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Church celebrates sister’s lifetime of service

By David S. Rotenstein

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ovington’s Church of Our Savior anticipated a large turnout Aug. 24.

Church leaders taped a handwritten note to the sanctuary door advising people that Mass would be said next door in the social hall.

By the time it began at 9:30 a.m., approximately 75 congregants and visitors filled the hall to celebrate the long career of Sister Janet Bucher, who retired in July as the church’s pastoral administrator. A Covington native, Bucher, 84, spent 33 years at Our Savior.

The weekend before she retired, in July, church leaders and officials from the Kentucky Historical Society unveiled a historical marker. Bucher spearheaded the marker project, and it’s as much a monument to Bucher’s contributions to the church and to Covington history as it is to Northern Kentucky’s first Black Catholic school.

“We wanted to celebrate an amazing life of service,” Philip Stowers, chair of the parish Continues on page 3

Sister Janet Bucher at the Church of Our Savior’s celebration of her service Aug. 24. Photo by David S. Rotenstein | LINK nky contributor

Could more Boone County backyards have animals?

By Kenton Hornbeck

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ackyard chickens in unincorporated Boone County? How about bees and rabbits? In June, the fiscal court instructed the planning commission to consider whether or not to relax restrictions.

Property owners may not keep backyard chickens, rabbits and bees in certain residential zoning areas of unincorporated Boone County. The county zoning code states that chickens are generally allowed in rural and agricultural districts, as well as in rural suburban estates and rural suburban zones.

Backyard chickens are permitted in Boone County’s agricultural and lowest-density residential zones. Duc Van | Unsplash

A-1 agricultural districts are mainly designated for crop production, livestock, forestry and other traditional farm uses.

Residential development is allowed only at very low densities. A-1 districts require a

minimum lot size of five acres. A-2 agriculture estate districts permit slightly more housing, serving as a transition between farmland and suburban neighborhoods.

Both districts restrict development to protect agricultural activities.

Chickens, rabbits and bees are not allowed in higher-density residential zones, such as suburban residential 2 and 3, and urban residential 1, 2 and 3. Chickens are generally allowed as pets in suburban residential 1 zones, but not for commercial purposes.

During a Boone County Fiscal Court meeting on June 17, Commissioner Chet Hand moved for the planning commission to research and explore changes to the zoning rules surrounding backyard chickens, rabbits and bees. Commissioner Cathy Flaig seconded the motion.

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council, told those seated in the hall before the Rev. Robert Ross began the Mass.

Stowers was one of several former students, congregants and colleagues who spoke during the event, which included musical interludes by the Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers and percussionist James Penman, and a potluck lunch.

“She was my grade school teacher,” said Penman while warming up for the program. The 71-year-old attended Our Savior school between 1961 and 1963, the year it closed. He fondly remembers camping trips Bucher organized for neighborhood children and how she was a fixture in Cov-

ington’s historically Black Eastside neighborhood.

“She’s the only one I know that actually walks around the neighborhood and tries to get people to come to church here,” Penman says. “I always call her my, my warrior, you know, because she, she gets out here and she does whatever it takes to get a lot of people to come to church.”

A Covington tomboy Eastside could have been on the other side of the world instead of just the other side of town when Bucher was growing up. Her father, Arthur, worked as a lithographer for a Newport printing business, and her mother, Hilda, who did clerical work before getting married, took care of the house and growing family, which included Bucher’s two brothers and a sister. They lived in a two-story brick house on York Street, a block west of Main Street and north of Pike Street.

Though Covington historically had one of Northern Kentucky’s largest Black populations, Bucher doesn’t remember engaging with Black people until she was an adult.

“Madison Avenue, or possibly Scott Street, was kind of the limits.… I saw them, but, you know, you just didn’t have any contact.”

Sister Janet Bucher grew up in this home on York Street in Covington’s Mainstrasse neighborhood.

