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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015
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NKY Senior Services is shutting down Terry DeMio tdemio@enquirer
Northern Kentucky Senior Services simply does not have the funding to continue, said Leonard Eppel, president and founder of Financial Resource Associates LLC of Cincinnati. “The agency has virtually run out of its funds and is subsidizing its expenses,” Eppel said Monday evening. “It could not continue.”
Eppel, whose firm evaluated Senior Services’ financial situation, said the board of directors met Monday with various participants in the organization, including employees, funders and vendors, to announce the decision. The board met last week and voted to cease services, he said. CEO Jay Van Winkle was not in the office Monday afternoon and could not be reached for comment. Eppel said he was
contacted by agency leaders and asked to return The Enquirer’s call. Senior Services of Northern Kentucky, based at 1032 Madison Ave. in Covington, provides meals to seniors throughout the eight-county Northern Kentucky region, has 10 recreation centers, and offers ombudsmen services for people seeking places of residence and care for elderly residents of Northern Kentucky.
It is a 501C(3) not-for-profit agency. According to Internal Revenue Services 990 financial forms for 2014, Senior Services of Northern Kentucky had an income of $2,553,150 and expenses of $2,717,968, with a loss of $164,818. agency reported The $564,760 in contributions, but also included $1,394,852 in government grants. It reported program services at $120,102
and investments of $19,884 for the year, with other revenue reported at $453,552. Losses had been occurring for some time, Eppel said, adding, “This year, it has escalated.” Eppel said that a transportation service, added at the end of 2014 but which kicked into high gear early this year, experienced losses rather than anticiSee SENIOR, Page 2A
Governor appoints Cooper to board of convention center
Dreyer house is longtime
Nancy Daly ndaly@communitypress.com
HALLOWEEN HAUNT PHOTOS BY CHRIS MAYHEW/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Brian Dreyer and his son Matt light up their home on Hunters Hill Drive in Alexandria for Halloween.
Chris Mayhew cmayhew@communitypress.com
ALEXANDRIA — Brian Dreyer will set out a fog machine as Halloween visitors out to Trick-or-Treat feast their eyes on the family’s spooky yard setup. Dreyer and his son Matt have been setting up a Halloween display since 1992 that has grown each year at their Hunters Hill Drive home in Alexandria. Dreyer said he’s been setting up some type of Halloween display for all 30 years he’s been married to his wife, Melissa. The tombstones and trees with spooky faces are a handmade creation of father and son. They hand out candy from the driveway in case children are too afraid to go all the way to the door. Do you have Halloween yard display photos you want to share? Email cmayhew@communitypress.com or Tweet @reportermayhew.
Matt Dreyer and his father Brian make setting up a Halloween display on their Hunters Hill Drive home in Alexandria an annual tradition for more than 15 years.
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Brent Cooper of C-Forward technology company in Covington has been appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear as a member of the Northern Kentucky Convention Center Corp. Board of Directors. Cooper, of Fort Thomas, replaces Kathryn Groob, whose term has expired. Cooper will serve for a term expiring July 14, 2019. In other appointments by Beshear announced Oct. 16: » Brock MacNeil MacKay, of Verona, was appointed to the Kentucky Board of Landscape Architects. MacKay is a landscape architect with Viox & Viox. He replaces Brian Anderson Shirley, who resigned. MacKay will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term ending Feb. 1, 2016. » Dr. Eric Reginald Jackson, of Florence, was appointed as a member of the Kentucky Historic Preservation
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Review Board. He will serve for a term expiring July 15, 2019. Jackson is an associate professor of history at Northern Kentucky University. He represents African-American studies. The appointment replaces Paul Allen Tenkotte, whose term has expired. » Dale Wayne Edmondson, of Fort Thomas, was reappointed to the Kentucky Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board to serve for a term expiring Aug. 15, 2019. Edmondson represents directors of public safety.
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