At 100, William Donnermeyer reflects on life of service
By Haley Parnell
William Donnermeyer fought Germans from the deck of the USS Weber during World War II and fought for Northern Kentuckians from the floor of the Kentucky House.
Donnermeyer has lived many lives in almost 100 years – a milestone he’ll reach officially on Sept. 19.
Donnermeyer grew up just on the Dayton side of the Dayton-Bellevue line, on Fourth Avenue between O’Fallon Avenue and Walnut Street. He attended grade school at St. Bernard’s in Dayton, where his daughter-in-law Ann Marie Donnermeyer said he would occasionally get in trouble for talking too much and be sent to the rectory. There, the priest would give him a Coke and play a hand of cards with him before sending him back to class.
Donnermeyer graduated from St. Bernard School in 1938 to Newport Central Catholic High School – though he said he convinced his parents to send him to Dayton High School so he could play football.
“When I played, I only weighed about 145 pounds, soaking wet,” Donnermeyer said. “I played the different guard positions, where they pulled out and blocked and got the heck beat out of you. I loved it.”
Donnermeyer was still at Dayton High School when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought World War II to the United States.
“I was laying on the floor in the living room [on Dec. 7] 1941 when Pearl Harbor came about,” he said. “Right after that, I kept pushing [my parents], pushing them. Finally, I talked my mom and dad when I was getting ready to become 18 to let me go and join the service.”
Donnermeyer enlisted in the U.S. Navy at a war bond sale on Fountain Square. He was sworn in right before Christmas in 1942. It wasn’t until after the new year that he found himself at boot camp in Great Lakes, North Chicago. Donnermeyer was given a test during boot camp and told he would be a radio operator. The Navy sent him to Northwestern University to attend radio school for seven weeks, where he learned U.S. and German Morse codes.
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Coach reinventing Scott volleyball for state run
By Marc Hardin
It’s a bright, sun-drenched Tuesday in Taylor Mill, and the disposition of the Scott High School volleyball team is just as sunny. But the Eagles aren’t outside enjoying the weather. They’re indoors, of course, hammering volleyballs.
“Our team is very motivated,” said junior hitter Milyn Minor, a two-year captain. “We’re moving around more, working on new shots.”
Coach Andrea Sullivan, an art teacher at Scott, strolls into practice. Three days earlier, the Eagles wrapped up a six-match schedule while hosting the September Slam, an annual Labor Day weekend tournament. The Eagles played 11 matches in the first 12 days of the season, and that’s not a bad thing. In fact, it’s by design.
That’s because Sullivan is in the middle of a project with the volleyball team. Not unlike her art classes, where she teaches sculpture, ceramics and crafts with creative flair, the coach is the resourceful architect of a consistently successful volleyball program. In more than two decades as coach, she has built the Eagles into a regional power, rebuilt them, reshaped them and reaped the rewards.
This season, the Eagles are reinventing themselves.
“We graduated just one senior, but our lineup looks different than what it normally looks like,” coach Sullivan said. “We’re changing up some things, and playing a lot early in the season helps us evolve. Working hard in practice helps us get better.”
At this particular practice, Sullivan over
William Donnermeyer on Jan. 12, 1970, left, after being elected to the Kentucky House in the 68th District, and in August, just weeks before his 100th birthday. Provided | Donnermeyer family
Eagles standouts Milyn Minor and Ryann Griggby joined exclusive clubs in the same match last season as they continue racking up career accomplishments. Provided | Scott volleyball X account
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Escort duty on English Channel
He found his way next to Casco Bay, Maine, where his group intercepted German communications to learn how their submarines operated. He was assigned to the destroyer escort division, where he helped protect troop convoys in the English Channel. Donnermeyer said they made roughly 16 crossings escorting ships across the channel.
“We learned all about the Germans and how they operate the submarines,” Donnermeyer said. “What they would do, they
would get ahead of you and sit down on the bottom of the ocean, then come up in between you, and then they shoot torpedoes. And you couldn’t get to them because they’re in the middle of your convoy.”
Donnermeyer said they would spend four hours on duty and eight hours off listening to the Germans and what they were doing.
“There was long convoys in all parts of the ocean, the lower part, mainly on up into where it was so cold, you went outside for five minutes you had icicles on you,” he said. “We didn’t go outside. The crew did. There was nothing but sheets of ice.”
Toward the end of the war, Donnermeyer ended up in Japan working as a senior petty officer in the port authority. He spent seven months in occupied Japan at the end of the war before he left the service.
After being released from active duty in 1946, Donnermeyer joined the Naval Reserves. He then went straight back to high school to get his diploma, where he met his wife, Shirley Mae Snyder. They married in 1948 and raised three sons, Bill Jr., Jim and Tom, until her 1967 death from cancer at age 39. His son Jim died in 2014 from pancreatic cancer.
During that time, Donnermeyer said he was playing a lot of hardball, also known as baseball. He played catcher through St. Anthony’s Parish in Bellevue. Donnermeyer recalls playing Southgate’s St. Therese Parish, where future American professional baseball pitcher and hall-of-fame player Jim Bunning played.
Donnermeyer said he played a game against Bunning behind Bellevue’s football stadium.
“He throws one of these hardballs at me, and they’re in uniforms – we didn’t have nothing but a shirt on,” Donnermeyer said. “The next one comes up, and you know where it went? All the way into the tennis court [a home run]. Oh, he was livid. He didn’t like that at all. And then a little while later, the same thing happened again: boom, another home run, and Jim didn’t like it. You couldn’t touch that guy when he was in his prime. He was a good pitcher.”
Donnermeyer joined the pipefitters union Local 392 in 1949 and said he is the oldest living member.
