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FORT MITCHELL — Hun-dreds of colorful rectanglesline the walls, floor to ceiling,of Blessed Sacrament School’sfourth-grade hall. Each paperbrick represents a pennyearned and sacrificed by stu-dents to build a school in Mada-gascar.

“It’s really impressive,”teacher Sister Mary AgnesCashman said.

Cashman is part of the Con-gregation of Divine Provi-dence, an international com-munity. Her order has manysisters teaching children inMadagascar. Officially the Re-public of Madagascar, it is anisland country in the IndianOcean, off the coast of South-east Africa.

Schools there are very few,with many schools actuallytaking place under the trees,Cashman explained. Over thepast several years the sistersand their families and friendshave collected dimes to buildwells to provide fresh waterfor rural villages in Madagas-car. The wells now completed,the sisters in Madagascar fo-cused their efforts on buildingmuch-needed schools in thevillages.

“Involving children seemed

like a special way to carry outthis project,” Chasman said.

So, she asked the 71 fourthgraders at Blessed Sacrament,to help in honor of Lent. Bricksto build schools in Madagascarcost 40 ariary, or 2 cents each,or one dime for five bricks.The total bricks needed tobuild one school cost $660.Cashman told the students thatthey could not just ask theirparents for money.

“I told the children that theyneeded to make a sacrifice andgive alms,” she said. “The chil-dren were very excited andstarted bringing in the resultsof their hard work almost im-mediately.”

In just two weeks, they mettheir goal and have kept going.

As of March 25, they raised$2,408, enough to build a three-classroom school house, in-cluding the roof and windows.They need just $380 more tofurnish the school.

We decided to give a paperbrick per each cent a studentbrought in. This way, they havea visual to see the progressthey’ve made.

“It’s important for them tosee the difference that theyare making,” she said. “Everychild has brought in somethingfrom 12 cents to dollars. Theyare truly excited about it.”

Student Preston Marx, 9, ofFort Mitchell, said he broughtin $15.

“I was begging my mom,asking her what I can do toraise money,” he said. “I fedthe dog and did the dishes. See-ing all my bricks makes mefeel like I’ve really helped a lotof people.”

Piper Petry, 9, also of FortMitchell, said she feels good tohave earned the $8 she donat-ed. She washed her dad’s carand cleaned up after her dogs.

“We have computers, paperand pencils, and a desk,” shesaid. “Sometimes, for kids inMadagascar, they have just arug to sit on and a chalk boardfor their school. They don’t

Ft. Mitchell studentsbuilding school in

MADAGASCARMelissa [email protected]

THANKS TO SISTER MARY AGNES CASHMAN

A few fourth-grade Blessed Sacrament students pose for a photograph in front of a portion of the paperbricks that line the fourth-grade hall.

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For more information or todonate to the project, callSister Margaret Verhoff at859-652-6394 [email protected] contribute make checkspayable to Congregation ofDivine Providence, 5300 St.Anne Drive, Melbourne, KY41059 and put Dime Project inthe note section.

EDGEWOOD — Soon therace will be on.

Edgewood’s AmazingRace Road Rally will takeplace 6:30 p.m. Saturday,April 25, at the EdgewoodSenior Center in FreedomPark.

Participants will have twohours to gather photos oritems, solve puzzles, com-plete challenges and then re-turn to the Senior Center. Piz-za, chips and drinks will beprovided while the judgesview photos and awardpoints. Prizes, gift cards tolocal businesses, will beawarded to the first- throughthird-place teams.

“It’s crazy fun,” said Ed-gewood resident and long-time race participant KaranSchutt. “This is somethingunique and affordable thatyou can do with the entirefamily. It’s different thanwatching a movie. It’s a chal-lenge and you work together.

My kids love it.”Cost is $25. For more in-

formation or preregistrationcall the city at 859-331-5910.

Preregistration is a must,according to Edgewood rec-reation director MichelleFrisch. The event is limitedto 25 teams made up of two tosix players. The event is alsorain or shine. Participation isopen to anyone, not just Ed-gewood residents.

According to Frisch, TheAmazing Race, inspired bythe CBS series, has takenplace since 2008.

“People seem to really en-joy this,” she said. “It’s reallya family fun evening.”

Before the race begins, acar show, Concours d’Ele-gance, will be 1-4 p.m. atFreedom Park, 550 FreedomPark, Edgewood. Frisch saidthere will be a variety ofmakes and models on dis-play. Judging of the cars willbe done by spectators.

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Participants from a previous year’s Amazing Race Road Rally fleefrom the Edgewood Senior Center at the start of the scavenger hunt.

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Clifton and her fellowdrivers are making thehats and scarves for chil-dren in the Kenton CountySchool District who needsuch warm accessoriesduring the winter months.The idea for the projectcame on Christmas Day in2013. Clifton’s 21-year-olddaughter was wrappedwarmly in a wool blanket,that Clifton had made forher.

“‘You know what I miss,mom,’ she said to me,‘Those handmade hats andscarves,’” Clifton ex-plained. “You see I’m a sin-gle mother and there weresome really hard years. Istruggled. There was aprogram that offeredhandmade hats andscarves to children inneed. I got them for mykids one year and wrappedthem up for my kids, withthe gift tag reading ‘From:Mrs. Claus.’”

In that moment, Cliftonthought to herself, it wastime to do a pay it forwardprogram.

“I decided to start mak-ing hats,” she said. “Atfirst I didn’t know where Iwas going to donate, then Irealized, I want to donate

While most are puttingwinter wear away, makingwool hats tops JenniferClifton’s to-do list.

Three other KentonCounty school bus drivershave the same mindsetand two more are wantingin on the “hats project.”

“Last year, we made 44hats and 14 scarves,” Clif-ton said. “This year wewant to make 100 hats and100 scarves.”

to the school I drive for(Fort Wright Elementary).As drivers, we see the kidswho don’t have. We pickthem up at their homesand see them standing out-side in the cold waitingwith no hats, scarves orgloves.”

The staff at Fort WrightElementary developed asystem to distribute Clif-ton’s box of hats andscarves to children inneed.

“I was elated,” she said.“The day they were givenout, I got to see the kids asthey were coming out ofschool and they were sohappy. I decided I wantedto do this every year. Thisyear, I’m hoping to addabout two more elemen-tary schools.”

Kenton Schools Assis-

tant Superintendent Kim-berly Banta said she hasno doubt that Clifton willlead the charge and makeher goal.

“Jennifer does what-ever she puts her mind to.I am betting she exceedsher number,” she said.“Jennifer and her helperswant to be able to say thatevery kid has an individ-ual warm hat for the win-ter. They make them withlove. Those drivers takecare of those children liketheir own.”

Clifton said last year’shats and gloves cost about$300 to make. She madeother items and sold themto purchase enough yarn.She was given donationsfrom fellow bus drivers.She estimates that about$650 will be needed tomake this year’s set of hatsand scarves. Her grandergoal is to eventually makeenough hats and scarves todistribute to all the schoolsin Kenton County.

“We can do this,” Clif-ton said.


Kenton bus drivers make wool hats for studentsMelissa [email protected]

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Kenton County school bus drivers Don Rainone and TedDenman roll yarn while Jennifer Clifton works on making awool hat.

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even have paper andpencils. Schools are im-portant to have becauseyou can get an educationso you can grow up andget a nice job and feedyour family and self.”

Cashman said she is“touched” by the re-sponse of the fourth-grade students.

“They’ve done morethan just share fromtheir surplus,” she said.

“They did things to earnthis money and theyshared what theyworked hard for. Theyshared love among eachother, helping each otherput their names onbricks and taping themtogether. They workedtogether as a communityon this project. They alsoshared love among thosethey won’t see. They’vealso seen that they asfourth-graders canmake a difference.”


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INDEPENDENCE — La-dies and gentleman, chil-dren of all ages, the circusis coming to town.

The Kelly Miller Cir-cus, one of the few tradi-tional circuses left in thenation, will visit Independ-ence May 7.

“Seeing a circus undera big top is a very rare ex-

perience,” said Kelly Mil-ler’s general manager JimRoyal.

“The wonderful thingabout the circus is you canscan the audience and seethree generations of fam-ily sitting together andhaving a great time,” hesaid. “A circus reaches abroad spectrum of people.There’s drama, excite-

Circus set for IndependenceMelissa [email protected]

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INDEPENDENCE — In-dependence is promotinghealthy living by hostingits second annual SpringHealth & Fitness Fair.

The event will be 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,April 11, at the Independ-ence Senior and Commu-nity Center, 2001 JackWoods Parkway.

“We started the healthfair back in 2005 and heldit every few years or so,”Parks and Recreation Di-rector Nita Brake said.“At that time it was fo-cused on women, but lastyear we changed it to in-clude the entire family.”

The fair will includefree blood pressurescreening, hearing andvision checks, amongother health assess-ments. Twenty vendorshave been booked whosetopics of interest rangefrom physical therapy todental care. The MercyMobile MammographyVan will be on hand aswell, Brake said. For anappointment, call 513-686-3300. The St. Eliza-

beth Healthcare MobileCardiovascular Van willbe at the fair, but is al-ready booked.

There are still spotsopen for most otherscreenings, however,they’re filling up fast.For details, contactBrake at 356-5302.

Health fair volunteerPhyllis Vetter said this isan important communityevent because it gives anopportunity for everyoneto get up to speed on theirpersonal health issues atlittle or no cost.

“This is an especiallynice event for people be-cause they don’t have totravel far,” she said. “Allthat they need is righthere in town. We usuallyhave quite the turnout,people seem to really en-joy this event.”

In addition to vendorsand free screenings, thefirst 150 attendees willreceive a free goodie bagfilled with a variety ofhealth information and afew health-related prod-ucts.


Independence tohost health fairMelissa [email protected]

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Michelle Meyertakes an eyetest with helpfromophthalmictechnicianJamieWilliamson ofHalpin-Noll EyeCenter duringlast year’shealth fair inIndependence.

ment, fun, laughter, beau-ty, and people doingthings that just does notseem possible. People areentertained and leavefeeling more optimisticabout the world.”

This is the first time inseveral years that the Kel-ly Miller Circus has visit-ed Kentucky.

“It happened to workout with the route we weretaking this year that we’dbe nearby,” Royal said.“We thought, why not goto Kentucky, enjoy somegood country ham and thebeautiful scenery.”

Founded in 1938, thecircus travels on a fleet of36 vehicles and the color-ful circus big top has aseating capacity of1,100. Over the years,Royal said, the KellyMiller Circus has gath-ered performers frommany nations.

In addition to tigers,an elephant, camelsand zebras, the lineupincludes a clown, aeri-

alist, contortionist, fireeater and ventriloquist,and various jugglers.

Independence Parksand Recreation DirectorNita Brake said she is ex-cited about the visit and isespecially looking for-ward to the camel and ze-bra act. The best thing

about this event, she said,is it’s so affordable.

“There are some whohave never seen a circus,”she said. “This is reason-ably priced and a way toexperience the circus theold-fashioned way, underthe big top. We’re hopingthis will be a success and

that it will become an an-nual event for us.”

Pre-sale tickets areavailable at the Independ-ence City Building, Ange-lo’s Family Restaurant(cash only) and RemkeMarkets at TurkeyfootRoad and Taylor Mill. Thecost is $12 for ages 12 andup; $6 for ages 2 to 11 andchildren under 2 are free.Cost the day of show is $16for ages 12 and up; $10 forages 2 to 11.

In addition to the show,the public is invited to seethe set-up, which will be-gin about 7 a.m. May 7. At9 a.m., Royal said, the ti-ger handler will offer theopportunity for the publicto meet the animals andsee them up close.


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Rotary PancakeBreakfast planned

CRESTVIEW HILLS —The Covington RotaryClub and the RotaryClub of Kenton Countywill host a joint PancakeBreakfast 8-11 a.m. Sat-urday, April 18, atThomas More College,Seiler Commons, 333Thomas More Parkway,Crestview Hills.