Photo by David S. Rotenstein | LINK nky contributor

Bucher smiles when she describes life as a child on York Street. “I was pretty much a tomboy. I ran the streets and played with the boys, and we played baseball and touch football in the street or in the alley,” Bucher says. “We often hid up in the Mittendorf’s

Funeral Home yard.”

The funeral home was on Main Street, and its garages opened on York Street across from the Bucher home. “We’d hide up in the Mittendorf property there. We’ve been known to go in that garage and hide inside these coffin boxes,” Bucher sheepishly admits.

Bucher’s family attended St. Aloysius Catholic Church a few blocks away, and she went to St. Aloysius school. The church burned down in 1985, but the school building is still there, now converted into apartments.

In the seventh grade, Bucher, then known as Carol Ann Bucher, got to know some of the sisters in the church, and she began helping them around the school and with shopping.

“I became friends with one of the sisters, and I guess decided that I liked their lifestyle and I wanted to be a teacher,” Bucher says. “In those days, in the Catholic schools, there were only sisters. There were no lay teachers back in those days in the Catholic schools. So it was almost if I wanted to be a teacher, I had to be a sister.”

Bucher knew some girls who had entered St. Anne’s convent near Melbourne. At 15, she entered the convent as a sister candidate. “My parents were OK with it,” she said.

St. Anne’s occupies a sprawling campus that includes a large wooded area with trails and wetlands, now owned by the Continues on page 4

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The Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers performed during the Mass that celebrated Sister Janet Bucher’s contributions. Photos by David S. Rotenstein | LINK nky contributor Continued from page 3

Campbell County Conservation District, and a cemetery. The convent’s main, brick, Jacobean-style buildings occupy a hill with expansive Ohio Valley views.

The Sisters of Divine Providence traces its roots to 18th-century France; members of the order arrived in Northern Kentucky in 1889. After spending its first few decades based in Newport, the order completed the convent in 1930. It became their home and hub for their work throughout the region.

In its heyday, says Bucher, the convent once housed more than 500 nuns.

Carol Ann to Sister Janet Bucher finished her primary and secondary education there and progressed from candidate to novitiate.

“At the end of our novitiate is a time when sisters … we profess our vows of poverty, chastity and obedience for one year,” Bucher explained. “At that profession ceremony, as a symbol of our changing our lifestyle and giving our life to God, to the church, to Jesus, we make the vows. And then, as part of that, at that time, our names were changed.”

Carol Ann Bucher became Sister Janet Marie Bucher. She took the name of a cousin who died from cancer at age 17.

Bucher left the convent and began her service while trying to pick up college classes to complete an undergraduate degree in education from what was then Thomas More College. It took 12 years. She went on to earn a master’s in education and theology from Xavier University.

After postings around the world, Bucher returned to the Cincinnati area. Back home, she taught at Bishop Howard School and other area Catholic schools before becoming Our Savior’s parish administrator in 1991.

“When I worked at the diocese, I was aware and worked with Sister Janet in her ministry here,” says Anthony Depenbrock, former chief financial officer for the Diocese of Covington. “She’s been here a long, long time, and this is her family.”

Ric Jennings, a founder of the nationally acclaimed Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers, has known Bucher since she arrived at Our Savior.

“She can go to any part of the neighborhood, no particular time of day or night, and get total respect,” Jennings said. “That’s the effect that she’s had on this community, and that’s something that we need right now to feed the hearts and minds of those around us.”

Percussionist James Penman was one of Sister Janet Bucher’s students. He drummed during the celebration of her career at the Church of Our Savior on Aug. 24.

Honoring church’s roots Before retiring, Bucher lived in a modest diocese-owned home next to the church.

Last month, she moved into a nearby apartment. That’s where LINK met her as she adjusted to her new life, one that includes noisy refrigerators and coin-operated laundry machines.

“We heard that, in her new building, the laundry takes quarters, so we’ve got her a sufficient supply of quarters and a card,” Sowers, the parish council head, said after the Aug. 24 Mass. He handed Bucher a shopping bag filled with quarters and a card he got at a museum.

