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Traditionally low voter turn-out in state elections, expectedto be below 30 percent in North-ern Kentucky Nov. 3, is seen asa negative for having clout withstate lawmakers in Frankfort.
Election Day polls in Ken-tucky will be open from 6 a.m.-6p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Choosinga new governor and voting forcandidates for five other stategovernment jobs will be allmany voters see on their bal-lots.
A special road tax for VillaHills property owners andelecting a new mayor in ColdSpring are the only contested lo-cal races on the ballot in North-ern Kentucky.
“Candidates go where thevotes are, and while there are intheory a lot of votes in our re-gion given our size, the fact thatwe under punch our weight onElection Day means that we getless attention from statewideelected officials,” Trey Gray-son, president and CEO of theNorthern Kentucky Chamberof Commerce.
“That lack of attention hurtsour efforts to achieve our re-gional priorities,” Grayson said.
Grayson has been KentuckySecretary of State and cam-paigned for a U.S. Senate seat in2010. Grayson said he spentmore time campaigning insoutheastern Kentucky duringhis Senate primary because thatregion has higher voter turnout.The actual population was lessimportant than turnout levels.
Campbell County Clerk JimLuersen predicts 20 percent ofregistered voters will show up
to vote. That’s counting ColdSpring where turnout will behigher because of a heated may-oral election, Luersen said.
Luersen said when he cam-paigned for his office in 2014,many people told him they onlyvote in U.S. presidential elec-tions while the governor’s of-fice and other state offices havemore impact on people’s dailylives.
“We’d have a more powerfulvoice in Frankfort if we hadmore votes up here,” he said.
Kenton County Clerk GabeSumme said she does not knowwhat to expect for voter turnoutacross the county.
“My only prediction at thispoint is that there will be a largeturnout in Villa Hills becausethey have a tax question on theirballot,” Summe said. “This isusually what brings people tothe polls.”
Boone County Clerk KennyBrown said he expects turnout
FORT THOMAS — Ron Dill,newly hired as city administra-tor, spurred a discussion oncreating a new long-term de-sign plan before he even lefthis job interview.
“His enthusiasm in the in-terview got me really excitedabout the future of Fort Thom-as, and yes, getting back to along-range planning process,”said Mayor Eric Haas.
Dill, 52, has been a full-timecity employee since beinghired as director of buildingservices in 1987. He has servedas director of general servicessince 2002. Dill was appointedas interim city administratorto replace Don Martin, who re-tired Aug. 31. Council unani-mously hired Dill Oct. 19 at anannual salary of $115,000.
A founding board memberof the Fort Thomas EducationFoundation, Dill is a HighlandsHigh School graduate. Coach-ing Knothole baseball and be-ing assistant girls basketballcoach at Highlands are waysDill stays engaged.
“Being part of the commu-nity is kind of second nature tome,” Dill said.
Most of the city’s existinglong-range plan, about 15 years
old, has been completed, hesaid. Parks have been built andimproved, as part of previousplans. Sidewalks and other en-hancements were made alongFort Thomas Avenue in theMidway business district andcentral business district.
“I think that’s where we’reready to do some additionalthings, whether it’s extendingstreetscapes or enhancingthings that we have, develop-ing our trail system and con-nectivity in our community,”he said.
VA homesDill said he has already spo-
ken with Bloomfield/Schon +Partners representatives thismonth, the city’s preferred de-veloper, for renovating 10 for-mer U.S. Army officer homesbuilt in the 1890s.
The U.S. Department of Vet-erans Affairs owns the homes,and is working with the city onplans to remove asbestos andlead so the properties can besold to Bloomfield/Schon.
A promise from the VA tosell the properties to the cityand Bloomfield/Schon, as longas abatement is done to every-one’s satisfaction, is what is be-ing worked out, he said. WhenBloomfield/Schon was pickedin June, the idea was to work
out a plan over the course of ayear for presentation nextsummer to council, Dill said.
“I hope that when we hit thatmark in the middle of next yearwe are bringing somethingthat’s completed and workableand then everybody is willingto jump on board and make ithappen,” Dill said.
Haas said 48 resumes werereceived for city administra-tor. Many candidates hadlengthy tenures in Kentucky’spension system, as Dill, did.Some quality candidates hadgood experience, but less timein the pension system, Haassaid. Having someone leavefor retirement after two orthree years wasn’t an attrac-tive option, he said.
Haas said he was swayed byhow many years Dill was will-ing to stay with the city.
“He was very enthusiastic,”Haas said. “He said I’ll giveyou eight years.”
Dill’s excitement for plan-ning again spread to Haas andrippled out to council.
“Folks on council are excit-ed about it,” Haas said. “Let’sbrainstorm some stuff, let’slook at what we have, and let’sstart that planning processagain.” “So, in the first of theyear we’re going to do somebrainstorming.”
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New Fort Thomas City Administrator Ron Dill sits at a conference table in his office with a set of design plans fora parking lot concept he is reviewing with developers.
HIGHLANDHEIGHTS — AsburyUnited MethodistChurch’s 36th annualcraft fair in November
will feature everythingfrom home and holidaydecorations to crochethats and scarves.
Craft show hours willbe from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 13, and 9a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov.14, at the church, 2916 Al-exandria Pike, HighlandHeights.
Admission is free andoff-street parking is avail-able. There will be a whiteelephant sale of donateditems. White elephant saleproceeds are donated tolocal and regional chari-ties. Last year’s $8,750 insale proceeds were splitamong 20 charities.
Southgate childrenparade toHalloween party
SOUTHGATE — Chil-dren in Halloween cos-tumes will parade downElectric Avenue at 7 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 31, to a par-ty.
The John R. Little Vet-erans of Foreign WarsPost 3186 at 6 ElectricAve, Southgate, is throw-ing a Halloween party forchildren after the parade.
ALEXANDRIA — Vet-erans for Medical Canna-bis Access will have atown hall meeting from2-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 atthe Campbell County Vet-
erans of Foreign WarsPost 3205 at 8261 U.S. 27,Alexandria.
Kentuckians for Medi-cal Marijuana will pre-sent during the town hall.
V.F.W. Post 3205 Com-mander Joe Smith, of Al-exandria, said the post isrenting out the space.
Organizers will be talk-ing about asking the U.S.Department of VeteransAffairs to pay for medicalmarijuana use by veter-ans with Post TraumaticStress Disorder, Smithsaid.
For information aboutKentuckians for MedicalMarijuana visitbit.ly/ky4mmuse.
BRIEFLY
to be as high as 27-28 per-cent based upon peoplecoming out to vote for Re-publican Matt Bevin.
Northern Kentucky iscredited with carryingBevin to victory in the Re-publican gubernatorialprimary election in May.
Boone County’s turn-out was 21.8 percent fouryears ago in a similarelection where state of-fices were primarily whatwas on the ballot, Brownsaid.
Voting in state officeelections is important nomatter who the candi-dates are, he said.
“It’s an opportunitythat Northern Kentuckyhas not traditionally takenadvantage of to show wehave clout in Frankfort byshowing up at the polls,”Brown said.
People need to show upto vote no matter whatparty or candidate theychoose, he said.
“It lets Frankfort knowwe’re active and we havea voice to be heard uphere,” Brown said.
TurnoutContinued from Page 1A
All Kentucky voterswill see candidates forgovernor and lieutenantgovernor and five otherstate offices on their bal-lot.
Governor and lieu-tenant governor (electone):
Republican: MattBevin/Jenean Hampton
Democrat: Jack Con-way/Sannie Overly
Independent: DrewCurtis/Heather Curtis.
Secretary of State(elect one):
Republican: StephenL. Knipper
Democrat: AllisonLundergan Grimes
Attorney General(elect one):
Republican: WhitneyH. Westerfeld
Democrat: Andy Be-shear
Auditor of Public Ac-counts (elect one):
Republican: MikeHarmon
Democrat: Adam H.Edelen
State Treasurer:Republican: Allison
BallDemocrat: Rick Nel-
sonCommissioner of Ag-
riculture:Republican: Ryan F.
QuarlesDemocrat: Jean-Ma-
rie Lawson Spann
Boone CountyJustice of the Peace
First Magisterial Dis-trict (unexpired term):Republican: James Du-vall
Campbell CountyCampbell County
Schools: Member Boardof Education Fourth Edu-cational District (unex-pired term): Ted Wil-liams.
Silver Grove Inde-pendent Schools: Mem-ber Board of Education(unexpired term): JasonStewart.
Southgate Indepen-
dent School District:Member Board of Educa-tion (unexpired term):Teressa Lynn Elliott
Mayor City of ColdSpring (unexpiredterm):
Jerry SandfossDavid “Angelo” Pen-
que
Kenton CountyCovington Indepen-
dent School District:Member Board of Educa-tion (unexpired term):April Frese Brockhoff
Villa Hills Question(Yes/No): Are you in fa-vor of the proposal enti-tled “Road Funding”which would reduce theinsurance premium taxfrom 10% to 5% and ap-prove the adoption of theproposed special roadtax at a rate of 6.7 cents($0.067) on each one hun-dred ($100,000) dollars ofthe assessed valuationupon all taxable realproperty within the cityin order to provide fund-ing for the repair andmaintenance of citystreets?
What is on the ballot
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FORT THOMAS — LauraMeier, 30, didn’t stop mov-ing once in a new Barre3studio where uptempomusic and a wall of mir-rors reflected the fastpace of an hour mixingballet, yoga and Pilates.
Barre3 franchise own-er Kelley Groneck hasopened the region’s sec-ond Barre3 studio insidethe Fort Thomas Plazaalong U.S. 27 near theI-471 interchange.
