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TAYLOR MILL — As the southand north ends of the Ky. 16, orTaylor Mill Road, constructionare nearing completion, driversneed to be aware of construc-tion workers and equipment aswell as new traffic patterns, ac-cording to Nancy Wood, Ken-tucky Transportation CabinetDistrict 6 spokeswoman.
The southernmost portion ofthe construction, fromSunbriteDrive to Klette Road, was fin-ished in July. The northern sec-tion, from Blackstone Court toInterstate 275, is expected toopenFriday,Aug. 23,Woodsaid.
The completion of those twosections equals 2.5 miles of
roadway, or more than half ofthe entire 4.2-mile project, witha total cost ofmore than$79mil-lion.
Final surfacing and roadstriping will take place duringthat week, so work crews andpaving equipment will be in thearea. She said motorists shouldwatch for them and to expectdelays during peak traffictimes.
“Drivers are getting used tothe new alignment, and we’vegot power to the traffic signalson the north end,” said Wood.
Speed limits near construc-tion areas have been reduced.
Thenorth intersection ofOldTaylor Mill Road and Ky. 16 has
Continuing construction has caused new traffic patterns along TaylorMill Road, or Ky. 16, near the Taylor Mill Swim Club and the road’ssouth junction with Old Taylor Mill Road. THE COMMUNITY RECORDER/AMY
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ERLANGER — Constructionfor the realignment of McAlpinAvenue is underway.
The entrance of McAlpin isbeing moved south on DixieHighway to align with GarveyAvenue. According to contrac-tor JPS Construction, the pro-ject will take three to fourmonths.
Erlanger Economic Devel-opment Director David Hahnsaid the project involves themoving of utilities, includingDuke Energy poles, a waterlineand storm sewers.
The realignment, Hahn saidis expected to improve the traf-fic flow along Dixie Highway
and the two avenues. The pro-ject has been on the city coun-cil’s agenda for many years.
“We’re looking forward togetting this complete,” he said.
The project is funded by a$1,085,000 Congestion Mitiga-tion and Air Quality grant. Thisgrant requires matching funds.Eighty percent of the projectwill be paid with the grant and20 percent by the city. Accord-ing toHahn,Elsmere ispitchingin, as well.
“Even though themajorityofthe work will be completed inErlanger, (Elsmere) pitched in$35,000, as theyalsosee theben-efit of the project,” Hahn said.
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VILLA HILLS — Villa Hillscouncil members had a firstreading of an ordinance thatwould set property tax ratesfor the city.
City Council is poised toadopt compensating rates,which is the tax ratewhichpro-ducesanamountofrevenueap-proximately equal to that pro-duced in the preceding year.
Proposed real property
rates are $2.14 for every $1,000in property valuation.
City clerk Craig Bohmantold council members duringthe Aug. 14 caucusmeeting thecompensating rate is calculat-edbystatuteandalso “happensto be the same as the existingrate that we currently have.”
Proposed personal propertyrates are 96 cents for every$1,000 in property valuation.
City attorney Todd McMur-try told council members thatby not taking more than the
compensating rate, they mayfind themselves “behind theeight ball.”
“You kind of lose the mo-mentum to keep up with thecost of government,” he said.
A number of council mem-bers, however, said they werenot in favor of a tax increase.
After some discussion, itwas decided to keep tax ratesas proposed.
Kelly Wesson of Erlanger walks Nina Bell, 6, to Lindeman Elementary for the first day of school Aug.14. MELISSA STEWART/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Trinity Kelly, 7, Charlie Hall, 5, and Lacey Kelly, 5, all of Erlanger, pose for a photograph beforestarting the school year at Lindeman Elementary. MELISSA STEWART/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
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been realigned, so thatdrivers heading south onKy.16no longerdrivepastSouth Mason Road. In-stead, motorists are rout-ed on the new highway,Pride Parkway, and, theneither across Honeysuck-
le Drive and Honey Roadto the old intersection byRemke Shopping Center,continuing on Ky. 16, ordown Old Taylor MillRoad.
Taylor Creek Driveand Old Taylor Mill Roadare open to traffic. Sand-mann Drive is perma-nently closed at the BPstation and at The FarmApartments.
Scott High School,Woodland Middle SchoolandFloralHillsCemeteryare accessible by thesouth entrance toOldTay-lor Mill Road, that has anew intersection with Ky.16,witha relocated trafficsignal.
Wood said the con-struction on the middlesection, from SunbriteDrive to BlackstoneCourt, is continuing, andisexpectedtobecompleteby spring 2016.
Just south of the OldTaylor Mill crossing withKy. 16, the Taylor MillSwim Club, Bonnie Driveand Vincent Drive can bereached via Heather-moore Drive.
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FORT WRIGHT — Histo-ry fans from all over theTristate regionconvergedon the James A. RamageCivilWarMuseumAug.17to celebrate the area’sCivil War history at Bat-tery Hooper Days.
Theevent featuredhis-torical re-enactors, CivilWar-era crafts, cannonfirings and a petting zoo.
LIVING HISTORYFort Wright Elementary student Kingston Dailey, age 5, feeds an alpaca from Honey Hill Petting Zoo during BatteryHooper Days at the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
This year’s Battery Hooper Days at FortWright’s James A. Ramage Civil WarMuseum featured Gen. Adam R.“Stovepipe” Johnson, presented byBernie O’Bryan. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY
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Historian Robert Mohat discusses candlemaking,beekeeping and uses of honey during Civil War times atthe James A. Ramage Museum's Battery Hooper Days Aug.17. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Ladies Living History re-enactor JackieGardiner has a word with Abraham Lincoln,portrayed by Stan Wernz, at Battery HooperDays in Fort Wright Aug. 17. AMY SCALF/THE
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Lilah Borchardt, 2, takes a moment to show her puppy dog a little love at CrescentSprings Park. She is the daughter of Maria and Shawn Borchardt of Villa Hills. THANKSTO CYNTHIA SCHOETTKER
FORT MITCHELL —Wagging tails will unite inthefightagainstcancerasthe American Cancer So-
ciety’s Bark for Lifecomes to Northern Ken-tucky Saturday, Aug. 31.
The noncompetitivewalk event for dogs andtheir owners will be 10a.m. to 2 p.m. at DiocesanCatholic Children’s HomeFairgrounds, 75 Orphan-age Road, Fort Mitchell.
Registration fee forone dog is $15 and $5 foreach additional dog.
“This takes our Relayfor Life concept and ex-pands it to involve ourpets,”saidKilaHanrahan,Bark for Life organizer.
For nearly a century,the American Cancer So-ciety has raised funds tosupport cancer researchat Relay for Life events.These fundshave contrib-uted to a 20 percent de-crease in the overall can-cer death rate since itspeak in 1991. That meansthat more than 400 liveseach day are saved.
“Fora lotofus, ourpetsare a part of our family,”Hanrahan said. “Apet canbe there for the family go-ing through somethinglike cancer just as muchas a human being can.”
This is the first Barkfor Life in the region. Thegoal for the event, Hanra-han said, is to raise $5,000.
The Aug. 31 event in-cludes a short walk, dog-gie games, top dog anddress up contests, teamand community fundrais-ing, music and food, as
well as special dog guestdemonstrations.
Tami Costello, Cres-cent Springs, a Bark forLife committee memberand cancer survivor, saidshe is excited about thisnew event.
“I’ve seen the comforta furry friend brings tosomeone going throughcancer,” she said. “Dogsdon’t ask questions, theydon’t judge, they just sim-ply love. I’m happy to bepart of an event that hon-ors them the way theyshould be.”
She hopes that theevent is successful andsupported by the commu-nity so it can grow moreeach year.
“Everyonehasseentheface of cancer, whether itbe a parent, child, sibling,aunt, uncle, friend, co-worker or even a strangerin thestore,”shesaid. “It’stime to put an end to thisterrible disease and havefun doing it.”
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register your canine? Visithttp://bit.ly/19kVKiA orcontact Kila Hanrahan at859-372-7873 [email protected].
CRESTVIEW HILLS — Acornhole tournament atThomasMoreCollegewillraise money for a veter-ans’ scholarship.
Eddie Oestreicher, anassistant professor in theDepartment of BusinessAdministration, said thecollege decided about ayear ago they “wanted tobe a lot more veteranfriendly.”
“We–agroupofadmin-istrators and educators –formed a task force to de-velop strategies and ap-proaches that would pro-mote the school, informthemilitaryof our ‘YellowRibbon’ status and pro-vide fun events to honorboth our returning re-serve and active duty ser-vice members and theirfamilies,” Oestreichersaid in an email.
Enter, then, the inaugu-ral Heroes Cup CornholeTournament, from10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug.24, near the Bank of Ken-tucky Observatory on the
ThomasMore campus.While 70 percent of the
proceeds will go to tour-nament payout, 30 per-cent will go to the school’sHeroes Scholarship Fund.
Oestreicher said that’sa new scholarship thatwill benefit returning vet-erans.
According to Oes-treicher, there will be “awholehostofvendors thatare military-related.”
Winners also qualify toparticipate in a West Vir-ginia tournament with a$20,000 prize payout.
Oestreicher, who haslived in Union since 2005,retired in 2012 after 31years in the military. Hespent 10 years in the U.S.Army Reserves and near-ly 22 years in the U.S. Na-vy Reserves.
Online registration is$30 per team of two. Visitbit.ly/cornholetourney orcall 513-965-8687 to regis-ter.
VILLAHILLS—VillaMadonnaAcademy Advanced Placement(AP) students rank higher thanthe national average, accordingto recent academic records.
The AP program scores stu-dents on a scale from1to 5,with5 considered “extremely wellqualified” to earn college creditfor the course taken. The aver-age number of students at VillaMadonna who scored a 3 orhigher on final exams was 82percent, largely unchanged inthreeyears,comparedto thena-tional average of 59 percent.
Pamela McQueen, Villa Ma-donna principal of grades 7-12and adoring supporter of F.Scott Fitzgerald, attributes thisto the quality of teachers andstudents at the school.
“I always tell parents that aschool is only as good as itsteachers,” McQueen said. “Ireally think that success is dueto the quality of our teachers.
We have the best teachers ever,and that’s an honest answer.”
Of the 250 students at VillaMadonna, 75 took151AP examsin 15 subject areas.
“Our students are better pre-pared to speak in front ofcrowds, advocate for them-selves and ask for what theyneed because of these courses,”McQueen said. “Because ofthese high AP scores they haveopportunities to do things thatother students don’t.”
Maria Blom is an upcomingsenior at VillaMadonna and hasalready taken seven APcourses. She agreed with herprincipal that her high APscores are largely due to thequality of her teachers.
“My AP U.S. history teachertaughtusmore than just thema-terial; he taught us how tothink,” Blom said. “He wouldask us about motive a lot too,and the reasonsbehind thedeci-sions made by historical fig-ures.”
Marcus Schwarting is also inthe class of 2014 and said he isgrateful for the opportunity totake AP courses because of theimpact itwill haveonhis future.
“Thesehighscoresaresome-thing that can really pad a re-sume,” Schwarting said. “It will
really look great in applying forcollege, and itmeans Ihadsomegreat teachers.”
TheAPprogramwascreatedby the nonprofit organizationThe College Board in 1955,which has been running it eversince. The program provides
college credit and placement tohigh school studentswho obtainhigh scores on course examina-tions.
According to records fromThe College Board, a total of25,876,432 students have taken42,729,570 examinations sincethe beginning of the program.Currently, over 4,000 collegesare represented, and almost19,000 high schools participateworldwide.
According to Villa Madonna,earning college credits in highschool has many advantages,suchassavingmoneyoncollegecosts and sometimes lesseningthe time it takes to graduate.
F. Scott Fitzgerald oncewrote, “The extraordinarything is how people keep theirlevels, fulfill their promises,seem actually buoyed up by aninevitable destiny.”
Based on its track record ofsuccess, it seemsVillaMadonnais preparing her students forthat destiny.
