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Heroin’s impact in Cold Spring on rise By Chris Mayhew cmayhew@nky.com
COLD SPRING — In Cold Spring, the affects of heroin use show up in thefts happening in retail stores and in 911 calls for overdoses. Cold Spring Police Department Chief Ed Burk said over the last two years he has seen a
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steady increase of heroin-related thefts and incidents. The main issues with heroin are not direct drug dealing that other areas of Northern Kentucky are dealing with, Burk said. Burk said some of the police crime statistics back up the increase in heroin in the community, but they don’t tell the whole story. When incidents of theft happen at stores, there may not be a charge of drug or drug paraphernalia possession, he said. That doesn’t mean the two issues are unrelated, and many incidents don’t result in direct charges for possession of heroin or drug paraphernalia, Burk said.
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“I know in talking with people who have been arrested, they tell me that this is why they’re doing it,” he said. “They have a heroin habit.” In a one-year period, reported thefts have increased by 20 percent at Home Depot, and144 percent increase at Kohl’s, he said. Reported thefts Kohl’s increased from 29 between January 2011 to January 2012 to 71 between January 2012 to January 2013. In general, thefts have increased by 9.6 percent across the city, he said. “I have noticed the increase in drug paraphernalia, specifically people being caught and they’ve got hypodermic syringes on them, spoons, cook
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rist.” She has to be fast, she’s a jammer. “You have two jammers, one for each team. And you have four blockers from each team. So there are 10 girls out there all at once,” she explained. “The jammers are trying to get through all the blockers.” A team’s blockers will try to help their jammer advance while the others will try to keep her back and, if possible, knock her down. “So you’re playing offense and defense at the same time,” she continued. “After you make through once, you start scoring. Every
kits,” Burk said. “They’re out there.” Even if an accused shoplifter doesn’t have drugs or paraphernalia on them, they often openly admit to heroin being the motivator for the theft, he said. “That’s why they’re stealing, to feed the habit,” Burk said. People can help by calling police if they see anything unusual like people shooting up in a parking lot, he said. “Likewise, if they have friends or loved ones who do have a drug problem – you need to get them to seek help,” Burk said. Central Campbell Fire District Chief Gerald Sandfoss said there was time you pass an opposing blocker you get a point.” To join the team, a beginner needs to attend a “boot camp” to learn the basic skills. What kind of skills? “Being able to skate backward, being able to stop, whips and pushes,” she answered. “We teach them how to fall properly. You don’t want to flail all over the place. You want to be able to get back up really fast.” It’s a rough sport. Work once broke her ankle. It’s common for the rollers to come home with bruises on their body. Becka Obermeyer, who’s known as Beka Rekanize, had to make sure that people wouldn’t misunderstand her bruises. “I was really up front when I started my new job,” she said. “I talked to my supervisor because I didn’t want them to think that there was some kind of trouble at home.” Dave Powell was one of the louder fans in the crowd. “It’s an amazing sport to watch. It’s fast, it’s athletic,” he said. Emily Matthews was there to cheer on one of her friends. “It’s great to see women come together,” she pointed out. Powell agreed. “It’s super empowering for women.”
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bridge from noon to 6 p.m. including booths with information about healthy living and opportunities to get cardiovascular screenings and mammograms. Event participants can also bring pictures of their loved ones who are struggling with, or lost their battle with gyneco-
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crease $53,000 to a total operating cost of almost $202,000, according to the city’s budget work sheets. » A $118,000 decrease in the administrative spending mostly reflects the same decrease in revenue to pay for garbage and recycling program expenses. The city is still budgeting the same amount, $1,800 as in 2012-
an increase in calls for service for overdoses two years ago. The fire district serves the cities of Cold Spring, Highland Heights and Crestview. By year, the fire district’s calls to respond to overdoses: 2009: 10 2010: 17 2011: 30 2012: 25 2013 (as of June 14): 6 “We’ve seen significant increase in heroin and overdoses, and we’ve had several deaths that are related to heroin overdoes,” Sandfoss said. It increases the fire district’s business, even when there is not an overdose death, he said. “A lot of time when
they’re overdosed we have to give them drugs and that brings it out of their induced state, and most of the time they refuse treatment,” Sandfoss said. The person is awake in the ambulance and then refuses treatment, but there is a cost for the medicine and the fire district also receives no reimbursement because there is no transport to the hospital. “Of course our job is not to worry about that,” he said. “Our job is to worry about the patient, which we do, but we see a lot of non-transports. But, our use of drugs that treat overdoses, we’ve seen a significant increase.”
Blocker “Stephena Rollbert” from the Black-n-Bluegrass Rollergirls shakes hands with fans before the bout. KAMELLIA SMITH FOR THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
There are about 35 women in The Black-nBluegrass Rollergirls. To participate in an adult league, a “girl” has to be at least 18 years old, but there is no upper limit. “Last year we had a girl that retired at 53,” Work said. Frances Hoetker, known as Edel Vice,
joined the team just last December. “I saw a game in Chicago and I didn’t realize the sport still existed. I thought ‘I have to do this’,” recalled the recent college graduate. “I absolutely love this sport. I can see myself playing until I’m broken and in my 40s.”
logical cancer. Beginning at 4 p.m., musicians will perform including Spencer Sutherland, Jordan Jackson, Comet Bluegrass All Stars, Gypsy Rose and Dylan Holland. Helton said she hopes that the musicians, which include some young, local “heartthrobs,” will bring a big crowds, in particular younger girls, so the foundation can educate them about cervical cancer and the HPV vaccina-
tion. The event will also include inspirational speeches, including one by Christina Klein, an ovarian cancer survivor and founder of Making Noise About Ovarian Cancer. For the first time, the foundation will also be lighting the bridge teal, the color of gynecological cancer awareness. The bridge will stay lit throughout the night, Helton said.
13’ to pay the city’s portion for a Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky storm water surcharge. The city continues to battle SD1 in court for the right to opt out of the SD1’s storm water plans to create a city plan, and for a refund to the city of the fee property owners have paid to SD1. » The police department’s operating budget will decrease by $8,000 from the previous year for a total of $1.612 mil-
lion. The most notable savings in the police department budget is almost $30,000 less in capital outlay for items like police cruisers. Salaries for the police department’s officer will increase from a total of $585,00 to $602,000. » Park Board operating expenses will decrease by almost $10,000 to $64,540 for the year. There is $6,000 in the park budget for health and recreation.