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What’s going on in NKY: Healthcare plans in Cold Spring, a corrupt NKY judge book, and good news Julia Fair Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Molly B. True, 41, of Bellevue, visits the Exchange Project, a van run by the Hamilton County Public Health, that parks at different places throughout the city on different days. True uses harm reduction services and ultimately sought treatment. She now serves on the Harm Reduction Ohio board of directors. PHOTOS BY AMANDA ROSSMANN/THE ENQUIRER
The people who care: How harm reduction bloomed here with the opioid epidemic Terry DeMio Cincinnati Enquirer
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aryl Hams saw a discolored bandage poking out from the man’s sleeve. The bandage covered a festering abscess. A wound from a contaminated needle. The man had had it cleaned at a hospital but hadn’t yet picked up antibiotics prescribed for him. Daryl, who had never met the man before, handed the stranger fresh bandages, cleansing packets, and urged him to get and take all the antibiotics. Still, Daryl could not stop thinking about the young man. A nurse, Daryl bought wound-care supplies and carried them in a kit for three weeks, hoping to see the man again. Then one day, at the Hamilton naloxone-giveaway site: “Are you the guy with the wound?” Daryl asked a man in a cloth mask. “I was worried about you.” The man proudly showed off a wrist no longer bandaged, the abscess healed. He started to walk away. Then stopped and turned back. “It’s been a long time,” the man said, “since anybody worried about me.”
Syringes are discarded at Caracole, in Northside, during a drive up exchange program the organization hosts weekly.
---Molly B. True was a 19-year-old college student in the late 1990s when she started using heroin. This was before the epidemic settled into the region. Heroin chic was fashion. Kurt Cobain, idolized. Now 41 and living with her boyfriend in Bellevue, Molly has seven broken-off needles in her body – arms, groin, neck – scarred over, there forever. It makes it tough to get an MRI. Tough to forget that she once had no place to go when she wanted to protect herself from infections. Molly had always tried to use safely. She tried, after getting hepatitis C, not to spread the virus to others. She’d buy syringes when pharmacists would sell them to her. See OPIOIDS, Page 2A
This is an installment of reporter Julia Fair’s series “By the way, NKY.” Here, you’ll fi nd what’s going on in Northern Kentucky. If there’s something you think should be included, email reporter Julia Fair at jfair@enquirer.com Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 16 (updated Feb. 18). By the way, here’s what’s going on in Northern Kentucky:
St. Elizabeth Healthcare makes plans in Cold Spring Do you remember when another piece of news was hiding within the land battle over the Disabled American Veterans grounds in Cold Spring? I do. When the Campbell County Board of Education made moves to take the private property for a new school, the city advocated a diff erent plan. The city was in the loop about the developer’s plans to put a health care facility on the 30-acre site. At the time, I asked Cold Spring Mayor Angelo Penque what the facility was and which company would own it. He declined to answer. I had a feeling it could be St. Elizabeth Healthcare. So, I reached out to its spokesperson, who didn’t say yes or no and instead gave a very vague answer. That’s usually what happens when a development plan hasn’t been announced. Well, now we know that St. Elizabeth Healthcare is working with Cincinnati-based developer AI. Neyer, fi rst reported by Fort Thomas Matters, an online news site. But the details about what kind of facility it will be are still murky. “We have been working with Neyer as the health care partner for this development. While we do not have defi nitive plans at this time, we look forward to expanding access to quality healthcare in the Northern Kentucky community,” said Guy Karrick, spokesperson for St. Elizabeth Healthcare. Cold Spring City Attorney Brandon Voelker shared some details about the deal at a council meeting in January. The proposed facility is estimated to cost up to $85 million and create about 240 jobs with an average salary between $85,000 and $95,000.
Book recounts the tale of a disbarred Boone County judge
Daryl Hams, right, a registered nurse and a project director of the Regional Harm Reduction Collaborative, fi lls out paperwork for a client at a makeshift outdoor booth in Hamilton, while Jennifer Williams also helps.
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Believe it or not, I enjoy reading books after a full day of reading and writing news. I usually pick up historical or true crime books because – surprise – I like reading about things that actually happened. So when I heard about a Lexingtonbased author’s book about a Northern Kentucky judge scandal, I was intrigued. No, this book is not about former Kenton County Family Court Judge Dawn Gentry. It’s about Jay Bamberger, a former circuit court judge in Boone and Gallatin counties, and his See NKY, Page 2A
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actions in the 1990s fen-phen diet drug case. In the book “Fat Chance,” Rick Christman, a former community columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper, retold the story about attorneys and a judge who got disbarred for their involvement in the class action lawsuit against American Home Products, according to the press release about the book. Attorneys stole from the plaintiff s’ $200 million damages. The judge had a
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cozy relationship with a trial consultant. And two attorneys got long prison sentences. Bamberger resigned as a judge in 2006 to avoid being removed by the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission for his actions. In 2011, the Kentucky Supreme Court disbarred him, according to The Enquirer archives. The case has a lot of layers that I’m looking forward to reading about.
Good news, everyone! My friends say I’m optimistic. I think it’s hard not to look for the good in the world when so much seems uncertain. So, I wanted to talk about a few good news items that I recently learned about. Restaurants are still struggling to make it through and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Dayton, home to about 5,000 people along the Ohio River, took a step to try and help. It launched a $15,000 stimulus plan, called the “Dayton Dining Dollars Program,” and sent each Dayton resident a $5 voucher to spend at local restaurants. The money for the program came from the federal CARES Act, according to WCPO. That wasn’t the only exciting restaurant news. Fort Mitchell’s Greyhound Tavern was named Kentucky’s “Most Legendary Restaurant” by Microsoft News, according to a press release from the restaurant. The Microsoft News article included the Northern Kentucky staple in its list of legendary restaurants in all 50 states. (It claimed Ohio’s most legendary is the Golden Lamb in Lebanon.)
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She cared about her health. She says she was addicted to heroin but wasn't ready to get treatment. Molly knew of places across the country where people who injected drugs could get sterile syringes, no judgment. “I remember thinking, ‘Gosh, that’ll never happen in Cincinnati,’” she says.
Fat Chance is the story about attorneys and an NKY judge who got disbarred for their involvement in the class action lawsuit against American Home Products. PROVIDED
Finally, I want to talk about some neighborhood projects that are happening in Covington, thanks to a city grant. The city funded seven neighborhood projects totaling $27,000. The grants were between $2,500 to $5,000, according to a press release. The projects include plans to place trees, perennial fl owers, trash cans, banners and benches throughout Covington neighborhoods.
