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Workers accuse employers of pandemic safety lapses Matt Mencarini Louisville Courier Journal USA TODAY NETWORK

Through the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky workers lodged nearly 200 complaints against their employers with the state's occupational safety agency, accusing companies of dangerous safety lapses that raised the risk of illness and death from the virus.

A complaint from November 2020 said workers at the Kroger Distribution Center in Louisville were arriving sick with COVID-19 and managers weren't informing colleagues the virus was spreading.

Another from December 2020 pointed to 433 cases of COVID-19 among employees at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant and said the Louisville company wasn't enforcing social distancing or other safety guidelines.

And a third from March 2021 connected an employee's death to COVID-19-related safety violations at Benchmark Family Services in Florence, describing "an overall lack of leadership."

These reported lapses, which the companies deny or dispute, were part of a spike in worker safety complaints that provide a window into COVID-19 dangers in the workplace and a cautionary tale as thousands of employees head back to their offi ces.

Overall, employees lodged 45% more complaints with the state's Occupational Health and Safety Program in 2020 than in 2019, according to the Kentucky Labor Cabinet. A cabinet spokesman said the pandemic may not have been the only factor driving the increase, since complaint volume can be cyclical.

Federal and state data compiled by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration showed 185 closed COVID-related complaints from Kentucky through May 21 — with only about 8% investigated.

As poor as that investigation rate is, it exceeds the national average. Across the U.S., complaint investigations decreased dramatically during the pandemic.

Bill Londrigan, president of the Kentucky State AFL-CIO. Kentucky has seen an increase in worker safety complaints during the coronavirus pandemic. June 11, 2021 PAT MCDONOGH / COURIER JOURNAL

Critics for years have derided weak worker safety laws and enforcement, decrying dwindling budgets and staff s in worker safety agencies. The pandemic only exacerbated the problem, they say.

Debbie Berkowitz, program director of the National Employment Law Project's Worker Safety and Health program, said OSHA — and many states following the federal agency's lead — "totally abdicated its responsibility" to protect workers during the pandemic.

"They just failed to carry out their re-

sponsibilities," she said. "Thus, workers were left on their own. And because OSHA failed to respond to complaints, they failed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 at work.

"And because of that, more workers got sick and more people died. I mean, OSHA's failure has enormous consequences here, and Kentucky OSHA was just following federal OSHA." Still, Kentuckians kept seeking help for problems at their workplaces over the last 15 months, hoping for action.

Complaints changed as the pandem-

ic progressed.

At fi rst, many complaints refl ected the national shortage of personal protective equipment. But more recent complaints frequently described poor management decisions and lax safety measures at factories, hospitals, medical offi ces and some of the state's largest employers.

Bill Londrigan, president of the AFLCIO of Kentucky, said some employers required social distancing, checked See WORKERS, Page 2A

Florence plans to replace aquatic center with park Chris Mayhew Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The time to enjoy a dip in the fouracre Florence Aquatic Center is likely at an end as city offi cials announced plans June 22 to replace the closed pool with a park.

The aquatic center that features a pool and lazy river was opened in 2003 on the Florence Government Center campus off Ewing Boulevard.

The water world has been closed since the end of the 2019 season with COVID-19 restrictions being to blame for 2020 and 2021 closures.

Construction on a new park on the aquatic center grounds could start as early as this September once decisions are made on what amenities to include, according to the release sent from the mayor's offi ce on behalf of all council members.

The opening of a new park could happen as early as the end of 2022.

Opposition to the replacement plan

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has sprung up from community members with a Change.org petition garnering nearly 7,500 signatures in a week's time.

Ideas fl oated by the city for potential new park amenities include splash pads and spray grounds, a multipurpose event lawn and an adventure playground with features to climb, jump, and slide, and zip on.

There could also be room for festivals, shows, exercise classes, farmer’s markets, family movie nights, and ice skating in the winter, according to the release.

The aquatic center is typically open for a 10-week season, whereas a new park and community event center will have a chance to be open year-round, offi cials said in the release.

“We’re very excited about the opportunities this new park off ers the whole community and it will be great fun exploring the possible features that could be added,” Mayor Diane Whalen said in the release.

Whalen announced that the council

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doesn't want to make a decision on their own, and community input will be sought.

An online survey will be released this summer on the city's Facebook page and Twitter account, according to the release.

Council members, prompted partially by the pandemic's closure of the aquatic center, raised questions about whether it should ever reopen.

Council decided a park that will be free to everyone without admission would be more fi scally responsible.

The cost to operate the center a day is on average about $7,500, said Linda Chapman, Florence's chief fi nancial offi cer in the release. The average daily attendance at the aquatic center has represented about 2 percent of Florence's population. Florence's population was listed as about 34,000 people in U.S. Census Bureau estimates for 2019.

Based on a population of 34,000, the average daily aquatic center attendance would be about 680 people.

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Tornado confi rmed in Boone County Brook Endale Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The National Weather Service has confi rmed a tornado touched down in Boone County on June 18.

Following the storm, the NWS worked with The Boone County Emergency Management Agency and completed a survey along I-275 in Boone County.

The survey focused on barn and tree damage on both sides of the interstate.

Minor roof damage to a home and tree damage on Stevens Road northwest of Idlewild were discovered.

According to the NWS, trees in that

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people's temperatures and provided masks early in the pandemic. "But many others didn't. So, you would expect people in those workplaces to complain about it and try to get some resolution."

COVID-19 now seems to be receding in Kentucky. As of June 15, 48% of Kentuckians had received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Gov. Andy Beshear lifted the remaining mask mandates and other restrictions June 11, signaling the start of a return to normal.

But experts and worker advocates say there is still reason for caution given that millions remain unvaccinated and new variants of the virus may arise.

"There needs to be some sort of recognition that even though the rates of transmission and death from COVID have decreased due to the increase in the vaccination rates, that certainly it is not in the rearview mirror," Londrigan said. "Protections should still be in place."

Many industries received complaints Workers, who were not named in the data, fi led complaints against 154 employers in Kentucky. Seventeen had a least two complaints. All complaints against private businesses in Kentucky were formal, meaning a current employee or representative submitted it in writing and it alleged imminent danger or a violation that could result in potential harm.

Major employers or large companies — such as Amazon, UPS, Ford and Walmart — accounted for 26 of the 185 total complaints.

There were 29 complaints against manufacturing companies, 24 against fast food establishments and restaurants, 12 against nursing homes and seven against car dealerships.

Nineteen complaints came from the

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area were uprooted, and a barn nearby was damaged. Roofi ng material blown off the barn was found along I-275, almost half a mile from the original location.

The NWS said the tornado moved east along I-275, causing more tree damage and another barn had its roof partially removed on the south side of I-275.

Offi cials believe the tornado lifted in the vicinity of I-275 about a mile west of Exit 8.

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health care fi eld, with most in 2020.

They included instances such as one in May 2020, when an offi ce worker at the University of Kentucky's Albert B. Chandler Hospital said there was no social distancing and requests to work from home were denied.

In another from November 2020, a Norton Healthcare employee said nurses and nurse assistants had to go into the rooms of COVID patients with only surgical masks and gowns instead of adequate personal protective equipment.

Kristi Willett, a spokeswoman for the UK hospital, said personal protective equipment was provided to all health care employees.

"While the nature of patient care and hospital operations doesn’t allow for the majority of employees to work remotely, positions were evaluated to determine those that could be done off -site," she said, adding that 93% of employees are now vaccinated.

Randy Hamilton, chief administrative offi cer of Norton Audubon Hospital, said in a statement the Norton complaint did not take into account U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance or specifi c situations at the hospital.

"The safety of our employees is paramount," he said. "We provide our team members the highest level of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed based on the hazard."

About 30% of Kentucky's worker safety complaints were fi led last fall.

The Kentucky Truck Plant received two in late 2020, alleging a lack of safety protocols and more than 400 confi rmed COVID cases.

Kelli Felker, a Ford spokeswoman, said the company worked with the union and infectious disease experts to develop safety standards.

"While we are aware of employees who have tested positive for COVID-19," she said, "no one identifi ed as a close contact in the workplace who was following our protocols has developed symptoms or tested positive for the virus."

The complaints kept coming even after Kentucky's COVID cases peaked in January.

One concerning Benchmark Family Services, which provides therapeutic foster care, was lodged March 22 and listed numerous problems: "Death of employee due to ongoing COVID violations. Overall lack of leadership. Mandating employees be present in offi ce despite rise in cases. Allowing employees to not wear masks. Firing of former regional director for working from home by day due to illness."

In an email, Sharon Scrivner, the state director Benchmark Family Services in Kentucky, called the allegations "blatantly false" and pointed out Benchmark is "an essential business," but she declined to comment on current or former employees.