Barre3 opened the firstCincinnati area studio inMontgomery, Ohio, inJune. A schedule of classtimes at 90 U.S. 27, FortThomas, began Sept. 28.
For Meier, a Sept. 22Barre3 workout by spe-cial invitation for FortThomas Moms Club mem-bers, was her secondclass.
“My body is shaking, soI know I’m getting a work-out,” Meier said.
Classes pack lots of tar-geted muscle exercisesinto a short amount oftime, she said. “I havethree kids,” Meier said. “Idon’t have any more timeto work out.”
Using a headset micro-phone, Groneck orches-trates her classes’ repeti-tive movements on corkfloors by speaking in syncto the beat of music mixesfeaturing artists includ-ing Rihanna, Jeremih andMadonna. People seethemselves working outin the mirrored wall witha ballet barre.
Groneck, 34, of FortThomas, found Barre3online classes and a blogwith healthy recipes as away to connect mind andbody during exercisewithout having to take yo-ga and another class.
A native of Villa Hills,Groneck previouslyworked as biomedicalcompany sales repre-sentative selling genetictesting technology tohealth care providers.
Barre3 was startedseven years ago in Port-
land, Oregon, said Barre3spokeswoman Nikki Ger-sten McAvity.
There are 75 Barre3studios in the U.S. andagreements to open 15more, McAvity said.
Cory Ruschman, 34, ofFort Thomas, said she
liked Barre3 so much af-ter taking her first class inFebruary she became aninstructor. Ruschman willteach at Barre3 FortThomas.
A runner, Ruschmansaid she found Barre3 as asolution to fixing sciatic
nerve pain. Ruschman said she ex-
ercises muscles mara-thon running and her pre-vious exercise routinesdid not. “It’s the bestworkout I’ve ever had,and I work out a lot,” shesaid.
New Barre3 fitness mixes yoga, ballet and PilatesChris [email protected]
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Cory Ruschman exercises at a ballet barre with members ofthe Fort Thomas Moms Club.
Kelley Groneck instructs Laura Meier and other students in herBarre3 fitness class to grab an orange ball at a ballet bar.
EDGEWOOD – WhenEmily Cahill walks by thenew play area at St. Eliza-beth Hospice Center,she’s reminded of thewords of Mother Teresa.
“I alone cannot changethe world, but I can cast astone across the waters tocreate many ripples.”
“The work that we do athospice each day wouldnot be possible withoutthe generous donations oftime and money fromthose in our community,”said Cahill, hospice out-reach liaison. “It isthrough charitable dona-tions that we are able toprovide support and careto all of our patients andtheir families as well ashow we plan to care forthe growing number ofpatients who will need ourservices in the future.”
The new play area ispart of that care. It wouldnot have been possible ifnot for Edgewood resi-dent Keli Catalano throw-ing the first stone. Catalo-no took the lead in collect-ing donations for the playarea last year.
“I remember cominginto hospice to visit mymom and I’d always seechildren sitting in thewaiting areas. Some kidsspend all day visitingtheir loved ones,” Catala-no said.
“That’s hard on a kid.After my mother passedaway, I wanted to dosomething for this won-derful place that had doneso much for her. When Ilooked at their wish listthe play area really stood
out to me.”Catalano used Go-
FundMe as a startingpoint. She used her busi-ness, a humor-basedgreeting card businessColette Paperie in North-side, to offer incentivesfor certain donation lev-els. Soon local merchantsallowed her to distributefliers and St. Elizabethposted the effort in itsnewsletters. More than$39,000 was raised and theplay area was y installed.
Although the events of Sept. 11, 2001, hap-pened before her students were born, fifth-grade religion teacher Darla Dressman of St.Joseph School, Cold Spring, reminds her stu-dents that there are still many reasons to offerprayers when they think of that day.
In remembrance of 9/11, the students createda prayer bead chain which they have been usingeach day as they begin their religion class. Thebeads’ colors and number have a special signif-icance as do the prayers that the children offer.
THANKS TO LINDA GABIS
Kileigh Mardis, left, and Caryss Pouncy, right, pray using the 9/11 prayer beads they made in Darla Dressman’sfifth-grade religion class at St. Joseph, Cold Spring.
St. Joseph studentsremember 9/11
Learning Links, a Grantsfor Kids program of TheGreater Cincinnati Founda-tion (GCF) recently awarded148 Learning Links grants fora total of $135,274.
Thanks to the generosity ofdonors past and present, GCFsupports creative and inter-esting projects for classroomsin the Greater Cincinnati re-
gion. Learning Links grantsprovide up to $1,000.
Since 1992, more than 3,000Learning Links grants havebeen awarded, totaling $2.4million.
The Charles H. Dater Foun-dation is also a major sup-porter of the program. GCFreceived $40,000 from theDater Foundation toward
Learning Links.Examples of projects fund-
ed this year include:» Academy of World Lan-
guages (Hamilton County)uses multicultural books andiPads in its library to encour-age and support reading liter-acy in kindergarten throughthe third grades.
Refugees or immigrants
from more than 50 countriesmake up 50 percent of theschool’s population.
» Florence ElementarySchool (Boone County) usesmicroscopes in elementaryscience classrooms to en-hance the science experience.Students will learn the partsof a microscope and learn howscientists use them in life
science.» Silver Grove Elementary
School (Campbell County)engages parents with a FamilyScience Night.
Parents will work withtheir students on hands-onactivities.
The event encourages par-ent participation, science, andliteracy skills.
Learning Links awards Campbell, Boone grants
A senior at The SummitCountry Day School recentlyhad artwork she createdduring laboratory experiencepublished in a national med-ical journal.
Elizabeth Herfel, of FortThomas, created an illustra-tion for the MediaLab at Cin-cinnati Children’s Hospitaland Medical Center(CCHMC). Her illustration ofa cross section of the spinalcord and nerves connectingto it and a muscle becamepart of an article published inthe Journal of Hand Surgery.
Elizabeth’s work in theCritical Care MediaLab atCCHMC served as a laborato-ry experience, which is arequired part of The Sum-mit’s unique Science Re-search Institute curriculum.Students are placed in anauthentic science laboratorywith professionals for fourweeks. The experience ispart of Science Research III,the third of four courses inthe Science Research In-stitute program.
“Elizabeth has a love of artthat I wanted her to utilizeand incorporate during herinternship,” said JessicaReplogle, Ph.D, director ofthe Science Research In-stitute at The Summit.“Working in the MediaLaballowed Elizabeth to use herartistic talents and applythem to communicating med-ical information.”
Dr. Replogle added that
working at CCHMC providedElizabeth with many newskills in both science and art,including programs that cre-ate digital 2-D and 3-D anima-tion. Her experience alsoopened Elizabeth up for po-tential freelance work withthe MediaLab in the future.
In the final course, Eliza-beth and her classmates willwrite about their experiencesin peer journal style anddevelop professional presen-tations for the Science Re-search Institute Colloquiumon Feb. 3, 2016.
Learn more about TheSummit’s Science ResearchInstitute here: www.summitcds.org/ScienceResearchInstitute.
Fort Thomassenior’s artpublished inmedical journal
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Elizabeth Herfel, of Fort Thomas,created an illustration for theMediaLab at Cincinnati Children’sHospital and Medical Center.
School tours craft
THANKS TO JENNIFER TWEHUES VIA SHARE
The fifth- and sixth-grade class from St. Philip School enjoys a beautiful day after touring the LST-325.
Welcome back
THANKS TO LINDA GABIS VIA SHARE
It was a picture perfect day as students began arriving at St. Joseph,Cold Spring. Everyone was all smiles as students were greeted by anentourage of parents, priests, principal, assistant principal, and aBluejay, the school mascot. Paige Conner, Lillian Salisbury and BrendanHill are excited to see the Bluejay, the school mascot as they arrive atSt. Joseph, Cold Spring to begin a new school year.
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Along with creeks andrivers, the licks ofBoone County were
landmarks to the early settlerslong before anyone even re-ferred to ZIP codes or sub-divisions, writes Tom Schifferof the Boone County HistoricPreservation Board.
“Ancient trails wide enoughto pass two wagons abreastwere worn in the sod and for-est by animals in search ofsalt.”
For thousands of years, BigBone Lick salt springs attract-ed a diversity of animals in-cluding bison, mammoth, and
mastodon, as well as the peoplewho hunted and scavengedthese animals.
The 33rd annual Salt Festi-val took place Oct. 16-18 at BigBone Lick State Historic Site.The festival in Boone Countyfeatured demonstrations ofpioneer living and skills, fron-tier life and Native Americanskills and traditions.
It was a great event withterrific weather, said DeanHenson, park manager of BigBone Lick State Historic Site.
“We had around 6,000 peo-ple in attendance for the week-end,” Henson said.
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Ellen Leblanc, of Moores Hill, Indiana. demonstrates spinning wool in to yarn during the Salt Festival at Big BoneLick State Historic Site Oct. 17.
From left, Jeannie Anderson, of Bellevue, Sally Harlow, of Cincinnati, CarlaHumfleet, of Tipp City, Ohio, Melissa Lohman, of Cincinnati, and DianeBryant, of Dayton, Ohio, make breads and cakes during the Salt Festival atBig Bone Lick State Historic Site on Oct. 17.
SALT FESTIVAL BRINGS
HISTORY LOVERS
TO THE PARK
The Rabbit Hash String Band performs during the Salt Festival at Big BoneLick State Historic Site.
From left, Heather Sturgill, of Petersburg, and her family, Jarred, 17, Martie,15, Leia, 18, and Josh, taste Arlington apple ginger cake during the SaltFestival at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site on Oct. 17.
