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INDEPENDENCE Theres something, well,magical about magic,
ac-cording to Jason Smith.
Its more than a sleightof hand or an impressiveillusion magic
has apractical side, accordingto the Independence ma-gician.
It can build self-es-teem and confidence, hesaid. Thats what it
didfor me.
Smith, 39, of Independ-ence, was a shy child. Hekept to himself.
Watchinga magic show while on atrip to Gatlinburg, Tenn.,at the age
of 10, however,dramatically changed thecourse of his life.
He was enthralled withthe performance. Beforehe knew it, when
the magi-cian asked for a volunteerthe reserved Smith foundhis hand
flying throughthe air. He was picked anda part of the show.
I was hooked, hesaid.
Things suddenlychanged in Smiths life.He found himself
moresocial, making newfriends with fun tricksthat entertained and
in-trigued. He set out on amagical path that wouldlead him to
become Ja-son the Great.
Id go to the libraryand check out books onmagic and visit local
mag-ic shops, he said. Forbirthday and ChristmasId ask for new
tricks toperform. At 13, I got myfirst paying gig. Myneighbors paid
me $15 to
perform at a birthday par-ty. I thought: This is nice,Im having
fun and mak-ing money.
Hes kept it up. Smith,who is self-employed, alsoworks part-time
as a ma-gician performing at vari-ous venues throughoutNorthern
Kentucky andCincinnati. Magic hasdone wonders for Smith.That once
shy kid is nowgrown, performing infront of large audiences,making
connections topeople in ways he neverdreamed possible.
Smithrecently published a chil-drens book, How WesleyMagically Made
Friends,with the goal to inspireyoung people to try mag-ic.
It can really make adifference, he said. Forme magic was really
aself-esteem booster. Itssomething I love and Imstill at it. I
wrote this bookto encourage young peo-ple to try it. It can
buildtheir self-esteem andopen doors for them, as ithas done for
me.
According to Smith,performing magic is awonderful way to
connectto people.
I really enjoy peoplesreaction, he said. Every
Jason the Greatsbook promotesself-esteem By Melissa
[email protected]
THANKS TO JASON SMITH
Jason Smith performs during his magic routine
Read itFor more information
or to purchase a copy ofHow Wesley MagicallyMade Friends, by
JasonSmith, visithttp://bit.ly/1xN1QpP.
See BOOK, Page A2
FRANKFORT Fixing Kentuck-ys expanding heroin epidemicwas the
state governments maintopic throughout the first week ofthe opening
session, with the stateSenate unanimously passing a her-oin bill
Jan. 8.
SB 5, which was sponsored bySen. Chris McDa-niel, R-Taylor
Mill,would expandtreatment and in-crease penalties fortraffickers.
It in-cludes more than$13 million fortreatment, butmore than half
ofthat would go tocounty jails to treat
addicted prisoners.It was the first bill passed by
the Republican-controlled Senate,in a symbolic move that
wasgeared at the Democratic-con-trolled House, which failed to
passsimilar legislation last year.
Im proud, for the second yearin a row, that this body, in a
biparti-
san manner, has passed this as itsfirst piece of legislation,
said Sen-ate majority leader DamonThayer, R-Georgetown. This
isntgoing to completely cure the prob-lem ... but we need to send
the deal-ers the message that Kentucky isclosed for business.
There are at least eight differ-ent pieces of heroin legislation
in-troduced in the House as well.That body is expected to take
upheroin in the next session, sched-uled to start on Feb. 3.
The passage came a day afterGov. Steve Beshear called formore
action to ease the grip of thedrug in his annual and final State of
the Commonwealthspeech Jan. 7.
Heroin is a big problem inKentucky, and it is only growingworse
every day, Beshear said,citing statistics such as overdosedeaths
and rising prosecutions.
We need legislation that ex-pands access to drugs that
imme-diately reverse the effects of over-doses, that protects law
enforce-ment and health care workersfrom needle sticks, that
expandsaccess to treatment, and that pro-tects users from
prosecution forminor drug charges when they call911 to help an
overdose victim.
McDaniels bill has aspects that
cover all those subjects. SenateBill 5 would provide an
additional$13 million to addiction treatment,with $7.5 million
going to countyjails to get prisoners into treat-ment.
In addition, SB5 would absolvefirst responders from
liabilityfrom administering naloxone, adrug that immediately
counter-acts the affects of heroin for over-dose victims. Although
the billwould increase penalties for her-oin traffickers, several
senatorsquestioned what the line should bebetween a user and
trafficker.
During testimony before theSenate judiciary committee Jan.
7,McDaniel brought in two peopleaffected by heroin, including
23-year-old recovering addict AlexElswick of Lexington, who
becameaddicted following wisdom toothsurgery while attending
CentreCollege.
Ive lost too many friends andloved ones to this disease,
andthats what this is, said Elswick,who has been in recovery for
16months.
Jessica Tomlin of MorningView, whose sister Tabatha Rolandof
Burlington died of an overdoseat the age of 24 in 2013 also
spoke.
THE ENQUIRER/CARRIE COCHRAN
A group of about 130 friends and family members of addicts, as
well as recovering addicts themselves, traveled toFrankfort on Jan.
6 to voice their concern over the lack of legislation and
government assistance for the heroin epidemic.
Heroin bill sailsthrough state Senate
McDaniel
See HEROIN, Page A2
Bill would increasetreatment, penaltiesBy James
[email protected]
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time I do a show I canbe doing the sametrick, but every
reac-tion is different. I workin a bit of comedy andtry to get the
audienceinvolved. Seeing peo-ples reaction is justamazing,
especiallywhen its a child seeingmagic for the firsttime.
Smith makes quitean impact on those hevisits too. Pastor
BillClark at HickoryGrove Baptist Churchin Independence saidSmith
lives up to hisname, Jason the Great.
The illusions he didwere awesome, well-performed, and
theyutilized participationfrom among the play-ers, which is always
soeffective, he said. Wehave utilized a lot of il-lusionists in our
17years of doing UpwardSports Outreach. Todate, Jason has beenthe
absolute best. He iseasy to work with andwill accommodatewhatever
your specificneeds are for your pro-gram. I can't sayenough good
about Ja-son.
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BookContinued from Page A1
If this bill had beenin place back then,there is a good chancemy
sister would still bealive, Tomlin said.
McDaniel said hewas thrilled that thebill sailed through
thisweek, but he said heknows its not over.Similar legislation
diedlate in the House ses-sion last year.
But leaders of bothhouses committed yetagain on Jan. 8 thatthere
will be substan-tive heroin legislation,and McDaniel said heis
ready to discuss pos-sible changes in com-mittee, if it makes
itthat far.
I think most of thisbecomes law, McDa-niel said. The bigthing is
that there is al-ways that fine balance... and there will besome
level of change.But this is a strong stepforward.
HeroinContinued from Page A1
The Northern Ken-tucky legislative caucusmet Jan. 7 to elect
itsleadership for the nexttwo years. Rep. AddiaWuchner, R-Florence,
ofthe 66th District waselected chair, and Sen.Wil Schroder,
R-Wilder,of the 24th District waselected vice chair.
I am honored to beelected to serve as chairof our Northern
Ken-tucky Legislative Cau-cus, Wuchner said in astatement. 2015 is
ashort legislative sessionand we have much to be
accom-plished be-tween nowand
mid-March.Passingcompre-hensiveheroin leg-islation re-
mains a top priority. ViceChair Senator WilSchroder, our entire
cau-cus, and I look forward toworking together, tack-ling the
issues that lead toa brighter and more pros-perous Northern
Ken-tucky and common-
wealth. The caucus will hold a
Northern Kentucky pub-lic meeting 10 a.m. tonoon Feb. 7.
Location willbe announced.
Caucus members are: Senate: Julian Car-
roll, 7th District; JohnSchickel, 11th District;Damon Thayer,
17th Dis-trict; Paul Hornback,20th District; ChrisMcDaniel, 23rd
District;Wil Schroder, 24th Dis-trict.
House: Rick Rand,47th District; Sal Santoro,60th District; Brian
Lin-
der, 61st District; RyanQuarles, 62nd District;Diane St. Onge,
63rd Dis-trict; Thomas R. Kerr,64th District; ArnoldSimpson, 65th
District;Addia Wuchner, 66th Dis-trict; Dennis Keene, 67thDistrict;
Joseph Fischer,68th District; Adam Koe-nig, 69th District; Thom-as
McKee, 78th District.
For questions aboutthe legislative caucus orthe meeting, contact
LisaCooper, 859-283-1885 [email protected],or Drew Tilow at
[email protected].
Wuchner to head N. Ky. legislative caucus
Wuchner
Spreading cheerPROVIDED
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theresidents.
The Man in Black led acolorful life that both re-flected and
transcendedhis humble beginnings.
Ring of Fire: The Mu-sic of Johnny Cash,which runs Jan.
17through Feb. 15 in thePlayhouses Robert S.Marx Theatre,
celebratesthe incomparable legacyof J.R. Johnny Cash, oneof the
most popular enter-tainers of all time.
