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The city is considering renewing its comprehensive plan for development and the addition of two new $25 city fees. All three issues require separate public hearings so residents can have their say. None of the public hearings have been scheduled. The public hearings being planned are: • Passage of a resolution authorizing a $25 administrative zoning review fee covering professional fees or the cost of city employees’ time.

Examples of how the fee will be applied include, if engineering services are needed to review a plan for a backyard deck. The fee is not for building development plans or house building permits, for which there are already fees. • A resolution authorizing a new $25 one-time recreational vehicle parking permit for people who can’t fit them behind their homes. • And a public hearing about the potential readopting of the comprehensive plan, the city’s long-term planning document for development and other issues.

Check news.nky.com/campbellconnects for updates from The Alexandria Recorder of when the hearings will be scheduled. Every city is required to either renew or update its comprehensive plan every five years. Alexandria’s comprehensive plan, approved Dec. 21, 2004, is available at www.alexandriaky.org under the “City Government” and “Planning and Zoning” links. The Alexandria Planning and Zoning Commission met Oct. 20 and discussed whether or not to update or renew the plan that was updated five years ago. “We have moved to go ahead

with a public hearing with the intent of readopting the comprehensive plan,” said John Jewell, chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Jewell said the commission has committed to reviewing the 2010 U.S. Census data when it becomes available. Included in each comprehensive plan is recommended zoning for tracts of land that are near, but not already in the city limits. “The comprehensive plan is a document that is the long-term planning for your community, how the community is going to grow,” Jewell said.

Code officer patrols using police car By Chris Mayhew cmayhew@nky.com

Code Enforcement Officer Bill Hipple spends his days cruising Alexandria looking for city code violations or responding to complaints in an old police car. Hipple is also a volunteer for the Alexandria Police Department’s Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS), and sometimes when he’s out driving, he’s performing duties ranging from traffic control at accident scenes to calling the police if he sees something out of place. Mayor Dan McGinley said the city has ordered a magnetic “code enforcement” sign that should be in any day to place on the police car Hipple uses, but that even that it’s not necessary. “It certainly gets their attention,” McGinley said of when people see Hipple drive up in a police car. “But he’s not a policeman and he doesn’t pretend to be,” McGinley said. Hipple’s contract as code enforcer for the city is for 12 hours a week. He wears a “Code Enforcement Officer” badge, wears a city shirt, and carries a police radio and an expandable metal baton. Hipple said he’s never had to use the baton, and keeps it in case there is ever a dog or other animal is attacking him while he’s on the job.

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Alexandria’s Code Enforcement Officer Bill Hipple with the car he drives through the city in to perform both his part-time duties and in his role as a member of the Alexandria Police Department’s Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS). Typically, people are issued warnings and not citations in code enforcement, Hipple said. The city is required by law to give seven days to fix something before a citation can be issued. Most people often don’t know what the ordinances are and choose to fix the problem, he said. Violations can range from lawn

grass being too high or a contractor working without a city license. “In general I will warn them, and in most cases they will comply,” Hipple said. Hipple said the city’s rule for how high grass can be is 10 inches and is a common summer issue. Grass that’s too tall has been a

problem at repossessed houses in the city, and tracking down who should get the fine if the city has to come out and cut the grass, is part of the job. Hipple also warns people to drain stagnant swimming pools in warm weather where mosquitos can breed. The second biggest issue is businesses or contractors operating in the city without a license, he said. After the wind storm damage in 2008, there were lots of people, and some unlicensed, coming out offering to make repairs for a fee, Hipple said. One elderly couple in Alexandria reported that they paid a man who said he was a roofer $5,000, and the person left without doing the work, Hipple said. “Licensing, that’s really a protection for the homeowners,” he said. Hipple also removes unauthorized signs from the right-of-way of roadways and asks businesses and residents to take down signs that are not allowed under the city code. People also aren’t allowed to put up signs on utility poles or street signs, Hipple said. Once, a person even put a yard sale sign directly over the “STOP” on a stop sign, he said. “That’s my all-time high sign story,” Hipple said.

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Members of the University of Kentucky Alumni Group who participated in Cats for a Cause present donated blankets to Karen Yates, executive director of the Henry Hosea House in Newport.

Homeless who rely on the Henry Hosea House in Newport will be a little warmer this winter. Through a partnership with members of the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati University of Kentucky Alumni group who participated in Cats for a Cause, a week-long community service week, the organization has dozens of blankets to give to those in need. “We were looking for things to do and picked what we feel is one of the most needy causes,” said Jim Lokesak, president of the local alumni group. Donna Brautigan, chair of the group’s community involvement, said when someone recommend the Hosea House, it seemed like a good fit. “We heard that they were in

dire need of blankets for the homeless and elderly people they serve and we wanted to help,” Brautigan said. Karen Yates, the executive director of the Hosea House, said the groups donation helps out a lot with the weather starting to get cold. “We are a very small operation here, and there aren’t a lot of people who know about us and give donations,” Yates said. Yates said the blankets are given out to those who need them at the organization’s soup kitchen, which serves about 150 people a night, seven nights a week at 901 York St. The group plans to donate socks to the organization in November and various soaps, lotions and toiletries in December. Anyone interested in donating items or money to the Hosea House can call 261-5857.

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County sharing its IT professionals By Chris Mayhew

vices division. The service can save local governments money, and it’s a high quality service, Ruschman said. “We’ve worked on police laptops, so we know how to work on their police laptops because it’s all the same service around the state,” he said. Including Ruschman, the county employs two IT professionals, and a part-time IT intern position. They handle almost everything electronic from

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Campbell County Fiscal Court is now providing contracted Internet Technology services to seven other agencies including three cities and two fire departments. The idea for the service started in November 2007, and the City of Dayton signed the first contract for service in December 2008, said Brett Ruschman, director of the county’s IT Ser-

support for servers, computers, printers, copiers, networks and Web site design, creation and modification, Ruschman said. “Prior to them we had used several different private contractors or businesses,” said Mick Vank, the City Administrative Officer for Cold Spring since he started the job in November 2008. “We found that the one that we were using when I got here was not as responsive as we liked.” Vank said sometimes the city left a message with their former IT company and the company got back in a day or two, or sometimes not at all. The county has been very responsive, and usually gets to the city the same day called, he said. Plus, the county’s IT staff

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Campbell County Fiscal Court’s IT Service division services seven agencies. Agencies with service contracts include the cities of Dayton, Bellevue, and Cold Spring, the Bellevue-Dayton Fire Department, Campbell County Fire District No. 1 in southeastern Campbell County, Campbell County Media Central in Highland Heights, and the Northern Kentucky Firefighters Association. has made special efforts to solve city problems, and even came out after 5 p.m. to fix a computer problem, Vank said. “Our other provider would have said we’re open 9 to 5, end of story,” he said. While the city has had more IT work this year installing a new server and

other upgrades, the cost of the county’s contract is $50 per hour, compared to about $100 per hour for a private company, Vank said. Campbell County Media Central has signed to receive IT service with the county within the past month. Previously the staff at the media center had limited technical ability and tried to fix things themselves, said Jennifer Teipel, executive director of the center. Now with some staff changes and the new IT service will enhance the center’s services, Teipel said. Campbell County Judgeexecutive Steve Pendery said the hope is that the service will allow local governments to do more sharing of networks and other technology. The initiative was pretty

much Ruschman’s idea, said Campbell County Administrator Robert Horine. “I think that this is a good illustration of how local governments can work together to create efficiencies and share capacity and resources that exist in different organizations,” Horine said. “They’re available for emergency kind of issues 24-7, because we are servicing police and fire services,” he said. And there’s no limit to how many organizations the service could help, Horine said. The service makes money for the county, but mostly the expense of the staff is covered, he said. “This is not a big revenue generator, but we are certainly covering our costs,” Horine said.

Northern Kentucky University group to restore stream By Amanda Joering Alley ajoering@nky.com

Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Applied Ecology is currently drafting a plan for a stream restoration project in Fort Thomas’ Tower Park. During the project, the group will attempt to naturalize the stream, including removing sections of pipe and debris and stabilizing eroding banks and stream channels, said Jay Treft, assistant city administrator. “The city is fortunate to have the center utilize its ecological expertise and resources on this project,” Treft said. “The project will make nearly $800,000 worth of immediate improvements to natural stream areas within Tower

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Funding concerns fuel education forum By Chris Mayhew cmayhew@nky.com

An Oct. 22 public forum in Wilder about Kentucky public schools was a stage for career educators to warn of dire consequences if state leaders allow the economy to squeeze education funding further. Previous cuts in areas including after school tutoring, teacher professional development and textbook funds have already hit school districts hard, said Jack Moreland, the keynote speaker at a public forum titled “How these critical times in education affect our families and schools.” The public meeting was the third

in the Campbell County Democratic Woman Club’s non-partisan public service “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” meetings series. “School districts are having to do things that they know are counterintuitive to what they know will make them successful,” Moreland said. Moreland, now president of Southbank Partners, spent a career in education including as superintendent of Dayton and Covington’s public schools and as a university president. As Dayton’s superintendent, Moreland was part of a group of school districts that challenged the state’s public school funding for-

mula that led to the creation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act in 1990. That caused the largest increase in state public education funding in Kentucky’s history, Moreland said. The case probably can’t be made right now that Kentucky’s education system is inequitable, he said. “But if we continue to roll back support... I think we’re going to have a case dealing with inadequacy,” Moreland said. Panelist Campbell County Judge-executive Steve Pendery, a Republican, said the area is under-educated compared to national norms, and a lack of education leads directly to social problems. A lack of an education often leads people to jail, which is a drain on society’s resources, Pendery said. That’s why the county is working with the United Way, he said. The United Way realized they were dealing with problems like drug addiction and alcohol problems, and are dealing with problems from an upbringing in a dis-

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Campbell County Judge-executive Steve Pendery uses a chart from the United Way’s Success By 6 program to explain how quickly a child’s brain develops during a public forum about education in Wilder Nov. 22. advantaged environment,” Pendery said. The United Way’s Success By 6 program does things like accredit local day care centers to ensure they are engaging children to prepare them to enter kindergarten, and making home visits with parents to talk about how to prepare a child for preschool, he said. Panelist Cline Elemen-

tary School Principal Lynn Poe said she focuses on relationships with parents and students foremost because if they learn and believe they will be successful in school, that happens. Sharron Oxenide, president of the Kentucky Education Association, said she appreciate the governor’s commitment not to cut the formula that funds things

like teachers salaries. Carol Rich of Bellevue, a former member of Bellevue’s Board of Education, said she wanted to know where the money from gambling revenues would go to if that issue is ever approved. Of course some of the money should go to help out the horse racing industry, Rich said. “But some has to go to the schools,” she said. Right now, the same problems that erupt in the home are erupting in the classroom even more because of the economy, and schools don’t have the adequate resources now to deal with that, said Linda Klembara, a member of the Democratic Woman’s Club. Schools can’t take anymore cuts, Klembara said. “It’s the perfect storm that’s swarming and the general assembly has to make some priorities, they need to make children a priority, she said. Rep. Arnold Simpson, D-Covington, who was scheduled to be a part of the panel was a no-show at the meeting.

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the Hindman Settlement School. Reservations will be accepted until Friday, Oct. 29 by contacting Deanna Beineke at beineke@isoc.net or 441-3700 or 513-658-4112.

A threat from state legislators to take reserve funds from public school districts to balance the state budget is the latest concern for school officials trying to avoid staff cuts in the face of dwindling funding. Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo has announced a potential plan to take contingency funds from school districts. Required by state law, it’s essentially a rainy day fund. But legislators are also confusing contingency funds with end of year balances that school districts use to pay salaries and other bills during the summer when state revenue tied to student enrollment isn’t coming in, said Campbell County School District Superintendent Anthony Strong. People are still working in the buildings, facility maintenance is ongoing, and when schools open up for the beginning of the year there has to be a balance to pay for related expenses, he said. The district’s 2 percent

contingency, required by state law, is about $800,000, but the district’s end of year balance at the end of the past fiscal year was between $2 million and $2.5 million, Strong said. A 5 percent contingency, which the state recommends a district carry from year over year is about $2 million, he said. In previous years, the district’s carryover has helped balance the budget, Strong said. In this year’s budget, federal stimulus money was used to put back positions that would have otherwise been cut or not funded in the first place. The positions funded by the stimulus included some counseling positions that were otherwise going to be reduced, and intervention teachers working with special needs students. Most of the stimulus money was spent on areas that affect the district’s federal No Child Left Behind Act testing scores because the money had to be tied to students with disabilities, and students on free and reduced lunches, Strong said.

The district has already in the past two budget years had to make some difficult decisions of what staff positions would and wouldn’t get funded, he said. Staff makes up 70 percent of the district’s budget, he said. If the legislature takes money or cuts more from the district’s state funding, depending on how deep they are, the district will have to make some tough decisions, Strong said. At a public Oct. 22 meeting in Wilder about education funding in Kentucky, Jack Moreland, president of Southbank Partners and a retired educator and superintendent, said he understands why the contingency funds are being targeted. Moreland said while he doesn’t believe any Northern Kentucky school districts have hoarded their contingency funds, some other school districts in the state have as much as 40 percent a contingency fund. That money should be spent on the children and not saved, he said. But for district’s not holding back lots of extra money, taking the contingency would be hurtful, Moreland said.

