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ALEXANDRIA

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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016

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Alexandria home honors Prince in lights Nancy Daly ndaly@communitypress.com

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The Most Rev. Bishop Roger J. Foys, bishop of the Diocese of Covington, listens as Tom Munninghoff explain how Cold Spring resident Wilfred H. Neltner wanted his Catholic school donations kept private until after his death during a renaming of Bishop Brossart High School’s new addition in Neltner’s honor. At right is Neltner’s niece Mary Riesenbeck, of Alexandria.

Bishop Brossart announces secret donor’s name Neltner was a secret angel for Catholic schools in Campbell County Chris Mayhew cmayhew@communitypress.com

ALEXANDRIA - Wilfred H. Neltner didn’t want his name above the $8.3 million addition he paid for at Bishop Brossart High School. Neltner’s name is there now anyway. The Catholic school in Alexandria put Neltner’s name atop the main entrance April 25 more than four months after his death. The exact amount of Neltner’s donation to Bishop Brossart, which goes beyond the addition, remains undisclosed and a tightly held secret. Neltner’s identity as a major donor at Bishop Brossart and at St. Joseph

Parish in Cold Spring was kept secret for eight years. Neltner, of Cold Spring, died at age 92 on Dec. 9, 2015. Neltner founded three companies with his brother Tony after he returned from service in the Marines in World War II. The Neltner brothers founded Kentucky Ohio Indiana Auto Parts (KOI), Neltner Oil and Kentucky Auto Parts. Tom Munninghoff, Neltner’s longtime adviser and accountant, said Neltner swore him to secrecy about donations to Bishop Brossart. “He did agree on his passing that it was OK to let a few people know,” Munninghoff said before pointing to Neltner’s name on the building. “I don’t know if we kept that, but it’s all right I guess.” Neltner stipulated his 2008 capital campaign contributions to St. Joseph Parish in Cold Springs remain undis-

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ALEXANDRIA – A house glowing in purple honors the late music icon Prince on the Facebook page of a holiday lights enthusiast in rural Campbell County. David Sayers posted his purplethemed photo at 9:26 p.m. Thursday, the day Prince died, with this message: “We decided to light up a little bit tonight, in memory of Prince.” Sayers, whose Facebook page “Sayers Family Holiday Lights” tells people how to find his popular Christmas display every year, said Friday he’d been playing with the idea of lighting up his house other times of year that correspond with colors. “Just this Easter we had our outside lights change to different colors like Easter eggs. We are also planning for other events like in July red, white and blue then in October pink for breast cancer awareness,” Sayers said. When he and his daughter, Skylar, heard about pop star Prince’s death on Thursday, “we both decided it would be nice to light the house up in purple in memory of Prince … and to be able to share it with others that happen to drive by.” After sharing the photo on their Sayers Family Holiday Lights Facebook page, they were “very surprised with all the views it has been getting.” As of 11:30 p.m. Friday it reached 2,946 viewers. Sayers, “just a fan at heart,” never saw Prince in concert. “I almost got to see him when he did a surprise visit to Bogart’s back in 1984. I missed a phone call from my friend who was trying to find some extra people to run security backstage during the concert,” Sayers said. “That’s just the way my luck runs,” Sayers said. Facebook comments were positive, calling the lights “awesome” and a “great tribute to an amazing icon in the history of music.” April Webster, who lives in Peach Grove, just south of Alexandria, agreed. “That’s great. Love me some Purple Rain,” she said.

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The Sayers family, whose holiday displays are a Northern Kentucky favorite, lit their home in purple in memory of music icon Prince. Prince’s most popular song is “Purple Rain.” Vol. 11 No. 29 © 2016 The Community Recorder ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


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