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What’s going on in NKY: Covington grabs jobs from Cincinnati; homeless shelter breaks ground Julia Fair Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Courtney Graham, St. Elizabeth's Emergency Department nurse, is inoculated with the Pfi zer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by RN Julie Nieman at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Fort Thomas, Ky., on December 17. PHOTOS BY ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER
COVID-19’s frontline Cincinnati’s nurses feel the strain of a long pandemic
Ernst recounted this scene: “Through full PPE (personal protective equipment), the nurse called out to the intensivist that the patient was crashing.” After a fl urry of conversations among the critical care doctor and the team about what could be done, and the determination that there was nothing more, the patient began to die. “The nurse asked, ‘What should I do?’ “ Ernst said. “The doctor said, ‘Take the patient’s hand,’ and she did. We all stood there and watched the monitor go fl atline and the patient stop breathing. “We cried and stood motionless in the hall.” It hasn’t all been tears for Ernst. There are victories, too, she said. “It was the days when patients went home that fueled us for the days when patients never would.” See FRONTLINE, Page 2A
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ee Ann Ernst, coordinator of the St. Elizabeth Infectious Disease Response Team, worked March, April, May and June on the frontlines of COVID-19 care at the Fort Thomas hospital, the epicenter of novel coronavirus pandemic care in Northern Kentucky. Now she works in the emergency room at St. E’s Edgewood, where she still sees COVID patients nearly every day.
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Cincinnati headquarters move to Covington Protective Life Corp., an insurance business, announced it will relocate from Cincinnati to Covington, according to a press release from Gov. Andy Beshear. After nearly 30 years of working in downtown Cincinnati, the company is planning to invest $17.1 million to lease 67,000 square feet in Covington’s RiverCenter. The new offi ce could open as soon as summer 2021, according to the release. It’s the latest company to move across the Ohio River. When Omnicare, a drug provider for nursing homes, and Nielsen, a marketing fi rm, moved from Covington to Cincinnati in 2011, it caused some tension between the states, according to The Enquirer archives. Then-Covington city commissioner Steve Frank called out then-Gov. John Kasich for recruiting the companies during a press conference. And, then-Gov. Steve Beshear committed to not letting that happen again. Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley’s offi ce did not respond to The Enquirer’s request for comment. In the release, company leaders said they chose the new location because of the building’s central location. It also got incentives from the Kentucky Development Finance Authority, according to the release. The 10-year incentive agreement includes up to $2.1 million in tax incentives. These are the annual targets the company needs to get the incentives: h Create and maintain 77 Kentucky-resident, full-time jobs across 10 years. h Achieve an average hourly wage target of $47.50 for the new jobs over the 10-year program life. The company may also use the Kentucky Skills Network, which provides no-cost recruitment, job placement services, reduced-cost customized training, and job training incentives, according to the release.
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The work has been a blur. Yet she remembers in detail her encounters with patients. Like the man she cared for at the Edgewood ER: a husband, father and family provider. “The primary everything at his home,” Ernst said. “And now he is sick.” “There’s that, ‘I’ve got COVID?’ response,” Ernst said. “The absolute fright in this man’s voice. Like his whole world had been put in a blender and he was in puree.” “You’re hanging the meds, the cardiac monitor keeps beeping,” she said. The man is talking but the beeping is disruptive, she said. “And then you’re turning down the monitor so it stops beeping. At that moment, that’s not important. You just give him time to talk and just work through this.” Then there was a 100-plus-year-old survivor of the 1918 fl u pandemic who tested positive for COVID-19 in Ernst’s presence. “She smacked her thigh. She said, “Will you stop it? Are you kidding me? I’ve got the COVID!’ She laughed a little, but you could tell she understood the implication,” Ernst said. Remarkably, the woman survived. “She was adorable,” Ernst said. Ernst remembers, too, the families of her COVID-19 patients: “I legitimately feel their pain. I feel their heart. I understand what the sentence implies: ‘You can’t come in.’” And she remembers too many who died in care, when all that could be done had been done and her team could only be there for these patients and for each other.
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. Even though The Simpsons recently featured Cincinnati in an episode, Northern Kentucky had some recent bragging rights, too. Recently, Covington grabbed some jobs that were based in Cincinnati and a new homeless shelter held its ceremonial groundbreaking. In this series, By the way, NKY – we focus on some of the news happening in the region and fi ll you in on what’s going on in your neighborhoods. If there’s something you think should be included, email reporter Julia Fair at jfair@enquirer.com By the way, here’s what’s going on in Northern Kentucky:
Lee Ann Ernst, St. Elizabeth nurse and coordinator of the Infectious Disease Response Team, stands in the lobby at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Fort Thomas, Ky., on December 17. Ernst has been caring for Covid-19 patients at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Fort Thomas and now at the Edgewood Hospital Emergency Room.
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NKY restaurant that stayed open during COVID-19 dining order gets permit back Chris Mayhew Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Kentucky has reinstated the licenses for Beans Cafe and Bakery in Hebron and Dry Ridge days after the restaurant owner was charged with operating a restaurant without a permit. A Northern Kentucky Health Department offi cial signed the orders Dec. 18 that allowed Beans to be reinstated effective Dec. 21. Kentucky's ban on in-
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During her time at Fort Thomas, Ernst had nights she couldn’t go home and days she worked 15-hour shifts. When she did go home, she’d leave her car key in the ignition, walk inside, drop her purse on the kitchen counter, go upstairs, get in bed “and sleep like a baby.” The next morning, she’d get up, shower, grab her purse, get in her car and start again. “You get tired,” she said. “But I never want to be so tired that there isn’t at least an eff ort to address time with the patient.” “That’s a whole human being,” Ernst said. “You want them to know, we are not going to let you be totally alone. We will keep your family notifi ed. We’re going to stay with you.”
‘There’s no way to get away from it’ CJ Adams doesn’t consider herself a frontline nurse. She is nurse manager at Bethesda North Hospital, and as such, a leader of frontline nurses. When she shared her experiences during Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s COVID-19 news briefi ng earlier this month, she said she believed she was the “voice of all the other nurses” who she works with on the frontline against the novel coronavirus. It is a voice of exhaustion but also determination and professionalism. For Adams, the experience has been fraught with challenges. When the pandemic hit, Adams’ wife, Adrienne Adams, also a frontline nurse, was pregnant with twins. The
Beans Cafe and Bakery in Hebron, continued to serve diners In November and December after losing their license to serve food. Health officials suspended the license over not following the governor's executive orders regarding COVID-19 restrictions. The license was reinstated Dec. 21.
door dining has expired. Owner Richard Hayhoe was charged Dec. 15 after defying Gov. Andy Beshear's order to close to indoor dining to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Beans lost its license in November. “We have received many emails and requests from others that appreciate our standing up against the business suff ocating dictates coming from Governor Andy Beshear’s offi ce,” reads Beans’ GoFundMe page.
couple have a 3-year-old, too. The twin boys were born healthy in June. Through that time and even beyond the pregnancy, Adams felt not only the uncertainty of the coronavirus for her patients but the additional stress of keeping the newborns safe from COVID-19. When her wife was in the hospital after the babies were born, there were times that CJ Adams couldn’t visit, because she had been working with COVID-19 patients. “Adjusting to some of those restrictions, while having a little one at home, while trying to manage in the middle of a pandemic,” Adams said. “It defi nitely showed a lot of diff erent sides of what the pandemic meant personally.” Even without a pandemic, being a bedside nurse is emotionally and physically challenging, she said, describing long hours and the chance of bad outcomes. COVID-19 has compounded the job and its eff ects on nurses. “We’re seeing sicker patients, we’re seeing younger, sicker patients,” Adams said. “And with that, there comes more death. There comes more death, more dying, and more negative outcomes for the patients.”
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Adams said the biggest way her nurses cope is by having a life outside work. Before the pandemic, she would manage her stress by following sports. She is a fan of Xavier University basketball, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. It felt like a blow to her when March Madness was canceled last spring, Adams said. Sports quickly were replaced by harrowing news of the death and pain the pandemic was causing. “When it’s all you hear at work and all you hear at home, there’s no way to get away from it,” Adams said. “There is not that place of refuge where we could not be a nurse and worry about what was going on at the hospital.”