Because, in the late 1990s through the early 2000s you were on your own. Today, you are not. Today, there are Daryls. --It has taken Greater Cincinnati something like two decades to understand what Daryl and people like him off er. It’s called “harm reduction,” a host of strategies to minimize negative physical and social outcomes from drug use. It’s what those who use drugs can do between prevention and treatment: That place where most people who use drugs
Need a COVID-19 test? Here are some helpful links to resources in Northern Kentucky: h Find a free COVID-19 test on the state’s COVID-19 website at govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19. h To fi nd a regional vaccination site, go to www.kroger.com/rx/guest/ get-vaccinated and type Covington, KY in the search bar or call 866-211-5320. h If you are 70 or older or in phase 1B, signup for a vaccine appointment on the health department website at https:// nkyhealth.org/ individual-or-family/ health-alerts/ coronavirus-covid-19home/ covid-19-vaccination/. That’s it for this installment of By the way, NKY. Let us know if there’s something you think we should include in the next. In the meantime, here are some other ways to keep up with your community: h Keep an eye on your local government with us and subscribe to the free daily newsletter that gets sent directly to your inbox every morning. h Download the NKY news app and sign up for alerts to be the fi rst to know about news in your neighborhood. 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
simply are. With the heroin epidemic grew the understanding that addiction is a health issue. And fi xing a health problem by locking it in jail, or even by scolding it, was not terribly eff ective. That maybe fi xing it, or starting to, requires being there. Being kind. Helping people stay safe. The epidemic grew. Understanding grew. Life got better for the Mollys of the world. See OPIOIDS, Page 4A
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Not everyone understood. Syringe exchange – trading used syringes for sterile ones – still feels wrong to a lot of people, who think it enables drug use. But there is no scientifi c evidence to suggest that people who inject drugs will stop using because they can’t fi nd sterile syringes. They will use what is available. “I remember using needles to inject my drugs that … were bent and it looked like something you’d pulled out of a garbage can, really,” Molly says. Scattershot needles back then led to a groundswell of complaints from neighbors who’d fi nd the syringes in playgrounds, grocery store parking lots and even their own lawns. The hepatitis C virus can live in the barrel of a syringe for up to six weeks. People started to realize they, or their children, could get the bloodborne disease. It was this threat to the general public that led some to begrudgingly accept the idea of the harm reduction strategy syringe exchange. “Everybody (who used), pretty much, had hepatitis,” Molly says. “A few people had HIV. “But your life is in such shambles from addiction that you don’t care.” ---
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Dr. Judith Feinberg, an infectious disease expert who at the time was a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, cared. She is the pioneer of harm reduction in Cincinnati. She saw hepatitis C cases rising and, by 2006, thought it was time for syringe exchange. Feinberg gathered research to point to the positive results of harm reduction elsewhere. SyFeinberg ringe exchanges had been going on for years, most notably after the AIDS crisis evolved in the 1980s and ‘90s. Feinberg took that evidence and met with public health offi cials, city leaders, neighbors. Steadily, she pushed for syringe exchange. Her analysis showed what newer studies amplify: Syringe services have been associated with a 50% reduction in HIV and hepatitis C. They cost less than $2 a day per person, research shows. Compare that to the lifetime cost of HIV treatment which is about $350,000 per person. The annual cost of hepatitis C treatment? About $84,000 per patient. That, and this: “People who use drugs are fi ve times more likely to enter treatment” if they use harm reduction, Feinberg says, noting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. In 2014, Feinberg got the go-ahead to start a needle exchange. The fi rst attempt failed from community pushback, but The Cincinnati Exchange Pro-
Molly B. True, 41, has used harm reduction services and ultimately sought treatment. She now serves on the Harm Reduction Ohio board of directors.
Billy Golden, a harm reduction coordinator at Caracole, talks with people inside a vehicle during a drive up exchange program the organization hosts weekly. PHOTOS BY AMANDA ROSSMANN/THE ENQUIRER
ject was operating a few months later, outside Church of Our Savior in Mount Auburn. The Cincinnati health board approved the exchange. UC College of Medicine covered major costs. Interact for Health supplied a grant. And as the mobile exchange expanded into several Cincinnati neighborhoods, Molly caught wind of it. “I’m like, ‘Impossible,’” she recalls. “I did a little investigating, because that’s what I do,” the former Northern Kentucky University journalism student says. “I went,” Molly says. “And I met some of the greatest people that I’ve met in years.” --The exchange was a place to get things: sterile syringes, drug-cooking devices and clean wipes, naloxone, HIV and hepatitis C tests, condoms. But it was not just about things. It was about treating people with dignity – an underpinning of harm reduction strategy, says Feinberg. “You have a totally supportive, nonjudgmental rapport so that if, or when, they are ready (for treatment), you are there.” For Molly, that support had a name: Billy Golden.
Billy Golden – everyone calls him Billy – prefers to stay out of the spotlight and just do his job. When he worked for The Cincinnati Exchange Project you might fi nd him on the streets, picking up used syringes, at the van or working at a table in some alley. Always, he made sure the exchange was a safe space for people who use drugs. If a client was there for three minutes, Billy says he made sure, “for three minutes of the day, that person was more than their drug addiction." “That that person can come and just breathe.” Once, when Billy was working in a Walnut Hills alley, his 100-pound German shepherd mix Wylie in tow, a woman asked if she could brush his dog. “She stayed for the whole shift and just brushed him and brushed him,” Billy says. “When she left, like, there was this lightness. Like, this break.” Sometimes Molly brought her dog, Fiona, to play with Wylie while she and Billy talked. “And, no matter what kind of mood I’d be in, he would always ask how I was doing. And it wasn’t about, ‘Are you clean yet?’ It was about, ‘Are you OK today?’ And that just felt right.” See OPIOIDS, Page 6A
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Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 19. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. Gov. Andy Beshear toured the Kroger regional vaccination site at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington Friday as part of a delayed opening ceremony. “Downstairs our heroic healthcare workers are administering vaccines as part of our commitment to bring this shot of hope to every area of Kentucky,” Beshear said. “We are committed to an equitable and just rollout of this vaccine where you don’t have to spend a whole day trying to drive three or four hours away just to have the vaccine administered to you.” In the week since it opened, the Northern Kentucky site has administered 2,400 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Kentuckians, offi cials said. “I saw just a small part of those more than 2,400 walking through today. First time I think anybody’s been really excited about getting a shot. But everyone thrilled at this opportunity to see past what has so consumed us these last 11 months,” Beshear said. The Northern Kentucky site has averaged about 600 vaccinations a day so far, but could accommodate 3,000 doses daily, the governor said. “If you tour downstairs, you see a facility that is ready, able and willing to administer a lot more doses than we have,” Beshear said.
