Campbell Recorder 04/08/21

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A King Records mural will greet visiting rock stars in Newport Chris Varias Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

It’s a 12-minute drive on the AA Highway from Camp Springs – Keith Neltner’s ancestral home, as well as the location of his house, his design company and the tavern he owns – to Newport’s PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation, the soon-to-be-opened music venue where Neltner is completing his latest piece of art.

Neltner is providing a mural for the green room of Ovation, the shorthand name of the 7,000-seat-outdoor, 2,700seat-indoor combo venue. he mural’s subjects are Otis Williams, Phillip Paul and Bootsy Collins, three musicians tied to the history of King Records.

The goal is to educate today’s rock stars about the former Cincinnati music label. The concept, Neltner says, is “to elevate Philip, Otis and Bootsy in a portraiture manner but also showing them in their heyday when they were contributing to King. It’s kind of the youthful and the elder. But those are three diff erent generations, and it was really important to elevate them to the same level. So a lot of real vibrant color and strong line work.”

Williams was the lead singer in the Charms, a doo-wop group from Cincinnati. Several of the Charms’ R&B hits in the 1950s crossed over to pop. One was the 1954 R&B chart-topper “Hearts of Stone.” Martin Scorcese used the song in the 1990 fi lm “Goodfellas,” for the scene in which a mailman catches a beating for doing his job.

Paul was the drummer on countless King sessions, held at the label’s studio on Brewster Avenue in Evanston, yielding many hit recordings. Some of the titles for which Paul has a performer credit are certifi ed rock-and-roll classics: Wynonie Harris’ “Good Rockin’ Tonight,” Hank Ballard’s “The Twist,” and Tiny Bradshaw’s “Train Kept a Rollin’,” to name three.

And then there’s Bootsy, the bass player who bridged James Brown’s earthy, elemental funk and ParliamentFunkadelic’s intergalactic version.

Elliott Ruther of the King Records Legacy Committee tapped Neltner to do the mural. The pair have worked on other projects to raise awareness about the history of music in Cincinnati, such as one involving the former Herzog studio,

The team working on the new King Records mural at Newport's PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation. From left: Nate Dye, Stacey Vallerie Meyer, Chris Dye, Keith Neltner. PROVIDED/KYLE ELI EBERSOLE

located downtown on Race Street, where in 1948 Hank Williams recorded his breakthrough hit “Lovesick Blues.”

Another was a project in which Neltner created King Records posters for display in Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Paul, Williams and Collins, each a Cincinnati-area resident, are also members of the King Records Legacy Committee. Another is Kent Butts, Williams’ son. Butts provided input for the mural on behalf of his dad, Paul and Collins, as

COVID precautions precluded in-person meetings.

“We’ve had Zoom meetings where we talked about what’s important to them, what are some of the songs that come forward,” Neltner says. “Kind of in an extended way, I feel like I’ve been able to be around them.”

Scott Stienecker of PromoWest wanted the mural in his green room. The Columbus-based promoter says he’s trying to tie to the venue “as many people as we can in the Cincinnati and North-

ern Kentucky market,” naming Braxton Brewery, New Riff Distillery and King Records as examples.

“King Records was a big deal back in the day. It’s going to be a great thing when artists come to town and they can learn about King Records,” he says, adding that along with the mural, the green room will also feature a record player and a collection of King Records albums to spin.

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Local essential workers gifted dream wedding proposal Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Cincinnati Police Officer Jonce Tackett surprised his girlfriend Katherine Russo, with the the help of wedding resource app The Knot, with a proposal at Bellevue Beach Park. JENNY HAAS

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Two Cincinnati essential workers had their dream proposal March 30 in Bellevue Beach Park.

Cincinnati Police Offi cer Jonce Tackett surprised his girlfriend, with the the help of wedding resource app The Knot, with a proposal at Bellevue Beach Park.

Katherine Russo, a nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, accepted the proposal and the two are now engaged.

Tackett, 32, surprised Russo, 29, with a riverfront, sunset walk with their dog.

He got down on one kneein front of big marquee letters that lit up saying, “Forever Starts Now.” “I wouldn’t say nervous. I would say more anxious,” Tackett said in a press release. “I knew, I was hoping she’d say yes. I think I was ready because this is something we’ve wanted for so long. We were ready to do it, it was just a matter of when.”

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Jonce picked up the engagement ring in February and has been looking for a romantic way to propose that felt authentic to their lifestyle, according to a press release.

“We’re so grateful. For everything we’ve both been through for the last year, for them to reach out and want to do this for essential workers, this means a lot to us. I know it means a lot to our community as well. You know my coworkers as well have been very excited about it. I think it shows a lot. We’re very appreciative,” Tackett said in the press release.

The couple said they’re looking forward to the rest of their lives together and planning a wedding and honeymoon.

The event was part of as part of the Knot’s #LoveisEssential campaign that is gifting 21 essential workers their dream proposal.

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20 No Parking signs on one I-71/75 ramp? Here’s why Lisa Gillespie Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

FLORENCE – If you’re a trucker searching for a good parking spot in Northern Kentucky, the on-ramp to Interstate 71/75 north from Ky. 18 is defi nitely off -limits.

Kentucky recently installed 20 no-parking signs there as an in-your-face reminder.

The entrance ramp is slightly over a quarter-mile long, so you can’t miss the metal poles with the bold, black capital “P” and the notorious red not-allowed icon.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet installed the $50 signs March 9 to deter semitractor-trailer parking after receiving complaints.

“The big issue with all the truckers on the road now, they are shutting down a lot of rest areas. So there’s nowhere for us to go,” said Andre Morrissette, a Pittsburgh native who drives through the Northern Kentucky area often. “We used to be able to go into a Walmart to park, but now we can’t go there anymore,” Morrissette said. “A lot of truck stops get full in the evening. The majority of parking lots are paid parking.

Half of the spots are gone by the time a trucker gets ready to shut down at night. We really have to plan. We have to fi nd a safe place to park.”

The TravelCenters of America truck stop is located across Ky. 18 from the interstate on-ramp. It has 128 spots for truckers. Some spots can be reserved, a few are free, but most cost money. They are fi lled every night.

When trucks park on shoulders they are prone to hit light poles, knocking them over, according to transportation offi cials. Shoulders also get ruined and can cave in from trucks parking there. The number of signs and the close spacing do not allow space for the truck-

Kroger to raise average hourly wage to $16 Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

No parking, seriously. The ramp to northbound Interstate 71/75 from Burlington Pike in Florence is lined by 20 signs. THE ENQUIRER/LISA GILLESPIE

ers to park between them.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulates the number of hours a trucker can drive per day as well as the total number of hours per week.