‘My goal is to make somebody smile’ Tyrone Capell, 51, said he always buys two sandwiches at McDonald’s and gives one away. And he said he loves bringing a sense of optimism to his patients as a nursing aide at the Liberty Nursing Center of Colerain Township – even during a pandemic. Capell said he has seen the patients developing depression and anxiety as a result of being cut off from visits from their family, and he said he always tries to give them a positive outlook when they seem down. “My goal is to make somebody smile,” Capell said. “Lend an ear to someone
CJ Adams, nurse manager at Bethesda North Hospital, a TriHealth hospital, speaks at Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's briefi ng on the novel coronavirus on Dec. 7. ENQUIRER SCREENSHOT
Tyrone Capell, a nursing aide, stands in the lobby of Liberty Nursing Center in Colerain Township this week. 'My goal is to make someone smile,' he says. PROVIDED.
who needs to talk and tell me something. And most days, I meet my goal.” A big part of maintaining the mental wellbeing of patients, Capell said, is encouraging them not to watch the news. “It’s important we check on them and try to change their train of thought from the TV and what they’re hearing and let them know their family is looking forward to seeing them,” Capell said. See FRONTLINE, Page 4A
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“When it’s all you hear at work and all you hear at home, there’s no way to get away from it. There is not that place of refuge where we could not be a nurse and worry about what was going on at the hospital.”
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He said he’s an optimistic guy who believes that speaking or thinking negatively “brings negativity to light,” but fi nding ways to see the positive helps people feel good. And it is his job, Capell said, to take care of residents, in part by uplifting their spirits – even through a pandemic. “I just see this as a test,” Capell said. “It takes a lot, it’s a stressing time, but that’s what we’re here for.”
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‘We are neglecting ourselves’ Tina Arrona, an ICU nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, used to balance her life as a nurse by going to the gym and exercising when she was off . Those days are gone. At least, through the novel coronavirus pandemic. Arrona, a 20-year nurse, spends her time off caring for her sick father. And while he doesn’t have COVID-19, she worries that he could get it. She has had other relatives who had the virus and died from it. She said she tries to be meticulously clean and cautious both at work and at home. “So that has made things a little challenging, but sometimes taking care of
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New homeless shelter breaks ground The Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky has a new location. On Dec. 15, Gov. Andy Beshear was scheduled to virtually join local leaders for the shelter’s ceremonial groundbreaking at 436 West 13th Street in Covington, according to a press release. The shelter is currently located on Scott Boulevard in Covington. “Gone are the days of repurposing rooms to accommodate clients,” said Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky Executive Director, Kim Webb in the release. “Built to fi t our needs, this
Tina Arrona, front-line nurse, stands outside University of Cincinnati Medical Center where she works on Dec. 21 in Avondale. ALBERT CESARE/THE ENQUIRER
him takes my mind off things, especially my life here in the hospital,” Arrona said. COVID-19 has made it diffi cult for caregivers to fi nd time to care for themselves either after work or on the job, she said. She sees it at work. “In the strive to take care of our patients adequately, we are neglecting
ourselves. So then we’re not drinking water, we’re not going to the bathroom, we’re not eating,” Arrona said. “So all that takes a toll on our body and makes us more susceptible to getting sick.” She cares about her patients, and not just for them, she said. And that’s what has made the work additionally stressful these months, Ar-
new facility is a dream come true as it will enable us to provide shelter in a much more functional setting.” The Erlanger-based company Furlong Building, owned by Fort Mitchell Mayor Jude Hehman, will start construction in December. Last year, St. Elizabeth Healthcare bought the building and donated it to Kenton County, according to a Kenton County Fiscal Court meeting agenda. The shelter will lease the building for 30 years. The new 9,000 square foot facility will include: h Sleeping quarters for up to 68 people. h Showers and bathrooms available all day. h Intake and common area spaces. People will use the building as a Navigation Center, according to the release.
There, people can shower, do laundry, and connect to services. More than 60% of the project is funded, according to the release.
COVID-19 resources for NKY residents 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 Find Northern Kentucky COVID-19 data on the health department website at nkyhealth.org/ individual-or-family/ health-alerts/coronavirus/. 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
rona said. She described personal turmoil as she intubated a patient recently. “You’re trying to make them feel comfortable and telling them everything is going to be OK, and we’re going to intubate them – and hopefully this is going to make them feel better,” Arrona said. “But we are not sure it’s going to make them better. “And sometimes, that’s the last time a patient gets to speak, and we are the last people they get to speak to.” “This is where our moral injury happens, because this happens every day we come to work,” Arrona said. “And we are also human, but we have to maintain our composure and go on to the next patient.”
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 and follow her on Twitter at @JFair_Reports.
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Despite confession, Sherry Armstrong slaying unsolved Amber Hunt Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Editor’s note: Information included refl ects this article’s original publication date – Dec. 11. For the families of victims killed in unsolved murders, life has been at a standstill for a long time, even before the pandemic arrived. The Enquirer is highlighting a series of cold cases, summarized and analyzed by the journalists whose careers largely focus on unsolved murders: the creators of Cincinnati.com's Accused podcast. If you have any information on any unsolved case, please reach out to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Suggestions for cases to highlight can be sent to accused@enquirer.com. The crime: Sherry Armstrong was on the cusp of a reinvention. The 33-yearold former beauty queen had left Clear Lake, Wisconsin, after a divorce and had big plans for her next phase: She planned to enroll at Northern Kentucky University to get a degree in psychology, and she’d just taken a job in public relations at Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She’d also found new love, moving into a home on Putnam Street in Newport, Kentucky, with her boyfriend, Lance Ellinghausen. On Nov. 11, 1989, while Ellinghausen was at work at a Covington restaurant, Armstrong was brutally attacked. Her boyfriend came home to fi nd her lifeless
body inside a side door of his house. She’d been stabbed more than 20 times. Thirty-one years later, the case is unsolved – despite a convicted murderer repeatedly telling reporters that he is the killer. The confession: In a letter to The Enquirer, prison inmate Clifton Cousins said he needed to clear his conscience. He wrote: “Every night, I see her face. I can’t sleep. I’ve ask’d mental health to give me some meds that will make me sleep. I need to clear my conscious so I can obtain piece.” (Typos and misspellings are as written.) That letter reached me in November 2019. It mentioned that this wasn’t the fi rst time Cousins had written a reporter to confess this murder. Sure enough, an archive search shows that in 1994, Cousins had written the Enquirer saying: “Sir, I’d like to say that I want to clear my mind.” Sometimes attention seekers admit to crimes they didn’t commit, but it’s fairly rare that someone would persist with the same claim on the same victim for a quarter-century. The Enquirer covered Armstrong's death initially with two briefs that ran inside the paper, followed by a short inside story quoting her boyfriend, Ellinghausen, and his mother, who’d had dinner with Armstrong the night of the stabbing. Though the now-defunct Cincinnati Post covered the case in more detail, it's been decades since the last time I can
In November 2019, Clifton Cousins wrote an Enquirer reporter claiming he had fatally stabbed a 33-year-old woman named Sherry Armstrong in November 1989. The slaying in Newport, Kentucky, remains unsolved. PROVIDED
fi nd it mentioned in the news. Why would Cousins have even remembered that case if he weren’t involved in it, much less confess to it? In his letter to me, Cousins described the attack and shared details I can’t fi nd reported in newspaper coverage of Armstrong’s death. I requested the case fi le from Newport police last fall and at fi rst was refused. Following up this week, new-ish Newport Police Chief Chris Fangman (he started the job about a year ago) said he'd be eager to track down any new leads and said he'd dig up the case fi le to compare the details with the ones provided by Cousins. Just Friday, the department released some records, though they're understandably holding back on ones they think might be key to someday getting a conviction. So who’s the convict? According to court records and his own letters, Clifton Cousins is a violent man. He’s serving up to life in Youngstown’s Ohio State Penitentiary on 1992 murder convictions in the slayings of two Cleveland women in 1988 and 1989. In 1996, he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter while already in prison. For that, he was sentenced to another 10 to 25-year sentence. Cousins is also an erratic man. In 2005, he allegedly made threats against President Bush and his family, earning him a fi ve-year sentence in federal prison. Apparently, Cousins was unhappy that the federal stint was to be served concurrently with his state murder convictions. In 2006 he wrote U.S. District Judge David Dowd Jr. asking him to change his state sentence so he could serve it in a federal prison or to allow him to serve the federal time immediately. The judge responded that he did not have the authority to do what Cousins asked, prompting Cousins to write back threatening to kill Dowd and behead Dowd’s “wife, dogs, kids,” as well as destroy federal buildings “by way of explosion.” Three years later, he allegedly sent the judge an envelope containing a white powder that he said was arsenic and warned him that he might soon be poisoned or killed by a pipe bomb, according to a 2010 indictment. Why hasn't he been charged with killing Sherry Armstrong? It seems Newport police didn’t believe his 1994
Sherry Armstrong, 33, was starting a new life in Newport, Kentucky, after a divorce when she was fatally stabbed more than 20 times. Convicted killer Clifton Cousins has confessed to the crime but no charges have ever been fi led. FILE
confession because charges never followed. In 1997, Newport Police Lt. Pat Moore told an Enquirer reporter: “The fellow can confess, but if there is no evidence to support it, we cannot proceed with it.” They might well have good reason to discount the confession, but that reason’s never been reported, and the police offi cials in charge today weren't in charge back when Cousins confessed the fi rst time. It seems odd that a confession elicited by police is often deemed enough evidence to charge someone with murder (and, very often, land a conviction), but this volunteered confession doesn’t seem to carry the same weight. It's not a bad thing for investigators to be skeptical, though. So what now? Newport's Chief Fangman says the department will take another look at Cousins' allegations and compare details to see if Cousins' description fi ts. Got tips? Newport Police’s criminal investigations section is at 859-2923626. Feel free to send info our way as well: accused@enquirer.com. Accused, reported by Enquirer journalists Amber Hunt and Amanda Rossmann, is an award-winning podcast investigating cold cases with three seasons available on all mainstream platforms such as Apple Podcasts and also at www.accusedpodcast.com.