“This is a special card,” Stowers said. “It’s a Fannie Lou Hamer, and it talks about her life. If you don’t know about Fannie Lou Hamer, she was one of the great women leaders of the civil rights movement who became famous for her saying, ‘I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.’”

Stowers, who had Bucher as a second-grade teacher, added, “Sister Janet has lived that.

She has been sick and tired and has fought for all different types of organizations in this community. Thank you, Sister Janet.”

Other gifts included a plaque presented by Roger Bedford.

“Our Savior church has changed. It has evolved. But throughout all the change, through the evolution, Sister Janet has always tried to make sure and ensure that the roots of this church were not forgotten,” Bedford told the church before handing the plaque to Bucher. “She has always, always made sure that the roots, the flavor of the Afro-American culture was somehow expressed in this church.”

He attended Our Savior school, and his entire family was baptized in the church.

He’s retired and living in California. “I come back here, these are my roots,” Bedford told LINK afterward.

Bucher is a diminutive woman who leaves large shoes to fill.

“She has continued to make sure that the Eastside community, especially the historically African American community, has been represented in city decisions when things were going on,” said Stowers. “She got the message out. She was always in the mix so that we knew that, if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. And Sister Janet always kept us at the table.”

Jennings, the musician, summed it up: “That’s what the world needs, some more of Sister Janet.”

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meeting, County Zoning Administrator Michael Schwartz noted that the primary sticking point is household agriculture.

Hand emphasized that he was strictly looking for recommendations from the planning commission, rather than seeking any concrete legislative action. “I make a motion to direct the staff to coordinate with the planning commission to look at options for removing the restrictions on backyard chickens, rabbits and bees,” he said.

Animals classified under household agriculture are allowed only in the county’s agricultural and its lowest-density residential zones, rural suburban and rural suburban estates. Kentucky state law generally exempts agricultural uses on five or more acres from most zoning restrictions.

From Hand’s perspective, raising chickens, rabbits and bees has become an agricultural hobby in the postpandemic world.

As such, the stigma surrounding raising chickens in residential areas has lessened, partly due to economic considerations, such as higher egg prices.

“We restrict chickens, rabbits and bees, which today are very much a hobby-type thing for many, many families and people.

Bees, especially – it’s really a low impact, or no impact,” Hand said. “If you want to put a couple hives in your backyard, that’s real common. In fact, we have them in Boone County in some places. Same with chickens and rabbits are low-impact, and they’re generally considered pets. There really shouldn’t be a reason why, I think, we restrict people from having them.”

Animals such as chickens, rabbits and bees are not permitted under Boone County’s current definition of household agriculture. That definition allows residents to keep chickens and similar animals on a small scale so long as it is attached to the home, not used for commercial purposes and does not create a nuisance.

One Boone County city, Florence, went so far as to ban backyard chickens within suburban residential zones, categorizing chickens as farm animals rather than household pets.

The county’s zoning rules typically permit chickens, rabbits and bees in rural subur-

“Most important, we think that, while some people in these traditional or urban residential zoning districts may desire to have this household agriculture, we feel that it is equally important to protect the rights of those people in those districts that don’t want it,” Schwartz said.

Backyard beehives could be allowed in more residential neighborhoods if Boone County loosens its zoning code. Provided | Adobe Stock

ban estates zones because livestock farming is a primary use, and keeping animals is allowed as a secondary use. While poultry is not specifically listed as a primary use in rural suburban zones, chickens can be kept as noncommercial pets under the “pets and animals” category.

Hand and Commissioner Jesse Brewer noted that neighborhood homeowner associations throughout unincorporated Boone County would still be able to restrict or forbid backyard chickens in their neighborhoods.

County Administrator Matthew Webster explained the legislative process for changing the zoning ordinance.

“What will happen, judge, is they [planning commission staff] will do a draft, and they’ll be happy to come back and present that to the court,” he told Judge-Executive Gary Moore. “If you decide you do not like

where that’s headed, we can really stop it there…. If you like the direction, then it will require a full text amendment process that will go through the full process.

Moore wanted the discussion to continue.