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Villa Madonna students have scored way above the national averageon AP course examinations for years. From left to right: Glenn Rice,Marcus Schwarting, Bahar Pahlevani, Kelsey McQueen, Maria Blom.BRANDON HOELLE/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Locals graduate fromEKU
The following local studentsgraduated from Eastern Ken-tucky University in the spring:
Covington: Lindsay Alex-andra Joyce, B.A. in globaliza-tion and international affairs;Ashley Louise Cramer, B.S. inchild and family studies; Tiffa-ny LatashaMarie Cromer, cumlaude with a B.S. in child andfamily studies; Kelsey NicoleMehuron, B.S. in occupationalscience; Nathan Guy Ponzer,B.S. in sport management; andJulian Michael White, B.S. incriminal justice.
Crestview Hills: Lauren Ja-cob, cum laude with a B.S.N. innursing.
Erlanger: Brendon WilliamGregory, B.S. in homeland se-curity; and Jacob AnthonyWorley, B.S. in homeland secu-rity.
Fort Mitchell: DanaM. Gar-cia, B.A. in general studies inarts and sciences; and StuartWells Jackson, B.S. in criminaljustice.
Independence: KristinaRay Beighle, B.S. in homelandsecurity; Roy Brian Capps,M.S. in criminal justice; An-drea Nicole Coots, B.S. in psy-chology; and Seth Michael Lit-trell, B.A. in journalism.
Villa Hills: Hannah MarieWagner,magna cum laudewitha B.A. in Spanish and magnacum laude with a B.S. in athlet-ic training; Jeffrey AndrewBarbian, B.S. in biology; KylieAlexandra Becker, B.S. in fireand safety engineering tech-nology; Caitlin Nicole Botkin,B.S. in physics; Christian Alex-ander Braun, B.A. in generalstudies in business and tech-nology; Michelle Ann Butler,magna cum laudewith a B.S. inelementary education; KristenElizabeth Koeninger, MagnaCum Laude with a B.S. in mid-dle-grade education; and Kath-erine Lynn Stave, B.S. in crimi-nal justice.
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ERLANGER—Erlanger attor-ney Ron Adams still remem-bers making the basket thatwon one of his seventh-gradebasketball games.
“People were patting me onthebackandbuyingmeCokes.Iremember on the bus ridehome, a cheerleader was sing-ing, ‘Rah, rah for Ronnie!’” hesaid. “I still remember that be-cause I felt… ‘Wow!’”
That’s the feeling Adams, ofBurlington, hopes to pass alongto his scholarship recipients.
“Whensomebodybelieves inus, that means the most,” hesaid.
Adams has given the LadyRuthAdamsMemorialScholar-ship, named in honor of hismother, for four years. For thelast three years, he has provid-ed the W. Ron Adams SuccessWith Disabilities Scholarship.Both areworth $500.
MirandaLadanyi,18, of Lud-low, a recent graduate of Lud-low High School, received thememorial scholarship. Adamssaid Ladanyi’s character re-minded him of hismother.
Lady Ruth Adams wassmart, hardworking and sup-portive, he said. During her 83years she conquered many ob-stacles, but always put othersabove herself. A single mom,she worked at a nursing homewashing dishes for $1.62 anhour to provide for her family,Adams said.
At 19, Adams was severelyinjured in a coal mine accidentmaking him quadriplegic. Hismother cared for and support-ed him.
When he read Ladanyi’sscholarshipapplication,Adamssaid hewas impressedwith herdesire to help others. Ladanyiplans to pursue a degree in spe-cial education at Spalding Uni-versity.
She said the scholarshipmeans a lot.
“It’s neat that a person youdon’t knowbelieves in you,”La-danyi said.
Just as Ladanyi mirrors thecharacter of LadyRuthAdams,so does the Success with Dis-abilities Scholarship recipient,Zach Vasseur, reflect the char-acter of her son.
A little more than threeyears ago doctors told Vasseurthat hehad less than a1percent
chance of ever walking again.The recent Ryle High Schoolgraduate had severely injuredhisspineduringtrainingfor theLoretta Lynn’s Amateur Na-tionalMotocross competition.
When he collected his diplo-ma lastMay, however, Vasseur,using a walker for support,walked across the stage.
“There’s no quitting,” hesaid.
Adams has a similar atti-tude.
“I know what it takes toachieve,” he said.
Despite many challenges,Adams graduated with a jurisdoctoratefromSalmonP.ChaseCollege of Law in 1987. He si-multaneously earned amastersin business administrationfrom Northern Kentucky Uni-versity.Adamshasoperatedhisown law practice for 26 years.
Vasseursaidhe ishonored tohavemetAdams and to receivethe scholarship. He plans topursue a degree in mechanicalengineering at the Universityof Cincinnati.
“I feel grateful,” he said.“I’m very appreciative.”
AccordingtoAdams,howev-er, the honor is really his.
“Wemiss in lifemanyoppor-tunities to make a difference,”he said. “We don’t take the timeto take care of our young peo-ple. My goal is to give youngpeople a pat on the back and tolet them know someone be-lieves in them.”
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Erlanger attorney Ron Adams presents Miranda Ladanyi, 18, of Ludlow, with a check for $500. Ladanyi isthe 2013 recipient of Adams’ Lady Ruth Adams Memorial Scholarship. MELISSA STEWART/THE COMMUNITY
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Erlanger attorney Ron Adams presents a $500 check to Zach Vasseur,18, of Union. Vasseur is the 2013 recipient of the W. Ron AdamsSuccess with Disabilities Scholarship. MELISSA STEWART/THE COMMUNITY
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FRIDAY, AUG. 23Art ExhibitsThe Human Face: A Revela-tion, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., ArtisansEnterprise Center, 27 W. SeventhSt., Features two concurrentexhibitions exploring the humanface as an expressive formincluding 31 regional artistscurated by Saad Ghosn. Free.Presented by Covington ArtsDistrict. 859-292-2322. Coving-ton.Alchemy 2: A NewGlobalVision for Enamel, 10 a.m.-5p.m., The Carnegie, 1028 ScottBlvd., Ohio National FinancialServices Main Gallery. Worksrepresenting both 14th BiennialInternational Juried Exhibitionand 10th International JuriedStudent Enamel Exhibition. Withworks from estate of Harold B.Helwig, enamelist of Newport.859-957-1940. Covington.
Clubs & OrganizationsRathkampMatchcover Soci-ety Convention, 9:30 a.m.-8p.m., Holiday Inn CincinnatiAirport, 1717 Airport ExchangeBlvd., Matchcovers on display,dealer tables, freebie tables,auctions and awards. Theme:Rollin’ on the River. $10. Regis-tration required. Presented byTri-State Cardinal MatchcoverClub. Through Aug. 24. 859-525-0588; www.matchcover.org.Erlanger.
ExhibitsNorthern KentuckyMusicLegends, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Beh-ringer-Crawford Museum, 1600Montague Road, Highlightsperformers, bands, DJs, compos-ers, lyricists and other musicalartists from Northern Kentuckywho have spent 20-plus yearssharing love of music with thepublic. Included with admission.859-491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.
Music - JazzThe John Von Ohlen Trio, 7:30p.m., Dee Felice Cafe, 529 MainSt., 859-261-2365; www.deefel-icecafe.com. Covington.
Music - PopJon Aiken, 7:30 p.m., BlinkersTavern, 318 Greenup St., Patio.Saxophone player. 859-360-0840. Covington.
Music - RockIllshot, 8 p.m. With Dead Au-gust, Eversole and others. Doorsopen 7 p.m., Madison Theater,730 Madison Ave., Rock band.$8. 859-491-2444; www.madi-sontheateronline.com. Coving-ton.
On Stage - ComedyDamonWayans, 8 p.m.; 10:30p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,Newport on the Levee, Actor,writer, producer and comedian.$40. 859-957-2000; www.funny-boneonthelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterChicago, 7:30 p.m., The Car-negie, 1028 Scott Blvd., Based onplay by Maurine Dallas Watkins.The sexy, salacious jazz agesizzles in 1920s Chicago, wheresmall-time show girl Roxy Hartbecomes the toast of the townafter murdering her lover incold blood. $19-$26. ThroughAug. 25. 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
SATURDAY, AUG. 24BenefitsLukeMuller Golf TournamentAfterparty, 6 p.m.-midnight,Covington Turners, 447 Pike St.,Food provided by Kroger alongwith McHale’s Catering andraffles. Music by Dave May.Benefits Arlyn Shields andElizabeth Smith. Free. Presentedby Fort Thomas Provides. 859-491-5015. Covington.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., Includes training, choice
of at least three sushi rolls,BYOB and recipe/product in-formation. $25. Reservationsrequired. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.Summer Garden, 2 p.m., Argen-tine Bistro, 2875 Town CenterBlvd., How to prepare summerbounty while sipping fruitysangria. Ages 21 and up. $25.Registration required. 859-426-1042. Crestview Hills.
Music - ConcertsAdamAnt and the Good, theMad and the Lovely PosseTour, 9 p.m. Doors open 8 p.m.,Madison Theater, 730 MadisonAve., Stuart Leslie Goddard anEnglish musician and singer. $27.859-491-2444; www.madison-theateronline.com. Covington.
Music - JazzKarl Dappen on Sax, 7-10 p.m.,Argentine Bistro, 2875 TownCenter Blvd., Variety of musicfrom jazz to soft rock. Free.859-426-1042; argentinebistro-.com. Crestview Hills.The John Von Ohlen Trio, 7p.m., Dee Felice Cafe, 859-261-2365; www.deefelicecafe.com.Covington.
Music - RockSpin Cycle, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Jer-Zee’s Pub and Grub, 708 Mon-mouth St., Free. 859-491-3500.Newport.
On Stage - TheaterChicago, 7:30 p.m., The Car-negie, $19-$26. 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
RecreationLukeMuller Golf Outing,noon-6 p.m., Kenton CountyGolf Course, 3908 RichardsonRoad, Registration begins 10a.m. Shotgun start at noon.Lunch provided. Benefits ArlynShields and Elizabeth Smith.$100 includes raffle tickets, $75.Reservations required. Present-ed by Fort Thomas Provides.859-371-3200; lmgo.org. Inde-pendence.
Runs / Walks
Better Bodies for Breast Can-cer 5K Run, Walk, Stroll andCrossFit, 8 a.m., Silverlake: TheFamily Place, 301 Kenton LandsRoad, Last chance registrationbegins 6 a.m. 5K start and finishat Silverlake. Tech shirts forrunners and walkers. Kids Zone,snacks, refreshments, comple-mentary massages and goodiebags at finish line. All breastcancer survivors will receive agift. Awards for top runners andribbons for division winners.Benefits I Have Wings BreastCancer Foundation. $60 CrossFitteam of two; $20-$30 5K, $10students. Registration required.Presented by I Have WingsBreast Cancer Foundation.859-991-1581; www.ihavewing-s.org. Erlanger.
SUNDAY, AUG. 25Antiques ShowsThe Village Vintage and ArtsBazaar, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Main-Strasse Village, Main Street,Antiques and collectibles avail-able for sale along MainStrasse’sPromenade. Free admission.Presented by MainStrasse Vil-lage Association. 859-468-4820;www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-ton.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., With DJ Will Corson.$10 buckets and $4 grape andcherry bombs. Ages 21 and up.Free. 859-491-6659. Covington.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 10 p.m., Strasse Haus,630 Main St., Free. 859-261-1199.Covington.
Music - Big BandJammin’ at Jane’s, 3-6 p.m.,Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989 RyleRoad, Free. 859-384-6617;www.janessaddlebag.com.Union.
Music - JazzPhil DeGreg Trio, 5 p.m. SundayJazz in the Afternoon., DeeFelice Cafe, 529 Main St., 859-261-2365; www.deefelicecafe-.com. Covington.
Music - StudentPerformancesFuture Music Legends Takethe Stage, 2 p.m. CANCELED,Behringer-Crawford Museum,1600 Montague Road, Youthperformance. $5, $3 ages 3-17,free for members. 859-491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.