DO YOU WANT TO BE SAVED? (A response to an article of the same title published September 9, 2009)

It is true that God has always demanded that His word go unchanged (Deuteronomy 4:2; Proverbs 30:6; Revelation 22:18-19). To alter it in any way is to sin. This would include taking one text, a partial text, or an idea and wrapping a teaching around it, while ignoring what the rest of God’s inspired word says. All of God’s Word is inspired (2 Timothy 3:16-17) and it is by this Word that we will be judged one day when we stand before God (John 12:48). This is an appointment that we must all keep. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10). The Greek word for “must” in the above noted passed is “dei” which means, “it is necessary.” This same word appears numerous times in God’s word. Take for instance Acts 9:6 where Saul of Tarsus, trembling and astonished, says, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” So what was it that Saul had to do? Well, let us jump ahead just for a moment. Notice that Paul (Saul) wrote too Timothy and said that he had “obtained mercy” and had received the “grace of our Lord by faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.” He also said that though he considered himself to be the chief of all sinners he, “obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.” Now herein lies our current controversy. Many today would have you believe that belief is no more than a mental acknowledgment and acceptance of a fact. However, the inspired word here translated belief means, “to have faith in, to entrust one’s spiritual well-being to, to be committed to and put in trust with.” So the word belief includes action and obedience not merely a cognizant acceptance of a truth. So what was it that Saul had to do? Believe (have faith in)? Absolutely! “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). He did this on the road to Damascus and by his willingness to do what the Lord commanded. So he was saved, right? No. Notice that Saul goes into the city of Damascus, blinded by the light, and is three days fasting. Was Saul a penitent man? Surely having been raised a very religious zealot he spent that time fasting and in prayer. So he was then saved right? Well notice that Christ sends Ananias to speak with Saul and in Saul’s own account in Acts 22:16, “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” You see Saul wasn’t saved. He still carried with him the stain and weight of his sin. Our friends who teach that all one has to do is believe run to the account of the Philippian Jailor in Acts 16:30-31, but notice they stop without looking at the following verses that say, “Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized.” Notice a few other verses: Acts 2:37-38 on the Day of Pentecost, Peter and the other disciples preaching the first gospel sermon were asked, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 8:12 when the people of Samaria, “believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.” Acts 8:37-39 when Philip had preached Jesus to the Ethiopian Eunuch, “…they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?” Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.” You cannot find a single instance following the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Christ where a single person is saved without being baptized! Notice a few other verses: Acts 10:48, “And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.” Acts 18:8, “And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.” Acts 19:5, “When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.” 1 Corinthians 12:13, “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body…” Galatians 3:27, “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” 1 Peter 3:21, “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” Friends, the answer to the question “What Must I Do To Be Saved” is simple. I must hear God’s word (Romans 10:17). I must believe in Christ as the only begotten Son (Hebrews 11:6). My newfound faith must lead me to repent of my sinful life (Luke 13:3). I must be willing to confess His name before men (Matthew 10:32-33). Then I must be immersed in water to have my sins washed away. At this point I come forth to live a new life, and I must continue to be obedient (Revelation 2:10) in order to be saved. If you are interested in obeying the gospel of Christ or would like to discuss this with us further we would love to hear from you and help you. Please contact us at:

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Andrew Bishop, a sophomore, of Alexandria, in character as “Mushnick” knocks on the man-eating plant the “Audrey II” to open up during a rehearsal of a scene for the Campbell County High School Drama’s production of Little Shop of Horrors showing Nov. 7-8.

Musical feeds audience a humor-horror

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With an appetite for audience laughter, the students in Campbell County High School Drama are rehearsing for their Nov. 7-8 performances of the Rock musical “Little Shop of Horrors.” Students will present two shows based on Roger Corman’s film about a floral assistant down on his luck who discovers a unique plant that develops a taste for human blood. Few will recognize Jacob Robertson, a senior of Alexandria, who will be the puppeteer making the costume of the man-eating plant the “Audrey II” come to life. Robertson will receive help from Justin Fornash, a sophomore, of Highland Heights, who will be the plant’s singing voice, and Luke Terhar, a senior, of Wilder, who will be the plant’s speaking voice. Robertson said even though his face won’t be seen, it’s a role he’s always wanted to play. “I guess the fact that it’s humorous and evil, and I guess the fact of the dark comedy aspect of it,” Robertson said of why the

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Show information Campbell County High School Drama’s presentation of Little Shop of Horrors, is based on the PG-13-rated film by Roger Corman and a screenplay by Charles Griffith. Show times will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Tickets are $9 and are available through www.showtix4U.com under the Kentucky link, at the door, or by calling 635-4611, ext. 1146. plant was a role he wanted to play. Robertson’s favorite scene is “Suppertime,” set to the song by the same name. Jordan Egan, a junior, of Alexandria, plays Seymour the floral assistant who finds the plant and nurtures it to adulthood. The musical is, especially enjoyable because of the doo-wop music, reminiscent of the 1950s, and the plants, Egan said. “It’s great fun, a really singable rock/pop kind of a sound,” said Joe Bertucci, drama teacher and the director of the musical. “We haven’t done a rock musical in a long time.”

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Jordan Egan, left, a junior, of Alexandria, rehearses a scene as the main character Seymour where the man-eating plant known as the “Audrey II” engulfs another character, Mushnik, for the Campbell County High School Drama Club’s production of Little Shop of Horrors Nov. 7-8. The legs hanging out of the plant belong to Andrew Bishop, a sophomore, of Alexandria.

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Teacher solves mystery writing award By Chris Mayhew cmayhew@nky.com

Author and math teacher Jeffrey Marks has won a top award from his mystery-writing peers. Marks, of Monfort Heights, won the World Mystery Convention’s Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-Fiction Work Oct. 17. He won for his book “Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography,” about the mystery writer for whom the annual convention, known as the Bouchercon, is named. Marks, an author of fiction and non-fiction books, is in his fifth year teaching math at Campbell County Middle School. “Needless to say, I’m thrilled,” Marks said of the award. “I’ve been a fan of the mystery genre since I was 16, and it’s great to be recognized by the very people I’ve read and looked up to for so long.” For four years, Marks delved through 60 boxes of Boucher’s papers at Indiana University and conducted interviews with surviving family members. Marks discovered personal papers as well as records of Boucher’s published works. “I found letters he had written to his wife before he was married,” Marks said. It’s the first time a full-length

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Author Jeffrey Marks, who is a math teacher at Campbell County Middle School, accepts the World Mystery Convention’s Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-Fiction Work Oct. 17 for his book about the famous mystery writer for whom the annual convention, known as the Bouchercon, is named after. Marks’ book “Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography” is his third biographical work in addition to his multiple fiction titles. biography was written about Boucher, a writer of mystery books, radio plays, translations and reviews. Boucher was the primary mystery reviewer for The

New York Times for the two decades of his life. Marks said he was surprised to learn how much Boucher’s health problems including allergies and asthma held him back, only writing on the days he felt well enough. Still, Boucher was a prolific author, Marks said. Finding time to write often comes in spurts for Marks, especially during summer and other breaks. Marks had previously been nominated two other times for Anthony awards at the convention. His previous books include the biography “Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice, Queen of the Screwball Mystery,” and the fictional “The Scent of Murder.” Marks is working on his next book, another biography, about Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason mysteries. Writing has been a lifelong passion, Marks said. “It’s kind of something I feel I have to do,” he said. “From a really really young age I’ve always enjoyed writing. I feel it kind of leaves a hole if I don’t do it for a long-time.” For more information about Marks and his books visit www.jeffreymarks.com.

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Grayson launches kids’ Web site As part of the 2010 Civics Month celebration, Secretary of State Trey Grayson announced the launch of a new kids’ Web site which focuses on Kentucky and government. The site, which can be found at www.sos.ky. gov/kids, is a resource for students across the commonwealth, particularly those who are currently studying about Kentucky in their classes. “As part of our effort to reach more citizens and get them actively engaged in their communities and government, we recognized the need for more online resources for our young citizens,” Secretary Grayson said. “This site will allow

children to learn more about our great state in a fun and interactive way.” The site includes information about Kentucky and its resources including history, geography and regions, important industries, and places to visit. In one section, students can learn about famous Kentuckians. In another section, students can learn about the importance of agriculture, coal, and other Kentucky resources to the commonwealth’s economy. One section of the Web site is dedicated to Kentucky government so that students can learn how Kentucky’s laws are made. Here, students can learn about elected officials from

the federal delegation, Kentucky’s constitutional officers, and local elected officials in addition to the framework of Kentucky’s law making process. With games, activities, and links to contests, there is also plenty of fun for students to have when they visit the site. A student can learn while engaging in fun activities that reference government or Kentucky. The Web site is part of a recommendation from the Civic Literacy Initiative of Kentucky (CLIK). CLIK is a multi-year effort that will determine a strategy for enhancing long-term civic engagement and civic literacy within the commonwealth.

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The Art Off Pike annual Arts Festival took place Oct. 10 in the Covington Arts District. Ten pieces of student artwork from Saint Philip School were displayed. Pictured are Nathan Twehues, third place winner; Allison Steelman with an Honorable Mention and Caroline Woeste, first place winner.

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• Bishop Brossart High School girls beat George Rogers Clark 25-17, 25-11, Oct. 19, in the 10th Region. • Newport Central Catholic beat Deming 25-10, 25-8, Oct. 19, in the 10th Region. • Campbell County High School beat Highlands High School 25-13, 25-17, Oct. 20, in the 10th Region Tournament. • Newport Central Catholic beat Bishop Brossart 25-4, 2518, Oct. 21, in the 10th region semifinals. NCC advances to 19-12 with the win. • Campbell County beat Harrison County High School 25-8, 25-20, Oct. 21, in 10th region semifinals. Campbell advances to 24-10 with the win.

NCC, Highlands grads aid in win

The 17th Ranked Thomas More College Saints football team won 17-7 over Grove City, in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference Game. The Saints improve to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in PAC. The game was tied at 7-7 after the first quarter and at halftime and Thomas More led 10-7 after three quarters. Grove City got the board first as it took a 7-0 lead when Anthony Reda completed a 27-yard pass to Zach Summy and Craig Bicehouse added the point-after-attempt with 5:36 to play in the first quarter. Thomas More tied the score at 7-7 with 48 seconds to play in the first quarter when junior quarterback Joey Zerhusen, a McNicholas High School graduate, scored on a five-yard run and junior place kicker Dustin Zink, a Newport Central Catholic graduate, added the PAT. Junior defensive lineman Tyler Owens, a Highlands High School graduate, added seven tackles to the game, including one sack. Freshman quarterback Rob Kues, a Newport Central Catholic graduate, was threefor-four passing for 24 yards and had nine rushes for 46 yards.

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Basketball Club of Kentucky is looking for players for a 3-on-3 basketball tournament 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, at Scott High School, 5400 Old Taylor Mill Road, Taylor Mill. The tournament is for grades 3, 4, 5 and 6. The cost is $20 per player, which includes a T-shirt Call Rusty Webster at 859-486-3055. Pre-register your team: bckweb12@yahoo.com.

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Mustangs clinch first playoff berth By James Weber jweber@nky.com

The Bishop Brossart football team scored 59 points all of last year. In one magical quarter, the Mustangs got more than half of that as they rallied to keep their season alive. A 31-point fourth quarter lifted the Mustangs to a 4033 win over Dayton Oct. 24 at Newport Stadium. The win clinched a playoff spot for Brossart, the first in the team’s three-year varsity history. After going 0-20 its first two years, Brossart is 54 this season. “It’s the best game I’ve ever been a part of in my life,” Brossart head coach Matt Reinhart said. “I’ve never seen anything like it. It was just unreal. To be down 27-9 in the third quarter and turn around and score 31 points was just amazing. The kids believe in themselves and they knew they could do it. They kept fighting.” Brossart hosts BethelTate Oct. 30 to finish the regular season. The Mustangs will then play at Frankfort Nov. 6 or 7 in the playoffs. Dayton (1-8) will play at Carroll County Oct. 30 to finish its season. Timmy Butts scored four touchdowns for Brossart, the last three coming in the fourth quarter as Brossart rallied from an 18-point deficit. The game was a do-ordie scenario for both teams, as the winner would get the No. 4 seed in the district and the loser would be eliminated from the playoffs. Behind Butts, Brossart took a 9-0 lead in the second quarter. Ryan Morrison had a field goal. Dayton scored in the second period on a 30-yard TD pass from Patrick Schwierjohann to Connor Lewis. That set the stage for a dominant third quarter for the Greendevils. Derrick Buchanon had two TD runs, and Schwierjohann returned a pick for a score to give Dayton a 27-9 lead heading into the fourth period. In the fourth quarter, Jesse Orth threw a four-yard TD pass to Spencer Brown. Butts then scored his second touchdown to make it 27-24.