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From left, Bob Saalman, of Bloomfield, Indiana, shows handmade items toMaureen Elliott, of Florence, Heather Bearden, of Burlington, and herdaughters Skylar Iles, 11 months, and Maria Iles, 3, during the Salt Festivalheld Oct. 17 at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site in Union.
Bob Evans of Sardinia, Ohio, and Ethan Kinner, 13, of Batavia, Ohio,demonstrate black smithing during the Salt Festival Oct. 17 at the Big BoneLick State Historic Site. Bob and Ethan represented Grassy Run Historical ArtCommittee. For thousands of years, Big Bone Lick salt springs attracted adiversity of animals including bison, mammoth, and mastodon, as well asthe people who hunted and scavenged these animals.
Kimberly Hearn of Owenton,demonstrates basket weavingduring the Salt Festival at Big BoneLick State Historic Site on Oct. 17.
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Brian Miller, of Burlington, partQuapaw and Cherokee, wearsLakota men’s traditional dressduring the Salt Festival at Big BoneLick State Historic Site.
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FRIDAY, OCT. 30Art ExhibitsWe, Covington: New works byTerence Hammonds, AnissaLewis, Tim McMichael, WallyGerman, and Harmony Den-linger, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd., Newworks examining Covington’shistory and communities. Free.957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.
Extra Credit: DocumentingHigher Level Art 2008-2015,noon to 5 p.m., The Carnegie,1028 Scott Blvd., Highlights over60 murals created for CovingtonIndependent Public Schools andindividual pieces from artists ofHigher Level Art. Free. ThroughNov. 21. 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.
Cooking ClassesCooking the Books, 10 a.m. tonoon Book: 40 Chances byHoward G. Buffet, Boone CountyCooperative Extension Service,6028 Camp Ernst Road, Preparefoods inspired by monthly bookselection. Ages 21 and up. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County CooperativeExtenson Service. Through Nov.17. 586-6101. Burlington.
Dining EventsFriday Night Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30p.m., Newport Elks Lodge, 3704Alexandria Pike, $8.50. 441-1273.Cold Spring.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, 1 AquariumWay, Through Nov. 7. $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.
Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, 1 AquariumWay, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridge justinches above nearly two dozensharks at Newport Aquarium.$23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12), Freechildren under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.
FestivalsKinman Farms Fall Festival,5-10 p.m., Kinman Farms, 4175Burlington Pike, Pumpkin patch,hay rides, corn maze, conces-sions, pony rides, bonfires, picnicshelter area and fall decor. $9.689-2682; www.kinmanfarms-fallfest.com. Boone County.
Holiday - HalloweenUSS Nightmare, 7-11 p.m., BBRiverboats, 101 Riverboat Row,Walk-through haunted tourbuilt on real steamboat. Experi-ence 30-minute tour with morethan 40 areas and two levels offright. Through Oct. 31. $20Thursday-Sunday, $17 Wednes-day. Presented by USS Night-mare. Through Oct. 31. 740-2293; www.ussnightmare.com.Newport.
Haunted Duck Tours, 6 p.m.,6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Ridethe Ducks Newport, 1 LeveeWay, Tour guides share localghost stories and lore of suchfamously haunted landmarks asMusic Hall, Taft Museum andThompson House along the way.Recommended for ages 16 andup. $18. 815-1439; www.new-portducks.com. Newport.
USS Nightmare Captain’seXtreme Show, 11 p.m. to 1a.m., BB Riverboats, 101 River-boat Row, Extreme show fea-tures more darkness, moreintense horror, more graphiccontent and more extremespecial effects. Not recom-mended for anyone under 18.
Regular show for these datesends at 11 p.m. with switchoverto extreme show at this time.$27, $25 advance. Presented byUSS Nightmare. 740-2293;www.ussnightmare.com. New-port.
The Haunted Farm House, 7-11p.m., Benton Family Farm, 11896Old Lexington Pike, White FarmHouse. Enter farm house withdocumented evidence of theunknown. Family Farm Fundrais-er to help low income schoolsand children attend field tripsand summer camps. ThroughOct. 31. $10, group pricingavailable. 485-7000; www.ben-tonfarm.com. Walton.
Halloween Party, 6-10 p.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Kids, wearfavorite costume for pizza,games and special treats. Kid-friendly, non-scary event. Ages5-15. $20. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.
Literary - LibrariesAnime and Manga Club (mid-dle and high school), 6-8 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Join otherotakus for movies, snacks andkawaii crafts. Free. Registrationrecommended. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.
Teen Night (middle and highschool), 6-8 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Games, snacks, movies andmore. Free. 342-2665. Florence.
The Robot Zoo TravelingChildren’s Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 9p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, 1786 Burlington Pike,Exhibit uses biomechanics ofgiant robot animals to illustratehow real animals work. Hands-on activities for ages 4-12. Dailythrough Feb. 28. Free. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.
On Stage - ComedyAries Spears, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, Comedian and actor.$25. 957-2000; www.funnybone-onthelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterHow to Succeed in BusinessWithout Really Trying, 8 p.m.,Stained Glass Theatre, 802 YorkSt., $20. Presented by Foot-lighters Inc.. Through Nov. 7.513-474-8711; www.footlight-ers.org. Newport.
RecreationMahjong, 1-2 p.m., Boone Coun-ty Public Library - SchebenBranch, 8899 U.S. 42, All skilllevels welcome. Free. Presentedby Scheben Branch Library.Through Nov. 27. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Union.
Bingo, 7-10 p.m., Erlanger LionsClub Hall, 5996 Belair Drive,Erlanger Lions Bingo All pro-ceeds go to eyesight and back tocommunity. Ages 18-. Pricevaries. Presented by ErlangerLions Club. 282-9969. Erlanger.
Breeders’ Cup World Champi-onship Simulcast, 10 a.m.,Turfway Park, 7500 TurfwayRoad, Price includes full buffetand seating. $35, $30. Reserva-tions required. 371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.
Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.308-7019; www.cincinnatioa.org.Fort Thomas.
SATURDAY, OCT. 31Art ExhibitsWe, Covington: New works byTerence Hammonds, AnissaLewis, Tim McMichael, WallyGerman, and Harmony Den-linger, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
Extra Credit: DocumentingHigher Level Art 2008-2015,noon to 5 p.m., The Carnegie,Free. 957-1940; www.thecarne-gie.com. Covington.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 6p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training andBYOB, reservations required.Reservations required. ThroughDec. 31. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.
EducationExploreMore Program, 8:30-11:30 p.m., Covington LatinSchool, 21 E. 11th St., CovingtonLatin School. The program offersbroad range of enrichmentcourses designed for bright andenthusiastic students in learningenvironment where creativityand critical thinking meet,encouraging students to discov-er hidden talents, explore newinterests and deepen existingones. $120. Registration re-quired. 291-7044; exploremore-.rocks. Covington.
Community CrossFit Class,10-11 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon,Triumph Strength and Condi-tioning, 7859 Commerce Place,Certified trainer leads workoutin group class setting. Free.Presented by Triumph StrengthConditioning. 414-5904; tri-umphstrength.net. Florence.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.
Sandyland Acres HauntedHayride and Farmers Re-venge, 8 p.m. to midnight,Sandyland Acres, Hayride: $12.Farmers Revenge: $10. Combo:$20. 322-0516; www.sandylan-dacres.com. Petersburg.
USS Nightmare Captain’seXtreme Show, 11 p.m. to 1a.m., BB Riverboats, $27, $25advance. 740-2293; www.uss-nightmare.com. Newport.
The Haunted Farm House, 7-11p.m., Benton Family Farm, $10,group pricing available. 485-7000; www.bentonfarm.com.Walton.
Halloween Trick or TreatHours, 6-8 p.m., City of Edge-wood, 385 Dudley Road, Watchout for ghosts and goblins
roaming streets during Hallow-een trick or treating hours.Please leave porch light on if youwish to participate. Free. 331-5910; www.edgewoodky.gov.Edgewood.
Pumpkin Decorating Contest,2-3 p.m., Campbell County PublicLibrary - Fort Thomas, 1000Highland Ave., Bring decoratedpumpkin inspired by favoritebook. From Oct. 25-30 they’ll beon display. On Halloween, votefor favorite and see who wins.Free. 572-5033; cc-pl.org/pro-grams. Fort Thomas.
St. Creep Haunted WalkingTour, 7-9 p.m., Wanda Kay’sGhost Shop and Haunted Gam-bler Museum, $25. 291-1689.Newport.
Halloween Costume Contest,10 p.m. to 2 a.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., Great prizes, livemusic and drink specials. Ages 21and up. Free. 491-6659; coving-ton.mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.
Trick or Treat, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Crestview Hills Town Center,2791 Town Center Blvd., Partici-pating tenants hand out candyto all costumed kids. Free.341-4353. Crestview Hills.
Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 8 p.m., Southgate VFW,6 Electric Ave., With DJ TedMcCracken. Free. Presented byVFW Post 3186. 441-9857. South-gate.
Literary - LibrariesThe Robot Zoo TravelingChildren’s Exhibit, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Boone County Main Li-brary, Free. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.
Music - AcousticSaturday Morning AcousticMusic, 10 a.m. to noon, VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Free. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. 371-8356; www.ve-locitybb.com. Florence.
Music - RockHalloween Metal Bash, 7 p.m.,Backstage Cafe, 724 MadisonAve., Music by Scarangella, AliveAmongst the Dead, the FetusBetween Us and Juggernaut. $5ages 21 and up, $10 ages 18 andup. 491-2445. Covington.
