INDPENDENCE — There willbe no more primary electionsfor Independence mayor andcouncil races.
Mayor Chris Reinersmanbroke the 3-3 tie at the May 4council meetings to nix pri-mary elections for city races.
“I think not having the pri-mary will improve our chancesof having a wider selection ofcandidates,” Reinersman said.
According to Reinersmanthere hasn’t been a primaryelection for council in severalyears. In order for a primary totake place, there must be dou-ble plus one running for theamount of open seats. In Inde-pendence, for example, thereare six seats on council, in or-der for there to be a primarythere must be 13 candidates.Last year, there was a primaryfor the mayor’s race with threecandidates.
The first election affectedwill be in 2016.
Those in support of endingprimary elections includecouncil members Carol Fran-zen, Jim Bushong and Tom
Brinker. Thoseagainst were Lu-cas Deaton, Don-na Yeager andBill Aseere.
“I don’t be-lieve this is rightfor Independ-ence,” Deatonsaid. “Our great-
est right is the right to vote. Themore times a year we exercisethat right, the better. The pri-mary elections are a goodthing. It’s good for the candi-dates, it gives them time to getto learn the issues and it’s goodfor the residents to get to knowthe candidates.”
Deaton said that primariesalso help weed out the best pos-sible candidates.
Councilwoman Carol Fran-zen said she could go eitherway, but leaned toward gettingrid of the primaries becausethey tend to be an advantage toincumbents.
“It’s historic that primariesare advantageous to the incum-bent,” she said. “I’m also con-cerned about the lack of candi-dates we have had the last sev-eral years. The democraticprocess is about having a good
slate of candi-dates out there.I’d love to see 20people on theballot. I wouldforce all of those20 people to godoor to door.”
Franzen, whohas served on
council since 2002, said she“loves” the campaign process.
“It is a privilege and I thinkwe may get more interest fromothers (by not having the pri-maries),” she said. “We’re notstopping anyone from running,if anything we’re giving themmore of an opportunity to run.”
The issue first came to lightJan 1, when the state legisla-ture's decision to change theclassification of cities went intoeffect. The new system re-placed one in which cities weredivided into six classes basedon population. Previously inKenton County, Covington wasa second-class city. Erlangerand Independence were third-class cities. Under the new law,they are in the home rule class.While in this classification, the
Carol Franzen Lucas Deaton INDEPENDENCE — Ameri-can Legion Post 275 MoonBrothers extends an invita-tion to celebrate America’s“muscle” with a muscle carshow on Armed Forces Ap-preciation Day.
“We are having this eventto show appreciation for ourmuscle, our military mus-cle,” Moon Brothers mem-ber Wayne Lohmueller said.“The day will be filled withactivity to celebrate ArmedForces Day and refresh peo-ple’s awareness of our ser-vice members.”
The car show will be heldnoon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May16, at the Independence Sen-ior Center, 2001 Jack WoodsParkway, Independence.
The car show will featurea variety of classic and mod-ern vehicles, as well as vin-tage military vehicles. At 11a.m. the American LegionRiders will begin their annu-al Poker Run. The Independ-ence-based band Noyz Boyzwill perform at 3 p.m.
Military displays, includ-ing a World War II weaponscollection, both German and
American, and a uniformcollection, will be featured.A photo booth will be set upfor families to take pictures.The photo booth will includehelmets, flight suits and oth-er dress-up options.
The event is free andopen to all ages, said MoonBrothers member BillSchneider. However theMoon Brothers do ask fordonations.
“We really just want peo-ple to come, have a goodtime and think good thingsabout our military men andwomen,” Schneider said.“We really can’t do enoughfor them. This event and ourMemorial Day plans are a la-bor of love for us at the post.We want to keep folks intune to what’s going on withour military and veterans.”
The theme for all theMoon Brothers events is “Ifyou love your Independ-ence, thank a military mem-ber,” Schneider said.
According to Wayne Loh-mueller, the city of Inde-pendence is full of servicemembers, past and present.
Chuck Menke of Erlanger, showing his 1994 Pontiac Firebird toAmerican Legion Post 275 Moon Brothers member WayneLohmueller at a previous Armed Forces Day at the IndependenceSenior and Community Center.
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INDPENDENCE — JohnWayne once said, “Courage isbeing scared to death, but sad-dling up anyway.”
So perhaps it is fitting thatthose who know retiring Inde-pendence Police Chief ShawnButler best view him “a man ofcourage.”
That’s how Capt. Tony Lu-cas, who’s worked alongsideButler for more than 20 years,describes him.
“One thing that stands out ishe’s always had the courage totry new things,” Lucas said.“He’s always stepped out andgiven us as a department thechance, the opportunity tomake something new work. Hewasn’t afraid.”
To be sure, during Butler’s29 years in law enforcement, hehas faced fear. . Every call hefielded came with uncertain-ties. When chasing down a kid-napper, he didn’t know if the
child would survive. As he wit-nesses a region ravaged by theheroin epidemic, he cannot pre-dict when it will end. And, as heleaves office in July to begin anew chapter, he doesn’t knowwhat the future will hold.
Still, he saddles up.Lucas, who will step into the
role of chief upon Butler’s re-tirement, said he’s grateful forhis time with Butler.
“He’s prepared me for this,”he said. “He’s taught me pa-tience. He’s inspired me by theway he lives his life and the wayhe’s policed. From the day hecame in, he’s been big on com-munity policing and has helpedus take that to the next level.The relationships we’ve built(with residents, businesses andother agencies) are incredible.”
True GritOn a recent afternoon, But-
ler, who is 50, sits in his almostempty office. Most of his me-mentos – recognitions, picturesand gifts from residents – arepacked. A few “trophies” re-main like a cherub, a gift fromhis three daughters when theywere little, and a small statue ofSt. Patrick. Most noticeable is a7-inch, porcelain figurine ofgreat Hollywood cowboy John
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Primary Election Dayis for Democrats and Re-publicans, not registeredindependent voters.
Democratic and Re-publican voters can castvotes at polling precinctsacross Kentucky from 6a.m. to 6 p.m. on primaryelection day, Tuesday,May 19.
Boone, Campbell orKenton counties have nolocal elections. Ballots inall three counties are thesame for choosing candi-dates for five state of-fices, including gover-nor, ahead of a Nov. 3general Election Day.For a sample ballot visitbit.ly/kyballots.
Republican and Dem-ocratic voters will eachsee ballots to choose gu-bernatorial and statetreasurer candidates.Republicans will have
ballots with candidatesfor attorney general andcommissioner of agricul-ture. Democrats have aballot with two candi-dates for secretary ofstate.
People need to re-member to vote, saidCampbell County ClerkJim Luersen.
“Historically, North-ern Kentucky has alwayshad a low turnout forstate races,” Luersensaid. “A lot that happensin Frankfort affects us,for better or worse, andwe need a voice in Frank-fort that represents us.”
Kenton County ClerkGabrielle Summe saidshe can’t predict theturnout.
“I wish I could give aprediction for the up-coming primary but it isdifficult in an electionwhere many of the racesare filling an open seat,like the governor’s race,”she said. “I heard the pre-diction for the wholestate was 10 percent.”
The last governor’srace was in 2011. Theturnout in Kenton Coun-ty was 6,866 votes or a 6.5percent turnout. It islikely to be close to thatpercentage this year,Summe said.
“The governor’s raceis often a year with lowturnout. That is whythere was a bill filed thisyear to move the state-wide races to the presi-dential year,” she said.“This would improvevoter turnout and also(keep) money within thestate since electionswould be conducted ev-ery other year.”
Summe said there areseveral changes to poll-ing locations. Votershave been notified, but tocheck your party affili-
ation and polling locationin Kenton County, visithttps://vr.sos.ky.gov/vic/
People with questionsare invited to call theclerk’s office ahead of oron Election Day at 859-292-3885.
Republican Partyballot
Governor and Lieu-tenant Governor (votefor one):
» Will T. Scott andRodney Coffey
» Matt Bevin and Je-nean Hampton
» James R. Comerand Chris McDaniel
» Hal Heiner and K.C.Crosbie
Attorney General(vote for one):
» Whitney H. Wester-field
» Michael T. HoganState Treasurer (vote
for one):» Allison Ball» Kenneth Churchill
Imes» John LarsonCommissioner of Ag-
riculture (vote for one):» Ryan F. Quarles» Richard Heath
Democratic Partyballot
Governor and Lieu-tenant Governor (votefor one):
» Geoffrey M.“Geoff” Young
» Jack Conway andSannie Overly
Secretary of State(vote for one):
» Charles Lovett» Alison Lundergan
GrimesState Treasurer (vote
for one):» Richard Henderson» Rick Nelson» Neville Blakemore» Jim Glenn» Daniel B. Grossb-
erg
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Veterans Run takesplace on ArmedForces Day
CRESCENT SPRINGS —The Kenton County Vet-erans Memorial annual5K/Run-Walk will be at8:30 a.m Saturday, May16, at the CrescentSprings CommunityPark, 800 ButtermilkPike.
Registration starts at7 a.m.
The race, which takesplace on Armed ForcesDay, is open to the publicwith a military partici-pants challenge trophyaward for the winner ofthe military division.
There will be 50 sol-diers from the adoptedunit of the 101st Air-borne, Fort Campbell,joining the race. Thisunit was adopted by five
Northern Kentucky cit-ies: Crescent Springs,Erlanger, Elsmere,Lakeside Park and VillaHills. The adoptedtroops have put out achallenge for the mili-tary awards trophy to allactive troops and veter-ans to participate in therace.
A buffet breakfastfollows the race at 9 a.m.across the street at theCrescent Springs/VillaHills Fire Departmentwith proceeds benefit-ing the Northern Ken-tucky 9/11 Memorial.Admission is $8 foradults and $4 for chil-dren.
Visit the CrescentSprings website atcrescent-springs.ky.us/for a registration formand street closing infor-mation.
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previous mandatory pri-mary election is now anoption for these cities, ac-
cording to Kenton CountyClerk Gabrielle Summe.
Summe said anotheradvantage of not holding aprimary is savings costs tothe Kenton County Clerk’soffice. The number of bal-lots she orders varies each
election, which makes itnearly impossible to havea good cost analysis, shesaid, but the savings couldbe substantial.
The cities of Covingtonand Erlanger plan to main-tain their primaries.
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itary and women to comeout and see how much weappreciate them,” hesaid. “It’s a good thing forpeople in our communityto see that we have actualheroes living here.”
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Wayne, wearing his signa-ture white hat, chaps andcowboy boots. Wayne of-ten portrayed a perfect de-piction of justice and theAmerican way – a man ofcourage.
Clearly, the figurine is afavorite. “That was a giftfrom a resident,” Butlersaid. “The man who gave itto me was a good man anda supporter of the depart-ment. He collected JohnWayne items and this wasone he shared with me. Itmeans a lot. I have a lot ofthings residents have giv-en to me over the years –they all mean a great dealto me.”
He’s not just referringto things he can touch, butto the residents them-selves.
“First, I want to say thatany accomplishmentwe’ve made here in thisdepartment is made by allof us, not just me,” Butlersaid. “I’ve worked with alot of great people. Thatsaid, the greatest accom-plishment is being heavilyinvolved in the communi-ty, our outreach and in-volvement.”
During his 15-year ten-ure as chief, Butler hasbacked initiatives such asthe school resource offi-cer program, defensetraining classes, Volun-teers in Police Service.He’s most proud of the Cit-izens Police Academy be-cause of the communitygoodwill it has sewn.
“This has been a greatprogram,” he said. “Whenwe started it in the fall of2000, I didn’t realize thatI’d be making 300 newfriends out of it, but that’swhat’s happened. We just
graduated our 17th class.It’s a very popular pro-gram and it’s paid divi-dends as far as people’ssupport for us.”