On Stage - TheaterShakespeare in the Park:Romeo and Juliet, 6 p.m.,Presidents Park, 281DudleyRoad, Free. Presented by Cincin-nati Shakespeare Company. Nophone; www.cincyshakes.com.Edgewood.Chicago, 7:30 p.m., The Car-negie, $19-$26. 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
Runs / WalksFriendship City 5K, 8 a.m.-noon, Erlanger Branch Library,401 Kenton Lands Road, BenefitsStep Forward, Erlanger, to makethe city a more walkable com-munity and connect peoplethrough physical activity. $10.Registration required. Presentedby City of Erlanger. 859-727-2525, ext. 1; www.running-time.net. Erlanger.
MONDAY, AUG. 26CivicFriends of Peaselburg Neigh-borhood AssociationMeet-ing, 7-8 p.m., Center for GreatNeighborhoods of Covington,1650 Russell St., Residents andbusiness owners encouraged toattend meetings and get in-volved in discussing new ideasand concerns in our neigh-borhood. Free. Presented byFriends of Peaselburg Neigh-borhood Association. 859-468-4177. Covington.
Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m.,Molly Malone’s Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St., Allbluegrass pickers invited toparticipate. Free. 859-491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.
Senior CitizensYoga Fitness for Seniors,12:30-1:30 p.m., Walton Multi-purpose Senior and CommunityCenter, 44 N. Main St., Presentedby Walton Senior Activity Cen-ter. 859-485-7611.Walton.
TUESDAY, AUG. 27BenefitsNew Perceptions Dinner, 6-9p.m., Receptions Banquet andConference Center Erlanger,1379 Donaldson Road, Dinnerhonors clients and employees.Benefits New Perceptions. $30.Reservations required. Present-ed by New Perceptions. 859-344-9322, ext. 32; www.newpercep-tions.org. Erlanger.
Community DanceLine Dancing, 7-9 p.m., LookoutHeights Civic Club, 1661 ParkRoad, Holly and Bernie Rusch-man, instructors. Beginnerswelcome. Smoke-free. $6, $3 forfirst-timers. Presented by H & BDance Co.. 859-727-0904. FortWright.
Health / WellnessWeight Loss That Works,6:30-7 p.m., Hickory GroveBaptist Church, 11969 Taylor MillRoad, $60 for 12-week member-ship. First class free. Presentedby Equipped Ministries. 859-802-8965; www.equipped4him.blog-spot.com. Independence.
Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalone’s Irish Pub and Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irishmusic. Free. 859-491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.
Senior CitizensBingo, 12:30-3 p.m., ElsmereSenior Center, 179 Dell St.,859-727-2306. Elsmere.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28CivicNorthern Kentucky Tea PartyMeeting, 6-7:30 p.m. KentonCounty Jailer Terry Carl speakson penal system and fiscalresponsibility., PeeWee’s Place,2325 Anderson Road, Free.Presented by Northern KentuckyTea Party. 859-992-6615;www.nkyteaparty.org. CrescentSprings.
Farmers MarketDixie Farmers Market, 2-6p.m., Erlanger Baptist Church,116 Commonwealth Ave., Pre-sented by City of Erlanger.859-727-2525; www.ci.erlanger-.ky.us. Erlanger.
Music - JazzLee Stolar Trio, 7 p.m., DeeFelice Cafe, 529 Main St., 859-261-2365; www.deefelice.com.Covington.Gary Gorrell Quartet, 7:45p.m.-midnight, Chez Nora, 530Main St., Free. 859-491-8027;www.cheznora.com. Covington.
THINGS TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY
The Village Vintage & Arts Bazaar, formerly 4th Sunday MainStrasse Antiques Etc., will take place 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 25. Vendors selling art, antique, vintage and re-purposed items such as furniture, home goods and decor,jewelry and clothing will line the 6th Street promenade in MainStrasse Village in Covington. PROVIDED
Northern Kentucky’s Homefest runs through Aug. 25. Thesingle site home show features Triple Crown - TheEquestrian in Boone County. THANKS TO BRIAN MILLER
Children will get a pirate hat, eye patch and treasure mapon the 1.5-hour Pirates of the Ohio Cruise presented by BBRiverboats. You can take the cruise on 3-4:30 p.m. Friday,Aug. 23. 859-261-8500. PROVIDED
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FORT WRIGHT — Just morethan a year after Mayor JoeNienaber Jr. suggested noparking on East Henry ClayAvenue, residents gatheredjust off that street at the SouthHills Civic Club to discuss pos-sible solutions to the road’straffic issues.
Nienaber said he nearly hita truck parked on the streetone night and was surprised tofind out street parking waspermitted in that area.Afterheasked Council to considerparking restrictions, severalEast Henry Clay residents be-gan parking on the street toslow traffic cutting throughthe neighborhood.
Nearly 40 people attendedthe Aug. 7meeting to hear CityEngineer Mark Bruegge-mann’s recommendations,which included reducingstreet parking, targeting po-lice speed enforcement times,and increasing the size andnumber of speed limit signs.
Toward the meeting’s close,Nienaber asked if residents op-posed or supported streetparking – each side got aboutsix raised hands, and the restdid not vote.
Brueggemann did not rec-ommend one of the crowd’s fa-vorite ideas to curb speeding:installing speed humps.
“Speed humps have theirplace, but you really have to becareful about their placementor they will create as many
problems as they help. Theycan really create a safety prob-lem,” said Brueggemann.
He also said the grade of thehill makes humps unsafe andsaid the humps would impedesnow removal by city plows.
Residents suggested block-ing East Henry Clay at High-land Avenue, but Nienabersaid that intersection is in Co-vington.He saidhe’dbewillingto open that discussion withCovington leaders.
Other resident suggestionsincluded reducing the speedlimit, allowing parking on un-paved surfaces, changing cityordinances restricting drive-ways, or creating a permitparking system.
“Parking is a problem for alot of older communities inFort Wright,” said Bruegge-mann. He said he’d study withCouncil members to find op-portunities that would allevi-ate the situation throughoutthe city.
During the meeting, a Ri-vard Drive resident askedCouncil to address parkingproblems on her street as well.
Nienaber said he’d consideradditional possibilities andwillcontinue seeking possible solu-tions before the Council’s cau-cus meeting Wednesday, Aug.21, with no action being takenuntil the next regular meeting,set for Wednesday, Sept. 4.
He said, “I am not averse tofinding creative ways to incen-tivize off-street parking.”
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ERLANGER — “When stu-dents come here, we knowtheir objective. Everybodywants a job,” explained SherryAlston-Feltson, campus direc-tor of Ross Medical EducationCenter in Erlanger. “We giveeverybody the tools.”
The new school, whichopened just last month, pro-vides training in subjects suchas medical assistant, pharma-cy technician, as well as med-ical insurance billing and of-fice administration.
What makes Ross unique?Size, for one thing. “The cam-pus is meant to be small.”
Denise Stock is studying tobe a pharmacy technician.“The classes are small. I likethatbecausewegota lotofone-on-one,” she said.
“Our students are more tous than just a number,” Alston-Feltson pointed out. “The rea-son for the small class is to de-velop personalized relation-ships with our students. We’rehere to help them to succeed.”
Students at Ross can expectto enter the job market soonerthan those from other schools.“We have a certificate pro-gram, so our programs areeight to ninemonths long,” shesaid.
All students participate in asix-week externship after theycomplete their classroomtraining.
She is optimistic about theprospects for graduates.“We’ve seen a growing needfor jobs in the medical indus-try,” she said.
What kinds of jobs? Take,for instance, a graduate with aMedical Assistant certificate.
“They can work in a hospital,they can work at urgent carecenters, they can work in adoctor’s office,” Alston-Felt-son explained. “They’retrained for both front andbackoffice, so they can handle ad-ministrative duties and clini-cal duties as well.”
Ross also offers flexibleschedules. “We have morningand evening classes,” shepointed out. “A lot of timeswhat we see is students thathavechildren that go to school.So the morning session mightwork better. They put the kidson the school bus and thenthey’re in school.”
Bradford Fletcher has beenapharmacy technician forsev-en years and now teaches atRoss. “The students are learn-ing well. They were a little
afraid at first, but once we ac-tually sit down and start ex-plaining it, they’re not afraid,”he said.
“It’s a privilege to teach theskills I have acquired over thepast 25 years as a nurse,” saidJane Burk, another of the in-structors. “I really enjoy it,their eagerness to learn.”
The first RossMedical Edu-cation Center opened in 1969.They now have 26 campuses,located in Michigan, Ohio, In-diana, West Virginia and Ken-tucky. The other Kentuckybranch is in Bowling Green.
“The capacity for this cam-pus is under 200 students,” Al-ston-Feltson said. Those withhigh school education or GEDare welcomed to apply. “Andwe have classes starting everyfour to six weeks.”
New medical educationcenter opens in ErlangerBy Kamellia Soenjoto SmithRecorder Contributor
Instructor Jane Burk, left, demonstrates on student LisaMatuskiewicz how to measure blood pressure at Ross MedicalEducation Center in Erlanger. KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Dr. Kaden, a native of Germany and residentof Northern Kentucky, received his Doctorof Medicine degree at the University ofTexas Medical School at Houston in 2008.His internship and residency training inOtolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery wasrecently concluded with The University Schoolof Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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ELSMERE — St. HenryCatholic Church haspartnered with Hox-worth Blood Center tohost a Community BloodDrive 1-3:15 p.m. and4:30-7 p.m.Tuesday, Sept.10, in Wehage Hall, 3813Dixie Highway, Elsmere.
To schedule an ap-pointment, call HelenFoster at 859-586-8044.
Donating blood is safeand easy. Donorsmust beat least 17 years old (16with a signed parentalconsent) and in goodhealth. Individuals mustweigh at least 110 poundsand bring identificationto donate. It is recom-mended that donors eat agood meal and drinkplenty of water withinfour hours before donat-ing.
Taylor Mill hostsfirehouse dance
The city of TaylorMillwill host a firehousedance from7-10p.m., Fri-day, Aug. 23, at the fire-house, 5225 Taylor MillRoad.
The dance is for chil-dren in grades 4-8. Ad-mission is $5.
Formore information,call 859-581-3234.
Christ’s Chapel tohost Beloved
Christ’s Chapel willhost Beloved 7 p.m Fri-day and 9-11:30 a.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 23-34, at 3819Turfway Road, Erlanger.
Lunch will be heldnoon to 1:30 p.m. Satur-day. Lunch is $3 for earlyregistrants; $5 day of theevent. Childcare will beprovided for those who
pre-register. Cost is $2per child for the entireevent.
Formore information,call 859-308-8487.
Calvary Christianearns accreditation
Calvary ChristianSchool, a pre-K through12th grade school at 5955Taylor Mill Road, earnedaccreditation from theNorth Central Associa-tion Commission on Ac-creditation and SchoolImprovement, an ac-creditation division ofAdvancED, according toadministrator Bill Dick-ens.
The accreditation isrecognized across statelines, which not onlyeases the transfer proc-ess as students movefrom accredited schoolto accredited school butalso assures parents thatthe school is meeting na-tionally accepted stan-dards forquality andsuc-cessful professionalpractice.
Kids compete atSmall Fry Tri
The American CancerSociety will host theSmall Fry Tri, a triathlonfor kids aged 18 monthsto 8 years old, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug.25, at Pioneer Park, 3951Madison Pike.
The event includesrunning, bicycling and asprint through the sprin-klers. Children will needtheir own helmet and bi-cycle or tricycle.
Every child will re-ceive a ribbon and aprize.
Pre-registration costs$10 per child or $25 for a
family of three, and afterMonday, Aug. 19, cost is$15 per child or $40 for afamily of three.
To register or formore information, call859-647-2226.
Kenton’s Pet Fairplanned
The Kenton CountyAnimal Shelter, 1020 Ma-ry Laidley Road, FortMitchell, will host theSixth Annual Pet Fairfrom10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 24.
The free family-friendly event is co-host-ed by theWilliamE.Durrbranch of the KentonCounty Public Libraryand will feature PetsPlus, Sundance Kennels,United Coalition for Ani-mals (UCAN), N. Ky. Par-rot Rescue, Lapis Wolf,Pet psychicDonetta Zim-merman, Tri-State Wild-life, Adore-a-Bull Res-cue, and a demonstrationby theKentonCounty Po-lice Department K-9Unit.