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Beechwood 6-3 5-0 Bellevue 6-3 4-1 Ludlow 5-4 3-2 Brossart 5-4 2-3 Dayton 1-8 1-4 Walton-Verona 1-8 0-5 First-round playoff games: Brossart at Frankfort (7-2, 4-0), Ludlow at Eminence (6-3, 3-1), Gallatin County (4-5, 2-2) at Bellevue, Trimble County (3-6, 1-3) at Beechwood.

NCC 4-5 3-0 Lloyd 4-5 1-2 Holy Cross 5-4 2-1 Newport 2-7 0-3 First-round playoff games: Carroll County (5-4, 0-3) at Newport Central Catholic, Owen County (3-6, 1-2) at Holy Cross, Lloyd at Christian Academy-Louisville (7-2, 2-1), Newport at DeSales (6-3, 30).

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Tim Butts of Bishop Brossart celebrates as he scores the touchdown late in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 33 with Dayton. Following a Chris Meehan fumble recovery, Morrison tied the game with a 36yard field goal with seven minutes left in the game. Dayton responded as Buchanon scored his third TD of the game with three minutes to play to stake the Devils to a new lead. Following an 80-yard reception off a screen pass by Michael Whitford, Butts scored again and the PAT failed, making it 33-33. Dayton got the ball back, but Luke Dischar intercepted a pass to give the Mustangs

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Mike Froendhoff runs upfield against Lloyd Oct. 23.

Holmes Harrison Co. Pendleton Co. Bourbon Co. Franklin Co.

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Highlands 9-0 3-0 CovCath 5-4 2-1 Dixie Heights 4-5 1-2 Scott 2-7 0-3 First-round playoff games: Montgomery County (3-6, 0-3) at Highlands, Woodford County (5-4, 1-2) at Covington Catholic, Dixie Heights at Ashland Blazer (8-1, 2-1), Scott at Johnson Central (5-4, 3-0)

a chance. Three plays later, Butts scored from 18 yards out with just 12 seconds left for the winning margin. Butts, a senior and part of the Brossart program since its inception, had 179 yards on the ground. “He ran hard,” Reinhart said. “Two times in the endzone he wouldn’t be denied, he just pushed his way in. One time he carried three guys from the five-yard line.” Reinhart said four seasons of adversity prepared his team for this moment. The program had a coaching change before even playing its first junior varsity game in 2006. The program lost its first 20 varsity games, then after a 3-0 start to this year the team was hit hard by illness. The team had to forfeit a game at Elizabethtown and had little practice before losing its district opener at Ludlow. “Everybody knows the history of this team,” Reinhart said. “These boys have been stricken with adversity form the beginning. This year, we get hit in the middle with swine flu. I’m proud

Simon Kenton 8-1 5-0 Ryle 7-2 4-1 Conner 8-2 3-2 Boone Co. 3-6 2-3 Campbell Co. 3-6 1-4 Cooper 2-7 0-5 First-round playoff games: Butler (6-3, 0-3) at Simon Kenton, Pleasure Ridge Park (3-6, 1-2) at Ryle, Conner at DuPont Manual (45, 2-1), Boone County at St. Xavier (8-1, 3-0) that they came back and did something like that. Being down 27-9 is nothing for these guys.”

Simon Kenton 49, Campbell County 14

The Camels drop to 3-6, 1-4 in the 6A district. The Camels will play at Clark County to end their season as they are eliminated from playoff contention. Michael Kremer had one touchdown pass to Matt Smith in the first half, the only marker for the Camels as they trailed 42-7 at halftime. Jake Ritter threw a TD pass to Zach Lemons in the fourth quarter.

NewCath 42, Lloyd 20

Chris Kelly led the Thoroughbreds with a school record 347 rushing yards. He had four touchdowns.

NewCath (4-5, 3-0 2A) clinched the top seed in the district and will host Carroll County in a first-round playoff game Nov. 6 or 7. This Friday, the ’Breds will play at rival Beechwood. NewCath rolled up a 28-0 lead in the second quarter and held on. Lloyd pulled within two scores twice in the second half, but the Breds responded by quickly marching down the field mostly on Kelly’s feet. Brady Hightchew threw a 44-yard TD pass to Jake Cain, and Mike Froendhoff scored NCC’s final TD in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Brian Doyle and Phil Wagner had interceptions. Kelly also had 13 tackles, tied with Logan Martin for team leadership. Kelly ended the game with 1,346 yards and 19 TDs for the year.

Camels fall in regional soccer final By James Weber jweber@nky.com

Mark Hegyi challenged his Campbell County High School boys’ soccer team as it faced a 2-0 deficit against Covington Catholic. After CovCath dominated the first half, the challenge worked to a degree, as the Camels lost 2-1 to the Colonels in a 10th Region semifinal Oct. 21 at Campbell County. Campbell (8-8-1) lost to CovCath for the second straight year in that round. Before last year, the Camels had not won a postseason game in more than seven years. “I told them you can either pick it up right now

and play to win, or just play not to lose by a big amount,” Hegyi said. “They knew they had 40 minutes left in their season if they didn’t turn things around. I’m proud of them; they did what they needed to do. We punched one in there; we just couldn’t get another one in there.” Brady Kennedy scored for Campbell in the second half off an assist from Colton Tanner. The Camels had lost 4-1 to the Colonels Sept. 15. Campbell got this far after beating Brossart 1-0 in the 19th District semifinals, avenging an earlier 3-0 loss. Campbell then lost to Highlands 3-1 in the district final.

“We’re a young team,” Hegyi said. “We have younger players who can step up next year and fill some holes. We have 15 or 16 juniors, so we’ll definitely be a team to watch next year.” Kennedy led the team with seven goals this year, and Tanner had six. Tanner also led with seven assists. Seniors were Alexx Bernard, Cody Neises, Jeff Pflum and Dane Michael. Bernard, a co-captain, was the sweeper on defense after playing striker last year. Neiser, also a co-captain, was the stopper on the back line. Pflum and Michael were midfielders. Michael missed the last few games with an injury.

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Campbell County’s Cody Alley and Covington Catholic’s Matt McDonald battle for the ball in their 10th Region soccer game at Campbell County Wednesday, Oct. 21.

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Brossart sophomore Megan Herbst rushes into her team’s bench to successfully save a ball during the Mustangs’ loss to Newport Central Catholic in the 10th Region semifinals Oct. 21.

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Newport Central Catholic junior goalkeeper Madison Freeman makes a save during NCC’s 1-0 loss to Notre Dame in a 10th Region semifinal Oct. 19. Senior Natalie Ludwig (12) is to Freeman’s left.

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’Breds notched 4th straight trip to state By James Weber jweber@nky.com

Newport Central Catholic employed a strong group of veterans, including three Division I college players, to reach the state semifinals last year in volleyball. A mostly new group of Thoroughbreds picked up where they left off, winning the 10th Region title Oct. 22 at Campbell County. In the regional final, NCC (20-12) beat the host Camels in a tense threegame thriller, 19-25, 25-20, 25-21. “It’s our fourth year in a row going to the state tournament,” said NCC head coach Vicki Fleissner. “I’m excited for them. They were in the shadow of those group of seniors for so long. They really took the opportunity they had and made the most of it.” NCC will play Apollo 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the first round of the state tournament at Northern Kentucky University’s Regents Hall. The next three rounds are Saturday. NCC was able to pull out the win over a Camel team that had three seniors. “Campbell County was just as fired up as we were,” Fleissner said. “We had things to prove to people. We were the underdogs all year. We had to form our own identity and we had to show them who we were.” Sophomore Maggie O’Day was named tourna-

State schedule

At NKU’s Regents Hall Friday, Oct. 30 10:30 a.m., Mercy vs. Blazer; 11:45 a.m., South Laurel vs. Marshall Co.; 1 p.m., Notre Dame vs. Green Co.; 2:15 p.m. Dunbar vs. Letcher Co. Central; 3:30 p.m. Newport Central Catholic vs. Apollo; 4:45 p.m., Caldwell Co. vs. Oldham Co.; 6 p.m., Southwestern vs. Allen Central; 7:15 p.m., Sacred Heart vs. Greenwood. Saturday, Oct. 31 Quarterfinals: 9, 10:15 a.m. (NDA), 11:30 a.m. (NCC) and 12:45 p.m. Semifinals: 2 (NDA) and 3:15 (NCC) p.m. Final: 7:30 p.m. ment Most Valuable Player. Fleissner is ready for the team to make a run in the state tourney. “We have our work cut out for us in the first round,” she said. “It will be the first state tournament for a lot of (our players). They just have to settle

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Campbell County senior Jenna Cavanaugh hits the ball against Harrison County in the 10th Region semifinals Oct. 21 at Campbell County.

Campbell County freshman Taylor Robinson won the girls’ race at the St. Henry Invitational cross country meet Oct. 24 at England-Idlewild Park in Burlington.

down and get into their games.” Seniors Natalie Penrod and Jenna Cavanaugh were named all-tournament for the Camels. Erynn McDaniel was the third senior on the squad. Penrod was the 10th Region Player of the Year for the season. Speaking after Campbell’s regional semifinal win over Harrison County the day before their regional final heartbreak, Penrod said the team was determined to bring the title home. “Everyone works together,” she said. “We all learn from each other. We’re all one big family.” Also that night, she was proud of her individual honor. “It’s been a long time since a Campbell County girl won player of the year,” she said. “I’m very happy that I brought it home to Campbell County, to represent us as a whole.”

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The Kentucky Crime Prevention Coalition would like wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween. In preparation for Halloween parties or trick-or-treating, we would like to extend some safety tips to ensure that your kids’ spooky night of activities is safe and enjoyable. • When preparing for a night of trick-or-treating, make sure

children are accompanied by an adult, and that older kids do not go out alone. Set a time limit, and plan a safe route, reminding children that it is not a good idea to take shortcuts or alleys, or cut through random backyards. • Children should remember not to eat any treats they collect until they get home, and the treats are inspected by an adult in a well lighted area. Remember, an unwrapped piece of candy could be harmful to you or others, so get rid of it right away in a safe man-

ner. • It is a good idea to ask your Neighborhood Watch group, or your local law enforcement or fire department’s personnel, to patrol the neighborhood during trick-ortreating hours. • Remember to move any objects from your yard or porch that might be a hazard to visitors, and welcome your trick-or-treaters by turning on your porch light, letting them know you are home and it is OK to go to their door for candy.

Ky. striving to improve breast cancer education Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, aside from skin cancer. It is estimated that 192,370 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. In Kentucky, there were 3,624 reported cases in 2007, according to the most recent data from the Kentucky Cancer Registry. The widespread and pervasive nature of breast cancer means that most of us have been or will someday be touched by the disease. We owe it to our mothers, sisters, daughters, and ourselves to improve access to the resources needed to detect the disease early and to obtain proper treatment. In recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I would like to update you on Congress' work to improve breast cancer education and patient treatment options. In 2007, Congress reauthorized the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) through fiscal year 2012 to provide access to critical screening services for underserved women in the United States. Since 1991, the NBCCEDP has screened more than 2.9 million women and diagnosed more than 29,000 cases of breast cancer. We also passed a bill in 2007 to allow the U.S. Postal Service to continue issuing the special postal stamp that contributes funding for breast cancer research for another four years. Since its inception in 1998, the Breast Cancer Research Stamp alone has raised over $59.5 mil-

lion for research to improve detection, treatment and in pursuit of a cure. Although breast cancer in women under forty years of age is rare, it can be very aggressive and is less likely to be detected early. In an effort to give young women the tools they need to prevent and fight this disease, I am a co-sponsor of the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act (H.R. 1740). If it became law, the EARLY Act would implement a national education campaign to increase awareness in young women of the threats posed by breast cancer. In addition to helping young women identify the specific threats and warning signs of breast cancer that lead to early diagnosis, the legislation would also teach important prevention efforts that women can use to reduce their risks. One issue I hear about on a regular basis from constituents is insurance companies that only cover what is often referred to as a “drive-thru” mastectomy. I am a co-sponsor of the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (H.R. 1691) to put this bad practice to an end by requiring health insurance plans to cover a minimum forty-eight-hour hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of cancer. Doctors and their patients should have the final say in how long a patient should be hospitalized following surgery.