Community support isessential to having a solidpolice department, Butlersaid.
“You want your com-munity to trust you andfeel that they’re listenedto,” he said. “That’s impor-tant from a policing per-spective because we alsoneed our community’shelp to do our jobs to thebest of our abilities.”
City AdministratorChris Moriconi, who hasknown Butler since 2000,said residents do trust andrespect the departmentand Butler.
“He’s very ethical,hardworking and well re-spected, not only in thecommunity, but through-out the commonwealth,”Moriconi said. “(When Iserved as mayor), it gaveme peace of mind havingknowing he had thebreadth of experience tohandle any situation. Heleaves the department inexcellent shape.”
Plenty can change in acommunity over nearlythree decades, and that ascertainly been the case inIndependence. Butler’spolice department hasnearly tripled in size to 32officers. Farmland oncemade up most of the city’slandscape. Today, the con-crete and steel of shoppingcenters proliferate.
Mayor Chris Reiners-man said he appreciatesButler’s work and dedica-tion. He said its served asan inspiration to him andthose Butler leads withinthe department.
“As mayor, I’m gratefulto Chief Butler for build-ing what I believe to be oneof the finest police depart-
ments in the area,” he said.“While he will be sorelymissed, one of the byprod-ucts of his outstandingleadership over the past 15years has been to developa command staff that iswell prepared for the nextgeneration. His profes-sionalism and high stan-dards will be evident inthis city for years tocome.”
In Harm’s WayGrowth in the city isn’t
the only thing that’schanged over the years,according to Butler. Na-tionally, police-communi-ty relationships have tak-en a hit, and he concernedabout the way policing isviewed by some.
“I don’t have answers towhat’s going on in otherareas in the country,thankfully we have notbeen touched as much bythat here,” he said. “Thatgoes back to us being in-volved. Here, we’re so in-grained in the community,people know their police.”
What has touched thecity of Independence, aswell as the entire region, isthe heroin epidemic.When Butler talks aboutthe effect heroin has hadon the region, his eyesgrow weary.
“It’s the worse I’ve everseen.,” Butler said. “It’snot just in Independence,but it’s a regional and na-tional issue. We need moretreatment centers and weneed to all work togetherto solve this problem.There are too many livesdestroyed by this.”
Along the way, Butlerhas had his share of victo-ries. One in particular,from about 10 years ago, isseared in his memory.
“There was a young la-dy who met someone offthe Internet,” he said.
“This man had just beenreleased from a halfwayhouse in Texas. He camehere, picked her up andthey were traveling southon a Greyhound bus. Wegot a clue to trace and weended up, with the help ofthe Louisville Police De-partment and Greyhound,finding them in Louis-ville.”
When officerssearched the man’s be-longings they found ropeand knives.
“My gut tells me he wasgoing to hurt her, if not killher,” Butler said. “I don’tknow that for sure, but thiscase has really stuck withme. I really feel like wesaved her life. That’s amost unique and satisfy-ing feeling.”
The UndefeatedKenton County Com-
monwealth’s AttorneyRob Sanders said he val-ues Butler’s wisdom andinsight, and encourages
Butler to stay involved inthe field.
“While his retirementis certainly hard earnedafter so many years of ser-vice, I'm also hopeful thatwe haven't seen the last ofShawn and that he re-mains active, in some ca-pacity, within the law en-forcement community,”he said.
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A new endowment has beenestablished at CovingtonCatholic High School to benefitthe school’s new STEM (Sci-ence, Technology, Engineeringand Math) program.
The endowment was estab-lished in the name of Greg Kel-ler, a 1980 graduate of Coving-ton Catholic. His lifelongfriend and fellow alumnusScott McKinley started the en-dowment in honor of Greg.
“In my opinion, the STEMprogram is the most importantnew academic discipline thatthe school has ever sponsored.It will expand the career hori-zons of every young man in theprogram,” McKinley said.
“I hope this endowment willhelp draw publicity about theprogram, garnering it more fi-nancial support, but also at-tracting bright students fromaround the area.”
According to McKinley,“Greg Keller emulated the es-sence of the program beforethe term STEM ever existed.”At Covington Catholic, Gregwas a member of the NationalHonor Society and a SecondTeam All-State linebacker forthe football team.
He attended Northern Ken-tucky University while work-ing at St. Elizabeth as a phle-botomist. He did graduatework at the University of Illi-nois on a teaching fellowship,earning an MS in biology basedon research of the effects ofheparin-binding proteins. Lat-er, he also received an MBAand worked as a quality controlmanager for Coca-Cola, LaCroix and Precision Packag-ing.
Greg died in August 2000 af-ter a three-year battle withHodgkin’s disease.
New endowment to aid CovCath STEM program
THANKS TO JILL FRANXMAN
Scott McKinley holds a photo of his friend and fellow classmate from the Covington Catholic High School Class of1980, Greg Keller, while visiting with members of the CovCath Robotics Club. McKinley has funded an endowmentin Greg Keller’s name to benefit the school’s STEM Program.
Lindsey Barriger wins a top Kentucky art awardThe Kentucky Art Education
Association hosts an art compe-tition for high school art stu-dents called the All-State ArtCompetition.
The competition starts at theregional level, then the top 20pieces from each region moveon to the highly competitivestate-level competition. At thatlevel work is juried by a profes-sional panel that includes arteducators, professors, profes-sional artists and graduate levelart students.
This year judges compli-mented the skillful level of art-work in the 13 categories, every-thing from drawing and paint-ing, photography and graphicdesign to sculpture and ceram-ics. Not only do judges select rib-bon winners in each category,they select one artwork for thetop “Best of Show” and one art-work for the “Cultural HeritageAward.”
Students from Boone, Camp-bell and Kenton qualified for thestate art show and claimed manytop awards.
“Our region, the NorthernRegion, is considered one of themost competitive regions in thestate when it comes to the All-State Art Competition,” said Ra-chael Burris, art teacher at Ran-dall K. Cooper High School.
“We have some of the bestrepresentations of digital art inthe state and always give othercompetitive regions a run fortheir money,” Burris said. “Thisyear’s artwork that made it intothe state competition was no dif-ferent. We had talented studentsfrom Boone, Kenton and Camp-bell counties that qualified forthe state art show.”
Emily Dickman and LindseyJasper of Dixie Heights HighSchool won first place and hon-orable mention in the drawingcategory. Olivia Storrs and Emi-ly Damon, both from Dixie aswell, received honorable men-tions in the digital media andfashion categories while Lind-sey Culp snagged third place inprintmaking.
Another Kenton County
award winner is Simon KentonHigh School’s Maggie Mullinswho finished third in ceramics.
From Campbell County HighSchool, Isaiah Deinlein and Oli-via Cassinelli both received
third-place awards in the pho-tography and video/film catego-ries.
The biggest news in the Northregion came from the BooneCounty award winners, Burrissaid.
In the digital media category,Adeline Hogan from Randall K.Cooper High School, who re-ceived Best of Show at region-als, claimed both a second andthird place at the state level.
In graphic design, Stone Pro-caccino and Sarah Langford,also Cooper students, receivedfirst place and honorable men-tion honors.
Finally, Cooper High Schooljunior Lindsey Barriger re-ceived one of the top awards giv-en at state-level competition, theCultural Heritage Award. Thisis given to an entry that has a cul-tural connection either on the lo-cal, state, national or interna-tional level. Lindsey’s photo-graph “Circle of Diversity” re-ceived the Cultural HeritageAward statewide.
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Lindsey Barriger’s photograph “Circle of Diversity” received the CulturalHeritage Award, one of two top awards at the Kentucky Art EducationAssociation’s statewide art competition. Barriger is a Randall K. CooperHigh School student.
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Campbell County High School’s Isaiah Deinlein won third place in thephotography and video/film category.
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Maggie Mullins of Simon Kenton High School earned a third-place award inthe ceramics category. The Kentucky Art Education Association hosts an artcompetition for high school art students called the All-State ArtCompetition.
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Emily Dickman of Dixie HeightsHigh School claimed first place inthe drawing category.
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Dinner at the Army-Navy Club. Guidedtours of ArlingtonNational Cemetery,
the World War II Memorialand other significant sites.
Four World War II veter-ans – three from KentonCounty and one from Indi-ana – attended the 70th anni-versary of Victory in EuropeDay May 8 in Washington,D.C., enjoying the specialtrip as guests of The Urol-ogy Group.
But the most strikingevent during the V-E Dayremembrance at the Nation-al Mall was the flyover byvintage airplanes as theveterans watched in awe.
“They had Flying For-tresses that took off fromReagan Airport and they hadsmaller other planes ... Alto-gether they had 53 planes,”said Navy veteran WalterKraus, of Crescent Springs,who watched from one of theVIP seats at the NationalMall.
“They flew in little sor-ties” of World War II-eraplanes, B-25s, B29s, NavyHellcats. “It was excellent,”Kraus said.
“It was excellent, I tell ya.Everything was so well orga-nized and so timely. Itamazed me. Being in themilitary I’m not used tothat,” Kraus said with alaugh.
After returning to North-ern Kentucky, Kraus, now94, reflected on his role inthe global struggle to defeatJapan and Germany from1941 to 1945. He volunteeredin 1939 to serve on a sub-marine after graduatingfrom Newport CentralCatholic High School in 1938.His first deployment was theUSS-36 submarine, the old-est sub in the Asiatic fleet. Itsustained damage fromdepth charges and despiterepeated efforts by the crewto keep the 23-year-old subafloat, S-36 ran aground on areef off the coast of Indone-sia on Jan. 20, 1942, the sec-ond submarine lost in thewar, he said.
Kraus was transferred toa newer submarine, the USSSnapper. By V-E Day on May8, 1945, he was in New Lon-don, Conn., preparing tolaunch a new submarine intocommission. Kraus served30 years in the Navy, risingto the rank of commander.
Noah Switzer, 89, of Tay-lor Mill, agreed that theflyover was a highlight ofthe trip.
“I really enjoyed the fly-over. It reminded me oftaking over Iwo Jima in1945,” Switzer said.
For 36 days Switzer, amedic in the 5th MarineDivision of the U.S. Navy,survived “the bloodiest bat-tle of World War II.”
Bullets flew constantly.Mortar shelling by the Japa-nese was so intense that forthree days he completelylost his hearing and commu-nicated with fellow medicsusing hand signals. Eventu-ally won by the Americans,the Battle for the island ofIwo Jima became known forthe iconic photograph ofsoldiers raising the flag atMount Suribachi.
Also on the trip wereHoward Requard, 89, ofEdgewood, a Marine whofought in the Battle of Oki-nawa, another major battleof the Pacific theater, andGerald Bentle, 90, of Milan,Ind.,who served in the Armyin Naples, Italy.
“I enjoyed the entire trip.
It sort of wore me out be-cause of my age,” Switzersaid. “Every minute I cher-ished. It was a great lifetimeopportunity.”
The four are patients ofThe Urology Group, whichplanned and paid for thetrip. “These men representthe courage and sacrifice ofan entire generation. It’sbeen a pleasure to get toknow them as patients andas people, and it’s our honorto help them enjoy this na-tional recognition,” saidGary Kirsh, president of TheUrology Group.
“I’m grateful to The Urol-ogy Group for inviting meand taking care of us. theyreally treated us royally.”Kraus said.
Walter Kraus, 94, of FortMitchell, holds a photo ofhimself at 21 during thesend-off ceremony at theCincinnati/NorthernKentucky InternationalAirport, for himself andthree other veteransheading to the nationalrecognition of the 70thanniversary of Victory inEurope Day. Kraussurvived the sinking ofthe USS S-36 offIndonesia and laterbecame a submarinecommander.