Truckers must park their trucks once they reach their limit. If they park illegally, they risk a hefty fi ne.

“Parking tickets get pretty expensive,” Morrissette said. “They can run anywhere from $180 all the way up to $600.”

Florence police Capt. Greg Rehkamp said he has witnessed plenty of parking violations.

“I know from experience in dealing with tractortrailers that park on exit and entrances ramps from rest areas,” Rehkamp said. “They run over the signs, and if there’s not a sign right there, they use that as an excuse. A truck driver will run over one and they will all start parking there again.”

In addition, wrecks happen when tractor-trailers are parked on the roadside, or ramps to the interstate, Rehkamp said. “It’s a danger for all the passing motorists,” he said. “It’s all a matter of public safety.”

Kroger plans to increase average hourly wages this year by 50 cents to $16 an hour after a robust year in which digital sales more than doubled in the wake of the pandemic.

Cincinnati-based Kroger last year spent $300 million to raise average hourly pay for its workers to $15.50, up from $15 per hour, The Enquirer reported.

On March 31, the grocer announced it would invest $350 million to raise the average wage to $16 an hour in advance of its 2021 Investor Day webcast.

Some of Kroger’s biggest competitors have also announced pay raises. In February, Walmart said it would boost its average wage in the U.S. to at least $15.25 per hour. And earlier this year Costco said its starting wage will be $16 per hour, noting that its average worker already makes $24 an hour.

Kroger said it has invested more than $800 million in employee wages and training over the past three years for nearly 500,000 full- and part-time workers. Last year, Kroger consistently topped sales estimates as consumers stocked up on food and household essentials and fl ocked to Kroger’s website to order from the safety of their homes.

Digital sales more than doubled last year to more than $10 billion, helping the company beat fourthquarter and full-year profi t forecasts.

Kroger’s total sales surged 8.4% to $132.5 billion in 2020, helping to drive profi ts to $2.6 billion for the year, up 5.6%. A key sales metric, identical sales without fuel, increased 14.1% in 2020.

The grocer operates regional supermarket chains in 35 states, including Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Mariano’s, Fry’s, Smith’s, King Soopers, QFC and others. The company has nearly 2,800 stores.

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The mural, expected to be completed in April, will measure 24 feet wide by 8 feet tall. It will be complemented by a secondary wall, featuring pieces such as a photograph of Jack White’s visit to the abandoned Brewster building in 2018, to further explain the story of King.

“The driving force of this was really to educate those artists that would be spending time in this room and raise awareness and advocate for the preservation (of the Brewster building),” Neltner says. “Hopefully we can do a public-facing

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Florence, KY • 7413 US 42, Suite 2 Former King Records recording artists Bootsy Collins (left) and Philip Paul (center) and Otis Williams (right) are introduced during ceremony honoring them in 2017. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

piece or recreate this on Brewster.”

Neltner has other prominent large pieces of art on display in the area.

There’s a Neltner mural on the former Crown Brewery on East McMicken in Over-the-Rhine, others in Covington’s Braxton Brewery and in the establishment that Neltner owns, Camp Springs Tavern. He also created a 63-foot-long digital piece on display in the Holocaust & Humanity Center at Union Terminal.

There’s often a component of heritage or history to Neltner’s work and there’s no exception this time.

“Once these elders are no longer with us or the story can’t be told, it can

easily be forgotten,” he says. “I think it’s creating a living, breathing dialog about this history. So many people were infl uenced by the music that these guys created, and they have no idea that there’s a vacant building on Brewster where it all happened.”

Neltner says his family has been in Camp Springs since the 19th century.

The fact that he’s putting his stamp on Campbell County’s newest landmark is meaningful to his legacy.

“I have two kids and they’re kind of interested in art,” he says. “Anything that features what we do, or we can better where we live, it’s good being able to contribute in that way.

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Drees, who led homebuilding fi rm and then Kenton County, dead at age 86 said in 2010, noting that the candidates seeking to succeed him didn’t back the measure.

“He didn’t have to do that. He didn’t have to be judge-executive,” said Cooper. “Somebody like that does not need all the headaches and aggravation and sometimes time away from family.”

“He did that to give back to his community,” Cooper said.

Drees, a Republican, also served as a city councilman in Erlanger, president of the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky, chairman of the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, chairman of the Kenton County Airport Board, chairman of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, board member at the Northern Kentucky University Foundation, and a board member at Thomas More University.

During his career, Drees was honored with three National Association of Home Builders’ awards: Builder of the Year, America’s Best Builder, and the National Housing Quality Award.

“In fi nance and customer service, he was brilliant, but he would never give himself that kind of credit,” Knochelmann said.

“People who worked with him or for him it was almost patriarchal – because of their love for him,” he said.

In 2018, he was honored as a Kenton County Pioneer, an award given by the county’s Fiscal Court to residents who have a record of outstanding service to the community and exemplify the highest standards of personal integrity.

Drees was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a grandson.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Irmaleen Drees (nee Schultz); daughters Lynn Hemmer, Susan Panoushek, and Barbara Jones; sons David and Philip Drees; 13 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild.

Services will be private. Memorial contributions can be made to the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky, either online at its donations page or via mail at P.O. Box 322, Covington, KY 41012.

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“He’s always been a quiet, brilliant businessperson, who probably, if anyone didn’t know his story – they wouldn’t know. He was always so unassuming.”

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Ralph A. Drees, who built his family’s local homebuilding company into one of the largest privately owned fi rms based in the Cincinnati region before entering politics as the Kenton County judge-executive, died March 27 at St. Elizabeth Hospice Care in Edgewood. He was 86.

Drees joined his father, Theodore, in the business in 1959 after serving in the U.S. Army. The father, an immigrant from Germany, started what is now Drees Homes in 1929. Many familyowned builders “start small and stay small, often disappearing in one generation,” the company’s website notes. “It was Ralph’s philosophy of diversifi cation and industry leadership that took our company into new markets” beyond Cincinnati, the website says.

Drees was named to the Cincinnati Business Hall of Fame in 2000, the same year as former Procter & Gamble chairman John Pepper. He won the Carl H. Lindner Award for Entrepreneurial and Civic Spirit in 2007.

Despite being one of the top homebuilders in America, Drees’ demeanor didn’t reveal his drive for business.

