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The region’s missing bridge: The project no one can get done New Ohio River bridge is political promise no one has been able to keep Julia Fair | Cincinnati Enquirer | USA TODAY NETWORK

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The conversation that night turned to the meager support available and the need for a national organization of disabled veterans.

The U.S. government, even the nation itself, had been unprepared to welcome the 204,000 scarred, disabled soldiers returning from the war in Europe. They came home without arms or legs, blind or deaf, mentally ill, or their lungs ravaged by poison gas.

The nation’s coff ers were depleted by the war eff ort and government assistance was lacking and ineffi cient.

As the world suff ered from the Spanish fl u pandemic, hospital beds were scarce and wounded soldiers slept in cots or on the fl oor, or were turned away.

Folks were left to fend for themselves. Disabled veterans on street corners selling pencils from a tin cup became a familiar sight.

Marx and other disabled veterans aimed to put an end to that.

Within a few months, DAV was born as Disabled American Veterans of the World War. Though formed months earlier, DAV counts Sept. 25, 1920, as its birthdate, when a national caucus was held at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine, attended by 250 disabled veterans from across the U.S.

Where’s our new bridge?

The fi ery accident that recently closed the Brent Spence Bridge resurfaced the decades-long discussion abut how to build and pay for a new bridge next to the 56-year-old bridge.

In the 1990s, the Federal Highway Administration declared the bridge functionally obsolete because its narrow lanes carried more cars than it was designed for – with no emergency lane.

It’s unclear if that contributed to the recent jack-knifed truck accident. But, the shutdown highlighted just how long its taken regional and national lawmakers to agree on a way to pay for the $2.5 billion new bridge.

Everyone agrees a new bridge is needed to connect Northern Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio across the Ohio River.

But it’s the political promise no one has been able to keep.

First, two presidents haven’t been successful.

In 2011, former President Barack Obama stood at the base of the bridge and touted legislation that would pry open funding for the bridge. That bill died in the Senate.

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

The reason is simple: Money.

To pay for a new bridge will almost certainly require tolls.

Ohio lawmakers have no problem with tolls, which could serve as a local match to any money the federal government may set aside for the project.

But, Northern Kentucky lawmakers do.

Those are the elements that make fi nding a funding solution so complicated, said former Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, who supports fi nancing the bridge with a toll.

“It’s really expensive, and the way our laws work, and the way our transportation funding works, enough northern Kentuckians are concerned

See DAV, Page 2A

See BRIDGE, Page 9A

Members of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War (now the Disabled American Veterans, DAV), headed to the fi rst national convention held in Detroit in 1921. FILE

‘We will have our voice heard’ Founded in Cincinnati, DAV has been a voice and advocate for disabled veterans for 100 years Jeff Suess Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

For some soldiers, the war doesn’t end when they come home.

Wounded or injured, missing a limb or traumatized by their experience, they face further challenges long after the shooting stops: rehabilitation and recovery, continued health problems, a need for jobs.

For the last 100 years, the Disabled American Veterans has been their voice, lobbying in Washington for compensation and benefi ts, helping fi nd new jobs and career advancements and working to improve the lives of those who sacrifi ced for their country.

“Veterans are here every day, day in and day out, not just when they come back from war. It’s a lifelong journey to try to return to some sort of normalcy after they serve in the military and become disabled,” said Marc Burgess, CEO and National Adjutant of DAV at the national headquarters in Cold Spring, Kentucky.

“That’s our goal to make sure that the program and services that we off er go straight to the quality of life and security of the American dream that these vets fought for all of us to have.”

Started in Cincinnati by WWI vets Founded in Cincinnati in 1920, the nonprofi t charity honors its 100th anni-

Robert S. Marx, a wounded veteran himself, was the fi rst national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, founded in 1920. FILE

versary this year.

On Christmas Day 1919, Judge Robert S. Marx hosted a party at the Sinton Hotel in Cincinnati for more than 100 disabled World War I veterans who were receiving special job training from the Ohio Mechanics Institute.

Marx, a newly elected judge on the Superior Court in Cincinnati, was a wounded veteran himself and all too aware of the challenges they faced every

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National commander, war hero Marx served as DAV’s fi rst national commander and biggest promoter.

Born in Cincinnati in 1889, Marx graduated from Walnut Hills High School and the University of Cincinnati law school. He was a noted attorney, judge and law professor. UC’s law library bears his name.

During World War I, Marx served as captain and operations offi cer in the 357th Infantry, 90th Division, and received the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism as well as the Purple Heart.

On Nov. 10, 1918, after his battalion suff ered heavy losses, Marx took command of the attack on Baâlon in the Meuse-Argonne Off ensive in France, which became the furthest point taken

by U.S. troops.

In a 1919 questionnaire about his military service, Marx wrote: “When I reached Battery headquarters, found the men digging in and gave directions and orders for an immediate advance.

After a brief Period the advance commenced and was met with machine gun fi re from both fl anks and artillery fi re from four sides. While leading my Battery forward, a high explosive shell landed close by, killing my intelligence offi cer and wounding me in some 14 places.”

He was taken to a mobile hospital where surgeons operated on his head.

Two days later, he awoke and found that the armistice had been signed.

As a war hero and fellow Democrat, Marx was enlisted by presidential hopeful James M. Cox and his running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, for the 1920

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Marc Burgess, national adjutant and CEO of the Disabled American Veterans, in the organization's national headquarters in Cold Spring in 2013.

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election. He joined their whistle-stop campaign, visiting 32 states by train. Although Cox lost the election, the tour helped Marx get the word out to other disabled veterans across the nation and plant DAV chapters.

DAV held its fi rst national convention in Detroit in 1921. Rabbi Michael Aaronsohn of Cincinnati, who had been blinded by an artillery shell, gave the invocation. More than 1,000 disabled veterans reunited for the fi rst time since the muddy war-torn trenches, and stood in silence for fallen comrades. Then it was all business.

Delegates elected Marx as the fi rst national commander, agreed on a program to assist disabled veterans and chose Cincinnati for the national headquarters. “In war, all are eligible to be wounded, so all the sick and wounded would be eligible to join the DAVWW,” Marx said.

Then they marched proudly through the streets of Detroit, some on crutches, others guiding the blind, triumphant veterans rather than victims.

‘Building better lives’ DAV’s mission is “building better

The Disabled American Veterans National Headquarters is located in Cold Spring.

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lives for all of our nation’s disabled veterans and their families,” from World War I to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Congress issued a federal charter to the organization in 1932.

One memorable fundraiser was the Idento-Tag, a miniature replica license plate keychain mailed to motorists along with an explanation of what DAV was doing for disabled veterans and a request for a small donation. DAV had a plant in Reading where the tags were produced. Most of the workers were disabled veterans.

Any keys found with an Idento-Tag could be dropped in a mailbox, and the postal service would forward them to DAV and the keys would be returned to their owner – who often sent back a grateful donation.

In 1966, DAV moved its headquarters to the site of the old St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Cold Spring.

Today there are nearly 1,300 DAV chapters and 1 million members across the U.S. DAV has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, creating an unemployment relief fund to assist veterans who have lost their jobs during the quarantine and off ering virtual job fairs.

There is also a staff in Washington, D.C., that works with Congress and the White House to make sure the laws on the books for veterans benefi ts stay on the books and don’t get chopped by budget cuts.

“Without the advocacy and infl uence of organizations like DAV, budgets would be balanced on the backs of our veterans, and we make sure that doesn’t happen,” Burgess said.

“We are the voice of ill and injured veterans and we will have our voice heard.”

Sources: “Wars & Scars” at dav.org, Enquirer archives

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Beverly Hills Supper Club development: No construction on disputed area mer site of the cabaret room, where most people died in the fi re. The descendants wanted it to be declared a burial ground, which would bar it from construction under Kentucky law.

Some descendants claimed they didn't receive family members' body parts back after the fi re, according to court documents. The developers insisted rescue crews recovered all bodies.

The descendants also wanted the memorial honoring the fi re victims to be placed where the cabaret room was. The developers, at one point, planned to place it along U.S. 27.

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Attorneys reached an agreement in the dispute regarding the 80-acre $65 million real estate project set to transform the former site of the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, according to a joint statement from attorneys.

The project is expected to have an assisted living center, apartments, homes – and a permanent memorial honoring the victims of the 1977 Memorial Day weekend fi re that killed 165 and injured more than 200.

For months, fi re victim descendants advocated for part of the parcel – where most people died – to be exempt from construction and used for a public memorial fountain.

Attorneys for fi re victim descendants and the developers gathered at the Campbell County Circuit Court Nov. 10 for a hearing to determine if work could continue on the entire parcel after a judge partially blocked the project in October.

Instead of the hearing, attorneys negotiated for hours in court hallways, an Enquirer reporter witnessed.