Beshear reported 1,993 new coronavirus cases Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the commonwealth to 394,687. There were 28 deaths reported Friday, increasing Kentucky’s coronavirus death toll to 4,401. The state’s positivity rate is 6.89%.
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Kentucky Governor, Andy Beshear, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday. Dec. 22, 2020. ALTON STRUPP/COURIER JOURNAL
With new locations announced yesterday, Kentucky will have 291 vaccination sites next week. The sites are prioritizing people in Group 1B, including people age 70 and over. “What you are seeing here is us building towards the future, knowing that we are going to have signifi cant more supply that comes in at a later date and not waiting to build our ability to administer it,” Beshear said. The governor thanked Kroger and the Northern Kentucky Convention
Center for their partnership in the efforts to administer the vaccine. “I want to thank Kroger for their continued support throughout this pandemic to assist and protect Kentuckians throughout our state,” said Beshear. “The COVID-19 vaccines are a medical miracle. The regional vaccination sites are just the latest example of how Kroger has stepped up, along with local offi cials and leaders in Northern Kentucky, to make sure we get through this together.”
The Kroger regional vaccination site at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington is open Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Appointments are required. Go to www.kroger.com/rx/guest/ get-vaccinated and type in “Covington, KY” in the search bar or call 866-211-5320. Two new vaccination sites in Northern Kentucky will open next week: h Kroger, 634 Chestnut Drive, Walton. h Walmart, 6711 Alexandria Pike, Alexandria. The locations of all the vaccination sites in Kentucky are available at vaccine.ky.gov.
Vaccine website and hotline Kentucky has a website, vaccine.ky.gov, and a hotline to help people fi nd where to get the vaccine and to help determine when they will be eligible for it. The hotline is 855-598-2246 (TTY 855-326-4654 for hearing impaired) and is available 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Should you get a vaccination ahead of surgery? Anne Saker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 15 (updated Feb. 19). Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates. Many of the 2.2 million Ohioans now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine also wonder how to time the shot with upcoming medical procedures. Some hospital systems are urging patients to get vaccinated fi rst, and others suggest waiting, but all recommend a consult with the caregiver fi rst. The chief caution, providers said, is not the vaccine itself but the potential for a recipient to experience a fever after vaccination. Elevated body temperature after vaccination indicates that the body’s immune system is learning to fi ght off the new coronavirus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a vaccine-triggered fever generally subsides in a day or two. But running a fever in the day ahead
of surgery or a procedure can force a provider to postpone or cancel the procedure, said Dr. Marc Orlando at the Mayfi eld Brain & Spine practice. Earlier in February, the practice had to send a patient home ahead of a procedure because of the patient's complaints of muscle aches and chills. “I’m living proof of the eff ect,” Orlando said. “I just got my vaccination, and I told a friend I felt like a small truck, not a large truck, hit me last night.” It’s hard for a provider to determine whether a fevered patient is responding to a vaccination or is fi ghting off an infection, Orlando said, and that uncertainty means providers will be cautious about proceeding. UC Health, St. Elizabeth Healthcare and other hospital systems in the Cincinnati area have encouraged everyone to get vaccinated. Guy Karrick, spokesman for St. Elizabeth said, “The answer is yes, you should get the vaccine if you are facing an upcoming surgery. However, you should talk to your doctor about the appropriate timing.”
Doses of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 are drawn and prepared for patients during a pop up vaccination clinic event at New Prospect Baptist Church in the Roselawn neighborhood of Cincinnati on Feb. 10. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER
Karrick said vaccine doses can ideally be spaced at least 72 hours ahead of surgery to avoid any fever that would mean canceling the surgery. Orthopedic surgeon David Argo at the Beacon Orthopedics practice said he’s told 50 patients already that they
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“I mean, my whole life it was like, my family and my friends and my ex-boyfriends were all like, ‘are you clean yet?’” Molly says. “I would always be ashamed.” Billy was diff erent. “He knew that I was strung out and was just off ering me help for what I needed at that moment.” Billy helped Molly get a doctor who understood addiction. He laughed with her, listened to her. Once, when she was overwhelmed, Billy sat at a picnic table with Molly, off ered a notebook and pen and stayed while she thought through her priorities. But Billy says now it never occurred to Billy that Molly felt so strongly about his help. In 2018, Hamilton County Public Health took over The Cincinnati Exchange Project with sure funding. It was a signal to the region: County leaders believe in harm reduction. The service wends through Cincinnati, Hamilton County and even reaches into Butler and Clermont counties. Molly has been in methadone treatment since September 2020. She manages her drug use, using maybe twice a week instead of what used to be several times a day. She still stops at the Exchange Project, as it’s now called. One sunny Wednesday, Molly drove to the van at McMicken Avenue in Overthe-Rhine. Masked clients fi led in and out. A man carried a foot-tall, red plastic tub fi lled with used syringes. From a parking lot, Molly pointed out the van to a fi rst-timer.
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Then she walked over, disappeared behind the door and returned with two small bags. They held syringes, stretchy blue tourniquets, a plastic case for used syringes, disinfecting wipes and a plastic zip with more odds and ends. She would use some and provide some for a friend who has no transportation. But for Molly, the most comfortable place to spend time and fi nd help is Caracole, in Northside. Molly used to volunteer at the nonprofi t, but it suspended volunteer work when the COVID-19 pandemic started. Billy is there, working as a harm reduction coordinator. One recent evening, he parked his pickup in the lot and beelined to folding tables set up outside where co-workers stood. He’d come straight from a Northern Kentucky exchange, where he’d given clients HIV and hepatitis C tests. The
Caracole exchange runs 5-7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Billy grabbed a clipboard, smiled through his mask and waved over cars that were idling in the lot. About 25 miles north of Caracole, Daryl is project director of the Regional Harm Reduction Collaborative. Funded through the Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board with a state opioid response grant, it hosts harm reduction services, some new, in Butler, Warren, Clinton, Brown and Clermont counties. Daryl says he looks to Billy and other Caracole workers as harm reduction role models. “The people we see aren’t used to being seen,” Daryl says, tearing up. He learns clients’ names. He asks them about them. He advocates for them. The art and science of harm reduction and its menu options are evolving
should make sure to get a vaccination at least three days before any surgery or procedure. “There’s no contraindication for the vaccine, so it’s an inconvenience more than anything else, but we don’t want to operate on people who have a fever,” he said.