Rock ‘n Roll Will Save YourSoul Halloween Party, 8 p.m.,The Southgate House Revival,111 E. Sixth St., Featuring NoahSmith, The Grove and MichaelMoeller. Cash prize for bestcostume. Ages 18 and up. $15.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.
On Stage - ComedyAries Spears, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy Club, $25.957-2000; www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterHow to Succeed in BusinessWithout Really Trying, 8 p.m.,Stained Glass Theatre, $20.513-474-8711; www.footlight-ers.org. Newport.
RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 5-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996
Belair Drive, Doors open 5 p.m.Early games begin 6:30 p.m.Regular games begin 7:15 p.m.Ages 18 and up. Benefits RyleMarching Band Boosters. Pre-sented by Ryle Band Boosters.Through Dec. 26. 282-9969.Erlanger.
Breeders’ Cup World Champi-onship Simulcast, 10 a.m.,Turfway Park, $35, $30. Reserva-tions required. 371-0200;www.turfway.com. Florence.
ShoppingGive Back to our First Respon-DDers, 8-10 a.m., Dunkin’Donuts Erlanger, 508 Common-wealth Ave., Parking Lot. Restau-rant gives back 10 percent of netsales. From 8-10 a.m. join cos-tume character Cuppy for give-aways for kids. See real firetruck.Benefits Erlanger Fire Depart-ment. Free. Presented by Erlang-er Fire Department. 992-7580.Erlanger.
Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous,10:30-11:30 a.m., Lakeside Pres-byterian Church, 2690 DixieHighway, white building in backparking lot. Offers program ofrecovery from compulsive over-eating, binge eating and othereating disorders using theTwelve Steps and Twelve Tradi-tions of OA. No dues or fees.Addresses physical, emotionaland spiritual well-being but isnot religious organization anddoes not promote any particulardiet. Free. Presented by Overeat-ers Anonymous NKY. 428-1214.Lakeside Park.
SUNDAY, NOV. 1Craft ShowsCraft Market, noon to 4 p.m.,Holy Cross High School, 3617Church St., Over 50 crafters plusconcessions. Benefits Holy CrossHigh School. $3 admission.991-2444; www.hchscov.com.Covington.
Experience Tai Chai, 2-3 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, NorthernKentucky Shaolin-do demon-strates this form of meditation inmotion which promotes serenityand inner peace. Good for anyage. Free. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665.Burlington.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.
FestivalsKinman Farms Fall Festival,noon to 7 p.m., Kinman Farms,$9. 689-2682; www.kinman-farmsfallfest.com. Boone Coun-ty.
Literary - LibrariesThe Robot Zoo TravelingChildren’s Exhibit, 1-5 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,Free. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Burlington.
Music - ClassicalCCM Choral: Best of the Ital-ian, French and GermanBaroque, 3-5 p.m., CathedralBasilica of the Assumption, 1140Madison Ave., Free. Presented byUniversity of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. 513-556-4183; ccm.uc.edu. Covington.
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This still boggles my mind: Halloween is second onlyto Christmas as the most decorated holi-day. Not so when I was a kid. The housewasn’t decorated, and the eight girls in ourfamily were either witches or gypsies. Mybrother, Charlie, the last bornwas always ahobo. We used whatever we could find todress up and we left at dark, by ourselves,and came home with grocery paper bagsfull of treats. Mom didn’t have to lookthrough them to see if they were safe.
Fast forward to Halloween 2015. Even ifparental rules are stricter, Halloween isstill so much fun! Here are some good last
minute recipes for a ghoulishly good Halloween.
Homemade microwave popcornCheck out my Abouteating.com site. You won’t believe
how easy and inexpensive, not to mention healthy andamazingly tender it is. (Hint: 1/2 cup unpopped cornmakes a generous 8 cups, but there’s a secret technique!).
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and author. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Email her at [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Homemade Halloween treats kids can help make‘Glowing’ swamp punch
Let the kids help. They love the creepycrawler ice ring.
1 cup boiling water2 packages, 4-serving size each, lime
soda, chilledPour boiling water over gelatin and stir
until dissolved. Stir in cold water. Pourinto punch bowl. Stir in soda, makingmixture fizz.
Unmold ice ring by dipping bottom ofmold briefly into hot water. Float inpunch. Serve cups garnished withgummy worms.
Creepy crawler ice ring1 cup gummyworms or other creepy crawler gummies
1 quart lemon-lime sports drink likeGatorade
Arrange gummy worms in bottom of5-cup ring mold; fill with Gatorade. Freezeuntil solid.
Black cat cookie pops
Again, let the kids help. Don’t worry iftheir cookies look like something other thancats. It’s about creativity and fun, not perfec-tion.
1 cup creamy peanut butter1/3 cup water2 eggs1 box chocolate cake mixPopsicle sticksSugarCandy corn, red hots
Preheat oven to 350. Beat peanutbutter with water and eggs. Add cake mixand mix. Form into 1-1/2” balls and place onsprayed cookie sheet. Push in a popsiclestick. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped insugar. Pinch two “ears” at top of cookie.Press fork into dough to form whiskers oneither side of nose. Bake 10-12 minutes.Remove from oven and immediately addcandy corn eyes and red-hot nose, pushingin gently. If they happen to fall off after theycool, glue them on with a little powderedsugar glaze or canned frosting. Makes 2-3dozen
My best caramel corn
This makes a lot so feel free to divide in half. Adding dried fruitelevates this to a new dimension.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
15-16 cups or so of popped cornAbout 3 cups salted mixed nuts2 sticks or butter2 cups brown sugar1/2 cup light corn syrup1/2 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon vanilla1/2 teaspoon baking soda2 cups dried cranberries, cherries or apricots (opt)
To avoid sticking, use vegetable spray to coat both inside oflarge bowl, cookie sheets and spoons that you will use. Put popcornand nuts in bowl. Set aside. Over medium heat in a large pan, bringto a boil everything but the soda. Boil 5 minutes. Add baking sodaand stir. Mixture will foam up. Immediately pour over popcorn mix-ture, stirring well to coat. Pour in a single layer onto sprayed cookiesheets. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes to distribute coating.Let cool for coating to harden; add fruit, and store at room temper-ature in covered containers. Makes about 20 cups.
Tip from Rita’s kitchenAfter popping corn, place in colander or bowl and scoop up
popcorn gently with hands. Any unpopped corn will lie in bottom ofbowl.
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
Rita Heikenfeld makes homemade caramel corn on the stovetop.
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The accountability resultsreleased Oct. 1 show stronggrowth in the college andcareer readiness of Kentuck-y’s high school graduates,moving from 62.5 percent to66.8 percent of graduatesreaching those benchmarks.
This good news is coupledwith the fact that scores forhigh school students ingroups who have historicallystruggled to meet state stan-dards have improved at aquicker pace than theachievement results for allstudents.
These indicators are posi-tive news for Kentucky’s stu-dents and our shared future.
However, the decline inoverall scores for elementaryand middle school is cause forimmediate concern and fo-cused attention.
Student outcomes in the
early gradesmust continueto improve asthey lay theessential foun-dation forlater success.As a combinedgroup, Afri-can-American,low-income,Hispanic,English learn-ers, and stu-
dents with disabilities alsolost ground at the elementaryand middle school levels,showing that we need to deep-en our focus on providingricher opportunities for eachand every child.
In addition, this year’sresults fell short of some ofthe goals Kentucky set foreducational improvement.
Our statewide elementary
and middle school results arebelow the goals set by theKentucky Board of Education.While the high school out-comes met these goals andcollege and career readinesscontinues to increase, it isimportant that we recognizethe weaknesses in other areas
and actively build more con-sistent year-over-year im-provement going forward.
The Prichard Committeeplans further study of theseresults and urges all Kentuck-ians to renew our focus onmaking sure all studentslearn deeply, thrive, achieve
and contribute to our commu-nities.
The committee’s Achieve-ment Gap Study Group, repre-senting participants fromacross the state, is workingthis fall to identify the mostimportant next steps to sup-port each and every Kentuckychild’s growth and achieve-ment.
We applaud the KentuckyDepartment of Education forrecognizing the moral imper-ative of ensuring all studentsachieve at high levels. It isclear that we have urgentwork ahead.
Brigitte Blom Ramsey isthe executive director of thePrichard Committee for Aca-demic Excellence, an inde-pendent, nonpartisan, citi-zens’ advocacy group for edu-cation in Kentucky.
STUDY GROUP MEMBERS FROM NKYThe Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has an Achievement
Gap Study Group working to identify next steps to support each andevery Kentucky child’s growth and achievement. Group members fromNorthern Kentucky are:
» Ron Chi, Boone County Schools, Florence» Kristine Frech, Skyward: Elevating Northern Kentucky, Covington» Tim Hanner, Hanner Educational Enterprises LLC, Lakeside Park» Joseph Meyer, Former Secretary of Education and Workforce, Co-
vington» Polly Page, Prichard Committee Member, Florence» Linda Vila Passione, Family Community Services Consultant, Kenton
County Schools
No excuse for badbehavior
I can’t understand how GlenMiller is allowed to simplyretire from Campbell CountySchools when he physicallyassaulted his wife! This manwas a role model for our chil-dren, he was a public figureand he violated the code ofconduct. Yet, he can quietlyretire? Collect a pension onnearly $150,000? No apologyfor his behavior?
And we the citizens ofCampbell County get to payhim for his bad and inexcus-able behavior? I am so dis-appointed in him. He hit hiswife. He is walking away froma contract that he signed andagreed to because he lackedself-restraint. And he gets tocollect a pension.