"Benchmark Family Services follows the guidelines set forth by the state of Kentucky, including Healthy at Work requirements," such as telework options, masks and social distancing, she said.

Masks a common issue Many of the complaints lodged in 2021 suggested the national polarization around masks extended to the workplace.

One, fi led against UPS supply chain services at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, alleged most of the more than 50 workers refused to wear masks.

A subsequent complaint involving that airport, this one from a worker at the cargo business Worldwide Flight Services, said people were constantly coming in and out of the facility with no face coverings, despite a sign saying

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they were required.

A worker at Service Pros in Lexington, a fl ooring installation company, said in March no one was wearing masks and reported having pictures to prove it.

In the complaint against the Kroger Distribution Center in Louisville from November, a worker reported a lack of distancing and masks, along with concerns that others who had the virus were still coming into work.

Messages seeking comment from Worldwide Flight Services weren’t returned, and a Kroger spokesperson didn't answer a reporter's questions by press time.

Representatives for Service Pros, UPS and Amazon said their companies had safety measures in place, including masks and social distancing.

Complaint investigation rate low Not all states have their own occupational safety agencies.

Kentucky has one of 22 comprehensive "state plans" approved and monitored by federal OSHA. Six other states and territories have state plans covering only state and local government workers, and the rest are covered by federal OSHA only.

A review of the federal and state data found that just 8.1% of COVID-related complaints in Kentucky — or 15 of the 185 — were investigated before being closed, including those against Benchmark and Norton, neither of which faced fi nes.

That compares with 5.2% of the 56,113 closed COVID-19 worker safety complaints nationally. (The data includes few details about open complaints and does not mention the state where they were fi led.)

Compared with neighboring states — Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia — Kentucky had the second-highest rate of inspections for closed complaints.

West Virginia's 16.3% was highest.

Nationally, a U.S. Department of Labor Offi ce of Inspector General report from February said OSHA received 15% more complaints between Feb. 1, 2020, and Oct. 26, 2020, than during a similar period in 2019, but performed 50% fewer inspections.

And some were done remotely through phone calls, emails or letters.

Berkowitz, the National Employment Law Project expert who also worked as a senior policy adviser in OSHA during the Obama administration, said the agency and its state partners are too small for their assigned purpose, and were subject to political decisions made at the outset of the pandemic.

"The federal OSHA under Trump decided that they were not going to worry about our essential workers or frontline workers, who are mostly Black and brown workers, that they weren't going to impose requirements on employers and just hope they did the right thing," she said.

According to a 2020 report from the AFL-CIO, a national organization representing more than 50 labor unions, only nine employers were cited by the federal OSHA agency for not protecting employers from COVID as of Oct. 1, 2020.

At the federal level, the report said, OSHA had the lowest number since the early 1970s. It also noted that Kentucky has 26 workplace safety and health inspectors and 122,068 establishments that could be inspected.

A separate federal monitoring report examining Kentucky in the years leading up to the pandemic cited a low number of inspections. In their response, state offi cials attributed that partly to staff turnover and vacancies, which they didn't expect to improve in 2020.

State offi cials said recently they worked on several fronts to protect

workers during the pandemic.

"Several state agencies, including the Kentucky Labor Cabinet, Public Protection Cabinet, and Cabinet for Health and Family Services worked to enforce the Governor’s executive orders to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect Kentuckians in businesses throughout the commonwealth," Labor Cabinet spokesman Kevin Kinnaird said in an email.

Cabinet spokeswoman Holly Neal suggested the reason for the low percentage of inspections in the worker safety data compiled by the federal government may be because complaints pertaining solely to COVID-19 were transferred to a system called KYSAFER, a web portal and hotline that allowed the public to report businesses as well as organizations or gatherings that were not in compliance with Beshear's coronavirus-related executive orders.

Neal said KYSAFER investigations would not show up in the data compiled by the federal government. However, that database does, in fact, mention investigations into some worker safety complaints that were solely related to COVID-19.

And overall, the investigation rate for KYSAFER complaints was even lower than 8%.

State offi cials said KYSAFER received 54,897 reports through a web portal prior to Sept. 30, 2020, and 39,599 to a Labor Cabinet hotline. A total of 444, or less than 1%, of the 86,157 relevant reports, were investigated, but cabinet offi cials pointed out that the same entity could be the subject of multiple reports.

Return to office work on horizon As COVID rates drop and more people return to workplaces, new challenges are arising.

Although customers might visit a business briefl y, Londrigan said, workers are there for full shifts. And because it’s not always clear who has been vaccinated, he said some workplaces shouldn't abandon masks, even though "no one really likes it."

At the federal level, OSHA published guidance for reopening that recommends employers continue to consider remote work and keep stressing cleaning, disinfection, washing hands and social distancing.

Companies bringing workers back into the offi ce will not only need to address physical safety, but also make sure workers feel comfortable being back, said Brad Shuck, a University of Louisville professor who focuses on organization and human resources development.

He created a four-step plan as a blueprint for how businesses should bring employees back to the offi ce, stressing communication, planning and being nimble to change.

"Bad policy can really disengage good employees," he said. "Right now it's really important for organizations across industries to really think through: What are the policies that are important for us that we need to communicate? Also, what we may need to tweak moving forward?"

But to be eff ective, Shuck said those policies need to be enforced.

Thinking through the return-to-theoffi ce plan and having masks, gloves or other safety items ready, he said, could help businesses avoid putting workers at risk and being on the receiving end of a worker safety complaint.

"The organizational culture ripple may last for years," Shuck said. "What we've experienced over the last 15 to 18 months will be something that defi nes the workplace of the future."

Reach reporter Matt Mencarini: 502582-4221; mmencarini@courierjournal.com; Twitter: @MattMencarini.

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Newest Grand Ole Opry inductee comes from Northern Kentucky roots

Awning manufacturer relocated from Ohio to NKY

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An Ohio-based awning manufacturer is closing down its Harrison facility and moving to Walton, Kentucky, offi cials announced June 17.

MAB Fabrication was established in 2014 makes awnings and steel structures for greenhouses, garden centers and retail stores.

Company president Tim Bischel told The Enquirer the company needed more space and needed it immediately.

It will move to an existing 165,000square-foot facility on Beaver Road.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear celebrated the move in a press release Thursday touting that move will create 24 new full-time positions to Walton along with a $6.9 million investment

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Country music's Grand Ole Opry announced its latest inductee on June 22 – Northern Kentucky's own Carly Pearce.

This is no little thing for the singer of 2017 country hit "Every Little Thing," which launched Pearce into stardom.

She joins the exclusive ranks of Grand Ole Opry members, which includes 66 country household names such as Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks and Martina McBride.

Pearce hails from Taylor Mill, Kentucky, about seven miles outside of Covington. She convinced her parents to let her move away to perform at Dollywood in Tennessee at 16, she told WCPO Cincinnati after her rise to the top of the charts.

After three years, she moved to Nashville, and has since performed at the Grand Ole Opry venue over 85 times.

Pearce's three studio albums, "Every Little Thing," "Carly Pearce" and "29," combine elements of contemporary and bluegrass country, with a focus on storytelling.

On June 17, Dolly Parton surprised Pearce with her appearance and the

Hometown girl Carly Pearce, originally from Taylor Mill, Kentucky, opens for Rascal Flatts at Riverbend Music Center on Sunday.

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Grand Ole Opry invitation during what Pearce thought was an interview about Dollywood.

She will be offi cially inducted as a member on Tuesday, Aug. 3.

Pearce said in a news release that the Grand Ole Opry has been "the greatest love" of her life from an early age.

"All of the greatest writers, legends and pioneers have been on that stage, and I feel them in my bones anytime I walk in the stage door," she said. "To actually be asked to join the Opry family, there are no words."

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Northern Kentucky is fi nally getting its Trader Joe's.

The Crestview Hills Town Center recently announced on Facebook that it will hold a grand opening for the grocery store, located in the former Joseph-Beth Booksellers, at 8 a.m. July

The 20,000-square-foot book store at 2785 Dixie Highway closed in May 2020, partially due to COVID-19.

Trader Joe's Kenwood, nearly 18 miles away from the planned Crestview Hills store, is the closest existing Trader Joe's in the Cincinnati area. The other Trader Joe's in Kentucky are in Lexington and Louisville, according to the store's website.

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Beshear said the company can qualify for several incentives based on its investment including discount job training and no-cost job recruitment.

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Dun & Bradstreet reports the company employs 23 people in Harrison.

It was granted a $151,677 federal paycheck protection program loan due to the pandemic in April to retain 10 of its workers.

“We are looking forward to our move to Walton, Kentucky,” Bischel said in a press release from the governor's offi ce.

“The relocation and new facility will allow us to meet our growth goals.”

