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PANDASWIN A6Records their 12th win
It was amixed bag forKenton Countyschool distircts on the state
report cardsreleased last week.
Beechwood remained one of the topschools in the state; Kenton
Countyschools showed some gain s, but alsosome losses; and Erlanger
Elsmere ele-mentary schools all received lowerscores.
Beechwood Independent SchoolDistrict
For the second year, BeechwoodSchools are in the states 99th
percentileof schools, which means the districtsperformance on the
school report card isbetter than 99 percent of schools in
thestate.
While Beechwoods elementaryscores went up, they declined for
themiddle and high school.
The elementary schools score wentup 3 percentile points, from
73.9 for the2011-2012 year to 76.9 this year; bothscores put them
in the 99th percentile.
Middle school scores went down 1.4percentile points, from 84.5
last year to83.1 this year, dropping them from the96th percentile
to the 94th. High schoolscores went down slightly: from 68.8
to67.9, but they stayed in the 99th percen-tile both years.
As I look at the whole context, thissuccess didnt come
overnight, saidBeechwood Superintendent Steve Hut-ton. Its kind of
been layered from peo-ple who have worked here in previousyears and
everybody just keeps addingto that foundation. Thats just become
apartof theculture thatweregoing toaddtoour schools
successandbebetter thanthe previous year.
Recently, theU.S.DepartmentofEdu-cation named Beechwood a
NationalBlue Ribbon School, based on overall ac-ademic excellence.
During the lastschool year, Beechwoodwas also
rankedthesixth-bestpublichighschoolof21,000schools in Kentucky by
U.S. News andWorld Report, and the district wasnamed 247th in the
nation and 33rd inKentuckyoutof2,000publichighschoolsby Newsweek.
Additionally, BeechwoodHigh School was ranked 334th out of1,848
public high schools by The Wash-ington Post.
Our smaller size makes a differenceto some degree, said Hutton.
Withinour district, there are very few transi-tions kids have
tomake. The elementarystudents have been through the highschool,
and high school and middleschool classes take place in the
samebuilding. One of the neatest things thatstudents like to
achieve is being that 13-year Beechwood student, being herefrom
kindergarten until they graduate.
Mixed resultsfor KentonCo. schoolsBy Amy
[email protected] [email protected]
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EDGEWOODGayle Siber values go-ing to work, getting there on time
andsaving money in the process.
Its a fortunate thing to have publictransportation,
theEdgewoodresidentwho works downtown said. TANK is abig part of my
work career getting toworkandgetting thereon time.Theydoa wonderful
job. Its a convenientmeans of transportation.
Siber, whos been a rider on the 18XEdgewood Express for 19
years, saidshe was very upset to learn of
theTransitAuthorityofNorthernKentuck-ys consideration of dropping
the route.
Recently, TANK released an inde-pendent study, conducted by
Seattle-based Transportation Consultancy ofNelson/Hygaard, to serve
as a guide forits operation and investment in thenextfive to 10
years.
The consultants draft plan recom-mends more east-west travel by
merg-ing some existing routes and addingothers. It also calls for
eliminatingroutes in Campbell and Kenton coun-ties, including the
18X Edgewood Ex-press.
Although TANK officials stressplans are only preliminary,
Edgewoodofficialsandresidentsarestartinga let-ter campaign in an
effort to save theroute.
This route has been on TANKsschedulefor20someoddyears,MayorJohn
Link said. We have residents,some who have handicaps, who dependon
this route everyday.
Officials have requested that resi-dentswhouse thebussend
letters to thecity, urging TANK to keep the route.These letters,
along with a resolutionfrom the city will be forwarded on
toTANK.
The more letters we get and themore residents involved, the
better,Link said. If they dont hear from us,thentheyll feel that
there isnorealcon-cern andwill readjust things to fit
their(needs).
TANK spokeswoman Gina Douthatsaid the bus company encourages
thistype of feedback.
Weve asked for feedback and theEdgewood community has been
veryvocal about how important their routeis to them, she said.
Thats what wewerehopping to get out of ourpublic in-volvement
process.
She said any changes are at least ayear away.
Aplanwouldprobablybefinalized inJanuary with TANK implementing
afew changes from the study in Novem-ber 2014, she said. TANKwould
first goto the areas that would see changes formore public
input.
Edgewood is also requesting ideason how to save the route or
keep some
route in the area.Link said hesmaking the suggestion
to cut the route down from three to twostops in themorning and
three to two inthe afternoon. Hes also suggesting apark and ride to
be set up at FreedomPark.
We want to keep the bus runningthrough Edgewood if at all
possible,Link said. We think this is important asa city because we
know that gas pricesare getting higher. Ridership will growas gas
prices go up. We need to supportour residents now and ensure that
theyhave access to a transportation systemthats economical for
them.
Siber,who fears that losing the routecould force her into early
retirement,suggests re-educating residents aboutpublic
transportation.
Parking is expensive downtown,youdonthave toworryabout
thatwhenyou take the bus, she said. In the win-ter you dont have to
worry about slip-ping or sliding or damaging your car.People whove
never ridden the bus,need to be educated on the process toencourage
more use.
Theres also a special camaraderiebetween those who ride.
Wehaveabusfamily, thatswhatwecall ourselves, she said. If
someoneisnt going to be there, theyll let some-one know so we dont
worry. Weve hadlittle retirementpartiesandbabyshow-ers on the bus.
You see the same peopleeveryday on your way to work, youwant tomake
sure theyre OK and cele-brate some of their special occasionswith
them.
Riders of the 18X Edgewood Express board the bus in the early
morning at the Dudley Pike stop in front of St. Pius School
inEdgewood. MELISSA STEWART/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Edgewood riders tryingto save bus route
ByMelissa [email protected] HAVE YOURWORD
Edgewood officials have requestedthat riders of 18X Edgewood
Expresssend letters supporting the continuationof the route to the
city building, 385Dudley Road, Edgewood, KY 41017 oremail
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Hutton said the conti-nuity between schools inthe Beechwood
districtadds to its real familyatmosphere and said,Kids feel safe
here.Theres not as much of anunknown.
Kenton CountySchool District
While the KentonCounty School Districtimprovedby its2013over-all
report cardby2points,from 82nd percentile in2012 to 84th percentile
in2013, individual schoolscoresshowedsomegains
and losses.Spokeswoman Jess
Dykes said the districtsimprovement was a re-sult of continued
measur-able progress.
R.C. Hinsdale Elemen-tary inEdgewoodwas list-ed as the countys
onlyDistinguished school,which is the report cardshighest category,
havingraised from the 88th per-centile last year to the90th
percentile this year.
Ten schools, includingSimon Kenton, wereranked proficient,
withpercentile scores rangingfrom 71 to 87. Six schoolswere left in
the NeedsImprovement category,with SummitViewMiddleSchool and
Woodland
Middle School listed asprogressing.
We are the fifth-larg-est district in the state.Based on that,
were hap-py with the steady pro-gressweremakingonourgoals in our
categories,saidDykes. Wemet all ofour district goals, includ-ing
graduation rate. Wehad a plan for enhancedgrowth and focused
onrigorous instructionbased on the commoncore standards.
Overall, 11 schoolsraised their scores andseven schools scored
low-er this year.
Simon Kentons scorejumpedfrom60thpercen-tile last year to 87th
per-centile this year. JamesA.
Caywood Elementaryraised its score 23percen-tile points and
SummitView Elementarys scorewent up 20 percentilepoints. Of the
schoolswhose scores went down,River Ridge Elementarydropped 21
points, from98th to 77th percentile,and Whites Tower lost
26percentile points, goingfrom 62 last year to 36thpercentile this
year.
Simon Kenton Princi-pal Martha Setters saidthe schoolwas
designatedafocusschool twoyearsago based on low
perfor-mancebyonestudentsub-group in one testing cate-gory. The
label sticks fortwo years, but Setters andvery proud and happy
that the schools score hasimproved.
We have focused onreallygooddirect instruc-tion and a response
to in-tervention program forstudents who might needassistance to
help themmaster certain skills,said Setters.
Erlanger-ElsmereSchool District
Elementary schools inthe Erlanger-ElsmereSchool District
receivedlower grades on thisyears state report cards.
Each elementaryschool saw a slight dip initsoverall
score,aswellasa drop in state ranking.
The report card scoresare based onmultiple aca-demic measures,
includ-ing students scores onstate tests, graduationrates and
college or ca-reer readiness.
Superintendent KathyBurkhardt said the dis-trict plans to
thoroughlyanalyze the data to assessthe route cause.
We will continue tomeasure individual stu-dent progress at the
ele-mentary, middle and highschool levels, daily, week-ly and
monthly to ensureour students individualneeds are being ad-dressed
and that they aremaking continuous pro-gress throughout their
en-tire school experience,she said.
Despite the low scoreson the state assessment,Burkhardt said
studentsaregrowingacademicallyat the elementary levelevery day.
This growth isconfirmed, she said,through data gathered byother
assessment toolsused by the district, likethe Gallup Poll.