According to the statement, The developers, Edgewood, Kentucky-based construction fi rm Ashley Builders, agreed to: h Perform a survey to confi rm the location of the former Cabaret Room, where most people died in the 1977 fi re.

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Attorney Steve Megerle leads a press conference with survivors and family members he is representing at the former site of the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Aug.12. PHIL DIDION/THE ENQUIRER

h Include a deed restriction to restrict construction on the Cabaret Room site. h Allow the Beverly Hills Respect the Dead group to raise funds and construct a memorial fountain at the Cabaret Room site. h Allow access to the memorial in the future.

The months-long burial ground and memorial placement dispute When Campbell County and the city of Southgate approved the project earlier this year, fi re victim descendants advocated for an area to be exempt from construction because they believe human body parts remain there.

The area they focused on is the for-

The agreement reached Nov. 10 must be approved by Southgate City Council and the Campbell County Planning and Zoning commission, according to the statement. That's estimated to happen in a few weeks.

Julia is the Northern Kentucky government reporter through the Report For America program. The Enquirer needs local donors to help fund her grantfunded position. If you want to support Julia's work, email her editor Carl Weiser at cweiser@cincinna.gannett.com to fi nd out how you can help fund her work. Do you know something she should know? Send her a note at jfair@enquirer.com and follow her on Twitter at @JFair_Reports.

Tree crushes houses in Dayton, injuring 2 residents Quinlan Bentley Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Two people sustained serious injuries after a 30-foot tree damaged houses along Fourth Avenue in Dayton, Kentucky on Sunday morning.

Emergency responders found a man and woman seriously injured after a tree fell on their houses around 11:30 a.m., Bellevue-Dayton Fire Department Captain Adam Hall said.

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VIEWPOINTS Say hello to Keith Pandolfi , the Enquirer's new food and dining writer Keith Pandolfi Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

I moved away from this city about 20 years ago. But like any Cincinnatian worth his salt, I never really left. I came back all the time: during the four years I lived in New Orleans; during the 16 I lived in New York. As a food writer for publications such as Saveur, Serious Eats and the Wall Street Journal, I paid close attention to the changes that were happening here and covered them whenever my editors let me.

I wrote about the ambitious young chefs who came here from places like New York or Chicago to open the restaurants they always dreamed of in Overthe-Rhine; I wrote about the new generation of bakers and brewers who were making their own dreams come true in abandoned buildings, from OTR to Oakley.

Yes, I knew the city was up-andcoming. I just didn’t know how far it had come.

When I moved back here with my wife, Amy, and our young daughter last year, an old friend welcomed me home with lunch at Tortilleria Garcia in College Hill where Omar Garcia, a native of Michoacan, Mexico, makes some of the best corn tortillas I’ve ever tasted. Soon after, a couple friends of ours took us to Ripple Wine Bar. Over pinot noir from the Willamette Valley and cheese from Urban Stead in East Walnut Hills, we felt like we were back in Brooklyn, only better, because we were in Covington, instead.

When Amy and I went out on our fi rst Cincinnati date night, we toasted our move over old fashioneds at Longfellow , followed by one of the better dinners we’ve had in years at Salazar.

Keith Pandolfi , the Enquirer's new food and dining reporter, enjoys a meal in September.

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Before the pandemic put the kibosh on, well, everything, last March, I spent my days driving around and taking in all the area had to off er. I remained faithful to the classics, of course: a cheeseburger at Zip’s, a pint of Guinness at Arnold’s; a three-way at (takeyour-pick chili parlor, because I don’t want to tick anyone off ).

But I was equally taken by newer offerings: the perfect serving of hash browns and neckbone gravy at Sacred Beast; the confi t tuna sandwich at Fausto at the Contemporary Arts Center; the old-school ham-salad sandwich

at HomeMakers. I fell in love with Covington. Where Chris and Tess Burns were cooking up perfectly fried Kentucky rabbit, sumac brick chicken and other Southern/Appalachian fare at Commonwealth Bistro. And Hisako “Chako” Okawa, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate who was serving exquisite matcha roll cakes and Japanese curry soup at her namesake bakery and cafe on Main Street.

As a product of Anderson Township, I kicked myself for not realizing the magic of the West Side earlier in life.

The fi rst time I slipped into a booth at Maury’s Tiny Cove and ordered an old fashioned, Amy said, “I haven’t seen you this happy since the day we got married,” and she was exactly right.

I guess my enthusiasm for the city’s food scene came through when I met with the Enquirer staff last month to discuss writing about it full-time. Because yes, Cincinnati, I’m your new food and dining writer.

Not your new Polly Campbell, mind you. Because Polly is Polly. Because Polly is forever. But as a writer, I hope I can make the same kind of inroads Polly once did into your hearts and, of course, your stomachs, even if that might take a little while.

Tastes, I know, are subjective: A varied mix of nostalgia, our own discerning (sometimes stubborn) palates and the power of suggestion by a friend or, perhaps, a critic. No matter what you grew up eating, whether it was refi ned home cooking made by your Williams-Sonoma-loving parents, or a plate of afterthe-soccer-game riblets at Applebee’s on Beechmont Avenue, all of these foods work their way into our souls.

I know from experience that you can appreciate the simplicity of a perfect

French omelet from French Crust as much as you can an overstuff ed Western version from Bob Evans.

Sure, I can be critical. I get frustrated by structurally unsound sandwiches; I worry this city's obsession with pork belly might be getting out of hand; I get downright angry when the music is wrong or too loud for a restaurant. I feel anxious when a server has to explain a menu concept to me.

But given what the restaurant industry is going through under COVID-19, I’m not going to be too picky. This pandemic’s taken a dire toll on our city's food workers, and it’s not over yet, folks. That said, I’m amazed by how so many of them have pivoted to help save themselves, and in some cases, each other. From Jose Salazar turning Mita into a distribution center for free meals for restaurant workers to Suzy DeYoung of La Soupe working with chefs and farmers to salvage dumpster-bound food to create not just nutritious, but downright restaurant-quality foods for those in need.

Finally, in a food world that’s going through a much-needed reckoning, I realize it’s my responsibility to write for everyone.

To ask questions about the things I don’t understand. To try and see things through a lens that’s not mine and mine alone. I promise to pay as much attention to the new Sichuan restaurant in an exurban strip mall as I do the next American bistro that opens on Vine Street.

I want to understand why a perfect pho makes a person feel as comforted as I do when I sit down for a perfect three-way at a favorite chili parlor. I want to learn. I want to explore. But, most of all, I want to eat.

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7 botanical gardens for nature-soaking in Cincy Charles Infosino Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

What’s in a name? With so many different types of gardens, a name tells us what we will see, and it will smell just as sweet. A botanical garden is a large public garden where plants are grown for display and scientifi c study. An arboretum is a botanical garden that specializes in trees and woody plants. Both are educational, family fun and available in the Cincinnati area.

Families can relax and learn more about nature at Cincinnati’s botanical gardens. They might even inspire today’s children to be tomorrow’s botanists. Here's a list of some of the area's best natural beauties.

Boone County Arboretum This arboretum has more than 3,600 trees and shrubs in their collections. It is laid out as a landscape arboretum and is the only Level IV Accredited Arboretum in the Greater Cincinnati area. The Boone County Arboretum features over 2.2 miles of paved walking trails. It has 28 collection areas, including three themed gardens: Children’s Garden, Butterfl y Garden and Rain Garden.

9190 Camp Ernst Road, Union; bcarboretum.org.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden This 75-acre zoo also has over 3,000 plant varieties. Plants and fl owers are present throughout the zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo has several garden exhibits including: Butterfl y Garden, Community Gardens, Conifer Garden, Green Garden, Green Roof, Pollinator Garden, Rain Gardens, Tulip Display and Edible Gardens & Aquaponics. The Endangered Species/CREW Garden employs CREW scientists, who work to propagate and preserve threatened American plant species.

3400 Vine St., Avondale; cincinnatizoo.org.

Hauck Botanical Garden Hauck is co-managed by the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati.

The 8-acre garden features 900 types of trees, shrubs and evergreens. It also has many fl owers, such as hydrangeas, daffodils, daylilies and lilacs. Hauck Botanical Garden’s collection includes 500 varieties of woody shrubs, over 400 varieties of trees and more than 10,000 varieties of bulbs. The botanical garden is home to multiple attraction gardens including Peggy MacNeale Daff odil Collection, Pat Kipp Memorial Shade Garden, Serenity Garden, Butterfl y and Vegetable Garden, Herb Garden and Wildfl ower Garden. There are also the Hauck Legacy Trail and the Green Learning Station.