“He was always just this laid-back guy,” said Robert “Jay” Buchert, a Cincinnati builder and a former president of the National Association of Home Builders.

Drees’ “biggest talent was that he recognized very, very good people” in marketing, design, architecture “and he always went after them” to hire them for his company, Buchert said.

“I really think of Ralph as a trailblazer. He went places that other people wouldn’t dare go,” said Boone County judge-executive Gary Moore.

“He’s always been a quiet, brilliant businessperson, who probably, if anyone didn’t know his story – they wouldn’t know. He was always so unassuming,” said Kenton County judge-executive Kris Knochelmann.

Moore recalled a Northern Kentucky Economic Development (TriEd) trip to

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Austin, Texas, where Moore learned Drees had been quietly building homes.

Drees hosted the group at a model home.

“We know Ralph as local. We know him as Northern Kentucky,” yet here he was in Austin, Moore said.

“He has inspired business owners throughout the region to be giving of their time and their talent and … their treasure,” said Brent Cooper, president and CEO of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

For example, to mark the Drees Co.’s 75th anniversary in 2003, the Drees Pavilion at Devou Park’s Memorial Overlook, valued at $2 million, was donated to the city of Covington.

“Ralph was a most beloved member of the Reds ownership,” said Reds CEO Bob Castellini in a statement. “Ralph was a huge Reds fan and attending many games with his wife Irma. He was a most accomplished, wonderful man, and our Reds family will miss having him dearly.”

Drees “joined talent and vision to give countless families the chance to realize their own part of the American dream,” said U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a statement.

“Both as a philanthropist and Kenton

County judge-executive, Ralph helped create a community anyone would be proud to call home.

“The impact of Ralph’s leadership and generosity can be seen throughout Northern Kentucky,” said McConnell, RKy. The senator said he and his wife, former U.S. transportation secretary Elaine Chao, off ered “our condolences to Irma and the entire Drees family. We’re grateful for everything he did for Kentucky.”

Drees’ son, David, took over leadership of the Fort Mitchell-based Drees Co. in 2000, according to the company website. Drees Homes ranked 10th on the most recent Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100 list of the largest privately-owned companies based in the Cincinnati region. It had revenues of $1.1 billion and 706 employees in 2019, with operations in at least seven states.

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When will cicada Brood X hatch this year? all don’t come up on the very fi rst night.

They come up over about a two-week period and that’s if we have a normal spring.”

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Brood X periodical cicadas are only weeks away from hatching and fi lling our backyards with their mating calls.

But when will it happen? Dr. Gene Kritsky, a leading cicada expert and entomologist at Mount St. Joseph University, has a handy way of fi guring out when the emergence will happen.

Kritsky says Greater Cincinnati typically sees emergence in mid-May after two days in a row with temperatures above 80 degrees and there’s been a “soaking rain.”

“For the past couple of years, it’s been the second day that our temperatures have reached the low 80s,” Kritsky said.

But if you want a rough idea of when that could be, he has fi gured out how to estimate the soil temperature.

Using the daily highs and lows, you can calculate a three-day average, which gives you an approximate soil temperature.

need the daily high and low temperatures for the previous three days.

You can fi nd that weather data for Greater Cincinnati at weather.gov/iln.

From that, determine the average daily temperature by adding the high and the low temperatures together and dividing by two.

Next, calculate the two-day and the three-day running temperature averages.

Finally, fi nd the average of the twoday and three-day running average, and that will provide you with an estimate of the soil temperature at the cicada depths.

Kritsky’s website, cicadasafari.org said this is more predictive for the start of the major emergence, not when the fi rst few cicadas will emerge from the ground.

First Brood X cicada has already hatched, but it’s a bit of a fluke

The lacy wings of a 17-year brood cicada are visible as it emerges in Homewood on May 22, 2007.

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More lenient safety protocols will allow this year's university graduates to celebrate on time and in person at University of Cincinnati, Miami University, Northern Kentucky University, Xavier University, Thomas More University and Mount St. Joseph University.

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Brent Spence Bridge had a very good week Julia Fair Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

This isn’t an April Fools’ Day joke.

State and federal offi cials’ plans aligned this week to bring the Greater Cincinnati region closer - maybe - to funding its biggest single public works project: a new bridge over the Ohio River.

Yes, we’re talking about the $2.5 billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project that would expand capacity with a companion bridge and other upgrades.

First, Kentucky lawmakers used part of their last night of the 2021 Kentucky General Assembly session March 30 appropriating $2.4 billion of federal funds from the American Rescue Plan to be used on infrastructure projects, direct aid, and other limited uses.

Then, Kentuckians woke up March 31 to President Biden’s proposal for a $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure package.

That includes a plan to pay for the ten most “economically signifi cant bridges” in the county in need of reconstruction.

“If there is any project eligible, this would be it,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters during a press conference in Northern Kentucky March 31. “Hopefully somewhere in the bowels of this multi-trillion bill, there’s a solution.”

The two pots of money could help fund the Brent Spence Bridge, possibly without tolls.

The funding obstacles For decades, lawmakers have struggled to fund the local match of the project.

“We have to have modern infrastructure to compete,” in the global economy, said Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments CEO Mark Policinski in an interview with The Enquirer March 31.

Northern Kentuckians are vehemently against tolls. And a gas tax increase hasn’t been popular among state lawmakers.

If the region did use tolls, its lawmak-

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ers would fi rst have to repeal a law former Gov. Matt Bevin signed in 2016.

Backed by the Northern Kentucky delegation, the bill blocked the use of tolls to pay for a new bridge.

No lawmaker introduced a bill this year to ditch that prohibition.

“We’ve said all along that a solution to the Brent Spence Bridge corridor needs to involve everyone in the design and ultimate funding solution, and if tolls are ultimately necessary as part of the fi nancing plan, that should be part of the proposed solution,” Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Brent Cooper said Wednesday.

Other funding suggestions have come up, like increasing the gas tax statewide.

In February, Republican Rep. Sal Santoro of Florence submitted a bill to do that. The bill didn’t explicitly state that the gas tax revenue would be for the bridge, but advocates for the bridge project have suggested using gas tax funds instead of tolls.

Santoro did not respond to The Enquirer’s multiple emails asking for comment about the bill when this article was originally published.

Right now, Kentucky’s gas tax is 26

cents per gallon. Santoro’s bill would have set a base rate of about 34 cents per gallon. By comparison, Ohio’s is about 38 cents.