These were the best beers of 2020 Matt Koesters Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
I do not like you, 2020. I am ready for you to be over. I’m counting the days, and I suspect 2021 will be the fi rst year I won’t make a single mistake when I write down dates in January. That’s why I’m hesitant to call anything the “Best of 2020.” Low bar, right? But it hasn’t all been terrible. Cincinnati craft beer is perhaps the year’s brightest silver lining. The Queen City continues its reign as the best for craft beer fans in the country, and our local breweries have been hard at work producing even more examples of why that title is well-earned.
Beer of the year Double Coconut Latte Ray Ray, Listermann: Stouts are at the deep end of the rabbit hole that is the craft beer hobby. To outsiders, the prices commanded by big barrel-aged stouts appear patently absurd. I remember when I fi rst learned about beers that could command hundreds, or even thousands of dollars on the secondary market. It blew my mind. But then I started going to bottle shares and meeting fellow craft beer hobbyists. And that’s where I learned exactly why people are willing to pay so much for the best barrel-aged stouts: They’re totally worth it. The fi rst time I drank a Bottle Logic Fundamental Forces vanilla stout – which at the time had a secondary-market value of about $250 – my eyes rolled into the back of my head with every sip. That’s why I didn’t bat an eye when Listermann announced that this year’s Ray Rays would cost $25 per 500ml bottle. I was lucky enough to be there when Ray Ray debuted at Listermann’s 10th anniversary party, and I trusted the brewery to put together a product that would make that price tag make sense. But even
Double Coconut Latte Ray Ray, Listermann: the 2020 beer of the year. MATT KOESTERS FOR THE ENQUIRER
I wasn’t expecting them to be this good. Of the fi ve Ray Ray variants available to the public, at least four of them were better than any other local beer produced this year, and it wasn’t even particularly close. The toughest part of this decision was settling on which variant should be regarded as the best of the bunch. You could just as easily have been reading about another Ray Ray variant here – Bread Pudding, Coconut S’mores and German Chocolate Cake all had cases for the top spot. But the winner is Double Coconut Latte Ray Ray, an imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with coconut, Mostra coff ee and vanilla beans. This syrupy thick beer drinks way more smoothly than its 16.8% ABV would make you think. It explodes with fl avor, engaging every taste bud on the palate. The sweet toasted coconut fl avor stands out, while the coff ee fl avor is subtle but satisfyingly present. It’s simply a masterpiece. To quote my check-in of this beer on Untappd, “If this isn’t a fi ve-star beer, I don’t know what is.”
Best collaboration beer Streetside Black is Beautiful: I would have thought COVID-19 would make it more diffi cult for breweries to work together on collaborations, but it turns out the opposite was true. National project collaborations to raise funds and bring
attention to worthy causes drew participation from hundreds of breweries around the country, and in some cases, around the globe. I enjoyed several of the locally produced All Together IPAs, and I didn’t fi nd a bad beer among the local submissions for Every Vote Counts, which Rhinegeist pioneered with the Ohio Secretary of State’s Offi ce to promote election participation. But for me, the best of the bunch was Black is Beautiful, a collaborative effort to raise awareness for the injustices people of color face daily. Nearly 1,200 breweries – including breweries in all 50 states and 22 total countries – took part in brewing stouts with the Black is Beautiful label, including 36 Ohio breweries. Brewers were encouraged to unleash their creativity in the creation of these beers, and of our local breweries, Streetside’s contribution – a stout made with macadamia and coconut coff ee – stood out. I loved this beer. Before Ray Ray came along, it was among my favorite beers this year. It should be noted that I’ve never had a problem with coconut as an adjunct per se, but it has never been something I’ve sought out in beer. Thanks, 2020.
Best sour Narrow Path Cerise Sauvage: If not for this beer, the nod for best local sour would have gone to Streetside for its
P.U.C. It Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Berliner Weisse. I didn’t really know what to expect when I bought the large-format bottle of Cerise Sauvage during a summer trip to Narrow Path, so it’s easy to say this beer blew past my expectations. It was bright, funky and well-balanced, the three things I look for when evaluating this style. But Cerise Sauvage didn’t just impress me. It impressed everyone, including expert judges at the U.S. Open Beer Championship. The barrel-aged sour earned Narrow Path one of the three gold medals it racked up on its way to being named third place overall in the competition, along with its English Dissent Mild Ale and Tri-Kettle Tripel.
Best core beer – packaged Braxton Tropic Flare NE IPA: While I stand by my declaration that Sonder has the best packaged lineup of anyone locally, I’ve got to give the nod to Braxton Tropic Flare. Whenever people ask me what my favorite local shelfi e is, this is my response. A New England IPA brewed with Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic hops, Tropic Flare hits all of the notes one would want from a beer of this style. And it’s also one of the best values anywhere – at about $10 per 6-pack, Tropic Flare is an incredible deal for a beer made with such high-quality ingredients.
Best core beer – draft Brink Moozie Milk Stout: Given that Brink is gearing up to distribute canned beer, Moozie could potentially supplant Tropic Flare in the packaged category. But for now, you’ll have to go to Brink in College Hill to try it. Or you could fi gure out how to become a judge at the Great American Beer Festival, where Moozie has been named the best milk stout in the competition for each of the last three years.
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Cincinnati developer and school district fi ght over land in NKY Julia Fair Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
COLD SPRING – The building in Northern Kentucky had a past that was anything but controversial. It was home to the national headquarters of an organization that serves disabled veterans, helping to connect them to medical appointments and other services. When that nonprofi t decided to move, the building’s future looked good too, as developers secured a deal to transform it into a medical facility with some possible homes. But now, this plot of land is at the center of a controversial land fi ght that features major institutions, rare legal powers, and accusations of misusing government power.
A ‘disturbing’ move and demands for millions The Campbell County School district recently hatched a plan at its meeting to explore using eminent domain to take the private property for public use: a new middle school. But the developer had already secured a deal to bring a healthcare facility to the plot at 3725 Alexandria Pike, according to interviews The Enquirer conducted. And Cold Spring leaders wanted to see that health care business which – unlike a school – could be taxed. Cold Spring Mayor Angelo Penque called the school board’s move “disturbing.”
A representative for the Cincinnati-based development company, Al. Neyer, told the school board in an email that he had “never encountered such an inappropriate and misguided use of eminent domain.” If the school board uses eminent domain, it should compensate the building’s owner up to $20 million for “compensatory damages,” according to an email developer Dan Ruh of Neyer sent the school board, which The Enquirer obtained. Campbell County Superintendent David Rust told The Enquirer the land is the district’s best shot at creating a new school using the least amount of taxpayer dollars.
Healthcare facility vs. a new school The battle began when the Disabled American Veterans nonprofi t made plans to vacate the 30acre site in the city of Cold Spring for a new, smaller site in the city of Erlanger. The school started researching if it could use the land in October, Rust said, before the nonprofi t offi cially announced its move earlier this month. It will complete the move by September 2021, Penque said. The nonprofi t hired Al. Neyer to fi nd a new use for the land, according to a press release from the nonprofi t. The developers secured a deal with a healthcare provider, Penque said. It’s unclear who the healthcare provider is because Penque declined to
tell The Enquirer and the developer did not answer that question. And, the developer did not name the company in the email The Enquirer obtained. St. Elizabeth Healthcare, the region’s largest provider, told The Enquirer in a statement that it does not have “defi nitive plans to be part of any development on the site,” but added it is “always open to opportunities,” to expand healthcare in Northern Kentucky. As the healthcare deal came together, the school district put in two bids for the land in October, Rust told The Enquirer. He said he couldn’t share what the school off ered because it signed a confi dentiality agreement. The developer rejected both bids and didn’t give the school a counteroff er, Rust said. “We should be able to match or exceed that offer,” Rust said in an emailed statement to The Enquirer. The developer told The Enquirer in an emailed statement that it was focused on the “long term value” for stakeholders.