2625 Reading Road, Avondale; cincinnatiparks.com/central/hauckbotanical-gardens.

Krohn Conservatory Krohn houses over 1,000 diff erent varieties of plants in six permanent collections. The Fern House is like a mini rainforest. The Palm House is also similar to a mini rainforest and features palm trees, vines and a 20-foot waterfall. Cit-

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rus trees and temporary exhibits are displayed at the Floral Display House. A collection of bonsai trees is displayed at the Bonsai House. The Orchid House features a variety of orchid species in bloom. Cacti are displayed at the Desert House. Krohn Conservatory hosts fi ve fl ower shows and a Butterfl y show every year.

1501 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park; cincinnatiparks.com/krohn.

Mount Airy Arboretum Located in the middle of the Mount Airy Forest, this is a 30-acre garden that features approximately 2,000 specimens from over 50 plant families and more than 125 diff erent genera. The arboretum’s fi ve most signifi cant collections are Meyer Conifer Collection (280 specimens), Rhododendron Collection (235 specimens), Viburnum Collection (166 specimens), Lilac Collection (115 specimens) and Magnolia Collection (87 specimens).

5083 Colerain Ave., Mount Airy; cincinnatiparks.com/west/mt-airy -arboretum.

Rowe Arboretum Rowe is a horticultural museum displaying many examples of hardy plant specimens in Southwestern Ohio. It houses close to 5,000 diff erent trees, shrubs and perennials. The arboretum also features other specimens that are benefi cial to wildlife and to the ornamental display. There is a predominant evergreen theme throughout the arboretum.

4600 Muchmore Road, Indian Hill; ihill.org/recreation/rowe-arboretum.

Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum A cemetery might not sound like the most family fun place. “Hey kids, want to go to the cemetery to see some trees?”

However, it is a 733-acre, beautiful arboretum, which just happens to have a 450-acre cemetery. There are approximately 1,300 herbaceous and woody plants. Its oldest tree is a 400-year old white oak and there are two oak trees around 300 years old, and 27 state champion trees – the largest of their species in the state of Ohio. The arboretum also features monuments and sculptures – including a sphinx and a pyramid.

4521 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village; springgrove.org.

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Do-ahead turkey gravy Ingredients Anywhere from 4-6 turkey wings 2 large yellow onions, quartered or chopped coarsely (not sweet onions) 1 cup water 2 quarts chicken broth, divided 1 smallish carrot, unpeeled and chopped ⁄ 2 teaspoon dried thyme or about a tablespoon of fresh leaves, minced

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‘You’ll love the results’ of do-ahead turkey gravy

Few sprigs parsley (opt) ⁄ 4 cup flour

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Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons butter Instructions Preheat oven to 375.

Arrange wings in a single layer in a large sprayed roasting pan. (You may have to divide them between 2 pans).

Scatter onions over top.

Roast about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until wings are dark brown.

Put wings and onions in large pot.

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Add water to roasting pan and stir to scrape up any brown bits on bottom. Add brown bits to pot.

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Add 6 cups broth, carrot, thyme, bay and parsley. If you need to add a little more liquid to cover, add water.

I think you’ll get a kick out of this scenario. Today, I was elbow deep in kraut. Homemade sauerkraut that is. I just fi nished tamping it down into jars when it dawned on me that I need to get to the grocery to buy turkey wings for my do-ahead turkey gravy for Thanksgiving.

I’m sharing the recipe here, tweaked a bit. When I mentioned the gravy a couple weeks ago, I thought I’d get requests. And I did.

This gravy is yummy on its own, but pour the defatted drippings from your roasted turkey into it, and oh my, you’ll love the results.

Plus making the gravy ahead gives you extra for leftovers, and no worries about making it from scratch on Thanksgiving.

And I know I tell you this every year, but this year wishing you and yours a holiday fi lled with good food and good people is more important than ever.

Most likely your gathering, like mine, will be smaller due to the pandemic.

So take a few minutes and pack up some

Bring to boil.

Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 1 hour or so.

Remove wings and save meat for another use.

Strain broth into saucepan, pressing vegetables to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard vegetables.

Refrigerate overnight if you have time so you can skim fat off top easily. If not, do your best to skim it after straining.

Bring broth in pot to a gentle boil.

Whisk flour into remaining 2 cups chicken broth.

Whisk in broth/flour mixture into broth and boil a few minutes to thicken gravy.

Stir butter in. Season to taste.

Turkey wings and onions after roasting.

Refrigerate up to 4 days or freeze for 2 months.

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When you reheat gravy, add turkey drippings to it. If this makes the gravy too thin, whisk a little flour and cool water together – equal parts of each, then add some to the gravy.

Do this in increments a little at a time, until you reach thickness desired.

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about bearing that burden,” Grayson said.

Who promised what?

Brent Cooper, President and CEO of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, watched governors, congressmen and presidents make promises about the bridge.

Not too long ago, former Speaker of the House Republican John Boehner, of Southwest Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Republican Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, controlled Congress. The pair didn’t make progress on the Brent Spence Bridge funding dilemma.

McConnell still runs the U.S. Senate and his wife, Elaine Chao, even serves as President Trump’s Secretary of Transportation. Still no bridge.

At times, “we thought for sure we were going to get this done,” Cooper told The Enquirer. He recalled Obama’s visit as one of those moments.

In 2011, Obama’s plan centered around the American Jobs Act. It would have pumped $50 billion toward infrastructure projects in the U.S. That bill died in the Senate, according to NPR. In 2014, Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told The Enquirer that the toll disagreement between Kentucky and Ohio made it diffi cult to fund the project.

Foxx said the Department of Transportation has fi nancing tools available that could provide money for the bridge. He cited a program created by the 1998 Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) that off ers low-cost federal loans to local entities for projects of “regional and national signifi cance.”

Without the states cooperating to fi nance a local match, he said it would be hard for them to solve the problem, according to a previous Enquirer article.

In 2016, Trump promised a fi x during a campaign stop. He said he would take money from the United Nations “and we will use that money to invest in America.”

Shortly after he was elected, The Brent Spence Bridge was No. 2 on a Trump administration list of 50 transportation priorities. Nothing came of that.

The Trump campaign said the priority list was not an offi cial policy document.

In 2019, Sen. Rand Paul introduced the Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act. It planned to cut 1% of the federal government’s noninfrastructure spending and direct that money to infrastructure projects in Kentucky and across the nation.

Paul said the $12 billion in spending could help with projects such as the Brent Spence Bridge. The bill hasn’t been reviewed by the House or Senate yet.

What’s the holdup in Kentucky?

Local leaders say the biggest funding block is the toll disagreement between Ohio and Kentucky.

Covington Police and Covington Fire work an accident and fi re scene on the Brent Spence Bridge on Nov. 11 in Covington. The Brent Spence Bridge is closed and will be shut down both ways indefi nitely.

According to the EMA, a box truck with potassium chloride caught fi re this morning. Flames shot up to the upper deck. ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

Northern Kentucky lawmakers don’t want their constituents to pay a toll to cross the bridge to go to work in Cincinnati, said Boone County Republican Rep. Sal Santoro, chairman of a transportation subcommittee.

There’s also a law that prohibits tolls on any new bridge that connects Northern Kentucky to Cincinnati.

A year after his election, In 2016, former Gov. Matt Bevin signed a bill, backed by the Northern Kentucky delegation, that prohibited tolls on any new bridge that connected Northern Kentucky to Cincinnati across the Ohio River.

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich grew frustrated with Kentucky’s anti-toll stance.

“What do they think? Some sugar daddy is coming?”

Kasich told a group of reporters in 2018. “Someone is going to come on a great white horse to build a bridge? I don’t think so.”

How did Louisville do it?

In 2012, Indiana hatched a plan to build two new toll bridges to connect southern Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky. Santoro told The Enquirer that the two scenarios are diff erent. “(Indiana residents are) the ones paying for the bridges because they’re coming to Louisville every day,” Santoro said.

Kentucky paid $1.4 billion for one of the new bridges, according to the United States Transportation Department website.

A big chunk of the state’s share, $493.2 million, came from a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan and the toll revenue bonds. Those are backed by Kentucky’s 50% share of the toll revenue generated from the combined Ohio River Bridges Project.

The Louisville bridges and the Brent Spence Bridge funding situations are diff erent, said Mark Policinksi, CEO of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments.

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What do NKY lawmakers want?

Santoro said he won’t support a toll if he doesn’t know how much the toll is going to be or how long it would take to pay off the loans. He also said he wanted people to consider the eastern bypass route.

The Eastern Bypass would run east to west across southern Northern Kentucky into Ohio. Traffi c experts have called it dubious. And that route would require a new bridge anyway, so it’s unclear how that would solve the tolling question.

The Eastern Bypass is a proposed four-lane highway that would go roughly 70 miles, connecting at Interstate 75 in Springboro and eventually reconnecting to I-75 at Crittenden in Grant County.

In January, the Ohio Department of Transportation study concluded the bypass wasn’t a solution to the Brent Spence Bridge problems. Its estimated cost was between $5.4 billion and $7.3 billion.