in Greater Cincinnati. Sometimes a city won’t allow needle exchange but offi cials will say OK to naloxone giveaways. Daryl hands out cards for Never Use Alone, a toll-free number that off ers safety by phone. Rob Goeller from Caracole off ers messaging on You Tube for how to use safely during the pandemic. Alexis Deatherage and Beth Bullock walk Clermont County streets checking on people and handing them water bottles, naloxone and snacks. There are myriad services with multiple funding streams, sometimes consisting of just donations. Molly embraces it all, though she no longer can keep track of everything available. She is excited for others who will benefi t from harm reduction. Like she has. “My life is exponentially better,” Molly says. “I am a diff erent person. I buy Christmas presents. I have a bed now.” “My ultimate goal (is) to continue to volunteer, and maybe it will lead to some actual, real job in harm reduction,” Molly said. “I feel like that’s where I belong.” In mid-January, Molly was unanimously appointed to the Harm Reduction Ohio board of directors. Her position is indicative of another pillar that the National Harm Reduction Coalition advocates: Ensuring that people who use drugs and those with a history of drug use routinely have “a real voice” in programming and policy designed to serve them. “We’re going to use Molly's knowledge and talents to make the world a better and safer place for people who use drugs,” says Dennis Cauchon, the nonprofi t’s founder. She can’t wait.
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Goering battled family dysfunction at businesses Founder of UC’s Goering Center died Feb. 7 Alexander Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
John Goering spent much of his life working in his family’s varied businesses. Navigating the diff erent personalities, management styles and family dynamics – and later teaching others how to do it – became Goering his legacy. Growing up, Goering helped out at the Ideal Packing Co., a West End meatpacking company run by his father and uncle. The tension he saw between the two brothers led to a lifelong obsession. Eventually, it led to the 1989 founding of The Goering Center For Family and Private Business at the University of Cincinnati, a nonprofi t that provides practical education programs for familyowned and other businesses. The center is meant to help busy entrepreneurs tackle practical issues – such as succession planning and developing future leaders – and has touched hundreds of businesses employing thousands in Greater Cincinnati. “While working at the plant with my father and uncle, I observed something unfortunate between them: confl ict,” Goering wrote in an undated letter explaining the center’s origin. “They had an unequal partnership, and the discord planted a seed of curiosity in me. I wondered, ‘how do family businesses resolve these relational issues?’” Goering, 87, died Feb. 7 after recent health issues. Local business leaders paid tribute: Richard Graeter, president and co-owner of local icon Graeter’s Ice Cream, credits the Goering Center with helping his family transition its namesake enterprise from the third to the fourth generation of management. “It’s a wonderful asset that John Goering gave to this community,” Graeter said, adding he might be enrolling the fi fth generation of Graeter family members in the near future.
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Graeter and others said coursework at the center forced family members to engage with each other and bigger issues like succession planning away from the hustle of day-to-day operations. “You’re so busy running a business, you don’t take time on planning,” Graeter said. “It forces you to make the time.”
‘I hate being CEO’ Big things sometimes happen when family members get away from the grind and refl ect with one another. Jancoa Janitorial Services owners Mary and Tony Miller had an epiphany at the Goering Center: “My husband said ‘I hate being CEO’ and I said ‘I want that job,’” Mary Miller said. Now, Mary Miller is the boss and majority owner (51%) – and the company is a certifi ed WomanOwned-Business. Her husband decided to focus on mentoring and operations, while she concentrates on long-term strategy. Goering’s vision was to create a resource for family businesses to improve communication and structure to grow beyond the personalities of founding members. He wanted family members to think big and talk with each other to prevent rivalries and other issues from contaminating their business. Family drama can mean dramatic problems for a business. More than half of transitions from one generation to the next fail due to a lack of communication and trust among family members. “The worst thing that
happens is the business owner dies, and the fi rst time the family knows about a succession plan is when they read the will,” Goering told The Enquirer in 2014. “There are cases like that... All kinds of things come up, all the family dynamics come into play. Very often they don’t want to face those issues, which is unfortunate because very often that can lead to the demise of the business.”
‘He didn’t have to be top dog’ After his family sold out of the meat business, Goering became an accounting professor at the University of Cincinnati in 1958. Later, he served as an administrator: as registrar and associate vice provost, from 1967 to 1975. He retired from teaching in 1981. But throughout his academic career, Goering stayed involved in several of his family’s continuing ventures. He eventually led one of them, Erlanger Lumber Co. He also developed an industrial park, Walton Park, and owned land he leased to farmers in Northern Kentucky. For decades, Goering spent several weeks a year in California helping one brother run an industrial business owned by the family, while he also helped his other brother run the lumber business. “He didn’t have to be top dog,” said Goering’s son, Stuart Goering. “He recognized his role (as an accountant) and that he was the source of a lot of critical information and could make recommendations. But ultimately he wasn’t always the decision-maker.”
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Not a basketball fan, but diner leaves massive tip Quinlan Bentley Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
College basketball fans have been leaving massive gratuities at restaurants throughout the region for months, but now non-sports fans appear to be rising to the challenge as well. A diner left a $1,000 tip for a $49.78 bill at the La Mexicana Restaurante Cantina & Tienda in Newport, Kentucky on Feb. 15, according to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page. “You’re Awesome! F*** a Crosstown
Shootout,” the diner wrote in a note left on the receipt. “We can’t even begin to express how thankful and humbled we are for our amazing customers who have kept us in business,” the restaurant wrote in it’s post. As of Feb. 21, generous diners had left more than $40,000 in tips at Greater Cincinnati restaurants. The challenge is dubbed the Crosstown tip-off in reference to the annual college basketball game played in December between the UC Bearcats and Xavier Musketeers.