The cost of the Pan-cake Breakfast is $15for a family of five or $7per individual. The Pan-cake Breakfast buffetincludes pancakes, sau-

sage and a variety ofjuices and coffee.

All tickets must bepurchased in advance.For more information,or to purchase a ticketto the Pancake Break-fast, contact Jeff Simp-son at 859-653-4016.Proceeds from this Pan-cake Breakfast willbenefit Northern Ken-tucky Charities.

Sweet Jazz concertscheduled

FORT MITCHELL — OnTuesday, April 21, theBeechwood Jazz En-

semble, Jazz Lab Bandand Percussion En-sembles will present anevening celebrating jazzmusic at the sixth annu-al Sweet Jazz concert.

This event highlightsjazz music from aroundthe world, includingworks by Count Basie,George Gershwin, ColePorter and more. Theevening will includecollaborative perfor-mances with guest saxo-phonist Nathan Hatton(Beechwood alumnusand CCM-UC student)and guest vocalist Alys-sa Vanderpool. The pro-

gram will also featureseveral Beechwoodstudent soloists.

The event will takeplace at Drees Pavilionin Devou Park, 790 ParkLane, Covington. Socialhour begins at 6 p.m.followed by music from7-9 p.m. The eveningwill include sweets andnon-alcoholic bever-ages, a number of silentauction items and giftbaskets, all comple-mented by stunningviews of the Ohio Riverand downtown Cincin-nati.

Tickets are $10 and

may be purchased inadvance by contactingMike James at 859-802-5781 [email protected]. Tickets may also bepurchased online atbeechwoodbands.org.Same day tickets, ifavailable, may be pur-chased by check, cashor major credit card atthe door on a first-come,first-served basis start-ing at 6 p.m.

NKY ChamberWomen’s Initiativepresents seriesevent

ERLANGER — TheNorthern KentuckyChamber of CommerceWomen’s Initiative willpresent its next profes-sional series event,Strategic Communica-tion, 7:30-9:30 a.m. May6 at the METS Center inErlanger.

The discussion willbe presented by Mi-chelle Class, presidentof Marketing withClass.

Class has more than15 years of experiencein marketing. She willshare her experiencesand help guide attend-ees on assessing yourcurrent communicationskills, structuring effec-tive communication,understanding how toelevate yourself withoutbeing boastful and theright communicationsfor difficult discussions.

For registration in-formation, contact PamMastruserio at 859-578-6384 or email [email protected] can also view theevent online atwww.nkychamber.

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Chamber To HostReds Senior VP atBusiness Showcase

ERLANGER — TheNorthern KentuckyChamber of Commercewill present the firstNKY Business Show-case 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.April 15 at the METSCenter in Erlanger.

The showcase pro-vides an opportunity forbusiness professionalsto build and strengthenrelationships, experi-ence potential client andcustomer products first-hand, and learn fromregional leaders andexperts on the tools forbusiness success.

Keynote presenterwill be Karen Forgus,senior vice president ofbusiness operationswith the CincinnatiReds. Attendees willthen have the opportuni-ty to visit with dozens ofChamber member busi-nesses at the B2B expoand participate in edu-cational workshops withsubject matter expertsin social media, cybersecurity, and network-ing.

The cost to attend thekeynote address/expoand workshops is $30.For those who wish toattend only the expo andworkshops, the cost is$10. Reservations can bemade by calling 859-578-8800 or online athttp://bit.ly/1wBl0dk.

Kenton pollinglocations update

2015 is the year allthe statewide officesare on the ballot, but notall races have a pri-mary. The followingraces will be on theprimary ballot for Ken-ton County on May 19:

governor and lieutenantgovernor, secretary ofstate, attorney general,state treasurer, commis-sioner of agriculture.

Voters will be votingbased on their partyaffiliation to determinewho will be on the ballotfor the General Electionon Nov. 3. There willonly be a Democraticand Republican ballot.

There have beensome changes to pollinglocations for the pri-mary. All voters will benotified of thesechanges but to checkyour party affiliationand polling location gotohttps://vr.sos.ky.gov/vic/

Edgewood No. 1 andEdgewood No. 1.5 pre-cincts, which previouslyvoted at the EmeritusSenior Center on Tur-keyfoot Road, will nowvote in the cafeteria ofJ.A. Caywood Elemen-tary, 3300 TurkeyfootRoad, Erlanger. Therewill be two precincts atthis location and theywill be voting in thecafeteria.

Erlanger No. 12,which earlier voted atNew Beginnings Evan-gelical PresbyterianChurch on NarrowsRoad, will now vote atSt. Barbara's Church at4042 Turkeyfoot Road,Erlanger. The New Be-ginnings EvangelicalPresbyterian Church isselling its building.There will now be twoprecincts voting at St.Barbara's Church.

Park Hills No. 1 andNo. 2, which previouslyvoted at The Gardens ofPark Hills located at1622 Dixie Highway,will vote May 19 at St.Agnes Church Under-croft, "Murphy Hall," at1680 Dixie Highway.The Gardens of ParkHills had a prior eventscheduled the same dayas the primary.

Villa Hills No. 2 andNo. 3, which voted at theMadonna Manor Recre-ation Center at 2344Amsterdam Road, willnow vote at River RidgeElementary School inthe gym. Madonna Man-or is tearing down therecreation center tobuild a new one. RiverRidge is located at 2772Amsterdam Road. All ofthe Villa Hills precinctswill now vote in theschool gym.

Kenton seeks pollworkers

The Kenton CountyBoard of Elections islooking for poll workersfor the primary electionon Tuesday, May 19.

A poll worker mustbe 18 or older, reside inKenton County and be aregistered voter in Ken-ton County by ElectionDay, May 19. The pollsare be open from 6 a.m.to 6 p.m. Poll workersmust report to theirassigned polling placeby 5:15 a.m.

There is a mandatorytraining session prior tothe election. Poll work-ers will receive $20 forthe training class and$125 for working theelection.

Those interestedshould contact Demo-cratic representativeTerry Poindexter at859-392-1645 or

[email protected], orRepublican Commis-sioner: Scott Kimmich859-392-164 or

[email protected].

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Boone County Schools Super-intendent Randy Poe receivedthe Northern Kentucky Educa-tion Council’s Lifetime Achieve-ment Award at the council’s re-gional education dinner.

As superintendent of thestate’s third largest school dis-trict since 2008, Poe’s focus hasrevolved around academic rig-or, real world relevance and fo-cused partnerships with stu-dents, parents and the commu-nity. Poe has been recognized atboth the state and national levelfor his accomplishments.

The 2015 Excellence in Edu-cation Celebration took placeMarch 26 at the Northern Ken-tucky Convention Center. About800 attended the gathering host-ed by the Northern KentuckyChamber of Commerce and theNorthern Kentucky EducationCouncil.

The following individualswere honored for their leader-ship and dedication to educa-tion:

» The Northern KentuckyEducation Council and Vision2015 Champion for EducationAward, The Northern KentuckyEducation Council Action TeamCo-Chairs: Leshia Lyman, Unit-ed Way of Greater Cincinnati;Dr. Shelli Wilson, CampbellCounty School District; KarenCheser, Boone County SchoolDistrict; Dr. Christina Petroze,Thomas More College; Dr.

Kathy Burk-hardt, Erlanger-Elsmere Inde-pendent SchoolDistrict; Dr. Jen-nifer StansburyKoenig, NKYCenter for Edu-cator Excel-lence; Dr. Susan

Cook, NKY Center for EducatorExcellence; Dr. Angie Taylor,Gateway Community and Tech-nical College; Dave Schroeder,Kenton County Public Library;Dr. Jean Loftus, Loftus PlasticSurgery Center; Dr. RaymondHebert, Thomas More College;Anthony Strong, PendletonCounty School District; MikeHammons, Children Inc.

» 2015 Golden Apple / A.D.Albright Outstanding TeacherAward: Heidi Neltner, Teacherat Robert D. Johnson Elemen-tary

» A.D. Albright OutstandingCommunity/Business LeaderAward: Marianne Schmidt-Hurtt, PNC Bank

» A.D. Albright OutstandingGovernmental LeadershipAward, Carl Wicklund, KentonCounty Board of Education

» A.D. Albright OutstandingAdministrator Award, ConnieCrigger, principal at ShirleyMann Elementary

» One to One LiteracyAward, Christy Eby, volunteerat Campbell Ridge Elementary

Celanese Inc. was presentedwith the 2015 Business Engage-

ment of the Year Award for itspartnership with Piner Elemen-tary. Celanese employees areactively engaged with theschool’s Character Educationprogram to emphasize the im-portance of work ethic and posi-tive attitude. Additionally, Cel-anese employees have taughtJunior Achievement at Pinerfor the past four years, engi-neers from Celanese presentSuper Science Night, and em-ployees from around the globework to teach students aboutSTEM careers through the Stu-dent Technology LeadershipProgram e-mentoring program.

Golden Apple AwardsThe following 13 Northern

Kentucky teachers were pre-sented with Golden AppleAwards for their outstandingdedication and profound effecton the lives of the children theyteach:

» Rachel McConnachie,Donald E. Cline Elementary

» Lori Harpold, CrossroadsElementary

» Ashley Lutz, Arnett Ele-mentary

» Heidi Neltner, Robert D.Johnson Elementary

» Karen Holbrook, GallatinCounty Elementary

» Melinda Boesken, RiverRidge Elementary

» Kristin Bach, Walton-Vero-na Elementary

» Angela Brehm, TurkeyFoot Middle School

» Lauren Elliott, Phillip A.Sharp Middle School

» Debbie McNeil, Walton-Verona Middle School

» Michael Florimonte,Campbell County High School

» Christopher Bryson, Ken-ton County Academies of Inno-vation and Technology

» Kris Gillis, Dixie HeightsHigh School

Academic All-StarsThe following five high

school seniors were presentedwith the Academic All-StarAwards recognizing their aca-demic success:

» Benjamin Stacy, Beech-wood High school

» Matthew Miley, HolmesHigh School

» Logan Groneck, HighlandsHigh School

» Michael Lloyd, DixieHeights High School

» Virgil Owens, KentonCounty Academies of Innova-tion and Technology

The following students re-ceived the Student LeadershipAward, presented for exhibit-ing exemplary characteristicsin leadership:

» August Snelbaker, ConnerHigh School

» Lucidious Witt, PendletonCounty High School

The following students re-ceived the Against All OddsAward, presented for overcom-ing obstacles to achieve aca-demic success:

» Jordan Kiskaden, Camp-bell County High School

» Jacob Shields, Simon Ken-ton High School

» Hayleigh Harden, DixieHeights High School

This year the Career andTechnical Educational All StarAward was added to recognizeNorthern Kentucky high schoolseniors who excel in their ca-reer or technical field. RebeccaSimpson from Holmes HighSchool is the inaugural winnerof the award.

During the evening the fiveseniors in the NaviGo Scholarsprogram were recognized fortheir hard work. NaviGo Schol-ars is a program offeredthrough the Northern KentuckyEducation Council with ser-vices provided by NaviGo Col-lege and Career Prep Services.Scholars is a one-on-one coach-ing and mentoring program forhigh school students providedby NaviGo and mentors throughpartner businesses like Toyota,Duke Energy, Citi, The Bank ofKentucky, and Heritage Bank.The senior NaviGo Scholarsare:

» Liea Mack, Withrow HighSchool

» Kevin Hamblin, GrantCounty High School

» Nic Rovito, Lloyd HighSchool

» Sadi Jones, Lloyd HighSchool

» Gary Lackey, WithrowHigh School

Randy Poe receives lifetime achievement awardCommunity Recorder

Randy Poe

During the holiest week of the Catho-lic liturgical year, the students andteachers at Villa Madonna Academy ob-served the traditional sixth-grade pres-entation of the Stations of the Cross onWednesday.