Kentucky officials warn of unexplained bird deaths Bailey Loosemore Louisville Courier Journal USA TODAY NETWORK

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Reach reporter Bailey Loosemore at bloosemore@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4646 or on Twitter @bloosemore.

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This fancy new hotel in Covington used to be a pickle factory COVINGTON, Ky. – A once-crumbling, 148-year-old former pickle factory in Covington’s central business district has been given a new life.

An estimated 300 folks recently gathered at the building at the intersection of Tobacco and Electric alleys for the launch party of the Pickle Factory Hotel. Even though this business is new, it keeps the structure's vibrant history alive.

Each of its eight suites is themed to refl ect phases of the space’s history.

Two suites pay homage to the building’s fi rst owner, Henry Wenzel, with the fl air of a 19th-century aristocrat. When the building was built in 1873, it housed his soda pop factory, Covington Bottling Works, which is refl ected in the bubbly theme of another suite.

In 1886, the space was repurposed.

Kenton County Historical Society records show it was divided to house a chapter of the African American Odd Fellows on the third fl oor and a pickle factory on the fi rst and second. Of course, guests can lodge in rooms dedicated to these histories, too.

Ownership changed hands every few years. The previous owners got the place in 1995 and used it for storage.

Then, real estate developer Tony Milburn came along.

For years, he gazed at the building from his offi ce. He adored it.

"It's got all of these wonderful scars," Milburn said. "It's had a rough life, but that's kind of what makes it."

Even though it wasn't for sale, the building became Milburn's in February 2019 with a $1.9 million off er to its previous owners. He had a vision. He wanted this to be a beacon of tourism as a hotel.

Milburn enlisted Neat Suites owners Edward Feldmann and Jeremiah Hines to manage the hotel. Their business is all about maintaining short-term rentals. Pandemic and all, they worked to make it happen.

Ed Feldmann, Neat Suits Co-Founder stands inside the Neon Lights room at the Pickle Factory Boutique Hotel in Covington, Ky., on Thursday, June 17, 2021. Guests can book stays at the hotel starting Monday, June 21, 2021, through the Neat Suites website. The Pickle Factory Boutique Hotel, originally the Wenzel Building, built in 1873 was an abandoned warehouse that has been renovated into a hotel. ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

They brought in contractors to rehab the building into working order. There was water damage. Lots of it. That was the fi rst thing to fi x. Then they fi xed the fl oors, walls, elevator, steelwork and

just about everything else.

While the contractors took care of the functionality of the building, interior designer Mandy Lehman strategized the aesthetics. With complete creative control, it took her a year to collect all of the decor to get the hotel looking just right.

In the end, it was just what Milburn hoped for. His vision had come to life.

"It's wonderful to see people in these old buildings, enjoying them and appreciating them," Milburn said.

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Storm fi lls Mammoth Cave with fog Sarah Brookbank Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Visitors at Mammoth Cave National Park recently had an interesting sight.

Park offi cials said fog fi lled the popular Rotunda room on June 13 due to a storm system that moved through the park.

"Today we had a large and unexpected storm come through the park which caused a quick drop in the temperature," a post from the park said on Facebook.

"This pressure change caused the airfl ow to reverse, pulling into the cave, resulting in a dense fog fi lling the Rotunda room."

Park offi cials said the phenomenon occurs infrequently and "only with the perfect conditions."

"That is not fog. That is clearly a portal to another world," one commenter on Facebook said.

Despite outside temperatures, the cave’s temperature averages a cool 54 degrees year-round.

The Rotunda, where the fog formed, is one of the most visited areas in the cave, parks offi cials said.

The large circular room is the sixth-largest room of the cave and is about a quarter-acre in size. It measures 140 feet wide and about 40 feet from fl oor to ceiling.

Mammoth Cave park officials said fog fi lled the popular Rotunda room on Sunday due to a storm system that moved through the park.

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In this Aug. 3, 2011, fi le photo, tour participants stand in the rotunda area of Mammoth Cave in Mammoth Cave National Park, Ky. With more than 400 miles of passageways explored, Mammoth Cave is by far the world's longest cave system. ED REINKE/AP

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Preparing pesto per palate preference Basil pesto with garlic scapes or garlic cloves Garlic scapes are more mild than garlic cloves, so you’ll need more.

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Pesto made with fresh basil leaves. PHOTOS BY RITA HEIKENFELD FOR THE ENQUIRER

To use blender: Pour oil in, then add remaining ingredients and blend until desired consistency is reached.

Kale or turnip greens pesto Rita’s Kitchen

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Follow pesto recipe but add honey and lemon juice to taste. Maybe more nuts, too.

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Freeze pesto When my friend and former colleague Lisa Mauch – an Eastside reader – and I get together to cook, it’s always an adventure.

Like last week, when Lisa visited with her wild bounty: garlic scapes and mulberries. Along with those, she brought turnip greens from a local farmer. “Can we make turnip greens pesto with garlic scapes and make mulberry jam?” Lisa asked. OK by me!

Having enough mulberries to make jam is a rare treat around here. We have mulberry trees along our old country road and when we fi nd mulberries we eat them out of hand. I have never gotten enough to make jam. I adapted a strawberry jam recipe and it worked well.

Now about the wild garlic scapes.

Garlic scapes are the stalks that grow from bulbs of hard neck garlic. The scapes bloom with pretty white tops

Pour into freezer bags. Smoosh air out. Seal and lay flat.

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when the garlic matures. How those scapes “escaped” and found a place to grow near Lisa’s home is a mystery.

Pesto made with greens like kale and turnip will have a spicy, somewhat peppery fl avor.

One made with basil will have a more mild, herbal tone.

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At the end I’ll tell you how to adapt it for the kale and turnip greens.

Notice in the photos, pesto made with blanched greens is a brighter color than basil pesto.

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VIEWPOINTS The COVID-19 vaccine tore my family apart Andy Thurman Guest Columnist

Blame it on Donald Trump.

Why not? Everyone else does.

From the pandemic to social strife to police brutality. Throw in unemployment, eviction and bad weather. Everyone needs a scapegoat – and tag, you’re it Donald.

Oops, I almost forgot the vaccine.

Now that’s a diff erent story.

The push is on, thanks to Gov. Mike DeWine, for all Ohioans to be vaccinated with the "Vax-a-Million" promotion – which I think is ingenious. In fact, I heard the governor credit the late baseball master promoter and Hall of Famer, Bill Veeck. It was DeWine who said he read one of Veeck’s books – Veeck as in Wreck – that prompted him to create the vaccination promotion.

That’s all well and good. And still there are those who refuse to get a shot in the arm – and I won’t twist theirs to get it. One of those is in my family – my brother.

This, sorry to say, has created strain and great hardship going both ways. Yes

– I’ve even blocked him on social media.

Imagine that – a vaccine creating a family feud.

Certainly, there’s still love there, but I refuse to read his posts – and fake news – regarding the dangers of the vaccine.

I’ve said over and over that the benefi t of taking the vaccine far outweighs the risk. I’ve mentioned, check the people who are suff ering in hospitals – more often than not they failed to take the shot.

It’s useless, and I refuse to waste my breath on his stubbornness. In fact, I never thought it would come to this. Yes, we chat by phone, and the conversation of the vaccine is out-of-bounds. His last

post, before I cut him off , must have come from some QAnon story.

Families have squabbled over money.

Maybe they’ve even fought over valuable family heirlooms. But to walk away from one another over a vaccine. I’m still shaking my head.

And my head turns to one man. Donald Trump.

Why not?

Andy Furman is a member of the Enquirer Board of Contributors. He also talks sports nationally on Fox Sports Radio; serves as PR coordinator for The Point/Arc in Northern Kentucky and writes for the Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle.

Critical Race Theory: The privilege to push against progress Bonnie Jean Feldkamp Guest Columnist

When I moved back to my hometown of Ft. Thomas, I promised my Hispanic husband that it was more progressive and more diverse than when I was growing up. I also sold him on the fact that it was one of the top school districts in the state. But, as I sat in a community meeting in our local high school auditorium and listened to my fellow community members make public statements about a proposed elective course off ering on social equity, I worried that I was wrong.

Many of the comments at the microphone were in favor of teaching social equity. Some shared a personal story to illustrate why it was important to them.

But those who spoke out against the course each hammered home the same sound bite that’s been echoing across the country as states seek to ban Critical Race Theory from public education.

One woman at the microphone stated angrily, "Critical Race Theory is the hateful, racist, bullying indoctrination of our children." She believed "the overriding mission" was to "teach students to hate themselves, hate their country and hate each other."

Education Week Magazine described Critical Race Theory a bit diff erently: "CRT… puts an emphasis on outcomes, not merely on individuals’ own beliefs, and it calls on these outcomes to be examined and rectifi ed."