We have been usingour Gallup Poll data to try
toengageeverystudent insome way specificallytargeting the middle
andhigh school levels, shesaid. Since the poll mea-sures hope,
well-beingand engagement, the datahasassistedus inconnect-ing more
students toschool in some waythrough clubs, sports,leadership
opportunities,band, chorus, the Boysand Girls Club (at Tiche-nor),
service learningpro-jects, etc.
Tichenor MiddleSchool achieved high pro-gress status and
rankedamong the top 10 percentin terms of improvement.
Were pleased to seestrong progress at Tiche-norMiddle
School,Burk-hardt said. Our schoolssuccess and the studentsability
to achieve, despitethe obstacles that somemay face, comes
fromourstudent-centered ap-proach. Were looking atthe whole child,
and whatit takesforeachstudent tosucceed.
The district receivedan overall score of 55moving it into the
needsimprovement/progress-ing classification.
Lloyd Memorial HighSchool went from a needsimprovement
classifica-tion to distinguished, withan overall score of 64.7.
Were very proud thatLloyd achieved distin-guished status and
isranked in the top 10 per-cent of the schools in thestate,
Burkhardt said.
Lloyd High SchoolPrincipal John Riehe-mann attributes credit
tothe focused hardwork ofour faculty and students.
Burkhardt credits aspirit of determination.
The key is this: Wenever give up on our stu-dents, she said.
That means, she ex-plained, that the districtaddresses academic
andnon-academic needs,whether its social, eco-nomic.
The district, for exam-ple, provides wrap-around services, like
den-tal and health clinics,summerprogramsandTi-chenors free
after-schoolcare.
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FORT MITCHELL City police and Beech-wood IndependentSchools are
joiningforces to help educateparents on the dangersof heroin and
other nar-cotics.
The FortMitchell Po-lice Department is host-ing a narcotics
forum6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.8, in the BeechwoodHigh School
cafeteria,50 Beechwood Road,Fort Mitchell.
Police chief Jeff El-dridge said he came upwith the idea for the
fo-rum because I believemost parents do notknow what heroin
lookslike or what the effectsof heroin are on individ-uals.
With almost 25 yearsin law enforcement, El-dridge said he has
wit-nessed other drug epi-demics, like that ofcrack cocaine, but,
Theheroin epidemic has gotit beat, hands down.
He wanted to get apanel of experts togeth-er to discuss the
drugepidemic with everyparent inFortMitchell.
Eldridge says theyhave not had a herionproblem with
residents,although the police de-partment has made sev-eral
heroin-related ar-restsofpeople travelingthrough the city.
The purpose of the
forum, he said, is to beproactive.
Heroin doesnt haveany boundaries, El-dridge said. Its
notstrictly an inner-cityproblem.
The problem has hadan impact on local busi-nesses, he said. One
ofthe citys businesseswas robbed by a manaddicted to heroin.
Beechwood Superin-tendent Steve Huttonsaid the district
hasntexperienced any prob-lems with heroin, but Iwould like to be
proac-tive so that we donthave any problems.
The use of heroinknows no community orsocio-economic
bound-aries, Hutton said.Awareness about theuse of heroin and
othernarcoticswill lead to en-lightenment for par-ents, and
enlightenmentleads to empower-ment.
According to El-dridge, forum panelmembers include theKenton
County coroner,paramedics and repre-sentatives from theNorthern
Kentuckymedical examiners of-fice, the Northern Ken-tucky Drug
StrikeForce, Kentucky statepolice, Drug Enforce-ment
Administrationtask force, and the Ken-ton County
common-wealthattorneysoffice.
Those attendingmust be at least 21.
Ft. Mitchellpolice plannarcotics forumBy Stephanie
[email protected]
FLORENCE The Ken-tucky SymphonyOrches-tra kicks off its 22nd
sea-son with Joe Greens200th Birthday Bash.
TheOct.10 birthday ofcomposer Giuseppi Ver-di, whose name is
trans-lated to Joe Green, willbe celebrated by the or-chestra, and
attendees, at8 p.m. Saturday Oct. 5, atFlorence Baptist Churchat
Mt. Zion.
Tickets are $19, $27and $35 and are half-offfor students
6-18.
Music director JamesCassidy said he liked theidea of being able
to do aperformance so close toVerdis actual 200thbirthday, doing
some-thing thats kind of funand something thats offour beaten
path.
Theres a lot of musicthat will be familiar tothose in the
audience.
Part of that is be-cause its public domain,said Cassidy.
Anotherreason? The fact that itsso tuneful.
Birthday cannoli willbe served after the con-cert.
Where do you getbirthday canolli after aconcert? Cassidy
asked.You dont get that any-where, (but) you get thathere in
Northern Ken-tucky.
Venturing off thebeaten path is nothingnew for the KSO.
Some things are aone-time (production),said Cassidy. You
reallywill not get this any placeelse.
That may be hard for
folks to think about wheninformation can be readi-ly found, our
world atour finger tips, Cassidysaid.
Its not always the re-ality and you certainlycant get it
live.
That, Cassidy said, haskept it fresh.
I dont know that Iwould be excited goingoff anddoingwhat
every-one else does.
Cassidy says its kindof hard to believe thesymphony is entering
its22nd season.
While KSO offices arein Newport, Cassidy saidtheyll perform in
thethree Northern Ken-tucky counties this sea-
son.Not having their own
performance space, how-ever, means theyre outin the community
all thetime.
It makes you a littlemore responsive and alittle more flexible,
Cas-sidy said. At the sametime, there are draw-backs to it too.
(You) canthave the setups and thethings youd like to havefor the
patrons.
Other regular perfor-mances this season in-clude:
the United States or-chestral debut of 2Cellosat 8 p.m.
Saturday,Nov. 2,at Florence BaptistChurch at Mt. Zion;
a co-production ofThe Sound of Musicwith The Carnegie,scheduled
several timesJan. 17-26;
Globetrotting withthe KSO, featuring 10works under 10
minuteseach by composers fromnine countries and fivecontinents on
March 28and 29 at Northern Ken-tucky University; and
Williams WondrousWorld, featuring the mu-sic of John Williams
per-formed at Florence Bap-tist Church atMt. Zion onMay 10.
Tickets can be pur-chased online at kyso.org, by phone at
859-431-6216or at the door.
Ky. Symphony kicks off 22nd seasonBy Stephanie
[email protected]
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578-1053
view Elementary and BellevueMiddle School before attendingNotre
Dame Academy.
Boese graduates fromWestern
Mitchell L. Boese, of Edge-wood, was among those West-ern
Kentucky University stu-dents who completed degreesduring the 2013
summer ses-sion.
Daria enrolls at OhioChristian
Brian Daria, of Villa Hills,has enrolled at Ohio
ChristianUniversity in Circleville, Ohiofor
theFall2013semester.Dariaismajoring inbusinessmanage-ment.
Kenton students namedto Purdue deans list
Eric Meier, of Edgewood,and Matthew Elliott, of Inde-pendence,
each were named tothedeans list atPurdueUniver-sity for the Spring
2013 semes-ter.
Deaton enrolls atEvansville
William Deaton, of Inde-pendence, has enrolled at theUniversity
of Evansville, ma-joring in biology.
Holt goes green, leavescar at home
First-year University ofDayton student Catherine Holt,of Fort
Mitchell, took a stand toprotect the environment and re-duce carbon
emissions, pledg-ing to leave her car at home forthe first two
years on campus.
In exchange, the Universityof Dayton gave Catherine abrand new
Linus bicycle at anoutdoor festival on campus,Aug. 30.
UD gave 100 bicycles to in-coming first-year students whosign a
pledge not to bring a carto campus the first two years. Atotal of
293 students signed thepledge, and 100 were chosen atrandom to
receive the bikes.
Male students received a Li-
nusRoadster Sport and femalesgot the Linus Dutchi 3, allequipped
with three-speedshifters and rear carryingracks.
The program is intended topromote a healthier, greenercampus
while empowering stu-dents to change the worldaround them through
sustaina-bility and responsible steward-ship. The University also
hopesto connect students with thenatural beauty of the Daytonarea
andencourage them to liveactive, healthy lives.
Its all part of a larger initia-tive to create a
bike-friendlycampus and reduce carbonemissions. In 2011, the
Univer-sity launched a bike rental pro-gram that has recorded
morethan4,500 checkouts,with 3,000in the last year.
Meier graduates fromPurdue
EricMeier, of Edgewood, re-cently graduated from
PurdueUniversity, earning aBS in aero
and astro Engineering degree.
Schwarber beginsclimate-change research
Adria Schwarber, of Belle-vue, recentlywas recognized asan
alternate for the FulbrightFull Grant to Japan to studychemical
oceanography at theUniversity of the Ryukyus.
Schwarber graduated in thespring from the University
ofLouisville with a double majorin political science and
chemis-try. She is in her first year in theUniversity of Marylands
grad-uate program in atmosphericand ocean studies, researchingout
of their policy department.
Her research combines herinterests inbothpoliticsandsci-ence as
she attempts to use dataanalysis and programming tohelp learn more
about thehealth effects brought on by cli-mate change.