Under the guidance of their teachers,Jenna Yuenger and Kelsey Kline, thesixth-grade students have learned aboutthe significance of the Stations of theCross while practicing for the perfor-mance.

The performance is a very reverentand fitting way for Villa Madonna Acad-emy’s student body and faculty to cele-brate Holy Week.

THANKS TO SOSHANA BOSLEY

Villa Madonna Academy students preent theStations of the Cross.

RelivingStations ofthe Cross

Atop a hill near a busy entrance tothe Northern Kentucky Universitycampus stands an 1850s log cabin giv-en to the university library decadesago by Kentucky's Gosney family.

The cabin, moved from GrantsLick to A.J. Jolly Park before it wasgifted to NKU, was placed on campusby former president Dr. W. FrankSteely. It symbolizes how far educa-tion has come in Kentucky, from aone-room school house to a major uni-versity.

Since the cabin’s campus arrival inthe 1970s, not much has been donewith it. That’s about to change. Thehistoric cabin is being restored, witha techy twist. It will be equipped withmodern necessities like Wi-Fi so itcan be used as a learning center.

Dr. Brian Hackett, director of theMasters in Public History Program atNKU, leads the cabin project, andsaid he sees the building’s transfor-mation as a link between history andmodern day.

“In the past, on first day of school, Iwould always take my museum man-agement students out to the cabin andask them, ‘What would you do if some-one suddenly handed you this cabin,'"he explains. “The building was inrough shape. I knew if we didn’t dosomething, it would fall apart.”

To keep the cabin somewhat au-thentic, he hopes to put in primitivelighting and an electric stove for heat.

“We want the building to be re-stored to what it looked like in the1850s. It needs to have proper win-dows, the correct door and the rightsteps,” said Hackett. “But we alsowant to make the grounds as useableas possible, to let students truly usethe cabin as a center for learning.”

The students and staff at NKU un-

derstand that modern technologygreatly aids learning, so the cabin willbe equipped with Wi-Fi and othermodern-day learning technology.

As with many projects at NKU, thecabin brings together many differentdepartments and fields of study. TheEcological Stewardship Initiative(ESI) group and students in the Mas-ters in Public History programhelped put together plans for the cab-in's transformation. The NKU car-pentry department is running elec-tricity to the cabin and building thewindows and doors.

Students in biology, history, Eng-lish, and the arts will use the buildingas a natural living laboratory. Thestructure will provide a place for in-spiration and learning.

Hackett said he has noticed thatstudents working on the restorationproject are surprised about theamount of work involved in restoringthis piece of Kentucky history. It isobvious to him that the students takepride in knowing that the buildingthey're putting hard work into willstand long after they're gone.

“The cabin has really given the

students a sense of pride,” he said.“You’ve got students working on theirmaster's degrees in history out theregetting dirty, chipping, and hammer-ing. Students are already getting somuch out of working on the cabin, andthe project will not be completed untilearly next spring.”

Hackett said he believes that justbecause society has these technicaltools, it doesn’t mean learning auto-matically takes place. He sees thateducation today has many distrac-tions, and the cabin is a way to be clos-er to the roots of learning.

“It's interesting how learningworks. The way people learn has notchanged, but the tools that allow peo-ple to learn have changed,” saidHackett. “With internet and Wi-Fi, wehave more access to information thanwe've ever had before.”

The cabin is not intended to be apermanent classroom, but a placeclasses can go to learn in nature. NKUhas always had a strong interest in theenvironment and being green, andthe cabin will reflect this.

“We know that the use of technol-ogy in the cabin will bring people to-gether, since there will be a lot moresharing than in a conventional class-room,” Hackett said.

By blending, history, nature, com-munication and technology, the cabinwill provide an unconventional learn-ing facility for NKU students.

“The tools you need to synthesisand understand knowledge are thesame,” he said. “People still learn thesame, through observation, by doingand having discussions. That’s wherethe cabin comes in, learning will hap-pen there. And technology will aug-ment that, just like it does in anyclassroom at our university.”

Schoolhouse getting a high-tech facelift

THANKS TO BRIAN HACKETT

This cabin arrived on the NKU campus inthe 1970s, but not much has been donewith it – until now.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 10Art & Craft Classes$5 Friday Craft Club, 1-2:30p.m., The Lively Learning Lab,7500 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10,Make crafts, create art and playgames. Ages 3-15. $5. Regis-tration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Pot Party Weekend, 5-8 p.m.,The Art House, 19 N. Fort Thom-as Ave., Select cup, bowl, vase,or platter. Decorate and glazewith guidance of professional.No experience required. Timesare open. $25, $15. Reservationsrecommended. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, 1600 Montague Road,Works by influential Covingtonartists from past 200 years ondisplay. In conjunction withCOV200 bicentennial cele-bration. $7, $6 ages 60 and up,$4 ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. 491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Now Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Surveys group of artists thatcreate spaces and environmentsin their work that, thoughgrounded in reality, suggestaltered sensibilities. Such dis-location in art is an effectiveway to ask the viewer to consid-er their own relationship to realand imagined landscapes. Free.Through April 18. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

CivicSpring Clean Up, 7 a.m. to 7p.m., City of Bellevue, 616 PoplarSt., Dumpster located on VanVoast Ave. by city buildingparking lot. Residents can call859-261-0260 for help. Noliquids, paint or oil. Leave mes-sage for items to be picked up -curbside only. For Bellevueresidents only. Free. 431-8888;www.bellevueky.org. Bellevue.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5-9 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, 6570 VineyardLane, StoneBrook Tasting Room.Select samples from variety ofaward-winning Kentucky FruitWines. Ages 21 and up. $5.635-0111; www.stonebrook-winery.com. Camp Springs.

EducationAARP Tax-Aide, 9 a.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Middle andlow-income taxpayers are eligi-ble for this free tax preparationservice. Those with complex taxreturns will be advised to seekprofessional tax assistance. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Boone County Public Library.342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Bur-lington.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, 7500Oakbrook Drive, Suite 10, Bal-ance of structured, unstructuredand self-directed play opportu-nities to help learners developtheir social, intellectual andcommunication skills. Ages 3-6.$10. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Nikon School PhotographyClasses, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Land-scape and Travel Photography:find out what techniques andaccessories help you create morerewarding travel photographson your trips and vacations.,Hilton Cincinnati Airport, 7373Turfway Road, $99-$159. Reser-vations recommended. Present-ed by Nikon School. 800-645-6687; nikonschool.com. Flor-ence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 4:45 p.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center, 126Barnwood Drive, $38 for unlim-ited monthly classes. 331-7778;jazzercise.com. Edgewood.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, $23, $15 ages 2-13,free children under 2. 800-406-3474; www.newportaquarium-.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, Newport onthe Levee, Step across the 100-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridgejust inches above nearly twodozen sharks at Newport Aquar-ium. $23 Adult, $15 Child (2-12),

Free children under 2. 815-1471;www.newportaquarium.com.Newport.

Literary - LibrariesMahjong, 1 p.m., Boone CountyPublic Library - Scheben Branch,8899 U.S. 42, All skill levelswelcome. Presented by SchebenBranch Library. 342-2665. Union.

Music - ConcertsChuck Prophet and the Mis-sion Express, 8:30 p.m. tomidnight, The Southgate HouseRevival, 111 E. Sixth St., $18, $15advance. 431-2201; www.south-gatehouse.com. Newport.

Music - FolkRobert Earl Keen, 9 p.m.,Madison Theater, 730 MadisonAve., $30, $25 advance. 491-2444; www.madisontheateronli-ne.com. Covington.

Music - RockStonehaus Trail, 9 p.m. to 1a.m., JerZee’s Pub and Grub, 708Monmouth St., Free. 491-3500;www.jerzeespub.com. Newport.

New Lime, 8 p.m. to midnight,Sis’s on Monmouth, 837 Mon-mouth St., Free admission.Presented by Sis’s Family Affair.431-3157; http://www.sisonmon-mouth.com. Newport.

On Stage - TheaterThe Cover of Life, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, 636 MonmouthSt., When three brothers go offto fight in World War II, theiryoung wives move in with theboys’ mother to keep the home-front burning. Life Magazinedecides it would make a goodcover story. As the reportercollects information for herstory, all the women learn moreabout themselves and eachother. $19, $17 students andseniors. 513-479-6783; www.fal-contheater.net. Newport.

The Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd.,Alluringly pretty housewifeLouisa ignites debauchery inDusseldorf when her underpantsaccidentally fall down duringthe king’s parade, shaming herstuffy husband and drivingfeverish interest in the room thecouple are trying to rent. $18-$25. Through April 26. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-Racing, 24 Spiral Drive, Go-Kartracing. $15. Presented by Xhil-aRacing. Through Dec. 30.371-5278; www.xrkarting.com.Florence.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11Art & Craft Classes3-Week Faux Bronze SculptureWorkshop, 1-3 p.m., BakerHunt Art and Cultural Center,620 Greenup St., Create arma-ture wire sculpture and coverwith unique faux bronze tech-nique. Three consecutive Sat-urdays. Ages 14 and up. $35.Reservations required. 431-0020;www.bakerhunt.com. Coving-ton.

FUNKtional Crafts: HandmadePaper Flowers and WallAppliques, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,The Art House, 19 N. Fort Thom-as Ave., Learn to make paperflowers, wall appliques andother decorative elements usingcard stock and upcycled paper.$20. Reservations required.279-3431; www.inkaacollab-orative.org. Fort Thomas.

Pot Party Weekend, 5-7 p.m.,The Art House, $25, $15. Reser-vations recommended. 279-3431;www.inkaacollaborative.org.Fort Thomas.

Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 10 a.m. to 5p.m., Behringer-Crawford Mu-seum, $7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4ages 3-17, free for members.Wednesdays: one grandchildfree with grandparent’s admis-sion. 491-4003; www.bcmuseu-m.org. Covington.

Now Here: Theoretical Land-scapes, noon to 5 p.m., TheCarnegie, Free. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

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.

Craft ShowsThe Vintage Fair, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., The Friendly Market, 10050Norbotten Drive, Unique crafts,jewelry and collectibles, alongwith farmers market and indoorfood vendors. Free. Presented byThe Vintage Fair. 513-312-1629;www.kyvintagefair.com. Flor-ence.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 1-6 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, $5. 635-0111;www.stonebrookwinery.com.Camp Springs.

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Boone County EducationAssociation, 75 Cavalier Blvd.,suite 201, Enter building at rightside entrance. ACT test prepcourse. Ages 9-12. $399. Reserva-tions required. Presented byCollege and Beyond. 283-2655;candbtestprep.com. Florence.

Amy Ferris: Writing Workshopand Cocktails, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,New Riff Distillery, 24 DistilleryWay, One day writing work-shop. Author leads writingworkshops around the world.Ages 21 and up. $100. Regis-tration required. 261-7433;www.newriffdistilling.com.Newport.

Nikon School PhotographyClasses, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Elements of Photography: learnnot only what makes an in-teresting photograph, buttechniques and fundamentals toshoot amazing photos., HiltonCincinnati Airport, $99-$159.Reservations recommended.800-645-6687; nikonschool.com.Florence.

ExhibitsCanyon Falls, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23, $15ages 2-13, free children under 2.800-406-3474; www.newporta-quarium.com. Newport.

Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,

$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Time, 11 a.m., Babies ‘R UsFlorence, 4999 Houston Road,On-the-floor, interactive funthat encourages a love of booksand builds pre-reading skillsthrough books, finger plays,songs and playtime. Free. Pre-sented by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Florence.

Music - AcousticSaturday Night Music, 6-8 p.m.Music by Ash Briggs and AustinRath., Velocity Bike & Bean, 7560Burlington Pike, Fresh bakedgoods, desserts and coffeeavailable. Free. Presented byVelocity Bike & Bean. 371-8356;www.velocitybb.com. Florence.