In 1952, the Donnermeyer family bought a house on Ward Avenue in Bellevue for $5,500. Donnermeyer said he thought he would never pay it off. The family eventually moved to another house in Bellevue on Bonnie Leslie Avenue in 1966.
‘Give me your consideration’
Donnermeyer dipped his toes into politics as a Bellevue City Council member, where he served for six years. Years later, in 1986, Bellevue named Donnermeyer Drive in the city after him for his years of service.
In 1969, he decided to run as a Democratic candidate for the 68th Kentucky House District. He went door-to-door canvassing with his son Bill Jr.
“Some people I never put in the middle, I’d say, ‘Will you vote?’ Then I’d say, ‘All I ask is you give me your consideration,’” Donnermeyer said.
Donnermeyer won that 1969 election, when Louis Nunn was governor. He would go on to have a 25-year career as a state
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William Donnermeyer listening to the radio while serving in the U.S. Navy. Provided | Donnermeyer family
William Donnermeyer in his Navy uniform. He decided to enlist after Pearl Harbor was attacked. Provided | Donnermeyer family
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Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (“Duke Energy Kentucky” or “Company”) hereby gives notice that, in a tariff revision filing to be filed no sooner than September 13, 2024, Duke Energy Kentucky will be seeking approval by the Kentucky Public Service Commission, Frankfort, Kentucky, of textual changes to its tariff to become effective on and after October 14, 2024.
The proposed text changes and rates are applicable in all territories served by the Company’s service area as follows:
DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY CURRENT AND PROPOSED TEXT CHANGES
Section VI – Billing and Payment (Gas Tariff Sheet No. 25)
Current Budget Billing Plan Description
Annual Plan:
-The Annual Plan provides 12 months of equal payments by using 12 months of customer’s usage, dividing the usage by 12, and using the result to calculate the bill.
Month 12 is a settle-up month between the billed amounts and customer bills based on actual usage.
-A bill message is sent after 3, 6, and 9 months with a new bill amount if the budget bill amounts compared to the actual bill amounts exceeds a Company set threshold.
-The budget bill amount is also changed as needed after the 12 month review.
Quarterly Plan:
-The Quarterly Plan provides 3 months of equal payments starting by using 12 months of customer’s usage, dividing the usage by 12, and using the result to calculate the bill.
-However, to prevent a settle-up month, reviews occur after 3, 6, 9, and 12 months on the plan and continue every 3 months thereafter.
-The budget bill amount is changed as needed after each review. The change is automatic, and the customer does not need to contact Company.
-A bill message is sent after each review with a new bill amount if the budget bill amounts compared to the actual bill amounts exceeds a Company set threshold.
Proposed Budget Billing Plan Description:
Annual Plan:
-The Annual Plan provides 11 months of equal payments by using 12 months of customer’s usage, at the customer’s respective current rate schedule, dividing the total by 12, to calculate the bill.
-Month 12 includes the Budget Bill amount and a settle-up between the billed amounts and customer bills based on actual usage
-Month 12 includes a review of the Customer account and the budget bill amount is changed as needed after the 12 month review. The change is automatic, and the customer does not need to contact Company. A bill message is sent with the new bill amount.
Quarterly Plan:
-The Quarterly Plan provides 3 months of equal payments starting by using 12 months of customer’s usage, at the customer’s respective current rate schedule, dividing the total by 12, to calculate the bill.
-For a customer electing to enroll in the Budget Billing Program without prior usage history at the service location, a calculation will be performed based upon the characteristics of the premise and the customer will be defaulted to the quarterly Budget Billing Program option to help establish accurate payment estimation.
-However, to prevent a settle-up month, reviews occur after 3, 6, 9, and 12 months on the plan and continue every 3 months thereafter. At each of the reviews, the Company will determine the difference between the cost for actual gas service rendered at the premises under this rate schedule and the amounts billed customer for the preceding twelve-month period, and the Company shall add or subtract to the prior billed amount, as appropriate, one-twelfth (1/12) of that difference to each of the next bills to be sent to customer.
-The budget bill amount is changed as needed after each review. The change is automatic, and the customer does not need to contact Company.
-A bill message is sent after each review with a new bill amount.
Current Budget Billing Plan Description:
Annual Plan:
Section
VI – Billing and Payment (Electric Tariff Sheet No. 25)
-The Annual Plan provides 11 months of equal payments by using 12 months of customer’s usage, dividing the usage by 11, and using the result to calculate the bill.
-Month 12 is a settle-up month between the billed amounts and customer bills based on actual usage.
-A bill message is sent after 6 months with a suggested new bill amount if the budget bill amounts compared to the actual bill amounts exceeds a Company set threshold; however, Customer must contact Company to change the amount.
-The budget bill amount is changed as needed after the 12 month review.
Quarterly Plan:
-The Quarterly Plan provides 3 months of equal payments starting by using 12 months of customer’s usage, dividing the usage by 12, and using the result to calculate the bill.
-However, to prevent a settle-up month, reviews occur after 3, 6, 9, and 12 months on the plan and continue every 3 months thereafter.
-The budget bill amount is changed as needed after each review. The change is automatic and the customer does not need to contact Company.
-A bill message is sent after each review with a new bill amount if the budget bill amounts compared to the actual bill amounts exceeds a Company set threshold.
Proposed Budget Billing Plan Description:
Annual Plan:
-The Annual Plan provides 11 months of equal payments by using 12 months of customer’s usage, at the customer’s respective current rate schedule, dividing the total by 12, to calculate the bill.
-Month 12 includes the Budget Bill amount and a settle-up between the billed amounts and customer bills based on actual usage
-Month 12 includes a review of the Customer account and the budget bill amount is changed as needed after the 12 month review. The change is automatic, and the customer does not need to contact Company. A bill message is sent with the new bill amount.
