THANKS TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER
Amy and Robert Carlisle at the Masquerade Madness forthe Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center. THANKS TONORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER
FRIDAY, APRIL 11Art ExhibitsRecognized: ContemporaryPortraiture, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd., Allgalleries. Artists: Jessie Boone,Evan Hildebrandt, AmandaHogan Carlisle, Alison Shepard,Katie Parker and GuyMichaelDavis, Marci Rosin, Elmer Hen-dren, Cole Carothers and more.859-491-2030; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.The Definitive ContemporaryLandscape, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Artisans Enterprise Center, 27W.Seventh St., Myriad styles oflandscape painting and its 300year history with exhibitionfeaturing 29 local and regionalartists. See stylistic influences ofthe Barbizon School; Naturalism;Realism; Abstract Expressionism;Asian; Calligraphic Expression-ism; Hudson River School; Lumi-nous, to name a few. Free.Through April 25. 859-292-2322;www.covingtonarts.com. Co-vington.
Dining EventsTrinity UnitedMethodistChurch Fish Fry, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.,Trinity United Methodist Church-Latonia, 101 E. Southern Ave.,Fish sandwich, two sides, drinkand dessert for dine-in (drink notincluded for carryout). $8, $7seniors, $4 children. 859-261-4010. Latonia.Fish Fry Dinner, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.,Knights of Columbus 3908,Father Bealer Council, 605 LytleAve., Includes fried or baked fish,chicken nuggets, shrimp, ham-burgers and hot dogs, sides anddrinks. Carry-out available.$1.50-$7.50. 859-342-6643.Elsmere.Fish Fry Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,Knights of Columbus 3908,Father Bealer Council, 605 LytleAve., Includes fried or baked fish,chicken, shrimp, hamburgers andhot dogs, sides and drinks.Carry-out available. Benefitscharities of Knights of Columbus3908. $1.50-$7.50. 859-342-6643.Elsmere.Edgewood Fire/EMS Fish Fry, 5p.m.-8 p.m., Edgewood SeniorCenter, 550 Freedom Park Drive,
Fried fish, beer-battered fish,potato pancakes, baked fish,shrimp, hot dogs or chickennuggets. Includes choice of sides:french fries, onion rings, coleslawor macaroni and cheese. Call forcarryout orders. Family friendly.Benefits Edgewood Fire/EMSAssociation. $6.50-$7.25. Present-ed by Edgewood Fire/EMS.859-331-5910; www.edgewood-ky.gov. Edgewood.Drive Thru Fish Fry, 4 p.m.-7:30p.m., Dixie Heights High School,3010 Dixie Highway, Concessionstand. Fish, crab cakes, pizza,mac and cheese, onion rings,fries, coleslaw, coke drinks andKrispy Kreme doughnuts. Bene-fits Dixie Heights High School’smusic programs. 859-802-8575;www.eyeswithpride.net. Edge-wood.Holy Cross High School FishFry, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Holy CrossHigh School, 3617 Church St.,Alumni Hall. Fish sandwiches,baked fish, shrimp baskets andcheese pizza. Sides: hush pup-pies, green beans, macaroni andcheese or french fries and des-sert. Drinks available for pur-chase. Carryout available. 859-431-1335; www.hchscov.com.Covington.Fort Wright Civic Club LentenFish Fry, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., FortWright Civic Club, 115 KennedyRoad, Benefits communityorganizations. 859-331-1150. FortWright.Fish Fry, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Prince ofPeace School, Covington, 625W.Pike St., House chef with specialbeer-batter recipe. Includes liveentertainment. 859-431-5153;www.popcov.com. Covington.Fish Fry, 4 p.m.-8 p.m., MaryQueen of Heaven School, 1130Donaldson Highway, Dine-inservice, carry-out and drive-thru.Benefits Mary, Queen of HeavenSchool. Prices vary. Presented byMary, Queen of Heaven Parish.859-525-6909; www.mqhparish-.com. Erlanger.Fish Fry for DCCH Center, 11a.m.-1 p.m., Brooks Flooring,1898 Ashwood Drive, Served bySr. JeanMarie Hoffman. BenefitsDCCH Center for Children andFamilies. Donations requested.Presented by DCCH Center forChildren & Families. 859-331-
2040, ext. 8534; www.dcchcente-r.org. Fort Wright.Drive-through Fish Fry, 5p.m.-7:30 p.m., Beechwood HighSchool, 54 Beechwood Road,Includes fried fish with choice ofbun or rye bread, coleslaw,french fries or mac and cheese.Drinks available. Benefits Beech-wood Band Boosters. $7 meals.Presented by Beechwood BandBoosters. 859-620-6317. FortMitchell.St. Barbara Fish Fry, 4:30 p.m.-8p.m., St. Barbara Church, 4042Turkeyfoot Road, Dine in or carryout. Fried fish, baked tilapia,shrimp and cheese pizza. Adultdinners include three sides. $8and up. 859-371-3100. Erlanger.cole slaw. $9; $5 for children.Presented by BurlingtonMasonicLodge #264 F&AM. 859-746-3225or 859-689-4328. Florence.Fish Fry, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Coving-ton Turners, 447 Pike St., $6 fishdinner. Dine In or carry out.Benefits Turners Youth Fund.859-491-5015. Covington.Fish Fry, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., St.Patrick Catholic Church, 3285
Mills Road, Fish, hot buffalo fish,salmon or shrimp. Sides: coles-law, black beans and rice, greenbeans , hush puppies pizza,cheese sticks. Soda and beer.Bluegrass/country music. BenefitsSt. Patrick Church. $5-$9.50.859-356-5151, ext. 10. Taylor Mill.