If passed, it would have added $366,690,000 to Kentucky’s Road Fund for the 2022 fi scal year, according to public records.

Santoro’s bill didn’t leave the House committee on appropriations and revenue. The eff ort failed in the fi nal hours of the 2021 session, after legislative leaders discussed the possibility of attaching the language to another bill, according to the Courier Journal.

Just when it looked like Kentucky lawmakers would have to try again next year, part of Biden’s proposed infrastructure package focused on bridges.

Past federal attempts failed. Will these funds be different?

Northern Kentuckians have seen federal offi cials give the Brent Spence Bridge attention before.

In 2011, former President Barack Obama stood at the base of the bridge and talked about legislation, similar to Biden’s, that would create funding for the

bridge. That bill died in the Senate. Then in 2016, former President Donald Trump promised to help the bridge while he spoke at a campaign rally in Wilmington, Ohio. That didn’t happen.

“The potential diff erence here is the sheer size of the infrastructure package,” Policinski said. He added that now, people seem to understand U.S. infrastructure is a “catastrophe” and there’s more of an appetite in Washington, D.C., to spend a lot of money.

The plan would use $621 billion to rebuild infrastructure, which includes funds for “the ten most economically signifi cant bridges in the country in need of reconstruction,” according to a White House fact sheet, which did not include a list of bridges.

Biden wants to raise taxes on corporations to pay for the eight-year $2 trillion spending package, according to an administration offi cial. He will propose increasing the corporate tax rate to 28% – resetting to the level before passage of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts in 2017 – and overhauling how the U.S. taxes multinational corporations by increasing the minimum tax on U.S. corporations to 21%.

Policinski said there’s hope that if the money from Biden’s plan would decrease the amount needed for the local match.

“Hopefully Washington will get it right and will put the money at the local level and not the state level,” he said, and added it should have as few federal restrictions as possible.

Locally, people focused on public policy are still thinking about the local match. “We have been told repeatedly that any federal solution will still require a local match and a plan that is ready to go,” Cooper, from the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce said. “Our ask is that our local, state and federal offi cials are aligned in championing this project.”

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – March 31. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

Enquirer reporter Scott Wartman and USA TODAY contributed.

Brent Spence expansion plan is fatally fl awed Joe Meyer, Ron Washington, Tim Downing, Shannon Smith and Michelle Williams Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following op-ed was signed by the fi ve members of the Covington Board of Commissioners.

While we all recognize that the Brent Spence Bridge needs improvement, regional leaders who advocate for the current expansion plan on the table continue to overlook the fatal fl aws of that plan.

The 16-lane solution still being touted in the media is far too big for what’s needed, doesn’t fi x congestion, requires billions in additional investment, risks regional icons like the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, and – as far as Covington is concerned – not only hurts our businesses and residents, but interferes with our economic growth and that of the entire Northern Kentucky region.

Kentuckians looking at spending $2.6 billion-plus to fi x a problem whose solution has been discussed for decades have the right to expect that the problem will actually be fi xed.

Size and congestion: The need for a 16-lane span was debunked through the further study in the 2017 Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Analysis. It is overdesigned by 30% and still doesn’t solve the problem southbound. The plan calls for the eight southbound lanes crossing the bridges to revert to the current four lanes just south of Kyles Lane. The hill is already congested during the evening rush hour. The I-275 Interchange is already a challenge. More bridge traffi c will add to, not reduce, the congestion. All this does is worsen the evening rush hour and move it further into Kentucky. Getting to work will be easier; getting home will be harder.

Footprint: The scale of the proposed bridges is hugely disproportionate to our community and does severe damage to Covington, its businesses and neighborhoods. The current bridge has 42 feet of pavement. The plan proposes to build an adjacent bridge with 128 feet of pavement and keep the current bridge, more than quadrupling the landing area in Covington. Imagine – get a picture in your mind – of a bridge complex that’s four times the width of the current bridge.

I-75 did immense damage to Covington; this makes it far worse.

Exit: Even with the massive rebuild, Covington as a destination is treated as an afterthought. Access to Covington

OPINION from I-75 southbound is reduced to a single lane that has to be accessed at the Cincinnati Museum Center if a person wants to exit to Covington.

Designed in a vacuum: More congestion can’t be solved with the current plan. There’s a fundamental fl aw in the design of the region’s traffi c network: all the traffi c is funneled into one major route. As the ODOT Brent Spence project manager acknowledged years ago, “We could continue to build lanes on 75, but they would fi ll because of the nature of the traffi c network in the region.” In other words, this region cannot build its way out of the traffi c congestion issues without fundamental changes in the design of the overall network.

Financing: The only fi nancing plan to date calls for tolls. Perhaps there will be a way to proceed without tolls. Miracles happen. But until the “no-toll” fi nancing plan is developed, the evaluation of the plan has to take tolling into consideration. The funding solution needs to ensure the fi nancial burdens are shared fairly by the region it benefi ts and doesn’t divert a third of the traffi c onto other bridges and through our city.

Diversion: Namely, tolls will cause traffi c diversion, and lots of it. A Kentucky Transportation Cabinet study projects 77,000 cars each day will leave I-75 and use alternative routes to avoid paying tolls on the bridge. Don’t believe it?

Traffi c on Louisville’s Kennedy/Lincoln bridge fell from 125,700 vehicles in 2013 to 64,200 in 2018, a 49% reduction, after the bridge was tolled. This reality leads many to joke that the easiest way to solve the congestion problem on the Brent Spence would be to skip the construction and toll the bridge. Enough vehicles will seek alternative routes to get traffi c volume on the bridge under its design capacity.

Firsthand experience: The truck accident and resulting fi reball that shut down the Brent Spence for about six weeks late in 2020 taught Covington fi rsthand the large cost of diversion. The heavy volume of traffi c seeking alternate routes gridlocked Covington’s streets and damaged Covington’s business environment, especially in the MainStrasse Village neighborhood and business district. The quality of life in the residential neighborhoods took a hit when cars and trucks followed their mapping apps onto tight neighborhood streets. One trucker found himself at Greenup Street and Riverside Drive,

where he knocked over a fi re hydrant and knocked a utility pole onto an occupied car when he tried to drive through a closed-off street.

Icon jeopardized: Covington was forced to shut down the Suspension Bridge during the Brent Spence closure because the truck and vehicle load far exceeded the capacity of this famed engineering marvel, and because so many heavy trucks ignored the weight limit designed to protect it. Diversion would more than double traffi c on the Suspension Bridge. Could it handle all the new traffi c without a major investment in upgrades?