Formore information,call the Kenton CountyAnimal Shelter at 859-356-7400.
Independencescreens ‘Oz’
The city of Independ-ence will present the PG-ratedDisney film“Oz theGreat and Powerful” at9:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug.24, at the Donna Yeageramphitheater inMemori-al Park, 2001 Jack WoodsPkwy.
The free, family-friendly event will alsoinclude a bounce house.
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McConnell knows it’s post timeOn Saturday, Aug. 3, at the
annual Fancy Farm picnic infar westernKentucky, Sen.MitchMcConnell and his twoleading challengers – Tea PartycandidateMatt Bevin and 34-year-old Democrat Secretary ofState Alison LunderganGrimes– took the three inside posi-tions.
McConnell should haveconcerns out of the gate with a51percent disapproval, andbeing neck-and-neckwithGrimes in two recent polls. Hehandled the challengers withtactics from a veteran’s cam-paign playbook and he realizestheir handicaps.
ed the polls,yelling alterna-tively, “WeWantMitch”and “DitchMitch.” Herefused toformally ac-knowledgeeither chal-lenger (Bevinwhatsoever),and insteadreminded the
audience of the common-wealth’s disdain for Demo-cratic leadership.
His speech cast him as acandidate against Obama, Pelo-si or Reid, not Grimes. “Everyliberal in America is out to beatus,” he said, pointing at thestable of Democrats who he
said stand against coal, againstliberties, and against lowertaxes.
In courting the state’s in-dependent voters, he subtlytouted his influence in the Sen-ate chamber that would be lostif hewere replaced, saying youcan’t take care of national is-sues for Kentucky from theback-bench.
Grimes is amore-than-for-midable candidate hand-pickedby the establishment. As afairly new political facewithgreat potential, she’s taking theclassic outsider’s strategyagainst what she calls DC – the“Dysfunctional Capital.” Play-ing upMcConnell’s obstruction-ist label while he looked on andsmirked inches away in thefirst chair, she declaredwith
the best jab of the afternoon,“If the doctors told SenatorMcConnell he had a kidneystone, he’d refuse to pass it.”
McConnell disappearedbefore insurgentMatt Bevinintroduced himself to the state.Bevin is a Kentucky immigrantand first-time candidate whomight develop a niche follow-ingwith support from uniqueplaces. Can such a challengerdefeat an establishment figure?AskRand Paul, the newcomerwho ran under the Tea Partybanner in 2010 to defeatMcConnell’s hand-picked can-didate.
Both challengers benefitedfrom the Fancy Farm stage, butthey are on aKentucky race-way familiar to the experi-encedMcConnell since1984. In
a state with a closed primaryand an early registration dead-line, Bevinwill have challengesin earning crossover support.
Grimes has created her ownmuddy track. Last week,Poli-tico revealed five issues sherefused to discuss, though herparty has taken clear positionson the same. Shemust run fromher leaders and from theirviews, while simultaneouslyconvincing conservative andmoderate Kentucky voters whythey should support her. Youcan bet the old war horsewillsoon exploit his opponent’suncertain start to avoid thatone fateful career loss.
If you think breastfeedingsuccess is all up to the motherand baby, you’re wrong. It’strue that the actual act of nurs-ing is between mother andbaby, but to set a mother up forlong-term success at breast-feeding, she’ll need help fromthe baby’s father, grandpar-ents, friends, family, her em-ployer and policymakers.
The statistics demonstratethe struggle: In Kentucky,
more than halfof moms, or52.6 percent,start outbreastfeedingtheir infants.Our numbersare much low-er than thenational aver-age of 77 per-cent breast-feeding atbirth.
Then realitysets in. Moms get home, andthey have other children,housework, work outside thehome, errands to run… andthe breastfeeding rates fall off.Just 32.5 percent of babies inKentucky are breastfed at 6months; by 12 months, thenumber drops to 18.9 percent.
In 2011, Regina Benjamin,then the U.S. Surgeon General,released a call to action tosupport breastfeeding. In it,she wrote, “Given the impor-tance of breastfeeding for thehealth and well-being of moth-ers and children, it is criticalthat we take action across thecountry to support breast-feeding.”
While we still have a longway to go, recent policychanges are making breast-feeding easier.
The Affordable Care Act,commonly referred to as Oba-macare, requires health insur-ance plans to cover lactationsupport and counseling. Thismeans women with insurancecan get lactation consultationsand breast pumps (rental orone for you to keep) at no cost.
There’s a catch, though: Theprovision only applies to insur-ance plans created afterMarch 23, 2010. Many womenare covered by plans createdprior to this, which are exemptthrough a grandfather clause.However, as plans are revised,more women will be covered.
If you are pregnant and plan
to breastfeed, or are currentlybreastfeeding, call your insur-ance provider to see whatbreastfeeding benefits you areeligible for.
Provisions in the AffordableCare Act also support womenwho choose to pump breastmilk once they return to work.Employers with more than 50employees must provide moth-ers with a private place, otherthan a bathroom, in which toexpress breast milk. Theymust also give women “reason-able break time” in which topump for up to a year after thechild is born.
Lastly, Kentucky law alsoprotects breastfeeding moth-ers. State law is that, “A moth-er may breastfeed her baby orexpress breastmilk in anylocation, public or private,where the mother is otherwiseauthorized to be.” This meansmoms have the right to feedbabies in public.
We’ve heralded the healthbenefits of breastfeeding formany years, and that effect isshown by the increase in thenumber of mothers who initi-ate breastfeeding.
But for long-term success,we need a shift in our culture –to a society that is more sup-portive of mothers who chooseto breastfeed their babies.
Dr. Lynne M. Saddler is districtdirector of health at the NorthernKentucky Health Department.
Setting mothers up forbreastfeeding success
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In May of last year, Co-vington Latin High Schoolreleased another group ofoutstanding, high-achievingstudents into the post-second-ary world.
One of those students wasvaledictorian Malory Thelen.
Malorygraduatedfrom highschool with aresume thatmany of us,with years ofexperience inthe workforceunder ourbelts, couldlook to formotivation.
Dave The-len, Malory’s grandfather, hasbeen very involved in Malo-ry’s life from the beginning.He andMalory’s mother, Ter-ri, credit Malory’s strongeducation foundation to hertime spent in preschool. (Au-thor’s note: Dave and Terrihave been very humble abouttheir own contribution, whichwas also essential to this won-derful girl’s myriad achieve-ments.)
Her educational journeybegan at Cathedral ChildDevelopment Center, acrossthe street from the CathedralBasilica and Covington Latin.It was here that Malory wasoffered a Montessori experi-ence, and she flourished.Terri notes, “She has alwaysbeen a self-starter, and thiswas the perfect setting forher. She worked on assign-ments that she found interest-ing, mastered them andmoved on to the next chal-lenge … I really think her selfconfidence was enhancedduring her years at the Mon-tessori school. Mike and Iwere so impressed with theprogram that Malory attend-ed kindergarten at theschool.”
A quality environmentduring the birth to 5 years ofa child’s life is absolutelyessential to success later inlife. The Center on the Devel-oping Child at Harvard Uni-versity points out in one edi-tion of its series “InBrief: TheScience of Early ChildhoodDevelopment” that during thefirst few years of life, 700new neural connections areformed every second. Earlylearning environments areplaces to grow a child’s cogni-
tive, language,and social-emotionalskills.
WhenMal-ory enteredfirst grade atSt. Pius X, shewas alreadyreading at
third-grade reading level. Hergrandfather, Dave, writes“Her social, behavioral, andlanguage skills all were devel-oped early in life at the age of3.” Malory has continued toshine. At 12, she was theyoungest volunteer with theAmerican Cancer Society andBe Concerned (a Covington-based nonprofit assistinglow-income Northern Ken-tuckians in meeting basicneeds).
Malory notes her compet-itive nature, but her drive isunique in that she uses herdrive to better herself in addi-tion to others around her. Herspirit is altruistic. She ex-plains a game of tag she usedto play called “Malory Tag,”
“Basically, it was regulartag, but I was always ‘it.’ Iremember one day in partic-ular when a newer studentran up to me during this gameand gave me a big hug forletting him play with the olderstudents. A simple game had
accomplished somethingbigger: I, along with the otherstudents, had fostered a senseof inclusiveness and fun inthat microculture of the play-ground.”
Early childhood invest-ment is gaining favorthroughout the political spec-trum. A recent Public OpinionStrategies and Hart poll foundthat 60 percent of Repub-licans, 64 percent of indepen-dents, and 84 percent of Dem-ocrats support a federal planthat helps states provide bet-ter early childhood educationprograms to low- and middle-income families without in-creasing debt. Many anx-iously await positive changesto come from President Oba-ma’s proposed $75 billionincrease in funding to earlychildhood education for the2014 fiscal year.
Transylvania University isnow fortunate enough to hostMalory through the nextphase of her education. She istaking general studies rightnow, and her inspiring writingcan be found on the studentblog, Write on Broadwayhttp://beapioneer.wordpress.com/.
Tess Hammons is communicationsand media coordinator at ChildrenInc.
From pre-K to pretty amazing
Tess HammonsCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Malory Thelen gives her graduation speech from kindergarten atCathedral Child Development Center.PROVIDED
FORT MITCHELL — It will bethreemonths before the Beech-woodfootball teamgetsanothershot at western Kentucky rivalMayfield, which has ended theTigers’ season the past fouryears in theClass1A state semi-finals.
The Tigers will spend thattime focusing on their next op-ponent in turn, starting withConner in a scrimmageAug. 23,and then each opponent afterthat as the Tigers focus on theirannual goal of being at theirbest in the playoffs and bringhome a 12th state title.
“They already understandthat,” head coach Noel Rashsaid. “That’s why we’ve done sowell is because we don’t getahead of ourselves. We’vetalked about nobodybutConneror ourselves and we’re moreconcernedabout ourselves thanConner. This time of year,you’ve got to find out aboutyourself.”
Beechwoodwas 9-5 last year,falling 35-14 to Mayfield in thesemis. The Tigers have had aproductive summer gearing upfor the 2013 campaign.
“I’m very pleased with howwe’ve performed all summer
long but we won’t know any-thing about this team until weget out there and play,” Rashsaid.“We’ll findoutwhenweputthe pads on. Too many things inthe summer don’t involve fullcontact, so we’re very unsure. “
Rash is 77-22 at Beechwood,with twostate titlesand the fourstraight semifinal losses to theteam’s far west foe.
He said his 2013 team has alot of potential but has to proveit on the field.
“We have solid execution onboth sides of the ball,” Rashsaid. “Our football IQ is verygoodandourspeed isverygood.We get to places pretty quickly.
(The key) is experience. I don’tknow how they’re going to per-form under the lights.”
TheTigersreturnnineoffen-sive starters. Sophomore KyleFieger returns at quarterback.Senior Mitch Thomas is the toptailback. Receivers Devon Ev-erett (senior),MaxShover (sen-ior) and Joe Studer (junior) areveteran targets. Three linemenreturn in seniors Luke Maricleand Joe Macejko and juniorJake Etler along with tight endJonathan Stokes, a junior. Ma-cejko is the biggest starter at 5-foot-11, 285 pounds.
Stokes and junior RileyMcKown are returning starters
on defensive line, while Ever-ett, Thomas and Shover are alsokey parts of the secondary.
Other key returning letter-menarereceiversCarterBurnsand Jalen Hayden; linemenTrey Hicks, Chase Bright,Blake Hamilton and JacksonMahorney; defensive back Jer-emy Burns and receiver/safetyCasey Erdman.
Topnewcomers are fullback/linebacker Bret Finck, receiv-er/linebacker Brett Slusher,running back/safety EthanStringer, fullback/linebackerRyan Bankemper and linemanBrayden Combs.