ExhibitsVietnam: Our Story, 10 a.m.-5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Exhibit with series of lectures,panel discussions and otherspecial events. Free for veteransfrom all eras and all currentmilitary personnel, $7, $6 ages 60and up, $4 ages 3-17. 859-491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.
tets., Northern Kentucky Conven-tion Center, 1W. RiverCenterBlvd., Women’s groups fromOhio, Kentucky, Indiana, WestVirginia, Tennessee and Alabamaoffer a cappella song packagessung in barbershop style. $35,$15 ages 18 and under. Presentedby Sweet Adelines InternationalRegion No. 4. 513-554-2648;www.sai-region4.org. Coving-ton.
On Stage - TheaterHarvey, 7:30 p.m., The Carnegie,1028 Scott Blvd., Otto M. BudigTheatre. Elwood P. Dowd iswell-liked, inexhaustibly happyand from a respected family, andhis best friend is an invisibleman-sized rabbit named Harvey.$17-$24. Through April 27.859-491-2030; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.
ShoppingLadies’ Night Out, 6 p.m.-10p.m., MainStrasse Village, MainStreet, Retail, service, drink andfood specials available fromvarious MainStrasse businesses.Strolling musicians. Presented byMainStrasse Village Association.859-491-0458; www.mainstrasse-.org. Covington.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12Art ExhibitsRecognized: ContemporaryPortraiture, noon-3 p.m., TheCarnegie, 859-491-2030;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
Clubs & OrganizationsSpeak Easy Cincy: SaturdayWorkshop, noon-2 p.m., Mon-key Brew Coffee, 402 BakewellSt., The Reading Room. Memberstake turns leading writing work-shops, and each lead choosestheir own prompt. Everyone haschance to create and shareoriginal work. Free. Presented bySpeak Easy Cincy. ThroughMay3. 859-640-5275; facebook.com/speakeasycincy. Covington.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Linton Music Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions, featuring the Madcap Puppets, are 10-10:30a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 12, at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, 2690Dixie Highway. Music Making with Madcap: The Story of the Gingerbread Man. Violin,viola, cello, piano and Madcap Puppets tell story through music of Brahms. $5 or four for$15, free under age 2. 513-381-6868; www.lintonmusic.org.FILE PHOTO
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I may be jinxing my-self, but I think we’vefinally transitioned intospring. The last few dayshave convinced me, andin our little patch ofwoods, I’m seeing trueharbingers: watercressin our spring fed pool andtrilliums, bloodroot,anemones and springbeauties all poking upthrough the leaves. Thedandelions and wild on-ions are all over theplace. Both nutritiouswild edibles.
Meanwhile, we’regearing up for Easter.One of my favorite yeastbuns to make is hot crossbuns. Now these aren’textremely sweet, like asweet roll (they’re a bun,remember), but justsweet enough to reallyenjoy with a cup of tea orglass of milk.
Legend has it that ifyou make yeasted hotcross buns for Good Fri-day and hang one up inthe kitchen, you’ll havesuccess with anythingyou make with yeast allyear ‘round. That won’tbe happening at myhouse! Let the kids helpGranddaughter Evaloved making the crossdecoration. You can alsosimply use the icing as aglaze over the whole bun.