Karen Gutierrez (right) and Beth Lutz of Ft. Thomas hold up banner in the Highlands High School Auditorium during May 24, 2021 meeting.

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When you put the emphasis on outcomes and look at the data, it’s diffi cult to deny things like systemic racism and white privilege, which hits the core of the pushback on CRT, mostly from conservatives.

Many critics want to shroud themselves in the European fairy tale history that downplays the role of slavery and racism in our country’s foundation. The United Daughters of the Confederacy was established in 1894 to control the narrative of the defeated South. The group erected many of the controversial Confederate statues being removed.

They also worked to ensure textbooks would only teach the southern slant that the Civil War battled over "state rights" and that slaves were happy and well-cared for workers.

Matt Bertasso, Highland High School principal, said the social equity class in Ft. Thomas was tabled because, "It did not pass the neutrality test." But our sanitized stories of America don’t pass the neutrality test either. Perhaps our curriculum should start by being honest.

"Critics cannot be satisfi ed because the criticism about Critical Race Theory

is not being made in good faith. It is part of a systematic eff ort to discredit and undermine anti-racism while generating and manipulating white anxiety and resentment for political gain," said Phillipe Copeland, a clinical assistant professor at Boston University’s School of Social Work and assistant director of narrative for the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research.

Another speaker at our town meeting worried that a social equities course would jeopardize our student’s already fragile mental health during a diffi cult time. Isn’t that the ultimate privilege?

While Black Americans are battling inequities that stem from a Constitution that considered them property, we’re concerned that an honest look at government systems would somehow damage the spirits of children who have always had the consideration of the United States Constitution.

Our students see what is happening in the world today. Thanks to smartphones, video evidence makes the inequities of our country both accessible and undeniable. We cannot shield them from this truth. We should, however, foster their critical thinking skills through elective social equity education at the high school level. It would only serve to help them navigate their way into the world and, hopefully, make it a better place.

Bonnie Jean Feldkamp is a member of the Enquirer editorial board and media director for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Find her on social media @WriterBonnie or email her at Bonnie@WriterBonnie.com.

How can we remember the past when it’s never taught?

Kerry Duke Guest Columnist

When I was in the ninth grade, I lived in Oklahoma, and like everyone in my grade, I took Oklahoma history. It was required. We learned about the Five Civilized Tribes and the Trail of Tears. We learned that Boomer Sooner was more than the University of Oklahoma’s fi ght song. We learned about the great land rush and about statehood in 1907. But we never learned about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre when a white mob attacked what at the time was considered the wealthiest Black community in the United States, destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses, and killed as many as 300 people.

There was no mention of it in our textbook or in our classroom.

I am a native Texan. I can tell you all about the Battle of the Alamo and the brave heroes who died there fi ghting the Mexican army. Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, William Travis to name a few. I know that, in its history, Texas was under six fl ags. There’s a theme park near Dallas that’s underscored that fact for 60 years. But it’s not nearly as widely known that a core reason for the Texas Revolution against Mexico was to protect slavery. Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829 and slave-owning Texans didn’t like that. So that makes Texas the only state to have fought two wars over slavery.

I went to Baylor University in Waco, Texas and had my fi rst job there. But in

Protestors speak out against the implementation of Critical Race Theory during a demonstration outside of the Craven County Schools Administration Building on May 20.

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Republican lawmakers in Ohio and Kentucky and elsewhere have been introducing legislation to prevent schools from teaching students about systemic racism or critical race theory. They argue that focusing on race and America's racial issues is itself racist. KEVIN NECESSARY/THE ENQUIRER

all the years, I lived in Waco I never heard about the lynching of 17-year-old Jesse Washington by a white mob in 1916 – a lynching that drew a crowd of more than 10,000 spectators, including city offi cials and police.

Before I moved to Kentucky, I worked in Jacksonville, Florida, where in 1960 a group of 200 white Klansmen armed themselves with baseball bats and ax handles and then beat civil rights activ-

ists at a sit-in at a whites-only Woolworth’s lunch counter. All the while I lived in Florida, nobody mentioned Ax Handle Saturday.

My kids graduated high school in Kentucky and got a top-rated education. But they didn’t hear about the 1919 race riot in Corbin, home of Colonel Sanders Fried Chicken, where an armed white mob went door-to-door rounding up more than 200 Blacks and then herd-

ed them onto box cars and literally ran them out of town on a rail. Nor did they learn that the Singing Bridge in the capital of our Commonwealth was the site of two lynchings.

We have all heard the aphorism "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." But how can we remember the past if it’s never taught or even mentioned? Now politicians, like my hometown’s state Rep. Joe Fischer, are clamoring about how critical race theory distorts American history. They want any mention of it banned in our schools. But I wonder if omitting the dark truths of American history is actually what they want to perpetuate. Can’t they realize that without fully knowing our history we indeed may be condemned to repeat its dark passages?

Kerry Duke is a retired journalist who resides in Ft. Thomas and former editorial page editor of The Kentucky Post.

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SPORTS Miss Softball honor goes to Simon Kenton’s Macy Krohman James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Simon Kenton High School’s Macy Krohman has been named Kentucky’s 2021 Miss Softball by the Kentucky Softball Coaches Association.

The senior pitcher/infi elder batted .567 with 16 home runs, 49 RBIs, 12 doubles and 59 runs scored this season in helping the Pioneers go 15-20 and reach the Eighth Region Tournament. As a pitcher, Krohman was 8-10 with a 1.98 ERA and struck out 107 batters in 99 innings.

She was also fi rst team all-state in 3A, the big school class. The association splits the state into three based on enrollment for its awards.

Grant County eighth-grader Brianna Knochelman was second team in 3A. Just a middle-schooler, she was 12-7 on the mound with a 1.18 ERA and 282 strikeouts in 142 innings, nearly two per frame. She also had two saves. She was also the Braves’ leading hitter at the plate, batting .445 with four home runs and 32 RBI, plus eight stolen bases. She only struck out twice in 110 at-bats.

Grant was 22-10 this season, winning the 32nd District and reaching the Eighth Region semifi nals.

Named honorable mention in 3A were Dixie Heights senior Brooke Albert, Campbell County junior Bella Bastin and Cooper junior Dylan Scott.

Albert missed the last 15 games of the season to injury, but hit .593 with 17 stolen bases and 31 runs scored while playing top defense in center fi eld.

Bastin, a junior, hit .512 with eight homers and 34 RBI, while also leading the Camels in runs scored (38), and also played center fi eld.

Scott, a junior, hit .492 with fi ve home runs and 65 RBI for the Jaguars, who were 23-14 and Ninth Region runner-up.

In 2A, Pendleton County sophomore Kayley Bruener was named fi rst team all-state and Highlands junior Anna Greenwell was named second team.

Bruener led the LadyCats to the state quarterfi nals for the second straight season. Pendleton was 25-12 and 10th Region champions.

Bruener was 18-7 on the mound with a 2.06 ERA and 263 strikeouts. She was the team’s top hitter with a .581 average and a team-high nine home runs and 39 RBI. Greenwell was the Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference Division II player of the Year after leading the Bluebirds to a 28-10 record, the most wins in the See SOFTBALL, Page 2B

Simon Kenton senior Macy Krohman unleashes a pitch as Simon Kenton defeated Boone County 9-4 in KHSAA softball April 20, 2021 at Boone County High School, Florence, Ky. JAMES WEBER/THE ENQUIRER

Cooper's Dylan Scott (10) swings the bat during their ninth region championship game against Boone County Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

Cooper's Amber Chaney comes over from second to get the out on a ball hit by Brooke Albert of Dixie, 7. during Dixie Heights' 9-8 win May 17, 2017.

Cooper's Dylan Scott (10) catches a fly ball during their ninth region championship game against Boone County, Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

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NKU names new baseball coach Kyle Brown Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Northern Kentucky University recently announced its new baseball coach, naming longtime assistant Dizzy Peyton to the job.

Peyton has been an assistant at NKU since 2005, spending his fi rst two years as a volunteer assistant before getting a full-time job.

Ten pitchers were drafted during Peyton's time, according to a press release from NKU. He will become the third coach in the program's history, following Todd Asalon, who retired after 21 seasons this year, and Bill Aker, who led the Norse for 29 seasons.

Ken Bothof, NKU's director of athletics of athletics said in a press release: “I’ve had the opportunity to watch Coach Peyton grow and interact with student-athletes, fellow coaches, and staff for several years. He is highly regarded and respected as a staff member and has embraced the culture we strive to achieve at NKU. His vision and understanding of the next steps that need to be made by

our baseball program, which compliment all the positives already attributed to Norse baseball, gives me confi dence in the future.“ In the same press release, Peyton said: “I would fi rst like to thank God, my wife Amanda and family, Ken, Jeff [Baldwin], Dan [McIver] and all of the administration for their support and belief in me to be the third head coach in NKU baseball history. I would also like to thank Todd Asalon for his support over the past 17 years. The opportunity to carry on in Coach [Bill] Aker’s and Coach Asalon’s legacies is very humbling and I am honored to get to lead our program into the future.