Why the district wants to build a new school The school board is in-
trigued by the nonprofi t building because of its location and potential costsaving opportunities. The school board can save taxpayer dollars, Rust said, by renovating the building instead of building a new school from scratch. The school would serve 650 middle school students with a football fi eld and a possible satellite bus lot. The district has one middle school with more than 1200 students, Rust said. That’s larger than the average middle school size in Kentucky, according to an analysis of Kentucky department of education school enrollment fi gures for the 2019-20 school year. That bus lot would save fuel and driver hours to get students to school in the northern part of the county, Rust said. A decade ago, the school looked at a large property in northern Campbell County for the new school. It didn’t work out, Rust said because the developer wanted too much money and there wasn’t a building on the site. Penque said there are other sites available. The developer off ered to help the school fi nd “alternative locations” for the school as well, according
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to an email The Enquirer obtained. Most recently, in January, Penque and Rust discussed using a diff erent property in Cold Spring. But it would have required the district to build a new school. Rust added that he knows how serious it is to consider eminent domain. School districts in the U.S. have invoked eminent domain in the past. This summer, a school in Minnesota sought to use it to seize a charter school’s property. Before the school board decides to move forward or not, Rust said they wanted “to do a little homework fi rst.” They want to get an appraisal for the land by February to fi nd the “reasonable” price for it and then decide if they want to use eminent domain.
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school’s plan Penque and the developer have a lot of concerns with the school plan. They said safety issues could be created from increased traffi c and a 24inch gas main that runs through the middle of the site. Rust doesn’t think traffi c will be an issue. As for the pipeline, Rust said: “It’s a concern for everyone, it’s there.” “The community defi nitely needs to hear about this fact and fully understand the risk before the School Board misuses its extraordinary eminent domain power – a power that should be reserved for the maximum benefi t of the entire community,” developer Ruh said to the school board in an email. Follow Julia Fair on Twitter at @JFair_Reports.
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SPORTS All-Enquirer preseason NKY basketball teams James Weber Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
The Cincinnati Enquirer is introducing the 2020-2021 All-Enquirer preseason basketball teams for Northern Kentucky. The players were chosen by the high school staff based on statistics, strength of competition and history with their varsity teams. The Northern Kentucky basketball season has been pushed back to Jan. 4.
Boys basketball Center Jude Bessler, St. Henry The 6-foot-4 center averaged 14 points and six rebounds for the Crusaders, who were 25-5 last season. He shot 52 percent from the fl oor and also hit 31 3-pointers. Guard Scotty Draud, Beechwood The 6-foot-6 senior averaged 23 points per game, hitting 63 3-pointers for the Tigers, who fi nished 21-12. He averaged seven rebounds per game. Guard Jacob Meyer, Holy Cross
The 6-foot-2 sophomore served notice as a rising star last season, averaging 18 points per game last season. Forward Luke Muller, Highlands The senior sharpshooter hit 107 3pointers last year, hitting at a 43 percent clip, while averaging 16 points per game for the Ninth Region runner-up Bluebirds. Guard Kelly Niece, Simon Kenton The senior averaged 19 points per game last year despite not being 100
Beechwood guard Scotty Draud against La Salle, Nov. 23, 2019. TONY TRIBBLE/ FOR THE ENQUIRER
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Top moments from 2020 high school sports season Shelby Dermer Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
In a season that almost didn't happen due to the pandemic, local athletes and teams turned in storybook performances on the biggest stages. Here are the top moments from Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana this fall. St. Xavier football wins Division I state championship St. Xavier was the best football team in Division I and left little doubt about it en route to the program's fourth state championship. The Bombers' high-fl ying off ense was steered by junior quarterback Brogan McCaughey, who found aerial success with receivers Jalen Patterson and Liam Cliff ord combining for 135 catches for 1,954 yards and 21 touchdowns. After back-to-back close wins over Lakota West (10-7) and Springfi eld (12-10), the Bombers put together the perfect performance in a 44-3 win over Pickerington Central in the D-I state fi nal. McCaughey threw four touchdowns to Patterson and ran for another and the St. X defense gave up just 76 total yards. East Central boys soccer goes to regional fi nals The East Central boys soccer team was one victory away from a trip to state. The Trojans embarked on a historic season, going 15-3-1 with a sectional championship. East Central was led by sophomore JT Roden, who had 13 goals and nine assists. The Trojans' season ended in the regional fi nal, where they fell on penalty kicks to Franklin Central. Mariemont boys soccer captures fi rst state championship The Mariemont Warriors had a storybook season with a storybook ending. Mariemont capped off a perfect season (23-0) with a 4-1 victory over Cardinal Mooney in the Division II state championship game at MAPFRE Stadium Nov. 14. Senior Luke Brothers was the Cincinnati Hills League player of the year and had two goals and an assist in the state fi nal.
St. Ursula Academy's Elizabeth Pendergast competes in Division I singles tennis tournament at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason Friday, Oct. 23. E.L. HUBBARD/FOR THE ENQUIRER
St. Ursula's Pendergast wins Division I state singles championship St. Ursula's Elizabeth Pendergast suff ered a fi rst-round loss in the OHSAA state singles bracket in 2019 and came back for redemption this fall. The senior cruised through the D-I bracket, then held off friendly rival Shyla Aggarwal in the state fi nal for the hardware. Lakota West football ends Colerain's streak, wins Greater Miami Conference A peculiar year had an abnormal start in Week 1, when Lakota West, led by former Colerain head coach Tom Bolden, ended Colerain's 87-game Greater Miami Conference win streak with a 10-0 triumph. The Firebirds would keep the pedal down for the rest of the year, winning the conference outright and making the regional championship game. Mount Notre Dame volleyball wins No. 10 To no surprise, a Greater Girls Catholic League volleyball squad found themselves bidding for a state championship. This time, it was GGCL runner-up Mount Notre Dame that claimed the Division I state championship with a fourset victory over Parma Padua Franciscan. It's the 10th career state volleyball
Mariemont's Luke Brothers powers home a goal for the Warriors at the 2020 OHSAA Boys Division III State Soccer Championship, Nov. 14. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP/FOR THE ENQUIRER
Notre Dame senior Emily Wichmann hustles to keep the ball in play as Notre Dame defeated Ryle 3-1 in the KHSAA Ninth Region volleyball championship match Oct. 29 at Holmes High School, Covington. JAMES WEBER/THE ENQUIRER
title for Mount Notre Dame and the fi rst since 2015. Northern Kentucky cross country state champions Northern Kentucky had great showings at the state championship races at Bourbon County Park on Halloween. Bishop Brossart and Scott girls each collected state titles. Brossart went backto-back in 1A and Scott won the 2A for its fi rst team championship since 1998. On the individual side, Highlands' sophomore Maggie Schroeder was the fi rst individual state champion in program history. She fi nished 17 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Also cruising to an individual crown was Brossart's Claire Curtsinger, a junior who fi nished 23 seconds ahead of teammate Amy Klocke. Lakota West boys win state cross country title Greater Cincinnati was well-represented among the top-tier runners in the Division I state championship race at Fortress Obetz. 5 of the top-10 runners were local products, but it was Lakota West who netted momentous points from Zachary Beneteau (8th) and Kaleb Martin (10th) to help the Firebirds win a state team title. Lakota West held off St. Xavier from capturing its secondstraight D-I crown. The Bombers were led by state runner-up Nathan Mountain. Wyoming football rallies late to beat Valley View Wyoming football was on the ropes in the Division IV regional semifi nals when it trailed Valley View, 21-14, late in
the fourth quarter and needed to drive the length of the fi eld. The Cowboys needed just three plays as quarterback Brennan Pagan fi red a game-tying touchdown pass to Joop Mitchell to force OT. Pagan would run for a touchdown in the extra stanza, then fi nd running back C.J. Hester for the game-winning touchdown. The comeback win propelled the Cowboys to the regional fi nal, where they would handle ClintonMassie for their third consecutive trip to the state Final Four. Taylor volleyball snaps Wyoming's 152-game CHL win streak The Taylor girls volleyball team pulled off one of, if not the biggest, wins in program history this season. The Yellowjackets went 16-7 and knocked off CHL-champion Wyoming in four sets Oct. 13. It was Taylor's fi rst victory over Wyoming in 11 years and ended Wyoming's 152-game conference win streak. Roger Bacon football wins program's fi rst regional championship Roger Bacon's 2019 postseason run came to an end on a controversial call. The Spartans would use that as fuel for the 2020 campaign, where they ran through the Miami Valley Conference to claim the top spot in the Region 20 playoff s. Led by LSU commit Corey Kiner, who bolstered his Ohio Mr. Football resume with 1,866 yards and 35 touchdowns, the Spartans rolled to their fi rstever regional championship. Roger Bacon started 10-0 with only one game decided by one possession. See 2020 SPORTS, Page 2B
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John Fay: Thanks for the memories, my friends John Fay Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
When I sign into Facebook, a photo pops up. It’s me and Tom Groeshen, Rory Glynn and Mike Ball. It says, “create a story.” Our story has already been created. And what a wonderful story it is. This is one of the fi nal stories I will write for the Enquirer. I’m retiring — again. I’ve written thousands of stories about the Reds, the Bengals, UC, XU, Miami and high schools. But what I will remember about my career is those three guys. Mike “Flea” Ball was the fi rst of the three I met. I started at The Enquirer in the fall of 1975 as a part-timer, taking scores on the Indiana-Ohio desk. Basically, the schools outside the 275 loop. My fi rst byline story was about Portsmouth Notre Dame. I made a lot more money on the mileage than I did for the piece. Shortly after that, I met Flea. Flea, nicknamed by North College Hill star Leon Murray, was and is an unforgettable character. He started at the Enquirer on his 16th birthday.