Wear and tear: Likewise, the diversion caused gridlock on the alternative routes of I-275 and I-471 and the local streets that lead to their approaches – even with fewer cars on the road because of the pandemic. This region and its local governments have no money to make the massive improvements to existing infrastructure that would enable it to handle all this traffi c. The cost of upgrading the existing Suspension Bridge infrastructure alone will costs millions and millions of dollars. When examining the cost of the current Brent Spence expansion plan, all of these costs need to be factored in.

Equity: The tolling plan proposed for those crossing the river has a fundamental equity issue. Northern Kentuckians using I-75 to access downtown Cincinnati will pay the toll. But Ohioans using the most expensive part of the project (from north of the Western Hills viaduct to the river) will pay no toll. Consequently, 60% of the tolls paid by those crossing the river will pay for the $1 billion-plus improvement to I-75 in Cincinnati. This is hardly fair and equitable. If tolls are going to be part of this project, there should be no free riders. There should be no transferring of the cost of Ohio improvements to Kentucky residents.

Toll overfl ow: Another approach being raised again is to toll all the bridges between Kentucky and Cincinnati to reduce diversion. This is unfathomable.

Should Clermont County residents pay two tolls each way to travel to downtown Cincinnati? Should Covington businesses who serve Cincinnati pay two tolls for each trip across the river to service Cincinnati? The interference with interstate commerce is beyond our ability to describe, and it is completely unacceptable. The economic vitality of Covington will be eviscerated if there are tolls on all the bridges.

Construction impact: In the last fi ve

years, Covington’s businesses have suffered through the impact of three projects on the Brent Spence: the 2017 resurfacing, the 2020 fi reball reconstruction, and the 2021 repainting now underway.

Each project has lasted a few months.

During the construction of $2.6 billion solution, the 4th and 5th Street interchanges would be closed for up to 31⁄ 2 years, during which traffi c trying to avoid construction would fl ood Dixie Highway, ML King Jr. Boulevard/12th Street, Pike Street and Main Street.

Business survival: Thus nearby businesses would lose both ways – no easy access, too much through traffi c. Will the hotels, companies like the Radisson, the Lexus dealership, Corken Steel, Cincinnati Closet, all the fast-food restaurants and the MainStrasse businesses survive when the primary access is closed and the secondary access routes are gridlocked? There is not enough compensation that could save these business operators.

These are legitimate and substantial concerns, and Covington has been raising them for the past fi ve years. Yet the offi cial plan remains unchanged. The only actionable improvement identifi ed in the last eight years is the “Texas Turnaround” project that makes adjustments to the 4th Street on ramp to reduce northbound congestion and improve safety. The proposal has been approved by the Federal Highway Administration and is projected to solve the northbound bridge constraint in the interim. It is expected to start as soon as the bridge is painted.

We support the Texas Turnaround, and we believe that transportation offi cials on both the state and federal levels should exhaust all such possible interim solutions as we reevaluate the long-term improvements.

Times and circumstances have changed in the 20 years since the current plan was initiated. We ask highway planners to revisit their assumptions based on current circumstances and data and re-plan the project accordingly. Address these objections. Be transparent about the fi nancing mechanisms required.

And then come to the table with a plan that’s good for us all, so together we can advocate for an improved transportation network for Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati.

Joe Meyer is mayor of the city of Covington. Ron Washington is mayor pro tem. Tim Downing, Shannon Smith and Michelle Williams are members of the Covington Board of Commissioners.

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SPORTS Brossart girls basketball wins 10th Region James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – March 31. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.

WINCHESTER, Ky. – Marie Kiefer gets most of the attention from opposing defenses for the Bishop Brossart girls basketball team.

Her fellow starters have been in top form down the stretch this season. And the Mustangs needed all of them to deliver an accomplishment not seen since before they were born.

Bishop Brossart beat Montgomery County 61-47 to win the KHSAA 10th Region championship March 30 at Cardinal Arena at George Rogers Clark High School.

Brossart, 21-5 overall, won its second regional championship and fi rst since eventual Miss Basketball Katie Schwegmann and the Mustangs won the 10th Region in 2001. Montgomery fi nished 15-6.

Brossart became the second school in Campbell County in the past week to break a 20-year title drought since their 2001 basketball odyssey led them to the state tournament. They joined the Highlands boys basketball team, who won the Ninth Region.

Brossart players celebrated with family members and a few dozen Brossart students, who were able to attend a game for the fi rst time this year because of the pandemic.

“I’m so excited,” said senior guard Jordan Rowe. “It’s been a goal of ours for so long. I’m so proud of this team. It means a lot. The school support is always behind us so it’s great to bring this back to the community. It’s so nice because this year we haven’t had a student section and it’s cool to have a big game and have the crowd behind us.”

Brossart was scheduled to face Bowling Green in the Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena on Wednesday, April 7. Visit Cincinnati.com for results.

“I’m really excited,” said junior Lauren Macht. “I think we’re going to go to Rupp and win this whole thing. We’re all very well-rounded and we can shoot the ball well. We practice every day. We all work together and we play for each other. I think we’re ready and I think we can take on anybody that’s in front of us.”

Brossart rallied behind Kiefer, a 6foot-2 center and the 10th Region Player of the Year who has signed with Ball State. She led the stat sheet with 22 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots.

Montgomery’s starting center, Savannah Parker, is strong but doesn’t have the height of Kiefer. And the Indians didn’t See BROSSART, Page 2B

Bishop Brossart High School forward Madison Crowe jumps into the arms of teammate Marie Kiefer after defeating George Rogers Clark in the 10th Region semifi nal at George Rogers Clark High School on March 29. Brossart won 56-49.

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Trip to Sweet 16 one of many for Highlands James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – March 31. Highlands boys basketball team won its 18th straight game April 1 in an 88-60 victory over Third Region champion Muhlenberg County, in the fi rst round of the KHSAA Boys Sweet Sixteen at Rupp Arena. Highlands was scheduled to play McCracken County in the quarterfi nals Friday at Rupp. Visit Cincinnati.com for results.

Kevin Listerman didn’t attend Highlands High School and play basketball for them.

The pride and history of Fort Thomas is in his blood, though, as the Highlands head coach recently prepared to take his Bluebirds to the biggest tournament of the season, the Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena.

“Personally, it means a lot for me to represent this school and I’m excited to play in front of a statewide crowd,” List-

erman said on March 29. “I think people will be impressed with the way we share the basketball, the way we knock down shots and the eff ort that we play with.”