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Watching the flyover of World War II-era planes are, from left, Gary Bentle, Gerald Bentle, Howard Requardt, Noah Switzer and Walter Kraus.
THANKS TO JULI HALE
Northern Kentucky World War II veterans said the most striking eventof the Victory in Europe Day recognition ceremony on May 8 was theflyover by vintage airplanes as they watched at the National Mall.
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(From left) Walter Kraus, 94, of Fort Mitchell, Howard Requardt, 89, ofEdgewood and Gerald Bentle, 90, of Milan, Ind. stand during asend-off ceremony at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky InternationalAirport before taking off to D.C. to join the national recognition of the70th anniversary of V-E (Victory in Europe) Day.
THANKS TO JULI HALE
Howard Requardt, 89, of Edgewood, shows a rose and American flaggiven out during the V-E Day 70th anniversary celebration at theNational Mall. He is seated next to Noah Switzer, of Taylor Mill, right.
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Art ExhibitsFlight: Curated by Saad Ghosn,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Covington Arts,2 W. Pike St., Flight featuresworks by three women (Shar-mon Davidson, Marsha Ka-ragheusian, Jan Nickum) fromGreater Cincinnati who specifi-cally reference flight in regard totime, space and experience.Exploring the notions of passage,memory and dialogue within thecycle of life, the exhibitionincludes mixed media construc-tions, collaged books and earth-enware ceramics. Presented byCovington Arts District. 292-2322;http://covingtonarts.com/. Co-vington.
Convocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Exhibition organized aroundvery best of graduating seniorsand MFA candidates in region.Participating schools includeUC/DAAP, NKU, Art Academy ofCincinnati, University of Ken-tucky and more. Through June13. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie-.com. Covington.
Cooking ClassesDate Night in the Kitchen,6:30-8:30 p.m., Baker Hunt Artand Cultural Center, 620 Gree-nup St., Couples prepare meal inkitchen then enjoy candlelitdinner with wine in Baker Hunt’sdining room. $60 per couple.Reservations required. 431-0020;www.bakerhunt.com. Coving-ton.
ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.
Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquari-um. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.
Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Craw-ford Museum, 1600 MontagueRoad, There are many fascinat-ing stories about Covington:political intrigue, haunting tales,arts, athletics. Exhibit celebrates200 years of people, places andevents that shaped city, fromtrading of buffalo and bourbonfor land to building of Ascentand “alien house.” ThroughAug. 30. Included with museumadmission. 491-4003; bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.
FestivalsMaifest, 5-11:30 p.m., Main-Strasse Village, Main Street, Artsand crafts booths, German andinternational foods, music,children’s play area, amusementrides, street chalk art contest andmore. Music on four stages. Free.Presented by MainStrasse VillageAssociation. 491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-ton.
Jazz, Arts and Wine Festival,6-10 p.m., Newport on the Levee,1 Levee Way, Art, jazz music andwine available for purchase.Through May 16. 291-0550;http://www.newportonthele-vee.com/events/2015/05/15/jazz-art-and-wine-festival. Newport.
Health / WellnessOvereaters Anonymous, 7:15-8:15 p.m., St. Elizabeth FortThomas, 85 N. Grand Ave., FloorA, meeting room. Program ofrecovery from compulsive eatingusing the 12 Steps and 12 Tradi-tions of OA. No dues, fees andno weigh-ins. Support group forpeople who struggle with foodaddiction. Free. Presented byOvereaters Anonymous NKY.Through Dec. 18. 308-7019;www.cincinnatioa.org. FortThomas.
Music - RockFace Full of Chicken, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500;www.jerzeespub.com. Newport.
On Stage - ComedyRob Schneider, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,1 Levee Way, Emmy-nominatedactor and comedian. $27. 957-2000; www.funnyboneonthele-vee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterThe Best Little Whorehouse inTexas, 8-10 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre, 802 York St., Happy-go-lucky view of small town viceand statewide political side-stepping recounts good timesand demise of The ChickenRanch. $20. Reservations re-quired. Presented by FootlightersInc.. Through May 30. 652-3849;www.footlighters.org. Newport.
RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-aRacing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Through Dec. 30.371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.
SATURDAY, MAY 16Art & Craft ClassesWine and Canvas, 6:30-9:30p.m., Newport Syndicate, $35.Reservations required. 513-317-1305; www.wineandcanvas.com.Newport.
Creating in Clay, 10 a.m. tonoon, Covington Clay, 16 W. PikeSt., Hand build various itemsfrom clay, decorate and glazethem. Items created vary withthe season, from mugs andplanters to small trays, plates andbowls. Ages 18 and up. $65.Registration required. Presentedby Communiversity at UC. 513-
556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu. Covington.
Beginners Oil Painting, 10 a.m.to 1:30 p.m., Hobby LobbyFlorence, KY, 7932 ConnectorDrive, All supplies included andno experience needed. Leavewith finished oil painting. Ages8-99. $55. Registration required.Presented by Taught By KimberlyVanlandingham. 640-5901;www.kimvanlandingham.com.Florence.
Art ExhibitsConvocation: A RegionalShowcase of GraduatingArtists, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.
AuditionsSleuth! - Auditions, 1-3 p.m.,The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Auditions by Appointment onSaturday, May 16th 1-3pm. Toschedule a time slot, pleasecontact Jessica Picado [email protected] a 1 minute monologuethat shows a British accent.Actors may also be asked to readfrom the script. Free. To schedulea time slot, please contact JessicaPicado [email protected]. 957-1940; www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.
CivicCommunity Shred Day, 10 a.m.to 1 p.m., Bosch Financial, 7620Dixie Highway, Participants maybring papers in bags, boxes orcontainer to be emptied. Paperclips, binder clips, staples, rubberbands, and other similar items donot need to be removed. Cannotaccept 3-ring binders, hard drivesor other non-paper media suchas floppy disks, VCR tapes,microfiche or other similar items.Free. 746-9110. Florence.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes training and BYOB,reservations required. Reserva-tions required. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.
Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Behringer-Craw-ford Museum, Included withmuseum admission. 491-4003;bcmuseum.org. Covington.
FestivalsMaifest, noon to 11:30 p.m.,MainStrasse Village, Free. 491-0458; www.mainstrasse.org.Covington.
Jazz, Arts and Wine Festival,noon to 8 p.m., Newport on theLevee, 291-0550; http://www.newportonthelevee.com/events/2015/05/15/jazz-art-and-wine-festival. Newport.
Music - AcousticSaturday Morning AcousticMusic, 10 a.m. to noon, VelocityBike & Bean, 7560 BurlingtonPike, Free. Presented by VelocityBike & Bean. Through Jan. 2.371-8356; www.velocitybb.com.Florence.
Music - BluegrassNew Coon Creek Girls, 7-9 p.m.,Willis Music Super Center Audi-torium, 7567 Mall Road, Originalmembers of 1985-86 reunite forrare appearance celebrating bassplayer Vicki Simmon’s amazingrecovery from near-fatal aneu-rysm. Band players are WandaBarnett-guitar, fiddle and vocals,Pam Perry-mandolin, vocals, and
Northern Kentucky’s own PamGadd on banjo and vocals. Free.Presented by Northern KentuckyBluegrass Music Association.525-6050, ext. 5; newcooncreek-girls.com. Florence.
Music - RockKentucky Myle Band, 9 p.m. to1 a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub,708 Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500. Newport.
Fidlar, 9:30-11:55 p.m., TheThompson House, 24 E. Third St.,$15. 261-7469; www.thompson-housenewport.com. Newport.
On Stage - ComedyRob Schneider, 7:30 p.m., 10p.m., Funny Bone Comedy Club,$27. 957-2000; www.funnybone-onthelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterThe Best Little Whorehouse inTexas, 8-10 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre, $20. Reservationsrequired. 652-3849; www.foot-lighters.org. Newport.
RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 5-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996Belair 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. 282-1652.Erlanger.
Golf Outing 4 Person Scram-ble, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., KentonCounty Golf Course, 3908 Rich-ardson Road, 18 holes of golf(includes cart). Lunch, door prizesand awards ceremony. BenefitsTaylor Mill Eagles Football andCheer. $80. Presented by TaylorMill Football including Scott HighSchool and Woodland MiddleSchool. 307-3312; taylormil-leagles.org. Independence.
ShoppingCity of Edgewood Yard Sale, 9a.m. to noon, Freedom Park, 550Freedom Park Drive, Edgewoodresidents may reserve spot for$20. Cost includes one table andtwo chairs, a garage sale permit,advertising and hauling away ofany unwanted items after sale tocharity. Free. Reservations re-quired. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910; www.ed-gewoodky.gov. Edgewood.
Third Saturday Celebration:Bellevue Blossoms, 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Historic Fairfield AvenueBusiness District, 200-700 Fair-field Ave., Plant and garden-loving vendors and artists. Freeadmission. Presented by City ofBellevue. 292-4220; www.Shop-BellevueKY.com. Bellevue.
Spring Plant Sale, 7 a.m. tonoon, Boone County Arboretumat Central Park, 9190 Camp ErnstRoad, Free admission. Presentedby Boone County Arboretum.384-4999; www.bcarboretu-m.org. Union.
ToursCavalcade of Homes, noon to 5p.m., Northern Kentucky, North-ern Kentucky, Scattered-site newhome show features 13 homes inNorthern Kentucky. ThroughMay 17. Free. Presented by HomeBuilders Association of NorthernKentucky. 331-9500; www.home-buildersnky.com. Covington.
SUNDAY, MAY 17Antiques ShowsBurlington Antique Show, 6a.m. to 3 p.m., Boone CountyFairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road,More than 200 vendors withantiques, vintage jewelry andfurniture, primitives, architectur-al elements, mid-century collect-ibles, American and memorabil-ia. Early buying, 6-8 a.m. with $5admission. $3, free ages 12 andunder. Presented by BurlingtonAntique Show. 513-922-6847;www.burlingtonantiqueshow-.com. Burlington.
EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 1-5:15 p.m., BooneCounty Education Association, 75Cavalier Blvd., suite 201, Enterbuilding at right side entrance.ACT test prep course. Ages 9-12.$399. Reservations required.Presented by College and Be-yond. 283-2655; candbtestprep-.com. Florence.
Buffalos and Bourbon: 200Years of Covington History,noon to 5 p.m., Behringer-Crawford Museum, Includedwith museum admission. 491-4003; bcmuseum.org. Covington.
FestivalsMaifest, noon to 9 p.m., Main-Strasse Village, Free. 491-0458;www.mainstrasse.org. Coving-ton.
Music - Big BandJammin’ at Jane’s, 3-6 p.m.,Jane’s Saddlebag, 13989 RyleRoad, Outside next to WineShop. Live music by local artists.Free. Through Oct. 18. 384-6617;www.janessaddlebag.com.Union.
Music - CountrySammy Goodlander MemorialBenefit, 3 p.m., Bobby Mackey’sMusic World, 44 Licking Pike, JoJo Gunn, Bobby Mackey and hisBig Mac Band, Dakota, JohnErwin Band, Southern Highway,Nantzlane Band, Brad Sparks,Amanda June, Jimmy CashCombs, Tom Winkler, TaylorShannon. Ages 21 and up. Bene-fits Goodlander Family. $10.431-5588; www.bobbymackey-.com. Wilder.
Music - IndieQuiet Company, 8 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., $12, $10 advance.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterThe Best Little Whorehouse inTexas, 2-4 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre, $20. Reservationsrequired. 652-3849; www.foot-lighters.org. Newport.