From the left: The Enquirer sports crew of John Fay, Tom Groeschen, Mike "Flea" Ball and Rory Glynn at Kitty's Sports Grill on 3rd Street Downtown. PROVIDED
Fortunately, for the Enquirer and Cincinnati sports, he lived on the same street in NCH that sports editor Jim Montgomery lived on. Jim brought Flea in to take scores, and he’s still working at the Enquirer 40-odd years later. Let me tell you about Flea. No one is better with a gag than him. My all-time favorite memory is a Flea gag. Flea is outgoing, friendly and loud. He never met a stranger.
Gresh came along a little after Flea and I settled at The Enquirer. Jim Joseph was teaching part-time at Northern Kentucky University when he discovered Gresh. Gresh was talented, smart and did the best impressions of anyone I’ve ever met. Rory showed up a little later. He was younger than Flea, Gresh and I — and a little hipper. He started as an agate clerk.
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CPS students get back on the fi eld While many teams across the city were in the midst of their seasons, Cincinnati Public School members were left on the outside looking in. Rallies were held in support of CPS athletes getting on the fi eld, then the moment fi nally came when the school district allowed member schools to resume athletics in mid-September. Hughes volleyball would go on to win the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference with a 13-1 record and Western Hills football won the 2020 city championship. Notre Dame Academy volleyball returns to glory Notre Dame Academy volleyball had won eight of the KHSAA's fi rst 16 volleyball state titles, but hadn't captured a title since 1994. The Pandas returned to glory days behind head coach and 1990 NDA grad Molly McDermott, who led the team to its fi rst state championship in 26 years. The Pandas beat Mercy in a fi veset thriller in the fi nale on Nov. 7. Sophia Kuerze has record-setting season for Oak Hills Sophia Kuerze in Oak Hills girls soccer's 12-5-3 season. The sophomore set the Oak Hills' single-season record in goals scored (25) — a record that had
Students and parents from Walnut Hills High School attend the 'Let us play' rally. The rally was held to urge Cincinnati Public Schools to resume fall sports Monday, August 14, in the parking lot of the CPS Board of Education. CARA OWSLEY/THE ENQUIRER
stood since 1994 — and total points (63). She also is second in program history in assists in a season (14) and was named fi rst-team Greater Miami Conference. Kuerze assisted fellow sophomore Erykah Cornett for the game's only goal in Oak Hills' 1-0 upset win over No. 2 Loveland in the district semifi nal. Oak Hills would made the district fi nal, where they fell to Centerville. 16 touchdowns in three weeks for Ty Stylski Grabbing the early-season headlines in the prep football season was Kings' running back Ty Stylski, who went on a
scoring rampage to start the year for the Knights. In the fi rst three weeks of the season, the senior ran for 637 yards and 15 touchdowns and caught 10 balls for 178 yards and a score. Stylski ended up with 1,033 yards, helping lead Kings to the regional semifi nals, but an injury sidelined him for the Knights' season-ending loss to Winton Woods. Stylski was named the Eastern Cincinnati Conference's co-offensive player of the year. Mason girls golf runs away with GMC, logs runner-up fi nish at state There was no catching the Mason girls golf team at the GMC championship
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percent as he recovered from an ACL tear. He hit 36 3-pointers, shot 80 percent from the foul line and averaged four rebounds a contest. Guard Ian Snelling, Dixie Heights The 6-foot-2 senior averaged 17.4 points per game and hit 50 percent from the fl oor while making 38 3-pointers. Forward Chandler Starks, Covington Catholic The imposing inside threat averaged seven points and seven rebounds, shooting 51 percent for a senior-dominated team that won the Ninth Region championship. Guard Donovan Stocks, Covington Catholic The 6-foot-3 senior averaged nine points for a senior-dominated Ninth Region team, hitting 36 3-pointers. The talented shooter will look to step up his leadership this season. Guard Wyatt Vieth, St. Henry The 6-foot-3 senior averaged 18.4 points for the Crusaders, who were 25-5 and 34th District champions, as well as All “A” Classic state champions. He hit 48 3-pointers and averaged six rebounds. Guard Sam Vinson, Highlands The 6-foot-4 senior has signed with Northern Kentucky University after averaging 24.7 points per game for the Bluebirds. He ran the show at point guard and hit 45 3-pointers for Highlands, who was 28-4 and Ninth Region runner-up. He averaged 8.7 rebounds and shot 80 percent from the foul line.
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Ryle's Brie Crittendon pressures Notre Dame sophomore Macie Feldman in the KHSAA Ninth Region girls basketball championship, March 8, 2020, at BB&T Arena, Highland Heights, Ky. Ryle defeated Notre Dame 47-42 for its third consecutive regional championship. JAMES WEBER/THE ENQUIRER
game last year, hitting 26 3-pointers. She recently committed to Division II Tampa. Guard/forward Lacey Bradshaw, Notre Dame The explosive scorer averaged 14.2 points per game last year for the Ninth Region runner-up Pandas. She shot 56 percent from the fl oor and averaged six points per game as one of the region’s top inside threats. Guard Brie Crittendon, Ryle The senior was the leading scorer for the Raiders, who won their third straight Ninth Region championship
last season and advanced to the state quarterfi nals before the tournament was canceled by the pandemic. She averaged 15.5 points per game, hitting 50 3-pointers, and also averaged 5.7 rebounds. She recently signed with Eastern Kentucky. Guard Macie Feldman, Notre Dame The junior point guard controls the fl oor on both sides of the court for the Pandas, who fi nished 25-7 with the 35th District championship before falling in a close game to Ryle in the Ninth Region fi nal. Feldman, who averaged 10 points per game last year, recently was off ered
His introduction, by the late great Dick Macke, was classic in a non-PC kind of way. We formed the young guys’ alliance at The Enquirer. We liked the same music, the same TV shows, the same movies. Gresh is gone now. We lost him way too soon. Rory’s moved on to a better pursuit. That left Flea and me. When you cover sports, you’re often away from family and friends. Not a great burden, for sure, but it can get lonely out there. But when I would call to confi rm my stories, I’d hear that “Sports, Mike Ball,” and all was right with the world. Flea has probably had more infl uence on the Cincinnati sports coverage than anyone over the last 40 years. He’s always adhered to that principle: “What would Mel Ball want to read?” Mel is Flea’s father. He’s the kind of guy for whom we put out the paper — along with dads Leo Groeschen and Joe Glynn. As I move into retirement (again), I won’t miss covering games. But I will miss my buddies. There will be no stories left to confi rm, but I might just call in to hear “Sports, Mike Ball,” from time to time.