Listerman, a 1995 Covington Catholic graduate and Northern Kentucky University graduate, is in his eighth season as the Highlands head coach. He and his brother Andy were starters on NKU’s Division II national runner-up teams in 1996 and 1997.

Listerman’s father Mike Listerman was an assistant coach at Highlands in 1979, when the Bluebirds made one of their 12 previous trips to the state tournament. The head coach then was Ken Shields, who also coached the Listermans at NKU. Shields won 766 combined games at the high school and college levels.

Mike Listerman coached Covington Catholic to the Sweet 16 twice and ended his career as head coach at Holmes in 2018.

Kevin coached at Boone County in

2004 losing to his father and CovCath in the regional title game. Kevin has since been an assistant at CovCath and NKU before taking the Highlands job in 2013.

“For me to take my own team down there is very special and I’m excited about the opportunity for these kids over the next fi ve days,” Listerman said.

As of March 31, Highlands was 9-12 all-time in the Sweet 16. Past trips to the tournament include some of the most well-known names in Northern Kentucky history.

Highlands’ last state tournament trip was 20 years ago, when the Bluebirds’ 2001 basketball odyssey last brought them to Rupp Arena.

Highland lost in the fi rst round to Russellville, 59-45. The Bluebirds’ leading scorer was Gino Guidugli, who was better known as a quarterback for the Bluebirds and for the University of Cincinnati, where he set several school passing See HIGHLANDS, Page 2B

Highlands High School guard Sam Vinson blocks the shot of Conner guard Landen Hamilton during the Ninth Region fi nal at Holmes High School on March 26, 2021. Highlands won 77-67. E.L. HUBBARD FOR THE ENQUIRER

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Sam Vinson (3) of Highlands eyes a hard fought basket in the lane at the 2021 KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 on April, 1. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE ENQUIRER

Highlands' dunk airs on SportsCenter Top 10 James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Thursday was memorable for Highlands senior Sam Vinson.

After making a splash in his Sweet 16 debut in the afternoon, the emphatic fi nish to that splash made it to the airwaves on ESPN April 1.

Vinson’s breakaway dunk in the fourth quarter was the No. 9 clip on SportsCenter’s nightly Top 10 Plays of the night.

The dunk came as he was trailing junior Leyton Read, who had a wideopen path to the basket in transition.

Read bounced the ball off the backboard.

Vinson made the catch and stuff ed home a two-handed jam.

The Highlands bench and the student section erupted, and Vinson gestured to the student section, who was right in front of him.

“We’ve had a couple of them this year,” said Highlands head coach Kevin Listerman. “Leyton did a great job of throwing it, and as soon as he got it in his hands, I saw him look back at Sam and I said this one’s going off the backboard. It’s the kids having fun.

They do it a little bit after practice.

We’ve got guys who can get up there and fi nish, and it’s great to go see them have fun that way.”

It was the last two points of Vinson’s 31-point outing to lead the Bluebirds to an 88-60 win over Muhlenberg County.

Vinson scored 24 points in the fi rst half and the Bluebirds were never seriously challenged in their fi rst win in the tournament since 1998.

have any other post players, so the Indians either played zone defense or kept two or three players around her.

That scheme frequently left one of the Brossart guards open for a jumper.

All fi ve starters made a 3-pointer for the Mustangs, including Kiefer, who hit one from the top of the key in the third quarter.

Macht scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Sophomore Madison Parker scored 10 points with two assists. Senior Rosie Jump had 10 points and four assists, and Rowe had eight points and four assists.

“We hit some big threes in the second half that really loosened us up,” said Brossart head coach Kevin Bundy.

“They went into a one-man zone that always left somebody open and we forced them to go into man to man.

We’re a tough matchup for them when they have to play us man to man.”

Brossart led 11-4 early on the strength of two consecutive 3-pointers

by Macht, who added another basket in the quarter. Kiefer had seven points in the frame and Brossart led 18-13.

Montgomery tied it at 22 on a threepoint play by Shaelynn Harris with four minutes left in the quarter. The teams only combined for three points after that, a free throw by Kiefer and a jumper by Macht, and Brossart led 25-22 at the break. Both Kiefer and Macht had 10 points in the half.

MC freshman Hayden Barrier, who was 0-for-10 from the fi eld in Montgomery’s semifi nal win over Scott, had 10 points in the half on 5-of-11 shooting.

Brossart shot 35.7 percent in the fi rst half (10-28) and Montgomery outrebounded them by eight.

Brossart shot 50 percent in the second half.

Jump and Parker hit 3-pointers early in the second half. Rowe scored a layup.

Kiefer hit her 3-pointer and then added a tough layup in traffi c to give Brossart its biggest lead at 14, 38-24.

Montgomery closed on a 10-3 run to trail by seven, 41-34, entering the fi nal quarter.

Kiefer hit two free throws to put Brossart back up by eight, 44-36. Jump hit a 3-pointer to put the Mustangs up 12 by 51-39.

The game was mostly a free-throw shooting competition after that. Brossart limited Montgomery to 33 percent shooting from the fi eld.

Guard Allie Dillon, who had 21 points in last night’s semifi nal win over Scott, was scoreless on 0-for-7 shooting.

Brossart only committed four turnovers compared to 13 assists, and forced 15 turnovers against only four assists for the Indians.

Kiefer, Jump, Rowe and Macht were all-tournament picks. The 10th Region doesn’t designate an MVP. “It was a great win. It took a lot of will. We played our hearts out,” Kiefer said.

Said Bundy: “For the program, it’s a culmination of four years of hard work

Brossart players celebrate the 10th Region title as Bishop Brossart defeated Montgomery County 61-47 in the KHSAA 10th Region girls basketball championship game March 30 at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester.

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Bishop Brossart High School guard Jordan Rowe is covered by George Rogers Clark guard Ciara Byars during the 10th Region semifi nal. Brossart won 56-49.

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for these seniors and a lot of buy-in for these younger girls. They played really hard. Our entire community is thrilled for us right now. We’re a small community but we’re a very proud community.

This is something our people will be really excited about for a long time.”

Highlands

to the all-tourney team. Highlands reached the Elite Eight in 1934, 1979 and 1998.

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records.

Another starter in that game was Ross Neltner, who scored seven points with 10 rebounds in that game and would rise to become Mr. Basketball two years later.

Neltner played for Vanderbilt and LSU in his college career.