PetsBasset Hound Town WalkingClub, 1-3 p.m., Highland HillsPark, 85 Mayfield Road, Shelter 2on the left. Bring your bassethounds and enjoy spring time inpark. Free. Presented by BassetHound Town. 888-441-1477;bassethoundtown.com. FortThomas.
ToursCavalcade of Homes, noon to 5p.m., Northern Kentucky, Free.331-9500; www.homebuildersn-ky.com. Covington.
MONDAY, MAY 18Clubs & OrganizationsBoone County Alliance Meet-ing, 9-10:30 a.m., Florence CityBuilding, 8100 Ewing Blvd., Thesubstance abuse/use preventioncoalition for Boone County, KYwill be meeting to discuss pre-vention efforts to reduce/elim-inate drug abuse/use locally.Free. Presented by Boone CountyAlliance. 689-4496; BooneCoun-tyAlliance.com. Florence.
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Maifest will return to Covington with arts, crafts, German andinternational food, music, children’s play area, amusementrides, street chalk art contest and more. Music will beperformed on four stages. The festival is 5-11:30 p.m. Friday,May 15; noon to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16; and noon to 9p.m. Sunday, May 17. MainStrasse Village, Main Street,Admission is free. The festival is presented by MainStrasseVillage Association. Call 491-0458; visit www.mainstrasse.org.
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I’m pretty sure you won’t see a photo like the mo-rels pictured here just anywhere.
What a bounty! Of course, I can’t tell you where weforage for them, but take my word forit: they were huge and a gourmet treat.
Morels are going for about $60 apound right now. Jean Robert de Cavelhas them on his menu, and other chefslucky enough to have a source are do-ing the same thing. But it’s fun to knowthat a country girl and her friends canenjoy the whole process, from foragingto eating.
Here’s my simple recipe with op-tions for using other mushrooms.Mushrooms contain antioxidants and
vitamin D, which lots of folks have in short supply.
Readers want to knowWhat is an easy way to chop mint and basil without
making it turn dark?The reason herbs turn dark after chopping is that
they oxidize – the cut parts exposed to air turn dark asthey sit. To quickly chop a lot of mint or basil, stackseveral leaves and roll them up tight long ways, like acigar. Then slice width-wise into narrow pieces tomake long thin strips, also called julienne slices. Chopthe strips again for smaller slices, or leave them as isand you’ll get pretty ribbons of herbs.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator, Jungle Jim’sEastgate culinary professional and author. Find her blog onlineat Abouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Rita has a secret morel patch, whip up lasagna for 2Sauteed gourmet mushrooms
Delicious as a side, or an appetizer on good qualitytoast. Try them as a topping for grilled steak. If you arelucky enough to have morels, let them soak about 10minutes in water with a bit of salt added. This makes allthe little creatures that might be in the mushrooms leavetheir happy abode.
Then drain, rinse and drain again. Dry thoroughlyand cut into halves or quarters. If you are using the mixedwild mushroom blends, slice as necessary.
Now this is a go to taste recipe. Use a large skillet sothat mushrooms cook quickly without steaming. I tossed insome watercress from our spring-fed pool right at the end.
Jean Robert adds a splash of liqueur. I sometimes adda splash of brandy while the mushrooms are cooking.
8 ounces mushrooms1/4 cup butter or bit more if needed – I usually add
more1 small shallot, minced1 teaspoon garlic, mincedSalt and pepper to tasteHeavy whipping cream, unwhipped (optional)Parsley chopped (optional)
Heat butter and add shallots and garlic together.Cook over low heat until shallots are tender but notbrown. Add everything but cream and cook over mediumheat until mushrooms are tender. Add cream to taste andlet it cook a bit until desired consistency is reached.
Lasagna for twoCorey, an East Side reader, needs recipes for two.
So if you have some to share, please do. “We’re newlymarried and both busy with careers. I like to cook butdon’t want to have to eat leftovers for a week,” shesaid.
1 cup ricotta cheese1/2 cup Parmesan cheese1 large egg2 generous cups pasta sauce with meat4 no-cook lasagna noodles1-1/3 cups mozzarella cheese
Preheat oven to 400. Mix cheeses and egg. Setaside. Spread 1/3 cup sauce in bottom of sprayed loaf/bread pan. Top with one noodle. Spread another 1/3cup sauce to edges. Top with 1/3 cup cheese mixtureand 1/3 cup mozzarella. Repeat layers twice, toppingwith remaining noodle and sauce. Bake, covered, 25minutes. Uncover and sprinkle on rest of mozzarella.Bake 10 more minutes and let stand 10 minutes beforeserving.
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
Morels are going for about $60 a pound right now. Jean Robert de Cavel has them on his menu, and other chefs lucky enough tohave a source are doing the same thing.
Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
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Back before city waterwas widely available, alltowns had serious concernswith fire. Illumination andheat were by open flame.Houses were mostly of wood.Neighbors were “closer”back then and could be morereadily depended upon, how-ever efficiency at a fire wasproblematic without organi-zation and pecking order.
Walton Fire Department’swebsite lists 1880 as the dateof their “Bucket Brigade.” Itis known that a dozen ded-icated fire cisterns wereplanned and constructedalong the streets; some arestill there.
Records from 1898 showthat Chief Taylor Stilley andassistant Chief Eugene De-Moisey were the only paidfirefighters. They got $2 forevery fire they responded to.On June 4, 1902, Walton Trust-ees appointed “Mr. AlfordStephens to take charge ofthe fire engine for one yearfor $15 and $1 for each timehe takes it out for fire provid-ed if said Stephens does not
keep saidengine cleanand primedand in work-ing order atall times he isnot to haveany compen-sation what-ever.”
The firecisterns wereactively useduntil 1936
when Walton got its firstrunning water. As an aside,during the 1937 flood, Waltonwas one of the few local citieswith fully functioning run-ning water. When the electricpower failed, Walton FireDepartment’s new 500 gallon-per-minute pumper was usedby John Stephenson to fill theelevated supply tank from itssource.
The Walton Volunteer FireDepartment was organized in1947 and most able-bodiedmen were members. TheWoman’s Auxiliary – orga-nized in 1952 – as a vital ad-junct. Notable events: 1957,
train derailment in Waltoninvolving white phosphorous;1966 Verona derailment andpropane boiling liquid ex-panding vapor explosion; 1971trash fire spread to drugstore, barber shop, a houseand the Walton Garage; 1977carpet mill fire; 1983 fire atWalton’s City Building.
The Walton Fire Districthas greatly expanded andcovers 44 square miles and12,000 residents in parts ofBoone, Kenton, Gallatin andGrant Counties. Exposure isto two major interstates, twomajor railroads pipelines andaircraft carrying nearly ev-erything moving in com-merce plus countless peopledaily. Residences, barns,warehousing, industrial andcommercial housing are cov-ered.
Walton has two firehouses, a large fleet of mod-ern equipment, six personson A Shift, five on B Shift,three on C Shift and a num-ber of volunteer EMT’s. Ser-vice now includes ambulance,hazardous material and other
emergencies. If you thinkbeing a fireman is waitingaround to fight a fire, you’regrossly misinformed. Train-ing, inspections, cleaning,maintaining and even moretraining fill your days and/ornights.
Chiefs since 1947 havebeen: Russell Groger 1947-1956; Charles Worthington1956-1973; Ed Berkemeier,1973-1974; Ken Berkemeier,1974-1976; John Taylor 1976-1977; Tom Webster 1977-1977;Bobby Joe Glen 1977-1978;Don McIntire 1978-2006; TomOllier 2006-present. See theirwebsite(www.waltonfireky.com) formore information.
The Boone County Historic Preser-vation Review Board meets at 4p.m. the second Thursday of mostmonths. Meetings are open to thepublic. For more information abouthistoric preservation in BooneCounty please contact the reviewboard at 859-334-2111 [email protected]. Thereview board is online atwww.boonecountyky.org/pc.
Walton Fire Departmenthas a storied history
ThomasSchifferCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Last week’s questionHow do you think the Su-
preme Court will rule on the is-sue of same-sex marriage? Howshould they rule?
“Ehhh just let them getmarried and be as miserableas the rest of us, plus I wouldwatch gay divorce court onTV all day long, that would behilarious.”
Matt Berry
“They aren’t asking forspecial rights, they are askingfor equal rights, not sure howanyone can be denied thatpurely based on whom theylove.”
Donnette Ryan Plunkett
“Of course they should al-low it. Same-sex marriagedoes not affect my life in anyway. If it was about corruptingthe institution of marriage,well, straight people corrupt-ed that long ago with marry-ing for money/sex/and a wholehost of other reasons besideslove ... I just went to a beauti-ful same-sex couple’s wed-ding this weekend. There wasmore love, family values, andjoy present there than at a lotof weddings I have been to.Sexual orientation has nobearing on your ability to havea happy, healthy marriage andfamily.”
Jen Schultz
“Keep it out of the churchand I see no problems.”
James Bartley
“Our society has seems tohave turned into quite a per-missive society where any-thing and everything is OKand acceptable. I’ve got mixedfixed feelings about it all.”
Karen Swanson Dietz
“Well I know not that longago in our history the mar-riage of mixed race coupleswas up for debate. I’m gladthat my love/relationship sta-tus is no longer up for debateand I appreciate the strugglesof same sex couples to be ac-cepted and be recognized I’msick of people and their judg-ment.”
Ashley Nicole
“Against.”Mary Ann Maloney
“I hope they rule in favor ofit. It really is the final move-ment towards civil rights forall. With the court split interms of right and left it willcome down basically to Jus-tice Kennedy’s vote and hope-fully he will chose to be on theright side of history.
“People can use the Bibli-cal passages as their defensefor heterosexual union, how-ever in one of the oft-citedpassages, one should not notwork on Sundays, wearclothes of mixed thread or eatshell fish. From that standpoint Red Lobsters should bepicketed daily, yet I don’t seeit.
“Gay marriage will in no
way diminish heterosexualmarriage. I don’t understandthat argument. I feel that reli-gious institutions can stillcome out against it, but to doso will only point out how big-oted the institutions are.
“I look towards the newcovenant teachings of Christand he had nothing to say ongay marriage. He did havesomething to say about thedifficulty of the rich gettinginto heaven comparing it tobeing more difficult than acamel passing through theeye of a needle. I don’t see peo-ple picketing mansions orstanding next to luxury autosover in Kenwood telling peo-ple to repent.
“It is time to gay marriageis accepted and religious in-stitutions either accept it oradmit that they are selectivein terms of what they chooseto focus on Biblically.”
C.S.
“I believe they will ruleagainst it, as they should in re-spect for the thousands ofyears of societal norms, rath-er than trying to prove theyhave a ‘better idea.’ The legalramifications of allowing thisnew legal status opens toomany possibilities for long-es-tablished taboos on animal af-fection, pedophilia, close rela-tive unions and concerns overwidespread abuse of the taxsystem and destruction ofhealth care systems.”
D.B.
“I believe the SupremeCourt will recognize marriageas the union of two people wholove, honor, support and re-spect each other. Such faithfulpartnerships benefit all cul-tures and societies contribut-ing to harmony and worldpeace.”
Marie Hill
“I feel that the SupremeCourt will approve same sexmarriage. Why?, because it isgoing to be pushed and pusheddown our throats until wehave every state accepting it.That does not make it right.And I am against it b/c one ofthe reasons man and womanget married is to have a fam-ily. Children need a mom whois female and a dad who ismale, period. Not two menwho say they are mom and dador two women who say theyare mom and dad.