For months, Congress has U.S. Rep. been debating the Geoff Davis right way to reform our health Community care system. The Recorder broad bipartisan guest support behind columnist the proposals described above demonstrates what can be done when we focus on commonsense solutions. To be successful, health care reform must increase choice, improve access and reduce cost. In addition, it must protect the doctor-patient relationship as the focal point for health care decisions. Another reform measure most Americans and their representatives in Congress agree on is preventing the denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions, like breast cancer. Today, there are approximately 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. With more efforts put toward education, early detection programs and health insurance reform, we can make sure the incidence of breast cancer decreases and the number of survivors continues to grow. As a husband and the father of four daughters, I am committed to continuing to support and champion legislation that will help those who are fighting this disease. You can read more about the health care debate and proposed solutions by visiting http://GeoffDavis.house.gov/healthcare. Congressman Geoff Davis represents Kentucky’s Fourth District

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Should local governments consider consolidating services to save costs? If so, which services? “Consolidating services should be considered but money cannot be the only factor when determining whether services should or should not be merged. It is equally important that taxpayers are able to receive equally, if not more efficient, service.” J.H. “Local governments should consider consolidating, but only if there will be a ‘real’ savings/benefit to the entities involved over a long time. If it’s a band-aid fix, revising budgets might be the better alternative.” Florence “Yes! Consolidate as much as possible. Across department lines, municipality lines, county lines and state lines. Every time a consolidation is done, one chief officer

Next question What is the scariest movie you’ve seen? The scariest movie villain? What made them so scary? Send your response to kynews@communitypress.com with “chatroom” in the subject line. is unnecessary. Many other duplications may also be saved. We have too many municipalities, school districts and duplication of services is prolific.” G.G. “I’m tempted to answer this question the way a certain candidate for high office answered Rick Warren’s question last year about when does life begin, regarding abortion: ‘Uh, yo, that’s above my paygrade.’ Still, the idea does have merit. Perhaps combining police and fire services could work, but you have to remember that it will result in some jobs lost; I don’t want to be responsible for anyone losing their livelihood.” Bill B.

Use caution when donating to charities As we get into the holiday season, many of us get many letters and phone calls requesting contributions to various worthwhile charitable organizations. Most charities receive a large portion of their donations between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Most charities do wonderful work for the needy and we are certainly fortunate to have so many people dedicated to serving others. However, there are always a few rotten apples in the charitable organization barrel that can spoil the entire process and give a bad name to the legitimate charities. Dishonest organizations are taking money away from the legitimate charities that are really trying to help people. In these challenging economic times, we all need to make wise choices in donating money. Some organizations that claim to be charities

may not be entirely forthcoming. It is important for people to take the time to make sure that whatever money or items they are donating will be used appropriately. Honest and legitimate organization will be willing to share pertinent information with potential givers. These organizations, like all of us, are suffering from the economy and will work with you. When charities contact you asking for donations, it is a good idea to ask that charity to provide written information about the organization to include the exact name of the organization, the organization’s purpose, and how much of each dollar is used for true charitable purposes. Some groups use names that sound like established charities in order to confuse potential donors. Givers should be wary of the following tactics that many fraud-

ulent organizations use: 1. High pressure calls and mail solicitations that emphasize emotional content, but contain little or no substance; 2. Charities that won’t send written material until you donate. Some may use the excuse that it is too costly or that there isn’t enough time; 3. Phone calls and letters telling people that they have won money or charitable prizes from a charity, but that you need to send in some money to collect the prize. Also some organizations may send letters stating that you have already pledged money to that organization. People shouldn’t send money unless they are 100 percent sure that they did indeed pledge money to the organization; 4. Callers who want to send someone over to pick up the contribution rather than it being sent

at a later time. Unfortunately many unscrupulous organizations tend to prey on our older citizens. Many older citizens tend to be more trusting and generous then the younger folks. We should all be careful to never give cash or credit card numbers to strangers posing as employees of charitable organizations. Checks should always be made payable only to the full name of the charity. If you feel you have been scammed by a fraudulent charity, you should contact your local police department to investigate the matter or come to the County Attorney’s Office to file criminal charges if you feel you have sufficient information. Criminal charges can be filed against fraudulent organizations claiming to be charities. Fraud involving $300.00 or more is a Class D Felony with pun-

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ishments ranging from one to five years in prison. For details, you can visit the James A. National Fraud Daley Information Center Community at www.fraud.org or the Kentucky Recorder Attorney General’s guest Consumer Proteccolumnist tion hotline number is 1-888-4329257 and the Web site is http://ag.ky.gov/consumers. I hope this information is interesting and helpful. If you have any topics you would like to have covered in this column, please mail to me at 331 York Street, Newport, Kentucky 41071 or fax to me at 491-5932 or e-mail our office at jadcca@fuse.net. James A. Daley is the Campbell County Attorney.

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Members of the 1959 graduating class of St. Henry High School from Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties.

Fifty years of free therapy The majority of the women in this picture are members of the 1959 graduating class of St. Henry High School, in Erlanger. Some have been together since the first grade, and they have had one or two “adoptees” who have fit in as if they were there from day one. For 50 years they have gathered monthly at one another’s homes and on a couple occasions a few have travel to Bloomington, Ind. and Pittsburgh, Pa. to have “club” with out of town members, although most still live in this area. They are often asked what kind of cards they play at this “club,” but this is not a club for card playing, said club member Jo Ann Bridley. They deal with more important issues, she said.

Through many years they have supported, rejoiced with and consoled each other in many aspects of their lives and those of their children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren, such as engagements, weddings, births, illness and death. Pictured left to right are: Dian Ankenbauer Froelicher, Jacque Terlau Kopser, Donna Pauly Good, Judy Thompson Powers, Margaret Moloney Robbins, Kathleen Eibes Brockman, Kathy Bowman Book, Joyce Tewes O’Hara, Jo Ann Schaeffer Bridley, Mary Kay Moloney Whalen, Betty Rassenfoss Koenig and Judy Terlau Wilson. Absent from this picture is Judy Koop O’Callaghan. Deceased members are Jeanne Bischoff Emark and Nancy Nuxoll Hoerlein.

THINGS TO DO Shiver me timbers

Hear the tale of the “Ghosts of Pirate Cove” at the Newport Aquarium from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Nov. 1. During the event, meet Cap’n Dubloon, the pirate’s commanding leader, and watch pirates battle for treasure during an underwater sword fight. For more information about admission prices, hours and directions, call 261-7444 or visit www.newportaquarium.com.

Deep in the stacks of record books that stretch from floor to ceiling in the Campbell County Clerk’s office in Newport are vestiges of when the county was still was the frontier. Locked away in a builtin metal cabinet are some of the oldest and most prominent records. It’s a cabinet Jack Snodgrass, clerk for 20 years, has only opened twice. There are still deeds signed by Kentucky’s most famous frontiersman, Daniel Boone, and prominent statesmen, Henry Clay. “We’ve got records where (Boone) once sold or bought 10 acres of ground for a keg of whiskey,” Snodgrass said. The 10 acres Boone sold are actually part of Boone County now, but back then, that was still part of Campbell County, he said. Boone and Kenton counties were later split from Campbell County. The clerk’s office is filled with empty boxes, as the staff prepares to move the a mountainous trove of records across town from the Newport courthouse to the new county administration building by Nov. 24. Currently, there are land records stuffed in every conceivable place including damp and leaky closets, Snodgrass said. Marriage licenses and property records alike date back to before the Civil War, Snodgrass said. The names on the first marriage on record with the clerk’s office was of George Larkin to Anna Thompson Sept. 10, 1855. “For genealogy enthusiasts, we have many records going back that can help form a family tree,” Snod-

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Campbell County Clerk Jack Snodgrass pulls out an original property record from Campbell County signed by Daniel Boone in 1798, six years after The Commonwealth of Kentucky became the 15th U.S. state. grass said. There are also surveyor books including a book defining the first neighborhoods of Newport, and immigration books list the naturalization of new citizens in the county in the late 1800s. Many historical figures can be found in the clerk’s records. Patrick Henry, who famously said “Give me liberty, or give me death” in a speech about the prospect of going to war with England before the American Revolution, penned his signature to a land record on file in the clerk’s office. The document signed by Henry, as the first governor of Virginia, granted 500 acres in Campbell County to

Haunted hayride

Experience one of the area’s scariest hayrides at Sandyland Acres this Halloween weekend, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31, from 8 p.m. to midnight. On Halloween, Oct. 31, Sandyland Acres will host a costume contest at 9 p.m. for ages 18 and over. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three participants. Hayrides are $10 per person. For more information, call 322-0516 or visit www.sandylandacres.com. Sandyland Acres is located at 4172 Belleview Road in Petersburg.

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A close-up of frontiersman Daniel Boone’s signature on a document from 1798 kept by the Campbell County Clerk in Newport. a Joseph Davis. A document from 1825 signed by Kentuckian Henry Clay, details the terms of an estate and the awarding of $1,950. Clay, known as “the Great Compromiser” was Speaker of the House and from 1811 to 1824, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency in three elections and was author of the second Missouri Compromise. There are also land records from James Taylor Jr., who arrived in 1793 to

settle land in what is now Newport, owned by his father, Revolutionary War General James Taylor. A land sale signed by James Taylor from 1842 details the sale of 13 acres and 32 poles in the county. The language of the survey of the land is different than today’s records, Snodgrass said. “‘Beginning at the hickory and red oak tree,’ that’s how they measured,” he said, reading from the document.

Trick or Treat

Get an early start on trick or treating this Saturday, Oct. 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crestview Hills Town Center. The town center’s retailers and restaurants will be handing out candy to all the costumed trick or treaters. Restaurants will also hand out free samples and coupons. For more information, call 341-4353 or visit www.shopcrestviewhillstowncenter.com.

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Getting to the Campbell County Clerk’s oldest documents in the historic Newport courthouse requires moving boxes out of the way and unlocking a cabinet.

Construction to build an addition onto the existing Newport courthouse, at right, is under way, and the Campbell County Clerk’s office is preparing to move all of its property and other records to the new county administration building at 11th and Monmouth streets by Nov. 24.

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BENEFITS

Autumn Affair, 6:30 p.m. Newport Syndicate, 18 E. Fifth St. Silent auction, cocktails, dinner and music by Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers. Benefits Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati. $80. Reservations required. Presented by Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati. 513-899-4799. Newport.

FARMERS MARKET

Campbell County Farmers’ MarketAlexandria, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Southern Lanes Sports Center, 7634 Alexandria Pike, parking lot. Includes produce, plants, flowers, jams, jellies, honey and arts and crafts. Presented by Campbell County Cooperative Extension Service. 572-2600. Alexandria.

FESTIVALS

SugoiCon, 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Drawbridge Inn Hotel, 2477 Royal Drive. Celebration of Japanese anime, manga, and pop culture that features voice actors, directors, artists, and musical guests. Includes concerts. Browse dealers’ room, participate in workshops and panels led by guests. Gaming and DDR rooms available. Family friendly. $40 full weekend, $25 one day pass. Registration required. Presented by Southwestern Ohio Regional Animation. 341-2800; www.sugoicon.org. Fort Mitchell.

HOLIDAY - HALLOWEEN

Sunrock Farm Pumpkin Patch Tours, 3:30 p.m. Sunrock Farm, 103 Gibson Lane. Animal fun and hayride to pumpkin field to pick and purchase pumpkin. $10 two-hour tour, $6 one-hour tour; free under age 1. Reservations required. 781-5502; www.sunrockfarm.org. Wilder. Ghosts of Pirate Cove, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Newport Aquarium, Newport on the Levee. Trickor-treating, crafts, treasure hunt, mini pumpkin decorating, crayon rubbing stations, underwater sword fights and pirate shows by scuba divers. Included with admission: $20, $13 ages 2-12; $5 ages 2-12 in costume (up to four children per full adult admission). 261-7444. Newport. USS Nightmare, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. BB Riverboats Newport Landing, 101 Riverboat Row. Fortyminute tour of haunted boat. Three levels and more than 40 horrifying areas. Nightmare Landing, family-fun center with enclosed waiting area. RIP express tickets “skip the line.” Not recommended for children. Ages 10 and under with adult. Family friendly. $60 RIP express, $48 four pack; $20 RIP, $16 single. Presented by USS Nightmare. 261-8500; www.ussnightmare.com. Newport. Haunted Hayride, 8 p.m.-midnight. Sandyland Acres, 4172 Belleview Road. $10; free ages 5 and under. 322-0516; www.sandylandacres.com. Petersburg.

Halloween Party, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. KJ’s Pub, 2379 Buttermilk Crossing, Costumes and prizes. Music by DJ. Free. 344-1413. Crescent Springs. Petersburg Ghost Walk, 6 p.m. Chapin Memorial Library, 6517 Market Street. Walk through old river town to hear interesting stories of Petersburg’s past. Parental supervision required. Free. 342-2665; www.bcpl.org. Petersburg. Newport is Haunted: Gangsters, Gamblers and Ghosts Walking Tour, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Newport Syndicate, 18 E. Fifth St. Tour highlights major haunts and disturbing happenings from Northern Kentucky’s past. Stories about public hangings, crimes of century and numerous gangster deaths. Tours leave every half hour. Call for available times. $20, $15 students. Reservations recommended, available online. 888-269-9439; www.newportishaunted.com. Newport. Monster Mash Bash, 7 p.m. Music by Mike Philips. Bobby Mackey’s Music World, 44 Licking Pike. Wear costume. Line dancing and DJ during band breaks. Turbo bull rides with hourly ghost tours. Ages 18 and up. Free admission until 10 p.m. 431-5588. Wilder. 96.5 Rock Halloween Party, 7 p.m. Madison Theater, 730 Madison Ave. Dress up in full costume. With Pilot Around The Stars, Our Rising, Faceblind, Horseshoes and Handgrenades, In Rage, Illshot, Life After Liftoff and 8Kount. $10. 491-2444; www.madisontheateronline.com. Covington.