Quarterly Plan:
-The Quarterly Plan provides 3 months of equal payments starting by using 12 months of customer’s usage, at the customer’s respective current rate schedule, dividing the total by 12, to calculate the bill.
-For a customer electing to enroll in the Budget Billing Program without prior usage history at the service location, a calculation will be performed based upon the characteristics of the premise and the customer will be defaulted to the quarterly Budget Billing Program option to help establish accurate payment estimation.
-However, to prevent a settle-up month, reviews occur after 3, 6, 9, and 12 months on the plan and continue every 3 months thereafter. At each of the reviews, the Company will determine the difference between the cost for actual electric service rendered at the premises under this rate schedule and the amounts billed customer for the preceding twelve-month period, and the Company shall add or subtract to the prior billed amount, as appropriate, one-twelfth (1/12) of that difference to each of the next bills to be sent to customer.
-The budget bill amount is changed as needed after each review. The change is automatic, and the customer does not need to contact Company.
-A bill message is sent after each review with a new bill amount.
The text contained in this notice is the text proposed by Duke Energy Kentucky; however, the Kentucky Public Service Commission may order revisions that differ from the proposed revisions contained in this notice. Such action may result in rates for consumers other than the rates in this notice.
Any corporation, association, body politic or person with a substantial interest in the matter may, by written request within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice of the proposed changes, request leave to intervene; intervention may be granted beyond the 30-day period for good cause shown. Such motion shall be submitted to the Kentucky Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0615, and shall set forth the grounds for the request including the status and interest of the party. If the Commission does not receive a written request for intervention within thirty (30) days of the initial publication the Commission may take final action on the tariff filing.
Intervenors may obtain copies of this tariff filing and other filings made by the Company by requesting same through email at DEKInquiries@duke-energy.com or by telephone at (513) 287-4366. A copy of the tariff filing and other filings made by the Company is available for public inspection through the Commission’s website at http://psc.ky.gov, at the Commission’s office at 211 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am. to 4:30 p.m., and at the following Company offices: 1262 Cox Road, Erlanger, Kentucky 41018. Comments regarding the filing may be submitted to the Public Service Commission through its website, or by mail at the following Commission address. For further information contact:
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“I would like to vote for him for president if I could,” Ann Marie Donnermeyer said. “He’s the kind of guy you would want there.”
Donnermeyer met his second wife, Mary Ruth Hill, in April 1970 through a friend he worked with at the pipefitters union. The couple welcomed their daughter, Theresa, in November 1971. Mary Donnermeyer died in 2017.
One particularly memorable moment Donnermeyer remembered from his time in Frankfort involved former state Rep. Dottie Priddy, who represented Jefferson County in the 45th District. He said at the time there were problems with people making threats, starting fights, etc. Donnermeyer said Priddy was being threatened, so the Fraternal Order of Police got her a gun.
“She would wear long pants, and she would wear [the gun] down in her stocking,” he said. “She sat across the aisle from the speaker, Bobby Richardson. He would say the usual, put the bill up for a vote, and he turned around, and without thinking, with the mic still on, he said, ‘Dottie, pull your pants down.’” Donnermeyer laughs as he tells the story.
Another moment he remembered fondly was waiting as a bill was being voted on in the General Assembly. There were 45 minutes of people voting, getting up and explaining their vote. Donnermeyer said he was sitting next to former state Rep. Bill McBee. Donnermeyer told McBee he was going to sing his vote.
“He said, ‘You won’t do it.’ I said, ‘I won’t?’ I put my hand up,” Donnermeyer said.
Donnermeyer said he was given three minutes by House Speaker Bill Kenton.
“Speaker Kenton didn’t like anybody singing on the floor. No way. He hated that. So, I started singing ‘God Bless America.’ I sang that whole song and had them all singing with me.”
Afterward, he said Kenton came chasing him down the hall.
Kind, honest … and playful
Donnermeyer also served as chair of the Business Organizations and Professions Committee, which had jurisdiction over Northern Kentucky’s important tourism and hospitality industries. He was appointed to the Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau board in the 1970s.
Bill Donnermeyer Jr. said he has learned from his father to be honest and fair and to follow the rules. An example he pointed to was a sting dubbed “Operation Boptrot” in the Kentucky General Assembly while Donnermeyer served as a representative. It involved legislators who accepted bribes and other illegal inducements to support horse-racing legislation in Kentucky. Between 1992 and 1995, more than a dozen legislators were convicted.
“He was always above the board, honest and followed the rules,” Bill Donnermeyer Jr. said.
Even as he nears age 100, Donnermeyer maintains his playful nature. He said he likes to sing to the nurses and aides at Carmel Manor, where he now lives. He also likes to play jokes.
“I used to scare these people,” Donnermeyer said. “They come into the room for the first time; they do a little work for me and everything. I kid them back and forth. Finally, I looked at them and said, ‘Oh, I forgot to tell you I got aids.’ And they’d scoot back and say, ‘Oh my gosh, aids,’ and I’d say, ‘Yeah, hearing aids.”
Ann Marie Donnermeyer said one of the biggest things she has learned from her father-in-law is to be kind and honest and help people when possible. She said it was a nice benefit to marry his son and get such a nice family.
Another Donnermeyer daughter-in-law, Debra Donnermeyer, said she lost her parents 35 years ago and is grateful for the Donnermeyer family.
“He’s just been the best thing for 45 years I’ve been in the family,” she said. “He’s been like a dad to me, a very loving grandfather and a wonderful father.”