“There are so many more people to thank, from our alumni, our student-athletes, friends and family who have shown me so much love and support throughout this whole process. I am incredibly grateful for those relationships and honored to get to work for everyone involved in our NKU baseball family.

“I am very excited to begin the next chapter in Norse history. Our program will bring energy and enthusiasm into everything we do. And, I look forward to beginning that journey.”

New Northern Kentucky University baseball coach Dizzy Peyton. PROVIDED/NKU ATHLETICS

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Documents reveal details of UC’s investigation of John Brannen Keith Jenkins Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – June 24. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

The University of Cincinnati is paying $380 an hour to conduct an investigation into fi red men's basketball coach John Brannen.

Bond, Schoeneck & King, the law fi rm representing the university, has been appointed Special Counsel to conduct the investigation with a budget of $49,000 that was scheduled to end at the end ofJune, according to documents obtained by The Enquirer through Ohio's Open Records Act. The investigation will end June 30 "unless terminated earlier by the Attorney General or renewed by the Attorney General at the conclusion of the fi scal year," according to the documents.

Kelly A. M. Woods, the deputy director of outside counsel for the offi ce of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, told The Enquirer on Thursday that outside counsel for similar cases is usually assigned through the end of the fi scal year. Fiscal Year 2021 runs from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

Woods would neither confi rm nor deny that Special Counsel's investigation into Brannen is still ongoing.

Brannen, who was fi red April 9 after just two seasons as UC head coach, fi led a lawsuit May 21 against the university, UC Director of Athletics John Cunningham and UC President Neville G. Pinto, seeking compensatory damages, punitive damages and the more than $5 million buyout he says he's due. He also is ask-

Former Cincinnati Bearcats head head coach John Brannen instructs the team in the fi rst half of the 88th Crosstown Shooutout NCAA college basketball game against the Xavier Musketeers, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. Brannen was fi red in April after two seasons.

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ing for a jury trial.

The university has yet to respond to Brannen's lawsuit. It has until Aug. 6.

Cunningham's decision to terminate Brannen came two weeks after Cunningham announced the university was using "independent fact fi nders" to review unspecifi ed allegations related to Brannen and the men's basketball program after six of Brannen's players entered the transfer portal.

Two of the players, sophomore guards Mike Saun-

ders Jr. and Mason Madsen, have since elected to return to Cincinnati to play for newly hired head coach Wes Miller. Cunningham offi cially hired Miller from UNC Greensboro on April 15.

Neither Cunningham nor representatives from UC's Offi ce of General Counsel responded June 24 to requests for an update on the investigation.

UC's Offi ce of General Counsel provides "advice and counsel to UC as an institution, its Board of Trustees, and its offi cers, employees and agents when acting on behalf of the university, on all matters having legal signifi cance to the institution," according to the university's website.

What John Brannen's lawsuit claims Brannen's lawsuit claims "during the course of purportedly investigating, suspending, and terminating Coach Brannen 'for cause,' Defendants deprived him of his constitutionally protected procedural and substantive due process rights."

The 66-page suit says Brannen's suspension with pay, which began April 3, and his subsequent termination were the "result of a sham 'investigation' that was unfair, unreliable and inherently fl awed and nothing more than a smokescreen to avoid triggering a contractual buyout clause that would have cost the University millions of dollars."

UC hired Brannen in April 2019, eight months before Cunningham took over as Cincinnati's athletic director. Brannen spent the previous four seasons at Northern Kentucky University.

The Bearcats went 32-21 in Brannen's two seasons.

Cincinnati fi nished 12-11 last season and failed to advance to the NCAA tournament for the fi rst time since 2010.

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Greenwell hit .536 with 10 home runs and 67 RBI while stealing 29 bases.

The area had one honoree in Class A in Bishop Brossart sophomore Brooke Shewmaker. She was the Mustangs’ top hitter, batting .481 with 19 stolen bases.

Shewmaker is the team’s fi rst all-state honoree since 2011.

The full all-state teams are listed here.

Late last week, the Northern Kentucky coaches association released its all-region teams.

DIVISION I Player of the Year: Macy Krohman (Simon Kenton) First team: Karys Black (Boone County), Brooke Albert (Dixie Heights), Bella Bastin (Campbell County), Amber Chaney (Cooper), Dylan Scott (Cooper), Kaitlyn Irwin (Boone County), Ella Steczynski (Dixie Heights), Grace Morgan (Ryle), Gweny Wessling (Cooper).

Second team: Kendall Blau (Cooper), Emilie Young (Simon Kenton), Harper Kinman (Boone County), Aubrey Dance (Simon Kenton), Brianna Patsel (Dixie Heights), Aaliyah Cantrell (Conner), Avery Parsons (Ryle), Hope Hamilton (Campbell County), Emma Scribner (Scott).

DIVISION II Player of the Year: Anna Greenwell (Highlands) First team: Mia Buemi (NewCath), Kayley Bruener (Pendleton County), Audrey Pollard (Walton-Verona), Michelle Barth (Highlands), Madison Kennedy (Lloyd), Brianna Knochelman (Grant County), Brooke Shewmaker (Brossart), Kennedy Baioni (Highlands), Laney Hatridge (Beechwood).

Second team: Olivia Verst (Pendleton County), Kali Pangallo (Holy Cross), Bronwen Sydnor (Grant County), Raegan Carlisle (Pendleton County), Savannah Seiter (Brossart), Brianna Tharps (Highlands), Lanay Webb (Holmes), Bella Young (Holy Cross), Kameryn Bowman (Newport).

DIVISION III Player of the Year: Camdyn Meier (Villa Madonna) First team: Laci Davis (Dayton), Emily Taylor (Williamstown), Isabella Wittrock (Bellevue), Joslyn Thornberry (Villa Madonna), Ashlynne Wind (Ludlow), Oreanna Donaldson (Calvary Christian), Casey Fulton (Villa Madonna), Josie Land (Dayton), Destiny Wallace (Williamstown).

Second team: Josie Stevenson (Bellevue), Shayla Sheppard (Ludlow), Karaline Peer (Williamstown), Cameron Williams (Bellevue), Corinne Fiedler (Dayton), Emmalyn Martin (Villa Madonna), Angel Thomas (Dayton), Tatum Turner (Dayton), Lauryn Cleveland (Williamstown).

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Ariyana Blunt had her sights set on Tennessee State University, a historically Black public university in Nashville. The 2021 graduate from Withrow University High School says she had dreams of being the fi rst of her siblings to graduate high school on time, go to college and get a good-paying job that she enjoyed.

"To just start a diff erent lifestyle for our family," Blunt, 18, says.

But in the chaos of COVID-19 and virtual learning, Blunt says, she had trouble getting ahold of her school counselor. She couldn't ask anyone at home about applying for federal student aid, since her mother and older sister had dropped out of high school early.

She missed the deadline. Worry started to set in, Blunt says. She saw her dreams start to slip away.

“I really started to panic because I knew, the background I come from, I would not be able to pay (for) college,” Blunt says. “And my biggest fear as a teenager is to have college debt. I was really trying to avoid it.”

Blunt is not alone. With less than two weeks before the June 30 deadline, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) entries were down 3.6% nationwide this year compared to last year, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data as of June 11. Applications were also down by 5.8% in Ohio, down by 11.6% in Kentucky and down 5.2% in Indiana.

At Withrow, applications were down 50% from last year, an Enquirer analysis of FAFSA applications shows. Across the 16-county Cincinnati region, applications fell by 6.4% to roughly 10,900 students, the Enquirer analysis of federal data reveals. Submissions were down at 72 of 114 schools in the database gathered by AP. Not only is fi lling out the form a necessity to obtain federal student grants and loans, it's often a requirement for state fi nancial aid as well.

Despite the dip in fi nancial aid applications, kids are still applying for college – in fact, more of them than ever before. According to the Common Application, a nonprofi t membership organization that connects applicants to nearly 900 higher education institutions, more than 640,000 additional applications were submitted through Common App this year compared to last year. That’s more than an 11% increase.

Brent Shock, vice president for enrollment management and student success at Miami University, says these numbers indicate a disparity in the type of students funneling into higher education.

“What the worry is is that we’ve lost – and by we I mean society, our community, our nation – has lost a highly vulnerable group of students that may not get into the admission/college enrollment cycle,” Shock says.

Students who need fi nancial aid to go to school and kids who require extra, face-to-face guidance to make their dreams of pursuing higher education a reality may have fallen through the cracks during the coronavirus pandemic, Shock says. He thinks the culprit is likely virtual and hybrid learning models.