ON STAGE - THEATER

Rhinoceros, 8 p.m. Stauss Theatre, Nunn Drive. Fine Arts Center 101, As inhabitants of small town turn into rhinoceroses, the only human who does not change is Berenger, a flustered man often criticized for his drinking and tardiness. $12, $11 faculty and staff, $10 seniors, $8 students. Through Nov. 8. 572-5464. Highland Heights. S A T U R D A Y, O C T . 3 1

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Magic, Mind Reading, Hypnosis, midnight. GameWorks, $10 children; $20 adults. Family discounts available. 581-7529. Newport.

Halloween Party, 8:30 p.m. Madison Theater, 730 Madison Ave. Costume contest and prizes. Music by the Chili Dogs, Sidewinder, Crosstown Traffic and 16 South. $10. 4912444. Covington. Route 8 Roadhouse Bash, 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Route 8 Roadhouse, 300 Melbourne Ave. Halloween, anniversary and birthday party. Music, costume prizes and drink specials. Includes free barbecue and fixings, pool, darts, cornhole, horseshoes and more. Ages 21 and up. Free. Reservations recommended. 850-781-6433; www.route8roadhouse.com. Melbourne. Spook-tacular Party, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Guys ‘n’ Dolls Restaurant and Nightclub, 4210 Alexandria Pike. Drink specials 10 p.m.-midnight. Food, dancing and games. First 25 ghouls or goblins receive a door prize. Prizes awarded for best costume and most creative costume. Music by Rick and Rick. Visit from the “King.” $14 couple, $8. Reservations required. 441-4888. Cold Spring. Halloween Family Style, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Lazer Kraze Erlanger, 1335 Donaldson Hwy. Crafts, spooky child-friendly entertainment and games. Includes admission to “Zero Gravity” inflatables. Costume contest 2 p.m. for ages 12 and under. Socks and waiver signed by own parent/guardian required if under 18. Family friendly. $8. Reservations recommended. 3715729; www.lazerkraze.com. Florence. Monster Mash Bash, 7 p.m. Music by Wanda Kay. Bobby Mackey’s Music World, Free admission until 10 p.m. 431-5588. Wilder. Monster’s Ball, 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Newport Syndicate, 18 E. Fifth St. Music, food and a cash bar. Costume contest with prizes. Benefits Global Service Learning.Ages 21 and up. $20. 4918000; www.newportgangsters.com. Newport. S U N D A Y, N O V . 1

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS ART EXHIBITS Tales from the Parlor, noon-5 p.m. Sin City Antique Gallery, 822 Monmouth St. Ghost tales by Psychic Jill. Free. 291-8486; www.sincityantiques.com. Newport.

FARMERS MARKET

Campbell County Farmers’ Market-Newport, 9 a.m.-noon, Historic Newport Business District, Monmouth Street. At Seventh and Monmouth streets. Includes produce, plants, flowers, jams, jellies, honey and arts and crafts. Presented by Campbell County Cooperative Extension Service. 572-2600. Newport.

FOOD & DRINK

Totter’s Pumpkin Patch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Totter’s Otterville, 4314 Boron Drive. Trolley Station. Ride on Pumpkin Express to Totter’s pumpkin patch to select pumpkin. Includes pumpkin decorating station. Weather permitting. $9.95 ages 9 months and up, free for adults. 491-1441. Latonia. Ghost Stories by the camp fire, 5:30 p.m.6 p.m. Totter’s Otterville, 4314 Boron Drive. Non-scary story telling around outdoor fire pit. Marshmallow roast follows. Prizes for best costume. Included with admission: $7.95 ages 9 months and up, free for adults. 491-1441. Latonia. Haunted Duck Tours, 5 p.m. Ride the Ducks Newport, 1 Levee Way. Tour departs from Third St. Ride in WWII vehicles and hear stories of the area’s most famous ghosts and haunted locations like the Carneal House, Music Hall, and the Southgate House. For Ages 9 and up. $17, $13 children. 8151439. Newport.

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Ghoulish Tea Tasting and Tea Leaf Readings, noon-2 p.m. Kentucky Haus Artisan Center, 411 E. 10th St. Have a cup of Elmwood Inn Fine Tea or Numi Flowering Tea and enjoy a tea leaf reading by Peggie Brunyate, shop manager. Free. 261-4287. Newport.

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Pumpkin Days on the Farm, noon-6 p.m. Benton Farms, 11946 Old Lexington Pike. Hayride, barnyard animals, corn maze, cow milking and sheep shearing demonstrations. $7, free ages 3 and under. 485-7000. Walton. USS Nightmare, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. BB Riverboats Newport Landing, $60 RIP express, $48 four pack; $20 RIP, $16 single. 261-8500; www.ussnightmare.com. Newport. Haunted Hayride, 8 p.m.-midnight. Sandyland Acres, $10; free ages 5 and under. 3220516; www.sandylandacres.com. Petersburg. Halloween Party, 10 p.m. Costume contest. Music by Motion Sick Love Slaves. Peecox, 635 Donaldson Highway, 342-7000. Erlanger.

L’Art de la Joaillerie,The Art of Jewelry, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Eva G. Farris Gallery at Thomas More College, 341-5800. Crestview Hills.

BENEFITS

Empty Bowls, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, 620 Greenup St. Eat dinner using self selected handmade pottery bowl. Benefits Kid’s Cafe of Freestore Foodbank. $20, $5 ages 10 and under; $3 valet. Registration required. 635-5599; www.clayalliance.org. Covington.

HOLIDAY - HALLOWEEN

USS Nightmare, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. BB Riverboats Newport Landing, $60 RIP express, $48 four pack; $20 RIP, $16 single. www.ussnightmare.com. Newport.

MUSIC - RELIGIOUS

Acclaim in Concert, 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. First Baptist Church, 600 N. Fort Thomas Ave. Southern Gospel quartet. Free. 653-5238; www.fbcftthomas.net. Fort Thomas.

ON STAGE - COMEDY

Adam Hunter, 7:30 p.m. Dinner available. $12. Funny Bone Comedy Club, 957-2000. Newport.

ON STAGE - THEATER

Rhinoceros, 3 p.m. Stauss Theatre, $12, $11 faculty and staff, $10 seniors, $8 students. 5725464. Highland Heights.

SPORTS-TRYOUTS

Northern Kentucky Junior Volleyball Tryouts, 10 a.m.-noon, Campbell County Middle School, 8000 Alexandria Pike. Girls ages 10-15. $25. Registration required. 620-6520; www.nkjv.net. Alexandria.

PROVIDED

Listen to stories about the area’s ghosts and haunted locations during the Ride the Ducks’ haunted tour. The 60-minute tour will be available through Sunday, Nov. 1. Tours depart from Third Street at Newport on the Levee and will consist of approximately 15 minutes on the water and 45 minutes on the streets of Newport and downtown Cincinnati. For more information, visit newportducks.com or call 815-1439. M O N D A Y, N O V. 2

ART EXHIBITS

Linda Tabler: Indian Chrome, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. York St. Cafe, 261-9675. Newport. L’Art de la Joaillerie, The Art of Jewelry, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Eva G. Farris Gallery at Thomas More College, 341-5800. Crestview Hills.

ATTRACTIONS

Jellyfish Gallery, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Newport Aquarium. Included with admission; $20, $13 ages 2-12. 261-7444; www.newportaquarium.com. Newport. Frog Bog, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Newport Aquarium. Included with admission: $20, $13 ages 212. 261-7444. Newport. Penguin Parade, 10:15 a.m. Newport Aquarium, Free. 261-7444. Newport.

KARAOKE AND OPEN MIC

Open Mic, 9 p.m. Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Lounge. Ages 21 and up. 431-2201. Newport.

MUSIC - CONCERTS

Quietdrive, 8 p.m. Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Ballroom. With the Higher. $13, $10 advance. 431-2201. Newport.

ON STAGE - THEATER

Henny Penny-The Story of Chicken Little, 4 p.m. Fort Thomas-Carrico Branch Library, 1000 Highland Ave. Recommended for grades 1-5. Free. Registration required. Presented by ArtReach. 572-5033. Fort Thomas. T U E S D A Y, N O V. 3

ART EXHIBITS

Linda Tabler: Indian Chrome, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. York St. Cafe, 261-9675. Newport.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

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ATTRACTIONS Jellyfish Gallery, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Newport Aquarium. Included with admission; $20, $13 ages 2-12. 261-7444; www.newportaquarium.com. Newport. Frog Bog, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Newport Aquarium. Included with admission: $20, $13 ages 212. 261-7444. Newport. Penguin Parade, 10:15 a.m. Newport Aquarium, Free. 261-7444. Newport.

ART EXHIBITS Linda Tabler: Indian Chrome, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. York St. Cafe, 261-9675. Newport. L’Art de la Joaillerie, The Art of Jewelry, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Eva G. Farris Gallery at Thomas More College, 341-5800. Crestview Hills.

KARAOKE AND OPEN MIC

Karaoke, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Billie’s Skyline Tavern, 430 Johns Hill Road. A variety of drink specials, including $2 Bud Light Limes. Ages 21 and up. 441-6713. Highland Heights. Acoustic Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.-11 p.m. Claddagh Irish Pub Newport, One Levee Way. Nautical Room. With Bootleg Red. Includes Little Kings drink specials. Free. 513-4856502; www.claddaghirishpubs.com. Newport.

MUSIC - CONCERTS

The Vic Chesnutt Band featuring Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, 9:30 p.m. Southgate House, 24 E. Third St., Ballroom. With members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion and Claire and The Reasons. $15, $12 advance. 431-2201. Newport.

ON STAGE - THEATER

Rhinoceros, 8 p.m. Stauss Theatre, $12, $11 faculty and staff, $10 seniors, $8 students. 572-5464. Highland Heights.

ATTRACTIONS

Jellyfish Gallery, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Newport Aquarium. Included with admission; $20, $13 ages 2-12. 261-7444; www.newportaquarium.com. Newport.

LITERARY - LIBRARIES

Northern Kentucky, One Book, One Community, 7 p.m. Fort Thomas-Carrico Branch Library, 1000 Highland Ave. Discussion of “The Jazz Bird.” Free. 572-5033. Fort Thomas.

ON STAGE - THEATER

Bad to the Bone, 7:30 p.m. Shadowbox Cabaret, $20-$30. 581-7625; www.shadowboxcabaret.com. Newport. Rhinoceros, 8 p.m. Stauss Theatre, $12, $11 faculty and staff, $10 seniors, $8 students. 572-5464. Highland Heights.

Yu-gi-oh!, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Comics2Games, 8470 U.S. 42, Free-style play. Prizes for top finishers. $6. 647-7568. Florence.

COMMUNITY DANCE

Line Dancing, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Lookout Heights Civic Club, 1661 Park Road. Holly and Bernie Ruschman, instructors. Beginners welcome. $6, $3 for first-timers. Presented by H & B Dance Co. 727-0904. Fort Wright.

LITERARY - LIBRARIES

Northern Kentucky, One Book, One Community, 7 p.m. Newport Branch Library, 901 E. Sixth St. Discussion of “The Jazz Bird.” Free. Presented by Campbell County Public Library. 572-5035. Newport.

MUSIC - CHORAL

NKU Honor Choir Concert, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church, 4410 Alexandria Pike. Featuring 150 voice NKU Honor Choir. Music also provided by NKU Vocal Jazz Ensemble and NKU Chamber Choir. Free. Presented by Northern Kentucky University Department of Music. 572-6399; www.nku.edu/~music/. Cold Spring.

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PROVIDED See swashbuckling pirates at the Newport Aquarium’s “Ghosts of Pirate Cove,” through Sunday, Nov. 1. See the swordfighting pirates, underwater pumpkin carving and more. The release of the film, “Planet 51,” with games and prizes, is from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Four kids (ages of 2-12 years old) get in for $5 each with every adult paying full price when they wear their Halloween costume. Adult admission is $20. Visit www.newportaquarium.com or call 859-261-7444.

Underbelly, 9 p.m. Parlour. With Mike Cody, Ryan Singer, Dave Waite, Mike Cronin and others. Southgate House, 24 E. Third St. Local stand-up comedians perform improv, music, sketches, original characters and poetry. Ages 18 and up. Free. 431-2201. Newport.

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Rhinoceros, 8 p.m. Stauss Theatre, $12, $11 faculty and staff, $10 seniors, $8 students. 572-5464. Highland Heights.

PROVIDED Shaolin Warriors – the Kung Fu masters of China – bring their skill, movement and imagery for a family-friendly event at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Music Hall. The event will feature the Kung Fu masters in a choreographed theatrical performance, showing synchronized fighting rituals. Tickets are $25-$40. Call 513-621-2787 or visit www.cincinnatiarts.org.