Whatever research I do Iwould like to link it back to pol-icy
somehow, Schwarber said.
Schwarber attended Grand-
Tobenamedto thedeans list,a student must have completedat least
12 credit hours, be en-rolled at least half-time, have asemester
grade-point averageof at least 3.0 and have at least a3.5
cumulative GPA.
Independence studentjoins prestigious choir
Eachyear,VirginiaGayGan-dy,DMA, associate professor ofmusic at
Union College, holdsauditions for UnionHarmony, ahighly select
ensemble of 8-10singers. Maggie Watkins, of In-dependence, was
selected asone of the members for the2013-2014 school year.
Watkins, a sophomore atUnion, will be singing alto forUnion
Harmony, which is a fea-tured performance group atmany campus
events through-out the year. Gandy, who is di-rector of the choir,
said the en-semble is a diverse group whocan provide a unique
service tothe school.
COLLEGE CORNER
TwoCovingtonCatholicHighSchoolseniors,WilliamMcMur-try and
Nathan Wichmann, re-cently were recognized by
theNationalMeritScholarshipCor-poration as semifinalists.
Roughly 1.5 million juniorsacross the country took the
2012PSAT/NMSQT.Of those juniors,only 16,000 (or 1-percent)
werenamed National Merit Semifi-nalists. These students nowhave an
opportunity to continuein the competition for scholar-ships worth
more than $35 mil-lion that will be offered in thespring of
2014.
McMurtry is a member of
the swim team, National HonorSociety and National EnglishHonor
Society. He also swimswith the NKY Clippers. Lastfall,
hevolunteeredduringelec-tion time for the Ohio GOP. Healso
volunteers with SpecialOlympics swimming. He is theson of Todd and
CariMcMurtryof FortWright.
Wichmann is a member ofthebasketball and tennis teams,Spirit
Club, National Honor So-ciety andNational EnglishHon-or Society. He
was selected toparticipate this past summer inthe prestigious
GovernorsScholarsProgram.He is the sonof Quin and Lisa Wichmann
ofVilla Hills.
CovCath seniorsscores garnerelite statusCommunity Recorder
Covington Catholic High School seniors WilliamMcMurtry, left,
andNathan Wichmann each earned National Merit Semifinalist
status.THANKS TOMAUREEN REGAN
The 20th Regional YouthLeadership Class, sponsored byOhio
National Financial Ser-vices, 46 students representing40 high
schools in the NorthernKentucky/Cincinnati region.
This class was selected frommore than 100 applicants whohave
demonstrated leadershippotential and a strong commit-ment to
community service.
Regional Youth Leadershipis anon-profit,
volunteer-drivenprogram. The mission of theprogram is to recognize
youngleaders in high schools and pro-vide a program that
developstheir leadership skills and in-creases their awareness of
is-sues and challenges facing thegreater metropolitan area.
Par-
ticipants gain real-life experi-ences through
interactionswithleaders from businesses, gov-ernment agencies, and
civic or-ganizations in the community.Regional Youth
Leadershipclass members are presentedwith new challenges and
oppor-tunities for intellectual, cre-ative, social and
personalgrowth. These are the youngleaders that will influence
thedirection of our regions future.
The 2014 class participantsinclude:
EmilyBaehner, ConnerHighSchool
Brooke Barker, Notre DameAcademy
Nekko Beal, Newport HighSchool
Alexis Begnoche, HighlandsHigh School
Ross Borthwick, CooperHigh School
Sara Bosch, Calvary Chris-tian School
Nicholas Boucher, Villa Ma-donna Academy
Alexis Davis, Dayton HighSchool
Catie Duchette, CovingtonLatin School
Justin Flynn, Scott HighSchool
Grace Goddard, St. HenryDistrict High School
Mary Groneck, BellevueHigh School
LauraHall,CampbellCountyHigh School
Laine Harrett, Covington
Catholic High SchoolCameron Hart, Ludlow High
SchoolClare Henning, St. Henry
District High SchoolDelaney Holt, Cooper High
SchoolEllen Kendall, Notre Dame
AcademyJesseca LeSuer, Dixie
Heights High SchoolMadelineMcGraw, VillaMa-
donna AcademyTess Meyer Mount, Notre
Dame High SchoolJacobMorgan, Holmes High
SchoolJake Moster, Conner High
SchoolAdrian Neff, Covington
Catholic High School
Ashley Nightingale, WintonWoods High School
Madison Prodoehl, BishopBrossart High School
Ryan Randle, Newport Cen-tral Catholic High School
Kylie Schaefer, Holy CrossHigh School
Madison Simpson, Walton-Verona High School
Brenden Stanley, BooneCounty High School
Kyle Taylor, BeechwoodHigh School
James Viox, LloydMemorialHigh School
Alex Warner, Ryle HighSchool
Dalton Webster, Simon Ken-ton High School.
2014 Regional Youth Leadership Class Announced
The fifth-grade students at St. Pius X School receive the Bible
they will use in religion class during grades5-8. The Bibles were
blessed by Fr. Robbins and then distributed to each student
individually by him inChurch with the entire grade in attendance.
Pictured, from left, Alex Reynolds, Noah Powers, Father TomRobbins,
Corinne Laws and Isabelle Bennett. THANKS TO KATHY BRUNOT
Starting the year right
St. Pius X sixth-grade students, from left, Lindsey Oak, Nina
Simkonis and Anna Tranter, are excited tostart the new school year.
THANKS TO KATHY BRUNOT
Students at St. Pius X School got the new school year off to a
good start.
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CommunityPress.com
COMMUNITYRECORDEREditor: Melanie Laughman,
[email protected], 513-248-7573
Boys golf St. Henry won the NKAC
Division II title with a 314. LukeTobergte shot 74,
JordanNoble77 and Colson Holland 79.
Calvary beat Villa Madon-na 7-0. Kipp Barnes and
Brad-leyLeichterhad twogoals each.Quinn Varnado, CamdenRusch and
Michael Whitekereach had one score. KellanKreft and Bradley Ligas
sharedtime in goal for the shutout.
Holy Cross beat BooneCounty 177-190.
Covington Catholic wassecond in the NKAC Division
Ichampionships. Merik Berlingwas individual medalist (72).
Girls golf St. Henry lost 213-219 to
Bishop Brossart. AshleySchneider had themedal with a45.
Boys soccer Dixie Heights beat Cal-
vary Christian 6-1 Sept. 24. Za-chary Kilmer had three
goals.
Girls soccer Beechwood beat Coving-
ton Latin 6-1 Sept. 25. Dixie Heights tied New-
port Central Catholic 1-1 Sept.25. Lauren Nemeroff had theDixie
goal.
Notre Dame is 12-2-2through Sept. 30.
Villa Madonna beat Lud-low in a penalty-kick shootoutafter a 1-1
tie. Amanda Wernerscored on an assist by EmmaBateman. Paulette
Moser hadthe clinching penalty kick.
PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS
By James [email protected]
Lloyds Brandon Marshall (22)tries to catch the ball in front
ofNewport Central Catholics JacobSmith. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR
THECOMMUNITY RECORDERSee PREPS, Page A7
VILLA HILLS Balance anddepth have been crucial forthe Villa
Madonna Academygirls golf team.
While the Blue Lightninghave no superstars this year,the fact
they can post solidscores in slots one throughfive has helped them
have aproductive 2013 season,
Wevegot fiveplayerswhoare really close in scoring andvery
capable players that onany given day, any one of thefive could lead
us in scoring,said head coach Greg Schuh.
The balance would havemade for an impressive pen-dulum at the
Northern Ken-tucky Athletic Conference
tournament Sept. 23. VMAwon the Division III title withan
impressive score of 350.
The girls were very happywith the win, Schuh
saidTheyveworkedhardallyear.Wevegottena lotmoreconsis-tent with our
play. That cer-tainly showed in the confer-ence tournament.
Three players shared teamleadership for the tourneywith an 87:
Senior Nicole Za-torski, junior Madison Tren-kamp and freshman
NatalieBoucher. Junior MonicaSpritzky shot 89 and seniorShanna
Doumont, 93.
VMAwascomingoff there-gional championship in the AllA
tournament, eventually
VMA golf strikes it bigat conference tourneyBy James
[email protected]
See GOLF, Page A7
Improvement in stoppingthe run and being able to runhas helped
the Beechwoodfootball team bounce backfrom blowout loss to
DixieHeights with three straightsolid performances headinginto one
final major challengebefore it begins itsClassAdis-trict
schedule.
Beechwood has gone 2-1since a 41-20 loss to Class 6ADixie in
which it allowed 420yards rushing and rushed forjust 36 yards. The
Tigers, whofollowed that loss with a 34-7win over Holy Cross,
becamejust the second team since thestart of the 2011 season to
holdClass 5A power FranklinCounty to less than30points ina 28-24
loss (Cooper heldFranklin County to 27 in aquarterfinal playoff win
lastseason) and whipped Class 4AHolmes this past Friday, 40-7.