Created by RichardMaltby Jr. and conceivedby William Meade,
Ringof Fire was adapted fromthe Broadway productionby Richard
Maltby Jr. and
Jason Edwards. Edwards,who starred in Ring ofFire on Broadway,
willboth direct and appear inthe Playhouse production,which tells
Cashs storythrough his songs.
More than a musical bi-ography, Ring of Firelooks at Cashs life
the-matically. From his earlyyears picking cotton inhardscrabble
fields tosuperstardom, the showchronicles both the lowsand the
highs of the manwho traversed musicalgenres from country androck to
folk and gospel.
The show tries, in a
couple of hours, to touchon every aspect of Mr.Cashs life not
just histroubled years or his drugyears but also his youth,his
faith, explains Ed-wards. He was a very pa-triotic and spiritual
guy,on top of running intosome rough times. Henever really lost the
senseof where he came fromand who he was.
Ring of Fire encom-passes more than 30 ofCashs classic songs,
in-cluding the title tune,Folsom Prison Blues,Man in Black, A
BoyNamed Sue and I Walkthe Line, the ballad thatRolling Stone
magazinethis year declared No. 1onits list of 25 GreatestCountry
Songs of AllTime. Even so, its but aniconic sampling of themore
than 400 songs thatCash, a Nashville Song-writers Hall of
Famemember, has to his credit.Cash was also inductedinto the
Country MusicHall of Fame, Rock andRoll Hall of Fame andGospel
Music Hall ofFame. He placed 48 sin-gles on the Billboard Hot100
pop chart and morethan 130 hits on the Bill-board country
singleschart, more than anyonein history.
In addition to Edwards,the Ring of Fire cast ofactors and
musicians in-cludes Trenna Barnes, Al-lison Briner, Walter
Hart-man, Brantley Kearns,Derek Keeling, Jeff Li-senby (who also
serves asmusical director), JohnMarshall, Brent Moyerand Andrew
Platt.
The creative team in-cludes assistant director/choreographer
DenisePatton, set designer JohnIacovelli, costume design-er Lou
Bird, lighting de-signer Kenton Yeager andsound designer JoePayne.
Jenifer Morrow isthe production stage man-ager, and Andrea L.
Shell
and Becky Merold aresecond stage managers.
Ticket prices start at$30. The show is appropri-ate for adults
and teenageaudiences. New for the2014-15 season is SundayCollege
Night, withtickets to all 7 p.m. Sun-day performances pricedat just
$10 with a valid stu-dent ID. Student ticketsare just $15 on the
day ofthe show for all other per-formances.
Previews are at 8 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 17; 2 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 18;
7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 20; and 7:30p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21.The
official opening nightis Thursday, Jan. 22, at 8p.m. Performances
takeplace at 7:30 p.m. Tues-days and Wednesdays, 8p.m. Thursdays
and Fri-days, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sat-urdays, and 2 p.m. and 7p.m.
Sundays.
For more information,call the Playhouse Box Of-fice at
513-421-3888 or vis-it www.cincyplay.com.
Ring of Fire chroniclesCashs story through songs
PHOTO BY STEPHEN B. THORNTON
Jason Edwards, who starredin Ring of Fire onBroadway, will both
directand appear in the CincinnatiPlayhouse in the Parkproduction,
which tellsJohnny Cashs story throughhis songs.
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A4 SOUTH KENTON RECORDER JANUARY 15, 2015
The following studentsfrom Northern Kentuckymade the
second-quarterhonor roll at St. Ursula Acad-emy:
Lucy Deane, grade 9, whopreviously attended BlessedSacrament
School, made sec-ond honors. She lives inCrestview Hills.
Nora Hemmer, grade 12,who previously attendedBlessed Sacrament
School,made second honors. Shelives in Covington.
Monia Luebbers, grade 11,who previously attendedMontessori
Academy of Cin-cinnati, made second honors.She lives in Fort
Mitchell.
SCHOOL NOTES
ERLANGER An enthusias-tic hard worker, who leads byexample, is
how Rhonda Smithis described by those who ad-mire her.
Smith, Lloyd MemorialHigh Schools physical educa-tion and health
teacher, wasjust named Secondary Physi-cal Education Teacher of
theYear by the Kentucky Associa-tion for Health, Physical
Edu-cation, Recreation and Dance,a professional organization
forKentuckys physical educationand health educators.
According to DiannaOToole, PEP Grant and well-ness alliance
project coordina-tor, Smith encourages ahealthy lifestyle for her
stu-dents and makes a unique con-nection with them while doingso.
OToole nominated Smithfor the award.
Ms. Smith leads by exam-ple and students find her en-thusiasm
and dedication bothinspiring and motivating,OToole said.
To be considered for the an-nual award a teacher must con-duct a
quality physical educa-tion program following the Na-tional
Association of Sport andPhysical Education standardsand
guidelines.
They must also use variousteaching methodologies andplan
innovative learning expe-riences to meet the needs of all
students, serve as a positiverole model for personal healthand
fitness, exhibit sensitivityto the needs of all students,
par-ticipate in professional devel-opment opportunities, and
pro-vide service to the professionthrough leadership,
presenta-tions, and writings.
According to Lloyd Princi-pal John Riehemann, Smith isable to do
this because she isgenuinely interested in allthings related to
health andphysical education. She alsohas a deep love for her
stu-dents.
Rhonda is a very hardworker, he said. She wantsthe best for her
students. Sheworks hard to try and providethem with what she feels
theyneed in order to be successful.
Superintendent KathyBurkhardt said the Erlanger-Elsmere School
district isproud of Smith.
Ms. Smith is a very hardworker who is an experiencedteacher,
Burkhardt said. Shehas been very involved inworking with students
beyondthe classroom in programssuch as our federal PEP
grant,coaching and clubs. Ms. Smithis very passionate about
phys-ical education and health andtries to teach her students
theimportance of being healthyand physically active.
Smith, of Erlanger, is also anactive, hands-on educator having
coached tennis, basket-ball and volleyball at Lloyd,
and she currently coaches ar-chery. She also works with
thebefore school and after-schoolprograms, both at Lloyd and
atHowell Elementary.
Smith has been a teacher for24 years, and has been at Lloydfor
14 years. Although she ishonored by the recognition,she said it
came as a surprise.
I didnt expect it, she said.I was surprised by even
thenomination. To say the least,this award is a great honor, andit
means a great deal to me. Itmeans that what I do is appre-ciated
and respected by mycolleagues, who know what Iam doing because they
havebeen there.
Smith gets her students fo-cused on lifelong fitness. Herprogram
includes orienteer-ing, archery, team building, la-crosse, cricket
and more. Shealso invites local figures in-cluding golf and tennis
pros,and police officers to teachspecial skills and enhance
thelearning experience.
I try to introduce my stu-dents to new things and openup new
possibilities for them,she said. I teach them aboutteamwork and all
those thingsthat theyre going to see in thereal world and about
lifetimefitness. I love everything aboutmy job. I especially love
thekids. They keep me on mytoes.
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Lloyd High School teacher Rhonda Smith assists student Alexis
Sheldon in her archery pose.
Smith named PETeacher of the YearBy Melissa
[email protected]
First in math tourneyPROVIDED
Villa Madonna Academyhigh school math studentscompeted in the
JohnOBryan Math Tournamentagainst over 130 studentsfrom 12 area
schools. TheVilla varsity team came infirst place for
thefive-person team test withteam members DelphineGao, Bella Fan,
ElizabethByun, Alexia Zhou, andHiroto Takeuchi. ElizabethByun and
Delphine Gao alsoearned honorable mentionon the individual test.
TheJV team of Jaclyn Byun,Monica Spritzky, CatherineWang, Eve Jung
and DavidBlincoe earned third place inthe five-person
teamcompetition.
The American Association ofState Colleges and
Universitiesannounced the inaugural win-ners in a new awards
programhonoring member institutionsfor excellence and innovation
inseveral major areas of campuslife and leadership.
NorthernKentucky University is one ofseven member institutions
na-tionwide to receive the award.
Advances in student successand college completion, region-al and
economic development,leadership development and di-versity, and
international edu-cation were honored in the newawards. In
addition, the winnerof the annual Christa McAuliffeExcellence in
Teacher Educa-tion Award also was announcedas a component of this
new pro-gram.
State colleges and universi-ties have dealt with
enormouschallenges during the past dec-ade, yet they have
remainedcommitted to their missions ofstudent access and success,
andregional and economic pro-gress, as well as a dedication
toadvancing the quality and dis-tinction of their institutions,said
AASCU President MurielA. Howard. The innovative andcollaborative
approaches ourmembers have engaged to suc-cessfully address their
mis-sions inspired us to create thisawards program to foster
rec-ognition of their work.
NKU received the award forregional and economic develop-ment.
The NKU Center for Ap-plied Informatics Virtual Co-opProgram was
honored for itssuccess in adapting the tradi-tional co-op education
model,offering paid internships to stu-dents, into an initiative
that pro-vides almost all services virtu-ally. The program now
servesmore than 120 students per
year, and students develop mo-bile apps, websites, and
similarproducts for more than 200companies and nonprofits, aswell
as providing services to 50start-ups.