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From left, Bill McBee, William Donnermeyer and Art Schmidt in the Kentucky House chamber. Provided | Kenton County Public Library Faces and Places
Mary and Bill Donnermeyer at a Donnermeyer campaign rally on Oct. 25, 1977. Provided| Kenton County Public Library Faces and Places
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TCounty approves garage project agreements
wo agreements regarding Kenton County’s ongoing parking garage project at the county government center were approved during Aug. 27’s fiscal court meeting.
The first was a guaranteed maximum price agreement between the county and Cincinnati-based Dugan & Meyers, the project’s general contractor. The agreement details the project’s scope, budget clarifications and pricing structure.
“This is the last piece of our agreement with Dugan & Myers to construct the garage back there,” Kenton County Administrator Joe Shriver said during the meeting. “Given the timing of it, we are going to have to align schedules down the road, but, because we got this [financial agreement] – we hammered this out the last couple of weeks – we’re going to go ahead and approve it and then give them a notice to proceed.”
Shriver added that the county expects Dugan & Meyers to begin the project Sept. 11. The fiscal court approved the development contract with Dugan & Meyers in July.
The second agreement is an amendment to the county’s initial agreement with Gresham Smith, the project’s architect. Gresham Smith is responsible for the garage’s design.
“This is simply a zero-change proposal,” Shriver said. “[Gresham Smith] had moved some hours around to accommodate, again, based upon construction schedules. We may need to make an adjustment down the road, but, right now, because of the changes we had made, and with the timing, they asked for a zero-change proposal.”
A zero-change proposal is submitted by either a project team or contractor that outlines a modification to the project without changing its cost, schedule or scope. In this case, Gresham Smith amended its service agreement with the county.
Since its initial approval, Kenton County has greenlit modifications to the garage’s design. In late February, the county ap-
proved schematic design revisions undertaken by Gresham Smith.
The garage is set to be constructed behind the Kenton County Government Center bordering Main Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, often referred to as 12th Street. Once completed, the garage will have 248 parking spaces, most of them underground.
As part of the pre-construction process, Kenton County has demolished three homes, at 514, 512 and 510 Martin Luther
King
Currently, the Kenton County Government Center has a surface parking lot with over 100 spots in front of the building. An additional 160 parking spots are underneath an elevated portion of Interstate 71/75.
Once construction on the $3.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project starts, several parking spots underneath the interstate will be eliminated. The new garage will replace parking lost to construction.
In September 2023, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Jim Gray announced that the state would contribute $15 million toward constructing the parking garage.
Additionally, a multifamily apartment complex is planned to be built above the garage. In December, Kenton County announced it had selected Al. Neyer and Urban Sites as developers of the apartment complex. Half the apartment units are slated to be one-bedroom, while a quarter each will be studios and two-bedroom units.
Blvd., to make room for the garage.
Houses are being demolished to make way for a parking garage on the site of the Kenton County Government Center. Photo by Kenton Hornbeck | LINK nky
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Fiscal court cuts real property tax rate to lowest in decades
Kenton County has reduced its real property tax rate from 13.3 cents to 12.5 cents per $100 valuation. The rate is a 6% reduction from this year and the lowest it has been since 1983.
The Kenton County Fiscal Court on Aug. 27 conducted a second reading of an ordinance that enacted the reduction. It’s the fourth consecutive year the county has lowered its rate.
Kenton County Judge-Executive Kris Knochelmann said the county was doing the “right thing” by reducing the rate. “For two years, we’ve worked to rebalance our revenue system so the tax burden is taken off Kenton County homeowners,” Knochelmann said in a release. “Now we’re seeing the results of those efforts.”
Commissioner Jon Draud said the rate reduction is helping make Kenton County one of the most attractive places in the state to live. “Keeping our property tax-rate low levels the playing field with our neighboring counties,” he said.
In addition, Kenton County’s motor vehicle tax rate remains the same at 15.8 cents per $100 valuation, and its personal property tax rate is 16 cents per $100 valuation.
The Kentucky Department of Revenue defines real property as land and any permanent structures attached. Tangible personal property is defined as physical and taxable property like manufacturing machinery, artwork, antiques, coin collections and construction equipment. Registered
cars and watercraft are excluded from qualifying as tangible personal property.
In October, Kenton County voted to reduce the county’s occupational tax rate, or payroll tax, from 0.9097% to 0.6997% on all wages below 100% of the federal Social Security cap, which is $168,600 in 2024.
The reduction followed a controversial payroll tax hike the year prior. Starting in January 2023, the payroll tax rate rose from 0.7097% on all wages under $25,000 to 0.9097% on all wages under $80,100. Commissioners said the November 2022 increase attempted to solve the “balance of revenue generation” between payroll and property taxes.
Then-Kenton County Treasurer Roy Cox said that payroll taxes historically made up a disproportionate amount of the county’s revenue, causing the county to be overly reliant on them. The hike allowed the county to readjust its tax structure so the fiscal court could reduce property taxes on residents later. Subsequently, Kenton County voted in August 2023 to lower its property tax rate from 14.4 cents to 13.3 cents per $100 valuation.
According to Knochelmann, this was all part of the plan.
“It’s important to remind people this part of the plan, as we adjusted the occupational (tax) and are getting the property tax rate down,” Knochelmann said during the fiscal court meeting.
During the previous fiscal court meeting, on Aug. 13, Knochelmann said the effort was to reduce the county’s likelihood of raising the property tax rate. Treasurer Kurt Greivenkamp said Kenton County property assessments have increased by about $154 million.
Covington, mirroring Newport, adopts plan for cycling in city
Covington has joined Newport in rethinking its bicycle infrastructure by approving a bike transit plan from Tri-State Trails. The Covington Commission approved the plan
at the legislative meeting on Aug. 27.