Low student engagement brought fewer applications Though many school districts were remote in the fall months – when both the Common App and FAFSA opened – the majority of local schools returned to in-person learning this spring as staff and students began to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

Emma Steele, senior public relations manager at the Common App, says fi rstgeneration applications were down slightly from last year in early April, but since then have "ticked up slowly."

There was a 4.7% increase year-overyear of fi rst-generation applicants, though Steele says 30% of this year's total Common App entries were fi rst-generation students compared to last year's 31%.

"From what we can tell, fi rst-generation and fee waiver students waited (until) later in the season to apply," Steele says. Fee waivers are often given to students fi lling out the Common App who demonstrate fi nancial need.

Ericka Copeland, president and CEO of the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, says she, too, noticed a decrease in engagement earlier in the pandemic that has since started to rebound. The organization has many programs for Cincinnati youth, including mentorship op-

Ariyana Blunt graduated from Withrow University High School in May, 2021. After graduating, she applied for Ohio’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which has enabled her to partake in a 12 week information and technology program this summer at Kable Academy. She hopes to use this internship to one day get a job in cybersecurity.

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portunities and classes focused on college and career readiness.

“Let alone the opportunities to do FAFSA or ACT prep, college searches and that – students weren’t even showing up for class,” Copeland says of the pandemic days. “The academics is the fi rst priority.”

Some of the families Copeland works with have never had to fi le a FAFSA. She says the application is "monstrous," even for her.

Casey Jaynes, director for middle and high school learning support services at Boone County Schools, also can attest to the "daunting" task of fi ling for federal aid. FAFSA applications were down 20% compared to last year at Boone County High School.

“It’s a process,” he says. “I have a master’s degree and was a principal for seven years and it was all I could do to get my three kids’ FAFSAs fi lled out so they could go to school. So if you’re a new person to the area or you have a language barrier or anything like that, I mean, it’s hard.”

Jaynes says Boone County Schools battled high levels of disengagement during remote learning, which could have contributed to the FAFSA decline.

He also says students seemed pessimistic about college in October because many local universities were operating virtually.

Many Boone County Schools' families also deal with language barriers, Jaynes says. Others lost jobs during the pandemic, and since FAFSA collected 2019 tax information this year there could have been fears that the application would not accurately depict families' needs.

'We don’t want (students) to lose out on even $500' Filing for FAFSA is important for every family, says Nancy Aniskovich, counseling department chair at Turpin

High School. Waiting too long to apply could hurt students' chances of receiving substantial aid.

Aniskovich says she encourages students to apply as soon as they can once FAFSA opens each year on Oct. 1.

"As the FAFSA applications are being completed schools are starting to dole out that money. And it is a thing that eventually the money is going to run out," she says.

Turpin is one of the rare schools in the Cincinnati region that went against the trend this application season. Its fi nancial aid applications were up more than 21% from last year.

Neither Aniskovich nor Turpin principal Dave Spencer could say for sure what led to the dramatic increase in the school's FAFSA applications, but both spoke to the overall success of in-person learning during COVID-19.

Aniskovich says the high school has developed “best practices” for communicating the importance of FAFSA with students and families. She says Turpin counselors provide separate presentations about the application process with parents and students and then bring it up again during one-on-one meetings with students at the beginning of their senior year.

“It's need-based aid, but we say to them don’t second-guess it. If you think that maybe your mom or dad makes too much money and they won’t qualify for aid, do it anyway. Carve out a half-hour, 45 minutes and just sit down and do it because there’s no downside to it,” she says.

The parent presentations are crucial, Aniskovich says, since students can’t fi ll out the application alone.

“Every college and university gets to decide what qualifi es as need. So just because the government says this is what we think your expected family contribution should be doesn’t mean that those, especially small, colleges will agree with that,” Aniskovich says.

Looking to the future Blunt says many of her friends also missed the FAFSA deadline or other due dates for post-graduate opportunities while in remote learning.

“It was just so stressful this year, honestly," Blunt says, "because everybody had to scramble when we got back to school in January to get stuff done that really should have been done in October.”

Her panic subsided slightly when she found out about another aid opportunity in her second bell educational opportunities class.

Ohio's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs don't pay for college, but they do help with various training programs.

Through Cincinnati Youth Collaborative's Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates, Blunt applied for WIOA and was accepted into a 12-week information technology program this summer at Kable Academy.

She will graduate this September with her certifi cation and, she says, hopefully, job prospects in the fi eld of cybersecurity.

Blunt says she's excited about this new path, though it's diff erent from her original dream. She says she used to think college was the only route to a good-paying job and successful career.

And she still might go to a university, someday.

For now, though, Blunt is still basking in the glow of her late May graduation at Fifth Third Arena. Her grandmother, sister, aunt and uncle got to watch her walk across the stage. It was "extremely emotional," Blunt says.

“I feel like if you don’t go through anything, then you don’t learn anything. So I had to take all of the challenges that I’ve been through in my high school career and take them as lessons and use them for my future," Blunt says.

The Associated Press contributed.

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COMMUNITY NEWS Master Provisions receives grant from Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels FLORENCE, KY – Master Provisions is proud to announce it received a grant from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (HOKC) in the amount of $3,116.61 to help upgrade its warehouse facility with new security cameras.

Master Provisions is a faith-based non-profi t. Its mission is to serve God by connecting resources to needs. It currently partners with 224 non-profi t organizations and provides resources to over 67,000 people each month.

“The Kentucky Colonels have helped us serve others and improve operations for many years,” said President Roger Babik. “Thanks to all Kentucky Colonels and local liaison, Gary Boschert.”

HOKC will award $2.1 million in grants supporting 275 non-profi ts, impacting close to 3.7 million Kentuckians. Grants are made possible through donations from contributing Kentucky Colonels from throughout the Commonwealth and around the world who chose to exercise this honor in a meaningful way.

“When HOKC Trustees met with grant applicants this year, we were reminded how the pandemic has made life harder for many folks, from fi rst responders in community service charities to the clients themselves,” said Commanding General Hal Sullivan.

“Thanks to Kentucky Colonels from around the world who donate to the Good Works Program, HOKC can lend a helping hand to so many local charities that provide essential services that lessen the impact. Because a Colonel cares, we make giving to others a Proud Kentucky Tradition.”

Those interested in being an active Kentucky Colonel or nominating someone to become a Kentucky Colonel contact HOKC National Headquarters at (502) 266-6114 or go to www.kycolonels.org.

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Hebron resident obtains Commercial pilot certifi cate at University of Cincinnati Clermont College Jared Feitl earned his Commercial pilot certifi cate on June 15, 2021. With his Commercial pilot certifi cate, Feitl is now approved by the Federal Aviation Administration to fl y aircraft for compensation.

Feitl, a resident of Hebron, KY, is enrolled in the Aviation Technology Program at the University of Cincinnati - Clermont College. The laboratory portion of the Program is taught at the Clermont County Airport.

When Feitl completes the two-year program through the University of Cincinnati - Clermont College, he will have also earned an Associate of Applied Science degree and is considering completing a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati.

For more information about professional pilot training in the Aviation Technology Program at the University of Cincinnati - Clermont visit www.ucclermont.edu or call 513-732-5200.

Eric Radtke, UC Clermont

NKY One to One Reading programs awarded $30,000 Greater Cincinnati Foundation Grant Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF), in partnership with its donors, awarded nearly $620,000 in Educational Success grants to 23 nonprofi t organizations, including $30,000 to the Northern Kentucky Education Council’s One to One Reading programs.

The Education Success grants recently awarded by GCF support in-and out-of-school educational programs that address racial and socioeconomic disparities in educational and career attainment or programs that support social emotional learning and health for students of color and those of low socioeconomic status. The pandemic has further exacerbated the barriers these students face.

“Supporting equity in education is more important now than ever,” shared Zohar Perla, GCF Program Offi cer. “These organizations are working to make our region one where all students fl ourish, both in school and beyond and we are proud to help support that work.”

“Literacy is the great equalizer, especially for children of color and poverty, yet COVID-19 magnifi ed the gap in access to resources and academic opportunities for many of these students,” said Polly Lusk Page, Director of One to One. “We are extremely grateful for the generous support of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.”

The grant will help support and accelerate student learning by providing focused expansion of One to One Reading programs in 16 school communities that have the highest percentage of children of color and children living in poverty.

One to One off ers business leaders, community volunteers, and parents/guardians an opportunity to play

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an integral role in helping young students with the necessary support to be successful in reading. One to One Reading programs off er tutoring by trained coaches and provide parents/guardians with resources needed to help their children.