Beechwood (3-2) hostsClass 4A Covington Catholic(3-2) at 7:30
p.m. this Thurs-day. The Colonels have suf-ferednumerous injuries
on of-fense and struggled becauseof it, averaging just10.3 pointsin
its last three games albeitagainst very good teams
(Cin-cinnatiMoeller, Class 6AHen-derson County and High-lands).
We got out-physicaled byDixie and I didnt do agood jobof
scheming what CoachDave) Brossart did, saidBeechwood coach Noel
Rash.Were just getting more con-sistent. Were starting to
playwithour talent andnot thinkasmuch. Were stopping the
runmoreconsistentlyandrunningthe ball better, not as good aswe
would like, but better. De-fensively were playing betterup front.
The front 7 are doinga good job with the reads andgetting after
it.
That front seven featuresdefensive ends BraydenCombs, a
sophomore, and ju-nior Jonathon Stokes; tacklesBlake Hamilton, a
junior, andjunior Riley McKown; outsidelinebackers Brett Slusher,
asophomore, and senior DevonEverett, who was moved fromsafety and
the rotation at mid-dle linebacker of sophomoreRyan Bankemper and
juniorBret Finck.
Rash said he has made theschedule especially tough thisyear in
hopes of having his
teamprepared for a long play-off run. The Tigers haventreached
the state champion-shipgamesincewinning the ti-tle in 2008.
PlayingFranklinCounty isstrictly to see the type of ath-letes
well see against Frank-fort and Mayfield, said Rash.A W would have
been nice,but we did a good job for mostof that game. The W
reallyfelt good this past week, be-causewe controlled both sidesof
the line of scrimmageagainst a good team and con-trolled some
really good ath-letes, too.
Over the last two weeks,Beechwood sophomore quar-terback Kyle
Fieger complet-ed38of68passesfor579yardsand four touchdowns,
includ-inggoing15 of 27 for 284yardsand three TDs
againstHolmes.
Beechwoodfootball gettinginto gearGannett News Service
LOOKING AHEADWhat: Covington Catholic v.
Beechwood football gameWhen: 7:30 p.m., Thursday,
Oct. 3Where: Edgar McNabb
Stadium at Beechwood HighSchool, 54 Beechwood Road,Fort
Mitchell, Ky.Fun fact: It is a Thursday
contest because it will bebroadcast live on Fox SportsOhio. Both
teams are 3-2 andhave played nearby rival DixieHeights. Beechwood
lost 41-20and Cov Cath won 21-13.
Beechwood quarterback KyleFieger is on a hot streak inrecent
games.FILE PHOTO
NotreDameAcademys girlssoccer team beat St. Henry 3-1Sept. 25
with two goals fromMandy Arnzen and one fromZoe Stovik. NDA is
12-2-2throughSept. 28 andhostsNew-port Central Catholic
Thursday,Oct. 3. Arnzen leads the teamwith 11 goals and seven
assists,and Taylor Watts has sevengoals. St. Henry, 4-5-2,
hostsHighlands Thursday, Oct. 3.
Notre Dame High Zoe Stovik (7) heads the ball in for a score on
a corner kick against St. Henry goalkeeperAbby Ziegeimeyer (0) in
the first half. Notre Dame Academy beat St. Henry District High
School 3-1 in girlssoccer Sept. 25 at St. Henry. JOSEPH FUQUA
II/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
NDA soccer picksup 12th win
Notre Dames Zoe Stovik (7) congratulates by teammates after
Stovik scored against St. Henry in the firsthalf.JOSEPH FUQUA
II/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
St Henrys Mallory Foley (7)battles for control of the
ballagainst Notre Dames SummerScheben (2) in the first half.JOSEPH
FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY
RECORDER
Notre Dames Christin Sherrard(21) battles for control of the
ballagainst St Henrys Emily Specht(21) in the first half.JOSEPH
FUQUAII/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
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On Sept. 12 at the NorthernKentucky Convention Center,I received
the FrontiersmanAward, recognizing a life-long history of service
toNorthern Kentucky, exempli-fying the highest standardsof personal
integrity andfamily responsibilities. Inconnection with the award,
Iprepared the following wordsof encouragement for North-ern
Kentuckys next genera-tion of leaders.
Each year we gather at thechamber dinner to honoraward
recipients. Past Fron-tiersman Award winners likeMer Grayson, Ralph
Drees,Bill Butler, and many others,helped build this region. Wehave
an excellent foundationwhich they havent stoppedbuilding. But our
next gener-ation of leaders, throughtheir will, inspiration,
andhard work, will play the de-termining role in our col-lective
future.
For tomorrows leaders,first, know that every door isopen for
you. I met Melissa atage 19. In a huge leap of faith,she agreed to
marry me andwe came to Northern Ken-tucky at age 25. We startedour
careers, originally havingbeen from smaller towns. Inother places,
we probablywould have had to struggle toget involved. This
communityopened every door for us. Iknow those same doors willbe
open for you.
Second, know that by com-ing to Northern Kentuckyyou have come
to the rightplace. I remember my firstChamber dinner vividly.
BillRobinson, a past Frontiers-man AwardWinner, deliv-ered an
inspiring speechabout community involve-ment and prosperity.
Thatspeech, the Chamber, andmany others helped shapeour regions
identity. Here,we usually see the best inpeople, and wherever we
lookwe see opportunities.
Third, I hope you will in-clude businesses and growthas among
your passions. Truebusiness advocates, who cansee the favorable
impact ofeconomic development onfamilies, are in shorter sup-ply
than you might think. Noteveryone sees commerce aslending a helping
hand to allpeople in a region, but it does.
Fourth, as youre search-ing for the next great oppor-tunity to
get involved, myhope for you is that youre
blessed withgreat part-ners. Sur-round your-self withpeople
whopick you upwhen you fall and you willfall, as I did,from
time-to-time. Youcant do it
alone. Church, family andfriends have helped me everystep of the
way.
In the coming days, weeksand years, show up, speak up,and be
true to your passion.People here will recognizeand remember you for
it. Ona personal level, your life willcome together - throughfaith,
family and service - inways you never imagined. Ona regional level,
envisionhaving a climate so favorableto commerce that it leads
toexcellent jobs for every fam-ily. It can be done.
So as the torch passes toyou, and it will, see that thedoors are
open, be proud ofyour community, understandbusiness, and make
greatchoices with your partners inlife. Finally, know that as
youlead, our community will bethere to help. In fact, werehonored
when you ask for ourhelp.
Rob Hudson is an attorney andpartner with Frost Brown ToddLLC in
Florence and the author ofa business and political book ABetter
Tomorrow.
Encouragementfor next leaders
Rob HudsonCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Relationships are tricky, tosay the least.
Navigating moods, roughpatches, and the general upsand downs of
life (and thatsjust with your children) canleave you frazzled. But
whatabout the other relationshipsin your life: the spouse,
co-worker, friends and family?Attempting to get along inthese
situations can leave aperson wondering, What dothey want from
me?
Too often, we make relation-ships in our lives more compli-cated
than they need to be. Wetend to think for the otherperson. Assuming
we knowwhat they want from us andfeeling frustrated, because wecant
always muster the re-sources to give it.
We assume the spousewould be happier if we lostweight, so we
join the gym andthe weight-loss group. Wethink the children would
behappier with more things sowe work overtime five days aweek.
As for the co-workers,neighbors and friends, weoften assume they
need ourtwo cents, so we freely giveit, telling them
step-by-step
how to maneu-ver theirstruggles (yetwe cant seemto maneuverour
own) andfeeling ex-hausted andfrustratedwhen we findthey didntheed
our well-thought-out
advice.And what about God? What
does he want from me? Makeno mistake, God does want meto be
obedient, to walk in hisways, and to witness to othersabout
him.
Yet, above all those things,what God wants more thananything is
my heart. And withmy heart comes my time andattention. The Bible
tells usthat God doesnt look downfrom heaven to see if we areliving
righteously or not: TheLord looks down from heavenupon the children
of men, tosee if there are any who un-derstand, who seek God.(Psalm
14:2)
The Lord watches and waitsfor us to seek him.
Interestingly, when I com-
pare what God wants with allthe other relationships in mylife, I
find what they all reallycrave is the same: my heart.And with my
heart comes mytime and attention.
Fifteen minutes playingfootball with my son goes a lotfurther
than a new pair ofNike socks. Fifteen minutesplaying Barbies with
my 5-year old, means more than anew Barbie. Fifteen
minuteslistening to my 12-year old talkabout horses means more
thana new riding helmet. (Well, Imay be pushing it on that
lastone.)
However, one things forsure, You will show me thepath of life;
in your presence iffullness of joy; at your righthand are pleasures
forever-more. (Psalm 16:11)
Today, experience the full-ness of joy and pleasures
for-evermore simply by spendingtime with God and those youlove.
Julie House is a resident of Inde-pendence, and founder of
EquippedMinistries, a Christian-based healthand wellness program.
She can bereached at 802-8965 or on
Face-book.com/EquippedMinistries.
What do you want from me?