Northern Kentucky Univer-sity is proud to be recognizedwith an
inaugural AASCU ex-cellence and innovation awardfor regional and
economic de-velopment, said NKU Presi-dent Geoffrey Mearns.
OurVirtual Co-op Program allowsus to better serve our studentsand
our region. It provides im-portant experiential learningthat
complements what our stu-dents are studying in the class-room while
at the same time of-fering business solutions tolarge companies,
startups, non-profits, and other organizationsboth locally and
around theworld. To have this importantwork recognized by the
AASCUspeaks volumes about NKUscommitment to a culture of
in-novation.
Criteria for the winning en-tries in the awards
competitionrequired evidence of top-leveladministrative support,
con-nection with an institutionsmission and strategic
agenda,evidence the initiative contrib-uted to significant
institutionalimprovements or program-ming, and evidence the
initia-tive was grounded in researchand incorporated best
prac-tices.
Selection panels for eachaward weighed entries that fitboth
general criteria and spe-cific additional criteria for eachcategory
of achievement. Twoawards were given in some cat-egories because of
the close-ness of finalists scores. Theawards will be presented in
Oc-tober at the opening session ofAASCUs annual meeting.
NKU honoredwith inauguralexcellence award
Szofia Komaromy-Hiller ofEdgewood was selected as the2014
scholarship winner forthe Northern Kentucky Chap-ter of the
Kentucky Society ofEngineers (NKSPE).
Komaromy-Hiller, a NotreDame Academy graduate, wasselected from
a group of 23Northern Kentucky highschool students based on
thecombination of her outstand-ing grade point average,
stan-dardized test scores, work andvolunteer activities, awards,and
essay presentation.
Komaromy-Hiller will usethe $8,000 scholarship to studychemical
engineering at theUniversity of Kentucky.
NKSPE has awarded schol-arships for the past 20
years.Scholarships are funded fromthe proceeds of NKSPEs annu-al
golf outing, which was re-cently held at the Triple CrownCountry
Club in Union.
Edgewood student winsengineering scholarship
Komaromy-Hiller
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Red cards, about thesize of regular busi-ness cards, hungfrom
the branches ofthe Christmas treealong with the usual ornamentsand
lights. Written on eachcard was a description: back-pack, books,
pillow, toothpaste,deodorant, bath towels, bikehelmet.
The tree had been set up inthe customer waiting room ofthe
Mercedes-Benz dealershipin Fort Mitchell. Over the pre-vious weeks
employees hadtaken cards with them andreturned with the
correspond-ing presents. On the last Fri-day before Christmas,
theydelivered the presents to theChildrens Home of NorthernKentucky
in Devou Park.
The items collected here atMercedes-Benz will help ustake care
of the boys that wecare for, said Rick Wurth, thehomes chief
executive officer.Its not all about toys andgadgets, but more about
thetrue needs of operating a
home.The project, known as the
Giving Tree Project, was inits third holiday season. Thisyear
nearly 20 businessesparticipated, including Mer-cedes-Benz of Fort
Mitchell.
The Childrens Home ofNorthern Kentucky offers aresidential
treatment pro-gram for boys between theages of 7 and 17. We serve,
inboth community-based and inresidential care, over 400children a
year, Wurth said.
The majority of the kidswho are living with us havebeen removed
from their ownhomes by the state of Ken-tucky because they
werebeing abused or neglected,added Anne Sturgis, thehomes
development man-ager.
Don Paparella, generalmanager at Mercedes-Benzof Fort Mitchell,
was happythat his entire staff partici-pated in the tree
project.
What made me feel goodis that it was actually myemployees that
asked if theycould do the Giving Tree forthe Childrens Home, he
shared. They said, We lovedit last year and we want to
getinvolved again this year.
Some of them even wentbeyond the homes wish list.One of my staff
came intomy office and handed me a$200 Visa gift card. I said tohim
Its too much money. Hesaid, Nope, I want to do it.
Its nice being as involvedas we are in the community,said Sable
Bender, the dealer-ships social media manager.It makes you really
appreci-ate what you have. Youre inthe position to give back
andhelp others.
A lot of the clothingitems, a lot of the toys (wereto) be
distributed on Christ-mas morning by our staff tothe kids, Wurth
explained.Then the household goodswill be distributed to the
fiveresidential care centers thatwe operate, and theyll beused
throughout the year.
Though Christmas haspassed, its never too late toparticipate.
Check out thehomes wish list atwww.chnk.org/wish-list orcall
859-292-4135.
KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
A gift tag hangs on the Christmas tree at Mercedes-Benz of Fort
Mitchell.
KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Christmas presents collected by the employees of Mercedes-Benz
of Fort Mitchell.
Christmas gifts help sustain
CHILDRENSHOME
By Kamellia Soenjoto SmithCommunity Recorder contributor
KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Mercedes-Benz of Fort Mitchell marketing manager Dan Bell, left,
andChildrens Home recreation therapist Jesse Knuckles unload the
presents atthe main campus of the Childrens Home in Devou Park.
KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Tommy Hellmann of Mercedes-Benz of Fort Mitchell, center, helps
loadpresents into the van before they are delivered to The
Childrens Home ofNorthern Kentucky.
KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
From left, Anne Sturgis, development manager of the Childrens
Home;Rick Wurth, chief executive officer of the Childrens Home; Don
Paparella,general manager of Mercedes-Benz of Fort Mitchell.
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A6 SOUTH KENTON RECORDER JANUARY 15, 2015
FRIDAY, JAN. 16Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalismin
Northern Kentucky, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, 1600
Montague Road,Through selection of imagestaken by local
photojournalistsworking for The Kentucky Post,The Kentucky Enquirer
and theAssociated Press, premiereexhibit celebrates
NorthernKentucky life and culture duringwinter season and
commem-orates those who have dedicat-ed their careers to
capturingcommunitys memorable mo-ments. $7, $6 seniors, $4
ages3-17, free for members. Present-ed by FotoFocus.
491-4003;www.fotofocuscincinnati.org.Covington.
Two Exhibitions, noon to 5p.m., The Carnegie, 1028 ScottBlvd.,
Clay Street Press: Cincin-nati Portfolio I-IV and OverTime: John
Lanzador, WilliamMesser, David Parks. Free.Through Feb. 7.
957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 8a.m. to 10 p.m., Eva G.
FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,333 Thomas More Parkway,Works
from renowned artist.Free. Presented by Thomas MoreCollege. Through
Feb. 5. 344-3309; www.thomasmore.edu.Crestview Hills.
On the Road and Into theWoods, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Co-vington
Arts, 2 W. Pike St., Theexhibition features the pho-tographs of Kim
Meadows andLisa Sullivan. They depict thelandscape not as a garden
but asuncultivated stage against whicha nude could be posed or a
setof drums chained. The landscaperetains its wildness,
emblematicof either neglect or innocence.Human intervention is
covert orartful. In either case, Naturerepresents what is counter
tothe regimentation and orderli-ness implied by a normal jobwith
its dress code and timeclock. Presented by CovingtonArts District.
Through Feb. 4.292-2322; www.covingtonart-s.com. Covington.
Art OpeningsAbove and Beyond, 6-9 p.m.,The Art House, 19 N. Fort
Thom-as Ave., Works of 36 local artists.Meet artists and enjoy
lightrefreshments. Free. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort
Thomas.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., Edgewood
JazzerciseCenter, 126 Barnwood Drive, $38for unlimited monthly
classes.Through March 30. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m.,
Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Layout features
Lionel trains andPlasticville. More than 250 feetof track. Patrons
welcome tooperate more than 30 accesso-ries from buttons on
layout.Through Jan. 18. Included withadmission: $7, $6 ages 60
andup, $4 ages 3-17; free ages 2 andunder. Wednesday Grandpar-ents
Day: one grandchild ad-mitted free with paying grand-parent.
491-4003; www.bcmu-seum.org. Covington.
Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899
U.S. 42, Allskill levels welcome. 342-2665.Union.
Concert @ the Library: JamonZeiler, 7 p.m., Boone CountyMain
Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Zeiler plays songs from1930s through
present day. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library.
342-2665. Burling-ton.
On Stage - ComedyDave Coulier, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Funny Bone
Comedy Club, 1Levee Way, Comedian bestknown as Joey from the hitABC
television series, FullHouse.. Ages 18 and up. $25.957-2000;
www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028
Scott Blvd.,Worlds greatest love story takesto the streets in a
landmarkBroadway musical that is one ofmodern theaters finest
ac-complishments. $30. ThroughJan. 18. 957-1940;
www.the-carnegie.com. Covington.
The Musical Comedy Murdersof 1940, 8 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre,
802 York St., An in-genious and wildly comic rompwhich enjoyed a
long andcritically hailed run both on andOff-Broadway. Poking antic
funat the more ridiculous aspects ofshow biz and the corny
thrill-ers of Hollywoods heyday, theplay is a non-stop barrage
oflaughter as those assembled (orat least those who arent
killedoff) untangle the mystery of theStage Door Slasher..