“We will have great team
speed on both sides of the ball,butnoneof thatwillmatter ifwedon’t have themental focus andmaturity needed to carry usthrough 15 weeks,” Rash said.“We must develop a tough andnasty approach to the dailygrind and every Friday night.Our linemenmust dominate theline of scrimmage on both sidesof the ball. This team has achance to do something specialand that is saying a lot consider-ing the huge successes of somany past teams.”
Title-hungry Tigers keepfocus on the here and nowBy James [email protected]
Beechwood head coach Noel Rash addresses his team after practice Aug. 15. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY
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2013 BEECHWOODSCHEDULEAug. 30 – Lima Senior (Ohio), 8p.m. at UCSept. 6 – DIXIE HEIGHTS, 7 p.m.Sept. 13 – HOLY CROSSSept. 20 – at Franklin CountySept. 27 – at Holmes, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 – COVINGTON CATHOLICOct. 11 – at Bellevue, 7 p.m.Oct. 18 – DAYTONOct. 25 – LUDLOWNov. 2 – NEWPORT CENTRALCATHOLIC, noonAll games at 7:30 p.m. unlessnoted.
PARK HILLS — Dave Wirthhopes to have his CovingtonCatholic football team back intop form as he enters his fifthseason at the helm.
Wirth is 31-19 with the Colo-nels, several of those defeatscoming to Class 4A rival High-lands, who once againwill be anobstacle to overcome this year.
The Colonels were 9-4 lastyear, falling to Highlands in theClass 4A state quarterfinals 28-13. While preseason practicesprepare the Colonels for theirpostseason rivals, they are alsoabout short-term goals as CovCath will take things game bygame.
Wirth’s main task is replac-ing Blake Bir, who graduatedwithmost of the school’s careerand single-season passingmarks.He threwfor2,851yardsand 38 touchdowns a year ago.
Adam Wagner, a 6-1, 170-pound junior, is likely to takeover at quarterback. Wagner isa strongathleteandgood throw-er who will face the task of re-placing Bir’s skill and veteransavvy.
“Adam has picked it up fast-er thanwe thought,’’Wirth said.‘‘Adam is probably the secondbest athlete on our team.Hehasincredible speed, is tough men-tally and physically, and de-fenses are going to have to bereally careful rushing him, be-cause if he gets out, look out.’’
The Colonels averaged 40points per game on offense lastyear and Wirth believes theteam can maintain that level ofexcellence.
The CCH offense may bemore run-oriented this year, ac-cording to Wirth. Luke Birrushed for 555 yards and eightscores a year ago, and SamDressman posted 489 and 15.They will gain yards behind abig, athletic offensive line. CovCath has three returning start-ers there plus two juniors whomissed most of last year due toinjury and were potential start-ers. A newcomer towatch thereis 6-foot-5, 272-pound juniorSamMurrer.
EvanBraun is the top return-
ing receiverwith 32 catches for565 yards and seven TDs. Hestands6-foot-3,185pounds. Sen-ior Sam Hatter posted 26 grabsfor 328 yards and three scores.
On defense, CCH limitedteams to 12 points per game ayear ago, posting five shutoutsandtwoothergamesofallowingless than a touchdown.
TheColonels returns severalkey players on defense, led bysenior linebacker Sam Bur-chell, senior safety MatthewWay, senior safety Austin Ober-hausen and senior cornerbackAdam Fisher. Burchell, consid-ered one of the top linebackersin the state, had 97 tackles andnine tackles for loss a year ago.He is likely tomiss the first cou-
pleofgamesdueto injury.Ober-hausen had 80 tackles.
Newcomers to watch on de-fense include end LukeFoertsch, linebacker LucasTimmerman and backs AlexWagner andMatt Schmahl.
Way and junior LeeMcCluregive Cov Cath an explosive re-turn game. McClure will alsolook tomakean impact in there-ceiving corps.
Wirth said a concern is thegraduation losses in the defen-sive line, but added theColonelsshould have size and depththere.
Cov Cath starts the year atBoone County Aug. 23, thenplays the other Colonels of Dix-ie Heights Aug. 30. CCH also
playsMoeller Sept. 7, thenKen-tucky 6A team HendersonCounty, who is coming off a 9-3season. Cov Cath also plays lo-cal stalwarts Beechwood, Ryleand Conner. This year’s regularHighlands game is Sept. 28.
Covington Catholic junior quarterback AdamWagner takes the controlsthis year. He runs a play Aug. 16 during a scrimmage at CampbellCounty. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
2013 COVINGTONCATHOLIC SCHEDULEAug. 23 – at Boone County, 7p.m.Aug. 30 – at Dixie Heights, 8:30p.m.Sept. 7 – MOELLER (OHIO)Sept. 13 – at Henderson County,7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 – HIGHLANDSOct. 3 – at Beechwood, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 – RYLEOct. 18 – at Harrison County,7:30 p.m.Oct. 26 – HOLMESNov. 2 – CONNERAll games at 1 p.m. unless noted.
Covington Catholic senior SamHatter is one of the team’s topreceivers. JAMES WEBER/THE
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ERLANGER—After an assis-tant coaching career lastingfor more than 20 years, EricTurner is taking his first crackat leading a program.
Turner inherits a Lloyd Me-morial football team that went8-4 before falling in the secondround of the Class 2A playoffsto Walton-Verona.
Turner started out at Rylein 1992 in that school’s firstyear of existence and hadspent the past 10 years atBoone County High School.
“I like how well the teamhasworked and come togetheras a team,” Turner said. “Oursenior leadership has been ab-solutely fantastic. I was reallysurprised to see what a greatsenior leadership we have onthis team. That made the tran-sition so much easier. Theybought into it and I feel theycan take us to special places.”
Turner comes to Erlangerfrom a Boone program pri-marily known for running theball, but he plans on taking ad-vantage of the athletes theJuggernauts have in their pro-gram.
“The running game part ofit, I feel pretty confident inthat.With the athletes we havehere, we were able to reallyspread the ball around withdifferent formations. Primari-ly at Boone, we would run inthe ‘I’ and now if we do any-thing like that we’ll motion toit. Mostly we’ll be a spread of-fense and get the ball to ourathletes in space.”
Junior Hayden Molitor willtake over for veteran depart-ed graduate Dexter Smith atquarterback.
“He’s really come along andlearned the offense really
well,” Turner said. “I have bigplans for him and big expecta-tions for him.”
Senior BrianWarrenwill bethe top running back and a keypart of the offensive attack.
“He has done everythingwe’ve asked him to do thisyear,” Turner said. “He’slearned the offense, he’s find-ing holes that I don’t even see,so I’m really impressed.”
Seniors Jacob Sand and Mi-chael Slusher will be key lead-ers this season on the offen-sive line and at linebacker.Sand has the crucial jobs ofcenter and middle linebacker.
“We have a lot of goals to
meet,” Sand said. “We’ve setsome pretty lofty goals forourselves andwe hope to buildon what we accomplished lastyear. We have some good ath-letes coming up.”
Lloyd plays Marion Countyin a bowl showcase at Wash-ington County Saturday, Aug.24 to start the year, then hasDayton, Holmes, Owen Coun-ty and Gallatin County beforestarting Class 2A district play.
“I feel pretty good aboutthis team,” Turner said. “Ithink we’re ready to go.”
Lloyd senior running back Brian Warren will be a key part of the offense this year. JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY
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2013 LLOYDSCHEDULEAug. 24 – vs. Marion County,5:30 p.m. (Washington Co.)Aug. 30 – DAYTONSept. 6 – HOLMESSept. 13 – at Owen County, 7:30p.m.Sept. 20 – at Gallatin County,7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 – at Newport CentralCatholicOct. 4 – at Holy CrossOct. 11 – BISHOP BROSSARTOct. 18 – PENDLETON COUNTYOct. 25 – NEWPORTAll games at 7 p.m. unless not-ed.
Hayden Molitor is the new Lloyd quarterback this year. JAMES WEBER/THE
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EDGEWOOD — Last year wasone of transition for DixieHeights football, which wel-comes back David Brossart forhis second year as head coach.
Dixie had a 3-8 season againsta brutal schedule, toughing outwins against local foes Conner,Simon Kenton and Ryle. Dixie’sseason ended with a memorable57-50 loss to Henry Clay in thefirst round of the Class 6A play-offs. Despite the struggles, theColonels nearly won the 6A dis-trict title, only separated from itby a last-second TD pass fromCampbell County in a narrowloss.
The points allowed were anarea of concern last season, asthe Colonels allowed 35 points orgame,only limitingteamstofew-er than 30 points twice.
That should improve with ex-perience, as Brossart has an old-er team this year than last.
“Last yearwe had11seniors,”he said. “This yearwe have 23 or24.Atonetime(lastyear)Icount-ed about 12 sophomores out onthe field. At every position, wehave some kid who hasvarsity experience.”
Overall, Dixiereturns eightstarters on of-fense and sevenon defense. Theteamisledbyju-nior quarter-back DrewMoore, who hadan explosive firstseason under center.Moore threw for 1,758yardsandrushedfor814.Hecompleted 56 percent of hispasses with nine touchdownthrows, and averaged 9.5 yardsan attempt with 10 scores.
“He grew up a lot, made good
decisions and started to becomea leader,” Brossart said.
The Colonels return their topthree running backs from a yearago as well in seniors Joe Ra-
denhausen, DarionWashington and SethCaple. Their workwas spread out in2012, as the triocombined for927 rushingyards and sixscores. JuniorBen Owens alsoreturns after
scoring eight TDslastseason inashort-
yardage role.Dixie has experience on
the offensive line led by seniorsBrandon Bohn, Brendan Fisk,Alex Lopez and Brendan John-son.
Dixie graduated top receiver
Casey Cox (48 catches, 643yards). Tight end AndrewHedg-er, who had 32 grabs for 347yards, is the lone non-runningbackwhohadmorethan10catch-es in2012. JuniorEthanHarrisonlooks to be a key pass-catcher aswell.
Caple also plays linebacker.Bohn, Fisk, Radenhausen, John-son andOwens also return onde-fense along with senior defen-sive back Trey Simmons and ju-nior lineman ColsonMachlitt.
Dixie has a brutal schedule,starting with Covington Catholicand Beechwood.
“We have a lot of toughgames,” Brossart said. “Our 6Aschedulewill be tough. That pre-pares you for the playoffs. Thatmakes it fun.”
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Darion Washington is a keyreturner in the backfieldfor Dixie Heights.FILE PHOTO
2013 DIXIEHEIGHTSSCHEDULEAug. 30 – COVINGTONCATHOLICSept. 6 – at BeechwoodSept. 13 – TURPINSept. 20 – at NewportCentral CatholicSept. 27 – BOONE COUN-TYOct. 4 – LEXINGTONTATES CREEKOct. 11 – at CampbellCountyOct. 18 – at Simon KentonOct. 25 – RYLENov. 1 – at CooperAll games at 7 p.m. unlessnoted.
DrewMoore is one of the top quarterbacks in Northern Kentucky.FILEPHOTO
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COVINGTON — The HolyCross football team had an un-characteristically rough seasonin 2012, going 4-8 including a52-0 loss to Newport CentralCatholic to end the year.
The Indians will look to getback on track behind headcoachBruceKozerski, who car-ries a 55-54 record into his ninthyear in charge of the program.That is 55 more wins at his cur-rent school than the other fourcoaches in HC’s Class 2A dis-trict - Brossart, Lloyd, Newportand Newport Central Catholic -as all of themhavenewmentorsthis year.
HC went 2-2 in district playlast year, beating Brossart andNewport and suffering a nar-row 36-35 loss to Lloyd.
The Indians will look to out-performlastyear’sgroupwithayoungteamthat includes13sen-iors. Depth might be an issuewithabout40playerson theros-ter heading into the seasonopener.
Senior wide receiver/defen-sive JalenBealwill drive the In-dians’ hopes this year. He hadmore than 1,000 yards fromscrimmage a year ago and hasscored 36 touchdowns in twoseasons.Despite battling injurya year ago, he was an all-regionpick at defensive back.
Kozerskiwill use thefastandelusive Beal in several differ-ent ways to create mismatches.