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Are there any saints around anymore?

push them off their Nov. 1 is the day several pedestal and bury Christian churches celebrate them beneath the rubthe feast of All Saints. ble of disappointment “Saint,” a familiar word and disillusionment. that’s taken on unfamiliar Do this enough meanings. times, and we who Today “saint” can be the push them down name of a football team, a jazz song (”When the Saints Father Lou become cynical. We there are no Come Marching In”), many Guntzelman conclude saints and no one worcities (St. Louis, St. Petersburg, etc.) or a goody-twoPerspectives thy of a moral pedestal or imitation. shoes. Time and reflection, however, So we must ask, “What’s a saint?” A cynic might respond, “A can clarify things. We understand saint is someone who lived a long better now what it means to be a time ago whose life has never saint. Every ordinary human personbeen adequately researched.” The implication is that if you ality can be depicted as having an looked hard enough into a saint’s inner teeter-totter. Piled on one life, sooner or later you’d find he end are the vices, selfishness, evil tendencies and darkness of that or she had clay feet. And a real saint would be the person’s life. Stacked on the other end are first to admit it. It’s only conventional wisdom that thinks they the brightness, virtues, love and compassion of which we are capadon’t. People labeled “saint” are put ble. The fulcrum, or center point, is on a pedestal. Later, if any human frailty shows up in their lives, we the whole (holy) place represent-

ing the site of a person’s struggles and choices. Saints – as they live out their lives the best they can – strive to stand on the fulcrum in utter honesty and understanding of themselves. They don’t compare themselves to others. They don’t judge others against the measure of themselves. They just try to relate to others and the world in a way they believe their Maker created them to do. They struggle to know and then to discipline and control their darkness and vices – while they struggle to give expression to the light and love within them with the help of God’s grace. We must hide our dark side from society in general, but we must never try to hide it from ourselves. While doing good, we must acknowledge to ourselves our own demons as we do battle with them. When we speak of sainthood today, we speak of it in its truest sense as a full-blooded embracing

(Saints) don’t compare themselves to others. They don’t judge others against the measure of themselves. They just try to relate to others and the world in a way they believe their Maker created them to do. of our own humanity, not a false veneer of pseudo-goodness. Trying to appear better than we are prevents our becoming what we can be. When I was a youth I looked at saints in a very different way. Most of the canonized saints seemed to belong to religious orders, the clergy, or were people who wrought miracles and had followers. Today I imagine the saints to especially be among the humble and honest people, those who rise

wearily and go off to ordinary and routine labor to support their families. They sacrifice creature comforts, narcissistic interests, and personal agendas in behalf of larger values. We do not usually accord these common people hero or saint status, bur their acts renew the world each day as a place of enduring value. As Dr. James Hollis says, “We are all, every day, faced with death, depression and despair. Whoever rises to do what must be done, does a deed for us all.” Of such is the kingdom of heaven. Father Lou Guntzelman is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Reach him at columns@ communitypress.com or contact him directly at P.O. Box 428541, Cincinnati, OH 45242. Please include a mailing address or fax number if you wish for him to respond.

Beware of the dinosaur hunter scam circulating Phony check scams are alive and well these days as scammers continue to try to steal your money. The latest deception preys on people who are trying to rent an apartment or house. Shelly Fast said she came across one such con at the Wilmington real estate office at which she works. She received an e-mail from someone seeking to rent a house. “He started to communicate back and forth with us but it was a strange communication. He didn’t want to come over and look at it, he rented it sight unseen,” she said. All the communications took place via e-mail. “We asked him to fill out a lease agreement and an application. That never hap-

pened. He went into g r e a t detail with stories that he was an Italian foss i l Howard Ain h u n t e r, ” Hey Howard! said Fast. T h e person claimed to be a Professor Klose who said he’s discovered lots of dinosaurs and will be coming to the U.S. to trade fossils. “We started to get pretty suspicious when he said he was going to send a check for the first month rent, deposit and furniture for the four- to five-bedroom home he wanted to rent,” Fast said. He did send a check for $8,650 – but it was written

Clarification I have a clarification on my recent story involving Social Security Disability checks. Deductions from the benefits for food and shelter applies only to Supplemental Security Income disability and not Social Security disability. The difference between the two types of payments relates to those who have worked and contributed to Social Security and those who have not. People who paid into Social Security and then become disabled do not have to worry about their checks being reduced based on someone else helping them with food and housing expenses. They will receive their entire amount of back benefits in one payment. On the other hand, those who did not work or did not pay into Social Security will be eligible only for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and that does reduce checks based on outside housing and food assistance. In addition, it often does pay the back benefits in increments. In all cases when applying for SSI or Social Security Disability be sure to contact an attorney with expertise in this field.

on an AOL Time Warner bank account which didn’t make any sense. He asked Fast to cash it and send $2,900 to a furniture company for furniture he was renting. His wife and child were supposedly coming with him. “That is why he needed a large home and all that furniture. He kept mentioning a trustee in the U.S. would be in contact with us, and we kept asking for the trustee’s name and information but never got anything,” she said. Fast said she wondered why he didn’t send a check to the furniture company himself instead of asking her to do it. In addition, although he claimed to have been in Italy, the packing slip on the UPS envelope containing his check showed it was shipped from Massachusetts. “He was very strange responding to the e-mails. He didn’t answer questions that we asked him and we would respond with things he asked for and then he asked for the same thing over and over again,” Fast said. “I think in these tough times people are having now, some rentals are difficult to rent out and they get this information and they just want to rent their house and have some income. So, he’s preying on people,” she said. “When I Googled his

Board of Health meetings scheduled The Northern Kentucky District Board of Health, District Board of Health Executive Committee and the Personnel Board have announced their meeting schedules for the remainder of 2009 and first half of 2010. The District Board of Health will meet on the following dates, with all meetings beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room at the Health Department's District Office, 610 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood: • Wednesday, December 9, 2009 • Wednesday, March 10, 2010 • Wednesday, June 9,

2010 Copies of the proposed agenda for each District Board meeting will be posted on the Health Department's Web site, http://www.nkyhealth.org and posted at the Health Department's offices. The Executive Committee of the District Board of Health will meet on the following dates, with all meetings beginning at 6 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room at the Health Department's District Office, 610 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood: • Wednesday, November 4, 2009 • Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• Wednesday, May 12, 2010 The Personnel Board of the District Board of Health will meet on the following dates, with all meetings beginning at 5:15 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room at the Health Department's District Office, 610 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood: • Tuesday, January 12, 2010 • Tuesday, April 13, 2010 A complete list of Board of Health meeting dates is always available on the Health Department Web site a t http://www.nkyhealth.org.

name, and supposedly the place he was working for with the fossils, a lot of stuff came up with ‘scammers.’ People are doing it using different names but the same scenario,” Fast said. The scammer recently sent another e-mail demanding the money and even claimed he would go to the FBI if he didn’t get it.

Fast said she hopes this case can serve as a warning to all. If you receive a check from someone you don’t know who wants you to cash it and then send them money – don’t do it. Their check is probably not good and you’ll have sent your good money to the bad guys.

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Too many apples? Make fruit leather The sign was outside of a church on Salem Avenue in Mount Washington: “Friendship multiplies joy a n d divides sorrow.” So true. Friends can be many different people, comRita p l e t e l y Heikenfeld unrelated or someRita’s kitchen one biological. Think of the sibling who wasn’t cool enough to hang with as a kid, or the mom or dad who seemed older than dirt. (I remember one of my kids asking me if electricity was invented when I was young). As you grow, so does your wisdom and over the years, you become the closest of friends.

Apple or pear sauce and fruit rollups/leather

Every year I make batches of apple or pear sauce,

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Preparation:

Wash, core and cut 3 to 5 pounds fruit into chunks (apples or pears). Leave skin on because the pectin in the peel helps remove cholesterol.

Cooking options:

Crockpot: Spray pot. Put fruit in. Cook on low six to eight hours or high for three to five hours until fruit is soft enough to mash. Stovetop: Place in heavy or nonstick large pot. Add up to 1 cup water, cider or apple juice (to keep fruit from sticking), and simmer until fruit is soft. You may have to add a bit more liquid. Careful - the mixture tends to sputter up. Oven: (my preferred method). I use a restaurant steam table pan but use anything that has sides and which will hold fruit. Spray pan. Cook in 350-degree oven until soft.

To purée:

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Fruit leather before going in oven to dry. via or Splenda. Add cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice to taste. Do this while fruit is still warm. Spray cookie sheets. Pour puree evenly onto sheets, about 1⁄4-inch deep. In summer, I’ll dry it in the sun. This time of year it’s the oven. Dry in warm oven. Mine only goes down to 170 degrees so I propped the door open. You don’t want it to cook too quickly or it will be hard. It will take anywhere from four to eight hours or more depending upon the kind of apples, etc. If it’s late in the evening and it’s still not done, turn the oven off with the leather

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Drying to make fruit rollups/leather:

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A reader had trouble with the mixture coming together. You have to mix it up really well and it will come together. I use regular sausage and baking mix, not low fat. Try starting with 2 cups baking mix and go from there. The cheese can be increased, too, to 21⁄2 cups.

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Fruit leather after drying (you can see my hand through it if you look close). still in, and proceed in the morning.

How to tell if the fruit leather is done:

It should pull up from the pan in one sheet.

Storing:

In refrigerator, up to six months, and up to one year in freezer

Rita’s clone of Bigg’s chicken salad

The deli folks at Bigg’s were so nice, and fun to chat with. They chuckled when I said my readers were begging for the recipe. Since the recipe is proprietary, I couldn’t wrangle the recipe or all of the ingredients out of them. “It’s your normal chicken salad: mayonnaise, celery, grapes, cashews, etc. The secret ingredients are a pinch of ‘Ahh’ and a tablespoon of love.” After tasting it, I’d say it had a lot of both – yum!

Trying to clone this for the home cook when it’s made in huge amounts is challenging. Deli chicken salads often contain chicken base and seasoning salt. I fiddled with it and here’s my best shot. I poach my chicken in broth and let it cool in broth before dicing for added flavor and moistness. Taste as you go, adding 1 rib celery, 1 onion, the lesser amount of seasoning, etc. Add more if needed. 1 pound cooked chicken, diced or shredded 1-2 ribs celery, diced 1-2 green onions, sliced very thin Green grapes, cut in half, and salted cashew halves or pieces – you choose how much 1 cup Hellman’s mayonnaise or more to taste 1 ⁄4 to 1⁄2 teaspoon or so each: Lawry’s seasoning salt and chicken base (use a

good quality Minor’s).

base

Mix chicken, celery and onions together. Whisk chicken base and salt with the mayo. Pour over chicken and mix gently. Stir in grapes and nuts. To make curried chicken salad: Start sprinkling curry powder in the mayo mixture, tasting as you go.

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RELIGION NOTES Asbury United

The women of Asbury United Methodist Church are having their 36th annual craft fair Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will feature handmade ornaments and crafts, which include fashion, school spirit items and decorative home crafts. There will also be a bake sale, canned items and lunch with homemade pies. For more information, call 441-1466.

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Readers on vacation

Chad Garman, Colin Garman and Chase Garman, students at Sts. Peter & Paul brought the Campbell County Recorder and Alexandria Recorder on their fall break to Dauphin Island, Ala. where they visited Fort Gaines.

CLASS REUNIONS F R I D A Y, N O V. 1 3 Simon Kenton High School Class of 1973 meets on the second Friday of each month at the Villa Hills Civic Club at 8 p.m. Reservations are not required. For more information, contact Diane Beers Babb at 727-6148. S A T U R D A Y, N O V. 1 4 Campbell County High School 1984 Class Reunion

Nov. 14, from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. St Mary Church Undercroft, Alexandria, Dinner/DJ. $30 per person/$50 per couple. Contact per e-mail at CCHS1984@hotmail.com.

Papratta and Terry Elliott. If anyone has any information on those classmates, call Hope Ellis Kinman at 283-2796 or Pat Jurtsen Tanner 371-9254.

JUNE 11-12, 2010 Boone County High School Class of 1960’s 50th Year Reunion. The following classmates have not been located: Pat Bowling, Carol Brashear Copher, Nancy Stevers Bihl, Barbara Youell, Beverly Romans, Carol Smith, Siguard

Have a class reunion? Please send your information to akiefaber@nky.com.