$20.Presented by Footlighters Inc..Through Jan. 24.
652-3849;www.footlighters.org. Newport.
SATURDAY, JAN. 17Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalismin
Northern Kentucky, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., Behringer-CrawfordMuseum, $7,
$6 seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;
www.fotofocuscincinna-ti.org. Covington.
Two Exhibitions, noon to 5p.m., The Carnegie, Free. 957-1940;
www.thecarnegie.com.Covington.
Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 10a.m. to 10 p.m., Eva G.
FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,Free. 344-3309;
www.thomas-more.edu. Crestview Hills.
Cooking ClassesSushi Rolling and Dining, 7p.m., Sushi
Cincinnati, 130 W.Pike St., $25 per person, threerolls, includes
training andBYOB, reservations required.Reservations required.
ThroughDec. 26. 513-335-0297;www.sushicinti.com. Covington.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30
a.m., EdgewoodJazzercise Center, $38 for unlim-ited monthly
classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 10 a.m. to 5p.m.,
Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, Included with admission:$7, $6 ages 60
and up, $4 ages
3-17; free ages 2 and under.Wednesday Grandparents Day:one
grandchild admitted freewith paying grandparent.491-4003;
www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.
Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 8 p.m., SouthgateVFW, 6 Electric
Ave., With DJ TedMcCracken. Free. Presented byVFW Post 3186.
441-9857. South-gate.
Literary - LibrariesDownton Abbey Celebration,1 p.m., Scheben
Branch Library,8899 U.S. 42, Celebrate start offifth season with
game ofDownton trivia to test yourknowledge. Free.
Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Union.
On Stage - ComedyDave Coulier, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.,Funny Bone
Comedy Club, $25.957-2000; www.funnyboneon-thelevee.com.
Newport.
On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 2 p.m., 7:30p.m., The
Carnegie, $30. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie.com.Covington.
The Musical Comedy Murdersof 1940, 8 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre,
$20. 652-3849;www.footlighters.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.282-1652. Erlanger.
SUNDAY, JAN. 18Art Exhibits50 Years of Photojournalismin
Northern Kentucky, 1-5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, $7, $6
seniors, $4 ages3-17, free for members. 491-4003;
www.fotofocuscincinna-ti.org. Covington.
Anthony Becker Art Exhibit,2-4 p.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery
atThomas More College, Free.344-3309; www.thomasmore.e-du.
Crestview Hills.
AuditionsBlood Relations - Auditions, 7p.m., Fort Thomas
WomansClub, 8 N. Fort Thomas Ave.,Auditions will consist of
read-ings from the script. Bring aresume and known conflictsfrom
Feb. 15 to April 26. Head-shots are welcome, but
notnecessary.Contact the directorwith questions at
[email protected]. Free. Present-ed by Village Players.
ThroughJan. 19. 441-4644. Fort Thomas.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 4-5 p.m.,
Edgewood Jaz-zercise Center, $38 for unlimitedmonthly classes.
331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Toy Trains, 1-5
p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,Included with admission: $7, $6ages
60 and up, $4 ages 3-17;free ages 2 and under. Wednes-day
Grandparents Day: onegrandchild admitted free withpaying
grandparent. 491-4003;www.bcmuseum.org. Coving-ton.
Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 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. 491-6659.
Covington.
Literary - LibrariesDemi Mays Live: Presented byGrowing Sound, 2
p.m., Sche-ben Branch Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Sing and dance with
Demi Mays.Free. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Union.
On Stage - ComedyDave Coulier, 7:30 p.m., FunnyBone Comedy Club,
$25. 957-2000; www.funnyboneonthele-
vee.com. Newport.
On Stage - TheaterWest Side Story, 3 p.m., TheCarnegie, $30.
957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.
The Musical Comedy Murdersof 1940, 2 p.m., Stained GlassTheatre,
$20. 652-3849;www.footlighters.org. Newport.
RecreationBingo, 5 p.m., Southgate VFW, 6Electric Ave., Early
games start at6 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m.Free. Presented by VFW
Post3186. Through Jan. 25. 441-9857.Southgate.
City of Edgewood Town andCountry Night, 6-9 p.m., Town&
Country Sports and HealthClub, 1018 Town Drive, Useexercise
equipment, basketballcourt, sports wall, two indoorwarm water
swimming poolsand more. Free. Presented byCity of Edgewood.
331-5910;www.edgewoodky.gov. Wilder.
MONDAY, JAN. 19Art ExhibitsAnthony Becker Art Exhibit, 8a.m. to
10 p.m., Eva G. FarrisGallery at Thomas More College,Free.
344-3309; www.thomas-more.edu. Crestview Hills.
AuditionsBlood Relations - Auditions, 7p.m., Fort Thomas
WomansClub, Free. 441-4644. Fort Thom-as.
EducationPower Point Basics, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main
Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Learn tocreate slides, use custom
anima-tion, change backgrounds, addtransitions and more.
Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public
Library.342-2665. Burlington.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:15-9:15a.m., 9:30-10:30
a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jaz-zercise Center, $38 for
unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.
Health / WellnessClean Eating 101: Class 1 Learnthe Basics with
JenniferKagy, 7-9 p.m., New Riff Distill-ery, 24 Distillery Way,
Learn howwhole food lifestyle can bedelicious. $50.
261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.
Literary - LibrariesGentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main
Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25.
Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Burlington.
Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike,
Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library.
342-2665. Burling-ton.
In the Loop, 10 a.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Knit
or crochet in relaxed,friendly company. Learn for firsttime or pick
up new tricks.342-2665. Florence.
Zumba, 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary, 8899 U.S. 42,
Latin-inspired dance-fitness program.$25 per month. 334-2117.
Union.
Royal: Reviewers of YoungAdult Literature, 6:30 p.m.,Boone
County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Read new
books before they hit theshelves. Free. Presented byBoone County
Public Library.342-2665. Burlington.
Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15 p.m., Lents
BranchLibrary, 3215 Cougar Path,Gaming and snacks. Free. Pre-sented
by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665. Hebron.
Young @ Art, 1:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library, 8899 U.S.
42,Painting class just for seniorcitizens. Free.
Registrationrequired. 342-2665. Union.
Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 6:30 p.m., SchebenBranch
Library, 8899 U.S. 42,Ages 18 months and under withadult. Free.
342-2665. Union.
Music - BluegrassBluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m.,Molly Malones
Irish Pub andRestaurant, 112 E. Fourth St., Allbluegrass pickers
invited toparticipate. Free.
491-6659;mollymalonesirishpub.com.Covington.
RecreationCity of Edgewood Day, 10 a.m.to noon, Lazer Kraze
Erlanger,1335 Donaldson Highway, Opento first 100 residents.
Free.Presented by City of Edgewood.331-5910; www.edgewood-ky.gov.
Florence.
TUESDAY, JAN. 20Art ExhibitsAnthony Becker Art Exhibit, 10a.m.,
Eva G. Farris Gallery atThomas More College, Free.344-3309;
www.thomasmore.e-du. Crestview Hills.
On the Road and Into theWoods, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Co-vington
Arts, 292-2322; www.co-vingtonarts.com. Covington.
Business MeetingsLibertarian Party of Boone CoBusiness Meeting,
6:30-8 p.m.,Flipdaddys Burgers and Beers,8863 U.S. 42, Free.
Presented byLibertarian Party of Boone Co.Kentucky. 502-526-5957.
Union.
EducationiSPACE Girl Scout Brownies:Senses, 6-8 p.m., Girl
ScoutsOffice, 607 Watson Road, Try allfive senses to earn this
badge.Ages 2-3. $12. Registrationrequired. Presented by
iSPACE.513-612-5786; www.ispacescien-ce.org. Erlanger.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 8:30-9:30a.m., 9:30-10:30
a.m., 4:45-5:45p.m., 6-7 p.m., Edgewood Jaz-zercise Center, $38 for
unlimitedmonthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.
Zumba Class, 6-7 p.m. Weeklythrough March 3., EdgewoodSenior
Center, 550 Freedom ParkDrive, $40. Registration recom-mended.
Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910. Edge-wood.
Zumba, 6-7 p.m. Weeklythrough March 3., EdgewoodSenior Center,
550 Freedom ParkDrive, Latin-inspired dancefitness. $40. 331-5911.
Edge-wood.
Literary - LibrariesBridge, 12:30 p.m., SchebenBranch Library,
8899 U.S. 42,342-2665. Union.
Teen Writer Tuesdays: Middleand High School, 6:30 p.m.,Boone
County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Share yourwork. No
experience required.
Free. Registration required.Presented by Boone CountyPublic
Library. 342-2665. Burling-ton.
Read with a Teen (grades4-10), 6 p.m., Scheben BranchLibrary,
8899 U.S. 42, Build yourchilds reading skills with help ofteen role
model. 342-2665.Union.
Open Gym (middle and highschool), 3:30 p.m., ChapinMemorial
Library, 6517 MarketSt., Basketball, board games andsnacks.
342-2665. Petersburg.