Dr. Randy Poe, Executive Director of the Northern Kentucky Education Council, said “One of the Council’s overarching regional goals is to ensure all students are reading on grade-level by the end of third grade. By leveraging cohesive strategies in and out of school, we will be able to help mitigate the aff ect that the pandemic has had on literacy for some our youngest students in Northern Kentucky.”

One to One partners with more than 30 schools in Northern Kentucky. Volunteer coaches are trained to tutor students in 1st-3rd grade during the school year and help them gain confi dence in their literacy skills.

In addition, the One to One Parents as Partners program provides a multi-generational approach by working with parents/guardians in the same school community where children are being tutored. Parents

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Superintendent of Dayton Schools, Jay Brewer, encapsulates the critical need for the One to One programs. “We all know that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge and struggle for many of us. We have been forced to change habits and behaviors. The virus has limited our ability to go out and directly serve our communities. One to One Reading Coaches change lives! It is essential that we get all kids reading by 4th grade. As we return to school in August, will be sending out the “One to One” signal to call everyone back to the front lines of our literacy battle. We are counting on our Reading Coaches to be our Cavalry. Our cavalry of Coaches will be called upon to create a surge of volunteers to catch kids up and have them reading by 4th grade. Will you answer our call? Our kids hope so.”

To learn more about One to One and upcoming training dates, visit www.nkyec.org.

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Study says Kentucky is kindest state in the U.S. Maria Aguilar Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Kentucky has been crowned the kindest state in the U.S. in a new study commissioned by Verizon as part of its campaign for #ACallForKindness. Ohio came in 13th and Indiana ranked 29th.

The study was conducted in partnership with the nonprofi t Kindness.org and it set out to determine the current state of kindness in the country. Researchers surveyed thousands of people from all states and backgrounds on

what acts of kindness they would be willing to do – and the results were positive across the board.

“Most people are willing to do most of the things that we asked them, including donate a part of their liver to a family member, loan money to a friend during a fi nancial crisis or help a stranger push their car out of the snow,” said Dr. Oliver Scott Curry, research director for Kindness.org. “Overall, our research revealed a surprisingly high capacity for kindness across America.”

The goal of the campaign, which was launched in November 2020, is to en-

courage everyone to be kinder in their day-to-day lives. #ACallForKindness shines a spotlight on the impact all good deeds make, no matter how small.

The initiative calls on everybody to pledge to commit an act of kindness. So far, 9,000 people have joined in.

$315,000 416 Scott St.: Shauna and Troy Galley to Nathan Bolander; $506,000 518-520 Greenup St.: Robin and Robert Golden to John Cronin; $700,000 519 Sandford Street: Sandford Street Properties, LLC to Erin Graham; $287,000 5728 Heatherwood Court: Nanette and David Cantrall to Caroline Pitts and Benjamin Yurchison; $375,000 6040 Club House Drive: Moving Home, LLC to Cathleen and Steven Krekeler; $177,000 9120 Hawksridge Drive: Julie Whisman to Amber and Jordan Pollard; $216,000

177 Highview Drive: Sheila and Gregory Leighty to Patricia Miller; $459,500 2119 Memorial Parkway: Shaun Brixey to Lillian and Kelly Marasco; $380,000 29 Bivouac Ave.: Viktoria and Peter Feil to Abbey and Kevin Ball; $640,000 39 Grandview Ave.: MSG Properties, LLC to Marisa Hernandez and Tanner Hough; $238,000

The top 10 kindest states 1. Kentucky 2. New Mexico 3. Oklahoma 4. Georgia 5. North Dakota

6. Alaska 7. New Hampshire 8. Missouri 9. West Virginia 10. Wyoming

'Wow' stats from the survey h 86 percent would donate a part of their liver to a family member h 72 percent would lend money to a friend in a fi nancial crisis h 53 percent would donate their vacation time to a colleague

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Alexandria 11004 Dairybarn Lane: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Sarah and Robert Reynolds Jr.; $415,000 11080 Hayfield Drive: Wendy and David Fillhardt to Kayla and Roy Gross; $356,000 113 Viewpointe Drive: Anna and Edward Woodyard to Laruen and Lucas Redmond; $270,000 167 Ridgewood Drive: Hartland Bank to Drazen Katinic; $235,000 6645 Heck Road: Hoepe and Aaron Simon to Bryan Ruth; $142,000 7 Aaron Court: Teresa and Stanley Leap to Stephen Terrell Jr.; $198,000 724 Streamside Drive: The Drees Company to Ernest Bush; $251,500 7776 W. Timber Creek Drive: The Drees Company to Deanna and William Bentley; $348,000 9720 Sweetwater Lane: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Megan Coltharp and Timothy Yeager; $298,000 9857 Cedar Cove: Barry Peters to AH4R Properties Two, LLC; $297,000 9995 John Miller Road: Rockstone Resources, LLC to Kristen and Jordan Hurd; $69,000

Bellevue 130 Ward Ave.: Linda and Andrew Ashcraft to Bellevue Land, LLC; $80,000 228 Walnut St.: Walnut Belle, LLC to Diane and Mark Young; $275,000 250 Foote Ave.: Bellevue Land, LLC to Laura and Nicholas Nazzarine; $350,000

Bromley 222 Pleasant St.: Sara Spurlock and Stephen Zumdick to Tyler Kiefer; $203,000

Burlington 1773 Val Court: Justin Rasor to Andrea Callan; $120,000 2500 Samantha Drive: The Estate of Patricia Ann Cogswell to Christian Eifert; $200,000 3009 Allen Fork Drive: Regina and Joseph Reda to Richard Smith; $220,000 3052 Featherstone Drive: Carla-Louise and James Guinn to MPE Construction, LLC; $60,000

Califonia 11381 Mary Ingles Highway: Margie Bowling to Everett Hiller; $105,000 2691 California Cross Road: Dana and Jason Dobbs to Scott Graves; $280,000

Cold Spring 479 Ruschman Drive: Cassie and Kevin Johnson to Julie Broderick and Andrew Gomez; $476,000 725 Sandstone Ridge: Chelsea and Caleb Tindell to Katherine and Richard Pennington; $416,000 779 Slate View, unit 10-302: KAR Properties, LLC to Rachel Neal; $140,000

Covington 10 E. 26th St.: Kelly and Gregory Whitlock to Enzo Lopez; $142,000 102 E. 32nd St.: Robert Asseo to Mary Andrikus; $150,000 109 Rising Sun Circle: Alexandra and Christopher Whittamore to Kinley Hunter; $181,000 1273 Highway Ave., unit 75: Stephanie and Brian Trammel to Corey Naber; $150,000 138 E. 41st St.: Kimberly McMahon to Ian Mack; $152,500 1391 Hands Pike: Kelly Real Estate Company, LLC to Dixie and Shawn Meyer; $630,000 149 Tando Way: Alexander Klei to Margaret and Zachary Zumwalde; $193,500 1503 Morton St.: Veronica Gabriel and Galindo Agustin to Olivia Scott; $120,000 2183 Gribble Drive: Emily Eising to Tam Tran and Raymond Rodmaker; $220,000 2581 Evergreen Drive: Kelly and Andrew Nascimento to Alivia Neace and Mason Fox; $200,000 311 E. 47th St.: Michael Grefer to SFR3030, LLC; $85,000 3474 Sunbrite Drive: Sandra and Jeff Baggett to Hannah and Joshua Masters;

Crestview Hills 127 Lookout Farm Drive: Emily Hoersting to Walter Puckett; $268,500 137 Summer Lane: Corey Sidebottom to Heather and John Ipsaro; $265,000 149 Lookout Farm Drive: Morgan and Keith Olson to Alexis and David Argast; $350,000

Dayton 405 10th Ave.: Aggie and Scott Willis to William Taylor; $62,500 440 Riverpointe Drive, unit 9: Christy Nageleisen to Joann and Thomas Calme; $337,000

Elsmere 1118 Plateau St.: 300 Timberlake Avenue, LLC to Joyce and Alan Turner; $130,000 1182 Fallbrook Drive: Meagan and Brian Kubala to Briana Reed and James Keegan; $205,000 1510 Waterfall Way: Sarah Dunn to Brandon Allen; $180,000 1649 Garvey Ave.: Preston Ritter Jr. to Kyle Claxton; $166,000

Erlanger 106 Sunset Ave.: FHC, LLC to Niomig and Tomas Aceytuno-Lopez; $194,000 816 Doeridge Drive: Jared and Mary Bennent to Melissa and Joseph Poole II; $375,000 866 Lakerun Lane: Margaret and Michael Cross to Linda and Robert Maier; $430,000