“He’s going to be amonster,”Kozerski said.
Beal will have to carry theload early as the Indians lostmost of their top yardage pro-ducers from a year ago, includ-ing both starting quarterbacks.
Kozerski, the former stand-out Cincinnati Bengals offen-sive linemen, has a lot of mass
and experience up front tocoach this year, led by seniorsJake Ketron, Sean Sullivan andAnthony Zimmerman.
Shoring up a defense that al-lowed 40points per gameayearago will also be a key priorityfor Kozerski and the Indians.
HC starts the year with rivalHolmes Aug. 23, then plays atSimon Kenton Aug. 30. HC alsoplaysScott, Conner,Beechwoodand Campbell County, makingfor a tough non-district slate.
Holy Cross senior Jalen Beal, 12, is one of the top players in Northern Kentucky. FILE PHOTO
2013 HOLYCROSSSCHEDULEAug. 23 – at HolmesAug. 30 – at Simon Ken-tonSept. 13 – at BeechwoodSept. 20 – SCOTT, 7:30p.m.Sept. 26 – Bishop Bros-sart, at ScottOct. 4 – Lloyd, at ScottOct. 11 – Conner, at ScottOct. 18 – NEWPORTOct. 25 – at NewportCentral CatholicNov. 1 – at CampbellCountyAll games at 7 p.m.unless noted.
TAYLOR MILL — Scott HighSchool has certainly taken itsshare of lumps on the footballfield, enjoying onewinning sea-son in more than three decadesof existence.
Dan Woolley is confident inhis team’s ability to improve onthat history, predicting the Ea-
gles will doublethat amount ofwinning cam-paigns and com-pete for the firstdistrict title inschool annals.
Scott was 5-6last year includ-ing a loss toFranklin County
to end the season. The fivewinswas Scott’s most since postingsix in 1990, the program’s onlywinning season (6-5). Scott has45wins in 22 seasons since, nineof them coming in 2011-12.
TheEagles return nine start-ers on offense from the 2012team, which ranked sixth in thestate in rushing while settingschool records in most offen-sive categories. Scott averaged32 points per game and 325yards ground and the Eagleshope to maintain that level ofexcellence as they return theplayers responsible for 94 per-cent of the yards.
“I think running the ball is akey to being a good footballteam and making a late-seasonrun,”Woolley said. “Youhave torun the football and stop thefootball frombeing runonyou.”
The top returners are twosenior linemen. Kameron Crim,a 6-foot-4, 260-pound senior, hasDivision I looks including an of-fer from Indiana State. SeveralDivision I schools are looking at6-5, 270 lbs. Corey Fitzwater.
Senior quarterback Ben Os-
borne returns after rushing for828 yards and 11 scores a yearago.
Other returning starters in-clude linemen Trey Davis,Brenden Sebree, Nathan Pen-nick and Blake Gay; runningbacks Josh Castleman, ReedSpata and Nick Brinkman; full-back Dylan DeTetta; receiverNick Wolff; linebackers ChrisRoberts and Nick Thurza; anddefensive backs Ray Everettand AndrewHicks.
Castleman is the top return-ing rusher, posting 1,291 yardsand 14 scores on the ground ayear ago. Spata had 632 yards
and eight scores, andBrinkmanadded three TDs while givingthe Eagles another big-playthreat.
Scott returns eight starterson defense.
The top newcomer is Rober-to London, a running back anddefensive back who has had abig summer, according toWool-ley.
Scott’s preseason weakness-es are the kicking game anddepth at linebacker. Reversingthemindset of all the losing sea-sons is also a concern of Wool-ley, whose Eagles start the sea-son against West Jessamine
Aug. 23. Scott will host Holmesin a battle of nearby rivals Aug.30, then will also take on Aiken,Newport, Holy Cross and Ma-son County in non-districtgames. Scott’s first 5A districtcontest is Sept. 27 against Coop-er in Taylor Mill.
“One of our goals is just
changing the culture and play-ing in games, competing andputting ourselves in position towhere, at the end of the game,we have a chance to pull out thevictory,” he said.
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Reed Spata is one of Scott’s top offensive threats this year.FILE PHOTO
2013 SCOTTSCHEDULEAug. 23 – West Jessamine,
8:45 p.m. at East Jessamine HighSchoolAug. 30 – HOLMESSept. 6 – AIKENSept. 13 – at NewportSept. 20 – at Holy CrossSept. 27 – COOPER, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 11 – at Grant County, 7:30
p.m.Oct. 18 – SOUTH OLDHAM,
7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 – at ConnerNov. 1 – at Mason County, 7:30
p.m.All games at 7 p.m. unless
noted.Ben Osborne returns atquarterback for his second year atScott High School. FILE PHOTO
Woolley
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CRU GRADUATE EXCELS IN CREW
Midshipman Rebecca Freihofer, a 2010 graduate from St. HenryDistrict High School and upcoming senior at the U.S. NavalAcademy, is a member of the girls varsity crew team. Navy won thePatriot League Championship in Worcester, Mass., automaticallyqualifying the team to participate for the first time in the 2013NCAAWomen’s Rowing Championship May 31 to June 2 inIndianapolis. This year marks the new expansion of the Division INCAA women’s rowing championship. Rebecca is the daughter ofChris and Emily Freihofer of Hebron. THANKS TO EMILY FREIHOFER
Boys golf» Dixie Heights beat Simon
Kenton 164-167. Dixie’s Mi-chael Hornblower shot a 40 tolead the Colonels. Pioneer JohnParrettwas medalist with a 38.
» St. Henry won the NinthRegion All “A” championshipby four shots over NewportCentral Catholic. Luke To-bergte was medalist with a 76and Rex Rogers tied for secondwith 80.
Girls golf» Holy Cross beatHighlands
185-212. Katilyn Cross med-alled with a 40.
Freedom Trail» Home games are running
out for the Florence Freedomat University of CincinnatiMedical Center Stadium in2013, and thepromotions sched-ule is stacked.
The most notable promo-tions include Rozzi fireworksand fan appreciation night onFriday,Aug. 23,withgiveawayssuch as golf bags, UK and Ben-gals area rugs, annual passes totheNewportAquarium,and$50gift cards to Morris Home Fur-nishings. Aug. 24 will include adouble fireworks show alongwith a bicycle helmet giveawayfor kids. Aug. 25 isAndyDaltonBobbleheadNight.Fora full ex-planation of promotions, visitwww.florencefreedom.com.
The Freedom are 44-37through Aug. 18 and fightingfor a playoff spot in the Fron-tierLeaguewith15games togo.
TMC Notes» Former Boone County
High School women’s basket-
ball standout Sydney Moss isreturning to Northern Ken-tucky as she is transferring toThomas More College fromDivision I University of Flori-da.
Moss, who will be a sopho-more for the Thomas Morewomen’s basketball team, wasnamed to the 2013 All-South-eastern Conference FreshmanTeam and the 2013 PostseasonWomen’s National InvitationalTournament All-TournamentTeam in her lone season on theGainesville, Fla., campus. Sheplayed in all 37 of the Gators’games last season, including 24starts.Moss scored in 36 gamesand led the teaminassists (143),was second in scoring (11.8ppg), rebounding (6.8 rpg),steals (52). She was also secondon the team in in minutesplayed (28.4 mpg). In Florida’sfive-game WNIT run to thesemifinals, Moss led the teamin scoring (19.6 ppg), rebound-ing (9.0), assists (4.0 apg) andfield goal percentage (57.1 per-cent).
“We are excited that Sydneyis joining the Thomas Morewomen’s basketball program,”saidheadcoachJeffHans. “It isespecially nice to have localstudent-athletes at ThomasMore to play in front of theirfamily and friends. It is alwaysgood to have quality student-athletes in the Thomas Morecommunity and our women’sbasketball program that arelooking to complete their aca-demic degrees.”
Moss played her final threeprep seasons at Boone Countyfor head coach Nell Fookes. Af-ter her senior season (2011-12)she collected every significantplayer of the year honor for thestateofKentucky, including the2012 Gatorade Kentucky GirlsBasketball Player of the Year
and the 2012 Associated PressKentucky Player of theYear, aswell as being named 2012 Ken-tucky “Miss Basketball.” Dur-ing her prep career Moss com-piled 2,997 points (19.6 ppg),1,602 rebounds (10.5 rpg), 323steals, 315 assists and 136blocks (1.5 bpg), while shooting53.6 percent from the field and67 percent from the free throwline.
Moss joins aSaints’ programthat went 27-2 last season andwon he program’s eighth-straight Presidents’ AthleticConference (PAC) regular sea-son title and seventh-straightPACTournament title,whilead-vancing to its seventh-straightand11th overallNCAADivisionIII Championship Tournament.
NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky Uni-
versitywill playhost to theUni-versity of Kentucky in a men’ssoccerexhibitiongameSunday,Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. at the NKUSoccer Stadium. NKU hostedUK in an exhibition last yearand the two teams played to a2-2 tie before a standing-roomonly, school-record crowd of1,206 fans in Highland Heights,Ky.
The first 500 fans in atten-dance for Sunday night’s NKU/UK contest receive a free 2013NKU soccer schedule poster. Ayear ago, NKU posted a 7-10-1overall record in its inauguralDivision I campaign, includingan impressive home record of3-1-1.TheNorsearepickedfifthin the Atlantic Sun Conferencepreseason poll. NKU beginsregular-season play Aug. 30with a road contest at IPFW.The Norse then compete in theUniversity of Dayton Classic,withgamesagainsthostDayton(Sept. 6) and Eastern Illinois(Sept. 8).
Health Club in Wilder is registeringteams for the fall session of men’sbasketball. The eight-game sessionbegins Sept. 22, with games on Sun-days after 6 p.m.
Cost is $250 per team, with addi-tional referee fees of $25 per game.Registration deadline is Sept. 13.
For more information, visitwww.towncountrysports.com, or call859-442-5800.
Golf for a causeGolfers will have a chance to take a
swing at poverty at the 12th annualMASTER Pro Golf Outing, Saturday,Sept. 7, at Lassing Pointe in Union.
The event begins with lunch at 12:30p.m. at nearby Union Baptist Churchprior to the 2 p.m. shotgun start.
Proceeds from the day will benefitthe work of MASTER Provisions andLifeline Ministries, Northern Kentuckynon-profit organizations who work aspartners in area hunger relief.
The event can accommodate 112golfers and foursomes can still signup. There are also opportunities for“hope” sponsors to help fund eventexpenses. Golfers are asked to make alove offering as they register for theouting, keeping in mind that theactual cost of the day is $60 perperson. To register a foursome orbecome a sponsor, call Vince Meimanat 859-803-5939, or Roger Babik at859-816-6087.
SIDELINES
MAMBAS STRIKE FEAR IN OPPONENTS
Following a season championship (CUSL Division 2: 33 goals for/4 against; 7-1-0), the Kings Soccer AcademyBlack Mambas coached by Brad Turney and Jon Chambers finished their season with a first and a second-placefinish in two season-ending tournaments in Ohio). Front row, from left: Mallory Valentine, Abbie Buckner,Gillian Morris, Taylor Cox, Brooke Chilson, Hailee Hundemer. Back row: Kayla Cooper, Courtney Morgan,Hannah Walters, Lauren Radenhausen, Leila Gosto, Rachel Hatfield, Katie Adams, Faith Turney, KendraChambers, Maya Jaafari. Not pictured: Jenna Fuerst. The team is based in Independence. THANKS TO BRAD TURNEY
SIGN TIME
Beechwood High School’s Eric Grant signs a letter of intent to playbaseball at St. Catharine College. THANKS TOMIKE GRANT
GREAT GATORS
The Gators soccer team finished first in the North Central Kentucky Soccer Conference regular season, andthen placed third in the tournament. Pictured from left are: Back, coach Eric Delp, Samantha Koehler, BrookeJacobs, Meghan Miheljavic, Gillian Barnes, Morgan Snider, Belle Samblanet, coach Blake Gittings, Eva Rios,Mollie Weber, Bianca Calipo and coach Terri Samblanet; front, Leticia Garcia, Harleigh Grueser, MadisonGittings, Kayla Behne, Riley Hall, Sheena Delp and Allie Ast; not pictured, Kelsey Donaldson, GretchinKepplinger, Allison Trostle, Katie Wilson, Cassidy Weickert, Bailey Ford, Elizabeth Shrout, Jessica Elder andCameron De Kruif. THANKS TO TERRI SAMBLANET
high schools.The trip lasted 10 days,
Aug. 1-11, in Madrid and Bar-celona.