Kentucky fi nished a $2 million study into several Brent Spence Bridge alternatives in 2017. It concluded that the Eastern Bypass was “worthy of further exploration.” Kentucky estimated a price tag of $5.3 billion to complete the project.

Ky Gov. Andy Beshear would not speculate about whether the proposed expansion of the bridge would have prevented the crash, but said it was time to get the project moving . “I hope this creates an additional impetus for the community. The communities on both sides of the bridge have to come together for us to have a path forward,” Beshear said. “The disruption...ought to make us all take look and take a look and say ‘what more is everyone one willing to sacrifi ce or change or reconsider to get the project up and moving forward.”

Cooper said the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce supports a “reasonable” toll. That means it would support a $1 toll, but not a $4 toll, he said.

Cooper added that a rise in the state and federal gas tax could provide funding not only for the Brent Spence Bridge, but other regional infrastructure projects as well.

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In Lousiville, there wasn’t a push back on tolls because more traffi c fl owed from Indiana to Kentucky than Kentucky to Indiana.

“Kentucky was a much easier sell on tolls because they knew they were going to be getting the majority of the dollars,” Policinksi said.

The law Bevin signed specifi cally hindered the Cincinnati area bridge project because it prohibited tolls on bridges only between Ohio and Kentucky.

Construction on the Louisville bridges began in 2013 before Bevin took offi ce. Bevin’s 2016 bill blocked tolls as a funding source for the new bridge next to the Brent Spence – a move pushed by Northern Kentucky’s delegation.

During his re-election bid in 2019, Bevin backtracked and said tolling had to be part of the solution for the bridge.

Northern Kentucky lawmakers haven’t discussed repealing the law, Santoro said.

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These local restaurants will prepare Thanksgiving feast for you Keith Pandolfi Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

This year, while giving thanks for our friends, family, and our improbable survival as a species, let's also be sure to thank our local restaurants, who have been suff ering like you wouldn’t believe during the past eight months of COVID-19. One great way to do that is to let them do the cooking for you. Many local restaurants are off ering meal kits, and fully cooked Thanksgiving specials you can pick up a day or two before Thanksgiving, or, in some cases, piping hot on Thanksgiving day. Here are just a few of them.

Boomtown Biscuits & Whiskey: Take home drop biscuits and homemade pies. Choose between biscuits by the dozen with jams and butters, maple bourbon pecan pie, and the honey vinegar pie that took the cake on The Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge last year.

1201 Broadway, Pendleton. 513-381-2666; info@boomtownbiscuitbar.com.

Bouquet Restaurant: Dinner to take home. Pick up Tuesday, Nov. 24 or Wednesday, Nov. 25 after 12 p.m.

Dinner includes a fi ve-pound Joyce Farms roasted duck; stuffi ng; brussel sprouts; and gravy. The restaurant is also off ering suggested wine pairings available for purchase by the bottle. $100 (wine additional), serves 4-6. Order by Nov. 20. 519 Main St., Covington.

859-491-7777; bouquetrestaurant.com.

Butler’s Pantry: Dinner to take home: Pick up 8-11 a.m. or 2-6 p.m., Nov. 25. Smoked turkey from Schad's Meats (brown sugar or Cajun rub); mashed potatoes; turkey neck gravy; green bean casserole; sage dressing; and dinner rolls. $30 for a dinner for two (each additional meal is $15); Order by Friday, Nov. 20. 50 E. Rivercenter Blvd, Covington.

859-292-1699; butlerspantrymarket.com.

Commonwealth Bistro: Dinner to take home. Pick up 3-8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 25. Dinner includes smoked and roasted turkey with gravy; local mushroom stuffi ng with sage and brown butter; cranberry sauce with port and orange; roasted garlic mashed potatoes; blistered green bean salad with shaved fennel, pecan and pickled shallot; and biscuits with seasonal jam. Dinner serves 5 for $150; 10 for $275; 15 for $425; and 20 for $575. Add a honey pie or apple buckle for $40. Order by Wednesday, Nov. 18. 621 Main St, Covington. 859-916-6719; commonwealthbistro.com.

Crown Republic Gastropub: Dinner to take home.

Pick up Wednesday, Nov. 25. Off ering three meal kits options. Option 1 includes a maple ham-style pork loin with sides ($70, serves 4-6); Option 2 includes a smoked turkey roulade and sides ($75, serves 4-6); Option 3 includes Lasagna Bolognese ($75, serves 6-8). All meals come with fresh cookie dough that can

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be baked at home. Order by Friday, Nov. 20. 720 Sycamore St., Downtown. crownrepublicgastropub.com.

Fausto at the CAC Restaurant: Dinner to take home. Pick up 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Thanksgiving day. Delivery is available for an additional $15 in areas within a 10-mile radius. Dinner for two includes confi t turkey; giblet gravy; and up to four sides, or roasted leg of lamb with lamb jus and four sides. $75, serves 2. Order by Friday, Nov. 20. 44 E. 6th St., Downtown. 513-3452979, faustoatthecac.com.

Goose & Elder: Dinner to take home. Choice of sous vide turkey breast or mushroom and spinach lasagna.

Sides include buttermilk biscuits; garlic mashed potatoes; cranberry sauce; chicken gravy; stuffi ng; country-style beans; and salad. Choice of chocolate cake with caramel, or creme brulee with fresh fruits for dessert. $125, serves 6. 1800 Race St., Over-the-Rhine.

513-579-8400; gooseandelder.com.

Hart & Cru: Thanksgiving wine pairings to take home. Includes hand-picked four packs of wine, including the Cru Pack for $120, and the Collectors Pack for $210.1401 Elm Street, Over-the-Rhine. 419-3489592; hartandcru.com.

Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse: Dinner to take home.

Curbside pick-up may be scheduled for Nov. 23, 24 or 25. Dinner includes a 14-16 lb. heritage breed turkey, vacuum sealed in seasoned brine; turkey comes with herbs, mirepoix, and roasting instructions. Sides include fully cooked smoked turkey gravy; bourbon and brown sugar glazed sweet potatoes; green bean casserole; cranberry-ginger chutney; salted rye dressing; 80 Acres salad; sweet potato butter pie with pumpkin seed crumble and cranberry-orange sauce; box of bread rolls from Sixteen Bricks with truffl e butter.

$300, serves 6-8. 700 Walnut St., Downtown. 513-7841200 Jeff Ruby.com.

Keystone Bar & Grill: Dinner to take home. Pick up Wednesday, Nov. 25. Dinner includes roasted turkey and gravy; mac and cheese; garlic mashed potatoes; roasted creamed corn with crispy onion topping; fresh cranberry sauce; and cookies from Buskin Bakery. $120, serves 6. Order by 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 24. 249 Calhoun St., Clifton, 513-221-5397. 3384 Erie Ave., Hyde Park, 513-321-2150; and 313 Greenup St., Covington. 859-261-6777; keystonebar.com.

Maize OTR: Meal kits to take home with heating and cooking instructions. Kits include 12-14 lb. turkey with house gravy; choice of starter, four sides and one sweet. Sides include Eckerlin chorizo blend stuffi ng, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, grilled asparagus, rosemary sweet potato mash, yuca fries, sweet plantains, house salad, onion rice and Cuban black bean rice. $250, serves 6-8. Order by Sunday, Nov. 15. 513403-0909; info@maizeotr.com.

Orchids at Palm Court: Dine-in buff et 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Includes shrimp cocktail; fall salad; Caesar salad; turkey and gravy; prime rib and au jus; mashed potatoes; stuffi ng; green beans, and cranberry sauce. Desserts are pumpkin cheesecake; a chocolate tart; and apple bar. $36-$84. All meals are served family style.

Tickets for the limited-seating brunch can be purchased at eventbrite.com. 35 W. 5th St., Downtown; orchidsatpalmcourt.com.

Salazar: Dinner to take home. Roasted turkey and gravy; dinner rolls; farm green salad. Choice of three sides, including green beans with mushroom gravy; bread stuffi ng; sweet corn pudding; roasted brussel sprouts with bacon and pimentón; potato puree; honey-butter roasted carrots; or roasted sweet potatoes with brown sugar butter. Dessert choices include pumpkin cheesecake with candied walnuts, or chocolate pots de creme with peanuts and vanilla whip. $30 per person. 1401 Republic St., Over-the-Rhine. 513-6217000; salazarcincinnati.com.

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SPORTS How Notre Dame volleyball won the elusive state title James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Notre Dame Academy has been one of the premier programs in Kentucky high school volleyball since the state began sponsoring the sport.

Notre Dame won eight of the fi rst 16 state champions sanctioned in the sport by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. However, since 1994, the Pandas have had a major mental and physical hurdle located to the southwest of their campus.

A big mountain to climb in the form of Louisville all-girls powers Assumption, Mercy and Sacred Heart, who have combined to win all 25 state championships since Notre Dame last won one in 1994. Assumption, which in some years contends for the role as best overall team in the nation, has won 20 of the 25.