Discussions of the plan date to January 2023, and Tri-State Trails, the Cincinnati-based transit nonprofit that furnished the plan, presented it to the commission in January this year. The plan surveyed the city’s bike infrastructure and offered ideas for changes. The study was funded by the Devou Good Foundation, a nonprofit that also focuses heavily on transit reform.
The plan pertains to both Covington and Newport; Newport approved its end of the plan earlier this month.
The plan is not binding. Instead, it serves as a set of recommendations around infrastructure planning, policy changes and operational changes to create a more bike-friendly city overall. These include making a dedicated line item for bike infrastructure in the city budget, expanding the public bike share program, creating dedicated detours for cyclists to circumvent construction projects and road closures, as well as generally expanding education and advocacy for cycling, among other measures.
Donna Salyers honored with award for exceptional contributions to community
Fabulous Furs founder Donna Salyers was given the Pioneer Award by the Kenton County Fiscal Court on Aug. 27.
The Pioneer Award honors Kenton County residents who have a record of demonstrating outstanding service in the community.
“We want to say thank you for representing the region so well and setting a standard by which, as an entrepreneur, as a business person, and giving back and setting the standard that everybody can reach,” Judge-Executive Kris Knochelmann said.
The fiscal court played a video honoring Salyers during the meeting. The video featured an appearance from Jeanne Schroer, CEO of the Catalytic Fund, who shared kind remarks about Salyers’ impact on Covington.
Salyers launched Fabulous Furs, a luxury faux fur retailer, from her garage in 1989. Her business grew from there, eventually drawing the eye of Hollywood wardrobe stylists. Her coats have been used in popular shows such as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Only Murders in the Building.”
In addition to Fabulous Furs, Salyers is also a founder of the Salyers Group, a commercial real estate venture widely credited with helping restore downtown Covington through the 2000s. The Salyers Group is behind a number of notable businesses, including the Hotel Covington and Madison Event Center.
Independence council weighs police request to add social worker
Independence is considering joining the ranks of Northern Kentucky cities that have a full-time social worker on their police forces.
Joe Wood biked to the Northern Kentucky Convention Center to vote on Election Day 2022.
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Fabulous Furs founder Donna Salyers. Photo provided | Horizon Community Funds Council of Trustees
Kenton County Government Center. Hailey Roden
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“There’s a lot of people out there that don’t have the ability to get resources they need,” Independence Sgt. George Kreutzjans told Independence City Council on Aug. 26, when the council gave first reading to an ordinance that would add the position.
Kreuztjans has been advocating for a police social worker for several months. He and Chief Brian Ferayorni pitched the position at the Aug. 26 meeting, arguing that a fulltime social worker would be better able to handle calls police encounter frequently but aren’t necessarily in the best position to handle.
“That’s the trend these days,” Kreuztjans said, “to always send the police. If you don’t send the police, you send the fire department. In many of these cases, you’re sending a carpenter to do surgery.”
“The idea is to prevent repeat calls,” Ferayorni said. As examples of situations a police social worker would better be able to handle, he gave ongoing domestic issues or drugs. They would be handled better with service intervention rather than police intervention, he said.
“If you can get the people the help they need to get them off drugs, to get mental health treatment, to get out of domestic violence, you will limit the number of calls you go to,” he said. “In turn, it will help the city and the officers and the citizens themselves.”
Like other police social workers in the region, Independence’s social worker would work in a secondary role on the force, meaning the worker would not necessarily be out with first responders. Instead, he or she would help connect relevant cases to necessary services.
Kreuztjans gave an example of a domestic violence incident in which an aggressor is arrested on the spot and then the victim is connected to the social worker, who would assist that person in getting out of the relationship long-term or getting connected to a crisis center.
The council will vote on the measure in October.
Covington
voters to face
measure to change city to mayor-council government
A ballot measure asking Covington residents if they want to convert the city’s government from city manager form to mayor-council form will appear on November’s ballot.
Earlier this summer, a committee of local business people and civic leaders formed to gather signatures for the measure. Chaired by local businessman Richard Dickmann, who owns the restaurant Smoke Justis, the committee calls itself Covington Forward. The Kenton County Board of Elections certified the committee’s petition Aug. 30, confirming that the committee successfully gathered enough signatures.
The ballot will pose the issue in the form of a yes or no question: “Are you in favor of the City of Covington adopting a Mayor-Council Plan as defined by KRS § 83A.130?”
Covington chooses firm to oversee construction of its new city hall
J.S. Held, a Cincinnati-based consulting firm, will manage the construction of Covington’s new city hall building.
The $330,720 contract allows Held to act as the city’s agent in managing and planning various aspects of the project, including the project’s many subcontractors, from early planning through construction. Held already has consulted with the city on some of the project’s early planning.
The contract with J.S. Held was approved as part of the consent agenda for the Aug. 20 City Commission meeting. Construction financing also was approved at the meeting.
The city is expected to break ground Oct. 29.
New program to honor community contributions to come with city hall
Exceptional civic engagement from Covington residents can now be recognized through a newly established program.
“A new city hall provides … a forum to memorialize those Covington residents whose governmental or community leadership contributions have had a significant impact on the development of the Covington community or represent a very high level of accomplishment,” reads the municipal order establishing the program.
A selection committee will administer the program. It is to consist of single representatives from the Kenton County Public Library, Kenton County Historical Society and city government; and two Covington residents. The mayor will appoint the committee’s members.
“The vision is that, once a year, the committee would meet, accept suggestions and recommendations, and then nominate one or two people to be recognized by having
their photo and a biography that identifies their contributions to our civic growth exhibited at the new City Hall,” said Mayor Joe Meyer at the City Commission meeting.
To be eligible for recognition in the program, nominees must:
• Have been residents of the city for “a significant number of years.” The order does not specify what counts as a significant number.