Whatever happened to ac-countability? He should not beallowed to collect a pension.What is the message here forour children? It’s OK for a manto hit a woman? Or anyone forthat matter? This goes againstthe Campbell County Schoolsmission, vision and beliefswhich states “students mustdevelop self-discipline andpersonal responsibility. Andeveryone is treated with re-spect.” So we hold our kids to ahigher standard than we do thesuperintendent?
Melissa BeckerAlexandria
Every election isimportant
Nov. 3, 2015, will be an im-portant day in Kentucky’shistory and most Kentuckianswon’t even bother to partici-pate.
It is Election Day for allstate offices and some local
offices.For some reason 75 percent
of the registered voters in thestate do not seem to care aboutwho gets elected to these of-fices.
I was the County Clerk forCampbell County for the past25 years, conducted over 48elections and still cannot fig-ure out why the voters won’ttake the time to vote in theseelections.
Our next governor will havea great influence in our livesfor the next four or eight yearseffecting Kentucky’s financialgrowth, education, jobs, taxgrowth, health care, retire-ment programs and manyother facets of our lives.
And still, in the past threegovernors elections, less than27 percent of the voters actu-ally cared enough to come outand vote. Three out of fourvoters seem not to care andthat is a shame.
Kentucky has one of themost lenient requirements forvoting in all elections. InCampbell, Kenton and Boonecounties, there are over 200voting precincts open from 6a.m. to 6 p.m. on Election Day.
If you are incapacitated orout of town on Election Day,just call your clerk’s office andrequest an absentee ballot besent to you. All three clerks’offices will be open for absen-tee voting at least three weeksbefore the election. Call yourcounty clerk to see if you areeligible to vote absentee.
Your vote does count.Make your voice be heard.
Please go out on Tuesday, Nov.3, 2015 and cast your vote inthis very important election.
Jack SnodgrassCold Spring
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THANKS TO CONNIE POHLGEERS
A group of student ambassadors at Reiley Elementary School have shown great leadership with helpingpromote Safe Schools Week. They have created posters that are already hung throughout the building and willbe helping with announcements on the morning news. Andrea Sebastian will also be teaching anti-bullylessons during classroom guidance and they will have dress like a school safety hero.
The 2015 public schoolaccountability reports are out,and even Kentucky educa-tion’s staunchest supportersadmit the test data do not lookso hot. At best, the academictest performances for thestate’s elementary and middleschools are “flat.”
White-minus-black achieve-ment gaps grew in every areatested between 2012 and 2015on both the EXPLORE (Grade8) and PLAN (Grade 10) col-lege-readiness tests.
The only news worth cheer-ing about concerns the state’srising high school graduationrate and the proportion ofthose graduates who suppos-edly are ready for either col-lege or a career.
But, could even this cheer-ing be misguided?
The state’s official Collegeand/or Career Readiness Rates(CCR), as the reported statis-tics should properly be la-beled, came under seriousscrutiny in a December 2014
the CCR are overstated.The OEA points out that the
CCR increases mostly comefrom the college readinesspart of the calculation, andmost of those increases actu-ally come from two collegeplacement tests, the KYOTEand COMPASS. By compari-son, improvement on the ACTcollege entrance test has beenmodest, at best.
The problem is that collegefreshmen who only qualify ascollege ready thanks to theKYOTE or COMPASS produce
low GPAs.The OEA’s study examines
12,164 Kentucky public collegefreshmen in the spring of 2013who were declared collegeready upon graduating fromhigh school. Of that group,2,696 students – 22 percent l –posted GPAs below 2.0 at theend of their freshman year.
Educators also cheer Ken-tucky’s official 2015 highschool graduation rate of 87.9percent, which sounds impres-sive – until you apply eventhose inflated CCR numbers tothose graduations. Doing thisreveals that only 58.7 studentsfrom each group of 100 stu-dents who entered the ninthgrade in 2011-12 received ameaningful education thatprepared them for either col-lege or a living-wage career.
Richard G. Innes, who livesin Villa Hills, is the staff edu-cation analyst at the Blue-grass Institute for Public Pol-icy Solutions, Kentucky’s free-market think tank.
Those ‘readiness’ rates might not be so hot
Richard G.InnesCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
OCTOBER 29, 2015 • FORT THOMAS RECORDER • 1B
SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky
The Newport Central Catho-lic girls lost 2-1to Boone Countyin the Ninth Region semifinalsto finish with a sparkling 22-2record.
NCC beat St. Henry 1-0 in thequarterfinals. Taylor Tolle hadthe goal and Kacy Zimmermanposted the shutout. The goalwas Tolle’s 58th of her career,which is a school record. Shescored against Boone to end theseason with 31 for the year and59 overall. Donnelly Simminsfinished with 13, Kara Zimmer-
man and Jenna Ahlbrand 10each. Tolle also had a team-high11assists and Ahlbrand nine. Ja-lyn Vogt had eight assists, Sim-mins and Becca Collopy sixeach.
Highlands lost 1-0 to NotreDame in the semifinals to finish15-9.
Highlands beat DixieHeights 2-0 in the quarterfinals.Kylie Stave and Haley Dougher-ty had the goals and LindseyMeyer an assist. Olivia McQue-ary posted the shutout. Meyerled the team with 17 goals on theyear. Lauren Ossege had 10 andDougherty, nine. Meyer andKiersten Clukey had 10 assistsapiece.
Boys soccer
Campbell County lost 1-0 toMontgomery County in the 10thRegion semifinals to finish 9-10-2.
The Camels beat MasonCounty 4-1 in the quarterfinals.Rob Augspurger, Grant Per-kins, Morgan Drake and ColtonSchneider had the goals.
Augspurger had 24 goals onthe year and Schneider 10.Schneider also posted a team-high six assists.
Bishop Brossart lost 2-0 toBourbon County in the 10th Re-gion quarterfinals to finish 12-3-4. Dylan Geiman had 18 goalsto lead the way and also had
eight assists. Joey Hickman had11 goals and 13 assists. Sam Par-nell posted a team-high 15 as-sists. Bryan Duffy scored eightgoals. Cody Chism and JustinRolf had five goals apiece.
Highlands lost 2-1 to Coving-ton Catholic in penalty kicks inthe quarterfinals of the NinthRegion Tournament. Highlandsfinished 9-11-3. Nick Gishscored Highlands’ regulationgoal on assists from EthanMills.
Mills and Brady Gesenhueshad 14 goals apiece for High-lands during the season. BenSchweitzer had seven and Col-ton Wagoner, five. Gish andMills had a team-high five as-
sists each.NCC lost to Dixie Heights in
penalty kicks in the Ninth Re-gion quarterfinals, 3-2. RyanHans and Cameron Hooverscored in regulation for theThoroughbreds as NCC fin-ished 13-6-2 overall.
Andrew Liles led the teamwith 20 goals for the season. Lo-gan Muck and Eddie Schultzposted eight goals apiece, andSchultz had seven assists. Hoo-ver had five goals and seven as-sists. Hans finished with sevengoals. Kyle Bleser had fivegoals and tied for team leader-ship with seven helpers.
FT. THOMAS – Highlands HighSchool’s soccer teams took both NinthRegion champions to the brink in theirfinal matches of the season.
The boys took eventual Ninth Regionchamp Covington Catholic to penaltykicks in the opening round of the re-gional tournament. Sophomore NickGish scored for the Bluebirds to tie thematch at one in the first half, and bothdefenses clamped down in the secondhalf and overtime. The Colonels pre-vailed in penalty kicks, 4-3, and havewon their next three matches to ad-vance to the state quarterfinals.
The Bluebirds will graduate nineseniors, including captains Ben Seiterand Noah Sellers. The girls team willgraduate six seniors, including Mada-lyn Wiefering, daughter of head coachBrian Wiefering.
“With my daughter being one of thesix seniors, I have watched these girlsplay since they were little kids. Thisgroup of six were leaders who playedwith heart,” said Brian. “They are sixreally good soccer players who allowedthe youth on our team to feel comfort-able on the field. They gave the youththe comfort to play freely without fearof messing up. I will miss their awe-
some personalities too.”The girls defeated Dixie Heights 2-0
in the opening round of the regionaltournament behind goals from Haley
Dougherty and Kylie Stava. Goalkeep-ers Shannon Eaton and Olivia McQue-ary combined for the shutout. All fourare underclassmen who will be back
next year. In the second round, the Bluebirds
lost 1-0 to Notre Dame. The Pandasavenged a regular season loss to High-lands, then went on to win the Ninth Re-gion title. The Bluebirds are both frus-trated and encouraged by the regionaltournament results. During the regularseason, the Bluebirds defeated theeventual Eighth, Ninth, and 10th Regionchampions.
“I believe if each of the girls put inthe time and effort to get their specificdeficiency where it needs to be, thenthis team will have a fantastic shot atwinning the Ninth Region title in 2016,”said Wiefering. “They were so close thisyear.”
The boys team finished the season 9-11-3, while the girls finished 15-9-0. Sev-eral talented underclassmen on bothsquads gained valuable varsity experi-ence this year and will immediately getto work in order to make 2016 an evenmore successful season. 2015 was not adisappointment, but the Bluebirds arefar from content with their results.
“There isn’t a girl on the team thatdoesn’t need to get significantly betterin at least one area,” Wiefering said. “Ihope and believe they will each takewhat our coaching staff puts togetherfor them and gives it one hundred per-cent this offseason, beginning now.”
JIM OWENS FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Highlands’ Ben Seiter goes after the ball in a recent game.JIM OWENS FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Highlands’ Noah Sellers heads the ball to a teammate in a recent game with Brossart.