When Molly McDermott came to coach her alma mater, she went to work giving her program new equipment they would need to climb that hill. That work paid off Nov. 7, when Notre Dame edged Mercy in a fi ve-set thriller (21-25, 25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13) to win that elusive state championship. It was NDA’s ninth all-time, second to Assumption’s 22 and now two ahead of Mercy’s seven.

It was a program win for 26 years of heartbreak.

“Every coach and every player over the past 26 years has been a part of this championship,” said NDA head coach Molly McDermott. “They continued coming in and working hard and not letting the level of play drop off , even when we weren’t experiencing the championships. They came in and maintained the high level of volleyball for those 26 years.”

McDermott, a 1990 NDA graduate, was a standout on the Pandas’ 1989 state championship team coached by Kim Gunning. She’s the fi rst person to win a state title as both a head coach and a player.

Notre Dame fi nished 26-3 for the season, winning the Ninth Region championship for the second straight year.

The Pandas had lost in fi ve games at Mercy Oct. 3 (25-20, 18-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-12) and did not play Assumption during the season. Mercy edged Assumption in fi ve games in the quarterfi nals, and both teams rolled through their semifi nal match.

Then it came to crunch time. McDermott spent a lot of energy during the See NOTRE DAME, Page 2B

Notre Dame teammates Anna Long, 4, and Sydney Nolan, 11, block a Ryle shot as Notre Dame defeated Ryle 3-1 in the KHSAA Ninth Region volleyball championship match Oct. 29 at Holmes High School. PHOTOS BY JAMES WEBER/THE ENQUIRER

Ryle junior Sierra Smith blocks the shot of Notre Dame senior Anna Long as Notre Dame defeated Ryle 3-1 in the KHSAA Ninth Region volleyball championship match.

Abby Powers is one of fi ve Notre Dame seniors that signed to play at Division I schools.

UK coach, former Highlands star Schlarman dies Dave Clark Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Offensive line coach John Schlarman during the UK football Fan Day at Nutter practice fi eld in Lexington, Kentucky on Aug. 4, 2018.

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John Schlarman, the University of Kentucky Wildcats off ensive line coach and former Highlands High School standout who inspired the team throughout his courageous battle with cancer, died Nov. 12, according to school offi cials. He was 45.

Schlarman was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in July 2018. His fi nal appearance on UK's sideline was against Tennessee last month. He was presented the game ball after the Wildcats' win.

"The UK Athletics family is in deep sorrow on the passing of John Schlarman," athletic director Mitch Barnhart said. "Throughout the last two years, he has been an incredible inspiration. He taught people how to live and showed all of us what it means to be courageous."

After starring at Highlands and at UK, Schlarman coached at Campbell County High School and Newport High School.

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lands High School in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky in 1993 after a stellar athletic career. In 2019, he was even inducted into Highlands Athletics Hall of Fame in order to highlight his football track and fi eld accolades. In his senior football season, he was elected team captain of the 1992 AAA state championship team that posted a 14-1 record. He was named the team’s Most Valuable Player, starting on both sides of the ball and leading the team in tackles. He was a key contributor on the gridiron both as an off ensive tackle and a defensive lineman beSee SCHLARMAN, Page 2B

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KHSAA football playoff pairings released James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

After a delay of one week, the football playoff s in the six Kentucky High School Athletic Association divisions are set to begin Nov. 20, with the state fi nals being pushed back to Dec. 18-20 at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field.

The format is the same as last year.

The fi rst two rounds are district playoff s, with the four qualifi ers from each district playing until one advances to the third round.

In the third and fourth rounds, teams are seeded based on their RPI ratings at the end of the regular season, with the higher RPI hosting.

The state is split into half geographically for the third round to limit travel, with the winners from Districts 1-4 in each class paired together by RPI, then the same for District 5-8.

The four semifi nalists are paired by RPI regardless of travel distance.

As of Saturday morning, 11 Kentucky

teams have opted out of the playoff s due to COVID-related concerns. That includes three Northern Kentucky teams: Bellevue (0-8) in 1A, Holy Cross (2-6) in 2A and Campbell County (2-6) in 6A. All three teams were the No. 4 seed in their brackets, and top seeds Newport Central Catholic, Beechwood and Ryle will receive fi rst-round byes as a result.

Of the 11 teams that opted out, nine of them are No. 4 seeds slated to play a No. 1 seed, and the other two were No. 3 seeds. The 11 teams had a combined record of 13-66.

The local playoff openers are all slated for Friday night, Nov. 20, except for Holmes’ 4A opener against Boyd County. Holmes, which fi nished the regular season with a 7-2 record and 4-0 in District 6, has been in quarantine and is expected to be cleared to play by Nov. 21.

The Bulldogs will host Boyd at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21.

Here are the offi cial pairings and a brief look ahead at future matchups based on all the No. 1 seeds advancing to

the third round. One upset before then could reshuffl e the entire bracket.

1A, District 4: Dayton (5-3) at Ludlow (3-5), winner plays at Newport Central Catholic (6-2) Nov. 27.

If seeds hold, NewCath would play at Louisville Holy Cross (6-1) in the third round in a rematch of NCC’s 21-16 loss to Louisville in the same round last year.

LHC is ranked third in the fi nal Associated Press poll and NewCath fi fth.

1A, District 5: Bracken County (1-4) at Bishop Brossart (5-3), Paris (1-5) at Nicholas County (5-1).

If seeds hold, Brossart would play in the third round at reigning 1A state champion Pikeville (5-2), which is ranked fi rst by the AP. 2A, District 5: Shawnee (1-5) at Walton-Verona (5-4), Gallatin County (4-3) at Carroll County (5-4).

2A, District 6: Lloyd Memorial (3-2) at Newport (4-3). Winner plays at Beechwood (6-2) Nov. 27.

The 2A districts are in the same bracket for the third round. If seeds hold, Walton-Verona will play at West

Carter (7-1), who is ranked fi fth by the AP. Beechwood would host Breathitt County (4-1), ranked seventh in the AP. Beechwood is ranked third.

4A, District 6. Boyd County (3-4) at Holmes (7-2), Harrison County (5-3) at Rowan County (3-3).

If seeds hold, Holmes would play at Boyle County (7-0), which is ranked second in the state.

5A, District 5: Cooper (3-5) at Covington Catholic (7-1), Highlands (4-5) at Conner (3-3).

If seeds hold, CovCath will host the winner of District 7, which is hard to handicap due to several close games within the district and several district games being cancelled. Collins (6-2) has the highest RPI of the group (13th) but lost to Woodford County (3-2) during the season.

6A, District 6: Simon Kenton (3-6) at Dixie Heights (4-3), winner plays at Ryle (6-3) Nov. 27.

If seeds hold, Ryle will travel to reigning state champ Louisville Trinity for the third round.

Two NKY players earn state player of year awards

trict. She was named Ninth Region offensive player of the year.

Broering had 15 goals and six assists, leading the Bluebirds to their third con-

secutive Ninth Region title. Highlands advanced to the state round of 16 before losing to Lexington Catholic in penalty kicks and fi nishing 15-2-2.

Dreas had 26 goals and seven assists for Simon Kenton, who won the Eighth Region. SK fi nished 13-7 after losing to Sacred Heart in penalty kicks in the state quarterfi nals.

Dunlevy had 12 goals and eight assists, and Bowling earned all-state honors for the second straight year after posting 16 goals.

Earning second-team honors were Simon Kenton senior Sammy Prather, St. Henry senior Mackenzie Kent, Notre Dame junior Macie Feldman, Dixie Heights junior Morgan Gerak and Bishop Brossart's Riley Griffi n.

Prather, a Morehead State commit, had eight goals and 10 assists while controlling the midfi eld for the regional champion Pioneers. Kent had 24 goals, Feldman posted 12 goals and 9 assists, and Gerak posted 18 goals and 18 assists.

Griffi n allowed a goal per game in the net for the Mustangs, who won the 10th Region championship and lost in the state round of 16.

Honorable mention picks were Simon Kenton senior Aubrey Nipper,

Highlands freshman Laney Smith, Boone County senior Raygen Black, Highlands senior Kenzie Nehus, Cooper junior Madi Redlinger, Notre Dame junior Emma Spivey and Dixie Heights teammates Nina Sturm and Grace Gerding.

Moeller, a Ryle senior, led a Raiders defense that allowed only fi ve goals all season, none in the regular season. Ryle fi nished 17-1-1, winning the Ninth Region championship and losing in the state semifi nals to South Warren in penalty kicks. The coaches association did not name an overall Mr. Soccer honoree.

Moeller was fi rst-team all-state in the East along with senior teammate Lance Paul, who led the Ryle off ense with 16 goals and 12 assists. Also on the fi rst team were Holy Cross senior Holden Lipscomb, Highlands senior Max Farris, Highlands senior Hank Cook, Covington Catholic senior William Bosley and Conner senior Dekkar Haaser.