Buns1 pkg. (1/4 oz.) active
dry yeast, regular orrapid rise
1 tablespoon plus 1/2
cup sugar,divided
1 cupwarmmilk(110° -115°)
1/4 cupsoftenedbutter
Coupledashes salt
1/2 to 1cup raisins
1 large egg, room tem-perature
3-1/2 to 3-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 375. Inmixer bowl, dissolveyeast and 1 tablespoonsugar in warmmilk. Letstand for 5 minutes. Itwill foam up. Add butter,raisins, egg, salt andremaining sugar; beatuntil smooth.
On low speed, pour inenough flour to form softdough - I used 3-1/2 cups.Turn onto very lightlyfloured surface (not toomuch flour or buns willbe tough); knead untilsmooth like a baby’sbottom, about 5 minutes.I used the dough hook soavoided hand kneadingand extra flour.
Place in sprayed orbuttered bowl, turningonce to coat top. Blessdough! Cover and let risein warm place until dou-bled, 1 hour or more.Stick a finger in gently, ifindentation remains,you’re good to go; if itsprings back, it needs toraise more.
Punch dough down.
Divide into 12 portions.Shape into balls.
Place in sprayed orbuttered 13x9 pan. Coverand let rise until doubled,about 45 minutes.
Bake 25-30 minutes oruntil golden. Mine weredone at 25 minutes.
IcingWhisk together:2 cups confectioner’s
sugar1 tablespoon vanilla4 tablespoons water or
more if needed. Make across shape on each bun.
Tip from Rita’skitchen:
Raising in frig: As anexperiment, I divideddough in half and let halfraise at room temper-ature and half in frig,covered, overnight. Thedough from the frig tooklonger to raise, but bothbatches came out great.
Hawaiian roll cloneLeave out raisins and
icing and you have a rollthat, to me, tastes likestore-bought Hawaiianrolls. The crust is not assoft, but the sweet flavoris there!
Yeast basicsBack in the old days
yeast came in the form ofmoist little cakes and hadto be refrigerated. Nowwe can buy dry yeast inthe store. It comes inmany forms, from reg-ular yeast to rapid rise to
bread machine yeast. Alleasy to use!
Is it fresh?Tomake sure your
yeast can still leaven, adda little to some warmwater with a pinch ofsugar. It should foam upwithin minutes. If not,toss it. Yeast kept infreezer stays fresh long-er.
Can you help?
Yeasty flavor inbreads: Lois B. has afriend who wants toknow how to make theflavor of yeast moreprominent in her bakedgoods. Using regular, notrapid rise may help. Anysuggestions from bakersin our Community circleof friends?
Applebee’s hot bacondressing. Wanda R. has
tried “to no avail” to makethis. Do you have a similarrecipe?
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary profes-sional and author. Find her blogonline at Abouteating.com.Email her [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.
Sharing a hot crossbun recipe, and thelegend behind it
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Hot cross buns: Make them, and hang one up in the kitchen to ensure success in futureyeast recipes.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
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Joseph ByrdJoseph Byrd, 46, of Erlanger,
died March 28, at his residence.He was a sales representative
for Allied Building Supply, Armyveteran, active in the ErlangerChurch of Christ where heserved as a deacon, and was anavid fan of the Kentucky Wild-cats.
His father, Jack Byrd, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his wife,Heather Byrd; children, Jenniferand Michael Byrd; mother, MarySue Davis; sister, Roberta Ray;and brothers, Kevin Byrd andDavid Byrd.
Memorials: Erlanger Church ofChrist, 458 Graves Ave., Erlanger,KY 41018.
Cecil DickeyCecil Dickey, 71, of Edgewood,
died March 27, at St. ElizabethEdgewood.
He was an electrician withIBEW Local No. 212, collectedantique cars, and loved to fish.
His brother, Ronald Dickey,died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Bonnie Dickey of Edgewood;daughters, Suzi Kahler of Fort-
son, Ga., Jerri Dickey of Edge-wood, Chris Menkhaus of Edge-wood, and Michelle Schildmeyerof Florence; four grandchildrenand one great-grandson.
Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017.
Elizabeth HilesElizabeth Ann “Libby” Hiles,
75, of Richmond, Ky., diedMarch 31, at the Hospice Com-passionate Care Center of Rich-mond.