“We would want to have an intense public discussion about it,” he said. “We wouldn’t want folks to find out about it when they wake the next morning and didn’t know we were doing it.”

At least one community organization has publicly supported changing zoning regulations on raising animals. In June 2024, the Boone County Agricultural Extension Office published a newsletter advocating for allowing backyard chickens in the county’s urban areas.

Public discussion picked back up at the Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission’s technical design and review committee meeting on Aug. 20. During the

After some discussion, the committee decided that chickens and other animals like rabbits and bees should stay restricted to agricultural and very low-density residential zones. They also agreed that bringing them into suburban or urban areas leads to conflicts between neighbors, complaints about noise and smells, and issues with enforcement related to sanitation and animal care.

Still, recognizing that the fiscal court might want to consider broader allowances, Schwartz and his team drafted an Alternative B proposal. This would allow a limited number of animals in suburban areas, under strict conditions: up to six chickens or rabbits, or one beehive; placement in the rear yard with a 20-foot setback; screening requirements; and restrictions on roosters and breeding.

Ultimately, Schwartz and the committee decided not to recommend any changes to the current zoning code, while providing the fiscal court with draft language for Alternative B only if the legislative body urges further consideration.

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Officials: Communication key to bridge projects

By Kenton Hornbeck

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wo of the most significant infrastructure projects in Northern Kentucky’s history are fast approaching: the Brent Spence Corridor and the replacement of the Fourth Street Bridge.

Project managers are sharing essential details about both projects, such as timelines and impact on traffic.

Both projects will have a lasting impact on NKY due to their extensive construction scope and timelines, causing some residents, business owners and commuters to feel anxious about the projects’ duration, size and potential disruption.

To help alleviate those concerns, the Covington Business Council organized a keynote panel during its monthly luncheon, at which experts discussed the projects.

The panel included key project managers such as Corey Wilson, who is overseeing the Fourth Street Bridge replacement for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet; Elizabeth Wetzel, Covington’s director of special projects; and Stacy Hans, the KYTC project manager for the Brent Spence Corridor. The panel was moderated by John Hurd, Duke Energy’s director of infrastructure engagement.

“I always find it’s really important to remember the end goal,” Hurd said. “There’s going to be some frustrations and pains, and we’ll talk a little bit about that with traffic, and discuss that here, but at the end of the day, the importance of what these are able to bring to our community, as far as access to these communities.”

The Brent Spence Corridor will reconfigure eight miles of Interstate 75 from Fort Mitchell to the Western Hills Viaduct in Cincinnati. The keystone of the project is the construction of a cable-stayed, double-deck companion bridge directly west

Rendering for the Brent Spence Bridge companion bridge. Provided | Ohio Dept. of Transportation

of the Brent Spence Bridge. The Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory has classified the Brent Spence Bridge as functionally obsolete.

The Brent Spence is a vital point in the U.S. Interstate Highway system, handling about 3% of the country’s annual gross domestic product. When it opened in 1963, it was expected to accommodate about 80,000 vehicles daily. Today, it handles 160,000 to 180,000 vehicles each day.

The corridor project, which will cost around $3.6 billion, will be managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Ohio Department of Transportation. Hans said the project’s timeline is less clear because it’s still in the design-build phase. The project’s website says early construction work is slated to begin this year.

On the other hand, the Fourth Street Bridge remains a vital link between two of Northern Kentucky’s most urbanized communities, Covington and Newport. The current bridge is nearly 90 years old and needs to be replaced. Ky. 8, which runs on the bridge over the Licking River, is a state road and so falls under the Transportation Cabinet’s jurisdiction.

Wilson said final design work for the new bridge will be finished by December. It will be a distinctive structure that features four vehicle lanes and two, 12-foot, multiuse paths for pedestrians and cyclists. Demolition of the old bridge is planned for January 2026, and the entire project is expected to be completed by mid-2028.

“It’s a bridge replacement project, so we’re tearing out everything associated with the current bridge,” he said. “We won’t be re-

using any parts or pieces of the existing bridge. We’ve got to tear out all the footings, all the foundations, the approaches to the existing bridge. There is a substantial amount of work there.”