Five Secrets to SucessfulWeight Loss, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch
Library, 7425 U.S. 42,Free. Registration required.342-2665.
Florence.
Music - AcousticRoger Drawdy, 8 p.m., MollyMalones Irish Pub and
Restau-rant, 112 E. Fourth St., Irishmusic. Free. 491-6659;
mollyma-lonesirishpub.com. Covington.
Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., St. Elizabeth Fort
Thomas,85 N. Grand Ave., Floor A, BoardRoom. Weekly 12-step
programfor people who have problemwith eating/food. Free.
Present-ed by Overeaters Anonymous.496-1477; www.oa.org.
FortThomas.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21Art ExhibitsTwo Exhibitions, noon to 5p.m.,
The Carnegie, Free. 957-1940; www.thecarnegie.com.Covington.
Anthony Becker Art Exhibit, 10a.m., Eva G. Farris Gallery
atThomas More College, Free.344-3309; www.thomasmore.e-du.
Crestview Hills.
On the Road and Into theWoods, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Co-vington
Arts, 292-2322; www.co-vingtonarts.com. Covington.
Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 9:30-10:30a.m., 5:10-6 p.m.,
6-7 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center,$38 for unlimited
monthlyclasses. 331-7778; jazzercise.com.Edgewood.
Resistance Band ExerciseClass, 7-8 p.m., EdgewoodSenior Center,
550 Freedom ParkDrive, With instructor Dan Ryan.Combination of
strength, endur-ance and flexibility work usingresistance bands
adaptable toany strength and skill level. Ages10-99. $40.
Reservations re-quired. Presented by City ofEdgewood. 331-5910;
www.eg-dewoodky.gov. Edgewood.
Literary - Book ClubsClassic Book Discussion: CarloLevis Christ
Stopped atEboli, 7-8 p.m., Mary AnnMongan Library, 502 Scott
Blvd.,Account of exile in a land by-passed by Christianity,
moralityand history itself. Ages 18 andup. Free. Presented by
KentonCounty Public Library. 962-4071.Covington.
Literary - LibrariesTeen Cafe, 3:15-4:45 p.m., Flor-ence Branch
Library, 7425 U.S.42, Gaming, Internet, snacks andmore. Teens.
Free. Presented byBoone County Public Library.342-2665;
www.bcpl.org. Flor-ence.
Chess Club, 7 p.m., FlorenceBranch Library, 7425 U.S. 42,
Allages and levels are invited toplay. 342-2665. Florence.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ABOUT CALENDARTo submit calendar items, go to
Cincinnati.com/northernken-
tucky and click on Share! Send digital photos to
[email protected] along with event information. Items
areprinted on a space-available basis with local events
takingprecedence.
Deadline is two weeks before publication date. To find
morecalendar events, go to Cincinnati.com/northernkentucky
andchoose from a menu of items in the Entertainment section onthe
main page.
THANKS TO MIKKI SCHAFFNER PHOTOGRAPHY
The musical West Side Story continues this weekend Jan.16-18 at
The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd., in Covington. Theworlds greatest
love story takes to the streets in a landmarkBroadway musical that
is one of modern theaters finestaccomplishments. Here are Tyler
Kuhlman, Brian Bailey andDrew Simendinger.
FILE PHOTO
Support Ryle Marching Band Boosters at Ryle Band Bingo from 5-10
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, atErlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996 Belair
Drive, Erlanger. Doors open at 5 p.m. and early gamesbegin at 6:30
p.m. Regular games begin at 7:15 p.m. The event is for ages 18 and
up. Call282-1651 for more information.
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JANUARY 15, 2015 SOUTH KENTON RECORDER A7NEWS
With wind chill tem-peratures dipping belowfreezing, Im having
tofill up the bird feederstwice a day and check onthe
girls/chickens everyfew hours to bring them
fresh wa-ter. I want-ed to tellyou, too, tocheck onneighborswho
areelderly orshut in.Bringthem abowl of hotchicken
broth to which youcooked in cheese tortelli-ni and a handful of
freshspinach. A sprinkling ofParmesan is good in thesoup, too.
Nourishing andwarms one all over!
Remember I told youanything fermented isgoing to be popular
thisyear due to the healthbenefits? Kimchi is oneof those and a
popularKorean dish. I got thisrecipe from a fellowcookbook author
at afood demo during MotherEarth News Fair lastyear. Tasty, and a
goodplace to start when mak-ing homemade Kimchi. Iplan on making
this onFox 19s morning showfor Rob Williams, whoabsolutely loves
Kimchi.
Mild Kimchi1 head Chinese or
Napa cabbage, about 3pounds, cut into 2 pieces
1 Daikon radish, about4, peeled and thinlysliced
1 carrot, thinly sliced1/2 cup pickling salt
4 garlic cloves,minced
2 tablespoons Koreanchili paste or 2 teaspoonsChinese chili
paste/saucewith garlic
1 teaspoon peeledminced fresh ginger root==
1 teaspoon sugar or totaste (I think you couldsubstitute
honey)
Combine cabbage,radish, carrot and salt inbowl. Mix to combine
andadd ice water to cover.Let stand for 2 to 6 hours.
Drain, reservingbrine. Add garlic, chiipaste, ginger and
sugarand mix well, usinghands.
Pack into 2 quart can-ning jar. Add enoughreserved brine to
cover
and fill to top of jar. Cov-er to exclude air.
Set jar on saucer tocatch overflow that hap-pens when
fermentationbegins. Store in dark,cool place.
Begin tasting after 1day, and refrigerate up to5 days. It will
continue toage and develop flavor.Keeps several months.
Tip from Ritas kitch-en: Go to taste on flavor-ings. I like it
spicy sowould use more chilipaste.
My favoriteguacamole
This has a smoky fla-vor due to the chipotlepeppers. Nice for
SuperBowl coming up.
3 large ripe Hass avo-
cados - peeled, pitted andscooped out
2 limes, juiced1 teaspoon salt1/2 cup diced red onion Chopped
cilantro to
taste3/4 teaspoon cumin or
to taste1 minced clove garlic
or more to tasteChipotle peppers in
adobo to taste (puree infood processor and thenstore in frig or
freezer;this is much easier tomeasure out than thewhole peppers in
sauce)
2 Roma tomatoes,diced
Mash the avocadosvery gently with potatomasher. Some people
laythe avocado down flatand cut it into very small
pieces. Regardless, youdont want to overmashor it will become
soupy.
Stir in lime juice totaste, and salt. Stir inonion, cilantro,
cumin,garlic, peppers. Stir intomatoes. Serve withchips.
Tips from Ritaskitchen:
Ripening avocados.Although avocados aremature when pickedfrom
the tree, they arenot ripe. Place in paperbag. This traps the
ethyl-ene gas they produce andhelps to ripen. It willripen at room
temper-ature in 3-5 days. Skincolor will darken andflesh underneath
will bea bit soft.
Hass. These comefrom California with abuttery texture. The
skinis tough and durable ideal for shipping, andfor use as a
scooping cupwhen removing flesh.
Hall. From Floridaand are bright green,smooth skinned
avoca-dos.
Good for you: Loadedwith potassium, folicacid, vitamins C and
E,also fiber and hearthealthy monounsaturatedfat.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJims
Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online
atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Start year off healthy with homemade Kimchi
Rita HeikenfeldRITAS KITCHEN
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
Homemade guacamole is perfect for upcoming Super Bowl
parties.
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To abolish Obamacare, putin Keystone Pipeline, to havecontrol of
our borders, and al-low our country the right tohave the 10
Commandmentsback in our schools and court-rooms.
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A8 SOUTH KENTON RECORDER JANUARY 15, 2015
Jan. 8 question:What should be the top priori-
ties for the Republican-controlledCongress (House and
Senate)?
Taking a second look at billstabled because of politics
andfollowing through on them as ajoint session of Congress.,
pass-ing bills that work for the ma-jority.
Karen Swanson Dietz Changing the public per-ception and
information about
why legislation is not actedupon. The American people are
tired of the Constitution beingignored. After eliminating
thehideous tax of Obamacare, leg-islation to ensure new employ-ment
should be the top priority.This would mean, among manyother things,
a viable means forcompanies to provide healthcare benefits,
possibly theKeystone Pipeline, and certain-ly an agreement to
publish andread all legislation before vot-ing. Requiring
legislation to de-
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Massie, you are firedWhen I voted for Congress-
man Tom Massie (R-4) in 2012and 2014, I hoped he would be
aconstructive congressmanwho would do good things forour
district.
Instead, what we electedwas a vindictive little man whois
staging a hate fest withHouse Speaker John Boehner
and who deliberately votesagainst bills Boehner supports.
For that I say to Congress-man Tom Massie, You arefired!
I only hope that some qual-ity individual in the Republi-can
Party challenges Massie inthe 2016 primary so we can berid of
him.
Ted SmithPark Hills
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Parents across the coun-try tuned in last week asPresident Obama
announceda game-changing proposal free community college forall
Americans.