match this season. The Comets ran way with the conference title, fi nishing with a new GMC match record 579, three strokes better than the 582 set by Mason in 2010. The Comets would go on to state, where they fi nished as Division I runnerup. Ross football runs to regional fi nal Ross entered the 2020 season having never won a playoff game in program history. They ended the year on the doorstep of the state fi nal four. Following a season-opening loss to Badin, Ross won eight straight with only one decided by less than two touchdowns. Fullback Jackson Giff ord and quarterback C.J. Boze combined for 2,733 rushing yards and 40 touchdowns as Ross ran away with a Southwest Ohio Conference championship. The Rams' run came to an end in the regional title game with a 35-21 loss to Kettering Alter. Harrison football wins playoff game at the gun The fi rst season of football on the new turf at Bill Kuntz Field ended in style for Harrison football. The Wildcats opened postseason play at home against Lima Senior and trailed 21-0 at halftime. Three Mason Young touchdowns put Harrison back in the game, but the Wildcats still trailed in the waning seconds of regulation. With just six seconds left, Young hit wide receiver Nic Pucci for a game-winning 45-yard touchdown on the fi nal play of the game.
by NKU for hoops. Center Marie Kiefer, Bishop Brossart The reigning 10th Region Player of the Year averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds last year for the Mustangs, leading them to the 10th Region championship game. The 6-foot-3 senior shot 54 percent from the fl oor and is also a prodigious shot-blocker averaging four per game. Kiefer has signed with Ball State for hoops. Forward Whitney Lind, Cooper The versatile 6-foot-2 sophomore averaged 16 points and eight rebounds per game for the Jaguars. She hit 32 3-pointers and shot 77 percent from the foul line. Lind is getting lots of Division I interest. Guard Sydney Lockard, Dixie Heights The dynamic point guard averaged 14.6 points per game and ran the off ense for the Colonels, who were 34th District champions and Ninth Region semifi nalists. She hit 35 3-pointers. Lockard has committed to Division II Kentucky Wesleyan. Guard Mya Meredith, Scott The senior missed all of last season to a knee injury after averaging over 25 points per game as a sophomore with versatile scoring ability inside and out. She recently signed with Western Kentucky. Forward Rory O’Hara, Highlands The versatile 5-11 senior is a key to the postseason hopes of the consistently successful Bluebirds program. She averaged seven points per game and has signed with Division II Tampa. Center Sereniti Webb, Simon Kenton The junior is the top returning player for the perennial Eighth Region power Pioneers. The skilled post player averaged 11 points and six points while shooting 48 percent from the fl oor.
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COMMUNITY NEWS Local girl scout campaign funds membership for 250 girls ERLANGER, Ky. – Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road (GSKWR) launched a “Sisterhood Giving Challenge” on Giving Tuesday with a phenomenal outcome – providing the opportunity for 250 Kentucky girls, who could otherwise not aff ord to be involved in Girl Scouts, to be part of the Girl Scout Sisterhood. Rick & Mary Beth Griffi th committed to match 100 Girl Scout memberships; Traditional Bank, with 14 locations in fi ve Kentucky counties (Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and Montgomery) followed suit by contributing the funds for 40 additional local Girl Scout memberships; other community supporters, partners and individuals contributed over 100 more Girl Scout memberships, totaling nearly 250 memberships. “As a Council, we couldn’t be more grateful that underserved girls in our local community will have the opportunity to form bonds with other girls, create lasting memories and learn vital life and leadership skills,” said Susan Douglas, CEO of Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road. “The Griffi ths, Traditional Bank, and so many others, have reminded us that our community truly sees the value in Girl Scouts and the lifelong impact our programming has on Kentucky’s future leaders,” she continued. As the preeminent leadership development organization for girls, GSKWR believes that all girls should have access to the experiential learning and leadership development opportunities that Girl Scouts provides. Interested in joining Girl Scouts or donating to off er the Girl Scout experience to a local girl? Visit the GSKWR website to learn more: https://www.gskentucky.org To learn more about how Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road is creating experiential and leadership opportunities for growth, please visit www.gskentucky.org. Amy Greene, Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road
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$10,000 awarded to Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky Give Where You Live NKY giving circle members recently awarded $10,000 to Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky in a process that took less than an hour. The grants cap off a year of quarterly meetings that brought upwards of $25,000 in giving by community members in 2020 alone. “We are proud to present the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky with this quarter’s Give Where You Live NKY grant,” said Horizon Community Funds President Nancy Grayson. “When we give together, we make an even bigger impact in our own back yard. During this pandemic, it’s more important than ever to help support our community.” Give Where You Live NKY is a joint initiative presented by Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky and Mueller Financial, Inc., and its format lends itself to busy community members who are looking for an easy way to give back to nonprofi ts that serve Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties. “There is no better gift right now in our community than to give the gift of a bed in a warm and safe place to sleep, and this $10,000 gift could not have come at a better time,” said Emergency Shelter Executive Director Kim Webb. “When we opened on December 15, we moved overnight shelter operations to the Campbell County Detention Center campus, which both doubled our capacity and our costs. We strive to do the right thing knowing that it will work out, and the $10,000 helps to work it out.” The 2021 Give Where You Live NKY meetings will be held on March 18, June 17, Sept. 16, and Dec. 9 – all on Thursdays, all from 6-7 p.m. “With temperatures dropping heading into winter, it was comforting to see an organization like the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky awarded the funds from our latest Give Where You Live NKY round,” said Mueller Financial Partner Woody Mueller. “Our members recognized the need and came together once again to help protect our most vulnerable.” The giving circle runs on a tight schedule at each meeting. Participating members nominate a nonprofi t of their choice, and three names are randomly selected and briefl y discussed by the group. The members then vote on their favorite of the three organizations, and each member contributes $100 for the grant to the winning organization. All takes place in under an hour, just four times per year. The format of Give Where You Live NKY also provides a way to connect funds to nonprofi ts without the need for nonprofi ts to expend fi nancial resources and staff time on fundraising. The previous winners of Give Where You Live grants include The Scheben Care Center in Florence; The Gateway Community and Technical College Foundation, which has campus sites across Northern Kentucky; Lucky Tales Rescue in Fort Thomas; Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Covington; Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center in Florence; Family Nurturing Center in Florence; GO Pantry in Florence; The Barracks Project in Covington; and, Covington Partners in Covington. The community can get involved by reaching out to Tess Brown at tbrown@horizonfunds.org or 859-6208221, or by visiting www.nkygives.org. Tess Brown, Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky
UK Cooperative Extension agent named FCS Educator of the Year Rosie Allen of Edgewood has received the 2020 Family and Consumer Sciences Educator of the Year award from the Kentucky Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Allen is the Area Nutrition Education Program Agent for eight northern KenAllen tucky counties. She began her career with the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service in 1991.
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Steelers loss was a win for The point/Arc COVINGTON, Ky. – The Cincinnati Bengals weren’t the only ones happy after their 27-17 home victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, on Monday Night Football. The Point/Arc of Northern Kentucky was also celebrating. In particular, Steve Roark –The Point/Arc’s VP/ Business Enterprises. “We operate our own laundry service in Dayton (Ky.) for The Point/Arc,” the 58-year-old Roark said. “The Steelers, and their staff stayed at The Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel, which happens to be one of our clients.” And with the decrease in occupancy rate for hotels – thanks to the pandemic – the 75-or-so team and staff members of the Steelers was very much welcomed. “Our laundry plant is operated by our clients,” Roark, a University of Cincinnati grad, said. “And we do all the linens for the hotel.” The 75-or-so Steeler party would create about eight-pounds of linen per-room, Roark explained. “The Hilton has been a customer of The Point/Arc since ’96,” said Roark, “and we have a wonderful rela-
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Obituaries Mary “Joan” Hadorn (nee Kingsley) ERLANGER - Joan Kingsley Hadorn, age 90, loving wife for 50 years to the late, Ray Hadorn Sr. Fourth generation parishioner of St. Mary’s Cathedral. She was a docent, a greeter and Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at the Cathedral. Loving mother of eight children: Karen Linn of Erlanger, KY, Raymond Hadorn Jr. (Susan) of Crestview Hills, KY, Daniel Hadorn (Tammy) of Sevierville, TN, Christopher Hadorn (Anita) of Middletown, OH, Barbara Beckerich (Dan) of Burlington, KY, Lori Spencer (Gayle) of Florence, KY, Paul Hadorn (Jenny) of Erlanger, KY, and Gina Siemer (Marc) of Union, KY, 17 grandchildren, and 24 great grandchildren, Member of the Cathedral Ladies Society, and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. Her hobbies included quilting, and stained glass. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 1:00 PM at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. Interment will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell, KY. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Diocese of Covington Seminarian Fund 1125 Madison Ave. Covington, KY 41011. Online condolences can be made at www.Linnemannfuneralhomes.com
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You might recognize the new owners of Sweet Tooth Candy & Ice Cream Madeline Mitchell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
After 48 years of making and selling treats out of their Newport shop, Bob and Norma Schneider are retiring and selling Sweet Tooth Candy & Ice Cream to the owners of Pompilios Italian Restaurant. The candy store will stay open in its historic location at 125 West 11th Street, according to a news release. The Schneiders started exploring retirement options last September. "I'd like to do it for the rest of my life, but there comes a time where you have to take a step back," Bob Schneider told The Enquirer at the time. When word got out about their desire to retire, Pompilios owners and lifelong
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SCHOOL NEWS ‘Preparing For Jesus as Joseph Did’ Joseph is a person in the Christmas story whom people seldom hear much about. This year the students at St. Joseph, Cold Spring, have been discussing the role of Joseph in the birth of Jesus; it must have been a daunting task to prepare for the birth of the king of salvation. The school theme this year is “Preparing For Jesus as Joseph Did.” The students of the school did a STREAM project this year during NTI. The students were tasked with building a manger for the baby Jesus with “found” materials from home. The results were as touching as the smiles of the children. Linda Gabis, St. Joseph Cold Spring Left, Clare Vande Water holds the manger she made as a STREAM project for St. Joseph, Cold Spring. Clare is in Miss Alexa Mitchell’s fi rst-grade class.