They played some of thebiggest youth teams in thatcountry, such as Real Madridand Barcelona.
The team also conducted asoccer clinic at an orphanage.
MSJ team goes to SpainFor the first time in school
history, one of College ofMount St. Joseph’s athleticteams - themen’s soccer team- represented the institutionoverseas.The2012-2013rosterincluded athletes from DixieHeights and Simon Kenton
As I’ve mentioned before, Iknow when a recipe hits achord with readers by theamount of response it gener-ates long after it’s published.
This is partic-ularly true ofseasonal recipes,like roastedtomatoes.
This recipe isslightly differ-ent from one Ishared last year.Tomatoes are inseason right nowand the home-grown/best are
abundant at farmers’ markets.As for me, my tomatoes are
the best I’ve ever grown andsince most of them are theindeterminate type, they keepbearing all season long. I’m noteven begrudging the ground-hogs eating their share, there’sthat many! When I do findveggies and fruit that havebeen bitten into byMotherNature’s clan, I just cut themup and feed them to my girls(my chickens). They make aquick meal of them,
Tomatoes are full of lyco-pene, which is good for ourhearts, men’s prostates and ourimmune system. Plus the yel-low and orange tomatoes havejust as much nutrition as theirred counterparts.
Roasted regular-sizetomatoes with herbs (ornot)
Preheat oven to 400-425degrees. Cut tomatoes in half.Lay either cut side up or down(I laid mine cut side down butnext time will lay them cut sideup since I think that will keepmore of the tomato flavor in).Drizzle with olive oil and sprin-kle on any herbs you like –basil, thyme, rosemary allwork well. But be sure and
chop them up fine. I also like toadd salt and pepper. Roast untilskins start to look spotty if youare roasting skin side up. Oth-erwise, roast until tomatoeslook wrinkled and are soft.
Let cool and, if you like,remove skins. The first time Imade them I didn’t remove theskins, but when I used them incooked dishes they were a littletough. My suggestion is toremove them or put them inthe blender or food processorand the skins will processsmall enough. You will wind upwith more of a puree if you putthem through the blender orfood processor, but the bonus isyou get the nutritious benefitsof the skin. Freeze in desiredquantities.
Roasted cherry tomatoeswith herbs and garlic
This is nice since everythingis mixed in a boil and then justpoured onto a sprayed pan toroast. Delicious as a side dishand, if you want to freeze them,you can either leave the skinson (they may be a bit tough) orpuree them as directed above.Now you can also roast theseplain, with just a sprinkling ofsalt and pepper and oil.
Preheat oven to 400-425degrees. For every pint ofcherry or grape tomatoes, adda teaspoon of minced garlic, adrizzle of olive oil to coat nice-ly, and salt and pepper. Justmix this up in a bowl. If youhave any herbs, again likebasil, thyme or rosemary, chopup fine and add to taste. Pour
onto sprayed baking pan androast until skins look spottyand a bit puffy, about 20 min-utes.
Baked potato nachoswith secret ingredient
For Bart L., who likes thisspicy appetizer at restaurantsbut wants to make them athome. By boiling potatoes first,they bake up really nice in theoven. And the secret ingredientthat makes these so different?Ranch dressing!
16 oz. sour creamGreen onions or chives, sliced thin
Cook potatoes with skin on:cover with cold water and adash of salt. Bring to boil, re-duce heat, cover and cook justuntil tender, about 15 minutes.Drain and cool so that you cancut them into thick slices. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Put slices in single layer onsprayed baking sheets. Sprin-kle each with the dressing mix,jalapeños, and the cheeses.Bake uncovered for 8-10 min-utes or until cheese melts.Dollop with sour cream andonions or chives.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator and author. Find herblog online at Cincinnati.Com/blogs.Email her at [email protected] with “Rita’s kitchen” inthe subject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.
Preserve summer taste by roasting tomatoes
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Freeze those garden tomatoes for winter using Rita’s recipe for roasted tomatoes.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
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Question:My spring/summer garden did poor-ly, but I have heard it’salso possible to plant afall andwinter garden. Isthis true?How andwhenshould I begin this pro-ject?
Answer:There is stilltime to plant a few thingswithout winter protectionormanymore if you con-struct a simple coldframe or just cover thecrops with some kind offrost protection.
The cooler nights ex-perienced later in theyear as these vegetablesmaturemay increase thesugar content ofmanycrops and thus increasetheir quality. Coolernights also slow growth,
however, so crops cantake longer tomaturethan in the summer. Keepthis slower pace inmindwhen you check seeds fordays tomaturity.
You need to plant let-tuce seeds right away fora fall harvest. Try someof the red, purple, yellowor spotted varieties foradded color and fun. Inaddition, go ahead andplant seeds now formus-tard greens, turnipgreens and beet greens.Also, between now andSept. 1, make two stag-gered plantings of spin-ach. Between now andSept. 15, makeweeklyplantings of radish seedsfor a prolonged harvestthroughout the fall.
After planting thecropsmentioned above,it’s time to build a simplecoldframe. All you needis 4 boards (2 by12 inch-es) for the sides, and
some kind of clear plasticor glass for the roof. Oldglass sliding doors or olddouble-panewindowswork great for this.
Build your base to fitthe glass or plastic roof.Make the lengthwhat-ever youwant, but keepthewidth to about 4 feetso you can easily reachthemiddle of the bedfrom each side without
climbing into the cold-frame. Put this “emptysandbox” on the ground,dig up the existing soil,add some compost or afew bags of pottingmix,and plant in it. This willbe your cold frame.
Now, inside your cold-frame, you can plant allsorts of cool-season veg-gies: carrots, kale, col-lards, Bibb lettuce, tur-
Youwill enjoy harvest-ing up until Christmas,andmany of these cropswill actually survive thewinter and start growingagain in February andMarch for an April har-vest. If you vent the roofabout½-1 inch, your cold-framewill never get toohot. Otherwise, if it iskept tightly closed, thetemperature inside willclimb to100 degrees on asunnywinter day. Venti-lation is essential to avoidhigh-temperature dam-age to the plants growinginside the coldframe.
Mike Klahr is the BooneCounty extension agent forhorticulture.
now for the next Master Gardener class, only held onceevery three years in Boone County, and this is the year. Call586-6101 forTomato & Pepper Tasting Party: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
22, at the Boone County Extension Office. Bring one ormore fresh tomatoes and/or peppers of known variety toenter into the “Tomato & Pepper Tasting” event, and if youhave some big ones, you can enter the “Largest Tomato”or “Largest Pepper” contest. If you can, also bring a cov-ered dish made with tomatoes or peppers to share for thepot luck portion. Play tomato/pepper games, puzzles,tomato bowling for the kids, win prizes.
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Elizabeth BramlageElizabeth F. “Betty” Bramlage,
89, died, Aug. 11, 2013, at herhome.
She was past president ofLadies Auxiliary of the KentuckyPeace Officers, and a volunteerfor St. Charles Nursing Home.
Survivors include her husband,John Bramlage; son, JamesRobert Bramlage of Fort Wrightand JosephWilliam Bramlage ofFort Wright; daughter, JanetMarie Jacob of Crestview Hills;sister, Janet Tuemler of Edge-wood; nine grandchildren; andfive great-grandchildren.
Memorials: Hospice of Blue-grass 7388, Turfway Road, Flor-ence, KY 41042.
Jonathan Chambers Sr.Jonathan “Jon” Stephen
Chambers Sr., 62, Independence,died Aug. 14, 2013, at St. Eliza-beth Hospital of Florence.
He retired after 28 years as agas meter manager for CincinnatiGas and Electric Co. and10 yearsat AmericanMeter. He was aKentucky Colonel, served on theFort Wright City Council from1998-1999, was a former memberof Fort Mitchell Country Club,was a school bus driver.
His parents John Shirley Cham-bers and Cecil Mae StephensChambers and grandson DennisManning died previously.
Survivors include his wife CarlaChambers of Independence;previous wife Linda Payne Cham-bers; daughter, Tara Chambers ofLouisville; son, Jonathan S. Cham-bers, Jr. of Independence; broth-er, Gerald Chambers of Villa Hills;and five grandchildren.
Burial was at IndependenceCemetery.
Memorials: St. Elizabeth Hos-pice, 1Medical Village Drive,Suite 213, Edgewood, KY 41017.
Phyllis HoupPhyllis (Schmidt) Houp, 82, of
Fort Wright, died Aug. 11 at herresidence.
She was a retired legal secre-tary for the firm ofWood, Herron& Evans of Cincinnati for morethan 40 years. She was a memberof the Community of FaithPresbyterian Church, Fort Wright.
A sister, Paula O’Brien, died in2011.
Survivors include a daughter,Donna Henry of Fort Thomas;son, Bruce Houp of Erlanger; sixgrandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Highland Ceme-tery, Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: Hospice of theBluegrass of Northern Kentucky,7388 Turfway Road, Florence, KY41042.
Ruth JettRuth Schwalbach Jett, 87,
Edgewood, formerly of ColdSpring, died Aug. 10, 2013, atEmeritus Senior Living, Edge-wood.
She was a retired bank teller
with Fifth Third Bank, Newport.Her husband, Henry Jett, died
in 2009.Survivors include her daugh-
ters, Kathy Molique of ColdSpring and Carol Schwalbach ofFort Thomas; son, Mike Schwal-bach of Indianapolis; and fivegrandchildren.
Entombment was at EvergreenCemetery, Southgate.
Memorials: Alzheimer’s Associ-ation , 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203.
Toby JonesToby Ann Jones, 87, Union,
died Aug. 6, 2013.Survivors include her daugh-
ters, Cheryl Palmer, JuanitaWebb, Mary Meredith andRochelle Hamilton; and son,Sammy Portwood.
Her daughter Kathy May andher husband died previously.
D.J. MathisD.J. Mathis, 32, Independence,
formerly of Florence, died Aug. 6,2013, in Fort Thomas.
Survivors include his parents,Dennis and BrendaMathis; hiswife, AlishaWaters Mathis;brothers, BrianMcIntosh andSteveMcIntosh; andmany aunts,uncles and cousins.
Interment was in Union Rice
Cemetery in Union.Memorials: Mental Health
Association of Northern Ken-tucky, 912 Scott St., Covington,KY 41011.
Roger OwensRoger D. Owens, 57, Morning
View, Aug. 14, 2013.He was a computer program-
mer with the Boone County FiscalCourt.
Survivors include his life part-ner, Mary Owens; his children,Jeremy Owens, Jennifer Staleyand Jillianne Owens; six grand-children; and brothers, Ronnie,Donnie, Bill and Conard Owens.
Saundra StrunkSaundra S. Strunk, 69, Fort
Mitchell, died Aug. 7, 2013.She battled breast cancer for
22 years. She was a deacon atFort Mitchell Baptist Church andwas active in theWomen’s Mis-sionary Union as well as the RedHats Society.
Her parents, Othe and EleanorSmith, and sisters Sheila Hoffmanand Sherry Miller died previously.
Survivors include children,Dawn Leritz of Portland, Ore.,and Shane Strunk of Cincinnati;
companion Bill Childress; siblings,Steve Smith, Sheena Ball, ScottSmith and Spencer Smith; onegrandchild; and many nieces andnephews.
of Elsmere, died Aug. 8, 2013, atSt. Elizabeth Hospital in Edge-wood.
She was a loving mom, wife,homemaker and longtimemem-ber of St. Henry Catholic Church.
Her parents, Jesse and VirginiaMullikin, and daughter MindyThomas died previously.