She was born in MorningView, and was a retired switch-board operator for Turfway Parkin Florence.
Her husband, Bernard Hiles Jr.;brothers, Donald E. and Ray-mond Russell; and sister, WandaHuff, died previously.
Survivors include her daugh-ter, Kimberly H. Rhodus; brother,Fred Russell; four grandchildrenand four great-grandchildren.
Burial was at IndependenceCemetery. Memorials: HospiceCare Plus, 208 Kidd Drive, Berea,KY 40403; Hospice Compassion-ate Care Center, 350 Isaacs Lane,Richmond, KY 40475, or thecharity of donor’s choice.
Helen KiffmeyerHelen Kiffmeyer, 90, died
April 1, at Carmel Manor Retire-ment Center in Fort Thomas.
She was a teacher in manyschools throughout the Dioceseof Covington for more than 30years, supervisor and consultant
for the Diocese Office of Educa-tion. traveled the world duringher retirement, volunteered forBe Concerned and the ParishKitchen, and was a member ofthe Covington Art Club, theBenedictine Oblates, severalbook clubs, and the Derby Girls.
Survivors include her children,Carolyn Schwier of Cincinnati,Joseph Kiffmeyer of Moab,Utah, and Donald Kiffmeyer ofMoab, Utah; special sister,Kathleen Morowitz; one grand-son and two step-grandchildren.
Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mithcell.
Memorials: Be Concerned, 714Washington Ave., Covington, KY41011.
James KingJames King, 88, of Taylor Mill,
died March 29, at St. ElizabethFort Thomas.
He was a self-employedroofing contractor, a Navyveteran of World War II, andmember of No. 1469 MooseLodge, Elsmere VFW and Colo-nel Clay Lodge F&AM.
Survivors include his wife,ThelmaWilliams King; son, DaveKing of Covington; daughters,Janice Parnell of Taylor Mill, andDonna Adams of Canal Fulton,Ohio; brothers, Harry “Bud”King of Fort Wright, and BillKing of Cincinnati; sisters, AmyBarnett of Park Hills, and Jea-
nette Devaughan of Ohio; sevengrandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Interment with military hon-ors was at Floral Hills Cemetery.
Memorials: the charity ofdonor’s choice.
James KingJames King, 88, of Taylor Mill,
died March 29, at St. ElizabethFort Thomas.
He was a self-employedroofing contractor, Navy veteranof World War II, and member ofMoose Lodge No. 1469, ElsmereVFW and Colonel Clay LodgeF&AM.
Survivors include his wife,ThelmaWilliams King; son, DaveKing of Covington; daughters,Janice Parnell of Taylor Mill, andDonna Adams of Canal Fulton,Ohio; brothers, Harry “Bud”King of Fort Wright, and BillKing of Cincinnati; sisters, AmyBarnett of Park Hill, and Jea-nette Devaughan of Ohio; sevengrandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Interment with military hon-ors was at Floral Hills Cemetery.
Memorials: the charity ofdonor’s choice.
Helen LewisHelen M. Lewis, 94, of Inde-
pendence, died March 28, atWoodcrest Manor Care Centerin Erlanger.
She was a member of Im-manuel United Church of Christin Bromley where she was amember of the Women’s Guild,and was a member of the Brom-ley Fire Department LadiesAuxiliary.
Her husband, Walter A. Lewis;son, Edward W. Lewis; andbrother, Roy Beil, died previ-ously.
Survivors include her son,Robert “Bob” Lewis of Inde-pendence; daughter, PeggyErnest of Florence; brother, EarlBeil of Villa Hills; nine grand-children, 20 great-grandchildrenand four great-great-grand-children.
Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.
Constance MurrayConstance “Connie”Murray,
79, of Cold Spring, died March31, at St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas.
She was the owner and opera-tor of the Candlelier Gift Shop inCovington for many years,graduate of Bellevue HighSchool, and member of St.Philip’s Church in Melbourne.
Her brother, Terry Peters, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her husband,Arthur A. Murray of Cold Spring;sister, Donna Heuer of Edge-wood; and two grandchildren.
Burial was at EvergreenCemetery in Southgate.
Memorials: St. Philip’s Church,1404 Mary Ingles Highway,Melbourne, KY 41059.
Janet NorrisJanet G. Norris, 78, of Erlang-
er, died April 1, at her home.She was a retired insurance
clerk.Her husband, Harold D.