Highlands won three straight regional titles from 1997-99 with a core group better known for football: Derek Smith and Jared Lorenzen. The Bluebirds went to the state fi nal in 1997, losing to Louisville Eastern 71-59 in the championship game.

Smith and Lorenzen both went on to decorated college careers at UK. Smith, a tight end, averaged 17 points in the 1997 Sweet 16 and was named all-tournament three times. Lorenzen, who died in 2019, was a record-setting quarterback at Highlands and UK. He averaged 10 points and four assists in four games in the Sweet 16 in 1997. Both have their jerseys framed in the Highlands gymnasium.

Eric Glaser averaged 16 points in the 1997 Sweet 16, including 24 in the fi nal.

He had seven blocks in the fi rst-round win. Glaser's top sport was baseball, where he was a second-round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox and spent nine seasons in the minor leagues.

Highlands went to the quarterfi nals in 1998, the last time the Bluebirds have won a game in the Sweet 16.

In their fi nal game together in the 1999 Sweet 16, Smith scored 31 points and Lorenzen 17, and both had 13 rebounds in a loss to Henderson County.

Highlands lost to Hazard in the fi rst

BISHOP BROSSART: 18 7 16 20-61 MONTGOMERY CO.: 13 9 12 13-47 BROSSART: Rowe 2 3 8, Jump 4 0 10, Parker 1 7 10, Macht 4 1 11, Kiefer 7 7 22.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Williams 1 1 4, Oney 2 6 10, Barrier 5 5 15, Harris 3 5 11, Parker 3 1 7.

The present and the future

Andy Listerman, red jacket, and Kevin Listerman, sweater vest, sons of Mike Listerman and former NKU basketball standouts, during Holmes' 58-53 win over St. Henry in boys basketball in 2018 at Holmes High School.

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round in 1986. Scott Draud scored 32 points with three assists in his fi nal game. Draud went on to play for Vanderbilt (scoring 1,466 points) and was the Ninth Region’s all-time leading scorer until 2014, a record his son Scotty recently broke in a Beechwood uniform.

Highlands lost again in the fi rst round in 1987, to Clay County. Trevor Barth scored 20 points. He is the father of current Highlands starter Zach Barth, and Zoie Barth, who just helped lead Thomas More to the NAIA women’s national championship game.

Bob Cowie scored 22 points, Deron

Highlands great Scott Draud scored 2,865 points from 1982-86 without the benefi t of the 3-point line.

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Blasingame 18. Jeff Walz, the head coach of the Louisville women’s basketball program, came off the bench to score one point.

Clay County boasted Richie Farmer, a future member of UK’s “Unforgettable” 1992 regional runner-up squad. Farmer had 19 points against Highlands, but he was overshadowed by teammate Russel Chadwell with a whopping 43-point outburst.

Highlands reached the state fi nals as well in 1924, with Charles Allphin named

This year's Bluebirds will be ready for the Rupp Arena experience.

“The daily process isn’t about winning a state championship, the daily process is about doing the right things at the right time and doing it day after day after day,” Listerman said. “We have a group of kids who understand that. We have a group that believes they can go into Lexington, that they belong there and we have a realistic shot of winning games and playing in that 8 o’clock game on Saturday night.”

As of March 31, Highlands averaged 83 points per game, and over 87 during a 17game winning streak.

The top player is senior Sam Vinson, a 6-foot-3 point guard who averaged 22.2 points per game as of March 31. The Ninth Region Mr. Basketball nominee, he has signed with NKU. Highlands has prospered with its scoring depth beyond Vinson. In the Ninth Region Tournament, all fi ve starters scored in double fi gures in the fi rst two games, and four out of fi ve in the championship game win over Conner.

As of March 31, senior Luke Muller, a 6-foot-4 forward, and 5-9 sophomore guard William Herald are both ranked in the top fi ve in the state in 3-pointers made. Muller has 107 and averages 16.5 points per game. Herald has sank 93 and averages 13.7 points. Sophomore 5-9 guard Zach Barth has 45 3-pointers and averages 10.5 points per game. Junior Oliver Harris, a 6-2 forward, averages 8.2 points and is a strong fi nisher at the rim.

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Peas are a lovely seasonal vegetable.

Add them to spring stir fries.

Spring stir fry with homemade stir fry sauce

Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld Guest columnist

Stir fry sauce The secret ingredient is teriyaki sauce. Use a good store-bought sauce or make your own.

“Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot 9 days old.”

My garden peas have pushed through the soil, still tiny but looking strong. For some reason, that childhood rhyme came to mind, so indulge me!

Peas are a lovely seasonal vegetable, so when they’re abundant, peas are in my meal rotation.

Sometimes I’ll simply saute them in a bit of butter with shallots and fresh mint and a grind of pepper and salt.

More often, I add them to spring stir fries. I make my own stir fry sauce, and I hope you try making it, too.

These legumes are good for you, too. Peas are high in fi ber, low in fat and a good source of vegetable protein.

Ingredients This makes a nice amount. Store leftover sauce in refrigerator. ⁄ 2 cup Tamari or soy sauce

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⁄ 4 cup teriyaki sauce

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1 cup water 2 tablespoons sesame oil 2 teaspoons each garlic and minced ginger or more to taste ⁄ 4 cup or so cornstarch

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Spring stir fry with homemade stir fry sauce.

Sugar or honey to taste (start with a teaspoon or so) optional

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Freshly ground pepper to taste

Homemade teriyaki sauce

Instructions

Whisk together:

Stir fry ingredients

⁄ 4 cup Tamari or soy sauce

I always use peas along with greens, broccoli, bell pepper, onion and Chinese cabbage, a total of about 5 cups. You use what you like.

Whisk ingredients together.

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⁄ 2 teaspoon ginger, minced or more to taste

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⁄ 4 teaspoon garlic powder or more to taste

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Up to 1 pound of meat, sliced thin or seafood is good in this too. Or extra fi rm tofu, chunked up. Optional but good and gives a boost of protein.

Brown sugar to taste: start with1⁄ 4 cup Honey to taste: start with 2 teaspoons Freshly ground pepper to taste

Pea varieties

Whisk together separately and set aside:

This year, I’m growing sweet sugar snaps. Both these and snow peas have edible pods.

English peas are the real plump peas. These you have to shell and are the ones often frozen or canned.

Check out the photo to see the three kinds and how they diff er, looks wise.

2 tablespoons cornstarch

Instructions Heat a bit of oil in a large skillet or wok.