Each insider on the panel highlighted the importance of communication. Specifically, Wilson and Hans said the Transportation Cabinet learned valuable lessons from the 2020 chemical fire on the Brent Spence Bridge, which resulted in the bridge’s closure for months. Following the fire, the cabinet implemented new approaches for traffic control, engaging with businesses and providing real-time updates on projects.

“We’ve been taking those lessons that we learned in 2020, and we’ve been applying them to projects ever since then,” Wilson said.

Hans reiterated Wilson’s point, telling the audience that communication with the public is tantamount to the success of both projects. She pointed people to each project’s individual websites, brentspencebridgecorridor.com and ky8bridge.org, as ways the public could stay up-to-date with each project.

“It’s not just looking at what the project is going to look like at the end, but those interim phases, through those maintenance of traffic phasing,” she said. “So once again, we have opportunities for engaging social media, but my first and foremost is to direct everyone to that project website.”

Stay up to date Get the latest information on plans for the Brent Spence Corridor and Fourth Street Bridge on websites dedicated to the projects: Brent Spence: brentspencebridgecorridor.com.

Fourth Street: ky8bridge.org A rendering of the new Fourth Street Bridge over the Licking River. Provided | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

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City, county approve financing deal for Covington residential complex

By Kenton Hornbeck and Nathan Granger

the area’s annual median income. John Sadosky, the city’s assistant economic development director, put that figure at $73,000 for one person and $84,000 for a two-person household, based on U.S. census data for the entire Cincinnati metropolitan area.

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financing deal and tax abatement was approved Aug. 26 for Covington’s Bavarian Flats project, a $27 million apartment complex that will sit atop the Kenton County Government Center parking garage.

Hull argued the region’s median is not representative of households in the city. The city’s publicly available internal data puts the median household income in the city at about $58,600, again roughly in line with U.S. census data.

Both Covington’s City Commission and the Kenton County Fiscal Court debated the project at meetings last week, approving a PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, program.

Covington Mayor Ron Washington said all financing proposals go through a vetting process to determine if it’s necessary to seek bonding to bankroll a project. He added that any additional analyses from third-party professionals are charged to the developer, not the city.

The 125-unit multifamily residential complex will be at 1840 Simon Kenton Way. Covington’s economic development department has estimated the project to cost around $27.5 million, according to previous reports.

Cincinnati-based design-build company Merus, formerly Al. Neyer, and Urban Sites are working on the project. The firms have a history of collaborating on real estate projects in Covington. Their latest joint project was The Hayden, which transformed the former Kenton County Administration Building and Detention Center into a 133unit apartment complex at 103 E. Third St. To help finance the project, Covington will issue up to $20 million in industrial revenue bonds, tax-exempt bonds issued by a municipality on behalf of a private developer. These bonds finance local construction projects, but repayment is the responsibility of the developer, not the government.

In this case, Merus will receive a temporary abatement of real estate property taxes. In exchange, it must make annual PILOT payments to the city, county and school district.

Kenton County Judge-Executive Kris Knochelmann said at the fiscal court meeting that construction of the parking garage is well underway, with much of the concrete foundation visible from street level. “And now,” he said, “it’ll be on Merus’ team to get the apartments built up top.”

At the Covington commission meeting, resident Tom Hull expressed concerns that the financing could have a detrimental financial impact. “I do have concern … that there could be a high likelihood the project could change hands very quickly and very frequently while people are trying to get access to the increased profit from the lower tax level,” he said.

A rendering of the Bavarian Flats apartment development, slated to be built above the Kenton County Government Center garage. Provided | Kenton County

the property, at least on paper, so the developer can use the city’s credit rating as a way of obtaining private investment. PILOTs ensure the city still makes money on the property while reducing the developer’s early investment. Developers and cities like IRBs because the developers defray their investment costs, and cities get to make money on a property or lot that might otherwise sit unused, thus generating no tax revenue.