Fans have taken turns leaving generous tips at local restaurants. Sometimes they leave a couple dollars more than what was left previously, other instances it’s hundreds of dollars more. It all started when a $1,000 tip on a $54.59 bill was left by a Xavier fan dining at Zip’s Cafe in Mount Lookout on Jan. 9. Besides being a lighthearted way for college basketball fans to compete, the challenge is also used as a way to support restaurant workers who’ve been working throughout the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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At 73, O’dell Owens to retire from four decades in public life Anne Saker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Dr. O’dell Owens, twice elected Hamilton County coroner and long an infl uential voice in Cincinnati health care and policy, most recently advising Gov. Mike DeWine on the pandemic, recently said he would retire March 31. Since October 2016, Owens has been president and chief executive offi cer of the health eduOwens cation nonprofi t Interact for Health. He issued his retirement announcement through the Norwood organization. “I came to Interact for Health knowing that this would be my last job,” Owens’ statement said. “Whether helping a child get glasses and see the board in school for the fi rst time, passing a model Tobacco 21 policy to deter youth from smoking or vaping or helping reduce opioid overdoses, I retire knowing that, together, we’ve made a lasting impact on our community’s health.” Last year, the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber recognized him as a “Great Living Cincinnatian.” Recently speaking with The Enquirer, Owens said the pandemic had been a factor in his decision to retire, although at 73, “I decided that this was the time.” The new coronavirus has “been so-
bering. We do so much with COVID, and we pay attention to these people dying at various ages, and it did factor into what does O’dell really want to do?” That list, he said, includes getting into an exercise routine, traveling, visiting museums, fi shing and perhaps writing a book “to inspire young people to shoot for the stars.” Interact for Health off ers its outreach to 20 counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In its statement on Owens, the organization said its board of directors will set up a leadership team to run Interact until a new president and CEO signs on. Woodrow Uible, the board chairman, said, “We will certainly miss Dr. Owens’ leadership, advocacy and tireless enthusiasm for his work.” Jeanne-Marie Tapke, the board’s immediate former chairwoman, said Owens focused Interact’s work on “reducing tobacco use, addressing the opioid epidemic and providing access to care via school-based health centers. I would like to thank Dr. Owens for his vision and leadership. While we are not ready to see him go, we are grateful for his leadership and wish him the best in his well-earned retirement.” Last year, when the pandemic arrived in Ohio, Interact under Owens provided money to other nonprofi ts for face masks. Owens joined DeWine’s Minority Health Strike Force and spoke
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SPORTS KHSAA changes wrestling and swimming formats James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association voted Feb. 17 to make major changes in how the postseason is structured for its winter sports programs. In particular, the tournaments for wrestling and swimming will have a diff erent look this year to account for indoor attendance limitations that are still in place because of the pandemic. In swimming, there will not be a single centralized state championship meet, which has been held at either the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville. The capacities at those natatoriums don’t allow for spectators for each swimmer. After the regional tournaments, the state qualifi ers will be divided into three semistate meets, and the times for those meets will be used to determine state champions and medalists. The sites for those three meets have not been determined. The regional meets will take place in a two-week window as early as April 5, and the semistate meets will take place the week of April 19. A total of 13 swimmers will advance to each semistate in each event – the top two fi nishers in each regional and seven at-large swimmers spread among the three regions. One more atSee KHSAA, Page 2B
NKU's John Harge leaps for a rebound during the NKU vs IUPUI game at the BB&T Arena at NKU on Friday January 15. 2021. After the fi rst half, NKU held the lead with a score of 30-28. PHIL DIDION
NKU’s Horizon League will play basketball tournaments without fans Provided
INDIANAPOLIS - The Horizon League Board of Directors announced on Friday, as a part of its role of overseeing League-wide safety protocols focused on consistency and clarity for
all League competition, that the 2021 Horizon League Basketball Championships will be played without fans for all rounds of the tournaments. Team pass lists and complimentary tickets will also be prohibited. This update follows the Board of Di-
rectors announcement on January 8 not to allow fans or team pass lists for the remainder of the basketball regular season and championships rounds hosted at the sites of the highest seeds. Both the men's and women's tournaments are scheduled to begin on Feb. 25.
Frontier League returns to 2021 Y’alls schedule James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
The Florence Y’alls announced Feb. 17 the 2021 Frontier League season schedule will be played as normal under a new alignment. The home Opening Day will be May 29, beginning a three-game series against the Southern Illinois Miners, immediately followed by a visit from the Lake Erie Crushers. Florence starts the season at Gateway May 27-28. “Last year, we showed the community that we could safely play baseball in front of fans,” Florence Y’alls President David DelBello said. “Now, it’s time to
take it a step further and have our inaugural season in the Frontier League as the Florence Y’alls.” The Y’alls played a short-term season in 2020 due to the pandemic, putting together two teams based in Florence to compete against two teams based in Lexington. This year’s season will feature a 16-team league that is a merger between the Frontier League and the CanAm league. Nine teams from the traditional Frontier League that Florence fans are used to seeing will compete with seven teams from Canada and New York. Florence will compete in the Midwestern Division with traditional rivals Gateway, Evansville, Southern Illinois,
Lake Erie, Joliet, Schaumburg and Windy City. Washington (Pa.) from the Frontier League will be in the Can-Am Division with Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, Tri-City, New York, Ottawa, New Jersey and Sussex County. Florence will play 12 games against Washington and three games each at Sussex County and New Jersey, and the Y’alls will play between nine and 15 games against their division foes. The regular season begins May 27 and ends Sept. 10-12 with a home series against Schaumburg. The 96-game schedule will feature eight Thirsty Thursdays, seven Firework Fridays and eight Rockin’ Saturdays. The
Florence Y’alls full 2021 promotional schedule will be released April 1 along with all the giveaways, promotional appearances, theme nights and concession specials. Individual tickets to Y’alls games will go on sale April 1, as well. “We have some amazing promotional nights planned,” Director of Fan Communications Hannah Siefert said. “2020 didn’t turn out exactly the way we planned, so it is time to have as much fun as we can in 2021!” Season Tickets, Mini Plans and Club Y’allers Memberships are on sale now at fl orenceyalls.com, and the franchise wants to remind fans that parking is free at home games.
Florence's water tower mascot cheers on young fans in a water balloon contest as the Florence Y'alls defeated the Lexington Legends 14-3 in the season opener of the Battle of the Bourbon Trail July 31, 2020 at UC Health Stadium, Florence, Ky. JAMES WEBER/THE ENQUIRER
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Locals among McDonald’s All-American nominees lost since 2019. She will play at Michigan. “She had to have knee surgery before the season,” Mount Notre Dame coach Dr. Scott Rogers said. “She’s just come back like a gangbuster. I’m really happy for her. She’s played great all year.”