If using meat, seafood or tofu, stir fry over fairly high heat until just cooked through. Set aside.

⁄ 4 cup cold water

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Instructions Cook everything but cornstarch mixture over low heat until sugar dissolves.

Whisk in cornstarch mixture and cook until it thickens. If too thick, add a bit of water.

Add more oil if necessary. Stir in vegetables and fry until crisp tender.

Place meat back in pan with vegetables.

Tamari and Soy: what’s the diff?

Pour stir fry sauce over mixture. Go to taste on sauce. Toss and stir until sauce thickens a little and mixture is coated.

Check my site.

Serve with rice cooked in broth, or water.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The Drees Company to Odessa and James Wiley; $293,500

Alexandria 10220 Persimmon Grove Pike: Melissa Griffith to Dawn and Gene Hillard; $170,000 1285 Parkside Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Terri and Brian Roomes; $364,000 1319 Osprey Court: Michael Duncan to Robin Brooks; $320,000 7710 E. Timber Creek Drive: The Drees Company to Erica and Robert Gardner; $467,500 8024 Arcadia Boulevard:

904 Berry Ave.: Wanda Crawford to Ryan Strong; $155,000

Daniels to Jesse Butler; $156,000 506 8th Ave.: T.I.A. Corporation to Georgia Knuehl; $153,000 925 6th Ave.: Vicki and Michael Hill to Annette Lewis; $90,000

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1325 S. Fort Thomas Ave.: Laura and Adam Meier to Lindsay and Derek Dillon; $480,000 32 Sheridan Ave.: Stephanie and Nicola Muccillo to Christina Daly; $275,000 41 Greenwood Ave.:

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Frances Dinn to Jesse Dailey; $193,000 411 Ridgewood Place: Susan and David Hill to Ridgewood Homes, Inc.; $90,000 500 Hill St., unit 505: David Smith to Gregory Colston; $94,000

Highland Heights 14 Meadow Lane, unit 12: Lisa Lussmeyer to Cynthia and Timoty Prewitt; $124,500 172 Dogwood Drive, unit 14-12: Andrew Johnson to Douglas Ryles; $117,000

639 Lake Watch Court, unit 11G: Nicole Harger to Eric Flowers; $217,500 9 Meadow Lane, unit 5: Phyllis Collord to Kenneth Dearwester; $110,000

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SCHOOL NEWS

Mary, Queen of Heaven students recently celebrated Catholic Schools Week with so many fun events.

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Mary, Queen of Heaven students recently celebrated Catholic Schools Week with so many fun events.

Students enjoyed pajama day, had a special lunch from Chick-Fil-A, had cozy reading time, and dressed up for hat and hoodie day.

Garri Hunt, Mary, Queen of Heaven School

COMMUNITY NEWS Billions of Cicadas will return to Kentucky in late spring This May and June, billions of 17-year periodical cicadas will emerge from the ground all across Kentucky, but don’t worry. They will mostly be a noisy irritation, said a University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment entomologist.

“Periodical cicadas are not a pest necessarily, especially of people,” said Jonathan Larson, UK extension entomologist. “They are not going to bite us. They are not going to attack us.

They are not inherently toxic to pets.

There can be some annoyance with the noise they produce, especially if Stolz you are standing right next to them.

It’s like standing next to a jet airplane.”

The emerging cicadas this spring are part of Brood X, which is one of the largest groups of cicadas in the U.S. In addition to Kentucky, these cicadas will be present in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware.

While cicadas will be present throughout Kentucky, counties along the Ohio River, state parks and forested areas are expected to see the biggest numbers.

“Normally we see the annual cicadas, which are green and black, but the cicadas emerging this summer are a diff erent species. They are black with red eyes and orange marks on their wings,” Larson said.

“It will be a unique experience. The trees will be very loud this spring. People should get out and try to enjoy them while they are here.”

Kentuckians who have young trees, especially newly transplanted ones that are potential hosts to

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the bugs, should prepare to protect their trees. Host trees include young oaks and fruit trees.

“Those can be damaged as the female cicadas lay their eggs in their branches,” Larson said. “Getting some netting with holes that are less than one-halfinch wide and wrapping it around the young trees for about six weeks while the insects are out will keep those females from laying their eggs on them.”

When the cicadas emerge from the ground as nymphs, they will molt and leave behind a brittle exoskeleton.

Sarah Stolz, Campbell County Cooperative Extension Service

Burlington Antique Show 2021 season opening returns in April The Burlington Antique Show returns to the Boone County Fairgrounds on Sunday, April 18.

With it being outdoors, it’s the best and safest place to enjoy the shopping experience and recharge minds and spirits with your families and friends.

Only 10 minutes from downtown Cincinnati, Burlington Antique Show is now celebrating 40 years.

Locating at the Boone County Fairgrounds in KY, the show features more than 200 dealers off ering antiques, vintage jewelry, primitives, garden & architectural elements, mid-century collectibles, memorabilia, Americana, one-of-a-kind fi nds and a large selection of antiques, retro & vintage furniture.

It’s generally pretty crowded, so if you’re a real hunter, aim for early-bird admission ($6; 6-8 a.m.)

Craft show and fl ea market Sunday May 30. Erlanger Lions 5996 Belair, Erlanger, Ky. Starts at 4 p.m.

Spaces are only $10. Call now to reserve your space. We will also have food, beer, pull tabs and music.

Call Judy at 859-491-3580 for more information and to reserve your spot.

Joyce Palmer, Erlanger Lions

Rotary Club of Florence selects 2020 4th quarter partner recipients - Rob’s Kids and Master Provisions The Rotary Club of Florence, Kentucky selects two organizations to raise funds for each quarter.

The Rotary Club’s foundations match up to the fi rst $500 of donations.

Donations may be made on the Club’s website, 100% of donations are given to the recipient organizations.

The 2020 fourth quarter the recipients were Robs Kids and Master Provisions. Each organization received a check for $508.27.

Robs Kids Supports the community through volunteering, in-kind donations, and fi nancial support, suicide prevention programs, food assistance programs, scholarship programs, and Christmas gift programs.

Master Provisions helps distribute resources to partner non-profi t agencies that serve people in need.

Their collaborative approach helps their partners spend less time and money on obtaining resources.

Find out more information or support Rob’s Kids and Master Provisions on their websites: h Rob’s Kids: Rob’s Kids – Helping Kids Get Back Up Again h Mater Provisions: Master Provisions Autumn Ray, The Rotary Club of Florence, Kentucky

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