• They must be citizens in good standing both in Covington and in other places where they’ve lived.
• They have demonstrated achievements in one of the following areas:
- Community service.
- Civic responsibility.
- Education.
- Government or politics at the local, state or national level.
• Living residents are not eligible.
Police cite value of CodeRED in search for Independence girl
After a harrowing but successful community-wide search for a missing girl in Independence in August, city officials and police are encouraging residents to sign up for the county’s emergency alert system.
Called CodeRED, the system delivers automated messages about emergency situations involving crime, natural disasters or missing people to residents in a given area. Residents can sign up to receive messages via text, phone or email.
In last week’s case, CodeRED was used to deliver messages to Independence residents instructing them to search for Persephone Ross around their properties. A few hours after the initial call, the child was found safe and sound.
Learn more about the CodeRED system at kentoncounty.org.
Shops in Covington off of Madison Avenue. Hailey Roden | LINK nky
A rendering of Covington’s new city hall as presented in October 2023. Provided | Elevar Design Group
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Trilevel and private ranch home in Edgewood
Address: 822 Fawnhill Drive, Edgewood
Price: $545,000
Bedrooms: Five
Bathrooms: Three (plus one half-bath)
Square footage: 2,597
School district: Kenton County
County: Kenton
Special features: This unique trilevel home features wood beams, cathedral ceilings, hardwood flooring and a tiki bar. An additional one-story private home has an updated kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, two bedrooms and an updated bathroom. The property sits on a half-acre lot with an in-ground pool.
An exterior view of this Edgewood home. Photos provided | The Cindy Shetterly Team with Keller Williams Realty Services
A view of this home’s backyard with an inground pool.
Taylor Williamson comedy, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Commonwealth Sanctuary, 522 Fifth Ave., Dayton. Evening of comedy with comedian best known as runner-up on “America’s Got Talent.” Admission $20. Additional shows at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Information: programming@commonwealthsanctuary. com or commonwealthsanctuary.com.
Cops and Joggers, 8 a.m.noon, Boone County Sheriff’s Office, 3000 Conrad Lane, Burlington. 5K and fun run benefits Boone County Sheriff’s Office and their families. 5K starts at 9, kids fun run at 10:30. Information: Kaiti.Jones@gmail.com or getmeregistered.com/ copsjoggers.
Art in the Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Bellevue Beach Park, 643-665 Frank Benke Way, Bellevue. Annual art and music celebration with live music, food and drinks, exhibits from more than 80 artists and craftspeople. Information: 859431-8888 or Melissa. Morandi@bellevueky.org.
Boots, Bourbon, & Biscuits, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Receptions Erlanger, 1379 Donaldson Hwy., Erlanger. Fundraiser benefits Children’s Law Center. Includes brunch, speakers, silent auction, live music and dancing. Information: 859-431-3313, spepper@ childrenslawky.org or childrenslawky.org/ boots-bourbon-andbiscuits.
“Parks and Recreation” trivia night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Barleycorn’s Brewhouse, 402 Licking Pike, Wilder. Put your “Parks and Rec” knowledge to the ultimate test at this Last Call Trivia event. Information: 859-5122426 or barleycornsbrewhouse.com.
Boone County Fiscal Court meeting, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Boone County Administration Building, first floor, 2950 Washington St., Burlington. Information: 859-334-3571 or boonecountyky.org.
Erlanger City Council caucus meeting, 7-8 p.m., Erlanger Municipal Building, 505 Commonwealth Ave., Erlanger. Information: erlangerky.gov/calendar.
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By Maria Hehman
WHead to Levee’s Galley for great grub
ith so many places in one space, it can be hard to narrow down which is right for each occasion. This Streetscapes we are going to delve into the drinking and dining options at The Galley along with a few other favorites on the riverfront.
The Galley
The Galley is a large food hall with communal, first-come first-served seating. With a central bar and four restaurants, it makes for an ideal quick-stop dining option at the Levee. The lineup offers a variety of cuisines, so no one has to compromise.
The Rose Deli offers flavors of Philadelphia, Herr’s chips, hoagies and, of course, cheesesteak. Sandwiches, burgers and salads complete its menu. Club Coop serves fried chicken, tenders, wings and sandwiches. There are plain tenders for those who like to keep it simple or the honey sriracha chicken sandwich for bold flavor. Los Tacos Hermanos combines the flavors of Mexican street food with West Coast inspiration – tacos, tortas and birria ramen to name a
few savory choices. Stick and Buns offers the flavors of Asian street food. Its most popular dish is pork bao buns. Korean fried wings, Brussels sprouts and chicken potstickers enhance the already impressive menu.
Guests are encouraged to sample and share items from all four menus. Drinks from the Galley’s bar can be enjoyed inside or at outdoor seating facing the riverfront.
Amador
For a taste of Cuba with an inviting interior that will transport guests to the Caribbean, look no further than Amador, which specializes in Cuban coffee and food.
Cuban coffee is best known for its bold and rich flavor, and Amador has five coffee options so there’s something for all palates. Cafe con leche is perfect for those new to Cuban coffee, while the cordito is for the coffee connoisseur.
Amador’s Cuban sandwich sticks to the basics. Its empanadas, savory filled pastries,
are among its most popular dishes and come in three flavors. There are several options for plantain chips. Whether it’s with the house pineapple guacamole or the ceviche with shrimp, avocado, onion and peppers, there’s no passing up this Cuban staple.
Amador has an extensive bar menu, with an emphasis on rum – nearly double the alternative spirits here. That’s fine, though, because but nothing says “tropical getaway” better than a piña colada.