Scott Springer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Several of Greater Cincinnati’s top boys and girls high school basketball players have been tabbed as McDonald’s All-American nominees. There will be no live game this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Instead, it will be a virtual celebration. The fi nal team roster of 48 players will be named later this month. But, much like the senior year seasons of these athletes, commemorating these players will look diff erent this year due to COVID-19. McDonald’s decided to forego in-person games after consulting with health and safety experts. McDonald’s will still give those who are named to the fi nal team recognition for their accomplishments and dedication to the game of basketball. Details of the virtual celebration will be shared soon. This year’s talent is spread coast-tocoast, with nominees representing 44 states and the District of Columbia. High school players from Texas received the most nominations (87), followed by Florida (58) and California (57). Alumni of the nation’s premier high school basketball showcase include Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Zion Williamson, Maya Moore, Candace Parker, A’ja Wilson and many more. Nominees are all seniors.
Kentucky girls Brie Crittendon, Ryle - The 5-foot-10 Crittendon averages 13.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 steals for the Raiders and is committed to Eastern Kentucky.
Ohio boys
Ryle senior Brie Crittendon drives against Dixie Heights senior Laci Reinhart as Ryle defeated Dixie Heights 69-51 in KHSAA girls basketball Jan. 8, 2021 at Dixie Heights High School, Edgewood, Ky. JAMES WEBER/THE ENQUIRER
Greater Cincinnati’s nominees: Ohio girls Jenna Batsch, Loveland - The 6foot-1 guard led Loveland to the Eastern Cincinnati Conference title with 13.7 points per game, 4.6 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game.
She will play at Kent State. LeAsiah Payne, Winton Woods Payne averaged 8.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the Warriors. She will play at Fisk University. Laila Phelia, Mount Notre Dame The 5-foot-10 Phelia has averaged 17.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals for the undefeated Cougars who have not
Logan Duncomb, Moeller - The 6foot-9 Indiana signee was recently named the Co-Greater Catholic League Player of the Year with St. Xavier’s Kobe Rodgers. Duncomb averaged 13.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks for the Crusaders who shared the GCL-South title with St. Xavier and Elder. Collin Miller, Walnut Hills - Miller is a 6-foot-2 guard for the Eagles who shared the Eastern Cincinnati Conference title with Turpin. He averaged 6.2 points per game, 4.8 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 2.6 assists. He has signed to play baseball at Belmont Abbey. Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Feb. 19. Visit Cincinnati.com for possible updates.
Newport becomes ninth NKY school to start Esports James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Newport High School is launching an Esports program that will include competitive teams and utilizing gaming as an educational tool while providing a new student activity. Newport is the latest Northern Kentucky high school to embrace Esports, which allows schools to compete against one another and off ers an opportunity for college scholarship funds. "These are not the video games that my generation grew up playing," said Newport Independent Schools Superintendent Tony Watts said. "This is a big business, and these games are, as anybody knows who plays them, very high tech and sophisticated. Beyond forming a team, Esports will give some students an opportunity to participate in something other than sports." About 30 Newport students have expressed an interest in participating in Esports, which is short for electronic sports, said Newport High School Athletic Director Robert "Alan" Haire II. But he expects that number to grow as the Esports program is launched and implemented. "This is not just putting kids on a computer and telling then to play video games," Haire said in a press release. "They are actually competing locally, and even worldwide. Kids can earn scholarships and they receive all the benefi ts of team building, building char-
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large swimmer will be chosen for one semistate.. Region 7, which has all Northern Kentucky teams, will compete in the semistate with Regions 8 and 9. Those teams are as follows. REGION 8 – Bourbon County, Bryan Station, Frederick Douglass, George Rogers Clark, Great Crossing, Harrison County, Henry Clay, Lafayette, Lexington Catholic, Lexington Christian, Mason County, Montgomery County, Paris, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robertson County, Sayre, Scott County, St. Patrick, Tates Creek REGION 9 – Ashland Blazer, Barbourville, Berea, Boyd County, Corbin, East Carter, East Ridge, Elliott County, Fleming County, Johnson Central, Knott County Central, Knox Central, Letcher County Central, Madison Central, Madison Southern, Model, North Laurel, Oneida Baptist Institute, Piarist, Rockcastle County, Rose Hill Christian, Rowan County, Russell, South Laurel, West Carter, Williamsburg “We are not the only state. We’ve had several states that have actually canceled their swimming, and a majority of states are doing some kind of modifi cation for one year,” said KHSAA commissioner Julian Tackett. “We hope that next year we have hundreds of people hanging on each other at (the University of Kentucky) again or any other facility.”
St. Henry District High School fi nished the inaugural KHSAA esports season as state runner-up. (From left to right): Jay Giffin, Joey Fedders, Jackson Clark, Grady Botkin, Robert Blasingame. PHOTO PROVIDED BY ST. HENRY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
acter and being a part of something." According to the website of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA), more than 100 high schools in the state have formed or are forming teams. In Northern Kentucky, Newport joins Beechwood, Boone County, Covington Latin, Dayton, Dixie Heights, Highlands, Pendleton County and St. Henry and competing in leagues against schools from across the region and around the state. St. Henry was state runner-up in last year’s competition. The video gaming industry is a fi nancial behemoth. With $120 billion in annual revenue, it is larger than movie, music and streaming markets combined. Beyond the competition, Esports is being implemented in classrooms and
In wrestling, an extra round of competition has been added to cut the number of state qualifi ers in each weight class from 32 in a normal year to eight this season. After the regional meets, the top four fi nishers in each weight class will advance to a semistate tournament, where the top two fi nishers will then advance to the state meet. That will make eight wrestlers in each weight class for the state meet. Points from the semistate and state meets will count toward team standings. The current plan is for Region 6, which houses all of Northern Kentucky except Grant County High School, to pair up with Region 5 for the semistate round. Region 5 schools are Anderson County, Franklin County, Grant County, Great Crossing, North Oldham, Oldham County, Scott County, South Oldham, Spencer County, Western Hills and Woodford County. Woodford County is a perennial state power and other schools in the region typically produce top-fl ight wrestlers. As voted, the regional meets will take place the week of March 8, the semistate meet the week of March 15 and the state meet the week of March 22. In football, the KHSAA voted to keep the current playoff format in place until realignment happens for the 2023 fall season. For the past two seasons, the four playoff qualifi ers from each district played each other in the fi rst two rounds of the playoff s instead of being paired with teams from another district in the
lessons in technology, business, and entrepreneurship. Haire reached out to Northern Kentucky University to discuss how the Newport and NKU Esports programs may be able to work together. As he pulled together information on Esports programs, Haire reached out to his peers at Dayton and Beechwood high schools for guidance and advice. "Beechwood is incorporating Esports as part of its STEM (science, technology engineering and math) program," Haire said. "At Dayton, one of their IT people is helping out with the program. I think we are just starting to the see the potential that Esports can off er our kids, and I am glad Newport is going to be a part of that. According to a recent report on National Public Radio (NPR), more than 170 colleges and universities fi eld Esports
teams and are off ering more than $16 million in college scholarships, numbers that are certain to grow as Esports continues to rise in popularity on high school and college campuses. The Esports program at the KHSAA currently uses three games: League of Legends, Rocket League and Smite, with plans to add current editions of FIFA soccer and Madden NFL football. League of Legends and Smite allow players to use characters with diff erent abilities to accomplish missions in a team setting, while Rocket League combines soccer with driving skills. Amid continued COVID-19 concerns, and with traditional sports reworking their infrastructure, the value of esports is evident now more than ever as it provides high school students a safe extracurricular environment in which to compete. “We are excited to expand our Esports off erings to include more opportunities for student-athletes to participate,” said KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett. “Our membership has been quick to accept Esports as our most recent sanctioned sport-activity, and we look forward to seeing its participation continue to grow.” The leagues will operate through PlayVS.com. With PlayVS, the KHSAA has been able to aff ord students even more opportunities to safely compete and hone their skills in STEM and team collaboration during the current COVID-19 crisis.