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Alexandria 10 Cherrywood Lane: Alicia and Jason Bauer to Heather Whittle; $180,500 10181 Pond Creek Road: Agnes Armitage to Amanda Jett; $110,000 109 Springwood Drive: Ashley and Christopher Smith to Daniel Joering; $180,000 11099 Pleasant Ridge Road: Molly and Matteo Mancini to Rebecca and Jason Kremer; $238,000 11604 Alexandria Pike: Linda Barbian and Larry Barbian to Kathy and Steven Faucher; $695,000 12878 Sycamore Creek Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Alexis Matthews and Brandon Beneker; $227,000 727 Wigeon Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Ashley Gish and Andy Thomas; $263,500 7757 Promonory Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to April and Jackson Gillespie; $409,000 8474 Whitewood Court: Jennifer and Roger Lillie Jr. to Ashlee and Brian Coleman; $225,000 9529 Licking Pike: Nancy Pollitt to Julianna and Eugene Trimbur; $280,000
Burlington 1640 Deer Run Drive: Macklyn, LLC to Sedrick Seda; $185,000 1749 Timber Lane: Cindy and Michael Hickle to Monna and Bernard Steinhard; $270,000 2199 Tealbriar Lane, unit 104: Sheila Hill to Tommy Davis; $85,000 2612 Carre Place: Stephanie Johnson to Pifr Tract Five, LLC; $192,000 2977 Holly Hill Drive: Breanna and Stuart Thaman to Jerome Phillips; $213,000 3027 Silver Brook Drive: Cari Gongwer to Viktoriyia Laurynenka; $270,000 3067 Oxford Terrace: Anita and David Viltner to Jeana and John Schwenk; $322,000 5120, 5114 Burlington Pike: Casey and Brandon Hudson to Bethany and Clinton Mills; $400,000 6041 Caroline Williams Way: Mary and Robert Webster to Amy and Randall Cobb; $235,000 7624 Falls Creek Way: Julie and Jacob Shook to Andrea Escobedo and Melecio Saucedo; $247,000
111 Village Green Drive: Tyler and Lori Lang to Leeann and Joseph Ball; $290,000 360 Shadow Ridge Drive, unit 25-B: Gina and John Stebbins to Valerie Shesko; $247,000 865 Sandstone Ridge: Diana and Gary Hackbarth to Karen and Brian Roth; $385,000
Covington 108 Sterrett St.: Dee Elliot to John Clissold; $218,500 11413 Mann Road: Regina and Glen Adkins to Zachary Foster; $188,000 118 E. 43rd St.: Susan and Thomas Linton to Brittany Wood; $110,000 124 W. 34th St.: Tyler Smith to Courtney Henderson; $160,500 1310 Banklick St.: Baoku Moses to Aurora and Kylie Noah; $102,000 1331 Greenup St.: Kim Foran to Chirstopher Code; $280,000 1353 Hands Pike: Westmark Properteis, LLC to Laura Kin and Daniel Schuchter; $395,000 2205 Scott Boulevard: Nicholas Lewis to Michelle Newman and Edward Miller; $184,000 2240 Amici Drive: Mary Lou and Michael Westling to Claudia and Tom Jacobs; $360,000 2812 Indiana Ave.: The Estate of Betty Wolntzek to Paula Eckerle; $130,000 30 E. 42nd St.: John Noll to Emily and Joseph Rider; $170,000 311 W. 16th St.: John Garner to SFR3AIC, LLC; $61,500 3116 Willowhurst Trace: Andrew Stickney to Gina and Charles Marquardt; $320,000 48 Waterside Way: Ashley Vater to Chalena White; $175,000 511 E. 19th St.: Kymie and Arthur Woolums to John Thomas; $115,000 523 Sanford St.: Erin and Clyde Kessen to Karyl Kleve and David Carnell; $280,000 6 Juarez Circle: Shay and Daniel Kim to Kymie and Arthur Woolums; $160,000 625 Edgecliff Road: Shahryar Rumi to Amy and David Roberts; $130,000
Crescent Springs 2280 Edenberry Drive, unit 103: Allison Groneck to Katherine Freiderich;
$122,500 550 Park St.: Lisa Greenwell to Taylor Morgan and Shawn Ackerson; $91,000
Crestview Hills 595 Palmer Court: Kathleen Cranley and Kevin Cranley to Julie and Dion Feagan; $395,000
Crittenden 659 Bracht Piner Road: Elysia and Joseph Pentecost to Kelly Charlton and Oliver Benes; $595,000
Edgewood 3071 Ashley Drive: Diana and Paul Long to The Peak Group, LLC; $270,500 3105 Winding Trails Drive: Paulette Burchett to Michele and Jim Steggeman; $230,000 3157 Royal Windsor Drive: Claudia and Thomas Jacobs to Clare and Kenneth Lucas II; $349,000 369 Marie Lane: Rose and David Zimmer to Lauren and David Schultz; $305,000
Elsmere 13 Lytle Ave.: Tamara and Kenis Williams to Amelia Garber; $67,000
Erlanger 160 Herrington Court, unit 2: Triad Holdings III, LLC to Vada Smith; $110,500 160 Herrington Court, unit 7: Monica and Josh Hurd to Patrice King; $118,000 165 Green River Drive, unit 6: ALS Management, LLC to Jane Jones; $110,000 204 Stevenson Road: Joyce Smith to Nathan Caldwell; $145,000 3418 Cherry Tree Lane: Emily and Randy Hitch to Lindsey and Joseph Svatba; $158,000 3419 Treeside Court: The Drees Company to Florence Tandy and Thomas Tandy; $611,500 3505 Ridgewood Drive: Christopher Davis to Amanda Weidner; $150,000 423 James Ave.: Mekenzie Ziegler to Jessica and Bradley Moorman; $146,000 558 Perimeter Drive: Amber and Joseph Sandusky to John Jorge; $165,000 682 Mimosa Court: Regina and Keith Merkle to BSFR II Owner, LLC; $165,000 905 Hawkshead Lane: Cynthia Mulcahy to Anita Murphy and Clifford McManama; $365,000 917 Hawkshead Lane: Holly and Trevor
Workman to Anita and Matthew Whitten; $295,000
Florence 10304 Sunset Drive: Lisa and William Harrison to Kylee Bamforth; $181,000 104 Valley Drive: Sara and Chad McGaha to Jordan and Timothy Tolle; $122,000 10476 Blacksmith Place: Beverly and George Eha to Dina and Todd Taylor; $300,000 1059 Maggie's Way, unit 8-A: The Drees Company to Bonita Cummins; $234,500 109 Hillside Drive: Laura and Billy Hall to Jenny Henry; $168,500 12 Ridgeway Ave.: David Ball to Cory Beach; $155,000 13 Kelly Drive: Nicholas Diamon to Megan Milburn and Kyle Gibson; $195,000 3719 Pebble Creek Way: Kim and Mitchell Ford to Anne Dotson; $242,500 45 Rye Court: Larin and Gregory Day to Rodolfo Alvarado; $275,000 5 Fair St.: Regina Beighle to Zachary Neumann; $65,000 535 Arthur Drive, unit 10: Maria and Brian Scroggins to Matthew Acres; $75,000 6 Sanders Drive: Jennifer and Ryan Koenig to Mary Jones; $140,000 6473 Deermeade Drive: Edna and Kenneth Fulmer to Beverly and Daniel Clark; $248,000 7113 Manderlay Drive: Lisa McIntyre Homes, LLC to Keith Feys; $155,000 8230 Rose Petal Drive: Hedwig Obara to Christina Jonathan Vice; $258,000 8256 Woodcreek Drive: Margaret Voelker to Nicholas Bailey; $330,000 8988 Steeplebush Drive: Kristin and Jeffrey Baldwin to Xinyuan Li and Chunhua Xu; $265,000 9076 Timberbrook Lane, unit C: Nannie Farris to Sylvia and Gary Bement; $225,000
Fort Mitchell 24 Ross Ave.: Phuc Pham to Douglas Diersing; $245,000