Julie HouseCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Students, welcome to Moral-ity Class 666. Today were go-ing to
learn an important les-son about embezzling (steal-ing) from
taxpayers. You mayhave been taught by your par-ents that stealing
is alwayswrong. Its not that black andwhite anymore. Your
sillyparents are stuck in the pastwith their Leave It to
Beavermoral compass. Progressivelyspeaking, stealing all dependson
whos doing the stealing andwhy theyre stealing.
For example, when a gov-ernment employee embezzlesfrom taxpayers
for personaluse, that kind of stealing isbad. This person must be
pun-ished to the full extent of thelaw. Im sure your parentsagree.
You may have heardabout a Covington city workerwho stole $600,000
from tax-payers. The authorities areconfiscating all his assets. If
heis found guilty, he will go to jailfor a very long time.
But today, theres anotherkind of stealing that is nobleand
should be applauded. Thisstealing occurs when you stealtaxpayer
money to benefit
yourself andyou claim thestolen moneywill benefitchildren or
aworthy cause.This type ofstealing iscalled Stealingfor the
Beaver.Progressivelyspeaking, thisis not stealing.
When you steal to benefit your-self and claim youre
helpingchildren, thats good stealing.
Some of your parents dontunderstand this difference.Theyre stuck
in what we callthe Cleaver Syndrome wherestealing is always
wrong.These old-fashioned relicsrefuse to embrace moralitysnew
normal. Thank God theycant live forever. Did I sayGod in
school?
Let me illustrate what Imean. Recently, two judgesruled that
local libraries wereillegally stealing millions ofdollars from
taxpayers forover 30 years. Its not wrongbecause they and
childrenbenefited from their crime.
Since some of the governmentmoney was for a noble cause,its not
really stealing.
Heres our morality lessonfor today - If you are going tochoose a
life of crime, makesure your story includes anI stole for the
children angleor a noble cause like support-ing the GayMidget Nuns
onDrugs Foundation.
If you follow these rules,you will enjoy of life of crimeand not
be sent to jail, yourassets will not be seized andyou can keep the
stolen ob-jects. Yes, you can be a rockstar in the
public-sector.
Children, the Justice De-partment ranks Kentucky asthe fourth
most corrupt statein America. Were counting onyou to make sure we
reach thefinal four every year. Dont letus down.
Children, tomorrow you willlearn why stealing tax moneyfor your
personal gain andbankrupting your childrensfuture is noble. Good
grief!
TomWurtz is president of TomWurtzConsulting and a resident of
Ft.Mitchell.
Americas new morality:stealing from taxpayer
TomWurtzCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Looking for a sure-fire wayto ignite a heated
politicaldiscussion? Say the wordsAffordable Care Act, healthcare
reform or Obamacare.The changes to the health caresystem set in
motion by the2010 Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act,
havesparked some of the mostheated political debates
thiscentury.
And while healthy politicalrhetoric is part of what makesthis
country great, the debatehas, for the most part, over-shadowed the
substance of thelaw. So, Id ask that you setyour political feelings
aside as
you read thesenext few para-graphs as aconsumer,someone whouses
thehealth caresystem fromtime to time.
First, mostpeople whoalready havehealth insur-ance cover-
age, either from a plan of-fered by an employer, Medi-care or
Medicaid, will not seea whole lot change. You mayget a notice from
your em-
ployer informing you of yourright to coverage. Your plansmay
have open enrollment,similar to how they do eachfall.
But, if you are one of thealmost 15 percent of Kentuck-ians who
dont have coverage,youll have new options. Themain one being that
youll beable to purchase insurancethrough whats called a healthcare
exchange.
Basically, an exchange is amarketplace. Insurers offertheir
plans and you go, eitheronline or by phone, and selectthe plan
thats best for yourneeds and budget. It does get
a bit muddy here: Some states,including Kentucky, havedecided to
run their own in-surance exchanges. Others,including Ohio and
Indiana,will have their residents pur-chase insurance on the
federalexchange.
Kentuckys exchange iscalled kynect. You can find itonline
athttp://www.kynect.comor bycalling 1-855-4KYNECT.
Enrolling in an insuranceplan, particularly if youre notused to
it, can be confusing.Fortunately, you can accesshelp from insurance
brokersand navigators. Details on
who can perform each func-tion are still shaping up.
The wheels of change in thehealth care industry are inmotion. We
know that a num-ber of Northern Kentuckianslack health insurance
cov-erage, and will benefit fromthe new options offered be-cause of
the Affordable CareAct. October 1 is approachingquickly. Please
take sometime to learn how health carereform will impact your
fam-ily.
Lynne M. Saddler is the districtdirector of health for the
NorthernKentucky Health Department.
Health care reform provisions often overshadowed
LynneM.SaddlerCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
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LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPESCOMMUNITYRECORDERTHURSDAY,
OCTOBER 3, 2013
OnabreezySaturdaymorning,CarolMyers hands spill overwith
clusters of ripe lusciousgrapes at on a vineyard she didnt know
about before visiting the Kenton County FarmHarvest Tour two years
ago.We would not have known about this if it werent for the tour,
she said.Anewroundof adventurers had the opportunity to learn about
thevineyard andothergrowing places during this years Kenton Countys
FarmHarvest Tour 2013 Sept. 21.
To see photo, go to http://bit.ly/kentonfarmtour.
Alaina Carpenter, 2, of Independence could hardly hold this
pumpkin atPoverty Hollow Farm in Morning View. AMY SCALF/THE
COMMUNITY RECORDER
The Kenton County Farm Harvest Tour featured the
IndependenceFarmers Market and Boy Scouts Pack 808, including Tiger
Cub DamienPabst, age 6, and Webelos Ethan Cross, age 10. Their
popcorn saleextends through Oct. 26 and online sales are available
through thepacks Facebook page. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY
RECORDER
Nathaniel Price, 11, of Independence greets a shrimp heplucked
from the water at Bluegrass Shrimp Farm inCovington during Kenton
County Farm Harvest Tour 2013.AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Brothers Gavin, Mason and Aiden Hammons of Independence explored
the garden at the Kenton CountyExtension Outdoor Education Center
for the Kenton County Farm Harvest Tour 2013. AMY SCALF/THE
COMMUNITYRECORDER
KENTON FARM TOUR
CELEBRATESHARVEST
Lee Strohm of Home Place Farm tells Aliena Howard ofIndependence
about sweet potato rooting at theIndependence Farmers Market during
the Kenton CountyFarm Harvest Tour 2013. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY
RECORDER
Judy Witsberger of Florence tests theCherokee Purple variety
tomato at theKenton County Extension OutdoorEducation Center during
Kenton CountyFarm Harvest Tour 2013 on Sept. 21. AMYSCALF/THE
COMMUNITY RECORDER
Greg Schneider of VillaHills shared hisknowledge of
beekeeping at PovertyHollow Farm in
Morning View withDallas Howell and Sara
and Melissa Backduring Kenton County
Farm Harvest Tour2013. AMY SCALF/THECOMMUNITY RECORDER
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B2 COMMUNITY RECORDER OCTOBER 3, 2013
FRIDAY, OCT. 4Art ExhibitsFive Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,The
Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Ohio National Financial ServicesMain
Gallery and DuveneckGallery: Angels curated by GaryGaffney.
Rieveschl: Jack Girard.Hutson: Stanka Kordic. Sem-mens: Michael
Nichols. Youth:The Kentucky Center GovernorsSchool for the Arts
CarnegieScholarship Winner. ThroughOct. 12. 859-957-1940;
www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.All is Chaos, 9 a.m.-5
p.m.,Artisans Enterprise Center, 27 W.Seventh St., Curated by
DustinPike. Explore how chaos be-comes the basis for
creativepossibilities in this exhibitionfeaturing 11 artists from
North-ern Kentucky and Cincinnati.Through Oct. 18.
859-292-2322;www.covingtonarts.com. Co-vington.
Drink TastingsFridayWine Tasting, 4-8 p.m.,D.E.P.s Fine Wine
& SpiritsCovington, 670 W. Third St.,Free. 859-291-2550;
www.deps-finewine.com. Covington.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., Jazzercise
Crescent SpringsCenter, 519 Enterprise Drive, $34for unlimited
monthly classes.859-331-7778; jazzercise.com.Crescent Springs.Lean
andMean Circuit Class,5:30-6:30 a.m. and 7-8 a.m. and6-7 p.m., Yolo
Fitness, 1516 DixieHighway, $15. 859-429-2225.Park Hills.
Literary - SigningsSam Halpern, 7 p.m., Joseph-Beth
Booksellers-Crestview Hills,2785 Dixie Highway, Sam Hal-pern will
discuss and sign copiesof his book, A Far Piece toCanaan: A Novel
of Friendshipand Redemption.. 859-912-7860;
www.josephbeth.com.Crestview Hills.
On Stage - TheaterAnything Goes, 8 p.m., StainedGlass Theatre,
802 York St.,Musical comedy. Step aboardthe SS American and meet
Billy,Reno, Hope, Moonface and shipfull of other wacky
characters.$20. Presented by FootlightersInc.. Through Oct. 12.