Spencer Moore of Walton-Verona scores a techfall win for the 106lb championship over Olivia Messerly of Ryle at the 2019 Ryle Raider Rumble, December 14, 2019. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE ENQUIRER
fi rst round. A recent survey conducted by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association said that 76 percent of the members want the old format back and crossbracketing between districts. The KHSAA voted to do a survey of football-playing schools and address the
matter further in May, but that any change would likely not take eff ect until 2023. Tackett argued Feb. 17 that the current format cuts down on travel costs for schools, and that every other team sport starts its postseason with intra-district playoff s.
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Collinsworth calls ‘Jeopardy!’ moment ‘humbling’ Dave Clark Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
“The announcers on ‘NBC Sunday Night Football’ are Al Michaels & this former wide receiver,” read the clue during the episode of Jeopardy! that aired Jan. 7. Former Cincinnati Bengals receiver
In a fi le photo from 2014, Al Michaels (right) and Cris Collinsworth (center) in the broadcast booth before a game on "Sunday Night Football."
and long-time Fort Thomas resident Cris Collinsworth called it “another humbling moment” on Twitter when none of the contestants could come up with the correct answer: Collinsworth, who played for the Bengals from 1981 to 1988, joined former Cincinnati Reds play-by-play broadcaster Michaels on Sunday Night Football in 2009.
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COMMUNITY NEWS The Point/Arc gets the go-ahead for vaccine COVINGTON, Ky. – The Point/Arc, which provides opportunities to individuals with intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) to reach their highest potential educationally, residentially, socially and vocationally has received the go-ahead for at least 44 residents to receive The Pfi zer COVID-19 vaccination Terri Angel, Executive Director for SCL (Support for Community Living and Registered Nurse) for The Point/Arc announced. “Finally, the Commonwealth of Kentucky has allocated the vaccine for residential providers,” Angel said. The Point/Arc serves 14 residential homes, 24-hours-a-day in-care for 14 homes in residence. Add two, four-unit apartment buildings; one home independent setting; a respite program – with a home dedicated to respite — which is a total of 18 off -campus residencies. No other agency in Northern Kentucky has a home dedicated to respite. “We serve 50 people, on-going, not including respite,” Angel said. Elizabeth Kries, the Assistant Director of Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for Kentucky, was a big help according to Angel. “She (Kries) coordinated every person in each residential provider in the state,” Angel said. The Point/Arc was scheduled for vaccinations, in groups of six, Monday, Feb. 22 at Walgreens. Andy Furman, The Point/Arc
It All Started at Pump #1: Stories of Early Bellevue, Kentucky COVINGTON, KY – When Navy retirees Jim and Bev McPhail relocated from Connecticut to Bellevue, KY, in 2017, they bought an old house in the Fairfi eld Avenue Historic District and set about researching its history. As they did, they also uncovered misconceptions and urban legends about the city’s past, a few of which they will share during the next virtual NKY History Hour at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Some of the topics they will discuss are the founding of Bellevue, its fi rst
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residents, its growth and a citizens’ revolt against an unpopular law. To register and participate in the free presentation, presented by BehringerCrawford Museum, go to https:// us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ tZcsdeGtpjMiEtFOHWP1OI4tooShmMxzS0oY. Information on how to connect to the Zoom session will be sent after registration. As part of their research project, the McPhails served on the History Committee of the Bellevue Sesquicentennial Commission. They’ve held seminars on researching the history of homes and their occupants, including fi eld trips to the courthouse with the attendees. In 2019, they were named “Preservation Heroes” as part of the River Cities Excellence in Preservation Awards and are scheduled to be part of the upcoming NKY Restoration Weekend. Hosted by Shane Noem and Tara Johnson-Noem, vice president of the BCM Board of Trustees, NKY History Hour is a weekly off ering of the museum focused on Northern Kentucky history, featuring local authors, historians and archaeologists. NKY History Hour presentations are currently free to the public
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Underappreciated onions I love onions! They are a key ingredient in many of our savory recipes. They add abundant fl avor, being described as sweet and tangy to rich and pungent. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, are inexpensive and available year-round. They are low calorie, and contain, on average, 89% water and 8-9% sugar. They are fat and cholesterol free, while contributing fi ber, vitamin C, vitamin B6, protein, potassium, folate, calcium and iron to our diet. Onions also contain organosulfur compounds and phytonutrients that also benefi t our nutritional health. One of the biggest complaints about cooking with onions is the actual handling/chopping of these tasty vegeta-
bles. Try these tips from the National Onion Association: h To reduce pungency of raw onion, cut them the way you will be using them and place in a bowl of ice water for 1 ½ hours before draining. If you don’t have that much time, place in a strainer and run water through onions for at least a minute. h To remove smell of onions from hands or cooking equipment, rub your hands or cooking equipment with lemon juice. If you’re using a pan made of aluminum, cast iron, or carbon steel, rub with salt instead. h Do onions make you cry? Onions get intense fl avor and odor from compounds created by enzymes and sulfur containing substances interacting when the cell walls are disturbed by cutting. These sulfuric compounds are what makes you cry. Our bodies cry naturally to wash out the irritant. To avoid the crying, you need to limit contact with the sulfur fumes. There are many suggestions around to stop crying when cutting onions. The following seem to work best: h chill the onion 30 minutes in the refrigerator or 10 minutes in freezer h cut off the top (stem end) and peel the outer layers, leaving the root end intact, as this is where the highest concentration of sulfuric compounds are located. h use a sharp knife and quick, effi cient cuts. The more an onion is disturbed by cutting, the more compounds are released. h try goggles or tight fi tting glasses, as they help keep the fumes from reaching the eyes. h there are some “no cry” onions appearing in our grocery stores. The reason these onions are “no cry” is proprietary, but it is believed that there is a reduction or elimination of sulfuric compounds. These onions tend to be slightly sweet and some people fi nd them to have a reduced “onion” fl avor. Give them a try and decide for yourself! h One fi nal tip - worried about onion breath? Try one of the following: chew a sprig or two of parsley, rinse your mouth with equal parts lemon juice and water, or chew a citrus peel. Remember, cooked onions leave virtually no odor on the breath. Kathy Byrnes, Kenton County Cooperative Extension Service