Alexandria Lions inviting others to serve The Alexandria Lions, a community service organization, is looking for new members. The Lions give members of their organization the opportunity to become involved in the community in several different ways. During the summer members have participated in Fun Fairs, Readyfest, eye screenings, eyeglass collections and other projects. One project this summer involved the groups’ collaboration with the Campbell County Drug Free Coalition. Through this, the organization has promoted drug-, alcohol- and tobacco-free activities, including four Alexandria Fun Nights where participants could play games, climb walls, have their faces painted and see a family-friendly movie. The proceeds were donated to the Drug Free Coalition, Autism Foundation, Rising Stars, and Cystic Fibrosis research. Another activity Lions have taken part in was a cosponsorship of the “Dunk the Principal” day, that ask local school principals to take the plunge to benefit the Special Olympics of Northern Kentucky. Besides joining the Drug Free Coalition the local club has also taken part in the Disaster Preparedness program through the Northern Kentucky Health Department. This summer eye screen-

tucky collected 2,664 pairs of glasses in July. Three times a year the Lions team with a local church that collects donations for McQuery County, Ky. to distribute the collected items to those in need. This summer’s collection focused on collecting school supplies and clothing for students. To become involved with the Alexandria Lions attend a meeting, held the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Cold Spring Barleycorns. The meeting schedule varies during the holidays. For more information e-mail arndpat@aol.com.

ings and collections of eyeglasses have been major projects for the Lions. Since the beginning of August the club has screened eyes while participating in Readyfest at Campbell County Middle School and Silver Grove Schools. However, the screenings were not limited to children. Several Lions members attended both the Kentucky State Fair and Boone County Fair to host screenings for guest of the events. Continuing their focus on improving vision, two members charged with collecting eyeglasses at sites throughout Northern Ken-

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The Calvary Baptist Church in Latonia will be hosting a benefit concert featuring The Ball Family Singers and The Mean Family Singers Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. Advance tickets can be purchased for $10 by calling 468-9377. Concert goers are welcome to bring non-perishable food items ($10 value) rather than purchasing a ticket. Food donations will be distributed by LifeLine Ministries of NKY and Fairhaven Rescue Mission.

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Christ United Methodist Church in Florence will be having a church craft and fine arts bazaar Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Besides arts and crafts, there will be silent auction baskets, a bake sale and lunch available. For more information, call 525-8878. Christ United Methodist Church is located at 1440 Boone Aire Rd.

Church Women United

The Tri-City unit of Church Women United (CWU) will celebrate World Community Day at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Erlanger Christian Church. This year’s theme, “Piecing Earth Together,” focuses on the environment and

how important it is to work together as stewards of the gifts of the earth. For more information, call Mary Middleton at 3311879 or Joan Morgan at 525-7599. Erlanger Christian Church is located at 27 Graves Ave.

Community Family

The Community Family Church in Independence is hosting a Family Harvest Festival Oct. 31 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The festival will feature a candy trail for children, carnival games, hayrides, face painting, a silent auction, a motorcycle and car show, a chili cookoff, fireworks and more. The cost of admission is one canned food item. For more information, call Brenda Taylor at 3568851. The Family Harvest Festival is located at 11875 Taylor Mill Rd.

Crescent Springs Presbyterian

Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church will host its 2009 Fall Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival will feature a cornhole tournament, costume and pumpkin carving contests, crafts, prizes and more. Chili, hot dogs and drinks will be served. Pumpkins will also be provided. Participants need to bring their own carving tools. For more information, call 341-9347 or email Brad Neal at email@cspresby.com. Crescent Springs Presbyterian Church is located at 710 Western Reserve Road.

Mentor Baptist

Mentor Baptist Church has collected recipes from its members, family and friends and have compiled

249 of them into a cookbook. The church recently started selling the cookbook for $10 and can be purchased at the church. The proceeds will go to the club, Lucy B. Circle. For more information, call 908-0274. Mentor Baptist is located at 3724 Smith Rd. in California.

New Hope Center

The New Hope Center is offering volunteer training for men and women interested in mentoring people facing unplanned pregnancies. Sessions are available Nov. 16-17 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Classes will also be available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is a fee of $25 to cover the cost of the training manual. For more information, call Denise at 341-0766 ext. 13 or email dnevins@newhopecenter.com.

Staffordsburg United Methodist

The Staffordsburg United Methodist Church in Independence will holds its fifth annual Christmas bazaar Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Nicholson Christian Church Family Center. The event will feature unique gifts including painted glassware, handmade baskets, jewelry, quilted items, floral decorations, handmade purses and many more crafts. A hot lunch and refreshments will be served. Admission is $1 and door prizes will be awarded. For more information, call 356-0029. The Nicholson Christian Church Family Center is located at 1970 Walton Nicholson Pike. Have an event at your church? Please send your information to akiefaber@nky.com.

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Community

October 29, 2009

BRIEFLY Board of Character

County High School. Mason is currently serving his second term on the school board. The Character Council of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky is a local nonprofit, non-religious organization whose mission is to foster character development in children and adults.

Rich Mason of California was recently elected to the board of directors for the Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. With the exception of his four-year college, Mason has been involved with Campbell County Schools for 50 years as a student, educator, parent, member of a site based council or school board member. He retired in 2002 after a 27-year career teaching art for grades K-12. The community also recognizes him as a former assistant football coach, assistant and head wrestling coach at Campbell

transformed it into a cuttingedge comedy experience that has gained worldwide appeal. This marks the comedian’s second appearance at The Bank of Kentucky Center. He was the second ever act in the facility when he performed Sept. 26, 2008.

‘Monkee’ in Newport

Dunhan returns to Bank of Kentucky Center

Davy Jones, lead singer of legendary Monkees, will be preforming at the Newport Syndicate Friday, Nov. 6. Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $40 and include dinner. For more information call 859-491-8000.

Jeff Dunham brings his talent and laughs back to the Bank of Kentucky Center at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights Sunday, Jan 31. Dunham has taken the art of ventriloquism to new hights and has

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NKU to host launch of The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky Friends of Steely Library. The event is free and open to the public. Northern Kentucky has been defined as a “gateway” in many respects. Its position along the Ohio River makes it an economic and industrial gateway and its location along the Mason-Dixon line defines it as a gateway between the North and South. The region, which was also an important gateway in early westward expansion, now serves as a transitional zone between two major climate

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classifications and exists in a state of socio-economic limbo, as it is classified as neither urban nor rural. Northern Kentucky’s consciousness about its border status has fostered a culture that differs greatly from the rest of the state, but this awareness has also served as an obstacle when defining regional identity. The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky defines a region of more than 450,000 citizens and includes more than 2,100 entries written by more than 300 authors who chronicle the historical, geographical, social, cultural, religious, political and economic history of the area. The volume contains 170 images and 13 maps, providing a complete overview of the region’s geography and exhibiting the area’s relationship with the surrounding cities. The Northern Kentucky region shares a culture markedly independent from the rest of the state, drawing major influence from the metropolitan area of Cincinnati, one of America’s first

The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky defines a region of more than 450,000 citizens and includes more than 2,100 entries written by more than 300 authors who chronicle the historical, geographical, social, cultural, religious, political and economic history of the area. inland cities. Consisting of 11 counties, Northern Kentucky exhibits a unique mix of northern industry, southern tradition and German influence resulting from the influx of immigrants who settled there in the 1800s. The region serves as one point of the “Golden Triangle,” along with the cities of Louisville and Lexington, and continues to greatly influence industrial, social and economic development throughout the state. Despite its somewhat ambiguous regional identity, Northern Kentucky is home to a number of companies and organizations essential to the state’s economy and commerce, including Ashland Oil, Fidelity Investments, Omnicare, Toyota North America and United States Playing Card.

Similarly, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport serves as a major hub of national and international travel. While it seems that Northern Kentucky is often forgotten when compiling Kentucky history, the 21st century has brought with it a new interest in the diverse nature of the region. The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky is a direct product of this movement. Michael Hammons, then director of Forward Quest, approached this encyclopedia’s coeditors in 2002 with the idea of compiling a comprehensive reference volume specifically tailored to highlighting Northern Kentucky’s economic, industrial and social culture. Made possible by hun-

dreds of generous benefactors and dedicated volunteers, The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky celebrates the people, places and events of the border region’s rich heritage. This vast compilation of information will serve as an invaluable reference for any who wish to learn more about a region defined by numerous cultures, traditions and ideas. The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, published by the University Press of Kentucky, was edited by Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool. Tenkotte is chair and professor of the department of history and geography at Northern Kentucky University and former chair and professor of the department of history, international studies, and political science at Thomas More College, where he taught for 24 years. Claypool, professor emeritus of history at Northern Kentucky University, is the author or editor of nine books as well as numerous articles and book reviews.

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Northern Kentucky University and the Friends of Steely Library will sponsor the official launch of The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky Friday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m., in the W. Frank Steely Library, on the Highland Heights campus. The program, with Nick Clooney serving as Master of Ceremonies, will be followed by a signing with many of the book’s contributors. Books will be available for purchasing at the event, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the

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October 29, 2009

DEATHS James Dee

James Dee, 71, Cold Spring, died Oct. 9, 2009, in Hawaii. He was employed by Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. and part owner of Blue Grass Land Survey. He was a member of St. Thomas Church, Fort Thomas, and the Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors. Survivors include his wife, Janet Dee; daughter, Teresa Schulte of Crestview Hills; sons, James Dee Jr. of West Chester, Jeffrey Dee of Alexandria and David Dee of Melbourne; brothers, Thomas Dee of Cold Spring and William Dee of Bracken County; and 10 grandchildren. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Dobbling, Muehlenkamp and Erschell Funeral Home, Bellevue, handled the arrangements. Memorials: Newport Central Catholic Education Fund, 13 Carothers Road, Newport, KY 41071, or Holy Trinity Child Development, 840 Washington Ave., Newport, KY 41071.

Laura Enzweiler

Laura M. Hartig Enzweiler, 51, Fort Thomas, died Oct. 22, 2009, at her home. Survivors include her mother, Freida Schultz Hartig of Melbourne; three daughters, Michele Miller of Alexandria, Carmen Enzweiler of California and Christine Enzweiler of California; three sisters, Pauline Richardson, Rose Ann Knapp and Patsy Parker, all of Melbourne; four brothers, Tim Hartig and Pat Hartig, both of Melbourne, Ted Hartig of Butler and Dave Hartig of California and five grandchildren. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas. Memorials: Norbert Frilling & Aaron Doyle Scholarship Fund, c/o Saint Philip Church, 1404 Mary Ingles Highway, Melbourne, KY 41059.

Albert Gosney

Albert Kevin Gosney, 50, Butler, died Oct. 22, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Edgewood. He worked for General Electric Company in Evendale, was a member of Grassy Creek Christian

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Basic obituary information and a color photograph of your loved one is published without charge by The Community Press. Please call us at 2830404 for more information. To publish a larger memorial tribute, call 513242-4000 for pricing details. For the most up-to-date Northern Kentucky obituaries, click on the "Obituaries" link at NKY.com. Church in DeMossville, Kincaid Bass Master and International Association of Machinist, Local Lodge 912 for 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Gosney of Butler; sons, Andrew Gosney of Alexandria and Benjamin Gosney of Butler; daughter, Sarah Gosney of Butler; parents, Kenneth and Gale Gosney of Grant’s Lick; brothers, Nelson Gosney and Keith Gosney, both of Fort Thomas and Jack Gosney of Cold Spring. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery in Grant’s Lick. Peoples Funeral Home in Butler handled the arrangements.

Beth McClurg

Beth Crail McClurg, 78, Bellevue, died Oct. 23, 2009, at her home. Her son, Stewart Caldwell died previously. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Beth Stagman of Alexandria; sisters, Dorothy Grothaus of Fort Thomas and Catherine Rust of Camp Springs; six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Memorials: American Diabetes Association, 644 Linn St., Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Orville Montgomery

Orville Eugene Montgomery, 57, of Nashua, N.H., formerly of Alexandria, died Oct. 19, 2009, at his home. He was a security officer for Anthem Blue Shield-Blue Cross, police sergeant for the city of Highland Heights and vice president of Loss Prevention.

Survivors include his wife, Cindy Montgomery; daughter, Jennifer McGuire of Richmond; son, Tom Montgomery, Nashua, N.H.; sister, Margie Schweitzer of Alexandria and two grandchildren. Burial was in Alexandria Cemetery.

Kathryn Noll

Kathryn Ann Mospens Noll, 49, Florence, died Oct. 12, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas. Her parents, Jack and Velma Tobts Mospens, and brother, James Stewart Mospens, died previously. Survivors include her husband, Gregory Noll; daughters Tracey Ann Krogman Monaco of Alexandria, Alexis Noll of Covington; son, Scott Noll of Erlanger; four grandchildren. Fares J. Radel Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Jami Reed

Jami R. Martin Reed, 29, Florence, died Oct. 18, 2009, at Hospice of St. Elizabeth Health Care in Edgewood. She was a homemaker and member of Beaver Lick Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Jason Reed of Florence; daughter, Sophia Reed of Florence; sister, Jodi Hodges of Union; step-sisters, Susan Rath of Alexandria and Laura Graham of St. Louis, Mo.; mother, Gerry Rouse of Florence; father and step-mother, Louis Martin and Karlene Martin of Florence; grandmother, Irene Rouse of Florence; and inlaws, Jerry and Tina Reed of Walton. Burial was in Hopeful Lutheran Cemetery, Florence. Stith Funeral Homes of Florence handled the arrangements. Memorials: Chicks and Chucks, 136 Ridge Hill Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41076; or Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 2880 Boudinot Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45238.