Beeline on the Levee
For a casual cocktail, Beeline on the Levee gives off more of a lounge than club vibe. Guests can easily converse without screaming over music. The interior mixes modern and classic styles, with velvet covered seats and gold accents for timeless decor accented with neon signs for a modern flair.
There are several seating options. Outside are two bars, one with riverfront views, the other looking back in. Inside seating also boasts riverfront views, and there is lounge and table seating for larger groups. Needless to say, you will find a seat here to match the weather or your preference.
The drink menu is as beautiful as the interior. Craft cocktails are colorful, creative and refreshing. Bend the Rails, one of Beeline’s signature cocktails, features fruit flavored vodkas, honey and fruit juice, topped with an edible flower. Not seeing a drink that stands out? They also have “jam sessions” customized to each guest. Choose your liquor and a fruit jam, and bartenders will shake, strain and serve you your own creation.
Beeline has the standard bar options, too, with beer, seltzers, wine and seasonal shots. It’s a great stop before heading to dinner or for those just wanting a drink with a view.
What to Know If You Go
The Galley
Location: 1 Levee Way, Suite 2128
Hours: Monday, closed; Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-11 pm.; Sunday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Website: galleyonthelevee.com
Amador
Location: 1 Levee Way, Suite 2122A Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Website: amadorcuban.com Phone: 859-392-2060
Beeline
Location: 1 Levee Way, Suite 2124
Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 4 p.m.12:30 a.m.; Thursday-Friday, 4 p.m.-2:30 a.m.; Saturday, noon-2:30 a.m.; Sunday, noon-12:30 a.m.
Website: beelineonthelevee.com Phone: 859-392-0600
The Galley food hall at Newport on the Levee offers four restaurants and a bar. Provided | Galley on the Levee via Facebook
Amador’s alley to the riverwalk is just as bright and bold as its interior. Photo by Maria Hehman
Bend the Rails cocktail from Beeline. Photo by Maria Hehman
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sees the continued transformation of the Eagles as each player, day by day, gradually expands her role. The Eagles get down to business with dig drills while getting up to speed with blocking. They practice situational hitting and undertake serve-receive exercises. They move through various other drills while tightening the screws on offense and defense.
“We want to be a well-oiled machine when it matters most, at the end of the season,” coach Sullivan said. “We want our players to do more.”
Paying off in long run
The Eagles are becoming more versatile, more flexible and less predictable out of necessity.
“We’re not super tall, and I’m playing a core group of girls as we integrate others,” Sullivan said. “It’s important we do things like take advantage of matchups and use our strengths to the best advantage.”
Part of the strategy is becoming a harder team to scout, posing preparation difficulties and disrupting gameplans.
“We want all our hitters to be able to hit from anywhere effectively no matter what their position is.” Sullivan said. “We have to be a little crafty, so we’re moving our hitters around a lot.”
Junior setter Ryann Grigsby likes the idea.
“I’m taking different routes and jump-setting more so we can run a quicker offense,” said Grigsby, who joined the 1,000 assist club last season. “I think we’ll get more comfortable with the changes as the season goes along.”
Minor, who nailed down her 1,000th career kill last season, agrees. “I think it’s a good idea. It makes us more difficult to match up with.”
Sullivan realizes there will be growing pains. “I think, in the long run, it’ll pay off.”
Eyes on the state prize
There have been many volleyball success stories at Scott. Sullivan is hoping the Eagles are in the middle of another one.
Since Sullivan arrived 22 years ago, many accolades have been given to Eagles volleyball players and coaches alike. Minor
and senior teammate Elise Manhardt, a libero and defensive specialist, are two of 15 players from the 10th Region named to the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association 2024 preseason watch list. Minor is the reigning 10th Region player of the year and a 2023 KVCA all-state honorable mention.
Like virtually every other high school volleyball team in Kentucky, though, Scott has found that bringing home a state championship trophy is a very challenging goal to meet. Just six teams, including three from Northern Kentucky, have won 45 state volleyball championships.
“We want to accomplish that goal,” Minor said.
The Eagles have won just about everything else, including conference, district and regional crowns. They have won nine district titles under Sullivan’s direction, six since joining the 10th Region’s 37th District. The Eagles have won five 10th Region championships.
A winner of multiple coach of the year awards, Sullivan is closing in on career win No. 500 after earning her 470th during the first week of September. She is a member of three halls of fame, including Scott’s.
The Eagles won the 37th District championship last season for the seventh time in 12 years. The last region title came in 2020.
With all the changes this season at Scott, the Eagles would also like to change some of the narrative.
“That’s the goal: win the region,” coach Sullivan said. “Then go as far as we can in the state tournament.”
The Eagles celebrate last season’s 37th District tournament championship, their first since 2020. Coach Andrea Sullivan stands on the far left. Provided | Amber Helm
Scott junior hitter Milyn Minor is a major talent and the 10th Region’s reigning volleyball player of the year. Provided | Scott athletics
9th Region shows strength in statewide girls soccer poll
If the first few weeks of the season are an indicator, the path to the state tournament in the 9th Region might be harder than the state tournament itself.
In the latest Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Coaches Association poll released on Sept. 3 (the second of the season), seven teams from the 9th Region were ranked in the top 25 in the state. They are led by Notre Dame, ranked second with five first-place votes, behind No. 1 Sacred Heart in Louisville.
The Pandas are off to a 6-0-1 start and earned a 1-1 tie with Sacred Heart on Aug. 24. Following Notre Dame is Conner in the No. 5 spot. The Cougars’ impressive start includes an 8-0-1 record in which they’ve yet to allow a goal.
Highlands (4-2-1) is 11th, and Dixie Heights (3-3) is 14th. Highlands defeated Dixie Heights 5-0 on Sept. 3.
Beechwood (7-0-1) is 16th, the Tigers undefeated through their first eight games, which also came with the program’s first 9th Region All “A” title in program history.