Florence 10 Julia Ave.: Christina and Chris Cogswell to Brittany Sams; $155,000 106 Parkside Drive, unit 106: Patricia Hughes to Nicole Silva; $140,000 124 Meadow Creek Drive: Westmark Properties, LLC to Christopher Marshall; $262,500 142 Stable Gate Lane, unit 635: Frances and Larry Watton to Jacqueline Ginn; $120,000 1431 Afton Drive: Mallory Neeley to Autumn and David Criswell; $245,000 1792 Cedar Terrace: Terrace Holdings, LLC to Mary and Richard Pogliano; $218,000 2540 Towering Ridge Lane: Abigail and James Owens to Jennifer Marten and Athea Arvin; $534,500 2681 Hilltop Court: Renee Young to Mary Anne and William Ammon; $270,000 3725 Iberville Court: The Drees Company to Yoko Mallett; $389,000 4000 Calvert Court, unit 65-204: Christina and Michael Macht to Margaret and John Winkle; $205,000 417 Foster Ave.: Michael Gatman to Judy and Gary Davis; $160,000 7077 Manderaly Drive: Carol Wilson to Hourglass Investments, LLC; $100,000 7345 Centercrest Lane, unit 12B: Jean Sturtevant to Adrian and Anthony Arender; $115,000 7469 Cumberland Circle: Kristie and Jeremy McCoy to Jullie and Ron Eagan; $300,000 8845 Circle Valley Drive: Barbara and Gary Kincaid to Anunrag Subhadarshani; $275,000 9322 Hardwicke Lane: Kelly and Brent Lown to Ashley and Randall Holt; $337,000

Fort Thomas 108 Stanberry Ridge: Randi and Robert Tracy to Gail and Corey Wolfe; $150,000

Fort Wright 124 Morris Road: Samuel Beck III to Blake Schawa; $186,000 1713 Fort Henry Drive: Kaylyn and Kyle Hartman to Kylie and Jesse Dressman; $335,000 1836 Beacon Hill: Donna and David Gantner to Patricia and Steven Taylor; $385,000 2465 Stonewall Trail: Michelle and Paul Frodge to Nicole Diaz and Thomas Lyons; $565,000 538 Fincaslte Lane: Monica McCullough to Teri and Brian Sanders; $220,000

Hebron 1075 Breckenridge Lane: Alison and David Berland to Tammy Bowen; $260,000 1368 Whitetail Glen Court: Mindy and Joseph Hodge to Jamie and Luke Heidrich; $395,000 1539 Bottomwood Drive: Jaclyn and Gavin Macloed to Katty Chan and Toyo Mendoza; $350,000 1632 Drake Court: Kristin Walston to Cahterine Wallace; $210,000 1740 Grandview Drive: Wendy and Vinjay Mehta to Meagan and David Battaglia; $675,000 1819 Bramble Court: Arlinghaus Builders, LLC to Lindsey and Robert Moore; $331,000 2072 Penny Lane: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Taneka Barber and Charles Johnson; $343,000 2253 Forest Pond Drive: Jessica and Garrett Gibbs to Heather and Eric Norwood; $381,000 2733 Fister Boulevard: Michelle and Jason Centers to Tracie Bridgeman; $238,000 3028 Lansdowne Lane: Ahsley and Randall Holt to Payton and Marcio Rodriguez; $233,000 3733 Jonatahan Drive: Tonya Merida to Carla Pumarol; $230,000

Highland Heights 17 Meadow Lane, unit 12: Kimberly and John Drew to Heather Baxter; $130,500 25 Highland Meadows Circle, unit 11: Lois Young to Joseph Fitch; $110,000 27 Highland Meadows Circle, unit 1: Ronda and Jeff Hardy to Amy Schoultheis; $119,000

Independence 10556 Pepperwood Drive: Kayla and Cole Shaffer to Kaylee Hensley; $265,000 10728 Sandy Court: Son Dinh to AH4R Properties Two, LLC; $255,000 10821 Autumnridge Drive: Arlinghaus Builders, LLC to Tara and Steven Bailey; $315,000 1142 Cannonball Way: Patricia and Albert Moran to Lauren Cobb; $228,000 1179 Troopers Crossing: Amanda and Larry Eten to Melissa Herald; $235,000 1389 Shenandoah Court: Kimberly and Dennis Goldberg to Cassandra and Sean Morgan; $240,000 1540 Twinridge Way: Katherine and Ryan Shouse to Judith Sadala and John Mabika; $365,000 3059 Silverbell Way: Bethanne and Steven Deweese to Sunanda and Jeffrey Beringer; $345,000 4187 Elder Court, unit 15: Kimberlee Jerles to Vanessa Gay; $112,000 4389 Mayflower Drive: Christmas and Scott Sharrock to Peggy and Brian Spradlin; $257,500 4394 Boston Lane: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Emily and Austin Courtney; $353,500 4458 Silversmith Lane: Irma and Delbert Morgan to Ashley and Cory Dorning; $393,000 626 Berlander Drive: Susan and Benjamin Heuser to Ashley Harrison;

$222,000 878 Ridgepoint Drive: Emily and Mark Cranley to Kimberly and Joshua Bohn; $317,000 9689 Cloveridge Drive: Gino Pangallo to Carrie and Jamie Gilbert; $275,000

Lakeside Park 262 Farmington Drive: Heather and John Quast to Brittany and Brian Lawrence; $477,000 313 Crown Point Circle: US Bank National Association to Steven Popham; $67,500

Ludlow 405 Montclair Ave.: Karly Morris and Cory Greiwe to Irene Ewing; $215,000

Newport 1121 Brunet Ave.: Robert Miller to Alex Wright; $142,000 1131 Columbia St.: The Estate of Joyce L. Ackerson to THS Holdings, LLC; $55,000 2101 Monmouth St.: Deborah and James Peluso to Sheri and Keith Collins; $75,000 38 Cliffgate Lane: Ravindra and Miriam Goel and Anita Goel to Kristine Song; $185,500 605 Grandview Ave.: Cathleen and William Panagakos to Brandi Foster and Kerry Allen; $235,000 605 Overton St.: Carrie and Mark Thackeray to Karen and Stephen Diedrich and Adam Diedrich; $141,000 734 Maple Ave.: Elizabeth and Anthony Hart to Michael Ratchinsky; $450,000 910 Columbia St.: Newport Millennium Housing Corporation III to Austin Wright; $160,000

Park Hills 1250 Audubon Road: Cynthia Budig to Kathleen and Christopher Gabosky; $485,000

Southgate 68 View Terrace Drive, unit 11: Carolyn and Richard Seay and Nikole Seay to Melanie Dombi; $95,000

Taylor Mill 410 Mason Road: Susan and David Bunten to Cindy and John Cordell; $375,000 4510 Church St.: Chris Bishop to Trent Colegrove; $136,000 5222 Woodland Drive: Lauren and Griffin Hughes to Haley and Derek Adams; $215,000

Union 10044 Irish Way: Angela and Anthony Demaria to Patricia Diaz and Luis Lopez; $265,000 10808 Kimberly Drive: Kelly and George Niceley to Christman and Scott Shamrock; $320,000 14090 Bridlegate Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Shonda Weathers; $458,000 3741 Evensong Drive: Catherine and Stephen Nolan to Katherine Allen and Devon Golden; $352,000 8527 Crozat St.: Nicole and Kyle Purdy to Christie and James Richardson; $561,000 9029 Royal Oak Lane: Sharon and Russell Hidden Jr. to Duloc Elite Properties, LLC; $300,000

Walton 12 Willowood Lane: Amber and Andreas Oliver to Gary Bressler Jr.; $200,000 275 La Salle Court: Cynthia and Henry Wiggins Jr. to Kelsey and Thomas O'Brien; $270,000 408 Lost Creek Drive: Amanda and Thomas Hennessey to Kathleen and Michael Ballinger; $245,000 509 Summer Pointe Court: Jayme and Stephen Sumner to Lindsey Neaves; $234,000

Wilder 3 Queen View Lane: Katherine and Richard Pennington to Deborah and Steven Franzen; $785,000

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SCHOOL NEWS 5th grade promotion Florence Elementary recently held a fi fth grade promotion.

Kathy Kuhn, Florence Elementary

Aubrey Adkins with her mom Alycia Adkins and her dad Erik Adkins during the fi fth grade promotion at Florence Elementary. PHOTOS PROVIDED

Mark Crimmins with his mom Amanda Cook and his dad Michael Crimmins during the fi fth grade promotion at Florence Elementary.

Dawson Hornsby with his mom Kathy Mains and his dad Loren Mains during the fi fth grade promotion at Florence Elementary.

Mumtas Ahmed and her sister Asiya Sead, a fi rst grader, during the fi fth grade promotion.

Anthony Baker with his bus driver Tammy White during the fi fth grade promotion.

Mommylyn Kikku received her certifi cate from Jamie Wheeler her teacher during the fi fth grade promotion at Florence Elementary.

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