Norris, died previously.Survivors include her son,
Stephen D. Norris of Erlanger;three grandchildren and onegreat-grandchild.
Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.
Memorials: American HeartAssociation, 5211Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH 45227.
Jacqueline PowellJacqueline “Lee” Powell, 73,
of Villa Hills, died March 25, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.
She worked as a bank officerfor Peoples Liberty and HomeSavings Bank in Ludlow, was amember of the Villa Hills GardenClub, and was a member of St.Joseph Church in CrescentSprings where she was a mem-ber of the bereavement commit-tee and former member of thechoir.
Survivors include her brother,William T. Powell of New Smyr-na, Fla.; and nieces, Amy andNancy Powell.
Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park.
Memorials: St. Joseph Church,2470 Lorraine Court, CrescentSprings, KY 41017.
Martha ReynoldsMartha W. James Reynolds,
92, of Park Hills, died March 29.She was a homemaker, mem-
ber and Eucharistic minister ofMother of God Church, and
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enjoyed cooking fried chickendinners for family gatherings,painting pictures and CincinnatiReds games.
Her husband, Melvin L. Rey-nolds; son, Timothy Reynolds;and sister, Ann Benzing, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her daugh-ter, Linda A. Nie of Fort Mitchell;sons, Michael D. Reynolds ofSpringfield Township, Ohio, andJoseph D. Reynolds of Louisville;13 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: Mother of GodChurch, 119 West 6th St., Coving-ton, KY.
Woodrow Ross Jr.WoodrowW. “Woody” Ross
Jr., 70, died March 29, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.
He was a retired crane opera-tor for Maxim, member of theWalton Masonic Lodge, theGood Guys Club and the RalphFulton VFW Post in Elsmere,Marine Corps veteran of theVietnamWar, commander of theJohnson/McElroy AmericanLegion Post No. 277 in Walton,and enjoyed fishing, gardening,working in tobacco and spend-ing time with friends and family.
Survivors include his wife,Elrose L. “Ellie” Schuler Ross;son, Jason Woodrow Ross;sisters, Frances Bailey and LizPray; brothers, Logan Ross andArchie Ross; and two grand-children.
Interment with military hon-ors was at Kentucky VeteransCemetery North in William-stown.
Memorials: American LegionPost No. 277, 415 Jones Road,Walton, KY 41094.
Arvil SextonArvil J. Sexton, 74, of Erlanger,
died April 1, at his daughter’shome in Taylor Mill.
He was a retired vice presi-dent of marketing for DrexelHeritage Furniture, and attend-ed Erlanger Baptist Church.
Memorials: American Cancer
Society, 297 Buttermilk Pike, FortMitchell, KY 41017.
His wife, Mary McNeil Sexton,and daughter, Teresa Doan, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his daughter,Linda Siegert of Taylor Mill; son,Rodney Sexton of Erlanger;brother, Eldon Sexton of Cincin-nati; sister, Ivonia Anderson ofNewport; 12 grandchildren andthree great-grandchildren.
Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.
Dave SimmonsDave Simmons, 52, of Erlang-
er, died March 28, at St. Eliza-beth Edgewood.
He was a meat packer withDavis Meats and Seafood inWalton, and attended FlorenceBaptist Temple.
His father, Lester Simmons,died previously.
Survivors include his mother,Dorothy Deaton of Erlanger;and brothers, Dan Simmons ofErlanger, and Doug Simmons ofFlorence.
Burial was at New BethelCemetery in Verona.
Robert TaylorRobert Eugene Taylor, 74, of
Villa Hills, died March 31, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.
He attended Holmes High
School, was an Army veteran,and retired engineer fromCincinnati Bell.
Survivors include his wife,Nancy Taylor; daughters, TraciTaylor and Tammy Burnham;sisters, Barbara Faulkner andCarolyn Calvert; brother, CharleyTaylor; and two granddaughters.
Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: Immanual UnitedMethodist Church, 2551DixieHighway, Lakeside Park, KY41017; or the charity of donor’schoice.
James ToadvineJames R. Toadvine, 73, of
Erlanger, died March 27, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.
He worked as a mechanic atTank and retired after 28 yearsof service.
Survivors include his wife,Barbara Toadvine; children, JanHaggard, Lisa Conely, JamieToadvine, Stephen Toadvine,Kelly Robinson and Stacy Math-ieu; 21 grandchildren and 11great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017.