Lipscomb led Northern Kentucky in goals with 31 with seven assists. Farris and Bosley were off ensive leaders and playmakers, and Bosley helped CovCath fi nish 13-4-1 and Ninth Region runnerup to Ryle. Haaser and Cook were honored for defense.

on a decisive block by Scheper and senior Abby Powers at the net, following a serve by senior Anna Long.

“These kids believed and they bought into working hard in the gym day in and day out,” McDermott said. “They struggled to be motivated some days, and we told them ‘Are you working as hard as Mercy and Assumption right now?’”

Another factor McDermott worked on was the physical advantage the Louisville powers usually have. A typical Assumption roster usually has multiple players on the fl oor over six feet tall, and last year’s state champions had one over 6-foot-3.

When McDermott returned to NDA for the 2018 season, she worked on changing the Pandas’ scheme to counteract the size advantage the Louisville “big three” usually have.

McDermott installed a system where the Pandas play quicker on off ense and defense, emphasizing shorter passes from the serve and shorter sets to hitters. McDermott said it took three full years for the Pandas to be at their peak with the schemes.

“We’re playing a diff erent defense than they do at club,” McDermott said.

“We were asking them to play a diff erent tempo at the pass. To compete with the Louisville teams, we have to be fast. We don’t’ always have the size that they do but we have the speed to compete.”

The mental and strategic preparations bolstered a talented veteran Panda squad that had fi ve seniors sign with Division I programs Nov. 11.

Senior Anna Long signed with Florida State to play beach volleyball. Sydney Schroder signed with Florida Atlantic for beach volleyball. Signing to play the traditional indoor sport were Emma Grace with Xavier, Emily Wichmann with Oakland and Abby Powers with Robert Morris. Other seniors are Annashea Carlisle and Cate Scheper.

“We have a great senior class,” McDermott said. “They bought in to what we were asking them to do. These girls have worked hard in the gym to reach that summit and get that monkey of their back. I couldn’t be more proud of them, especially dealing with COVID, and us coaching them with masks, having to clean and sanitize the balls all the time.”

McDermott had two fellow NDA standouts as assistant coaches in Leslie (nee Schellhaas) Litmer and Jenna (nee Schreiver) Leistner, who played Division I in college.

Long led the team with 376 total kills, which ranked fi fth in the entire state.

She also had 41 total blocks and was third on the team with 210 digs.

Grace was second on the team with 273 kills. She also had 34 blocks and was second on the team in digs with 259. She

also had a team-high 49 aces.

Powers was fourth on the team in kills with 173 and Scheper fi fth with 126.

Scheper was second on the team in blocks with 45 and Powers had 43.

Wichmann had 370 digs. Bentley led the entire state in assists with 969 and her 10.89 per set average was third in the state by a hair.

Sophomore Sydney Nolan was third on the team kills with 212 and led in blocks with 81.

In the three state tournament matches, Nolan hit .474, with 41 kills to only four errors. Long had 48 total kills.

Carlisle came off the bench this year to get 45 digs and 21 aces. Schroder posted 59 kills and 34 blocks.

Sophomore Kamden Schrand was fourth on the team in digs with 184. Leah Fortner and Tess Noll also played varsity time.

McDermott credited the junior varsity players, who had to step in when the varsity was unable to play in the 35th District Tournament because of quarantine, and ending up winning the district championship. The players who took the fl oor there were Elizabeth Chun, Megan Chun, Lucy Dickman, Adele France, Delaney Gillum, Kayla Hostetler, Brianna Klaene, Jada Kramer, Peyton Mast, Abigayle Porter and Madison Steff en.

Northern Kentucky All-Star as the team’s most valuable fi eld athlete.

Schlarman went on to become a fouryear starter at Kentucky from 1994-97, earning fi rst-team All-SEC honors as a senior. He also was a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team in 1994 and was chosen the team’s most outstanding offensive lineman in 1995 and ‘96. Following his junior season, he was chosen for the “Unsung Hero All-America Team” by the College Football Chronicle.

Also an outstanding student, Schlarman was a three-year member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and was a fi -

nalist for Academic All-America in 1997 after earning a place on the Academic All-District Team. He graduated with a degree in mathematics and later earned his master’s in sports management.

Schlarman entered coaching at Bourbon County High School, coaching the defensive line in 1998 and ‘99, helping guide the team to the state playoff s both seasons.

He returned to UK as a graduate assistant coach from 2000-02, helping with the off ensive line all three seasons.

He also had sole responsibility of the tight ends in the ‘02 campaign when the

Wildcats compiled a 7-5 record.

Schlarman re-entered the highschool ranks in 2003 as head coach at Campbell County for two seasons. He moved to Newport HS in 2004-05 and had a two-year record of 19-6, including two state playoff appearances and a district title.

The best season was 2005, when Newport went 11-2 and reached the state playoff quarterfi nals before losing to the eventual state champion. He was named District Coach of the Year in 2005 by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association.

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Notre Dame senior Lauren Carothers has been named Miss Kentucky Soccer, and Ryle senior Noah Moeller was named one of two boys soccer players of the year in Kentucky in honors voted on by state coaches associations.

Carothers led Notre Dame with 15 goals and had seven assists as she led the Pandas to a 15-3 record and the Ninth Region semifi nals. Carothers was last year’s Ninth Region off ensive player of the year.

She was one of six Northern Kentucky players named fi rst-team all-state by the coaches association, which splits the state into halves: West (Regions 1-8) and East (Regions 9-16).

Carothers was fi rst team for the East, along with Dixie Heights senior Carson Smith, Highlands junior Faith Broering, Campbell County sophomore Ruby Dunlevy and Scott senior Lydia Bowling. Simon Kenton junior Ellie Dreas was named fi rst team for the West.

Smith scored 28 goals and had 17 assists for the Colonels, who fi nished 153-1 and was Ninth Region runner-up to Highlands after winning the 34th Dis-

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season reminding her team that they could compete with the Louisville powers.

“They came in this year talking about a state championship,” McDermott said.

“They competed with those schools at the freshman and JV levels, so they felt when they were seniors , they said we could do this. It’s that mental battle.”

That mental perseverance helped as the tense moments and the swings of momentum in the state fi nal were refl ected in the stats, which were close in every major category.

Notre Dame had to come through at several key moments. The Pandas had to bounce back after giving away leads of 10-2 and 15-10 in the fourth set, while leading 2-1. The Jaguars rallied to win the fourth set 25-22 to force the decisive fi fth set.

NDA trailed 4-2 and 10-9 in the fi nal set.

The fi fth set had nine ties and three lead changes until it got to 13-13, when the next team to lead by two points would win the match. Notre Dame led 14-13 on a kill by senior Cate Scheper from an assist by senior Emily Bentley.

The Pandas then won the fi nal point

Schlarman Continued from Page 1B

ginning as a sophomore. For his play during his junior and senior years, Schlarman earned fi rst-team All-State honors as a lineman.

In track and fi eld, he qualifi ed for the sectional and state meets in both his junior and senior years and was the 2A state runner-up in the shot put. As a team captain his senior year on the track team as well, he was named a

NDA senior Lauren Carothers and NCC junior Ella Meyer battle for the ball as Notre Dame defeated Newport Central Catholic 7-0 in the 9th Region girls soccer quarterfi nals Oct. 17 at Covington Catholic.

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COMMUNITY NEWS Natural Green Christmas tree lot celebrates 50 years, changes location Paul Stuempel’s Natural Green Christmas tree lot has moved to 90 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, KY 41075 – next to Jeff Wyler Chrysler.

Paul’s tree lot has become a family tradition. Little ones run around the roped in, tree lined lot, as mom, dad, grandma and grandpa hunt for their perfect tree while listening to Christmas music to set the mood.

Once found, the tree goes through a routine list. It’s put on the Natural Green shaker, then the bailer is next. Then it’s given a fresh cut, and fi nally, it is secured safely in their car.

Meanwhile, the family, along with their favorite pet wait to get their yearly picture taken in front of a colorful background. A great time is had by all – only at Natural Green.

It was 1970 when Paul opened Natural Green for the fi rst time on a vacant lot on Donnermeyer Drive in Bellevue, Kentucky. He bought 75 trees with the $150 he had to his name. At that time, he only had his wife’s favorite tree, balsam fi rs, like the skimpy Charlie Brown trees, and a fuller tree, Scotch pines.

In recent years he has had as many as 10 diff erent varieties of trees. The last couple of years there has been a shortage of trees. This year is no exception.

Most of the trees come from Michigan, but he had to go to Canada this year to secure the number of trees needed to open the lot. Most of us are not aware of the hard work the tree farmer undergoes, especially to get the premium quality trees he has.