“And I do not think thatpeople are born gay. It is achoice they make. The sameholds true with transgenders.Why can’t we be happy withthe gender that our Lord madeus to be. Kids are being sub-jected to this kind of thinkingthat there is something wrongwith them so they want to begay or transgender. I feel sosorry for my grandchildren tolive in a culture where any-thing goes with no restric-tions or laws. I am totallyagainst the Supreme Courtruling in favor of same sexmarriage.”
D.M.H.
“In 2013 the U.S. SupremeCourt ruled that marriedsame-sex couples were enti-tled to federal benefits and, bydeclining to decide a casefrom California, effectivelyallowed same-sex marriagesthere. I suspect they willagain rule ‘in favor’ of samesex marriage across all 50states. The United States wasfounded on the separation ofchurch and state. While theremay be religious teachingsagainst this practice, thecourt will look at the U.S. Con-stitution not the Bible.”
T.D.T.
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Dems, remember tovote May 19
Over 70 years ago thismonth, World War II ended inEurope with the surrender ofGermany and the Axis Powers.In that war, the men and wom-en who are now our veteransfought to protect many of ourrights including the right tovote.
As leaders in the Democrat-ic Party in the region, we re-mind the almost 100,000 Demo-crats in the Northern Ken-tucky region to vote in theDemocratic Primary nextTuesday. Democrats have theopportunity by their vote to se-lect their candidate for Ken-tucky governor and Kentuckystate treasurer.
Our World War II veteransspent up to five years in for-eign lands under harsh condi-tions to literally save the worldfor freedom. Next Tuesday,take a few minutes of yourtime to honor a veteran notonly of World War II but allAmerican veterans from theWar for Independence to thewars in Iraq and Afghanistanto cast your votes for Ken-tucky governor and treasurer.
Boone County party chairCarole Register
Bracken County chair CraigMiller
Campbell County chair Paul L.Whalen
Grant County chair Bill AdkinsKenton County chair Col Owens
U.S. HouseThomas Massie, Fourth DistrictWashington, D.C., phone: 202-225-3465Local phone: 426-0080
State RepresentativesDiane St. Onge, District 63Frankfort phone: 502-564-8100 Ext. 701www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/h063.htmThomas Kerr, District 64Frankfort phone: 502-564-8100 Ext. 694Local phone: 859-431-2222Website: www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/h064.htm
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LUDLOW — After injuring herknee against Bellevue, Tori Wof-ford enjoyed coming back fourgames later to beat the sameteam Jan. 23.
Wofford, a Ludlow HighSchool senior, scored 21 pointsthat night to lead the Panthers toa win at Bellevue, one of Lud-low’s groundbreaking 15 winsthis season.
“We played them again atBellevue and we won prettybig,” she said. “We got up big inthe first quarter and I was glad Iwas able to play that game. Itwas a great experience.”
Wofford will keep playinghoops after signing to play forNAIA St. Catharine College inBardstown, Ky.
“I like the coaches a lot. Theywere really nice,” Wofford said.“The team was really welcom-ing and really nice.”
Wofford averaged 16.5 pointsa game to lead Ludlow to a 15-14record and an undefeated markin Division III of the NorthernKentucky Athletic Conference.Ludlow won the conference title,as did the boys team, which wasalso perfect, and it’s the firsttime in school history bothteams have done that in the sea-son.
“I’m very proud of her,” said
her mother and head coach, Vik-ki Wofford. “She’s worked hardand I’m glad to see that it’s paidoff for her. She’s put a lot of timeand energy into it.”
Wofford hit 42 3-pointers thisseason.
“She sees the floor well, getsthe ball to the people who need tohave it,” Vikki Wofford said.“She’s a shooting threat andsomeone will have to guard heron the perimeter. She’ll have toget stronger in college and beready for the physicality.”
Tori will major in elementaryand special education. Her fa-ther, Randy, led the boys team ashead coach this season.
“I’m definitely going to miss
it,” she said. “Coming from bothmy parents coaching throughmy high school career and mak-ing a bond with my teammates, itwill be really tough leaving
them. But I’m ready for a changeand I’ll see what happens.”
Ludlow seniorTori Woffordsigned to playbasketball forSt. Catharinein Kentuckyon May 7. She ispictured withparentsRandy andVikkiWofford.
KENTON COUNTY — NateDoggett had never played atennis match before joiningthe varsity boys tennis pro-gram at Holy Cross HighSchool as a freshman.
Two years later, the HolyCross junior will be headed tothe KHSAA state tournamentafter advancing to the semifi-nals of the Ninth Region sin-gles tournament. Doggett willplay his first match Thursday,May 14, in Lexington.
“I’ve gotten to meet a lot ofother guys from different highschools,” Doggett said. “Theysaid it’s an amazing experi-ence, playing on UK’s courtand getting to feel what it’slike to play in a major tourna-ment. I’m excited for it…. Iknow no one from Holy Crosshas gone in a very long timefor singles, so I’m really excit-ed to get down there and getsome experience at the statelevel.”
Doggett won three matchesin the regional to get to thesemis, including an upset ofRyle’s Max O’Leary, who hadbeaten him 6-1, 6-2 early in theseason.
“I got to play my game thefirst three matches,” he said.“(Against O’Leary) it wasearly season. I hadn’t reallygot used to my style of playthis year. I wanted to beat himand get to state and I went inwith a good mindset.”
Doggett picked up the gamequickly over the past threeseasons after not having to tryout for the team as a freshman.
“I showed up to the tennismeeting and they said well weneed seven guys, there’s sevenhere, so you’re all on varsity,”Doggett said. “And I’ve beenplaying since then.”
Cameron Shi of Scott serves up theball in the Ninth Region semis.
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Nate Doggett of Holy Cross getsready to volley in the district finals.See TENNIS, Page 2B
Nearly all high school stu-dents – at one time or another –have suffered the indignitiesof being the object of some-one’s joke, rude behavior or in-difference.
Imagine how upliftingschool would be if the school’smost visible students – its ath-letes – stepped in to makethings right.
If Kevin Siple’s visioncomes to fruition, that wouldbe the norm across the Tris-tate.
“I don’t think high schoolkids even for one second con-sider what the person feels likethat’s being made fun of,” saidSiple, head football coach atGrant County High School onthe southern edge of NorthernKentucky. “They’re just inter-ested in the laugh for them-selves. I think empathy is alearned behavior that someonehas to teach them.
“If kids would just walkaround and greet somebody, itjust goes such a long way. Itdoesn’t cost anything to benice. I just want to teach ourkids how to be compassionateand empathetic.”
Siple thinks the solutionmight start with athletics.
“One day I was sick of read-ing and seeing stories aboutthese kids being bullied andabused, suicides, you know? SoI wrote a letter,” Siple said.
“I don’t have some masterplan. I just wanted to see if oth-er people were on board.”
Siple, former head coach atIndian Hill High School, sentan impassioned plea for com-passion at school to all the foot-ball coaches on a NorthernKentucky lists erve to get theconversation started.
“There are kids that get onthe bus in the morning andcome to school and they’re justignored. They’re not talked to.Or they’re laughed at,” Siplesaid. “I know it’s been going ona long time. I think the internetstuff - now it makes it so publicfor these kids to be harassed.Maybe there’s something we
can do.”But why sports? Why foot-
ball coaches?The logic in Siple’s answer
is sound.“Our players generally are
the public kids,” Siple said.“Whether they deserve it ornot, they typically are the oneslooked up to. So if they changeit, maybe it’ll be cool to be in-clusive instead of exclusive.”
Vocal leadersScott High School football
coach Dan Woolley did a dou-ble-take walking down the hall-way.
“I saw one of my guyssweeping a teacher’s floor,”Woolley said. “I thought, ‘Ohmy goodness, he’s in trouble.’”
The broom treatmentwasn’t some kind of punish-ment, though.
“The room was messy, andhe just offered to clean it,”Woolley said, laughing.
It’s the kind of story Wool-ley dishes out with pride thesedays as he encourages his foot-ball players at Scott to improvetheir school. He has a leader-ship program with some of thejuniors and seniors on the foot-ball team.
“I meet with them once aweek at lunch,” Woolley said.
“We talk about being vocalleaders – not just on the foot-ball field but in the classroom,in the school.”
Woolley got another reportfrom a teacher recently aboutone of this players. It’s a simplething, but Ron Rice, a juniorlineman, finished his assign-ment early and went, unasked,to help some of the other stu-dents in the class with theirwork.
“If I see someone who looksdown, I ask them what’swrong,” Rice said. “Try to helpout around the school.
“We have this system. Whena player does a good deedaround the school, we get a staron our helmet to symbolizetheir character and what theydid.”
For Woolley, it’s part ofbuilding a football programand school community basedon respect and kindness.
“I agree 100 percent withwhat Kevin was saying,” Wool-ley said. “The littlest things,they can really go a long wayhelping somebody out a lot. Itmight not be much to you, butyou never know, it can meanthe world to them.”
Coach to football community:IT’S COOL TO BE KINDBen [email protected]
THANKS TO KEVIN SIPLE
Grant County High School football coach Kevin Siple works with GrantCounty student, Breanna Nickell.
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Northern KentuckyUniversity has unani-mously approved itsmembership in the Hori-zon League and will beginparticipation July 1.
Two days after The En-quirer revealed the uni-versity’s impending voteto change leagues, NKU’sBoard of Regents ap-proved the move in a spe-cial meeting Monday atthe Student Union andclosed the chapter on athree-year affiliation withthe Atlantic Sun Confer-ence.
As coaches and mediamembers looked on,Norse officials ratifiedmembership in the Mid-western-centric HorizonLeague with ClevelandState, Detroit Mercy, Illi-nois at Chicago, Oakland(Mich.), Valparaiso, Wis-consin-Green Bay, Wis-consin-Milwaukee,Wright State and Youngs-town State.
“We’d officially like towelcome you to the Hori-zon League,” Commis-sioner Jon LeCrone said inan ensuing press confer-ence.
The Norse compete in17 of the Horizon League’s19 sports. Athletic Direc-tor Ken Bothof said theconference is a perfect fitfor NKU in terms of thestudent-athlete experi-ence, alumni engage-ment, potential for rival-ries, opportunities to gen-erate ticket revenue andexposure for sponsors inthe media market.
LeCrone said NKU isan ideal match because ofits leadership, commit-ments to higher educationand athletics, and “greatpotential.”
“It marries well withour league because we be-
lieve we’re a league of po-tential,” LeCrone said.“One of the things wewant to do is make surewe’re positioned in thisnew world order as yousee intercollegiate athlet-ics change and evolve. Wewant to be positioned to behighly competitive but tocompletely understandthat our primary and fun-damental objective is toadd to the college experi-ence through sports.”
For NKU, one of thebiggest attractions is theHorizon League’s geo-graphic footprint. SevenHorizon League schoolsare located within 300miles of NKU, allowingNorse teams to book morecharter bus trips thanplane rides and shortenthe time away from cam-pus.
The A-Sun featuredSoutheastern schools inFlorida Gulf Coast, Jack-sonville, Kennesaw State,Lipscomb, North Florida,South Carolina Upstateand Stetson. So to KelleyWiegman, a guard on thewomen’s basketball team,the conference change iswelcomed news from atravel standpoint.
“Sometimes with long-distance Florida tripswe’d miss almost a wholeweek of class, which isreally hard to make up. Sodefinitely these closerteams and schools willmake it a lot easier on us,”Wiegman said.
Bothof said NKU willsave an estimated$255,000 annually in trav-el with the league change.Those savings will allowthe university to meet theHorizon League’s $1.15million entry fee in fouryears. Details of the Nors-e’s Atlantic Sun exit feeshave not yet been deter-mined.
“We’re in the processof having that conversa-tion with them and oncethose issues are resolved,which I anticipate theywill be, we’ll be able toshare what (the exit fees)
are,” NKU PresidentGeoffrey Mearns said.