Music - BluesJD McPherson, 8:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Sanctuary. Criticallyacclaimed R&B/rockabilly artistand his band. $18, $15 advance.431-2201; www.southgatehouse-.com. Newport.

Music - ClassicalThe Planets Meet the ThirdRock, 8-10 p.m., Florence BaptistChurch at Mt. Zion, 642 Mt.Zion, Kentucky SymphonyOrchestra. Holst’s The Planetsaccompanied by NASA footageand images along with in-teresting tidbits from CincinnatiObservatory and Dean Regas.During intermission and aftershow, audience can gazethrough telescopes for liveglimpse of Venus and Jupiter.$35, $19. Presented by KentuckySymphony Orchestra. 431-6216;www.kyso.org. Florence.

Music - ConcertsJD McPherson, 8:30 p.m., TheSouthgate House Revival, 111 E.Sixth St., Sanctuary. In supportof latest release, Let the GoodTimes Roll. Ages 18 and up. $18,$15 advance. Presented by JBMPromotions Inc.. 513-779-9462;www.jbmpromotions.com.Newport.

Music - RockJosh McIntosh and Company,9 p.m. to 1 a.m., JerZee’s Puband Grub, 708 Monmouth St.,Free. 491-3500; www.jerzees-pub.com. Newport.

Everything Jake, 8 p.m. tomidnight, Sis’s on Monmouth,837 Monmouth St., Free admis-sion. Presented by Sis’s FamilyAffair. 431-3157; http://www.si-sonmonmouth.com. Newport.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Puppets KaPow with FrischMarionettes, 7-8:30 p.m., BakerHunt Art and Cultural Center,620 Greenup St., $7. Presentedby Frisch Marionette Company.431-0020; www.bakerhunt.org.Covington.

On Stage - TheaterThe Cover of Life, 8-10 p.m.,Falcon Theatre, $19, $17 students

and seniors. 513-479-6783;www.falcontheater.net. New-port.

The Underpants, 7:30 p.m., TheCarnegie, $18-$25. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

RecreationRyle Band Bingo, 5-10 p.m.,Erlanger Lions Club Hall, 5996Belair Drive, Doors open 5 p.m.Early games begin 6:30 p.m.Regular games begin 7:15 p.m.Ages 18 and up. Benefits RyleMarching Band Boosters. Pre-sented by Ryle Band Boosters.Through Dec. 26. 282-1652.Erlanger.

Spring Visibility Ride, 10 a.m.to 4 p.m., Ei8ht Ball Brewing, 18Distillery Way, Meet and greet,group ride with mid point stop,live music, food and drinks,games, split the pot, raffles,auctions and more. BenefitsLook Twice Cincinnati. $25.Reservations required. Presentedby Look Twice Cincinnati. 513-324-0926; http://looktwice-cincy.com/. Newport.

SportsBlack-n-Bluegrass Rollergirls,5 p.m., Hits 55, 3785 Lake ParkDrive, Skater-owned leagueoperated by skaters, for skaters.Suicide seating included withgeneral admission. $12, $10advance; free ages 6 and under.Presented by Black-n-BluegrassRollergirls. 331-4487; http://black-n-bluegrass.com/. Coving-ton.

Ham Shoot, noon-7 p.m., Camp-bell County Game & Fish Associ-ation, 11218 S. Licking Pike,Shoot Gun, Luck Shoot and TrapShoot. Prizes will be hams.Scatter boards, food and drinksavailable. Free. Presented byCampbell County Game & Fish.635-5800. Alexandria.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12Art ExhibitsArts Alive: Celebration ofCovington Artists, 1-5 p.m.,Behringer-Crawford Museum,$7, $6 ages 60 and up, $4 ages3-17, free for members. Wednes-days: one grandchild free withgrandparent’s admission. 491-4003; www.bcmuseum.org.Covington.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 1-6 p.m., Sto-neBrook Winery, $5. 635-0111;www.stonebrookwinery.com.Camp Springs.

EducationCollege and Beyond ACT TestPrep Course, 1-5:15 p.m., BooneCounty Education Association,$399. Reservations required.283-2655; candbtestprep.com.Florence.


Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Molly Malone’sIrish Pub and Restaurant, 112 E.Fourth St., With DJ Will Corson.$10 buckets and $4 grape andcherry bombs. Ages 21 and up.Free. 491-6659. Covington.

Literary - LibrariesSpring Festival, 2 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Spring crafts,colorful experiment, more. Allages. Free. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Music - ConcertsMonophonics, 8 p.m., MadisonTheater, 730 Madison Ave., $15.Presented by NederlanderEntertainment. 491-2444. Co-vington.

Music - CountryThe Derek Alan Band, 2 p.m.,Florence Branch Library, 7425U.S. 42, Country band hailingfrom Independence, Kentucky.Free. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org.Florence.

Music - RockThrowbacks, 5-8 p.m., Sis’s onMonmouth, 837 Monmouth St.,Free admission. Presented bySis’s Family Affair. 431-3157;http://www.sisonmon-mouth.com. Newport.

On Stage - Theater

The Underpants, 3 p.m., TheCarnegie, $18-$25. 957-1940;www.thecarnegie.com. Coving-ton.

MONDAY, APRIL 13Dance ClassesLine Dance Classes, 5:30-6:30p.m., Elsmere Senior Center, 179Dell St., $3. Presented by HollyRuschman. Through Dec. 14.727-0904. Elsmere.

EducationMicrosoft Word II, 6:30 p.m.,Boone County Main Library,1786 Burlington Pike, Learn tocreate resume, flyer and more.Must have previously takenMicrosoft Word I. Registrationrequired. Presented by BooneCounty Public Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Little Learners, 9-11:30 a.m.,The Lively Learning Lab, $10.Registration required. 916-2721.Florence.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise Classes, 6 a.m.,Edgewood Jazzercise Center,$38 for unlimited monthlyclasses. 331-7778; jazzercise.com.Edgewood.

Gentle Yoga, 6 p.m., BooneCounty Main Library, 1786Burlington Pike, Learn basicpostures and flows. $25. Present-ed by Boone County PublicLibrary. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Yoga, 7:10 p.m., Boone CountyMain Library, 1786 BurlingtonPike, Hatha Yoga postures. $25.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665;www.bcpl.org. Burlington.

Yoga, 10-11 a.m., The LivelyLearning Lab, 7500 OakbrookDrive, Suite 10, Yoga, music,meditation, movement, yogarelated games and songs. Eachchild has a turn to be leaderseveral times each session. Ages3-12. $5. Registration required.916-2721; www.thelivelylearnin-glab.com. Florence.


Shark Bridge, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Newport Aquarium, $23 Adult,$15 Child (2-12), Free childrenunder 2. 815-1471; www.new-portaquarium.com. Newport.

Literary - LibrariesIn 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.

Teen Gaming (middle & highschool), 3:15-4:45 p.m., LentsBranch Library, 3215 CougarPath, Gaming and snacks. Free.Presented by Boone CountyPublic Library. 342-2665. He-bron.

Teen Gaming Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Brawl(middle & high school), 6:30p.m., Florence Branch Library,7425 U.S. 42, Free. Registrationrecommended. 342-2665. Flor-ence.

RecreationBusiness Lunch Go KartingSpecial, noon to 2 p.m., Xhil-Racing, $15. 371-5278;www.xrkarting.com. Florence.

Support GroupsDIVA - Divorced with Intellect,Vision and Abundance GroupMeeting, 6-7 p.m., BooneCounty Public Library - SchebenBranch, 8899 U.S. 42, MeetingRoom A. Support, empower-ment, recovery for those intransition and healing process ofdivorce. For For those consider-ing, in the midst of, or recover-ing from divorce. Free. Present-ed by Best Life Co-Parenting andCounseling Services. 803-7817.Union.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14Art & Craft Classes7-11 Club, 9:30-11:30 a.m., TheLively Learning Lab, 7500 Oak-brook Drive, Suite 10, Social clubfor homeschoolers. Make crafts,play games or create art. Ages7-11. $5. Registration required.916-2721. Florence.

Dining EventsFamily Night, 6-9 p.m., Hof-brauhaus, 200 E. Third St.,Face-painting, balloon animalsand prizes. Kids 12 and undereat free 6-9 p.m. Free. 491-7200.Newport.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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FILE PHOTO

The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra will perform Holst’s “The Planets” accompanied by NASAfootage and images along with interesting tidbits from the Cincinnati Observatory and DeanRegas in “The Planets meet the Third Rock,” 8-10 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Florence BaptistChurch at Mt. Zion, 642 Mt. Zion, Florence. During intermission and after the show, theaudience can gaze through telescopes for a live glimps of Venus and Jupiter. Admision is $35,$19. Call 431-6216; visit www.kyso.org.

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You’ve heard the old say-ing “one person’s misfortuneis another person’s blessing.”That happened to us thisweek when our neighborBobby, who lives down theroad, called and said he had alarge ash tree that had died.A familiar story in our area.

Frank, Bobbyand our boysmade quickwork of thetree. We’ll beglad next win-ter that wetook the timein the spring toget it cut andstacked.

Food is likethat, too. Right

now we’re marking rows inthe garden for produce we’llplant now and harvest in fall.And there’s a renaissance ofsorts going on with canningand preserving. All part ofthe awareness of eatinghealthy and controllingwhat’s in the food we eat.

So as we go into warmerweather, this column will bea good resource for easyhome canned goods, likejellies, jams, salsas, vine-gars, etc. If you have a favor-ite, share and I’ll publish it.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional andauthor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Healthy, tasty reasons to gonuts with spring recipes

Easy candied nuts

Spring is the time to take pantry inventory. I was doing just that when I ran across ajar of pecans that were near the expiration date. I tossed some in a nonstick skillet andmade a batch of candied pecans for our salad. They turned out so nice that I wanted togive you the recipe, too.

3 tablespoons packed light or dark brown sugar – I used light1 tablespoon water1 teaspoon vanilla1/4 teaspoon salt2 cups pecan halves

Mix together sugar, water, vanilla, and salt. It will look grainy. Set aside.Toast pecans in dry skillet for several minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burn-

ing. They’re done when they give off a nice aroma. Drizzle sugar mixture on top, stirringas you drizzle. Keep stirring until nuts are all coated. This takes about a minute. Immedi-ately spread nuts on sprayed pan in single layer to cool. They’ll look sticky but coating willharden and nuts can be broken apart after they cool completely. Store in airtight contain-er at room temperature.

Tip: A wonderful appetizer or ice cream topping, as well.

Chicken and black bean enchiladas

One of my students told me her daughterenjoys reading my recipes. “You have a new gener-ation of readers,” she said. That made me feelpretty good as that’s been my goal all along, toget everyone cooking together. Since her daughterlikes Mexican foods, here’s one of our favorites forher to try.

1-1/4 pounds chicken tenderloins, thinly sliced4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (leave

drippings in skillet)2 teaspoons minced garlic or more to taste24 ounces picante sauce16 ounces black beans, drained, rinsed and

drained1 red or green bell pepper, diced1 generous teaspoon cumin or more to taste –

I usually add moreSalt to taste1 generous cup thinly sliced green onions,

both white and green parts12 flour tortillas, 6-inch size16 ounces Mexican cheese blend, shredded

Garnish: Tomato, sour cream, shreddediceberg, guacamole, or diced avocado, more pi-cante sauce or salsa, shredded cheese.

Cook chicken and garlic until chicken iscooked. Stir in 1/2 cup picante sauce, beans, bellpepper, cumin and salt. Simmer until thickened,stirring occasionally. Stir in green onions andbacon. Taste and add more picante sauce, cumin,etc. if desired.

Spoon about 1/4 cup down center of eachtortilla and sprinkle on a heaping 2 Tablespoonscheese. Roll up and place seam side down in asprayed 9x13 casserole.

Pour rest of picante sauce over enchiladasand sprinkle with rest of cheese. Tent with foil andbake in preheated 350 degree oven until hotthroughout, about 30 minutes or so.