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Fort Thomas U.S. Army offi cer homes become saleable gems Chris Mayhew Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Houses built more than 100 years ago for Army offi cers in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, have been remodeled from decaying structures into saleable gems in the past two years. Since July 24, seven of the 16 private residences on Alexander Circle have been sold for prices ranging from $631,000 up to $757,000, according to Campbell County property records. A couple of the houses are split into twofamily, and one of the houses was built new on an empty lot. “It’s everything we hoped it would be as far as an addition to the city,” said City Administrator Ron Dill. The neighborhood, which can only be accessed via a street in the back of Tower Park, now has its own identity as a community complete with some families, Dill said. Huff Realty lined up the buyers back in 2018. Huff secured agreements after a competitive bidding process to purchase the homes when they were re-
modeled. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Veterans Aff airs agreed to sell the vacant houses to the city - and eventually into private hands. The houses, built in the early 1890s, were home to Army offi cers who became heroes in the battle of San Juan Hill in 1898. The Sixth Infantry Regiment was based at Fort Thomas Military Reservation during the Spanish-American War in Cuba in 1898. Later, the VA, which still maintains a medical facility in Tower Park, housed some of its employees in the homes before allowing them to sit vacant for years. Fort Thomas worked for 14 years to convince the federal government to sell the property on the hillside overlooking the Ohio River, and areas of Cincinnati around Riverbend and the I-275 CombsHehl bridge. Fort Thomas hired Cincinnati-based Bloomfi eld/Schon + Partners to come up with a plan of how to remove lead and asbestos and renovate the houses. Work on the crown-jewel of Alexander Circle, the former commandant’s house, has started as well, Dill said. The
The former U.S. Army Fort Thomas commandant's house at 1 Alexander Circle has a hilltop view of Ohio River and Cincinnati's east side below.
The city of Fort Thomas is prepared to sell 10 former U.S. Army homes on Alexander Circle to a private developer so renovating the officer homes into private residences. PHOTOS BY CHRIS MAYHEW/THE ENQUIRER
house, which sits at the point of the hilltop overlook of the river, is the only house that has yet to be put up for sale, he said. The Army homes renovation project removed part of a loop road at the back of the park that went around a nearby ballfi eld and behind the city’s community center. The circle roadway inside the ring of houses was also changed to two cul-de-sacs that allowed for more property frontage for each house, Dill said. The city retains ownership of a strip of land in the center and a central overlook area that’s now home to some large swinging benches like those found at Cincinnati’s Smale Riverfront Park, he said. The city purchased most of the fort from the federal government in 1970. The community center is a former mess hall. The Armory is a recreation center. Other homes closer to Fort Thomas Avenue were renovated and sold as private residences years ago. The former Army homes represent one of the last pieces of the former fort. The city continues to talk with the federal government about a building originally used as a cavalry stable. The building is still part of an active U.S.
A stained glass window inside 6 Alexander Circle includes the intertwined letters "U" and "S" and two golden bugles signifying the U.S. Army.
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Lent: Diner-style salmon patties ‘were a Friday favorite at our house growing up’ Diner-style salmon patties Rita’s Kitchen Rita Heikenfeld
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As I write this column, another winter storm is predicted. I took a photo of the outhouse when I went outside to feed the “girls” (chickens). All I can say is, I’m sure glad we’re living today and not years ago when all along our country road, outhouses were essential. So were cook stoves that used wood as fuel. I guess what I’m getting at is even though the pandemic has caused lots of challenges for all of us, including much more home cooking, we still have it easier than folks of a diff erent era. And since Lent is here, it’s a good time to put fi sh on your menu. When was the last time you made diner-style salmon patties? With dill sauce? These were a Friday favorite at our house growing up. Maybe you’re in the mood for a yummy green bean stew which can be vegetarian if you so choose. It’s from a very special friend and creative cook: Helen Sarky, an Anderson township resident. Helen is celebrating her 85th birthday and she has been a wonderful mentor to many of us. Her Lebanese green bean stew is similar to the one that is a sell out at Cincinnati’s St. Anthony of Padua church dinners.
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Above, diner-style salmon patties are a great main course for a Lenten Friday night.
Left, our outhouse – we store straw in it. PHOTOS BY RITA HEIKENFELD/ FOR THE ENQUIRER
Lemon dill sauce I like this so much I use it on other seafood dishes, too. Ingredients
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LEGAL NOTICE Due to the proposed construction of KY 536 from the east end of the railroad bridge (B91)(MP 14.363 in Boone) to KY 1303 (MP 1.051) (16 CCN), project officially designated as 12F0 FD52 059 6977702R; STP 8206 (005); Kenton County, Item No. 6-162.20. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways deems it necessary to remove and relocate the unknown cemetery, which is located near the intersection of E. Mount Zion Road and Bristow Road. The said cemetery, which date is unknown, and may contain an estimated 6+ graves, all of which are unmarked and unidentified, all of which will be affected by the project. Anyone having knowledge of the cemetery, such as the names of persons buried there or their next of kin are requested to contact Amy Ishmael, Right of Way Program Specialist, Kentucky Transportatio Cabinet, Relocation / Property Management Branch 200 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY, 40622. The telephone number is (606) 2919641. KENTON,Feb4,11,18,25,Mar4, 11,18,25,Apr1’21#4573568
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