The Atlantic Sunthanked NKU in a state-ment and wished it well.
Per the statement:“Our membership actionwill continue to be cen-tered on thoughtful, logi-cal membership growth.We have been actively in-volved in discussions witha number of prospectivemember institutions.While no invitations tojoin our conference havebeen extended, we willprovide updates as devel-opments warrant over thecoming weeks.”
Ticket sales, sponsor-ships, donations and TVwill make NKU’s transi-tion lucrative. Bothof saidthe Horizon League has amedia rights deal thatplaces its events on theESPN family of networks,and its footprint placesthe conference in five ofthe country’s top 35 mediamarkets.
New men’s basketballcoach John Brannencalled it a “great day forNKU athletics and for thedirection of our univer-sity.” Brannen, who washired about a month ago,said the conferencechange won’t affect theway his staff recruits.
“We have a certain waythat we’re going to recruit
to our style of play and theapproach we’re going totake, and regionally basedrecruiting is going to bevery important to us,”Brannen said.
Part of the 10-schoolleague’s draw is its round-robin format for basket-ball, something Brannenhas never experienced asa college coach. He saidhe looked forward to hav-ing a true regular-seasonchampion and cultivatingrivalries with HorizonLeague teams.
Last week the leagueannounced a partnershipwith Olympia Entertain-ment to host the men’sbasketball tournament inDetroit for the next fiveyears.
NKU’s reclassificationto Division I will be com-plete in 2016-17 when it iseligible to compete inNCAA tournaments.Norse teams will competein full Horizon Leagueschedules next schoolyear.
Mearns said NKU hasno immediate plans to addmore sports programs,like Horizon League-sup-ported swimming and div-ing. For now, NKU will fo-cus on its current teams.
“This is an institutionon the rise, and our hori-zon has never been bright-er,” Mearns said.
Northern switches to Horizon
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Ken Bothof, athletic director at Northern Kentucky University,addresses the NKU Board of Regents, about the advantages ofjoining the Horizon League.
Better proximityto other schoolsamong benefitsShannon [email protected]
Freedom Trail» The Frontier League
professional baseball sea-son will begin this week.The Florence Freedomwill play their first sixgames at home, May 14-16and May 19-21, at UCHealth Stadium. Thehome game Friday, May15, will honor CincinnatiReds legends JohnnyBench and George Foster,paying tribute to their jer-sey numbers of 5 and 15.Bench and Foster will bebase coaches during thegame.
Baseball» Ludlow beat Dayton
12-1. Tyler Durham im-proved to 2-2 with eightstrikeouts. Evan Slone,TC Eads and Tyler Lyonsall had three hits.
» Scott beat PendletonCounty 6-4. Scott’s JakeOhmer earned his secondsave after striking out thefinal batter with basesloaded. Starting pitcherAndrew Trame took a no-hitter into the fifth butlost the bid with two outs.
Softball» Simon Kenton beat
Scott 19-9. Haley Perryand Kylie Kennedy eachhad three hits and threeRBI. SK is 21-11 throughMay 10 and has won six in
a row.
NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky
men’s basketball headcoach John Brannen hascompleted his staff, add-ing David Ragland, Ron-ald Nored and SeanDwyer as assistant coach-es and former NKUstandout Tony Rack as di-rector of operations.
Most recently an assis-tant coach at BowlingGreen, Ragland alsospent four years as an as-sistant coach at IndianaState, two years as headcoach at Vincennes Uni-versity and three years asthe assistant coach at Vin-cennes. In all five seasonsat the Division I level,Ragland’s teams havereached the postseason.This year’s BowlingGreen team earned aberth in the CollegeInsi-der.com Postseason Tour-nament (CIT). In his fourseasons working with theSycamores, Indiana Statemade appearances in theNCAA Tournament(2011), NIT (2013, 2014)and CIT (2012).
Nored comes to North-ern Kentucky following atwo-year stint with theBoston Celtics of theNBA, where he served asa player development as-sistant coach under cur-rent Celtics head coachand former Butler headcoach Brad Stevens. A
championship pedigree,which was forged duringback-to-back appear-ances in the men’s basket-ball NCAA Division I na-tional championshipgame while a player forStevens at Butler, followsNored to HighlandHeights, Kentucky.Nored and Co., lost toDuke in the 2010 titlegame and then fell toUConn in the 2011 cham-pionship. On the bench inBoston, he was vital to thesuccess of the 2014-15Celtics team, whichreached the NBA East Di-vision playoffs.
After spending the lastfour seasons on the samestaff at Alabama as Bran-nen, Dwyer comes toNorthern Kentucky tojoin Brannen’s staff atNKU. Dwyer devoted thefirst two seasons with theCrimson Tide as the videocoordinator before serv-ing as a special assistantto the head coach in his fi-nal two campaigns in Tus-caloosa, Alabama. Heserved four years as astudent manager at his al-ma mater Michigan State,where he was a part of theSpartans’ 2009 run to thenational championshipgame and four-straightNCAA appearances andworked with Billy Dono-van at Florida for one sea-son as video coordinator.
Norse Nation also wel-comes home a familiar
face in Rack, who playedfor the Norse from 2008-12. He graduated fromNKU as one of the pro-gram’s most-prolificshooters, ranking thirdall-time in 3-point fieldgoal percentage (.443)and ninth in threes made(160). Rack worked thelastthree seasons with theWinthrop men’s basket-ball program. After start-ing as a graduate assis-tant, the final two years inRock Hill, South Carolina,were spent as the team’sdirector of operations.
» Northern KentuckyUniversity’s Dani Devlinand Sydney Ferrantewere honored as a part ofthe Atlantic Sun Confer-ence All-Conferenceteams in softball. Devlinwas named to the firstteam, while Ferrante wasan all-freshman selec-tion. The awards markthe first time an NKUsoftball player has re-ceived postseason recog-nition in the Division Iera.
Devlin, a sophomorecatcher from Chicago,was far-and-away NKU’stop offensive producer,leading the Norse with a.347 batting average, 19extra-base hits including12 home runs, 30 RBIs anda .712 slugging percent-age that ranked fourthamong conference bat-ters. Half of Devlin’shome runs came against
league opponents, rank-ing third in the A-Sun, andher 12 long balls were themost by a Norse player inthe Division I era, sur-passed just once in teamhistory when KaylinSteinmetz had 23 homersduring the 2012 season.
Ferrante, a freshmanshortstop from Southing-ton, Conn., was a strongaddition to the Norse line-up, starting all 48 gamesfor the Norse, compiling a.267 batting average witheight doubles, a pair ofhome runs and nine RBIswhile scoring a team-best27 runs. Ferrante was afixture near the top of theNorse lineup, standingsecond on the team with a.359 on-base percentagewhile drawing a team-best 20 walks as well. Sheracked up a 14-game on-base streak running fromApril 1-21, during whichshe scored 10 runs for theNorse and posted fourmulti-hit games. Defen-sively, Ferrante had ahand in 11 of NKU’s 30double plays turned onthe season.
TMC Notes» Thomas More Col-
lege had five student-ath-letes named to the Presi-dents’ Athletic Confer-ence (PAC) Softball All-Conference team by theconference’s 10 headcoaches.
At Milford HighSchool, head coachShane Elkin is leading afootball renaissance(the community is stillbuzzing about the Ea-gles’ season-ending winagainst neighborhood ri-vals Loveland) throughwhat he calls a holisticapproach.
“I just feel that ifyou’re a winner, youcan’t just win in athlet-ics,” Elkin said. “Youcan’t compartmentalizeyour life.
“I want them to be theleaders, the people thatour community aspiresto be.”
Players can earnwhat is known as EaglePride status by demon-strating high levels ofempathy, leadership, ac-ademic achievement,community service timeand athletic participa-tion.
“Personally, I lovegiving back to the com-munity,” said juniorClay Knecht, an all-con-ference player who hasplayed for Milford foot-ball teams since he wasin the first grade. “I feellike football has givenme so much.”
Like the Scott footballprogram, Milford has aleadership council. El-kin meets with a selectgroup of players brightand early at 6:15 Mondaymornings. With 30-someseniors set to returnnext season, Milfordhopes to contend for aleague championship.The Eagle Pride buy-infrom the players, show-ing more compassion fortheir community, is partof that turnaround.
“The attitude on theteam itself is completelydifferent,” Knecht said.“Everything about theteam looks like it’s on therise.”
The next stepThe response to Si-
ple’s initial email hasbeen huge.
“I got a lot of positivefeedback,” Siple said. “Ihave a whole group ofcoaches who want to beinvolved in Kentucky.”
Even a local restau-rant or two expressed in-terest in helping out. Si-ple envisions putting to-gether a professionallydeveloped curriculumfor coaches, maybesomething they can useto talk with their playersabout empathy once aweek during the season,he said.
“If we talk to our kidsfor 10 minutes a weekfor a 10- or 12-game sea-son, if everybody woulddo that, I think thatwould start somethingand then I don’t know,see where it goes,” Siplesaid. “I just think thatkids have to be taught. Ithink you have to showthem examples.”
Siple had examples asa kid at his Fort Thomashome, where his motherraised three boys on herown.
“I can remember:Somebody was in jail forrobbing and home inva-sion. And my mom andmy grandma said, ‘Well,maybe he didn’t haveany food,’” Siple said.“They just alwayslooked at the good in hu-man beings instead ofdwelling on the nega-tive. They tried to findthe positive.”
And Siple had exam-ples at Highlands HighSchool, where he starredon the Bluebirds footballand baseball teams.
“I had a lot of coacheswho were good to me andinfluenced me to do theright thing,” Siple said.“It affected the way I amas a husband, the way Iraise my children and Ithink it will affect theway my children raisetheir children. It’s gen-erations. When youteach people to be empa-thetic, it changes you. Itwill go generations.
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be a new experiencefor Scott junior Cam-eron Shi, who alsoreached the semifi-nals. Shi has only beenplaying the sport for ayear and a half aftermoving here fromChina. Shi was the twoseed in the tourney.
“He really had anoutstanding year,”head coach NickBenge said. “He was alittle bit untested.Some of our keymatches along theway had been rainedout. I felt he had theability to get to the fi-nals. He’s still learn-ing the game. His in-side-out forehand ishis strength. He canjust rip that crosscourt. If you get itback you’re in a prettydefensive position.”
Shi is looking for-ward to his first trip tothe state tourney.
“I would not be sur-prised if he goes downthere and beats somepeople,” Benge said.“The whole experi-ence reminds me ofmy kids on Christmas.It’s a magical time andit was fun to walk thewalk with him. We’restill walking.”
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Vitamin D has gotten alot of media coveragelately as various studieshave tied normal levelsof vitamin D to certainhealth benefits and lackof the vitamin to certaindiseases.
While many of thesecurrent studies provideconflicting messages, itis generally understoodthat vitamin D is neededfor optimal health. Ithelps us absorb calciumand phosphorus, so wecan have strong bonesand teeth. The vitaminalso regulates theamount of calcium in ourblood, helps strengthenour immune system andhelps regulate cellgrowth.
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certain skin diseasesmay not be able to getadequate amounts ofvitamin D, as they needto limit their skin’s expo-sure to the sun. Peoplewith dark skin, olderadults and overweightindividuals may not beable to produce adequateamounts of vitamin Dwith sun exposure alone.Winter sunlight is alsonot strong enough forany of us to get adequateamounts of vitamin D.We can get our daily-recommended amount ofvitamin D by addingfoods to our diets thatnaturally contain vitaminD or are fortified withthe vitamin.