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1499 Bottomwood Drive: Jennifer an Thomas Blatz Jr. to Sara and Charles Elmore; $335,000 1664 Southcross Drive: The Drees Company to Lana and Marcus Beach; $397,500 1775 Vanburen Way: Dena Leisure and Michael Porter to Rejoice Badu and Benjamin Badu-Abaajafio; $342,000 1807 Bramble Court: Arlinghaus Builders, LLC to Amanda Little; $322,000 2539 Bethlehem Lane: Shawn and Daniel Wood to Carrie and Dustin Hopp; $250,000 2773 Shamu Drive: Colleen and Timothy Dooley to Dawn Shafer; $210,000 6455 Taylorsport Drive: Peggy and Ronald Gilbert and Ronald Gilbert to Zack Knox; $150,000
129000 Martin Road: Donna and Jeffrey Young to Stephanie and David Beaman; $365,000 1572 Cherry Blossom Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Ashley Kidwell; $250,500 1889 Autumn Maple Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Annette and Paul Glenn; $280,000 2288 Callant Road: Joylene and David Tucker to Stephanie and Quinn Ballinger; $170,000 24 Carrie Way: Ruth Elbert to Mekenzie and Robert Ziegler; $155,000 27 Klette St.: Amanda Collins to Kenton County Fiscal Court; $191,000 3169 Meadoway Court: Austin Rankin to Angela and Anthony Stewart; $180,000 35 Walnut Hall Drive: 2econd Chance Properties, LLC to Deborah Smith; $219,000 44 McMillan Drive: Mary and William Due to Sheila and Jeffrey Mueller; $307,500 4819 Wildwood Drive: Erin and Andrew Steele to Amanda and Bryan Lundy; $175,000 5245 Millcreek Circle: Mary and Anthony Roark to Donna and Jeffrey Young; $232,500 5322 Fowler Creek Road: Keystone Holdings, LLC to Amy and Todd Kennedy; $190,000
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103 Ridge Hill Drive: Amy and Keith Steffen to Susan and Lonnie Turner; $225,000 33 Highland Meadows Circle, unit 10: Adam Sanderfer to Sara and Timothy Beagle; $120,000
25 Bellemonte Ave.: Stephanie Burke to Karla and Brian Litke; $240,000
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10661 Anna Lane: Stella and Robert Mullinax to Tristan Ensminger; $262,500 10664 Blooming Court: Arlinghaus Builders, LLC to Jeremy Laswell; $300,000 10704 Blooming Court: Shannon and Gregory Carr to Janell and Mark Sanzenbacker; $295,500 12017 Crabapple Court: Arlinghaus Builders, LLC to Yiting Jian and Matthew Cabeza; $300,000 12169 Madison Pike: Carol and Frederick Lemkuhl to Kimberly and Gregory Sandel Jr.; $112,500 1246 Goldsborough Lane: Shannon and Christopher Hollar to Sarah and Seth Steele; $184,000
404 Rivers Breeze Court, unit 34-301: Cathleen and Raymond Neiser to Weickert's Properties, LLC; $227,000 567 Rivers Breeze Drive, unit 29-301: Marla and Brent Hoffman to Dawn Kelly; $218,000 600 Rivers Breeze Drive, unit 25-302: Kylie Stigar-Burke and Samuel Powers to Lynn and Kenneth Brown; $195,000 606 Rivers Breeze Drive, unit 25-101: Clare and Kenneth Lucas II to Like Durstock; $205,000
3008 Nob Hill Drive: Margaret Schultz to Katharina and Eric Pfieffer; $187,000 33 Manor Lane: Andrea and Todd Razor to Natalie and Gavin Master; $461,000
Fort Wright 1064 Emery Drive: Reema Said and Ibrahim Abu to John Bailey; $115,000 1244 Upland Ave.: Teresa and Gary Kraft to Daniel Houston; $190,000
Hebron
Latonia 2727 Indiana Ave.: Shelli and John Stinson to Jacob Stinson; $123,000
Morning View 15245 Parkers Grove Road: Shari and Patrick Wells to Epling Properties, LLC; $226,500
Newport 1028 Putnam St.: Heavenly Properties, LLC to Megan Dillon; $135,000 207 E. 7th St.: Deborah and James Peluso Jr. to Traft Property Management, LLC; $65,500 2124 Linden Road: Elizabeth and Aren Enderle to Jacob Bertram; $125,000 2239 Joyce Ave.: Michelle Mozea to Stephanie Ritter and Chase Pflum; $145,000 318 8th St.: Sukkah, LLC to Ciera Philpott and Courtney Dryer; $300,000 6 Laycock Lane: Beneditti Enterprises, Inc. to Grant Moore; $170,000 923 Hamlet St.: Merilee McElveen and Jacob Merritt to Michael Hartmann; $291,000
Park Hills 829 Saint James Ave.: Taylor and Jonah Ritter to Alyssa Smith and Zachary Murphy; $223,000
Petersburg 2885 First St.: Debra and Travis Bush to William Carr; $120,000
Silver Grove 214 E. 1st St.: Christine Lawson and Donavan Beniltez to Matthew Reynolds; $75,000
Southgate 247 Ridgeway Ave.: Lauren and Josef Mortenson to Rachel Hicks; $169,000
Taylor Mill 3514 Saddlebrook Drive: Josephine and Donald Conti Jr. to John Clissold; $250,000 4896 Reidlin Road: Victoria and Trevor Sigman to Antonia Gaspard; $150,000 710 Allen Court: Adam Lybrook to Christianna and Joseph Lewis; $120,000
Union 10088 Cedarwood Drive: Barbara and John Barnes to Lisa and Steven Hesse; $329,500 10520 Brookhurst Lane: The Drees Company to Beverly and George Eha; $437,000 10708 Stone St.: Halley and Corey Losekamp to Kelly and Carlton Rodrigo; $364,000 1083 Samuel Court: Annette and John Murray to Jennifer and Jayson Putnam; $325,000
10958 Sewel Road: Mary and Dieter Schildmeyer to Julie and John Martin; $440,000 11048 Gato del Sol: The Drees Company to Melanie and BarryMilson; $697,500 1264 Farmcrest Drive: Michael Jackson to Jennifer and Timothy Wheatley; $207,000 15099 Stable Wood Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Morgan and Jackson Laumann; $382,000 1655 Hero Court: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Megan and Andrew Sein; $390,000 1702 Pickett Run: Karla and David Burch to Michelle an Phillip Judt; $305,000 2252 Hathaway Road: Kimberly and David Parsons to Elysia Pentecost; $305,000 3677 Hathaway Road: Toby Frohlich to Gina and Edward Grout Jr.; $760,000 5149 Loch Drive: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to James Lijewski; $460,500 9104 Diamond Trace: Arlinghaus Builders, LLC to Catherine and Maverick Gosselin; $430,000 948 Riviera Drive: Arlinghaus Builders, LLC to Kyra and Adam Zewe; $460,500
Villa Hills 2862 Cliffview Court: Angela Becker to Paula Kremer; $160,000
Walton 11204 McKays Court: Jennifer and Jayson Putnam to Ella and William Soine Jr.; $247,500 11434 Wynfair Court: Rebecca and Stephen Hearne to Erin and Andrew Steele; $290,000 12459 Sheppard Way: Rock Creek Homes, LLC to Brandi and Adam Cummins; $271,000 179 Zinfandel Lane: Fischer Single Family Homes IV, LLC to Kelsey and Jacob Carpenter; $247,000 496 Rosebud Circle: JoAnn Kennedy to Jennifer and Ryan Koenig; $199,000 605 Panzeretta Drive: Sherry and Terry Clifton to Samantha Bach and Ryan Roth; $227,000
Wilder 25 Regiment Court: Rebecca and John Becker to Matthew Wagner; $403,000 390 Timber Ridge Drive, unit 6: Jo Demarco to Izzat Joudeh; $108,000
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