Notre Dame junior Macey Tranter, left, and Highlands senior Kylie Schuermann jostle forposition in a Sept. 26 game.
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Girls’ volleyball» Newport Central Catholic
beat Highlands 3-0 (25-21, 25-15,25-23) to win the 36th Districtchampionship. Highlands beatBellevue 3-0 in the semis andNCC beat Dayton 3-0. Daytonbeat Newport 3-0 in the quarter-finals.
Cross country» Northern Kentucky
Championship meet was Oct.20 at Summit View MiddleSchool:
» The KTCCCA Meet ofChampions was Oct. 24 at Ken-tucky Horse Park, site of theKHSAA state meet Nov. 7. New-port Central Catholic seniorBrian Anderson finished 18th.
Hall of fame» The 2015 Northern Ken-
tucky Athletic Directors Asso-ciation Hall of Fame class hasbeen announced. The banquet isNov. 12 at Receptions in Erlang-er. Tickets are $40 includes din-ner. Contact Mel Webster at859-609-6937 if interested. St.Elizabeth Healthcare is themain corporate sponsor.
Jim Cooper, CovingtonCatholic High School 1965-1968;Larry Sprinkle, Newport HighSchool 1957-1961; Phil Stephen-son, Bellevue High School 1990-1994; Ken Mueller, CovingtonCatholic High School 1971-1975;Eugene Britton Carter, New-port High School 1960-1964;Richard Barker, NewportCatholic High School 1972-1975;Jeff Wera Jr., Beechwood HighSchool 2000-2004; Sarah Raak-er McSorley, Notre Dame
Academy 1993-1997; Sandy Be-zold Windgassen, BishopBrossart High School 1987-1990; Lisa Morrison Tanner,Boone County High School1984-1988; Lisa Auteri McIn-tyre, Bellevue High School1978-1982; Jessica BirkenhauerRawe, Notre Dame Academy1995-1999. Honored with theTom Potter Distinguished Ser-vice Award are Dan Frank,Dayton High School, 1972-pre-sent; the Recorder’s own JamesWeber; and Ken and JanSchmidt, Notre Dame Acad-emy 1991-present.
TMC Notes» Volleyball: Two Saints
reached the 1,000 kills plateauOct. 21 during a tri-matchsweep of Geneva College andDePauw University at home.TMC clinched the PAC regularseason and the No. 1 seed in theupcoming PAC ChampionshipTournament. The Saints willhave a bye into the semifinals,which will be played at the Con-nor Convocation Center Friday,Nov. 6.
Stacy Howell (Glen Este) ledthe Saints’ offensive attackwith a match-high 12 kills. Sen-ior middle hitter Jessica Knaley(St. Henry) and junior right sidePaige Noday (McNicholas)each finished with nine kills.Sophomore setter Jenna Fess-ler (Beechwood) paced the of-fense with 33 assists.
Howell reached 1,000 career
kills and on her 22th, Knaleyregistered her 1,000th.
Howell and Knaley led theSaints’ offensive attack as theyeach had 22 kills, while juniormiddle hitter Alexis Bierbaum(McAuley) added nine kills.Fessler paced the offense with57 assists and finished with ateam-high four service aces.Bronner led the defense with 31digs. Meyer finished with 17digs and Fessler added 10, whileKnaley led the team in blockswith three.
» Men’s soccer: Senior for-ward Austin Juniet (NewportCentral Catholic) and senior de-fensive back Trey Wells (Louis-ville, Ky./duPont Manual)earned weekly honors from thePAC. Juniet was named the PACMen’s Soccer Offensive Playerof the Week. Juniet helped leadthe sixth-ranked Saints to a pairof PAC wins last week and re-main undefeated in conferenceplay. He finished with 11 pointson two goals and seven assistswhile logging 97 total minutesof play. He totaled five assists inthe Oct. 24 win over Westmin-ster, which set a new ThomasMore single-game record.Wells was named the PAC Foot-ball Defensive Player of theWeek. Wells helped the ThomasMore defense limit Saint Vin-cent to 314 yards of total offensein Saturday’s 42-28 win. He fin-ished with three tackles (2 solo,1 assist) and had two intercep-tions. His second interception,
which came with 3:33 remain-ing, was returned nine yards fora touchdown to put the Saints upby two scores.
» Women’s soccer: TMCbeat Geneva 8-0 Oct. 24. OliviaHuber (NewCath) scored twogoals and had an assist, whichwas her 36th. Taylor Robinson(Campbell County) also had agoal.
NKU Notes» Volleyball: A 16-block per-
formance by Keyaira Lankheit(NewCath) keyed a monumen-tal win by the Norse Oct. 24 asthe Norse took a five-set winfrom Horizon League foe Val-paraiso. Lankheit added 11 killsto her 16 blocks to mark herfirst-career double-double andset a Division I record for theNorse in the blocks depart-ment. The 16 blocks was also themost by any Division I playerup to this point in the 2015 sea-son.
Taylor Snyder (NewCath)dished out 41 assists to go with20 digs. The win was the fourthin NKU’s last five matches, andpushed the Norse to 10-12 over-all and level in Horizon Leagueplay at 5-5.
» Men’s soccer: NKU (8-4-3,4-1-3 Horizon League) downedGreen Bay (4-8-3, 2-3-2 HorizonLeague) 2-1 in overtime on Sen-ior Day Oct. 24. Kobie Qualahnetted two goals, including theGolden Goal 14 seconds intoovertime.
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Highlands beat Grant County 56-22.Highlands outscored Grant County 42-6 inthe first half. Nick Kendall led the rushingefforts with 81yards and two touchdowns.
Austin Hergott threw for a touchdownand ran for two. Brady Gosney and LarryWilson had TD runs. Ryan Conley caughttwo passes for 33 yards and a score. AustinBeal intercepted a pass.
Highlands is 5A, District 5 championand will play at Boone County 7 p.m. Fri-day.
Now that the Newport Central Catho-lic football team has run through its annualbig-school gauntlet and started taking onschools its own size, confidence is soaring.And the wins keep coming.
Playing in a neighborhood battle for theFireman’s Bell, the Thoroughbreds put arunning clock on host Newport, then ranthe Wildcats off the field with a 48-8 Class2A district win at Newport Stadium.
Jacob Smith keyed the Thoroughbreds’attack while zooming up the school’s ca-reer rushing yardage list. The runningback rambled for 260 yards on 15 rushes.He averaged 17.3 yards per carry whilepushing his season total to 1,084, his thirdstraight 1,000-yard season.
Smith scored a pair of touchdowns, oneon a 61-yard first-quarter scamper that putNewCath on the board, the other on athree-yard run for a 28-0 Thoroughbredslead with 5:30 to go before halftime. He en-tered play fifth on NewCath’s all-timerushing list and finished the contest thirdall-time, with 3,886 yards.
The senior standout needs 347 yards tomove into second place on the school’s all-time list. He ran for 124 yards, 89 on onecarry, during a single drive Friday, the re-sult of NewCath negative penalty yardageon the possession. The Thoroughbredsscored four plays after the big run, on JohnHarris’ second rushing touchdown of thegame. That helped give them a 42-0 leadand the advantage of a running clock with4:06 left in the third quarter.
NewCath, 5-4, has won three straightgames. All have come in Class 2A District6 play, after the Thoroughbreds lost fourof their first six contests, every oneagainst bigger schools.
“Confidence comes with winning. It’shuge,” NewCath coach Dan Wagner said.“But, we still got a long ways to go. Our fo-cus right now is not beating ourselves.”
NewCath outgained the Wildcats, 388-168 in total yards, while amassing 370 onthe ground. The Thoroughbreds finished3-0 in the district. They clinched the reg-ular-season district crown last week.
“Coach always schedules us tough atthe beginning, but it gets us ready forgames like this, and the playoffs,” saidSmith. “I have a lot of confidence in thisteam. I think we’re all confident rightnow.”
The Wildcats fell to 1-8 overall and 0-3 inthe district. Newport running back TyreeBolden and quarterback Tyler Porter bothrushed for 56 yards.
The Thoroughbreds have won 35 con-secutive regular-season district games.They are 12-0 in regular-season districtplay in coach Wagner’s three years as headcoach. They are 32-0 in regular-seasonplay since joining Class 2A District 6 in2007. NewCath’s last regularly scheduleddistrict loss was to Beechwood on Sept. 30,2006, as a Class A program.
NewCath defensive lineman AustinNeff also got in on the scoring with a 15-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown,
good for a 35-0 third-quarter lead. Reservetailback Kole Carmack’s two-yard TD runmade it 48-0 with 7:56 to play.
“I feel like we’re getting better everygame,” said Neff, who scored for the firsttime this season.
Playing against NewCath defensive re-serves, Newport ruined the ‘Breds shutoutbid with a 41-yard TD run by Porter, whothen hit receiver Ryan Ochoa with the two-point conversion pass with 33.5 secondsleft.
NewCath plays at Beechwood 7 p.m.Friday. Newport hosts Holmes.
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Newport running back Tyree Bolden is tackled for a loss by NewCath lineman Maleek Lawrence.
Like many sports, youth soc-cer has become increasinglycompetitive and specialized.Unfortunately, that has alsomeant that the sport has be-come more expensive and se-lective.
A new youth soccer programin Cincinnati hopes to reintro-duce fun and opportunity whiledeveloping skills and funda-mentals.
Ohio United FC kicked off itsinaugural season in 2015. Led bylocal soccer veteran Jeff Ander-son, the club’s main focus is onaccessibility and instruction.