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The Kentucky Innova-tion Network at NorthernKentucky ezone has an-nounced that the North-ern Kentucky BusinessPitch Competition,www.nkystartups.com, isopen to entrepreneurs in11 counties. The KentuckyInnovation Network andKentucky Angel Inves-tors are sponsoring thecompetition, which ismanaged by the ezone.
Applications for thecompetition are free andwill be accepted until May17 from entrepreneursand companies from 11counties, including Boone,Kenton, Campbell, Car-roll, Gallatin, Owen,Grant, Pendleton, Harri-son, Bracken and Robert-son counties.
The top five applicantswill be selected and an-nounced on May 19. Theywill receive coachingfrom the Northern Ken-tucky ezone and maketheir pitches to three ac-credited Kentucky AngelInvestors on May 27 at Up-
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Independencewoman in runningfor ‘Woman of theYear’
A little less than a yearago, Christy Alwell of In-dependence lost one ofher best friends to leuke-mia.
Her friend had such agiving heart and was sucha selfless person, Alwellfelt this campaign wouldbe the perfect way to re-
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Alwellis nominat-ed as a can-didate forthe Leuke-mia & Lym-phoma So-
ciety’s Woman of the Yearafter competing with oth-er candidates across thecountry to raise the mostfunds for blood cancer re-search.
As a candidate, Alwellwill raise funds throughMay 29. Every dollar sheraises will count as one“vote” in her favor. Maleand female candidateswith the most “votes” willbe awarded the titles Cin-cinnati Man & Woman ofthe Year at a Grand FinaleCelebration on Friday,May 29 at the Hilton Cin-
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Schworer amongUnited Way ‘Heroes’
Philip J. Schworer,member of Frost BrownTodd in Florence, was rep-resented among UnitedWay of Greater Cincin-
nati’s 100Heroes asthe organi-zationkicked offa year-longcelebra-tion of its100th anni-versarywith the
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Schworer has been in-volved in United Way formany years. He hasserved as chairman, vice-chairman and divisionleader for the annualNorthern Kentucky Unit-ed Way Campaigns, co-chair of the Greater Cin-cinnati Tocqueville Soci-ety Campaign, and mem-ber of the foundationboard.
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Scalise-Smithnamed NKU dean
Dr. Dale Scalise-Smithwas recently named deanof the NKU College ofHealth Professions.
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Scalise-Smith willwork to expand and en-hance the NKU College ofHealth Professions tomeet the needs of the pop-ulation, shift care towardprevention, and champi-on an integrated ap-proach to healthcare andhealthcare education.
Dr. Scalise-Smith andher husband Christopherhave three children, Jil-lian, Brendan, and Emily;and two grandchildren,Madison and Nixon.
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Rarely do people comeand ask me “how” to loseweight, yet often theycome to me stating, “Ijust need someone to beaccountable to.”
Such is true in allareas of life. Most of usknow right from wrongand long to do the rightthing. We simply needsomeone to keep us ac-countable. Frustrating isthat no one seems to askfor help these days inother areas of life. Weeither think we can han-dle it on our own, or that
God isthe onlyaccount-abilitypartnerwe need.AlthoughGod istruly ourbestaccount-abilitypartner,most of
us need a little extrahelp.
The scary thing aboutaccountability is that wecan fool ourselves intothinking someone iskeeping us accountablewhen in fact we are justenabling one another.(Like the best friend youcalled up and talked intoenrolling in Zumba classwith you, but the verynext week, she called youand talked you out ofgoing to Zumba and in-stead you stopped byFrisch’s for hot fudgecake.)
The issue of account-ability is a serious mat-ter, and the Bible has lotsto say on the issue. Oneof my favorite versesreads, “Therefore, con-
fess your sins to oneanother and pray for oneanother, that you may behealed. The prayer of arighteous person hasgreat power as it is work-ing” James 5:16. So pow-erful in this verse is thefact that we can behealed through the pray-ers of a friend (an ac-countability partner.)
I have often foundmyself “going it alone”with many of the strug-gles and strongholds inmy life, only to find that Icannot bear the burdensalone, and therefore Igive up. I find encourage-ment and hope in the factthat when I confess to mybrothers and sisters inChrist, through prayerand repentance, I can behealed; truly healed.Wow!
I encourage you toseek out an accountabil-ity partner this week,confess your strugglesand ask for prayer; thenwatch for God’s mirac-ulous healing.
Julie House of Independenceis founder of Equipped Minis-tries, a Christian-basedhealth and wellness program.
Who are you accountable to?
GuestColumnistCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
United Way of GreaterCincinnati-Northern Ken-tucky staff, board mem-bers and volunteers at-tended Live United Day atthe Capitol in Frankfort onFeb. 24.
More than 100 repre-sentatives from UnitedWays statewide gatheredto meet with legislatorsand bring awareness to is-sues facing their localcommunities.
Representatives fromUnited Way of GreaterCincinnati-Northern Ken-tucky were on hand toback a bill that passed theHouse and Senate and wassigned by the governor.House Bill 234 will devel-op a rating system forchild care, Head Start andstate-funded preschoolprograms.
Lawmakers took up thegovernor’s request to addaccountability and trans-parency to all of Kentuck-y’s early child care facili-ties by implementing thegoals of the AcceleratingLearning StatewideThrough an AdvancedRating System, or All-STARS. HB 234 requiresearly child care and edu-cation programs to followthis state quality-based
United Way of GreaterCincinnati-Northern Ken-tucky was among groupsfrom United Way of Ken-tucky who gathered totake a unified stand on theimportance of quality, ac-cessible and affordablepreschool education; help-ing low-income familiesobtain family-sustainingemployment with incomesupports and financialeducation; and promoting
healthy communitiesthrough policies address-ing obesity, substanceabuse and child poverty.United Way of GreaterCincinnati-Northern Ken-tucky serves Boone, Ken-ton, Campbell and Grantcounties.
United Way helps HB 234 passage
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From left, Brent Cooper, president of C-Forward; ChikereUchegbu, manager of strategic resources and public policy,United Way of Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky; HelenCarroll, board member, United Way of Kentucky; LeshiaLyman, senior director, United Way of GreaterCincinnati-Northern Kentucky; Mike Hammons of ChildrenInc.; Joe Wind of Northern Kentucky University; and JoshHatton of Children Inc.
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Theresa BeckTheresa A. Morgan Beck, 78,
of Erlanger, died April 27 at St.Elizabeth Florence.
She was a tax specialist for theBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, andFirearms of the U.S. Governmentand an active member of FirstChurch of Christ in Burlington.
Her husband, Thomas Beck;and sisters Georgia McGuire,Mildred McLean, and JackiePetrocy, died previously.
Survivors include her daughter,Kimberlee Schutter of Burling-ton; sons Thomas Allen Beck ofElsmere and Jeffrey Beck ofElsmere; and seven grandchil-dren along with five great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.
Memorials: Wounded WarriorProject, 301 Grant St., Suite 900,Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
Janice BoltonJanice Lee Bolton, 73, of
Elsmere, died May 5 at RosedaleGreen in Latonia.
Survivors include her sons Tim“Mary” Bolton and Jeff “Jerri”Bolton; brother, Virgil Bush; andseven grandchildren along with
four great-grandchildren.Burial was at Evergreen Ceme-
tery in Southgate.
Rose ConleyRose Mary Leinmiller Conley,
94, of Erlanger, died May 2 at herhome.
She was a homemaker, mem-ber of St. Anthony Church, andone of the founders of Prome-nade Palace Square Dance Hall.She traveled and square dancedall over the world. She alsoworked on the production ofbombsites during World War II atthe Powell-Crosley Building.
Her husband, James O. Conley;and granddaughter, CathieDeaton, died previously.
Survivors include her daugh-ters, Linda Messmer of Edge-wood and Karen C. Hegener ofErlanger; and five grandchildrenalong with great grandchildren.
Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery.
Memorials: St. AnthonyChurch, 485 Grand Ave., TaylorMill, KY 41015; or St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY 41017.
Amanda ElamAmanda Paige Elam, 23, of
Taylor Mill, died May 4 at herhome.
She was an employee atFrisch’s Big Boy Restaurant inIndependence and a graduate ofSimon Kenton High School.
Survivors include her childrenLandon Combs, Harley Combs,and Tyler Combs; parents, ChristaFowee Elam and Derek Elam;brother, Jon Elam; and grandpar-ents, Allen and Sue Elam andCharles Fowee and Judy Wittich.
Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.
Memorials: To Chambers andGrubbs Funeral Home on behalfof Amanda Elam’s children.
Harold EversHarold “Buzz” Evers, 94, of
Kenton County, died April 30 atCarmel Manor Care Center.
He was a U.S. Army veteran ofWorld War II, was a doublePurple Heart recipient, and hadfought in the Battle of Norman-dy. He was a bartender at Mai-sonette and La Normandie.
Survivors include his wife,Bernadine T. Baus Evers.
Entombment was at St. MaryCemetery Mausoleum.
Memorials: Carmel ManorCare Center, 100 Carmel Manor
Road, Fort Thomas, KY 41075; orAmerican Heart Association, 5211Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH45227.
Robert HackmanRobert “Bob” Joseph Hack-
man, 87, formerly of Fort Wright,died May 4.
He was a U.S. Army veteran ofWorld War II, former Fort Wrightcouncilman, past president ofLookout Heights Civic Club, andwas an active at the formerCampbell Lodge.
His brother, Paul Hackman;and sister, Mary Catherine Hack-man, died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Thelma Spellmeyer Hackman;son, Jerome “Jerry” Hackman;sister, Laverne Boing of Jackson-ville, Florida; and three grand-children.
Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Fort Wright.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 1 Medical Village Drive,Edgewood, KY 41017.
Jessie HamiltonJessie C. Hamilton, 85, of Villa
Hills, died May 3 at St. ElizabethHospice.
He was a heavy equipment
operator with Carlisle Construc-tion for 33 years and an avidgardener, who enjoyed huntingand collecting guns.
Survivors include his wife, JeanHamilton of Villa Hills; childrenDebbie Bailey of Floyd KnobsIndiana, Tere Banet of Lanesville,Indiana, Bill Hamilton of Green-ville, Indiana, Angela Smith ofUnion, Barb DeLong of WallaWalla, Washington, Jeff Hamil-ton of Independence, DaveHamilton of Burlington, andLaurie Leonhard of Villa Hills;brother, Bobby Hamilton ofBrooksville, Kentucky; and 14grandchildren along with ninegreat-grandchildren.
Memorials: Ella Reid MemorialFund, C/O any Fifth Third Bank.
Charles Hammons Jr.Charles C. Hammons Jr., 72, of
Taylor Mill, died April 28 at hishome.
He retired from The KrogerCompany after 46 years ofemployment. He enjoyed camp-ing, sitting on the back porch,four wheeling, and UK basket-ball.
Survivors include his wife,Phyllis Hammons; children Mi-chelle Hartline of Hudson, Ohio,Mike Hammons of Crestview,and Gary Hammons of TaylorMill; brother, Don Hammons ofTaylor Mill; and three grand-children.
Interment was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.
Memorials: American CancerSociety, Hope Lodge, 2008Charlotte Ave., Nashville, TN37203.
Edward HeilemanEdward W. Heileman, 73, of
Morning View, died April 27 athis home.
He was a U.S. Army veteranand retired security officer forNorthern Kentucky University,Campbell County Jail, CincinnatiPolice Department, and HamiltonCounty Sheriff Department. Hewas also an instructor of con-cealed gun certification andcontributed many articles to localnewspapers and magazines onthe subject.
His daughter, Sherry Stansell,died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Gilda Murchison Heileman;daughter, Michelle Barkan ofErlanger; sister, Kathryn Cafazoof Mason, Ohio; brother, JohnHeileman; and three grand-children.
Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.
Memorials: Taylor Mill Chris-tian Academy, 5235 Taylor MillRoad, Taylor Mill, KY 41015.
Sheila KingShelia Ann King, 65, of Park
Hills, died April 29.Survivors include her brother,
Kevin King.Memorials: Kenton County
Animal Shelter, 1020 Mary Lai-dley Drive, Fort Mitchell, KY41017.
Elizabeth KletteElizabeth Marie Klette, 34, of
Latonia, died May 2 at her home.Survivors include her sons
Jordan Gregory and Justin Greg-ory; mother, Kim Roden ofFlorence; father, Michael KletteSr. of Newport; brother, MichaelKlette Jr. and Matthew Klette;and sister, Jamie Frakey.
Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.
Nicholas KnaselNicholas “Nick” J. Knasel, 91,
of Erlanger, died May 2 at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.
He was a U.S. Army veteran ofWorld War II and worked formore than 40 years with Cincin-nati Gas and Electric Company.He was a member of AmericanLegion Post 20 and the SundayMorning Club.
His wife, Esther A. Knasel, diedpreviously.
Survivors include his daughtersPaula Green and Vicki Cassidy;brother, Ken Knasel; and fourgrandchildren along with fourgreat-grandchildren and seven
79, of Erlanger, died May 1 at St.Elizabeth Hospice.
She was a square dancer for 29years and a member of the KYKuzzins and Crescent Squaresdance clubs. She enjoyed bowl-ing for 40 years and was a su-pervisor for Dixie News deliveryservice.
Her sister, Pat Powers, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her husband,Lou Poole; children Carol Derryof Cary, North Carolina, DianeBowdler of Loveland, Ohio, JanetPlunkett of Fort Mitchell, KenPoole of Fort Wright, and KevinPoole of Covington; and eightgrandchildren along with threegreat-grandchildren.
Interment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: St. Henry Church,3818 Dixie Highway, Elsmere, KY41018; or St. Elizabeth Hospice, 1Medical Village Drive, Edge-wood, KY 41017.
Michael RechtinMichael Rechtin, 57, of Lud-
low, died April 29 at his home.He was a retired receiving
clerk with St. Elizabeth Edge-wood, an avid UK fan, memberof the Kehoe Council No. 1764Knights of Columbus in Ludlow,and a member of Sts. Bonifaceand James Church in Ludlow.
His parents, Paul and DoloresBennett Rechtin; and sister,Eileen Sarver, died previously.
Survivors include his wife,Peggy Schwier Rechtin; son, PaulRechtin of Ludlow; daughter,Katie Rechtin of Ludlow; sistersBarbara Toadvine of Erlangerand Paulette Ruttle of FortMitchell.
Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery in Fort Wright.
Memorials: National KidneyFoundation, 615 Elsinore Place,Suite 400 Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Donna RobertsonDonna Kay Ashby Robertson,
49, of Independence, died May 2at St. Elizabeth Edgewood.
She enjoyed collecting knickknacks and was an animal lover.
Her mother, Mona Ashby, diedpreviously.
Survivors include her son,Steve Robertson; sister, BeckyWinsett; brothers Danny andHerald Robertson; boyfriend,Guy Patrick Blankenship; andtwo grandchildren.
Memorials: Paws and ClawsAnimal Rescue Inc., P.O. Box 223,Hebron, KY 41048.
Eugene StarnesEugene Starnes, 81, of Inde-
pendence, died May 1 at hishome.
He was a retired contractorand member of Taylor MillPentecostal Church. He was anavid hunter of raccoons and hadwon many trophies over theyears participating in raccoonhunting competitions and train-ing dogs to hunt. His otherinterests were fishing, playingthe fiddle, singing, and teachingSunday school.
Survivors include his wife,Dorothy Starnes; children Mi-chael Starnes, Saundra Whalen,Douglas E. Starnes, Vickie Un-thank, and Becky Kendall; and 13grandchildren along with 25great-grandchildren and twogreat-great-grandchildren.
Interment was at Independ-ence Cemetery.
Memorials: Taylor Mill Pente-costal Church, 5336 Taylor MillRoad, Taylor Mill, KY 41015; or St.Elizabeth Hospice, 1 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood, KY41017.
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Luegeringappointed trustees chair
ReSource appointedMark Luegering of Mess-er Construction as boardchair of its board oftrustees to continue toexpand its mission ofpractical sustainability
and ofengaging,educatingand serv-ing thenonprofitcommuni-ty.
Lueger-ing hasbeen a
part of ReSource’s boardsince 2012, and he mostrecently served as vicechair. He is senior vicepresident of MesserConstruction, where heleads project operationsand performance inMesser’s Ohio and Indi-ana regions.
Luegering is activewith the Spirit of Con-struction, where he is thecurrent, past president,and he also chairs one ofthe Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra’s developmentsubcommittees. He pre-viously served the com-munity in a number ofboard leadership roles,including Kicks for Kids,Allied Construction In-dustries, Cincinnati Sym-phony Orchestra and theUniversity of CincinnatiCollege of EngineeringAlumni Association.
Crystal ClearCleaning named top employer
Crystal Clear Clean-ing was honored as “Em-ployer of the Year” byIKRON Corp., for em-ploying hard-workingpeople with physicaldisabilities and socialchallenges, at IKRON’sannual meeting on April2.
IKRON Corp. (In-tegration of Knowledgeand Resources for Occu-pational Needs) is anorganization that part-ners with the city ofCincinnati to provideemployment servicesand job placement foradults with employmentchallenges.
Each year, IKRONrecognizes a companycommitted to hiring indi-viduals who face employ-ment issues because ofphysical disabilities andsocial challenges.
NKY SHRM chapterhonored with award
The Society for Hu-
man Resource Manage-ment (SHRM) recentlyawarded the NKY SHRMlocal chapter with itsprestigious EXCEL GoldAward for the chapter’saccomplishments in 2014.
The award is part ofthe SHRM Affiliate Pro-gram for Excellence,which aligns individualchapters and councilswith SHRM’s goals, ac-cording to a press re-lease. The award recog-nizes accomplishmentsand strategic activitiesand initiatives that en-hance the human re-sources profession.
Legion Logistics’president namedfinalist for award
President Lacy Star-ling of Legion Logistics,LLC is a finalist for theEY Entrepreneur Of TheYear 2015 Award in theOhio Valley Region.
The awards programrecognizes entrepre-neurs who demonstrateexcellence and extraordi-nary success in suchareas as innovation, fi-nancial performance andpersonal commitment totheir businesses andcommunities, accordingto a press release. Star-ling was selected as afinalist by a panel ofindependent judges.Award winners will beannounced at a specialgala event on June 4 atthe Hyatt Regency inCincinnati.
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Frey named VP ofprojectdevelopment atTriVersity
TriVersity Construc-tion LLC recently ap-pointed Melanie Frey ofLakeside Park as vicepresident of projectdevelopment.
Frey brings 22 yearsof experience in con-struction to the role,where she will leadbusiness developmentand marketing efforts.
TriVersity recentlyopened a new office inIndianapolis and openeda new craft labor divi-sion in Cincinnati.Frey’s appointment ispart of TriVersity’sstrategic growth plan.
For more informa-tion, visit trivc.com.
Connolly isPodiatrist of theYear
Dr. Matthew Connol-ly of CommonwealthOrthopaedic Centers in
Edgewood was recentlynamed Kentucky Podi-atric Medical Associa-tion Podiatrist of the
Year for2015.
TheKentuckyPodiatricMedicalAssocia-tion is aprofes-sionalassocia-
tion for doctors of podi-atric medicine servingthe citizens of Kentuckyand is an affiliate of theAmerican PodiatricMedical Association.
Connolly specializesin nonsurgical foot careincluding heel pain,diabetic care and cus-tom orthotics. He is apast president of theKentucky PodiatricMedical Association andis a member of theAmerican Board ofPodiatric Medicine andthe American College ofFoot and Ankle Ortho-paedics and Medicine.
Widener becomescertified financialplanner
Kevin B. Widener,financial adviser withAmeriprise Financial inFlorence, recently be-
ments that includecourse work and a se-ries of examinationscovering financial plan-ning, risk management,investments, tax plan-ning and management,retirement and employ-ee benefits, and estateplanning.
Widener providesfinancial advice that isanchored in a solid un-derstanding of clientneeds and expectations,and provided in one-on-one relationships withhis clients.
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Question: What can Ido to protect my treesfrom the ash borer that’scoming to Northern Ken-tucky? Should I go aheadand start spraying now?What chemical should Iuse?
Answer: The emeraldash borer is already amajor problem through-out the Northern Ken-tucky area. Actually, theentire commonwealth isnow quarantined, pre-venting transport of allfirewood across statelines to areas not alsoquarantined, unless aspecial permit is ob-tained. Any ash tree notprotected with the rightchemicals will probablydie within the next fewyears. Unfortunately, thisalso includes the millionsof ash trees in our wood-ed areas.
It’s already gettinglate in the season to treatyour own trees, but defi-nitely go ahead and do soas soon as possible. Prod-ucts containing the activeingredient imidacloprid(Bayer Advanced Tree &Shrub Insect Control,Bonide Annual Tree &Shrub Insect Control,Ferti-lome Systemic Tree& Shrub Drench, GreenLight Tree & Shrub In-sect Killer, etc.) are avail-able to homeowners fordo-it-yourself protectionof ash trees against at-tack by the emerald ashborer.
The treatment is verysimple. For most prod-ucts, you simply pour theliquid spray concentrateinto a bucket containing
one to twogallons ofwater, stir,then slowlypour thesolutionaround thebase of thetree. (Al-ways fol-low labeldirectionsregarding
mixing and applyingspecific products).
Green Light Tree &Shrub Insect Controlwith Safari (dinetofuran)also is an option. Annualapplications should bemade between lateMarch and late April orearly May, according tolabel directions. Thetreatments can help toprotect trees that are upto 60 inches in circumfer-ence (measured at 4 1/2feet above the ground).Larger trees requireinjection of insecticideswhich are available onlyto licensed commercialapplicators. This is bestdone during the month ofMay.
Consider several fac-tors when making treat-ment decisions: tree loca-tion, health, value, treat-ment cost, and removal/replacement expense.There is no consensus asto how long treatmentsmay be needed. However,it is likely that trees willneed to be protected forat least seven years asthe EAB infestationsweeps through an area.Untreated ash trees willserve as sources of bee-tles.
You can get an idea ofthe number of ash treesin your county from thisinventory: http://bit.ly/NKYashborer. The num-ber of trees per countyrange from over 6.8 mil-lion in Henry County tojust over 38,000 in MartinCounty. The larger thepopulation of ash trees,the longer and more in-tense the infestation islikely to be.
For a list of ISA Certi-fied Arborists who treatfor the ash borer inNorthern Kentucky, con-tact your local countyextension office.
Mike Klahr is Boone Countyextension agent for horticul-ture.
Treat ash trees now to stop deadly borers
Mike KlahrHORTICULTURECONCERNS
COMING UP» Arboretum Spring
Plant Sale: 9 a.m. to noon,Saturday, May 16, BooneCounty Arboretum, Shel-ter No. 1, 9190 Camp ErnstRoad, Union. Questions?Call the arboretum officeat 859-384-4999.
» Street Smart Trees: 10a.m. to noon Monday,May 18, Boone CountyArboretum, meet atConcession Building nearentrance. Register athttp://bit.ly/BCAregistra-tion
» Native Trees & Shrubsfor Kentucky Landscapes:6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May19, Boone County Exten-sion Office. Call 859-586-6101 to register, or enrollonline at boone.ca.uky.e-du