859-652-3849; www.footlighters.org.Newport.Darkside, 8 p.m., Fort
Thomas
Womans Club, 8 N. Fort ThomasAve., About 1973 Apollo 18mission;
sci-fi drama with sus-pense and humor. $15. Present-ed by Village
Players. ThroughOct. 5. 859- 392-0500; www.vil-lageplayers.biz.
Fort Thomas.
SATURDAY, OCT. 5Antiques ShowsAntique Appraisal Fair, 1-4p.m.,
James A. Ramage Civil WarMuseum, 1402 Highland Ave.,Bring items for
appraisal bycertified appraisers. $5 per item,up to two; $5 up to
10 coins, upto 20. 859-331-2499. FortWright.
Art ExhibitsArtist at Work, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.,York St. Cafe, Free.
859-261-9675; www.yorkstonline.com.Newport.Five Exhibitions, noon-3
p.m.,The Carnegie, 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com.
Coving-ton.
Community DanceKentucky Kuzzins, 8-10:30 p.m.,Promenade Palace,
3630 De-coursey Pike, Mainstream levelWestern-style square dance
clubfor experienced dancers. $5.Presented by
SouthwesternOhio/Northern Kentucky SquareDancers Federation.
513-929-2427. Covington.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi
Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., Includes training, choiceof at least
three sushi rolls,BYOB and recipe/product in-formation. $25.
Reservationsrequired. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com.
Covington.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8-9 a.m. and9:30-10:30 a.m.,
JazzerciseCrescent Springs Center, $34 forunlimited monthly
classes.859-331-7778; jazzercise.com.Crescent Springs.
Holiday - HalloweenUSS Nightmare, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.,BB Riverboats
Newport Landing,$18 Thursday-Sunday, $13Wednesday.
859-740-2293;www.ussnightmare.com. New-port.Sandyland Acres
HauntedHayride and Farmers Re-venge, 8 p.m.-midnight, Sandy-land
Acres, Hayride: $12. Farm-ers Revenge: $10. Combo:
$20.859-322-0516; www.sandylan-
dacres.com. Petersburg.Pumpkin Days on the Farm,10:30 a.m.-6
p.m., Benton FamilyFarm, 11896 Old Lexington Pike,Real family
working farm.Hayrides, pumpkin picking,barnyard animals, sheep
shear-ing, cow milking, kids hay mazeand more. $7, free ages 3
andunder. 859-485-7000; www.ben-tonfarm.com.Walton.The Haunted Farm
House, 7-11p.m., Benton Family Farm, $10,group pricing available.
859-485-7000; www.bentonfarm-.com.Walton.
Music - Hip-HopYelawolf, 8 p.m. Doors open at7., Madison
Theater, 730 Madi-son Ave., Michael Wayne Atha,stage name Yelawolf,
is a rap-per, actor and skateboarder.$20. 859-491-2444;
www.madi-sontheateronline.com. Coving-ton.
Music - JazzKarl Dappen on Sax, 7-10 p.m.,Argentine Bistro, 2875
TownCenter Blvd., Variety of musicfrom jazz to soft rock.
Free.859-426-1042; argentinebistro-.com. Crestview Hills.
On Stage - ComedyDan Grueter, 7:30 and 10 p.m.,Funny Bone Comedy
Club,$15-$17. 859-957-2000;www.funnyboneonthelevee-.com.
Newport.
ShoppingFleaMarket, Vendors Showand Car Show, 10 a.m.-4
p.m.,Ryland Heights ElementarySchool, 3845 Stewart Road,
Freeadmission. Presented by RylandHeights Fire Department.
859-356-7970. Ryland Heights.
ToursUltimate Gangster Tour, 2 p.m.,Gangsters Dueling Piano Bar,
18E. Fifth St., More in-depth tourexpands on Newports
history.Includes visiting three additionallocations not on regular
tour.$30. Presented by AmericanLegacy Tours.
859-491-8000;www.americanlegacytours.com.Newport.
SUNDAY, OCT. 6Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes,
9:30-10:30a.m., Jazzercise Crescent SpringsCenter, $34 for
unlimitedmonthly classes. 859-331-7778;jazzercise.com. Crescent
Springs.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Molly MalonesIrish Pub and
Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., With DJ Will Corson.$10 buckets and
$4 grape andcherry bombs. Ages 21 and up.Free. 859-491-6659.
Covington.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 10 p.m., Strasse Haus,630 Main St.,
Free. 859-261-1199.Covington.
On Stage - ComedyDan Grueter, 7:30 p.m., FunnyBone Comedy Club,
$15-$17.859-957-2000; www.funnybone-onthelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterAnything Goes, 2 p.m., StainedGlass Theatre,
$20. 859-652-3849; www.footlighters.org.Newport.
PetsBlessing of the Dogs, 2-5 p.m.,Pioneer Park, 3950
MadisonPike, Homemade dog andhuman treats. Raffle items.Father
Matthew Young, presid-ing. Pets on leash or in carrierswelcomed.
Benefits St. PaulsEpiscopal Church Food Pantry inNewport. Free,
donations ac-cepted. Presented by Friends ofKenton Paw Park.
859-409-0298;kentonpawpark.com. Coving-ton.
MONDAY, OCT. 7Art ExhibitsFive Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,The
Carnegie, 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.All is
Chaos, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Artisans Enterprise Center,859-292-2322;
www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.
Dance ClassesSquare Dance Lessons, 7:30-9:30 p.m. New dancers
wel-come., Promenade Palace, 3630Decoursey Pike, Casual dress
andsmooth-soled shoes. $5. Present-ed by Southwestern Ohio/Northern
Kentucky SquareDancers Federation. 859-441-9155; www.sonksdf.com.
Co-
vington.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8-9 a.m. and9:30-10:30 a.m.
and 4:30-5:30p.m. and 6-7 p.m., JazzerciseCrescent Springs Center,
$34 forunlimited monthly classes.859-331-7778;
jazzercise.com.Crescent Springs.Lean andMean Circuit
Class,5:30-6:30 a.m. and 7-8 a.m. and6-7 p.m., Yolo Fitness,
$15.859-429-2225. Park Hills.
Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m.,Molly Malones
Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St., Allbluegrass pickers
invited toparticipate. Free.
859-491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.
Senior CitizensFlex Tai Chi for Seniors, noon-1p.m., Elsmere
Senior Center, 179Dell St., Reduce stress, increaseendurance and
feel betteroverall. For seniors. Free. 859-609-6504. Elsmere.
TUESDAY, OCT. 8Art ExhibitsFive Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,The
Carnegie, 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.All is
Chaos, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Artisans Enterprise Center,859-292-2322;
www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.
CivicNarcotics Forum, 6:30 p.m.,Beechwood High School,
54Beechwood Road, Presentersfrom federal, state and local
lawenforcement along with para-medics from Fort Mitchell Fireand
many other experts in fieldof heroin epidemic. Free. Pre-sented by
Beechwood Indepen-dent School District. 859-331-2823. Fort
Mitchell.
Community DanceLine Dancing, 7-9 p.m., LookoutHeights Civic
Club, 1661 ParkRoad, Holly and Bernie Rusch-man, instructors.
Beginnerswelcome. Smoke-free. $6, $3 forfirst-timers. Presented by
H & BDance Co.. 859-727-0904. FortWright.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:30-9:30a.m. and 9:30-10:30
a.m. and4:30-5:30 p.m. and 6-7 p.m.,Jazzercise Crescent
SpringsCenter, $34 for unlimitedmonthly classes.
859-331-7778;jazzercise.com. Crescent Springs.Yoga, 6:30-7:30 a.m.,
Yolo Fit-ness, 1516 Dixie Highway, Mas-ter postures while
increasingflexibility and strength. $10.859-429-2225;
www.yolofit-nessnky.com. Park Hills.Lean andMean Circuit Class,7-8
a.m. and 6-7 p.m., YoloFitness, $15. 859-429-2225. ParkHills.
Health / WellnessWeight Loss That Works,6:30-7 p.m., Hickory
GroveBaptist Church, 11969 Taylor MillRoad, $60 for 12-week
member-ship. First class free. Presentedby Equipped Ministries.
859-802-8965; www.equipped4him.blog-spot.com. Independence.
Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalones Irish Pub and
Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irishmusic. Free. 859-491-6659;
mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.
Senior CitizensBingo, 12:30-3 p.m., ElsmereSenior Center, 179
Dell St.,859-727-2306. Elsmere.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9Art ExhibitsFive Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-5
p.m.,The Carnegie, 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.All
is Chaos, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Artisans Enterprise Center,859-292-2322;
www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.
CivicNorthern Kentucky Tea PartyMeeting, 6-7:30 p.m.
StateSenator Chris McDaniel andState Agriculture Director
JamesComer speak., PeeWees Place,2325 Anderson Road, Free.Presented
by Northern KentuckyTea Party. Through Dec. 11.859-992-6615;
www.nkyteapar-ty.org. Crescent Springs.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m. and 5-6 p.m.
and 6-7 p.m.,Jazzercise Crescent SpringsCenter, $34 for
unlimitedmonthly classes. 859-331-7778;jazzercise.com. Crescent
Springs.Zumba, 6:30-7:30 p.m., DiamondDance Academy, 5030 Old
TaylorMill Road, No dancing skillsrequired. $5.