“Success should not be mea-sured by the wins and losses,but instead should be measuredby the growth, development,and overall experience thateach individual player re-ceived,” said Anderson. “Mypassion is to offer all players theopportunities that I receivedduring my youth experienceand offer it to them at a cost thatis as affordable today as it waswhen I was young.”
Anderson played for North-ern Kentucky University andfor the Cincinnati Saints. Hespent 15 years as the director ofcoaching for Kolping SC. Hefelt inspired to create a pro-gram that would be open to anyboy or girl who wanted to learnhow to play the game.
“My vision is to build a pro-gram in the Cincinnati area thatbrings youth soccer back to itsroots, from being less of a busi-ness and more about the play-ers,” said Anderson, “a youthsoccer club that will accept anyand all types of players, coach-es, teams and even recreationalprograms to join. They all willreceive the training and the ex-perience that is offered by allthe other clubs, but at an afford-able cost.”
Ohio United FC offers a free“Tiny Shots” program for play-ers ages three through seven.Older players can register as lit-tle as $20 per season. The club isopen to players age 3-19.
The club is on Twitter at@ohio_united and Facebook atfacebook.com/ohiounitedfutbolclub. Club’s website iswww.ohiounitedfc.com.
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Directions: From I-75, take I275 East to exit 82. Turn right on Turkey Foot Road South. At second light, turn left on Thomas More Pkwy. Go 1.5 miles (past hospital) & turn right on Freedom Park Dr. Edgewood Senior Center is on right.
James BaileyJames David Bailey, 55, of
Alexandria, died Oct. 18 at hishome.
He was a former employee ofRobert Bosch Automotive Steer-ing in Florence.
Survivors include his sons,James, Derek and Shaun Bailey;sister, Vicky Alford; parents,James and Wanda Bailey; and 12grandchildren.
Interment was at AlexandriaCemetery.
Mary BarthMary Dianne Barth, 71, of
Cold Spring, died Oct. 13.She was a homemaker and a
retired secretary for Ron Taylor,C.P.A. She enjoyed attending hergrandchildren’s sporting eventsand traveling. She was an avidNotre Dame football fan.
Survivors include her husband,Ken Barth; sons, Bob Barth, RonBarth and Kevin Barth; andeight grandchildren.
Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Memorials: St. John theBaptist Church, 1307 Johns HillRoad, Wilder, KY 41076; or SusanG. Komen for the Cure, 522Cincinnati Mills Road, Cincinnati,OH 45240.
Christina BoardChristina Lynne Board, 52, of
California, died Oct. 17 after along battle with breast cancer.
She served as an educator formore than 25 years, teaching atCampbell County, Holmes andDayton High Schools and was asenior media specialist at Camp-bell County High School andCampbell County Middle School.She was very active in schoolactivities, serving as sponsor forthe ski, book and media clubsand supporting the track teamand the drama club. She was amember of the American LibraryAssociation, Kentucky LibraryAssociation, Sts. Peter and PaulParish, St. Vincent DePaul Soci-ety, Women Who Care, CatholicOrder of Foresters and KentuckyThoroughbreasts dragon boatpaddling team.
Survivors include her husband,Thomas J. Seiter; sons, Will andErik Seiter; mother, Joan Board;and siblings, Karen Alexander,Leslie Simons, Jenelle Armstrongand Tim Board.
Interment was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Memorials: Sts. Peter and PaulSchool Library, 2160 CaliforniaCrossroads, California, KY 41007.
Ralph GiarRalph C. Giar, 69, of Mel-
bourne, died Oct. 16 at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.
He was a retired police officerwith the Campbell County Policeand a member of CampbellCounty Fraternal Order of PoliceLodge No. 10 Silver Grove.
His son, Rodney Giar, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his wife,Rosy Giar; daughter, RhondaGiar Rauch; son, Dr. Ryan Giar;and three granddaughters.
Burial was at the Giar FamilyCemetery in Melbourne.
Memorials: At any Fifth ThirdBank for the benefit of hisgranddaughters’ education.
Teresa GrosserTeresa “Terry” Grosser, 85, of
Fort Thomas, died Oct. 19 at herhome.
She was a homemaker wholoved gardening, baking, andfamily parties.
Her husband, Paul W. Grosser;son, Donald Grosser; and grand-daughter, Vanessa Blust Tie-meier, died previously.
Survivors include her daugh-ters, Sharon Blust of Dayton,Gail Williams of Fort Thomasand Amy Bass of Silver Grove;sons, Mark Grosser of Montgo-mery, Ohio, Joseph Grosser ofEdgewood, Robert Grosser ofBellevue and Scott Grosser ofFort Thomas; and 16 grand-children along with five great-grandchildren.
Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Memorials: Newport CentralCatholic High School, 13 Caroth-ers Drive, Newport, KY 41071.
John Holmes, M.D.John C. Holmes, M.D., 87, of
Campbell County, died Oct. 17.He graduated from Bellevue
High School in 1946 then wenton to the University of Cincin-nati and received his undergrad-uate degree in 1950. From there,he attended medical school andgraduated from the University
Of Cincinnati College of Medi-cine in 1956. He served hisinternship at St. Mary Hospital inCincinnati between 1956 and1957. After completing hisinternship, he served his resi-dence at Cincinnati GeneralHospital from 1957 to 1959 andbegan his fellowship in Cardiolo-gy at Cincinnati General Hospitalfrom 1959 to 1962. He was theassociate professor of medicineat Cincinnati General Hospitaluntil 1980. He would work thereduring the day and then seepatients in Northern Kentucky inthe evening. In 1980, he openedCardiology Associates in North-ern Kentucky and started thefirst Cardiac Catheter lab inNorthern Kentucky. He had along career as an invasive cardi-ologist, implanting pacemakers,defibrillators and biventriculardevices.
His wife, Judy Holmes, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his daugh-ters, Donna Pieper and VanessaHolmes; and four grandchildrenalong with two great-grand-children.
Entombment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: St. ElizabethFoundation, Heart and VascularMobile Diagnostic Unit, 1 Med-ical Village Drive, Edgewood, KY41017.
Kerrie KaiserKerrie Voelker Kaiser, of
Alexandria, died Oct. 16.She was a 1994 graduate of
Campbell County High Schooland received her bachelor ofscience and master of sciencedegrees in speech-languagepathology from the University ofKentucky College of AlliedHealth. While completing hergraduate program she studiedabroad in Wassail, England. Shewas a member of Kappa DeltaSorority, served on the Univer-sity Panhellenic Council andcoordinated several studentgovernment elections. Sheserved as a speech-languagepathologist with CampbellCounty Schools for 14 years. Sheenjoyed working with childrenof all ages, but her true passionwas with children ages 3-6. Herstudents will remember hertaking them on an imaginarytrip to Chic-a-boom-boomIsland.
Survivors include her husband,Joseph Kaiser; parents, Williamand Pamela Voelker; son, EthanKaiser; brother, Brandon Voelkerof Cold Spring; and sister, Abi-gail Voelker of Cold Spring.
Memorials: The James Fundfor Life, C/O James CancerHospital and Solove ResearchInstitute, 660 Ackerman Road,P.O. Box 183112, Columbus, OH43218-3112; or, St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 S. LoopDrive, Edgewood, KY 41017.
Lloyd MillerLloyd Lee Miller, 95, of High-
land Heights, died Oct. 15 atCold Spring Transitional Care.
He was a member of St. PaulChurch in Alexandria and St.Joseph Church in Cold Spring.He was a retired truck driver forWiedeman Brewery and was along-standing member andformer commander of VFW Post3205 in Alexandria. He was aU.S. Coast Guard veteran, serv-ing two tours during World WarII. He was a Kentucky Coloneland a Kentucky Admiral alongwith being a lifetime member ofthe VFW National Home. He alsobelonged to the CampbellCounty Game and Fish Club. Hevolunteered at the VeteransHospital in Fort Thomas and alsoat many other charities. He alsoloved to travel.
His grandson, Steven Miller,died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Dolores Miller; sons, Kenneth,Richard, David, Gary and AlanMiller; daughters, MargaretDelaney and Kathleen Breiten-becher; and 12 grandchildrenalong with 20 great-grand-children.
Burial with military honorswas at Alexandria Cemetery.
Carol SauserCarol Ann Duncan Sauser, 61,
of Melbourne, died Oct. 20 ather home.
She was a clerk at the High-land Garden Center of HighlandHeights, member of St. JohnLutheran Church, and pastpresident of the Silver GrovePTA.
Survivors include her husband,Louis “Sonny” Sauser; sons,Louis Sauser Jr. and Matthew
Sauser; and a granddaughter;siblings, Karen Ziegelmier,Beverly Nelson, David Duncanand Rick Duncan;
Interment was at St. JohnCemetery.
Memorials: St. John LutheranChurch, 5977 Lower Tug ForkRoad, Melbourne, KY 41059.
Dan SteffenDan Charles Steffen, 92, of
Fort Thomas, died Oct. 14 at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.
He was a retired truck driverwith Sears Inc. and a U.S. AirForce veteran of World War II.He was a member of the Camp-bell County Men’s DemocraticClub and the Newport Elks 273.
His wife, Wilma Steffen, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his son, DanSteffen; and six grandchildrenalong with 19 great-grand-children.
Burial was at St. StephenCemetery in Fort Thomas.
Memorials: St. ThereseChurch, 11 Temple Place, South-gate, KY 41071; or St. CatherineChurch, 1803 N. Fort ThomasAve., Fort Thomas, KY 41075.