The PILOT agreement approved this week calls for a graduated payment schedule over the 20-year term of the bonds. Specifically, the developer would pay 30% of property taxes for the first 10 years, 50% for the subsequent five and 80% for the

last five.

After the Covington commission meeting, Hull elaborated on his concerns. He was skeptical the project would not occur without city help – the project is connected to a county project, which is, in turn, connected to the Brent Spence Corridor project.

“If the project can be done without getting a PILOT, then why would we not take it from a non-tax producing property to 100% tax producing property instead of 30% for 10 years?” Hull asked.

“[The mayor] looks at it from the whole of the city: Is this something that would fit well into our city? Should it be given an industrial revenue bond?” Washington said.

“This particular property, it was not producing any taxes whatsoever, because it was county owned. So, that’s one thing that factored into my decision.”

In the strictest sense, the county will still own the land, but the developer will own the building. The county approved the construction of the apartments along with a 99-year lease for the land in March.

Construction on the apartments is expected to begin once the parking garage is finished, and the companies hope to have the apartments finished by February 2027, based on previous comments.

Hull also criticized the city’s economic development department, which said last week it was targeting potential tenants at

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Hull was referring to the PILOT payments, which took the form of an issuance of up to $20 million in industrial revenue bonds.

When the city, or another taxing entity like a school or a county, agrees to issue IRBs, it serves as a conduit for a project’s financing.

The developer will seek money from an underwriting institution, such as a bank, as a means of injecting capital into the project.

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kenton county briefs Corporex sells piece of CirclePort property for new retail, dining

An aerial view of the recently sold land at CirclePort. Provided | Zak Krauth, Corporex

Covington-based real estate developer Corporex has finalized the sale of nearly three acres at CirclePort.

mercial development,” said Bert Hehman, director of sales and leasing for Corporex, in the release. “This development is in an ideal location, serving as one of the first things visitors to our region see when arriving from CVG. We’re excited to see a developer invest in new dining opportunities that will serve business and residential communities, as well as visitors.”

The land is part of the 650-acre, mixeduse CirclePort development that includes hotels, offices, residential projects and expanded infrastructure. Improvements such as the Mineola Pike expansion in 2024 and the planned Eons Adventure Park have positioned the area for additional commercial growth.

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The discussion occurred following a request from Kroger, which did not have a representative at the meeting, to amend the regulations to align better with its operating hours.

McDonald spoke about the health dangers of smoking and argued that cities with smoke-free policies had better health outcomes for their residents. She also spoke about the peculiarities of electronic tobacco products, like vaping pens, and advocated for the city to curtail their spread.

Edgewood’s ordinance prohibits “the retail sale of any distilled spirits, wine or malt beverages in the city” from 2:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sundays. Retail sales of alcohol are prohibited on other days between 2:30 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Council members engaged in brief discussions about both the current ordinance and proposed revisions. Councilmember Scott Spille said he wasn’t aware retail alcohol sales were allowed until 2:30 a.m., a time he thought was “awful late.”

City Attorney Frank Wichmann said retail sales include both packaged sales and sales at bars. “I think that 2:30 a.m. hour was established to accommodate the Edgewood Tavern,” Wichmann said.

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Fort Mitchell is revamping its rules for door-to-door solicitors.

Residents can contact the city to be placed on a “no knock” list, which registered solicitors within the city are expected to respect.

“We’re not targeting the kid down the street who wants to cut your grass,” Fort Mitchell Mayor Jude Hehman said. “We’re worried about the private companies that come to your door trying to sell you something. Solicitors should be registered and safe.”

“I think I’d be opposed to restricting somebody’s business that’s been doing this for years,” said Councilmember Joe Shreiver.

Discussion didn’t proceed much beyond these points, and council members agreed to begin amending the ordinance to allow alcohol sales beginning at 8 a.m. on Sundays. Other times, laid out in the current ordinance would remain unchanged. An amended ordinance will likely come before the council for a final vote in the coming weeks.