Its an ambitious plan.And with a $60 billion pricetag over 10
years, its notlikely to sail through withouta fight. What it will
do, how-
ever, is getAmericanstalking aboutpost-second-ary educa-tion,
its costand its bene-fits.
In mymany yearsas a teacher,principal andsuperinten-dent, I
heard
the same story over andover. Many students feel asthough theyre
just doinghigh school without formu-lating a plan for life
aftergraduation. Thats why ourcompany, NaviGo Collegeand Career
Prep Services,was formed. Our clients areskilled and motivated
youngpeople who often dont con-nect value to the high schoolcourses
they take. Theyrealso overwhelmed by thecollege and/or career
plan-ning process. We help themzero in on their interests,passions,
and talents beforethey graduate high school.
Many of our NaviGo cli-ents attend four-year uni-versities, but
a growingnumber choose communitycolleges. It often makesfinancial
sense for theirfamilies, and two-year col-leges allow for
continuedself-discovery of the stu-dent. Community collegesalso
offer students the op-tion to either transfer to afour-year
university or ob-tain a degree to immediatelyenter the
workforce.
The majority of studentsentering college as fresh-men do not
complete theirdegree in four years. Moreoften it takes five and
sixyears, escalating costs forparents. Offering free com-munity
college would lowerthe overall costs to parents,
and more importantly bridgethe gap to the work force.With a
degree, license orcertification, young workersare more qualified
for high-er-paying jobs.
At NaviGo, we see theconnection between goodcollege training,
investedbusinesses and the terrificwork happening daily atschools
all around the Tris-tate. Our NaviGo Scholarsprogram, administered
bythe Northern Kentucky Edu-cation Council, is a greatexample.
Corporate sponsors hand-pick high school studentswho could end
up being fu-ture employees. Toyota,Duke Energy, Citi, Bank
ofKentucky and HeritageBank are sponsoring stu-dents in Northern
Kentuckyand Cincinnati for the cur-rent school year. Each of
theNaviGo Scholars not onlymeets one-on-one with aNaviGo Coach, but
also hasaccess to a career coach inhis or her field of
choice.NaviGos goal is to buildrelationships and help stu-dents
discover the best pathto future success.
President Obama calledcommunity colleges theessential pathway to
themiddle class. We see themas a pathway to our localworkforce.
NaviGo has won-derful partnerships withGateway Community
andTechnical College and Cin-cinnati State, as well as four-year
schools like NorthernKentucky University andThomas More
College,where NaviGos offices arelocated. Our clients meet onthose
college campuses sothat they have the chance toexperience college
life.
Like you, we will all bewatching the Americas Col-lege Promise
proposal close-ly. However, with the com-bined efforts of our
localbusinesses, high schools andand colleges, we are
alreadyforging a great future forlocal students.
Tim Hanner is president of NaviGoCollege and Career Prep
Servicesand the former superintendent ofthe Kenton County School
District.
A game-changing proposalfor community colleges
Tim HannerCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
One of your guest colum-nists wrote last week regardingPresident
Obamas allegedfailure to deliver on his promis-es. She says he has
taken ourcountry down, that his healthcare project is a joke, that
weare weak abroad, and that heopposes the rich who provideour jobs.
All this was juxta-posed to President Bushscourage and grace
follow-ing 9/11.
Lets take a look. Its fine tohave opinions, but we dont getto
have our own facts.
When President Obama wassworn in we were facing a de-pression.
Our economy wascollapsing. We were hopelesslybogged down in two
land wars,unpaid for. What did he do?
He avoided a depression,and began digging us out of thedeep
recession. He took overthe automobile industry, reor-ganized and
saved it, and real-ized a profit when it was turnedback to private
hands. Hesaved our banking industryfrom collapse, showing
daunt-less courage in taking unpop-ular but necessary steps tokeep
the system afloat.
He accomplished as mucheconomic stimulus as Congresswould allow.
He has set intoplace policies that have pro-duced almost five years
worthof continuous monthly in-creases in job creation. Our
growth ratehas gone froma negative 5percent topositive
4.2percent. Un-employmenthas fallen from10 percent tounder 6
percet.The stock mar-ket, specifi-cally the S & P500, has
almost
tripled during his watch.Meanwhile, as promised in
his campaign, President Obamahas ended two wars. This ofcourse
has been made extreme-ly complicated by the dynamicsset into place
by these wars,stirring up regional resentmentand hatred of the west
by ex-tremist groups. Difficult chal-lenges, such as in Syria,
havemade avoiding further entrap-ment in ground wars difficultwhile
trying to address com-plex geopolitical issues throughdiplomatic
means. It is almost ano-win situation. Yet what re-mains true is
that it is to theU.S. that the world turns whenit needs resolute
leadership aswell as resources.
On the home front, whoended dont ask, dont tell? Whois providing
unprecedentedsupport to our veterans, fortheir physical and
mentalhealth needs. Who is seeking to
provide affordable education toour young people? Whosehealth
care system is providingcoverage to almost 20 millionpreviously
uninsured personstoday, through Medicaid expan-sion, insurance
exchanges withsubsidies, parental coveragefor those under 26, and
tradi-tional private coverage forthose with pre-existing
condi-tions previously shut out of themarket.
The plain truth is, PresidentObama has an extraordinaryrecord of
achievement. Theamazing thing is that morepeople do not appreciate
it. Butwhen it is lied about, over andover again, especially by
thosewith vast resources to buy adsand other messaging, itsreality
can be distorted andovercome by falsehood.
I encourage people of goodwill and open minds to investi-gate
this record for themselves.Being eternally optimistic, I amhopeful
that in the final twoyears of President Obamastenure in office the
proverbialfourth quarter we can con-tinue on this path of
achieve-ment and improvement in ourstandard of living and qualityof
life. There is so much yet todo, both at home and abroad.
Col Owens is a Fort Mitchell lawyerand chairman of the Kenton
CountyDemocratic Party.
President Obamas record: Lets set it straight
ColOwensCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
The students and teachers,the administrators and theservice
workers of the KentonCounty School District deservepraise for
working hard in theirroles. But equally deserving ofpraise are the
members of thedistricts Board of Education,not only for their work
but fortheir leadership.
The state of Kentucky haschosen to join other states inobserving
January as SchoolBoard Member RecognitionMonth, the 20th year in
which ithas done so. Our local schoolboard members merit
thisappreciation.
Our Kenton County SchoolBoard members, Karen Collins,Carl
Wicklund, Bill Culbertson,Jesica Jehn and Josh Crabtree,are more
than just electedofficials. They are the linkbetween the school
districtscitizens and its schools. Theymake tough decisions, set
pol-icy for their district and createthe conditions that enable
stu-dents to succeed. In their indi-vidual walks of life as
resi-dents, they are also part of thefiber of our community.
Theyare strong leaders who work asa team to set clear
expecta-tions, engage the community,hold the system accountable
and providesupport for thedistrict. Youwill often seethem at
schooland communi-ty events.
As the de-mands of high-stakes account-ability haveincreased
forour schools,the job of our
local board members has like-wise become increasingly com-plex,
requiring more time,training and knowledge. Schoolboard members in
Kentuckyare required to complete train-ing on topics such as school
law,school finance, ethics, commu-nity relations, policy
devel-opment, personnel relations,curriculum and
instruction,superintendent/board relations,goal setting/decision
making,employment and evaluation ofthe superintendent, and
educa-tional services provided for thegifted and other special
pop-ulation children.
Our board members alsoensure the safety and mainte-nance of
school buildings andbuses, support teachers bymaking sure they have
ade-
quate professional develop-ment, lead the charge for pro-grams
that help students ofevery ability level and closelymonitor the
finances of theschool system. There is not asingle aspect of
overall districtoperation that isnt tied to thework of our board
members.
Karen Collins is our boardpresident and has been servingon the
board since 1997. CarlWicklund is our vice president,and he has
been on the boardsince 1991. Members Bill Cul-bertson and Jesica
Jehn bothbegan service in 2013. Thisyear, we welcome Josh Crab-tree
to the board. Both Jehnand Crabtree were sworn in byJustice
Michelle Keller at ourJan. 12 board meeting. We alsothank Tamara
Miano, whoserved 12 years on the boardbefore choosing to not
seekre-election in 2014.
I am pleased to join withother community members andschool and
district staff inthanking the members of ourKenton County Board of
Educa-tion this month for what theydo on behalf of the KentonCounty
School District.
Dr. Terri Cox-Cruey is superinten-dent of Kenton County
Schools.
January is School BoardMember Recognition Month
TerriCox-CrueyCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
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TAYLOR MILL The Nat-alie Jehn who started runningfor Holy Cross
High School asa seventh-grader was a muchdifferent person than the
onewho is currently a senior atthe school.
In between, the Taylor Millresident enrolled at ScottHigh School
and ran for theEagles for three season be-fore coming back to
HolyCross last year for her junioryear. By rule, the KentuckyHigh
School Athletic Associa-tion must approve all athleteseligibility
after a transfer ofschools, and denied Jehns re-quest after
determining thatathletics was part of the rea-son for her transfer,
leavingher ineligible to compete in allsports for the entire
schoolyear.