Geraldine WadeGeraldine “Jerry” Strother
Wade, 83, of Fort Thomas, diedOct. 18 at the Baptist Conva-lescent Home in Newport.
She graduated from Coving-ton’s Holmes High School in 1950and Ohio Wesleyan College in1954. She received her master’sdegree from Northern KentuckyUniversity and became a teacherat Heberle Elementary in Cincin-nati. Years later she transferredto Ruth Moyer Elementary inFort Thomas. At Ruth Moyer, sheworked as a Title 1 teacher,served as president of the PTA,and organized the first SantaHouse. She was a member ofHighland United MethodistChurch for more than 60 years.She and her husband werefounding committee membersof Northern Kentucky YoungLife. She was active in the HollyHill Guild and a lifelong memberof the Baker Hunt Art Center.
Her sister, Lois Strother Bos-meny of Naperville, Illinois, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her husband,James Jasper Wade of FortThomas; sons, James Scott Wadeand Alan Strother Wade; daugh-ter, Sarah Wade Beasey; sister,Doris Strother Perry of FortThomas; and four grandchildren.
Memorials: Highland UnitedMethodist Church; Alzheimer’sAssociation, 314 N. Fort ThomasAve., Fort Thomas, KY 41075;Greater Cincinnati Chapter, 644Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati,OH 45203; or Northern KentuckyYoung Life, 1806 Lavery Drive,Florence, KY 41042.
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The Financial Engi-neer Times ranked North-ern Kentucky Univer-sity’s Master of BusinessInformatics (MBI) pro-gram as the 11th best inthe nation among gradu-ate programs in businessanalytics.
The 2016 rankings takeinto account GMATscores, undergraduateGPA, acceptance rate,post-graduation employ-ment and starting salary,according to a press re-lease. The program wasranked 16th in the nationin 2015.
The MBI program isgeared toward workingstudents, with eveningand online classes offeredand specialization optionsin business analytics andcorporate informationbuilt into the curriculum,according to the press re-lease. Graduates are pre-pared to help companiesadapt to emerging tech-nologies, and are em-ployed by firms such asProcter & Gamble, GreatAmerican Financial andCitigroup.
NKU’s Department of
Business Informatics in-cludes a number of de-gree and certificate pro-grams and is accreditedthrough NKU's Haile/USBank College of Businessby AACSB-Interna-tional—The Associationto Advance CollegiateSchools of Business, a dis-tinction earned by fewerthan five percent of themore than 16,000 businessschools worldwide.
To view the full list ofrankings, visithttp://bit.ly/1Ll4KVf. Formore information, visitinformatics.nku.edu.
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Northern KentuckyUniversity’s Haile/USBank College of Busi-ness was once againnamed one of the na-tion’s best businessschools, according toThe Princeton Review.
NKU’s College ofBusiness is included inthe 2016 edition of ThePrinceton Review’s TheBest 295 BusinessSchools.
The Princeton Re-view surveyed studentsat business schoolsacross the nation abouttheir school’s academ-ics, student body, cam-pus life and their owncareer plans, accordingto a press release.
NKU earned highmarks from students for
its rigorous curriculumand experienced faculty,as well as small classsizes and flexible sched-uling.
The Haile/US BankCollege of Businessoffers undergraduateprograms in traditionalbusiness disciplines aswell as specialty pro-grams in entrepreneur-ship, sports businessand construction man-agement.
It also offers an MBAprogram, Master ofAccountancy and a Mas-ter of Leadership andOrganizational Changeprogram.
The college also oper-ates the Center for In-novation and Entrepre-neurship, and the Center
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This is the fourthyear the Haile/US BankCollege of Business hasbeen included in ThePrinceton Review’s TheBest 295 BusinessSchools, according tothe press release.
The Haile/US BankCollege of Business wasalso ranked among theBest UndergraduateBusiness Programs inthe nation by U.S. News& World Report.
To view The Prince-ton Review’s list, visithttp://bit.ly/1k2KAti. Formore information on theHaile/US Bank Collegeof Business, visithttp://cob.nku.edu/.
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Every day, the world throws out informationabout medicine and wellness. How wein Greater Cincinnati abide in sicknessand in health gives a guide to the future.Anne Saker explains that journey of healthin compelling, meaningful ways.
ern Kentucky Tri-ED in2011 as vice president,manufacturing projects/BR&E. Through NKYBoost, he led visits withindustry representativesin the region to addresschallenges local compa-nies are experiencingand identify opportuni-ties for business expan-sion and growth; creatinga bridge among employ-ers and community andeducation organizations.
Prior to joining North-ern Kentucky Tri-ED,Williams was director,business management atDuke Energy. He holds abachelor’s and master’sdegree in public admini-stration from NorthernKentucky University.
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The Walmart Founda-tion announced that fiveorganizations in the Cin-cinnati and Northern Ken-tucky area have beenawarded grants totaling$187,000 through its StateGiving Program to assistin the local fight againsthunger.
The grants wereawarded during a checkpresentation at the Frees-tore Foodbank near down-town Cincinnati where lo-cal representatives fromWalmart recognized the
charitable organizationsand the positive impactthey are having in thecommunity, according to apress release. Similarevents are being heldthroughout Ohio and Ken-tucky where a total of$1,119,000 will be awarded.
Organizations that re-ceived grants include:
» Freestore Foodbankin Cincinnati received a$32,000 grant to supportits efforts to deliver week-end food assistancethrough its Power Packs
program. More than 160children in two new ele-mentary schools in ruralOhio counties, as well astwo current school sites,will have healthy food dur-ing the weekends whenthey are away fromschool.
» Be Concerned Inc. inCovington received$30,000 to build a new re-frigerator and freezerunits to allow more effi-cient cold storage of foodin its pantry to ultimatelyhelp serve more people.
» Brighton Center Inc.in Newport was awarded a$40,000 grant to supportemergency and stabiliza-tion services that addressimmediate hunger needs.The grant will also supportnutrition education andthe creation of a communi-ty garden.
» Northern KentuckyCommunity Action Com-
mission received a $25,000grant to expand its ser-vices to food insecurehomes throughout aneight-county region in-cluding: serving morefamilies from the Neigh-borhood Center food pan-tries; provide familieswith seeds and plants forhome gardens and teach-ing families nutritious
cooking techniques.» United Methodist
Church Food Ministry inNorthern Kentucky re-ceived a $60,000 grant tohelp serve thousands ofmore meals to children inrural Northern Kentuckycommunities who experi-ence some of the most sig-nificant issues of food in-security.
Walmart Foundation helps fight local hunger
In celebration of Man-ufacturing Day 2015, Bal-luff opened its doors onOct. 2 to more than 100students and communitymembers as part of an ef-fort to change percep-tions about today’s manu-facturing environmentand draw attention to theopportunities that a ca-reer in manufacturingcan provide.
The event includedseveral hands-on sensor
learning labs, tours of thefacility, and product andtechnology demonstra-tions. Students also expe-rienced automation in ac-tion firsthand in the newBalluff Demo Vanequipped with the latestautomation solutions.
More information onManufacturing Day isavailable atwww.mfgday.com. Learnmore about Balluff atwww.balluff.us
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The Salvation ArmyToy Shop Auxiliary willhold its annual Fundraiser& Doll Auction Saturday,Nov. 14, to benefit localchildren during theChristmas holiday.
Each Christmas, theToy Shop Auxiliary dis-tributes thousands ofbooks, hundreds of dollsand stuffed bears to un-derprivileged children inthe local community, ac-cording to a press release.
The 59th annual eventwill feature both silent andlive auctions, a gift bou-tique and refreshments.
Homemade cookies,coffee, tea and othertreats will be available,courtesy of the Toy Shop
Auxiliary. The event willfeature a display of hun-dreds of dressed dolls,some of which will be auc-tioned, as well as gift bas-kets, boutique items,stuffed bears and muchmore. The Salvation Armywill also have a traditionalbrass ensemble playingChristmas music.
The event is free andopen to the public. It willtake place at the Arm-strong Chapel, 5125 DrakeRoad in Indian Hill. Freeparking will be available.
Doors open at 11 a.m.,when guests can begin bid-ding on silent auctionitems and shop the bou-tique. The live auctioncommences at 12:45 p.m.
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A sample of dressed dolls on display at the 2014 Toy ShopAuxiliary Fundraiser & Doll Auction. The 2015 fundraiser willtake place on Nov. 14 at the Armstrong Chapel in Indian Hill.Proceeds benefit local children by providing them with books,dolls, stuffed bears and toys at Christmas.
Salvation Armyto hold Christmasfundraiser
To prevent babies from suffer-ing from heroin withdrawal symp-toms, Kentucky has awarded a$219,600 grant to Transitions Inc.to help it provide opiate addictiontreatment to pregnant women.
The number of Northern Ken-tucky babies suffering from her-oin withdrawal symptoms – knownas neonatal abstinence syndrome –is soaring. From 2011 to 2014, thenumber born at St. ElizabethHealthcare hospitals, the largest
hospital system in the region,climbed from 26 to 128 babies.
Transitions, Northern Kentuck-y’s largest addiction services pro-vider, has a perfect record in thelast four years in preventing ba-bies from being born addicted. Allof the babies born to its pregnantclients were born without with-drawal symptoms.
The grant will help Transitionsmaintain the programs at their cur-rent levels. The grant will pay for
about 10 women to receive ser-vices.
The main focus of the Transi-tions grant will be the Women’sResidential Addiction Program –WRAP – in Covington. It contains a46-bed licensed treatment pro-gram. It also runs a licensed child-care center so clients can retaincustody of their children.
WRAP was the first program ofits kind in Kentucky when itopened in 1992.
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