Serve topped with garnishes.Tip: Add a cup or so of frozen shoe peg corn

with the beans.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Candied pecans are an easy to make topper for a salad.

150 GAMBLING MACHINESEIGHT ROTATING LOCAL CRAFT BEERS ON TAP

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When we think about thegreat impact of volunteers inKentucky, it’s tough to imagineour commonwealth withouttheir service. Consider yourcity, your community, yourneighborhood. It’s likely thatone or more volunteers havehelped benefit your home life,your job, your safety. Thechanges happen in more waysthan most of us realize.

Volunteers fight fires inrural areas. They read to stu-dents. They tutor at-risk youthand spend quality time withthe elderly and people withdisabilities. They collect foodand deliver meals to the home-bound. They remove litterfrom roadways and planttrees. They support and enableveterans.

The list is endless – and it isamazing. Volunteers serve for

the good ofothers. Andnow is the timethat we cansay thanks.

Gov. SteveBeshear hasproclaimedApril 12-18KentuckyVolunteerWeek. It’s atime to honorthose who

make the commitment to vol-unteer, and it’s a reminder tomany of us to do more for ourneighbors.

The mission of my agency –the Kentucky Commission onCommunity Volunteerism andService – is to engage Ken-tuckians in service.

We at the commission, ourstaff and bipartisan members,

also manage the state’s Amer-iCorps national service pro-grams. Since 1994, more than9,400 Kentucky residents haveserved more than 14 millionhours and have received edu-cation awards totaling morethan $32.5 million.

Not only do AmeriCorpsmembers provide direct ser-vice, they also recruit commu-nity volunteers and providecivic engagement opportuni-ties. Last year, KentuckyAmeriCorps members recruit-ed, trained and supervisedmore than 13,000 communityvolunteers for the organiza-tions they serve – volunteerswho provided more than 92,000hours of service to their Ken-tucky communities. What animpact!

You don’t have to take theAmeriCorps pledge to make a

difference. You just have togive of yourself – join yourfellow Kentuckians who al-ready volunteer.

The benefits of volunteer-ing are great, and some arevery practical. For teens, it’s agreat way to build their skillsets and get a feel for the de-mands of a career. Collegestudents can add to their re-sumes. Adults who are be-tween jobs can gain experi-ence and a foot in the door to anew profession.

If you are affiliated with anonprofit agency that dependson the service of others, Ken-tucky Volunteer Week is a timeto say thank you to volunteers.

The commission has waysto help you do this. You canrequest a certificate of appre-ciation or governor’s citationto commemorate a special

project or ongoing service.You can also consider nominat-ing a special volunteer for aGovernor’s Service Award.Annual honors are presentedin categories including corpo-rate, veteran, senior and youthservice.

No matter the cause, volun-teering your time, your in-tellect and your energy ismore than a gift; it is an act oflove. What we do as volunteerstoday will change tomorrow.

Joe Bringardner is executive direc-tor of the Kentucky Commission onCommunity Volunteerism and Ser-vice, an agency of the Cabinet forHealth and Family Services.Learn more about community volun-teerism, service opportunities andAmeriCorps atchfs.ky.gov/dfrcvs/kccvs or at 800-239-7404.

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Last week’s questionWhat is the best April Fools’

prank you ever played, or hadplayed on you?

“On Facebook someone post-ed that there is someone thatkeeps posting nude pics and theywanted the word out so they senta link you could click on to see ifyou know the person n when Idid, it was MY facebook pagewith my pic! It freaked me out!LOL.”

Tammy Haley Day

“Two years ago Opening Daywas on April Fools’. My fiance,his sister and I were going to theparade and my dad said he gottickets and he couldn’t go andthat he would give them to meand to call him when we gotthere. Well I called him and AprilFools’, no freaking tickets! I wasso upset.”

Kaylah Siemer

“Best April Fools’ prank everplayed on me happened exactlyfour years ago yesterday at 1:26p.m. Coincidentally this happensto be the exact moment mydaughter was born. Being ner-vous and excited, also being inlabor for 12 hours, it slipped mymind it was in fact April Fools’Day. The doctor lays Jillian onmy chest and says ‘Congratula-tions it’s a BOY!’ At this momentit seemed as if the worldstopped. Since 20 weeks weknew, or we thought we knew,we were having a girl. Flashes ofpink went through my mind.Knowing we had very, very little‘gender neutral’ items. Whatseemed like minutes of utterconfusion I finally was able toburst out, ‘WHAT?!’ The doctorthen chuckled, ‘April Fools’!!!’Behind this prank of course Ishould have known my very ownfather put her up to it! KudosDad.”

Erin Michel Gross

“My husband has played theSAME April Fools’ prank on mefor 32 years straight ... and it hasworked almost every year Herubberbands the kitchen sprayattachment so it sprays me in theface when I turn on the water.Which, by habit, I always do firstthing every morning when Icome downstairs. All you need isone good prank ... and a very for-getful wife.”

Joy Kent Tarleton

“Last year was my last yearof teaching so I wanted to makeApril Fools’ Day great. I boughtone of those cans that has thespring snake in it. I rigged it upsuch that when a student liftedthe lid off my candy box, thesnake popped out. I can’t beginto tell you how many kidsscreamed then laughed andwanted me to do it again. Theyloved it which made me love iteven more.”

Bonnie Kirby Cronin

“Several years ago I decidedto sew my son’s jacket sleevesshut, only I didn’t stop there! Isewed legs of jeans, boxers, T-shirt necks, sleeves, prettymuch everything I could get myhands on. For weeks after, Iwould hear him as he was dress-ing, when he found somethingelse, say, ‘Crap! Dang it! Mom!’That was my best ever!”

Linda Leppert Unterreiner

“Baby powder in my mom’sblow dryer! Pooof!”

Courtney Zehnder

“Last year was my last yearof teaching so I wanted to makeApril Fools’ days great. I boughtone of those cans that has thespring snake in it. I rigged it upsuch that when a student liftedthe lid off my candy box, thesnake popped out. I can’t beginto tell you how many kidsscreamed then laughed andwanted me to do it again. Theyloved it which made me love iteven more.”

Bonnie Kirby Cronin

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThe state General Assemblypassed House Bill 340 whichexpands the state’s film taxcredits in order to create morefilm production in the common-wealth. Do you want to seemore movies made in Kentucky?Where are good locations tofilm? What movie star do youwant to come to Kentucky tomake a movie?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers to [email protected] Ch@troom in the subject line.

Have you ever taken timeto ask yourself “what do wewant for our children?” Ibelieve everyone who an-swers would say we want ourcommonwealth to provide anequal playing field for all ourchildren; we want all childrento have great childhoods, tosucceed in school and to growinto healthy and productivecitizens.

Yet somehow, this doesn’talways seem to be reflected ineither our attitudes, or ac-tions, toward our children.There are numbers to supportthat statement too. In Ken-tucky, according to KIDSCOUNT Data, almost 12 per-cent of our school-aged chil-dren experienced chronicabsenteeism in 2011-2012;70,000 children were livingwith neither of their parentsin 2013; income issues (76.3percent), mental health (40.9percent) and substance abuse(60.4 percent) were factorsmost often cited in 2012 aspart of abuse/neglect investi-gations; and 45.1 out of every1,000 children were bookedinto a secure juvenile deten-tion facility in 2001-2013.

If we really want to dobetter for children, we can’tjust rely on the government.We have to recognize we allplay a role in the lives of chil-dren and families, and each of

us has boththe ability topromote thekind of actionsand factorsthat help fam-ilies thrive,while reduc-ing the riskfactors forchild abuseand neglect.

What wecan do is start

by working to ensure childrenare born healthy and raised instable and nurturing environ-ments. Services that helpreduce incidences of birthcomplications like low birthweight, which can lead tolifelong health problems likediabetes and heart disease,are an example of the wayswe can help the first part. Forthe second, there are individ-ual actions we can take everyday, as parents or otherwise,that can help raise up familiesand consequently, our com-munities.

Take coaching a sportsteam, for example. After-school programs like sportsor academic clubs providelow-cost opportunities forchildren to learn and growwithout forcing parents toleave work early. If you’remore of the social type, youcould organize a block party

in the summer for a neigh-borhood, which helps createconnections between neigh-bors and forms the kind ofcommunity that reduces so-cial isolation and provides astable environment for fam-ilies.

If you’re a business owner,instituting family-friendlypolicies can be good for bothyour bottom line and the fam-ilies of your employees. Forexample, studies have shownthat flexible scheduling foremployees can help reducestress, which is a risk factorfor child maltreatment, andalso improve their happiness,which is good for produc-tivity.

These are a few examplesof the ways we can Commit ToPrevent. Working to create abetter state for our childrenand families isn’t complicat-ed, but it is hard. That’s why ittakes all of us. Please log on towww.pcaky.org or call 1-800-CHILDREN or 859-225-8879to find out how you can help.

We should be – and I knowwe can be – a state that devel-ops the leaders of tomorrowby supporting our children oftoday.

Jill Seyfred is executive director ofPrevent Child Abuse Kentucky, astatewide child abuse preventionorganization.

What do we want for our children?

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Covington/Kenton Lions Club

Meeting time: General meetings,fourth Thursday of each month; boardmeetings, second Thursday of eachmonth

Where: General meetings at MadonnaManor Community Center; boardmeetings at PeeWee’s

Contact: 859-572-2049

Description: The Covington/KentonLions Club has been a chartered mem-ber of the Lions International for morethan 70 years and provides eye exami-nations and eyeglasses to those whocan’t afford them.

Covington Rotary Club

Meeting time:12:15 p.m. Tuesdays

Where: Radisson Hotel in Covington

Contact: President Rodney Crook [email protected]

Daughters of theAmerican Revolution

Rebecca Bryan Boone Chapter,National Society Daughters of theAmerican Revolution of Fort Thomas

Meeting time: Second Wednesday orSaturday of each month

Where: Various locations

Contact: Zella Rahe, 1106 Craft Road,Alexandria KY 41001, 859-635-5050,[email protected]

Description: DAR members provetheir lineage back to a RevolutionaryWar patriot. They offer service totroops, veterans, schools and preservehistory. Members are from Boone,Campbell and Kenton counties.

Daughters of theAmerican Revolution

Mary Ingles Chapter, National Soci-ety Daughters of the American Revolu-tion of Fort Thomas.

Meets: First Wednesday or Saturday of

each month

Where: Various locations

Contact: Phyllis VonStrohe,[email protected]

Description: DAR members haveproven lineage back to a RevolutionaryWar patriot. The nonprofit, non-political volunteer women’s serviceorganization promotes education,patriotism and historic preservation.

Disabled AmericanVeterans Auxiliary

Meeting time: 7 p.m. third Tuesday ofeach month

Where: DAV national headquarters,3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring

Contact: Commander KimHempleman, 859-781-6110

Description: Volunteers supportingthose who served our country.

Please send additions or updates [email protected].

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Dixie Heights multi-sportcoach Ken Chevalier considershimself a lucky man in the mid-dle of a nice run for the Colonels.

He’s qualified a pair of statetournament teams in sports ondifferent ends of the spectrum,in girls’ golf and boys’ basket-ball. He helped guide the Dixieboys basketball team a regionaltitle for the first time in 54 yearsin 2011, and had the Colonelsback in this year’s regionalsemifinals for the second yearin a row and third time in fiveseasons.

“You know, when I thinkabout it, I’ve had a nice little ca-reer, with a Miss Kentucky Golf(Emily Culbertson, who laterplayed at Kentucky) and a Mr.Kentucky Basketball candidate(Northern Kentucky’s all-timeleading scorer Brandon Hatton,who plays at Vermont). It’s funwhen you’re around elite ath-letes.”

Add Dixie Heights tennisplayer Brooke Warden to thelist.