Survivors include her husband,Michael Thomas Sr. of Elsmere;daughter, Mandy Thomas of
Elsmere; son, Michael Thomas Jr.of Union; sisters, Yvonne Hughesof Erlanger and Jessica Claypoolof Independence; and twograndsons.
Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.
John ThompsonJohn Steven “Willy” Thomp-
son, 63, Crestview Hills, died Aug.10, 2013.
Survivors include childrenSarah Elizabeth Thompson andJody Ann Thompson, both ofCovington; sister, Darlene K.Gibbs of Edgewood; and brother,Tom Thompson of Lakeside Park.
His brother Gary Lee Thomp-son and parents Betty and JackThompson died previously.
Memorials: St. Elizabeth Hos-pice, OneMedical Village Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017.
EvelynWallaceEvelyn Dean (Kalb) Wallace,
89, formerly of Fort Wright, diedAug. 8, 2013, at the BaptistConvalescent Center in Erlanger.
She grew up inMason County,graduated from Eastern Ken-tucky University and had a careeras an elementary principal andteacher. Her last 18 years ineducation were spent as a first-grade teacher at Park Hills Ele-mentary School.
Her husband, Henry, died, in2010, and siblings Martha Roush,Edna Knarr, Nina Sergent and BillKalb died previously.
Survivors include sister, BettyNorman; daughters, Janet Gray-son and JoyceWainscott; and fivegrandchildren.
Memorials: Alzheimer’s Associ-ation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203 or Amer-ican Cancer Society, 297 Butter-milk Pike, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017or donor’s choice.
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FORTMITCHELLArrests/citationsKenneth Todd Honaker, 30,robbery, Aug. 2.Christopher Neal Fischer, 42,warrant, Aug. 6.Thomas WilliamWatson, 30,
warrant, Aug. 5.Joshua Ulie Hudson, 30, warrant,Aug. 5.Leslie Louise Roden, 32, pos-session of controlled substance,drug paraphernalia, Aug. 9.William Robertson, 22, pos-session of controlled substance,
drug paraphernalia, Aug. 9.Amanda Darlene Butts, 27,receiving stolen property,burglary, possession of burglarytools, Aug. 12.Matthew Ryan Reekers, 20,
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Service Commission for approval to revise its Demand Side Management (DSM) rate for electricservice and gas service for residential and commercial customers and add new products for itsDSM program available to customers. Duke Energy Kentucky’s current monthly DSM rate forresidential gas customers is ($0.039396) per hundred cubic feet (ccf) and for non-residential gascustomers is $0.000000 per hundred cubic feet. Duke Energy Kentucky’s current monthly DSMrate for residential electric customers is $0.001988 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and for non-residential customers is $0.001104 per kilowatt-hour for distribution service and $0.001070 perkilowatt-hour for transmission service.
Duke Energy Kentucky seeks approval to revise these rates as follows: Duke EnergyKentucky’s monthly DSM rate for residential gas customers would increase to ($0.038919) perhundred cubic feet and for non-residential gas customers would remain at $0.000000 per hundredcubic feet. Duke Energy Kentucky’s monthly DSM rate for residential electric customers wouldincrease to $0.002003 per kilowatt-hour and for non-residential customers would increase to$0.001131 per kilowatt-hour for distribution service and would remain at $0.001070 per kilowatt-hour for transmission service.
The rate contained in this notice is the rate proposed by Duke Energy Kentucky.However, the Public Service Commission may order a rate to be charged that differs from thisproposed rate. Such action may result in a rate for consumers other than the rate in this notice.The foregoing rates reflect a proposed increase in electric revenues of approximately $91thousand or 0.03% over current total electric revenues and an increase of $31 thousand or 0.03%over current gas revenues.
A typical residential gas customer using 70 ccf in a month will see an increase of $0.03 or0.04%. A typical residential electric customer using 1000 kWh in a month will see an increase of$0.02 or 0.02%. A typical non-residential electric customer using 40 kilowatts and 14,000 kWhwill see an increase of $0.39 or 0.03%. Non-residential gas customers and non-residentialelectric customers served at transmission voltage will see no change in their bills from thisapplication.
Any corporation, association, body politic or person may by motion within thirty (30)days after publication or mailing of notice of the proposed rate changes, submit a written requestto intervene to the Public Service Commission, 211 Sower Boulevard, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort,Kentucky 40602, and shall set forth the grounds for the request including the status and interest ofthe party. The intervention may be granted beyond the thirty (30) day period for good causeshown. Written comments regarding the proposed rate may be submitted to the Public ServiceCommission by mail or through the Public Service Commission’s website. A copy of thisapplication filed with the Public Service Commission is available for public inspection at DukeEnergy Kentucky’s office at 4580 Olympic Boulevard, Erlanger, Kentucky 41018 and on itswebsite at http://www.duke-energy.com. This filing and any other related documents can befound on the Public Service Commission’s website at http://psc.ky.gov.
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Scarf It Up planshandbag fundraiser
Scarf ItUpforThose inNeed will have its annualfall fundraiser, the 2013Hand Bag Event, on Sept.28 at Receptions in Er-langer.
This year’s event spon-sors are HRS Jewelry,Johnny’s Car Wash, Goet-tle Co., Silverlake/Better-Bodies & Kenton CountyRotary.
There will be lunch,door prizes, Chinese auc-tion, and Designer PursePick Onewith $100 inside.
Doors open at 10 a.m.for shopping. Tickets $25.All tickets are pre-sale.Call 859-802-4881.
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For more information,call Donna, 859-341-8570.
Bunco, cornholenight planned at St.Henry
ERLANGER—St. HenryDistrict High School willhave a Women’s BuncoNight and a Men’s Corn-hole Night Sept. 13 to ben-efit the SHDHS 2014 Ren-aissance Auction.
Games begin at 8 p.m.and hours for the eveningfun are 7-11 p.m.
Go to SHDHS MillayHall for Bunco, SHDHSHolbrook Gym for Corn-hole. Both are at 3755Scheben Drive, Erlanger.
Admission for womenis an auction item valued$40 or more for Bunco.Admission for men is $25cashforthecornholetour-nament.
possession of controlledsubstance, drug paraphernalia,Aug. 11.Casey James Held, 20, pos-session of controlled sub-stance, drug paraphernalia,Aug. 11.Lana Joel Sanders, 32, warrant,Aug. 13.
Incidents/investigationsAssaultAt 2533 Avon Drive, July 30.Criminal mischiefVandalism at 16 HuckleberryHill Drive, No. 8, July 31.Possession of drugparaphernaliaAt 2150 Dixie Hwy., Aug. 2.Possession of marijuanaAt 2150 Dixie Hwy., July 30.TheftCash at 4 Superior Drive, July31.
FORTWRIGHTArrests/citationsTravis Cameron, 34, 512 Green-field Lane, No. 2, shoplifting at3450 Valley Plaza Pkwy., July23.Antonio Furlow, 19, 219 E. 20thSt., shoplifting at 3450 ValleyPlaza Pkwy., July 25.Amber R. Hernandez-Calo, 28,293 Dorchester Ave., shop-lifting at 3450 Valley PlazaPkwy., Aug. 4.Star D. Crumes, 39, 2414 ToddSt., shoplifting at 3450 ValleyPlaza Pkwy., Aug. 10.Paul J. Gilley, 36, 1138 Ann St.,shoplifting at 3450 Valley
Plaza Pkwy., Aug. 10.
Incidents/investigationsBurglaryCopper piping stolen at Kyle’sLane, July 24.Jewelry stolen at 1633 HighlandAve., Aug. 8.Criminal mischiefCar vandalized at 1530 SteffenCourt, Aug. 11.RobberyCash stolen at 1975 HighlandPike, Aug. 5.Cash stolen at 1701Dixie Hwy.,Aug. 9.ShopliftingMerchandise stolen at 3450Valley Plaza Pkwy., July 22.Clothing stolen at 3450 ValleyPlaza Pkwy., July 25.Home security system stolen at3450 Valley Plaza Pkwy., Aug.4.Merchandise stolen at 3450Valley Plaza Pkwy., Aug. 9.Clothes stolen at 3450 ValleyPlaza Pkwy., Aug. 10.DVDs stolen at 3450 ValleyPlaza Pkwy., Aug. 10.Terroristic threateningMan threatened at 3450 Valley
Plaza Pkwy., July 26.TheftJet ski stolen at Madison Pike,July 21.Cash stolen from register atMadison Pike, July 25.Lamp post stolen at MorrisRoad, July 31.Theft of mislaid propertyCell phone stolen at 3450 ValleyPlaza Pkwy., Aug. 11.
PARK HILLSIncidents/investigationsBurglaryGame console and controllersstolen at 1216 Elberta Circle,July 13.Cash stolen at 1087 EmersonRoad, July 23.TheftHousehold goods stolen at 554Scenic Drive, July 13.Credit card used without per-mission at 509 St. Joseph Lane,July 27.Ring stolen at 1208 ElbertaCircle, July 27.Roofing shingles stolen at 1546Sleepy Hollow Road, July 28.
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B10 • COMMUNITY RECORDER • AUGUST 22, 2013 LIFE
Children’s Home ofNorthern Kentucky ChiefExecutive Officer RickWurth recently receivedthe Civic LeadershipAward for the positive im-pact he has in the GreaterCincinnati/Northern Ken-tucky area.
On July 25, over 500 in-dividuals came togetherfor the annual Civic Lead-ership Award luncheon,hosted by Venue andLEAD Magazine. Duringthe luncheon, Wurth andhis fellowmembers of theCivic Leadership AwardClass of 2013 were recog-nized and celebrated fortheir outstanding contri-butions to the wider com-munity.
Award recipients havededicated their lives toserving nonprofit organi-zations, either throughtheir professional voca-tion or volunteerism.Wurth, who joined theHome in October 2010 asthe vice president for de-velopment, brought withhim more than 11 years ofleadership and develop-ment experience in thenonprofit sector. This ex-perience,aswell as the im-pact he had on the Homeduring his first year, led tohis promotion to CEO inJuly 2012.
“Serving nonprofits –both professionally and asa volunteer – has helpedmewith a type of personal‘heart health’ throughoutmy life, and not in thephysical sense,” Wurthshares. “Reaching out toothers and providing care
hasexpandedmyability toempathize and feel com-passiontowardotherswhostruggle in one way or an-other.”
Since arriving atCHNK,Wurthhas ledade-velopment effort that in-creased monetary contri-butions for the Home by457 percent from 2010 to2013. Additionally, he as-sisted in facilitating thelaunch and expansion ofChampions, a new pro-gram for the Home thatreaches out to school-ageyouth at risk of becomingjuvenile status offenders.Andtheagency’s long-run-ning Residential Treat-ment program, whichserved 96 children overthe past year who are instate’s custody, saw itshighest successful dis-charge rate – 79 percent -which is also one of thehighest in thestateofKen-tucky.
Wurth finds it easy tobe passionate about hisrole as a civic leader andas CEO of the Home, de-
spite the longhoursandef-fort regularly required ofhim. Explains Wurth, “Ev-ery staff member, everyboard member, and everysupporter shares thesamebelief that I do; we believethat the bad things thathappen in lifewillnothavethe last word. We believethatregardlessof thetrau-ma,abuse,neglect, andbe-trayal a person may suf-fer, his or her future is notdetermined by that histo-ry. We believe in hope. If Icanbringhope to someonewho needs it… what morecould I ask for in a profes-sion?”
Wurthwas joined at theluncheon by CHNKBoardofTrusteesmembersKentDailey of RE/MAX andJeffThomasofJeffThom-asCatering, aswell as sev-eral colleagues andfriends.
Founded in 1882, Chil-dren’s Home of NorthernKentucky operates twocampuses–oneinBurling-ton and the other in Co-vington’s Devou Park.
Children’s Home CEOrecognized for impactCommunity Recorder
Rick Pawlak, far left, managing director of Ultimate Air andco-sponsor of the luncheon, presented the 2013 CivicLeadership Award to (from left) Ashley Chance, RosemarySchlachter, David Singer, Ginger Warner, Bill Baumann andRick W. Wurth.THANKS TO BRIAN AMBS