Also, the trees are subject to a government grading

Paul Stuempel’s Natural Green Christmas tree lot is celebrating 50 years of business. PROVIDED

system, similar to beef. Paul has had to call for such an inspection before to make sure his customers have the best selection of trees to choose from.

He loves the outdoors and is very appreciative of his customers. He is very passionate about the business and all the Christmas excitement. He loves running the tree lot and seeing his customers looking through the display of trees.

Paul also enjoys decorating and showing the handmade wreaths in the wreath trailer. He also sells other accessories. Paul loves this type of work so much he started something similar to the tree lot for the other 11 months of the year.

In the early 1970s, he had an open air market known

as Frederick’s Fill Produce, located on the 6th Street Fill, but Paul had to close when 471 was built.

Paul couldn’t be happier with his Christmas tree business. He is fortunate to have a job for 50 years – a job he dearly loves. It’s fun, but it’s mixed in with hard work and long cold hours.

Though only open for a little over one month, there is so much involved that doesn’t meet the eye. Getting the trees here is a feat in itself. Ordering the right number of trees can be tricky, and has defeated Paul in the past.

Having enough help on the lot is crucial. Preparation for the following year can begin as early as May, however, all the hard work is worth it when you see the big smiles on faces as they leave the lot with their beautiful tree.

Fifty years and loving every minute of it – come visit us at our new location and help us celebrate.

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Northern Kentucky church receives prestigious award Highland United Methodist Church in Fort Thomas has received a grant of $43,000 to enable its minister, Rev. John W. Bowling, to participate in the 2020 National Clergy Renewal Program.

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Scouts honor military heroes on Veteran’s Day

Scouts placed flags on graves to honor troops for Veteran’s Day.

Scouts from Troop 1, Troop 1001 and Cub Scouts from Pack 138 chartered by Florence Christian Church placed American fl ags at the gravesites of all military veterans buried in the Florence Cemetery on Center Street.

The scouts placed the fl ags on the graves to honor our troops for Veteran’s Day. Troop 1/1001 and Pack 138 meet every Tuesday at Florence Christian Church. Please visit www.troop1ky.org.

Timothy Iott, Scouts BSA Troop 1, Troop 1001, Pack 138

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Seminary in Indianapolis.

Established by the Endowment in 2000, the program’s grants allow Christian congregations to support their pastors with the gift of extended time away from their ministerial duties and responsibilities.

Ministers whose congregations are awarded the grants use their time away from the demands of daily ministry to engage in refl ection and renewal.

The approach respects the “Sabbath time” concept, off ering ministers a carefully considered reBowling spite that may include travel, study, rest, prayer and immersive arts and cultural experiences.

Through the National Clergy Renewal Program, congregations apply for grants of up to $50,000 to support renewal programs for their pastors.

Collaborative in nature and implementation, the program allows congregations to partner with their ministers in developing experiences that address their unique renewal needs and aspirations. Recognizing that ministers’ families are subject to the stress and demands placed on pastoral leaders, the program encourages pastors to involve their families in renewal activities.

Congregational needs during the minister’s renewal experience also are considered. Up to $15,000 of the grant may be used to support interim pastoral leadership during the pastor’s retreat, as well as renewal activities within the congregation.

Since the National Clergy Renewal Program’s inception, more than 3,000

congregations have participated in the program, including the 140 congregations receiving grants in 2020.

Rev. Bowling, who graduated Candler School of Theology (Emory University), in 1991 and ordained an Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1993 has been pastoring since 1987. He has been the minister of Highland Methodist since June of 2012.

The grant will allow him, his wife and two children to enjoy 2 weeks in Europe this summer and then Rev. Bowling will spend 4 weeks exploring and hiking in historic old Western towns in 5 states and conclude his sabbatical in Big Sur, CA. where he intends to do writing.

“Pastors play an important role in nourishing the spiritual lives of individuals and in guiding the work of the Christian congregations they serve,” said Christopher L. Coble, Lilly Endowment’s vice president for religion.

“Through these grants, we seek to honor pastors for their extraordinary service and enable them to engage in a brief period of rest and renewal. We have learned that such experiences invigorate the leadership of pastors and bring new vitality to their congregations as well.”

The Rev. Dr. Robert Saler, research fellow and director of the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs, noted that the National Clergy Renewal Program integrates key attributes of healthy congregations, including a mutual respect for the renewal needs of both ministers and the congregations they serve.

“The program provides an opportunity for congregations to express appreciation for their ministers’ service and leadership,” Saler said. “At a time when leaders are often praised for their pace of innovation and productivity, the National Clergy Renewal Program pays

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Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis directs the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Program for Indiana Congregations and a second program for congregations across the United States through its Center for Pastoral Excellence.

John Bowling

Winter cover crop can improve garden soil No matter how small your garden is, it can play an important role in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and temporarily locking it in the soil.

There are a number of ways you can improve on this natural cycle, but at this time of year, the best way is through a cover crop.

Soil left bare over the winter months is susceptible to weed growth, erosion that can wash away valuable nutrients and a loss of carbon into the atmosphere. Soil nitrogen left over from this year’s crop is subject to leaching due to fall and winter precipitation. Planting a fast-growing cover crop can help prevent these problems. The term crop in this context may be misleading. These plants are not meant to be harvested.

Instead, they add important nutrients, promote benefi cial bacterial growth and stabilize the soil.

Easy and eff ective cover crops that can be planted at this time of year include annual rye grass, hairy vetch, red clover, and winter rye.

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Hairy vetch and red clover work well as a cover plant, whether paired with rye or by themselves. Being legumes, they are excellent at fi xing nitrogen in the soil. They are also prolifi c enough to reduce weeds and prevent erosion. In the spring, their blossoms will attract bees to your garden. If you worry about hairy vetch or clover reseeding in your lawn – though they’re pretty plants and would add biodiversity and important nutrients – just cut them back before they bloom.

Come spring, you have two options. You can turn over your cover crop into Stolz the soil, allowing your vegetables or fl owers to benefi t from the nutrients it will slowly release. Or you can cut it back and let it die naturally, planting directly into the crop and using it as a mulch to continue to suppress weed growth and supply nutrients to your garden. Depending on which cover you plant, this may be easier said than done, because some, particularly grasses, are diffi cult to directly sow or plant into.

Grasses have a densely packed root system, which make them diffi cult to till or turn over. If your garden is particularly small or you’re gardening in raised beds, rye might not be your best option.

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Please take notice that Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. has applied to the Kentucky Public Service Commission for approval to revise its Demand Side Management (DSM) rate for gas service and electric service for residential and commercial customers. Duke Energy Kentucky’s current monthly DSM rate for residential gas customers is $0.030735 per hundred cubic feet and for non-residential gas customers is $0.000000 per hundred cubic feet. Duke Energy Kentucky’s current monthly DSM rate for residential electric customers is ($0.003143) per kilowatt-hour and for non-residential customers is $0.001768 per kilowatt-hour for distribution service and $0.000537 per kilowatt-hour for transmission service.

Duke Energy Kentucky seeks approval to revise these rates as follows: Duke Energy Kentucky’s monthly DSM rate for residential gas customers would increase to $0.045817 per hundred cubic feet and for non-residential gas customers would remain at $0.000000 per hundred cubic feet.

Duke Energy Kentucky’s monthly DSM rate for residential electric customers would increase to $0.002175 per kilowatt-hour and for non-residential customers would decrease to ($0.000868) per kilowatt-hour for distribution service and would decrease to $0.000218 per kilowatt-hour for transmission service.

The rate contained in this notice is the rate proposed by Duke Energy Kentucky. However, the Public Service Commission may order a rate to be charged that differs from this proposed rate.

Such action may result in a rate for consumers other than the rate in this notice. The foregoing rates reflect a proposed increase in electric revenues of approximately $1.93 million or 0.57% over current total electric revenues and an increase in gas revenues of approximately $0.94 million or 0.98% over current total gas revenues.

A typical residential gas customer using 70 ccf in a month will see an increase of $1.05 or 1.5%. A typical residential electric customer using 1000 kWh in a month will see an increase of $5.65 or 6.1%. A typical non-residential electric customer using 40 kilowatts and 14,000 kWh will see a decrease of $40.35 or (3.2%). A non-residential customer served at transmission voltage using 10,000 kilowatts and 4,000,000 kWh will see a decrease of $887 or (0.4%). Non-residential gas customers will see no change in their bills from this application.