Warden is the defendingNinth Region singles championwith the distinction of being theonly girl not from Notre DameAcademy to win the crown since2008. She is a three-time statequalifier, last year winning twomatches at the state tournamentand advancing to the round of16. She and the upstart Colonelsare trying to prevent a 20thstraight regional team title forthe Notre Dame Academy Pan-das.

Colonels junior Hannah Da-ria is greatly improved.

“She’s been with us just ayear, and she’s already takenover the No. 2 singles spot. She’s3-0 coming into the week,” Che-valier said. “We played her atfirst singles our first match, and

she did well for a girl who’s onlybeen playing tennis for 18months. I think she is going to bea pleasant surprise.”

First doubles this year willmore than likely be Junior Kris-ten Snider who has played firstdoubles for three years along-side of her sister Lindsey whograduated last year and talentedSophomore Alaina Moore who isplaying her third year of varsitytennis. Moore is a big hitter withsolid net play.

Second doubles will be seniorAnna Starosciak and freshmenAnnie Atkinson. Starosciak justmissed qualifying for state lastyear playing second singles andAtkinson is in her second seasonas a varsity doubles player.

Sophomores Abby Stubbsand Isabel Phillips will split

time with the third singles spotand fill in at second doubleswhen needed.

“Every girl in the programhas worked hard this offseasonto improve their skill set whichshould lead to a very versatileteam that is competitive at eachposition,” Chevalier said. “If westay healthy and hungry weshould make a push towards be-ing one of the more talentedteams in the region the next fewyears with only one senior. Weknow we have work to do but weare excited to be considered oneof the top programs in the areathis season and a regional con-tender this spring.”

Notre Dame graduated re-gional singles runner-up Caro-line Krumme and regionalchamps in doubles Bess Fleyand Abby Roebker, who werestate quarterfinalists.

The top returners are seniorsAbigail Kennedy and EmmaHughes, who were regional run-ner-ups in doubles and reachedthe third round at state. JuniorFrancie Case has previous stateexperience.

Others to watch start withseniors Maryann Meadows andSarah Frisch.

“We have flexibility andteam balance to put players in

singles or doubles without hesi-tation,” said head

Nathan Gilbert returns forhis 10th season as Simon Kentonhead coach, including five con-secutive winning campaigns.SK was 12-6 last year in duals,8-4 in conference play.

The team is led by sopho-more Lauryn Reckner, who is areturning quarter-finalist indoubles, one match away fromqualifying for state. Junior Nat-alie Hahn is also a returningdoubles player. Singles veteransinclude sophomore StephanieSaner, sophomore Avery Hor-ton and senior Mandy Chen.

Other returners with experi-ence start with junior MadisonChenot, junior Payton Hamiltonand freshman Olivia Bowling.

“Our team is very young butthe girls have an outstandingwork ethic,” Gilbert said. “Wehave one senior, three juniors,eight sophomores, 12 freshmen,and two middle-school girls onour roster. The girls haveworked very hard in this off-season and have improved im-mensely. I’m excited to see whatthey are able to accomplish.”

In addition to the deep roster,Gilbert has an experiencedcoaching staff with two recentalumni. Tommy Chen, an SK

teacher and older brother ofMandy Chen joins the staff, asKelsie Peckham, a 2010 statequalifier who played four yearsat Campbellsville University.

“With over 20 girls on theteam, having two experiencedtennis minds around to helpshould make a big difference,”Gilbert said.

Simon Kenton’s next homegirls match is April 15 againstBeechwood, then the Pioneershosts Dixie Heights April 22.

Desta Donnell coaches bothteams at Lloyd Memorial. Topgirls are Habsa Dia and HaileyBurk.

“They are a great group ofkids who are willing to work,”she said.

Lloyd is off for spring breakbefore playing conferencematches April 13 and 14. Theboys team will host Ryle April 16and Holy Cross April 20. Bothteams face Newport CentralCatholic April 22.

Last year, the Scott girls’ ten-nis team performed a feat theyhad not accomplished in coachJoan Sturgeon’s previous 11sea-sons as coach. The Eagles qual-ified three girls for the statetournament, including a singlesplayer and a doubles team.

Sturgeon’s junior-dominatedsquad is a year older and wiserafter making a major break-through during 2014 regionalcompetition. Earning stateberths were No. 2 singles playerSydney Hancock and the No. 1doubles team of Allie Bishopand Jordan Tapp. Those threeare looking for more as well,with the hope of further stateadvancement this time around.

Hancock lost in last year’sNinth Region semifinals andbowed out of the state tourna-ment with a first-round loss.Bishop, a junior, and Tapp, a

Tennis contenders plenty in the areaJames Weber [email protected]

FILE PHOTO

Dixie Heights’ Brooke Warden hits areturn during the regional final,which she won.

FILE PHOTO

NDA’sAbigailKennedyand EmmaHugheswereregionalrunner-upsin doublesto their NDAteammatesBess Fleyand AbbyRoebker lastyear.

See TENNIS, Page B3

Notre Dame beat Holy Cross 13-0 in its season opener in softball March 31.The Pandas play at Campbell County Thursday, April 9.

JIM OSBORN FOR THE RECORDER

Notre Dame pitcher Haylee Smith smacks a single against Holy Cross.

Pandas routIndians in opener

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Notre Dame’s Rachel Franzen is tagged out by Holy Cross third baseman Natalie Sparling as she tries to advance ona wild pitch during their softball game March 31.

JIM OSBORN FOR

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Notre Dame’sKaitlen Bakerheads forfirst afterlaying downa bunt. Shehad toreturn, as theball wentfoul.

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Baseball» Dixie Heights beat

Turpin 6-5 in eight in-nings. Henry Kerns hadthree hits and three RBI.

Dixie Heights beatConner 3-2 April 1. Kernsgot the win. Royce McGeehad three hits.

» Covington Catholicbeat Cooper 6-4. Nico Pan-gallo stole three bases.Ryan McGinness was 3-for-4 with two RBI. Cov-Cath beat Turpin 10-5March 31, giving headcoach Bill Krumpelbeckhis 900th career win. CovCath is 5-0 through April 4and hosts the annual ScottKnochelman memorialtourney April 11.

» Holy Cross beat Lud-low 11-1 April 1. MaxSchwalbach improved to2-0 with eight strikeoutsand also drove in two. Fivedifferent Indians collect-ed two hits.

SOFTBALL

» St. Henry is 6-0through April 4 includinga 14-5 win over defendingNinth Region championHighlands.

TMC Notes» The Thomas More

College baseball team de-feated Centre College,19-2 March 31. Junior des-ignated hitter DonovanPogue (St. Xavier) led the

team at the plate as he wastwo-for-two with a grandslam home run, six runsbatted-in and three runsscored. Five other Saintshad multiple hits in thegame as freshman secondbaseman Ben Laumann(Oak Hills) was two-for-four with three runsscored, senior first base-man Nick Connor (Elder)was two-for-three with aRBI and three runsscored, sophomore catch-er Austin Bryant (Fair-field) was two-for-threewith two RBI and two runsscored, sophomore centerfielder Casey Metzger(Oak Hills) was two-for-three with a triple, twoRBI and a run scored andjunior shortstop MarcusWoelfel (Harrison) wastwo-for-three with a RBIand two runs scored.

This occurred a day af-ter a 20-13 win over Frank-lin at home. The Saintswere led at the plate bysenior catcher Brad Po-pham (Dixie Heights)and junior designated hit-ter Pogue as Pophamwas4-for-5 with two RBI andone run scored and Poguewas 4-for-6 with threedoubles, six RBI and threeruns scored. Sophomoreright fielder Ben Ken-ning (Elder) was 3-for-5with a triple, a double,four RBI and four runsscored, Metzger was 3-for-6 with a triple, a dou-ble, three RBI and tworuns scored and junior

SHORT HOPS

By James [email protected]

See SHORT HOPS, Page B3

Construction is com-plete on the new Coving-ton Catholic tennis facili-ty, which sits behind thebaseball field on campusin Park Hills. The onlything it needs is a coat ofpaint.

“We’re pretty excitedto have our own facility oncampus,” Colonels coachAl Hertsenberg said. “It’sbeen in the works for fiveyears.”

Hertsenberg said oneof the reasons he retiredin 2009 after a successfulrun as CovCath soccercoach was to put more en-ergy into the addition ofthe six new tennis courts.To help get them up andgoing, the Colonels arepraying for warm days,projecting the new courtsto be ready by April. Bythen, the Colonels will bealmost halfway into their

march toward a possible14th straight Ninth Regionchampionship. They fin-ished 11-3 last season.

CovCath’s top challeng-ers will come from amongBeechwood, CalvaryChristian, Conner, Cooper,Ryle, Scott and Villa Ma-donna. The Colonels re-turn a strong contingent.

“There has been a lot ofoffseason training thatwill hopefully help thisteam win the region forthe 14th consecutive year,and advance in the statetournament further,”Hertsenberg said. “AustinHussey has been playingwith future college team-mates, and is still playingin a lot of national tourna-ments. He’s in anotherstate right now.”

With one of the state’sbest players in Hussey,the three-time defendingNinth Region singleschampion and a Univer-

sity of Kentucky recruit,CovCath will be a toughteam to stop.

“We are very excited tohave the opportunity to

work with Austin and hisfamily,” said UK headcoach Cedric Kauffmannin a release. “The love thathe has for the game, and

the drive that he has to getbetter was a crucial partfor me in the recruitingprocess. Austin has themake-up to be a very suc-cessful player at the col-lege level. He will have toput in a lot of difficultwork, but we can’t wait toget started working withhim. We are excited towelcome him to our fam-ily.

Hussey was ranked asthe top player in the stateof Kentucky in 2014, andreached as high as No. 35in the 2014 national rank-ings for TennisRecrui-ting.net. Hussey was the2013 Kentucky HighSchool state championand finished in the top 25nationally in the UnitedStates Tennis Associa-tion’s Boy’s 16’s rankings.

Hussey, the returningstate singles runner-up, isjoined by a strong sup-porting cast including re-turning regional singlessemifinalist AnthonyBosch, Jake Haught,Blake Heimbrock and up-and-comer Max Cook.Hussey won the state sin-gles championship in2013.

“Senior Austin Hussey

and sophomore AnthonyBosch strengthen thisteam tremendously. Aus-tin has so many differentweapons. It’s just a matterof knowing which weaponto use against which oppo-nent,” said Hertsenberg,now in his 25th year asColonels coach. He has acareer record of 318-47.

“Junior Jake Haughtwas Nathan Wichmann’spartner, and doubles re-gional runner-up lastyear,” Hertsenberg said.“Max Cook brings tourna-ment experience as afreshman. Junior BlakeHeimbrock was the 2014junior varsity singleschampion.”

And that’s not all.“I have seniors Grant

Woodcock and ParkerKenney vying for spots onthe team. Jake Haught’ssophomore brother, Ja-red, is in the running fordoubles along with Heim-brock,” Hertsenberg said.“I like our depth, but I’mnot comfortable yet withdoubles because we lostthree of four starters. Ourstrength is going to be sin-gles in dual matches.”

The Colonels also willplay tough Ohio competi-tion while concentratingon developing their newdoubles teams. They arescheduled to play in twodoubles tournaments, oneat Lexington ChristianAcademy and one at LaSalle.

Among top returnersthis season are Beech-wood’s Garrett Johnsonand Villa Madonna’s Da-vid Gibson.

Lloyd’s top returningboys tennis players areJames Viox, Brent Chris-tiansen and Sergio Gutier-rez.

“They are a greatgroup of kids who are will-ing to work,” head coachDesta Donnell said.

Calvary has two re-turning seniors in DavidKalfas and Kellan Kreft.

CovCath’s Hussey leads returning Kenton playersGannett News Service

FILE PHOTO

Austin Hussey, second from left, was 2013 state singles champion and 2014 runner-up.

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Newport CentralCatholic graduate JohnBrannen is returninghome to coach NorthernKentucky University’smen’s basketball team.