Rev. Daniel Joseph Saner

The Reverend Daniel Joseph Saner, 64, Augusta, died Oct. 20, 2009, at Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Maysville. He was a priest who served as

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MARRIAGE LICENSES pastor for many churches in the Diocese of Covington, was associate pastor for Holy Cross Church, teacher and guidance counselor for Holy Cross High School, teacher for Newport Catholic High School, pastor of St. Augustine Church in Augusta and St. James Church in Brooksville. He was president of Augusta Ministerial Association and member of Knights of Columbus. Survivors include his sister, Mary Ann Reinersman of Taylor Mill; brother, James Saner of Batesville, Ind. and stepfather, Les Armstrong. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials: St. Augustine Church or School, 215 E. Fourth St., Augusta, KY 41002 or St. James Church, 122 Garrett Ave., Brooksville, KY 41004.

Kelly Spicer Jr.

Kelly Spicer, Jr., 61, Highland Heights, died Oct. 22, 2009, at his home. He was an expeditor for Steel Craft. Survivors include his wife, Norma Jean Raleigh Spicer of Highland Heights; a son, Stephen Spicer of Highland Heights; a daughter, Deborah Dooley of Alexandria; a brother, Samuel Spicer of Newport; eight sisters, Correna Bowling of Breathitt County, Ky., Hancy Stamper of Dry Ridge, Helen Morgan of Melbourne, Verneda Turner of Newport, and Thedus Arrowwood, of Newport, Verda Boggs of Covington, Sarah Faye Edison of Norwood, Ohio, and Angie Turner of Taylor Mill, and two grandchildren. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate.

Jennifer Schreiber, 37, and Robert Finch II, 38, both of California, Ky., issued Oct. 8. Ashley Johnston, 23, and Robert Pfeiffer, 23, both of Fort Thomas, issued Oct. 10. Tiffany Kilbourn, 25, and Jason Bowlin, 27, both of Fort Thomas, issued Oct. 10. Cindy Terhaar, 27, and Andrew Carroll, 24, both of Butler, issued Oct. 10. Darlene Kerns, 54, of Fort Thomas and Thomas Burroughs, 54, of Ohio, issued Oct. 10. Tiffani Jones, 24, of Cincinnati and Janus Carter, 28, of Highland Heights, issued Oct. 10. Jenny Schaffer, 45, of Cincinnati and Rodney Karr, 37, of Covington, issued Oct. 10. Davona Morrison, 18, of Georgetown and Mark Bowman, 19, of Covington, issued Oct. 10. Erika Reitano, 23, and Jeffrey Peter, 24, both of Fort Thomas, issued Oct. 13. Emile Holmes, 19, and Prakash Chitrakar, 27, both of Highland Heights, issued Oct. 13. Patricia Wollard, 39, of Louisville and Jeffrey Wilson, 37, of Covington, issued Oct. 14.

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William Wilbur Weber, 89, of Fort Thomas, formerly of Alexandria, died Oct. 22, 2009, at Highlandsprings of Fort Thomas Health Care & Rehabilitation Center. He worked for Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company and was a World War II Army veteran. His wife, Ruth Young Weber, survives. Burial was in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas. Memorials: Holly Hill Children’s Home, 9599 Summer Hill Road, California, KY 41007.

Shannon Stull, 22, and Joshua Spradlin, 21, both of Fort Thomas, issued Oct. 14. Tonya Marksberry, 31, of Fort Thomas and John Yunker, 41, of Cincinnati, issued Oct. 15. Rhiannon Wallace, 21, of Edgewood and James Feltner, 25, of Fort Thomas, issued Sept. 24. Linda Benke, 60, of Covington and John Nooe, 50, of Cincinnati, issued Sept. 26. Teresa Watlington, 48, of Tennessee and David Schneider, 58, of Covington, issued Oct. 3. Melissa Pankau, 30, and Wendell McKenzie, 40, both of Dayton, issued Oct. 5. Julianne Williams, 22, of Ohio and Randolph Hust, 26, of Fort Thomas, issued Oct. 5. Sara Montgomery, 26, and Andrew Scholefield, 30, both of Mentor, issued Oct. 5. Catherine O’Neil, 33, of Minneapolis and Geoffrey Rash, 30, of Fort Thomas, issued Oct. 6. Anita Mangulabnan, 55, of Covington and Daniel Mangulabnan, 57, of Dayton, issued Oct. 7. Ashleigh Mahan, 23, of Fort Thomas and Aaron Strickland, 23, of Florida, issued Oct. 8.

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VOLUNTEER OPPOTUNITIES Men’s program mentor

Care Net Pregnancy Services of Northern KY, Covington. Call 859431-9178. Mentoring male clients by walking with them through a predesigned educational curriculum to prepare men to be great dads. Mentors are needed at Williamstown, Highland Heights, Florence and Covington.

Life Skills mentor

Care Net Pregnancy Services of Northern KY, Covington. Call 859431-9178. Educating and mentor clients interested in focusing on life skills. Through our pre-designed curriculum volunteers aid clients in education of topics such as: Budgeting, Housecleaning 101, Establishing Good Credit and Buying a Used Car.

Shelter Aide

Welcome House, Covington. Call 859-431-8717. A volunteer is needed every other Friday to help with daily activities in shelter while staff meets. This includes, talking with the women, answering the phone and taking messages. The opportunity is every other Friday beginning Oct. 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

The Isaiah Project

Shoulder To Shoulder Inc., Newport. Call 859-371-0444. Volunteer distribute groceries, clothing, diapers, furniture and a hot lunch in a Nothern Kentucky innercity neighborhood. Volunteers meet at Highland Hills Church, Ft. Thomas to load up all the items stored there. After a short meeting, volunteers caravan to 7th and Patterson, Newport and give everything away.

Thanksgiving Grocery Delivery

Shoulder To Shoulder Inc., Newport. Call 859-371-0444. Volunteers will pick up boxes loaded with food and delivery them to the homes of elder and disabled families, or families without transportation two days before Thanksgiving. Food boxes will include milk, meat, bread, produce and other nonperishable items.

Custodian

The Salvation Army - Newport, Newport. Call 859-431-1063.

Sweeping and mopping floors Vaccumming rugs Cleaning bathrooms - sinks and toilets, emptying garbage cans, mowing grass, changing lightbulbs, picking up garbage around outside of building, shoveling snow and put salt on sidewalk, unloading supplies and other duties as needed.

Client Aide

Welcome House, Covington. Call 859-431-8717. The volunteer would be responsible for assisting with daily living activities with our clients, including taking clients to the laundry mat, grocery store, etc. Positions available Monday through Friday, as per the availability of the volunteer and the needs of the clients and staff

Event Assistants

Volunteers needed to assist staff at various fairs, festivals, and events. Some tasks will include helping to set up and take down our table, handing out goodies, and assisting with any activities. Most work occurs on weekends and will be scheduled in shifts.

Public Representative (Site Check Volunteer)

Safe Place Program of Homeward Bound, Covington. Call 859-5811111. The main responsibilities of a public representative volunteer would be to visit partner businesses (Safe Place sites) to ensure that they have everything they need to be a successful Safe Place site. Each visit usually takes around 10 minutes. There is no schedule or hourly requirements. Site checks need to be completed within six months.

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American Diabetes Association (Cincinnati), Cincinnati. Call 513759-9330. As an American Diabetes Association volunteer, expertise and experience in leadership, business, health care, marketing, public relations, advocacy, or fund raising can make a vital difference. Get involved and help make a difference for children and adults affected by diabetes. The association is in need of help in the office to help prepare for upcoming events.

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Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati. Call 513287-7025. Main responsibility is to assist Cincinnati History Museum staff with program development. Individual will write lesson plans, prepare materials and if interested can present programs on the museum floor. Would also evaluate existing programs for accuracy and educational standards.

Cincinnati History Museum Detective Agency Volunteer

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati. Call 513-2877025. Main responsibility in Cincinnati History Museum is to ensure that all museum guests have a satisfying, educational, enjoyable and safe experience. Work individual or with a team to assist children with solving mysteries. Will help with program sign-ups and documenting program fees. During office time, may be asked to assist and prepare program materials. Needs to feel comfortable dressing in period clothing.

Help at Children, Inc. Early Education and Care Centers

Children, Inc., Covington. Call 859431-2075. Assisting classroom teachers in preparation of materials for classroom instruction. Help with small repairs at the centers. Help with individual instruction of children.

GOTR 5k Volunteers

Girls on the Run of Greater Cincinnati, Inc., Cincinnati. Call 513-3211056. Volunteers are needed to put on the Girls on the Run of Greater Cincinnati 5k. Options include Water Stop Volunteers, Cheer Zone Volunteers, and others.

Dish Washer

Redwood Center, Ft. Mitchell. Call 859-331-0880 . Redwood’s dietary department is in need of someone to help run the dishwasher during lunchtime.

Registration/Emergency/ Transport Volunteer

St. Elizabeth Healthcare - Covington, Covington. Call 859-301-2140. Greet all guest entering St. Elizabeth,

providing directions and assuring registration. Assist staff/patients/visitors with day to day functions in the department.

Gift Shop Cashier

St. Elizabeth Healthcare - Covington, Covington. Call 859-301-2140. To staff the Gift Shop and providing service to all customers. Accept responsibility for shop operation and ringing in all sales on the register.

Receptionist and Area Support

St. Elizabeth Healthcare - Covington, Covington. Call 859-301-2140. Assist staff, patients and visitors during day to day functions of the department.

Make baby blankets

Children, Inc. - Young Families Program, Park Hills. Call 859.491.9200. Make baby blankets or quilts. We do not have supplies to make blankets - they would need to be donated.

Make activity kits

Children, Inc. - Young Families Program, Park Hills. Call 859.491.9200. Make and assemble activity kits to use with families during home visits

Girls Volleyball Coach

Boys & Girls Clubs, Cincinnati. Call 513-421-8909. Assist with coaching girls Volleyball team.

Mentor a Covington Elementary Student

Covington Partners in Prevention, Covington. Call 859-392-3182. Reach out. Become a mentor to a Covington youth. School based mentoring programs are offered at elementary schools in Covington. Adults meet with a student once a week during the school day (8-3) for an average of 30-45 minutes, usually during the students’ lunch period. Mentors listen, support, befriend, and encourage local youth. A one-year commitment is required. Background checks are required of all volunteers. One-onone training is provided with a program coordinator before volunteers start to meet with students. On-site program coordinators are available for on going support.

Mentoring in Covington (community based)

Covington Partners in Prevention, Covington. Call 859-392-3182. Reach out. Become a mentor to a Covington youth. The Community based mentoring program is offered at Holmes Middle School. Adult volunteers are matched with middle school students (6th-8th grade). Adults meet with students once a week after school, in the evening, or on the weekends for an hour. Mentors listen, support, befriend, and encourage local youth. A one year commitment is required. Background checks are required of all volunteers. One-onone training is provided with a program coordinator before volunteers start to meet with students. On-site program coordinators are available for on going support.

is a responsible pet owner who meets our requirements for adoption. You will be required to approve and deny applicants. Counselors also perform vet checks and check with landlords to make sure adopters live where pets are allowed. Becoming a counselor does involve a training period of assisting other counselors to gain experience with the adoption process. Hours needed: Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and noon to 4 p.m.

Childcare Aide

Redwood Center, Ft. Mitchell. Call 859-331-0880 . Vacuum, wash and clean one or all nine vehicles at the center.

Welcome House, Covington. Call 859-431-8717. Volunteers are needed to watch the children in Shelter while the mothers participate in activities. Volunteers help children learn to effectively socialize with other children and adults which will help them throughout their entire lives. Volunteers are needed Monday or Wednesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Must be 18 years old.

Drama coach

Dietary Go To Volunteer

Vehicle spruce up

Boys & Girls Clubs, Cincinnati. Call 513-421-8909. Work with Club members to create drama productions at the Clubs and encourage creativity in proforming arts.

Game Room Volunteer

Boys & Girls Clubs, Cincinnati. Call 513-421-8909. Interact and assist in supervising teens in the Teen Center at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati.

Music Instructors needed

The Frank Duveneck Arts and Cultural Center, Covington. Call 859.491.3942. The Duveneck Center is offering music classes for all ages. Volunteer instructors needed for drumming,guitar and keyboards. Share your musical talent while enriching the lives of others.

Adoptions Counselor

The Pet Castle, Inc. Animal Rescue, Florence. Call 859-760-7098. TPC is looking for people interested in becoming an Adoption Counselors. An adoption counselor is trained to review applications and determine if the potential adopter

Redwood Center, Ft. Mitchell. Call 859-331-0880 . Assist the Dietary Supervisor with collecting free donations from various sources, including St. Vincent DePaul, Remkes and Action Ministries.

Job Exploration Leader

Boys & Girls Clubs, Cincinnati. Call 513-421-8909. Guide and inform members in the skills needed to search for and fulfill various careers or jobs they may be interested in.

Cooking Class Leader

Boys & Girls Clubs, Cincinnati. Call 513-421-8909. Lead basic cooking classes for members. Teach importance of safe cooking techniques, as well as healthful eating.

Creative Writting Leader

Boys & Girls Clubs, Cincinnati. Call 513-421-8909. Help members utilize their creativity in their writing. Assist with writing homework, as well as projects members want to explore independently.

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INDIANA

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MICHIGAN

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NORTH CAROLINA

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