Jehn learned a lot aboutherself during that year andbecame a
team leader readyto make her mark on theworld as she heads off to
theUniversity of Kentucky nextyear.
She led by example, evenin defeat, when Amber Victorof Ludlow
edged her at thefinish line at this seasons 1Aregional meet to grab
the lastindividual medal. Jehn fin-ished 1.5 seconds behind
her.
She was in eighth placeand a Ludlow runner sprintedpast her, and
there were onlyeight medals given out at theregionals, said HC
headcoach Tricia Arlinghaus. Allshe did was congratulate theLudlow
runner on having agood race. That really im-pressed me.
Jehn qualified for state allfive years she was active. Shewas
13th in the 1A state meetas a seventh-grader for HC. In3A with the
Eagles, she ran inthree state meets with a highstate finish of 62nd
and twotop-10 finishes in the region-als. This fall, she was 22nd
in-dividually at state to lead theIndians to 10th as a team.
She won the Indian Award,the schools name for teamMVP, by a
unanimous vote byher teammates.
She was our No. 1 thisyear, Arlinghaus said. Evenmore than that,
she was so in-spirational to the whole team.She would give them a
talk be-fore the races or talk to themif they had a bad meet.
Shesan inspiration for everybody.We practice with the boysteam and
shes an inspirationto them. Shes friends with therunners on other
teams andshes always complimentingthem.
Jehn was named to the
state coaches associationsall-state team and was aca-demic
all-state. She won indi-vidually at the PendletonCounty
invitational.
What I got out of it themost is that the sport of crosscountry
is not just about win-ning medals or coming in firstplace, she
said. I have de-veloped so much hard work,optimism and
determinationthat will travel with me to col-lege even when Im not
run-ning.
Rather than sink into de-pression during her junioryear, she
accepted theKHSAA decision and focusedon her academics and
hertraining. She became as big apart of the team as she was
al-lowed to be.
Junior year, she was at ev-ery single meet, Arlinghaussaid. She
came to every prac-tice. She didnt miss anything.I coached her in
seventhgrade and she had a differentmentality. Shes always been
agood runner and she was fo-cusing on herself, and nowshes
switching to wanting theteam to do well. She wouldmuch rather the
team do welland have her not finish in thetop 10.
She mentored youngerrunners, as Jehn encouragedCeleste Bergman,
the teamsNo. 2 runner this year.
Natalie was always en-couraging Celeste to passher, Arlinghaus
said. Shewould always put the teamahead of herself.
This past summer, Jehnparticipated in the Gover-nors Scholar
program, a pres-tigious Kentucky endeavorwhere she spent a month
atMorehead State to developher academics and leadershipqualities.
That experiencehelped her land a full scholar-ship at UK, where she
will ma-
Growth the key forHoly Cross runnerBy James
[email protected]
THANKS TO JERRY JEHN
Natalie Jehn, right, joins headcoach Tricia Arlinghaus.
See RUNNER, Page B2
Hall of Fame The Northern Kentucky
Sports Hall of Fame will inductits new class 1 p.m.
Wednesday,Jan. 21, at the Villa Hills CivicClub. They are Wayne
Keller(Ludlow, 1987) for football, bas-ketball, and officiating;
TerryTrame (Holy Cross, 1982) forfootball, basketball, baseballand
softball; Randall Wofford(Ludlow, 1992) for football, bas-ketball,
baseball, and coachingVikki Wofford (Ludlow, 1990)
for volleyball, basketball,softball and coaching.
Boys basketball The Bluegrass-Buckeye
Charity Classic returns Friday,Jan. 16, at the NKU Bank of
Ken-tucky Center. The matchups forthe 14th annual classic
present-ed by Mercedes-Benz of FortMitchell are: Scott vs.
CampbellCounty, 5:30 p.m.; Cooper vs.Holmes, 7 p.m.;
CovingtonCatholic vs. Newport CentralCatholic, 8:30 p.m.
Advance tickets at each ofthe participating schools are $7for
adults and $5 for studentswith proceeds going to charitiesin
Kentucky and Ohio. Alltickets at the door will be $10.
At halftime of the thirdgame, three spectators will beselected
to take part in the Shot
Tank Challenge basketballshooting contest. Anyone whomakes the
shot will win a two-
year lease of a Mercedes-Benzor $14,000.
Holmes beat Madison Cen-
tral Central 74-71Jan. 9. MarkelMcClendon had a game-high
22points. Holmes beat Scott 96-92Jan. 6. James Bolden scored
40points with six 3-pointers. RodAvery had 23 points. Jake Ohm-er
had 23 points for Scott andBlake Schneider 22.
Holy Cross beat Lloyd 81-57 Jan. 7.
Simon Kenton beat Ryle74-39 Jan. 6. Senior forwardMatt Mullins
finished with agame-high 17 points to lead Si-mon Kenton. Junior
center Aus-tin Fries chipped in 13 points.
Girls basketball Holmes beat Beechwood
71-34 Jan. 9. Jynea Harris led all
SHORT HOPS
By James [email protected]
JAMES WEBER/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Simon Kenton bowlers, from left, Brian Fecher, Andy Osterhage
and CodyHail chat during the match Jan. 8 against Boone County.
See SHORT HOPS, Page B2
In the past, the Bluegrass-Buckeye Charity Classic hasbeen a
local basketball event pit-ting schools from Northern Ken-tucky
against schools from Ohiothat has benefited charities suchas the
Ruth Lyons ChildrensFund, the Neediest Kids of Alland Chicks &
Chucks, a breastcancer awareness group.
This year, the event will fea-ture only Northern Kentuckyteams
playing at Northern Ken-tucky Universitys Bank of Ken-tucky Center,
the host site of theNinth Region tournament. Thetriple-header will
feature six ofthe top 10 teams in the Enquir-ers coaches poll,
including No. 1NewCath facing off against No.2 CovCath.
We definitely wanted tohave the event at the Bank ofKentucky
Center, said TerryBoehmker, one of the tourna-ment directors. And
we real-ized that we had a hard timedrawing fans from the Ohioteams
with the games being heldthere, so we decided to try it withjust
the top teams in NorthernKentucky this year. We left thename the
same because the mon-ey will still be going to benefitcharities in
Ohio and Kentucky.
The Thoroughbreds and Col-onels will tip-off at 8:30 pm asthe
headliner for Friday nightsthree-game event. No. 3 Camp-bell County
and No. 6 Scott willopen at 5:30 followed by No. 8Cooper versus No.
5 Holmes at 7pm.
All the teams were receptiveto the idea, Boehmker saidwhen asked
how the tournamentwas able to get such a strongslate of games. With
the suc-cess that they had last year forthe NewCath/Holmes and
Dixie/CovCath games that were host-ed (at the Bank of Kentucky
Cen-ter), I think they were im-pressed by that.
Theres also a potential com-petitive advantage for at leastthe
four Ninth Region teams thatwill be participating in the game.
A lot of people said last yearthat the 35th district teams hadan
advantage in the regionaltournament because theyplayed their
district tournamentat the Bank of Kentucky Cen-ter, Boehmker said.
And forthe 10th Region teams, its still achance to play a big game
in ahigh profile arena.
The rivalry between New-Cath and CovCath for the topspot in
Northern Kentucky isnothing new. Ranked as two ofthe top teams most
of last sea-son, they tried to play a regularseason game last
January buthad the game called at halftime
due to heavy and persistent con-densation on CovCaths floor.The
teams met back up in thesemifinals of the Ninth Regiontournament
and CovCath won51-43, ending the Breds seasonbefore going on to
capture theschools first ever state title.
Both programs have bouncedback strong this year. Neitherhas lost
to a Northern Kentuckyopponent yet. NewCath entersthe week with a
10-2 record andis the owner of a current five-game winning streak.
TheBreds only two losses came toLouisville Doss and
LouisvilleBallard. CovCath owns a 10-3record and is currently
riding a
six-game winning streak enter-ing the week. The Colonelslosses
came against LouisvilleTrinity, Knott County Centraland Boyle
County - all three ofwhich feature Division Irecruits in their
starting lineups.
NewCath is led by the front-court tandem of NKU commitDrew
McDonald, who is averag-ing a double-double with 20.0points and
10.5 rebounds pergame, and junior Ben Weyer,who ranks second on the
teamwith 18.5 points and 8.7 boards.Sophomore guard Cole
VonHan-dorf (18.1 ppg) powers the Colo-
No. 1, No. 2 face off inBluegrass-Buckeye Classic
FILE PHOTO
Holmes James Bolden (3) makes a pass against Highlands in a
Ninth Regionbasketball game at The Bank of Kentucky at NKU last
March.
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ScottsBlakeSchneidershoots alayup infront
ofSimonKenton'sMattMullinsduring thefirst quarterof their Jan.9
game.
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See COMMUNITY, Page B7
The other day afterreading a family devo-tion, my husband,
kidsand I began a discussionspurred by our lesson What do you think
Godlongs to cleanse youfrom in the new year?In other words,
whatbehaviors, attitudes oremotions do you believeprohibit you from
livingthe life God wants foryou?