Ryle (1-5-1) is 22nd and Cooper (6-1-2) is 23rd to round out the 9th Region teams in the top 25.
Simon Kenton (4-2-1) in the 8th Region also cracked the top 25, in a tie for 24th.
Norse to open season with FSU, set date for Cincy showdown
The Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball non-conference schedule is
taking shape with about two months to go before the season begins.
On Aug. 30, NKU made it official that it will open the 2024-25 season Nov. 4 in Tallahassee, facing Florida State University. The announcement comes a day after it announced it would meet the University of Cincinnati Nov. 19 at Truist Arena.
That’s seven non-conference games set so far with another four or five potentially open dates. After opening the season at Florida State, the Norse head to West Lafayette, Indiana, to face national runner-up Purdue on Nov. 8. A home date with Nicholls State comes Nov. 14, then, after the Bearcats on the 19th, a Nov. 27 road game versus the College of Charleston.
Two games in December have been set: Dec. 3 at Akron and a home game with South Carolina State on Dec. 21.
The dates with FSU, Purdue and Cincinnati have been confirmed by NKU; the dates with Nicholls, College of Charleston, Akron and South Carolina State were reported by bracketeer.org‘s Rocco Miller on his X account.
Some of those games are part of the multiteam Twyman-Stokes NKU Classic. Along with the Norse, Cincinnati and Nicholls will participate in this three-game event. Besides the NKU-Nicholls and NKU-UC games, Nicholls also will play Nov. 15 at Cincinnati.
With 20 conference games on the slate, it leaves a few more dates open for the Norse.
NKU will be in the conversation once again as one of the top teams in the Horizon League, coming off a 18-15 season in 202324 and returning six of its top eight rotational players. They’ll also get Sam Vinson and Hubertas Pivorius back from injury.
The Norse added some pieces in the transfer portal and from high school, including Paulius Rapolis, a 7-foot, 3-star prospect, the No. 20-rated prep player in Florida and the No. 26-rated center in the nation.
The Norse have won the Horizon League conference title and reached the NCAA tournament four times in the last seven years, one of those trips wiped out due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
NKADA announces 2024 Hall of Fame inductees, awards
The Northern Kentucky Athletic Directors Association has released the 2024 Hall of Fame inductees, along with the recipients of the Tom Potter Award, Mel Webster Award and Stan Steidel Award.
The annual Hall of Fame Dinner, at which each honoree will be recognized, will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 14 at Receptions in Erlanger. November’s dinner will be the 41st annual affair.
This year’s Tom Potter award will go to Charlie Chappie, a Holmes grad. Chappie recently retired after 50 years as a high school official.
This year’s Stan Steidel Award goes to Mike Borchers, who recently retired as superintendent of Ludlow Independent Schools. Borchers spent 29 years in the Ludlow school system, 13 of them as superintendent.
This year’s Mel Webster Award winner is Michelle Barth from Highlands. Barth was a softball standout for the Bluebirds, helping to lead the team to three straight 9th Region titles. Barth now attends Thomas More University and is playing softball for the Saints.
The 2024 Hall of Fame class is:
Hallie Hundemer Booth, Bellevue; Alicia Miller, Bishop Brossart; Andy Mulcahy, Boone County; Joe Gubser, Silver Grove; Kristen Koors Elfers and McKenzie Long, Conner; Al Hertsenberg and Luke Maile, Covington Catholic; Tommy Vann, Dayton; Lauren Nemeroff, Dixie Heights; Karen Stubbs, Newport; Terry Sandfoss Sr. and Tessy Bankamper Krebs, Newport Central Catholic; Jill Powell Crossen, Ryle; Andrea Sullivan, Scott; Jeff Marksberry, Simon Kenton; and Keith Schuler, St. Henry.
CovCath remains atop latest boys soccer coaches poll
Through three weeks of high school soccer action, the Northern Kentucky High School Boys Soccer Coaches Association released its second poll of the season Sept. 3. Covington Catholic stays in the No. 1 spot, while Highlands trails in second and Ryle is right behind in third.
The Colonels are 5-3-1, winning their last two over Beechwood (3-1) and Cooper (2-0), which sits at No. 4 in the poll. Tyler Turnpaugh leads the way for CovCath with six goals this season. Booker Gifford is the leader of the team in saves with 14.
The Bluebirds have lost their last two to Lafayette (1-2) and Cooper (0-1), but sit at .500 on the season with a 2-2 record.
The Raiders bounced back from a threegame losing streak with a 3-1 win over Newport Central Catholic, moving to 4-5 overall. Ethan Timon, Eddie Wilson and Pierce Wilson each had a goal against the Thoroughbreds, while goalkeeper Nicholas Heredia had six saves.
Finishing out the top 10 were Cooper, Conner, Dixie Heights, Bishop Brossart, St. Henry, Boone County and Beechwood. Others receiving votes included Campbell County, Newport Central Catholic and Simon Kenton.
Recent scores around the area were Simon Kenton and Cooper finishing in a 2-2 tie, Conner rolling past Ryle, 2-1, Beechwood over Boone County, 1-0, Dixie Heights defeating Simon Kenton, 3-1, and Campbell County 2-1, Holmes and Scott tying 2-2, Cooper clearing Highlands, 1-0, and Boone County defeating Bishop Brossart, 3-1.
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Notre Dame is ranked No. 2 in the latest Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Coaches Association statewide poll. Provided | Charles Bolton
Keeyan Itejere and the Norse will open their 2024-25 season at Florida State University on Nov. 4. Provided | NKU Athletics
Chris Wessels (6) and Covington Catholic remain top ranked team Northern Kentucky. Provided | Marc Figgins
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