Norse athletic direc-tor Ken Bothof an-nounced April 6 thatBrannen – Alabama’s in-terim coach after Antho-ny Grant’s firing inMarch – will be intro-duced at a 3 p.m. pressconference Tuesday atthe Bank of KentuckyCenter.

Brannen was withGrant at Alabama for sixyears, including two asthe Crimson Tide’s asso-ciate head coach. Prior tothat he was an assistant atVirginia Commonwealth,St. Bonaventure, EasternKentucky and the Uni-versity of Charleston.

Brannen said he washumbled to be the nextNorse coach and said hisfamily, which includeswife, Lisa, and twindaughters, Katelyn andJaylee, is “thrilled to beback home.”

“Our program promis-es to bring great pride tothe NKU community andwe will strive for successon and off the court,”

Brannen said. “Our goalis to compete for AtlanticSun Championshipswhile ensuring our play-ers graduate and repre-sent NKU in a first-classmanner. I can’t wait tostart working and returnhome to embark on myhead coaching career.”

Brannen, a Covingtonnative, started his colle-giate playing career atMorehead State beforetransferring to MarshallUniversity, where hescored 1,008 points in twoseasons. After his 1997graduation, Brannenplayed professionally inBelgium for two seasons.

At Alabama his dutiesincluded working withperimeter players. TheCrimson Tide had three20-win seasons duringBrannen’s tenure andwent 1-1 during his briefrole as interim coach.The team defeated Illi-nois 79-58 in a NIT open-er before losing to even-tual runner-up Miami, 73-66.

Brannen replacesDave Bezold, who wasfired last month after 11seasons at the helm of aprogram that made themove from Division II.NKU finished 13-17 dur-ing the 2014-15 campaign.

NKU names Brannenhead basketball coachShannon [email protected]

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left fielder Zach Fardo(Bishop Brossart) was 3-for-6 with a RBI and a runscored.

Signings» Calvary Christian

senior Dayne Merkleysigned to play soccer forAsbury College March 27.

NKU Notes» Northern Kentucky

University track andfield athlete J.J. Webberearned Atlantic Sun Con-ference Outdoor TrackAthlete of the Week hon-ors. Webber took firstplace in the 5,000-meter atthe Oliver Nikoloff Invita-tional with a program-rec-ord time of 14:14.39. Thejunior finished 30 secondsahead of the second-placerunner in the race. Thetime ranks 14th in NCAADivision I and first on theA-Sun performance list.

» The Northern Ken-tucky University wom-en’s tennis team pickedup a landmark win April 2,

defeating KennesawState in Atlantic Sun Con-ference action 4-2 at FiveSeasons Sports Club. Thewin was NKU’s firstagainst an A-Sun oppo-nent, snapping a four-match losing streak to im-prove to 6-10 overall and1-3 in A-Sun play. Kenne-saw State fell to 1-12 over-all and 0-4 in A-Sun action.

Boys tennis» Covington Catholic

beat Elder 4-1. Winnerswere Bosch, Look, Haushtand Hausht/Heirrbroch.

» St. Henry beat Lloyd3-2. Crusader winnerswere Eddy, Bruni andSalle in singles. Lloyd wondoubles with Gutierrez/Christiansen and Viox/Asher.

» Villa Madonna beatBellevue 4-1 Winnerswere Spicker, Ahmad,Gerst/McQueen andSchlueper/Gardner.

Hall of Fame» The Northern Ken-

tucky Sports Hall ofFame will induct new

members 1 p.m. Wednes-day, April 15, at the VillaHills Civic Club. ShawnSnelling (Conner 1995)played football, baseballand track and holds sever-al school records. GarySchearing has been acoach for 40 years, includ-ing at Ludlow and is cur-rently at Kings (Ohio)coaching baseball. TimShields has been coach-ing for 45 years, mostly atConner High School,where he led the baseballteam to the regional titlein 1979 and three teams tothe girls basketball Sweet16. He is the head assis-tant of Thomas More’swomen’s basketball teamthat won the NCAA Divi-sion III championship thisspring. Celeste Broer-mann was a teacher andcoach for 33 years at St.Thomas and Highlands.She graduated from No-tre Dame and played vol-leyball and softball. BrianFlaugher is a longtimescorekeeper at AugustaHigh School.

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freshman, also made it tothe regional semifinals,and had their season end-ed in the first round atstate.

All three defeatedhigher seeds in the region-al quarterfinal round toclinch a state berth. TheEagles finished tied forsecond with Dixie Heightsin the team standings, thefirst time in 11 years theyfinished that high.

“It was the first timesince I got here that we

sent three girls to state,”Sturgeon said. “This year,we want both our No. 1andour No. 2 players to go tostate, as well as our topdoubles team.”

The new No. 3 singlesplayer is track and crosscountry standout LexiFlynn, a junior. The No. 2doubles team features thejunior tandem of KaitlynWessel and CarolineCampbell.

The Eagles have beenon the courts once, with apair of rainouts. They de-feated Simon Kenton, 3-2in first-round action lastmonth at the NorthernKentucky Athletic Con-

ference Division I tourna-ment, still ongoing afterpostponements. Scott isexpecting to play top-seeded Notre Dame in thenext round of the NKACtournament.

“I do feel like we havesome pretty good playerswho can compete,” saidSturgeon. “We have a lotof good athletes on theteam, girls who are verytalented in other sports.They are coachable, andthey listen to what you say,and they can execute aplan.”

SK was 12-6 last year induals, 8-4 in conferenceplay.

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Mary BlackMary Black, 93, of Florence

and formerly of Ludlow, diedMarch 25 at St. Elizabeth Med-ical Center in Edgewood.

She was a retired assemblyworker for Wadsworth ElectricCo. in Covington, where shehelped start a maternity leaveprogram. She was a member ofSts. Boniface and James Churchin Ludlow and was active withbingo and other fundraisers. Shelearned to drive in 1969 at theage of 47 and was known for herChristmas decorations in herhusband’s jewelry store window.

Her husband, Homer Black;and sisters Ann Wainscott,Norma Tretter, Mickey Reynolds,Erma Bogenschutz, and PatriciaStewart, died previously.

Survivors include her sons CliffBlack of Florence and Jim Blackof Independence; daughter, TinaCrotty of Anderson Township;and six grandchildren along with11 great-grandchildren and twogreat-great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery in Fort Wright.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Associ-ation, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026,Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Louise BoddeLouise J. Bodde, 90, of Fort

Mitchell, died March 25 atBaptist Convalescent Center inNewport.

She was a homemaker andmember of Blessed SacramentChurch in Fort Mitchell, whereshe sang in the choir. She was an

avid listener of music from thebig band era.

Her husband, Glenn Bodde;and sister, Carlene Slaughter,died previously.

Survivors include her sonsGreg Bodde of Elsmere, MarkBodde of Latonia, Paul Bodde ofEdgewood, and Pete Bodde ofMontgomery, Ohio; daughter,Mary Ann Rigg of Edgewood;and 11 grandchildren along with21 great-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 1 MedicalVillage Drive, Edgewood, KY41017.

Polley ChajkowskiPolley Chajkowski, 71, of

Erlanger, died March 29 at St.Elizabeth Medical Center inEdgewood.

She was an active member ofImmanuel Baptist Church inFlorence and she worked atEquitable Bag for a number ofyears.

Her husband, John ChajkowskiSr.; and many brothers andsisters, died previously.

Survivors include her son, JohnMichael Chajkowski Jr. of Erlang-er; and companion, Bob Barth ofFlorence.

Entombment was at ForestLawn Memorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Immanuel BaptistChurch, 7183 Pleasant ValleyRoad, Florence, KY 41042.

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Those of youthat know meknow that I amnot the world’sbest baker – nordo I ever professmyself to be one.However one ofthe things I doknow is thatsimple changesin a recipe canmake all thedifference in the world.

All of us have had thefrustrating experienceof enjoying a homemadebaked good from afriend, asking for therecipe, reproducing it,and ending up with aproduct that is not at alllike the one made by ourfriend!

Hopefully these col-umns have shown youthat small differences,like using a differenttype of fat or flour, ornot using leaveningcorrectly can result in a

different product.This week we

will try to tie it alltogether withsome overall tips.As always, contactthe Kenton CountyCooperative Ex-tension Servicewith other ques-tions regardingyour baking ingre-dients. Call 356-

3155 or email me [email protected] addition, rememberthe Home Baking Asso-ciation for additionaltips: homebaking.org.Copies of the previousnews articles are listedon our website: kentoncountyextension.orgunder the Family andConsumer Sciences link.

We have talked abouteggs, but a couple last-minute tips:

Many of us havefriends or relatives thatare raising chickens andgiving us eggs (luckyus!). How do these eggscompare in size to the“large” eggs we recom-mend for baking reci-pes? Remember thatone large egg = 2ounces. Simply breakyour egg into a liquidmeasuring cup and viewthe amount of the egg.If it is over 2 ounces,lightly beat the egg(mixing the white andyolk together) and re-move the excess. Thesame holds true if youregg is too small – addanother one, beat themup and remove the over-age.

Another egg question

– how do you get one-half egg? You mightfind yourself in thissituation when cutting arecipe in half. Simplybreak the egg into aliquid measuring cup,and again, lightly beat itup. The yolk and eggshould be thoroughlymixed together. Thensimply remove half ofthe mixture. If using alarge egg, you wouldwant only 1 ounce ofmixed egg remaining.

Sometimes we doeverything right whenmaking a baked good,but then create issueswhen we do the actualbaking. When using aconventional oven (thetraditional type most ofus have) it’s best to bakein the middle of theoven. Don’t completelyfill the shelf with pans;there should be spaceall around the pans, plusabove and below to al-low for good air circula-tion and even baking.

Better results mightalso occur if you rotatethe pan halfway throughthe baking time. If youhave a convection oven,it is possible to stackpans on every shelf andbake at the same time.Convection ovens havea built in fan to help airmovement. It is recom-mended to reduce oventemperature 25 degreesF, and remember thatbaking time will also bereduced from conven-tional oven time.

Your pans can alsomake a difference. Justlike when you wear

black clothing on a sun-ny day and are warmerthan when you wearwhite clothing, a darkerbaking pan will absorbmore heat, bake quick-er, and often result in adark or burnt crust. Ashiny pan will bakemore evenly and resultin lighter brown prod-ucts.

Beware of usingspray oils on your bak-ing pans. If you do, besure to wipe away ex-cess before baking. Thisoil can actually bakeonto your pan, and itbecomes very difficult,if not impossible, toscrub away. Anotheroption gaining in pop-ularity is using parch-ment paper. This paperis made to bake in theoven and can be usedseveral times beforeneeding to discard. Ithelps with even bakingand often avoids theneed for greasing pans.Plus cleanup is mucheasier. Don’t confusethis with freezer orwaxed paper – these areNOT for baking.

Lastly, rememberthat all ingredients havea shelf life – even drygoods like flour andsugar. You can obtain acopy of our “food stor-age time list” athttp://bit.ly/StorageTimesor contact our officeand we will be happy tomail one to you.

Kathy R. Byrnes is KentonCounty extension agent forfamily and consumer sci-ences.

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Lori FrodgeLori Beth Frodge, 34, of Wal-

ton, died March 29 at St. Eliza-beth Medical Center in FortThomas.

She graduated from SimonKenton High School, where shewas active in their marchingband.

Her sister, Christine Leser, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her parents,Tim and Charlene Frodge;daughter, Dahlilah Rider; son,Deuce Rider; sisters HeatherFrodge and Kimberly Frodge;and brothers Bryan Frodge andBrandon Frodge.


Memorials: Lori Frodge Me-morial Fund, C/O U.S. Bank, 19 N.Main St., Walton, KY 41094.

Cleveland GilesCleveland Giles, 48, of Elsm-

ere, died March 23 at his home.His parents, Cleveland Sr. and

Mary Patricia Giles; and sister,Mary Teresa Ligon, died previ-ously.