Any corporation, association, body politic or person may by motion within thirty (30) days after publication or mailing of notice of the proposed rate changes, submit a written request to intervene to the Public Service Commission, 211 Sower Boulevard, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602, and shall set forth the grounds for the request including the status and interest of the party. The intervention may be granted beyond the thirty (30) day period for good cause shown. Written comments regarding the proposed rate may be submitted to the Public Service Commission by mail or through the Public Service Commission’s website. A copy of this application filed with the Public Service Commission is available for public inspection at Duke Energy Kentucky’s office at 1262 Cox Road, Erlanger, Kentucky 41018 and on its website at http://www.duke-energy.com. This filing and any other related documents can be found on the Public Service Commission’s website at http://psc.ky.gov.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, in a November 25, 2020, Application, Kentucky Utilities Company (“KU”) is seeking approval by the Kentucky Public Service Commission of an adjustment of its electric rates and charges to become effective on and after January 1, 2021.

KU CURRENT AND PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC RATES Residential Service – Rate RS Basic Service Charge per Day: Plus an Energy Charge per kWh: Infrastructure: Variable: Total: Residential Time-of-Day Energy Service - Rate RTOD-Energy Basic Service Charge per Day: Plus an Energy Charge per kWh: Off-Peak Hours (Infrastructure): Off-Peak Hours (Variable): Off-Peak Hours (Total): On-Peak Hours (Infrastructure): On-Peak Hours (Variable): On-Peak Hours (Total): Residential Time-of-Day Demand Service - Rate RTOD-Demand Basic Service Charge per Day: Plus an Energy Charge per kWh (Infrastructure): Plus an Energy Charge per kWh (Variable): Plus an Energy Charge per kWh (Total): Plus a Demand Charge per kW: Base Hours Peak Hours

Current $ 0.53

Proposed $ 0.61

$ 0.05886 $ 0.03077 $ 0.08963

$ 0.06750 $ 0.03200 $ 0.09950

Current $ 0.53

Proposed $ 0.61

$ 0.02683 $ 0.03077 $ 0.05760 $ 0.24465 $ 0.03077 $ 0.27542

$ 0.03312 $ 0.03200 $ 0.06512 $ 0.18924 $ 0.03200 $ 0.22124

Current $ 0.53 $ 0.01276 $ 0.03077 $ 0.04353

Proposed $ 0.61 $ 0.01276 $ 0.03200 $ 0.04476

$ 3.44 $ 8.90

$ 4.01 $10.37

KU is also proposing changes to the rates for other customer classes. These customer classes and their associated annual revenue changes are listed in the tables shown below. KU is also proposing to change the text of some of its rate schedules and other tariff provisions and to add two optional rate schedules: General Time-of-Day Energy Service (“GTOD-Energy”) and General Time-of-Day Demand Service (“GTOD-Demand”). KU’s proposed rates reflect a proposed annual increase in electric revenues of approximately 10.4%.

The estimated amount of the annual change and the average monthly bill to which the proposed electric rates will apply for each electric customer class are as follows: Electric Rate Class Residential Residential Time-of-Day General Service General Time-of-Day All Electric School Power Service Time-of-Day Secondary Time-of-Day Primary Retail Transmission Fluctuating Load Service Outdoor Lights Lighting Energy Traffic Energy PSA Rider – CSR Outdoor Sports Lighting – Pilot Program

Average Usage (kWh) 1,120 1,184 1,689 25,276 31,900 194,032 1,288,759 5,852,624 50,490,867 58 3,373 150 N/A N/A 6,800

Annual Annual $ % Increase Increase 68,176,839 10.68 19,427 10.68 26,734,943 10.68 New Rate Schedule 1,453,830 10.68 19,592,722 10.67 14,530,948 10.69 26,942,083 10.68 8,787,141 10.68 3,514,118 10.69 (129) 0.00 18 0.01 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (4,762) (4.97)

Monthly Bill $ Increase 12.85 12.08 26.91

Monthly Bill % Increase 10.67 10.69 10.68

285.86 351.54 1,580.24 8,786.08 36,613.09 292,843.20 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 (99.21)

10.68 10.67 10.69 10.68 10.68 10.69 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 (4.97)

The monthly residential electric bill increase due to the proposed electric base rates will be 10.67 percent, or approximately $12.85, for a customer using 1,120 kWh of electricity (the average monthly consumption of a KU residential electric customer).

KU is also proposing an Economic Relief Surcredit Adjustment Clause, which will credit KU customers a total of $11.9 million over twelve months when new rates go into effect from this proceeding. For the first twelve months of new rates following this proceeding, a $0.00068 per kWh credit will be applied to all standard rate schedules.

KU is proposing to add an optional rider called Warranty Service for Customer-Owned Exterior Facilities. This rider permits firms that provide warranty service for the repair or replacement of customer-owned exterior electric facilities serving a KU customer’s residence and connected to KU distribution facilities and that meet certain standards to use KU’s billing services to obtain payment for subscribed warranty service.

KU is proposing a new net metering rate schedule, Rider NMS-2, and renaming its existing Rider NMS to be Rider NMS-1. Rider NMS-1 will serve eligible electric generating facilities as defined in KRS 278.465(2) for which customers have submitted an application for net metering service before the effective date of rates established in this proceeding. Rider NMS-2 will apply to all other net metering customers. KU is also proposing new terms and conditions for Net Metering Service Interconnection Guidelines.

KU is requesting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and other associated relief to exchange all existing non-communicating electric meters in its service area with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters.

KU proposes to eliminate certain Environmental Cost Recovery (“ECR”) Projects from its ECR mechanism and monthly filings on a going-forward basis, which will result in rate base costs previously included for recovery in the ECR mechanism being recovered through base rates. The reduction in ECR mechanism revenues creates a corresponding increase in base rate revenues with no change in total revenues.

KU is proposing the following revisions to other charges in the tariff:

Other Charges

Other Charges Returned Payment Charge Meter Test Charge Meter Pulse Charge Disconnect/Reconnect Service Charge w/o remote service switch Disconnect/Reconnect Service Charge w/ remote service switch Unauthorized Connection Charge – without meter replacement Unauthorized Connection Charge – for single-phase standard meter replacement Unauthorized Connection Charge – for single-phase AMR meter replacement Unauthorized Connection Charge – for single-phase AMI meter replacement Unauthorized Connection Charge – for three-phase meter replacement Advanced Meter Opt-Out Charge (One-Time) Advanced Meter Opt-Out Charge (Monthly) Redundant Capacity - Secondary Redundant Capacity - Primary EVSE – Networked Single Charger EVSE – Networked Dual Charger EVSE – Non-Networked Single Charger EVSE-R – Networked Single Charger EVSE-R – Networked Dual Charger EVSE-R Non-Networked Single Charger EVC-L2 – Charge per Hour for First Two Hours EVC-L2 – Charge per Hour for Every Hour After First Two Hours EVC-FAST – Charge per kWh Solar Share Program Rider (One-Time) Solar Share Program Rider (Monthly) Excess Facilities – w/ no CIAC Excess Facilities – w/ CIAC TS – Temporary-to-Permanent TS – Seasonal

Current Charge $3.00 $75.00 $24.00 $28.00 New $70.00 $90.00 $110.00 $174.00 $177.00 New New $1.16 $0.99 $132.09 $193.62 New $121.79 $173.02 New $0.75 $1.00 New $799.00 $5.55 1.16% 0.47% 15% 100%

Proposed Charge $3.50 $79.00 $21.00 $37.00 $0 $45.00 $66.00 $87.00 $149.00 $154.00 $39.00 $15.00 $1.36 $0.92 $132.09 $193.62 $82.86 $121.79 $173.02 $30.86 $0.75 $1.00 $0.25 $799.00 $5.55 1.17% 0.47% 15% 100%

A detailed notice of all proposed revisions and a complete copy of the proposed tariffs containing the proposed text changes, terms and conditions and rates may be obtained by submitting a written request by e-mail to myaccount@lge-ku.com or by mail to Kentucky Utilities Company, ATTN: Rates Department, 220 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, or by visiting KU’s website at www.lge-ku.com.

A person may examine KU’s application at the offices of KU located at One Quality Street, Lexington, Kentucky or at the other KU business offices, and at KU’s website at www.lge-ku.com. A person may also examine this application at the Public Service Commission’s offices located at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or may view and download the application through the Commission’s Web site at http://psc.ky.gov.

Comments regarding the application may be submitted to the Public Service Commission by mail to Public Service Commission, Post Office Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602, or by email to psc.info@ky.gov. All comments should reference Case No. 2020-00349.

The rates contained in this notice are the rates proposed by KU, but the Public Service Commission may order rates to be charged that differ from the proposed rates contained in this notice. A person may submit a timely written request for intervention to the Public Service Commission, Post Office Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602 establishing the grounds for the request including the status and interest of the party. If the commission does not receive a written request for intervention within thirty (30) days of initial publication or mailing of this notice, the Commission may take final action on the application.

Kentucky Utilities Company c/o LG&E and KU Energy LLC 220 West Main Street P. O. Box 32010 Louisville, Kentucky 40232 800-981-0600

Public Service Commission 211 Sower Boulevard P. O. Box 615 Frankfort, Kentucky 40602 502-564-3940

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