859-814-8375;diamonddanceky.com. TaylorMill.Lean andMean Circuit
Class,5:30-6:30 a.m. and 7-8 a.m. and6-7 p.m., Yolo Fitness,
$15.859-429-2225. Park Hills.
Health / WellnessRunners Injury Clinic, 5-6:30p.m., St.
Elizabeth EdgewoodSports Medicine, 830 ThomasMore Parkway, Suite
101. Re-ceive assistance from local
medical providers, includingphysical therapists,
athletictrainers, physicians and regis-tered dietician. Free.
Regis-tration required. Presented byBob Ronckers Running
Spot.859-301-5600;
www.steliza-beth.com/sportsmedicine.Edgewood.
Holiday - HalloweenUSS Nightmare, 7-11 p.m., BBRiverboats
Newport Landing,$18 Thursday-Sunday, $13Wednesday.
859-740-2293;www.ussnightmare.com. New-port.
THURSDAY, OCT. 10Art ExhibitsFive Exhibitions, 10 a.m.-5
p.m.,The Carnegie, 859-957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.All
is Chaos, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Artisans Enterprise Center,859-292-2322;
www.coving-tonarts.com. Covington.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m. and 4:30-5:30
p.m. and 6-7p.m., Jazzercise Crescent SpringsCenter, $34 for
unlimitedmonthly classes. 859-331-7778;jazzercise.com. Crescent
Springs.Zumba Fitness, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Independence Senior and
Com-munity Center, 2001 Jack WoodsDrive, $30 six-week session,
$7drop in. Registration required.859-356-6264;
www.cityofinde-pendence.org. Independence.Lean andMean Circuit
Class,5:30-6:30 a.m. and 7-8 a.m. and6-7 p.m., Yolo Fitness,
$15.859-429-2225. Park Hills.
Farmers MarketDixie Farmers Market, 2-6p.m., Erlanger Baptist
Church,116 Commonwealth Ave., Pre-sented by City of
Erlanger.859-727-2525; www.ci.erlanger-.ky.us. Erlanger.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Its pumpkin-patch season. Among this months local options,
Sunrock Farm, at 103 GibsonLane in Wilder, is offering one- or
two-hour guided pumpkin-patch tours through Oct. 31.Reservations
required. Visit www.sunrockfarm.com for more information.FILE
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The River Valley Wood Carving Show is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday,
Oct. 5, at the Scheben Branch Library, 8899 U.S.42, second floor,
in Union. Free. Visitwww.rivervalleywoodcarvers.org.FILE PHOTO
The Sandyland Acres Haunted Hayride and FarmersRevenge runs 8
p.m. to midnight, Friday and Saturdaysthrough Oct. 26. Visit
www.sandylandacres.com.THANKS TOGENEWEBB
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The Winter 2014 Master Gardener training program will be held at
theBoone County Extension Service, 6028 Camp Ernst Road Burlington,
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following topics: Basic Botany, SoilScience, Turf Care and
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Bernard AthaBernard Jay Atha, 88, of
Williamstown, died Sept. 25,2013, at Grant Manor Health-care.He
was an Army veteran of
World War II, a Kentucky Colo-nel, member of theWalton-Verona
Masonic Lodge No. 719,farmer, carpenter, and retired asa dock
worker for RoadwayTrucking in Cincinnati after 20years.His wife,
Ruby Rex Atha; son,
Tony Joe Atha; and daughter,Diana J. Atha, died
previously.Survivors include his sister, PearlPurnell of Taylor
Mill; two grand-children and two great-grand-children.Burial with
military honors
was at the Pleasant View BaptistChurch Cemetery.
Memorials:Pleasant View Cemetery TrustFund, care of Chris Spitzer,
750Marathon Drive, Corinth, KY41010.
Harold BowlesHarold Lee Bowles, 50, of
Burlington, formerly of Coving-
ton, died Sept. 21, 2013, at St.Elizabeth Edgewood.He was a
member of North-
side Pentecostal Church inCincinnati.His mother, Jean Doris
Wood,
died previously. Survivors includehis sister, Barbara Cross;
andbrothers, Herman Bowles, Ste-phen Barnes and Robert
Barnes.Interment was at Floral Hills
Cemetery.
Linda BruinLinda Kay Bruin, 55, of Lud-
low, died Sept. 25, 2013.She was a retired supervisor
for Cincinnati Bell, member ofSeven Hills Church in
Florence,loved spending time with herfamily, going to the beach,
herdog, Milo, and her cat, Boo.Survivors include her children,
Ryan Bruin of Fort Mitchell, andLindsey Bruin of
Edgewood;parents, Ed and Elma Helmer ofEdgewood; sister, Laura
Helmerof Park Hills; brothers, LarryRedding of Park Hills,
EddieHelmer of Ludlow, Steve Helmerof Ludlow, Doug Helmer ofUnion,
and Jeff Helmer of Lud-low.Memorials: Kenton County
Animal Shelter, 1020 MaryLaidley Drive, Fort Mitchell,
KY41017.
Earl Carpenter Sr.Earl Gene Carpenter Sr., 83, of
Erlanger, formerly of Villa Hills,died Sept. 22, 2013.
He was an Air Force veteran, aMason, retired from Sears
andRoebuck, more recently em-ployed by Budget Car Rental,was an
active member of CalvaryBaptist Church, spent many yearsrecording
sermons for those whowere unable to attend regularchurch services,
loved music andcould often be found happilyplaying organ music at
his home.His wife, Flora Carpenter, and
close friend, Ona Fischer, diedpreviously. Survivors include
hischildren, Earl Gene Carpenter Jr.of San Diego, Steven H.
Car-penter Sr. of San Antonio, DeniseMohr of Canton, Ohio; and
MarkCarpenter of Delhi Hills, Ohio;brother, Elbert N. Carpenter
ofLexington; six grandchildren andseven
great-grandchildren.Interment was at Kentucky
Veterans Cemetery North. Me-morials: Calvary Baptist Church,3711
Tibbatts St., Latonia, KY41015.
Mary CarrMary E. Carr, 88, of Covington,
died Sept. 23, 2013, in Cincinnati.She was a member of the
American Legion Latonia Post203, Womens Auxiliary, and wasformer
department manager ofthe Kroger in Latonia.Her husband, James
Thomas
Carr, died previously. Survivorsinclude her son, Sam Carr
ofMount Orab, Ohio; brothers,Winston and Donald Combs
ofWilliamstown, John Combs ofWalton; four grandchildren and11
great-grandchildren.
Burial was at WilliamstownCemetery. Memorials: Elliston-Stanley
Funeral Home, P.O. Box130, Williamstown, KY, 41097.
Hazel FitchHazel Fern Fitch, 87, of New-
port, died Sept. 18, 2013, at St.Elizabeth Fort Thomas.She was a
loving mother,
grandmother and great-grand-mother and always the life ofthe
party.Survivors include her children,
Richard Paynter Jr. of ColdSpring, Judith Moore of Coving-ton,
Cathy Plybon of Redding,Calif., Alan Paynter of Alexan-dria,
Timothy Paynter of Alexan-dria, Derek Fitch of Newport,and Jill
Carreon of Fort Thomas;12 grandchildren and 22
great-grandchildren.
Clifford Fryman Jr.Clifford Tony Preston Fry-
man Jr., 58, of Latonia, died Sept.21, 2013, at his home.He was
a designer in the
fire-prevention industry and a
Navy veteran.Survivors include his wife,
Cynthia R. Fryman; daughters,Kelli Garcia and Julie Fryman;son,
Justin Fryman; sister, MargieFrish; and two grandchildren.
Jordon GrossJordonMichael Gross, 21, of
Dayton, Ky., died Sept. 18, 2013,at University Hospital in
Cincin-nati.He was a member of the East
Dayton Baptist Church where hewas a mentor for the youthprogram
and drove the churchbus. He graduated in 2010 fromDayton High
School where heran track and cross country. Hewas active in a
variety of volun-teer work, and was a cook atBuckhead Mountain
Grill inBellevue.Survivors include his parents,
Randy and Cheryl Gross ofDayton; brothers, MatthewGross of
Dayton, Nathan Gross ofDayton, and Randy Scrivner ofIndependence;
grandparents,John andMarian Hopkinson ofLinden, Mich.; and
grandfather,Bill Gross of Falmouth.Memorials: East Dayton
Baptist Church, 1123 3rd Ave.,Dayton, KY 41074.
Clifford HammerClifford J. Hammer, 81, of
Latonia, died Sept. 23, 2013, athis home.He was an Air Force
veteran
during the Korean Conflict,retired electrician, member ofHoly
Cross Church, bingo volun-teer, avid stained-glass artist, andowned
numerous rental proper-ties in Covington.His wife, Bettie J.