Survivors include his sistersJune Barton of Florence, MarshaCalhoun of Florence, and TonyaMoore of Elsmere.

Memorials: Isaiah House, P.O.Box 188, Willsburg, KY 40078.

Judy GronnerJudy Gronner, 66, of Erlanger,

died March 27 at St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice after a longillness.

She was born in Chatham,New York, and graduated fromSyracuse University summa cumlaude with a bachelor of sciencedegree in speech pathology andspecial education. She movedfrom Corpus Christi, Texas, withher husband 10 years ago andbecame active in St. Barbara

Parish, where she sang in themusic ministry and was a foun-der of the Sunday parish Biblestudy group.

Survivors include her husband,Rob Gronner; sons Jack Gronnerof San Antonio, Texas, and MattGronner of Austin, Texas; andtwo grandchildren.

Judith HeidrichJudith “Judy” D. Heidrich, 75,

of Villa Hills, died March 28 ather home.

She was a homemaker andmember of Blessed SacramentChurch.

Her sister, Kay Hunzicker, diedpreviously.

Survivors include her husband,Dan Heidrich; daughters Danell

Mescher and Julie Pauly; sistersBobbie Jo Mains, Patricia Darpel,and Terry Hoffman; and sixgrandchildren.

Interment was at Mother ofGod Cemetery.

Memorials: Redwood School,71 Orphanage Road, Fort Mitch-ell, KY 41017.

Lynda HoskindsLynda Ruth Hoskinds, 77, of

Ryland Heights, died March 29 ather home.

She was a Christian counselor,longtime member of AA, mem-ber of Latonia Baptist Church,and was the first ordainedfemale Southern Baptist ministerin Kentucky. She was also achaplain for Cincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center. Sheloved traveling and gardening.

Her husband, Arthur “Buddy”Hoskinds, died previously.

Survivors include her sons JeffWippel of Hernando, Mississippi,Billy Melzer of Lebanon, Ohio,and Eric Melzer of Ovid, Michi-gan; daughters Cyndy Fetick ofSharonville and Carmela Khourieof Ryland Heights; stepdaughtersTrish Reynolds, Ida Wiseman, andCarol Jerauld; stepsons Dave,

Gary, and Larry Hoskinds; 18grandchildren along with ninegreat-grandchildren and manystepgrandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: Cincinnati Chil-dren’s Hospital Medical Center,Attn: Trauma Center, P.O. Box5202, Cincinnati, OH 45201.

Susan JacksonSusan Jackson, 78, of William-

stown and formerly of Erlanger,died April 1 at Florence Park CareCenter.

She retired from Gap in 1999.Survivors include her husband,

Homer Keith Jackson; son,Joseph Keith Jackson of Flor-ence; daughters Judy McLaugh-lin of Burlington and DeniseBishop of Dry Ridge; sisters TrudyWilliams of Amelia and TerrySchafer of Cincinnati; and ninegrandchildren along with 19great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Forest LawnCemetery.

Judy JonesJudy Ann Jones, 65, of Taylor

Mill, died March 29 at St. Eliza-beth Medical Center in Edge-wood.

She enjoyed working cross-word puzzles, playing KentuckyLottery scratch-off tickets, andbeing a foster parent.

Survivors include her husband,Orval David Jones; daughter,Christine Jones; siblings PercillaLosey, Glenna Faye Richardson,Tonya Anderson Hartke, andGeorge Anderson; and threegrandchildren.

Burial was at Floral HillsMemorial Gardens.

Memorials: The Kidney Foun-dation.

Jonna LadenburgerJonna S. Bush Ladenburger,

56, of Villa Hills, died March 26at St Elizabeth Healthcare Hos-pice in Edgewood.

She worked for St. Elizabeth

Medical Center in medical recordsfor 24 years and was a long-standing member of ImmanuelUnited Methodist Church. She wasan active volunteer for the UnitedMethodist Women and receivedan award for her outstandingwork in the field of missions. Shealso volunteered at Cinderella’sCloset and Tender Mercies.

Survivors include her husband,Jeff Ladenburger; daughter,Meredith Ladenburger of NewYork, New York; son, Ross Lad-enburger of Villa Hills; parents,Harry and Betty Bush of RichmondKentucky; sister, Rosalind McIntoshof Richmond; and brother, GregBush of Lexington.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. Elizabeth Health-care Hospice, 483 S. Loop Drive,Edgewood KY 41017; or Cinderel-la’s Closet, Jonna LadenburgerMemorial Project, C/O ImmanuelUnited Methodist Church, 2551Dixie Highway, Lakeside Park KY41017.

Valla McKinleyValla Lea McKinley, 74, of Fort

Mitchell, died March 26.She graduated from Beechwood

High School and earned a bache-lor’s degree in Education at Thom-as More College.

Survivors include her husband,Thomas McKinley; children Chris-topher McKinley and Beth Ben-nett; sister, Gail Middendorf; andsix grandchildren.

Memorials: St. Vincent de PaulSociety, C/O Blessed SacramentChurch, 2409 Dixie Highway, FortMitchell, KY 41017.

Clement MenneClement “Clem” L. Menne, 82,

of Crestview Hills, died March 31.He was an active member of St.

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Cincinnati and was also a mem-ber of the Covington CatholicBoosters, a volunteer at Madon-na Manor, and a KentuckyColonel. He loved reading,watching sports, and playinggolf.

His wife, Marilyn Metz Menne;and brothers Arthur, Edward,and Paul Menne, died previously.

Survivors include his childrenMichael Menne, Mary LynneKoch, Traci Punch-Alexander, andKrista Ross; sisters Marie Adrianand Kay Ryan; and 12 grand-children along with nine great-grandchildren.

Entombment was at St. MaryCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Madonna Manor,2344 Amsterdam Road, VillaHills, KY 41017; or CovingtonCatholic High School, in honor ofClem Menne, 1600 Dixie High-way, Park Hills, KY 41011.

Daphne MooreDaphne Moore, 53, of Ludlow,

died March 29 at St. ElizabethMedical Center in Edgewood.

She was a chef for Children’sHome of Northern Kentucky.

Survivors include her husband,Jerry Moore of Ludlow; son,Carson Penick of Springboro,Ohio; daughters Emily Ellis ofDayton, Ohio and Stacee Horneof Xenia, Ohio; brothers Christo-pher Carson of Independenceand Albert Carson of Walton;sisters Christine Downey ofMentor, Ohio, Marina Eger ofFort Thomas, and Stephanie

Michels of Cincinnati; and twograndchildren.

Interment was at Forest LawnMemorial Park in Erlanger.

Memorials: Daphne MooreMemorial Fund, C/O Ronald B.Jones Funeral Home.

Frances OgdenFrances Ellen Conley Ogden,

99, of Fort Mitchell and formerlyof Carrollton, died Feb. 21 at theEmeritus of Edgewood.

She was an elementary schoolteacher, having received herdegree at Western KentuckyTeacher’s College. She startedher career in Eastern Kentucky ina one-room schoolhouse andlater retired from the CarrollCounty School System as anelementary school teacher. Shewas a member of the CarrolltonUnited Methodist Church, theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution, the Eastern Star,Ruth Circle at the CarrolltonUnited Methodist Church, theCarrollton Woman’s Club, andthe Carrollton Homemakers.

Her sisters Pibi Stewart, RubyHarris, and Jo Anne Swisher diedpreviously.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Ellen Smith of Fort Mitchell;stepson, Emmett Lee Ogden Jr.of Louisville; and three grand-sons along with one great-grandchild and a stepgrandchild.

Burial was at I.O.O.F. Cemeteryin Carrollton.

Memorials: Carrollton UnitedMethodist Church; or CarrollCounty Public Library, 136 CourtSt., Carrollton, KY 41008.

George Peet Jr.George W. Peet Jr., 70, of Fort

Mitchell, died March 27 at hishome.

His son, Brian Peet, diedpreviously.

Survivors include his wife,Margaret Peet.

Burial was at Highland Ceme-tery.

Memorials: St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, 262 DannyThomas Place, Memphis, TN38105.

Richard PriceRichard F. Price, 88, of Inde-

pendence, died March 27.He was a retired carpenter,

who loved to hunt, fish, and taketrips to Colorado. He was a U.S.Navy veteran.

His wife, Audrey RichardsonPrice; and son, Stephen Price,died previously.

Survivors include his sons LarryPrice of Mechanicsville, Marylandand Michael Price of Columbus,Ohio; brother, Donald Price ofRobertson County, Kentucky;and eight grandchildren alongwith 14 great-grandchildren.

Interment with military hon-ors was at Independence Ceme-tery.

Memorials: Stephen Earl PriceScholarship Fund, C/O any Bankof Kentucky.

Mary RedixMary Magdalene Redix, 85, of

Latonia, died March 26 at herhome.

She was a homemaker andmember of Central Church of theNazarene in Fort Wright.

Survivors include her husband,Robert Redix of Latonia; sonsRobert Wayne Redix of TaylorMill and Randall Allen Redix ofEdgewood; daughters DeborahJean Oberschlake of Edgewood,Jana Sue Baker of Independence,Karen Jo Moore of Edgewood,and Rita Gay Stone of TaylorMill; brother, George Meece ofCarrollton; sisters Edna MaePemberton of Ludlow andMargretta Martin of Erlanger;and 10 grandchildren along with

10 great-grandchildren andseven great-great-grandchildren.

Interment was at HighlandCemetery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: Central Church ofthe Nazarene, 2006 Pieck Drive,Fort Wright, KY 41011; or St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital, P.O.Box 1893, Memphis, TN 38101-9950.

Donna RobertsonDonna Y. Spella Robertson, 73,

of Taylor Mill, died March 25.

She was retired from theexecutive travel department atP&G in Cincinnati, was a memberof Community Family Churchwhere she helped in the audioand visual department, and sheloved to travel. She was active inSarasota Estate Park in Florida.

Her husband, Walter “Gene”Robertson, died previously.

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Interment was at Floral HillsCemetery.

Memorials: St. ElizabethHealthcare Hospice, 483 SouthLoop Road, Edgewood, KY41017.

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Survivors include her sister,Patricia Brossart.


Memorials: Holy Cross Church,3612 Church St., Latonia, KY41015.

Agnes StavermanAgnes Rita Staverman, 90, of

Kenton County, died March 20 atSt. Elizabeth Medical Center inEdgewood.

Her husband, Robert “Bob”Staverman; and son, ThomasStaverman, died previously.

Survivors include her childrenBob Staverman of Villa Hills, JimStaverman of Edgewood, Rich-ard Staverman of Latonia, DavidStaverman of Erlanger, and JaneLorenz of Fort Wright; and manygrandchildren and great-grand-children.

Burial was at St. John Ceme-tery in Fort Mitchell.

Memorials: St. Henry Memori-al Fund, 3813 Dixie Highway,Elsmere, KY 41018.

Rosella ZeiserRosella Christine Zeiser, of

Edgewood, died March 27 at herhome.

She was a retired registerednurse at Northern KentuckyUniversity, having an instru-mental part in starting theirnursing program, where shetrained hundreds of nurses. Shewas a pediatric nurse at St.Elizabeth Medical Center andmember of St. Pius X Church,District No. 3 Nursing Associa-tion, National League for Nurs-ing, and a volunteer for theAmerican Cancer Society.

Her husband, Charles E. Zeiser;

sister, Marian Broomall; andbrother, Father Raymond McCla-nahan, died previously.

Survivors include her daugh-ters Carol Ann Shaw of Cincin-nati, Christine E. Romani of FortMitchell, and Mary Ann Cooperof Park Hills; brother, LawrenceMcClanahan of Fort Wright; andseven grandchildren along withtwo great-grandchildren.

Interment was at Gate ofHeaven Cemetery in Montgo-mery, Ohio.

Memorials: American CancerSociety, 297 Buttermilk Pike, FortMitchell, KY 41017.

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