To my surprise, al-though Im not exactlysure why Im surprised,we
all longed to changethe same thing ourmouths. A very
poignantScripture had just beenshared with me in Sun-day school
class thatmorning and seemedappropriate for our littletalk now.
Guard mymouth O Lord, keepwatch over the door ofmy lips. Psalm
141:3
Amazing! Yet again,God provides the answerto our problem
muchmore eloquently than myhusband or I could everdo. To top that,
you cantargue with the Bible.Case closed. Problemsolved. Good
parenting.
But the victory was
short-lived asall threeof ourchildrenbegan torebut
therock-solidScrip-ture. IfGracewouldntcome in
my room and take mythings, I wouldnt yell ather. If Jonah
wouldnttouch me EVER, thenId be OK. (If you haventguessed by now
Grace is13 and Jonah is 11, need Isay more?) And finallythe two of
them gang upon the little one in thegroup. If Emmiewouldnt fuss
about beingit when we play tag ...
After silently repeat-ing the above Scripturein my head before
mymouth got me into trou-ble, God graciously pro-vided another
verse forour benefit. He wasoppressed and He wasafflicted, Yet He
openednot His mouth; He wasled as a lamb to theslaughter, and as a
sheep
before its shearers issilent, so He opened NOTHis mouth Isaiah
53:7(emphasis mine.)
Although the power ofthat verse had trulytouched all in the
room, Ifelt the burden of need-ing to learn this lessonpersonally.
So often (Imashamed to admit it) Iuse the old cliche, Youpushed me
to this point,or, I wouldnt get so frus-trated if you wouldnt
...
How many timescould Jesus have vali-dated speaking up
anddefending Himselfagainst the crowd, yetHe opened not
hismouth.
The bigger lesson forme was powerful. Howmany perfectly gooddays
could I avoid ruin-ing if I allowed God toSet a guard over mymouth
and keep watchover the door of mylips?
May you be blessed inthe new year with aguard over your
mouth.
Julie House of Independenceis founder of Equipped Minis-tries, a
Christian-basedhealth and wellness program.
Keeping guard over your mouth
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Scott Robertsonnamed exec VP
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Scott has served as aleader for our organiza-tions for nearly
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SouthComm Publish-ing.
Robertson resides inHebron with his wife,Brittany, and their
sonPreston. He is a 1996 grad-uate of Scott High Schoolin Taylor
Mill. He is theson of Barry and WilmaRobertson, longtime resi-dents
of Taylor Mill.
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KERRY TOYOTA1-75 Exit 181, Florence, KY
Friday, January 16th, 2014 ~ 6pm-8pm
DRY RIDGE TOYOTA9 Taft Hwy, Dry Ridge, KY
Sunday, January 18th, 2014 ~ 1pm-3pm
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Saturday, January 24th, 2014 ~ 9:30 am-11:30am
JOSEPH TOYOTA9101 Colerain Ave.
Sunday, January 25th, 2014 ~ 1pm-3pm
Stefan BachertStefan Bachert, 82, of Morning
View, died Jan. 1 at BaptistConvalescent Center of Newport.
He was a tool and die makerfor L&H Tool and Die, was
afarmer, and loved the outdoors.
His sister, Eva Bambach; andgranddaughter, Jennifer Fossett,died
previously.
Survivors include his wife, LeaBachert; daughters
ChristineKnochelman of Morning View,Helene Eith of Kirtland,
Ohio,Susanne Bodine of Fort Wright,and Elizabeth Bates II of
DryRidge; and 10 grandchildrenalong with five
great-grand-childen.
Memorials: Baptist Conva-lescent Center, In memory ofStefan
Bachert, 120 Main St.,Newport, KY 41071.
Mary BellMary Rita Spare Bell, 88, of
Park Hills, died Dec. 31.Her husband, Robert C. Bell Sr.;
and son, Christopher TimothyBell, died previously.
Survivors include her childrenRobert C. Bell Jr., Jack A.
Bell,Victoria Cioffe, Thomas Bell,James J. Bell, Jennifer
Rochford,and Mary Beth Bell; and ninegrandchildren along with
fourgreat-grandchildren.
Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood, KY
41017.
Carla BrueggenCarla Lucille Rouse Brueggen,
97, of Morning View, died Jan. 2at St. Elizabeth Hospice in
Edge-wood.
She was a member at Staf-fordsburg United MethodistChurch and
was the first cafete-ria manager for TwenhofelMiddle School.
Her husband, Melvin EarlBrueggen; and daughter, KarenShaw, died
previously.
Survivors include her daugh-ters Barbara Rutti of
Scottsdale,Arizona, and Sharon Kemper ofMorning View; and seven
grand-children along with 12 great-grandchildren.
Burial was at Forest LawnCemetery in Erlanger.
Memorials: StaffordsburgUnited Methodist Church,
11815Staffordsburg Road, Independ-ence, KY 41051; or St.
ElizabethHospice, 1 Medical Village Drive,Suite 213, Edgewood, KY
41017.
Shirley BurtonShirley Ann Burton, 72, of
Independence, died Jan. 6 at St.Elizabeth Hospice in
Edgewood.
She was a retired registerednurse and certified scuba diver,who
loved casino gambling,bingo, and traveling.
Her husband, Gene Burton,died previously.
Survivors include her daughter,
Dianna Sowers-Sturgill; sonsScott Burton and Michael Bur-ton;
sister, Mary Benton; and sixgrandchildren along with
threegreat-grandchildren.
Interment was at WoodsideCemetery in Middletown, Ohio.
Memorials: St. ElizabethHospice, 483 S. Loop Road,Edgewood, KY
41017.
NormaCastleman-Richerson
Norma Castleman-Richerson,74, of Kenton County, died Jan.5.
She graduated from LudlowHigh School and worked forCincinnati
Bell for more than 30years as an accounting manager.She was a
lifelong member ofCentral Church of the Nazarene.
Her husband, Paul Castleman;husband, Lewis Richerson;
andbrothers Harold, Donald, andLarry McCauley, died previously.
Survivors include her daughter,Darla Snowe of Fort
Pierce,Florida; sons Paul Castleman ofTaylor Mill, Carson Castleman
ofFlorence, and Gerry Richerson ofVilla Hills; sisters Gleneda
Prewitt,Dorothy Snellenberger, andShirley Sears; and nine
grand-children.
Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: American DiabetesAssociation, 4555 Lake ForestDrive,
Blue Ash, OH 45242; or St.Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice,483 S. Loop
Drive, Edgewood, KY41017.
Donald FasoldDonald Fasold, 85, of Lakeside
Park, died Dec. 31 at his home.He worked and retired as an
engineer and was a member ofBlessed Sacrament Church in
FortMitchell.
His brothers, Robert andJimmy Fasold, died previously.
Survivors include his wife, JoanFasold; son, Edward
Fasold;daughter, Mary Jo Sova; and fivegrandchildren.
Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery in St. Bernard, Ohio.
Memorials: Hospice of theBluegrass, 7388 Turfway Road,Suite 202,
Florence, KY 41042.
Louise FeenyLouise Dundon Feeny, 88, of
Crestview Hills, died Dec. 22 at St.Elizabeth Health Care in
Edge-wood.
She was a homemaker andmember of St. Joseph Church inCrescent
Springs, Summit HillsCountry Club Bridge Club, andvarious other
bridge clubs. Shewas also a member of NewFriends of Northern
Kentucky,Northern Kentucky Book WormsClub, Gloria Dei Lutheran
ChurchWomens Club, and 5-SeasonsSports Club.
Her husband, Francis FrankJoseph Feeny; and brother,Daniel
Dundon, died previously.
Survivors include her son,
Michael Feeny of Oakley, Ohio;daughter, Carole Feeny of
New-port; brothers James Dundon ofYoungstown, Ohio and ThomasDundon
of Vero Beach, Florida;and sisters Rosemary Tate andCarol Doyle of
Charlotte, NorthCarolina.
Burial was at Mother of GodCemetery in Fort Wright.
Memorials: Hospice of theBluegrass Northern Kentucky,7388
Turfway Road, Florence, KY41042.
Jerry FickeJerry T. Ficke, 65, of Villa Hills,
died Jan. 4 at his home.He was a retired sales and
marketing director for 40 years.He enjoyed playing a variety
ofsports, loved boating, and en-joyed all types of music.
Survivors include his wife,Cathy Jo Toebbe Ficke; daughtersLeah
Jones and Gina Koop; son,Ryan Ficke; sisters Janice Kleem,Linda
Nageleisen, DebbieSchmidt, and Kathleen Hartke;brother, Randy
Ficke; and sevengrandchildren.
Burial was at St. Mary Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.
Memorials: Chicks & ChucksBreast Cancer Foundation, P.O.Box
76166, Highland Heights, KY41076.
James GarrettJames Garrett, 86, of Ludlow,
died Jan. 5 at St. Elizabeth Hos-pice in Fort Thomas.
He was an accountant withthe Kenton County Circuit andDistrict
Courts and was a mem-ber of Mother of God Church inCovington as