Neiser
Hammer, and daughter, BridgetLynn Mitchell, died
previously.Survivors include his daughters,Vanessa Lee Cepluch and
JamieMargaret Herald; sisters, MickeyBowen, Bert Slaughter,
MillieOBrien andMarilyn Dressman;brother, Herb Hammer;
threegrandchildren and one great-grandchild.Interment was at Mother
of
God Cemetery in Fort Wright.Memorials: St. Benedict Church,338
East 17th St., Covington, KY41014.
Carl Harris Sr.Carl Lewis Harris Sr., 55, of Fort
Thomas, died Sept. 18, 2013, athis residence.He was a
self-employed car-
penter, and was member of NewHope Christian Church in
New-port.Survivors include his wife,
Georgia Harris of Fort Thomas;
daughters, Karlissa Stepner,Britney andMackenzey Harris,all of
Fort Thomas; sons, CarlDavid Harris of Taylor Mill, CarlLewis
Harris Jr. and NicholasHarris, both of Fort Thomas;parents, William
Sr. and AlveniaHarris of Fort Thomas; brothers,William Harris Jr.
and JohnHarris; nine grandchildren.Memorials: New Hope Chris-
tian Church, 941 Central Ave.,Newport, KY 41071.
Patsy HoffmeierPatsy M. Marrs Hoffmeier, 81,
of Wilton Manors, Fla., formerlyof Crestview Hills and
Ludlow,died Sept. 14, 2013, at ManorPines Convalescent Center
inWilton Manors.She was a retired banking
clerk for Sun Bank of Florida,past Grand Officer of the
EasternStar for the State of Florida, andpast Matron of Acacia
ChapterOES No. 249 of Fort Lauderdale.Her husband, Carl W.
Hoff-
meier, died previously. Survivorsinclude her nephew, Tim Brownof
Austin, Texas; nieces, PattyBrown of Wilton Manors, ShelleyCleere
of Dallas, Carla Donaldsonof Wellington, Fla., and StaceyBrown of
Fort Lauderdale.Burial was at Arlington Me-
morial Gardens in MountHealthy, Ohio.
Sarah HurdSarah R. Hurd, 108, formerly of
Erlanger, died in Sept. 24, 2013,at Gallatin County Health Care
inWarsaw.She was a homemaker.Her daughters, Barbara Dean
and Elva Hurd; and stepson,James Hurd, died previously.Survivors
include her grandson,James E. Dean of Sylva, N.C.;granddaughters,
Cheryl Carlsonof Albert Lea, Minn., and AnnVoss of Erlanger;
step-grand-children, Patty Atherton andSteve Hurd, both of
Flemings-burg; eight great-grandchildrenand four
great-great-grand-children.Burial was at Floral Hills
Memorial Gardens in Taylor Mill.Memorials may be made to
thechurch of donors choice.
Christopher Peace IIChristopher James Peace II, 29,
of Verona, died Sept. 19, 2013, inVerona.His father, Christopher
James
Peace, died previously. Survivorsinclude his mother, Susan
LynnJump Pemberton of Elsmere;son, Travis Michael Peace ofElsmere;
daughter, LeeonnaMichelle Marksberry of Florence;brothers, Jonathan
Peace ofPetersburg, and Brandon Peaceof Owensboro; sister,
JenniferPeace of California; and grand-mother, Vivian Peace of
Verona.Burial will be in New Bethel
Cemetery in Verona. Memorials:Christopher James Peace Memo-rial
Fund, care of Hamilton-Stanley Funeral Home, P.O. Box
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Ryland Heights, died Sept. 19,2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospice.He
attendedWilliamstown
Pentecostal Church, and was amember of the Good Guys Club.His
sister, Fern, and brother,
Raymond, died previously.Survivors include his wife, WilmaFay
Lingar Ramsey; daughters,Joy Whitaker, Paula Ackerman,Sandy
Smallwood, AngelaBrown, Andrea Line and PattyLetner; stepson, James
Lingar;brothers, Herman Ramsey,Leamon Ramsey, Bobby Ramsey,Elmer
Ramsey and Henry Ram-sey; 13 grandchildren and
fourgreat-grandchildren.
Dick SecristDick Secrist, 79, of Florence,
formerly of Latonia, died Sept.23, 2013, at St. Elizabeth
Edge-wood.He was a member of Holy
Cross Church, Covington MooseLodge No. 1469 and
CovingtonTurners, a Marine Corps veteran,and retired from the
KrogerCompany.Survivors include his wife,
Nancy Secrist; sons, Joe Secrist ofIndependence, and Tom
Secristof Burlington; daughter, LindaSecrist of Magnolia,
Texas;brother, Bob Secrist of Newport;and five grandchildren.
Memorials: Holy Cross Church,3216 Church St., Latonia,
KY41015.
Florence SteffenFlorence R. Steffen, 90, of
Bellevue, died Sept. 17, 2013, atSt. Elizabeth Fort Thomas.She
was a homemaker and
cafeteria worker for NorthernKentucky University,
attendedSt.Peter and Paul School, andjoined St. Anthony Church
in1957, which is now Divine MercyParish, where she was a memberof
the Ladies Society.Her husband, Bernard R.
Steffen, died previously.Survivors include her daugh-
ters, Janet Hoge of Batavia,Ohio, and Mary Steffen ofHighland
Heights; sons, TomSteffen of Taylor Mill, and PaulSteffen of
Claryville; eight grand-children and three
great-grand-children.Burial was at St. Stephen
Cemetery in Fort Thomas. Me-morials: charity of donorschoice; or
Spiritual Bouquets.
Lora StevensLora Stevens, 92, of Crescent
Springs, formerly of Independ-ence, died Sept. 19, 2013,
atRosedale Green.Her husband, James Stevens,
and grandson, Zachary Lutz,died previously.Survivors include her
children,
Lenore Piper of Independence,James Stevens of Clermont,
Fla.,Sandra Lutz of Cincinnati, Bren-
da Dawkins of Erlanger, andDebra Caudill of Elsmere; broth-er,
Howard Sizemore of Hemet,Calif.; 13 grandchildren,
25great-grandchildren and sevengreat-great-grandchildren.Interment
was at Floral Hills
Memorial Gardens. Memorials:American Heart Association;
orCincinnati Association For TheBlind.
Karen SwoffordKaren Sue Swofford, 52, of
Covington, died Sept. 19, 2013, atSt. Elizabeth Edgewood.She
graduated fromMorton
High School in Morton, Ill. in1979 and Illinois State
Universityin 1983. She moved to Covingtonin 1995, and worked as
assistantkitchen manager at Holy FamilySchool until 2005, and
thenworked at St. Elizabeth FortThomas in the nutrition
depart-ment.Her father, Ralph Kuchle, died
previously.Survivors include her husband,
James Swofford Jr. of Covington;daughter, Kihei Murphy
ofCovington; stepson, JamesSwofford III of Peoria, Ill.; moth-er,
Nancy Kuchle of Park Hills;brothers, Kurt Kuchle of Kewa-nee, Ill.,
Kenneth Kuchle ofDenver, and Kevin Kuchle ofDenver; sister, Kathy
Clark ofGroveland, Ill.; one grandsonand two
step-grandchildren.Burial was at St. John Ceme-
tery in Fort Mitchell. Memorials:charity of donors choice.
Stanley TownsendStanley Townsend, 69, of
Florence, died Sept. 21, 2013, athis home.He owned and operated,
with
his wife, Quality Interiors in FortMitchell for 20 years,
coachedthe Erlanger Lions PeeWeefootball for 12 years, was hon-ored
in 2012 by the NKYFL for hisservice and devotion to thechildren,
loved to travel and playgolf all around the world, was amember of
the Erlanger LionsClub, past member of FortMitchell Country Club
and theDiocese of Covington CursilloMovement, and served in theArmy
during the VietnamWar.Survivors include his wife,
Maureen McGuire Townsend;sons, Rocky, Patrick and Peter;brother,
Rev. Carl M. Townsend;and eight grandchildren.Memorials: Stan
Townsend
Memorial Fund, care of anyHuntington Bank.
ThomasWarrenThomas L. Warren, 64, of
Alexandria, died Sept. 19, 2013,at his home.He retired after 25
years with
the Campbell County RoadDepartment, was an Armyveteran of the
VietnamWar, andmember of the CovingtonMoose Lodge No. 1469
Taylor
Mill.Survivors include his brother,
Donald Warren; sister, BarbaraWahoff; and nephew,
BobbyLee.Interment was at Kentucky
Veterans Cemetery North inWilliamstown. Memorials:Campbell
County VFW Post No.3205, P.O. Box 173, Alexandria,KY 41001.
David YokelyDavid Andrew Yokely, 61, of
Covington, died Sept. 18, 2013, atSt. Elizabeth Hospice.He was a
dry-wall sub contrac-
tor with S&W Custom Interiors.His parents, Frank andMil-
dred; four brothers, and daugh-ter, Sonya, died
previously.Survivors include his sons, Davidand Brian Charles, both
ofCovington; sisters, Cynthia FayeLanham of Walton, and DaylePorter
of Mansfield, Texas; onegrandchild; several nieces andnephews.
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