Edgewood discusses enacting smoke-free policy In parks, public buildings

“I know we can’t control and limit where businesses can go, but we have a lot of concern that there’s parcels open, particularly up near the new Kroger and off of Barnwood Drive, that could easily turn into vape shops,” McDonald said. “And so, whatever the council can do to limit that, that would be very beneficial as well to our community.”

Council also discussed smoking regulations in May, according to city meeting minutes, and members voted to install “no smoking” signs through the city’s parks.

This presented an enforcement quandary, because no one smoking in the parks could be cited for smoking in the parks in the absence of an ordinance.

City Attorney Frank Wichmann argued that, because the parks are city property, the city is free to set the internal rules.

“Even though we may not have an ordinance that says you can’t park there, it’s on our property, and we can enforce that,” said City Administrator Brian Dehner.

In practice, this would mean that people could be instructed to leave the parks if they were caught smoking there.

Kenton County already has a countywide ordinance limiting smoking in public buildings owned by the county, but the ordinance does not extend to parks. The ordinance also allows the posting of signs curtailing smoking in public buildings.

Fort Mitchell had a recent complaint about a salesperson knocking on a resident’s door at 9:30 p.m.

Edgewood, like other cities in the region, is currently in the process of revising its zoning ordinance to bring it more in line with county comprehensive planning. The county refers to this process as the Z21 Project.

Through the existing ordinance and the new and improved solicitation program, private companies must register with the city before going door to door. If the city accepts their application, they’ll receive rules, including time parameters. Solicitors can be penalized for breaking those rules.

Dehner said that once the city approves its new Z21-based ordinance, the only zone in the city where one could set up a vape shop or other tobacco-specialty stores would be the highway commercial zone “at the bottom of the hill on Sperti Drive” near the McDonald’s and Thorntons.

All who want to be on this list, even those who signed up recently, need to contact the city to verify their addresses. Residents also have the opportunity to buy an official “No Solicitors” sign with the city seal on it for $10. Purchasing the sign does not automatically enroll a resident on the “no solicitors” list.

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levue, Dayton, Highland Heights and Ludlow, have already instituted smoke-free policies, and McDonald had first pitched the idea to the council in February, according to city meeting minutes.

“I don’t have an issue with advancing it to 8, but I think on the same side, we need to look at the 2:30 a.m. side as well,” Spille said.

The property, near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, was recently rezoned from residential to commercial. Inderjeet Mann, which operates fuel and retail outlets across Northern Kentucky, plans to develop restaurants at the site. Specific tenants have not yet been announced.

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No official action was taken, but the conversation between elected officials and city staff indicated that a revised ordinance would come before the council in the future.

Edgewood City Council members at their Aug. 18 meeting discussed amending the city ordinance regulating Sunday sales of alcohol.

Advocates are urging Edgewood’s council to ban smoking in public places in the city. Reza Mehrad | Unsplash

Discussion continued Aug. 18 among Edgewood city council members on smoking in public places and the proliferation of vape shops.

Council had undertaken those discussions earlier in the year. While no official action was taken at the latest meeting, the discussion offered insight into city leaders’ possible future direction.

“We’re just asking again for your consideration to think about a more comprehensive smoke-free policy for the city of Edgewood,” said Susan McDonald, a health care professional and representative of the Edgewood branch of Live Well NKY, an initiative through the Northern Kentucky Health Department.

Several cities in the region, including Bel-

Gas stations and supermarkets will still be able to sell tobacco products outside of the highway commercial zone. Kenton County Planning and Development Services will give a presentation to the council Sept 22 on the Z21 Project, and council will vote to enact or reject the ordinance in subsequent weeks.

Dehner said the city has designed the no-smoking signs, received quotes for smaller versions of the signs and was waiting to hear back about quotes for the larger signs.

There was no indication from council members if a possible smoke-free ordinance was likely soon.

Find homemade happiness at Verona farmers, artisan market

By Maggy McDonel

T

he Verona Vineyards Farmers & Artisan Market has provided a home for makers and growers since it was established in 2023.

Event coordinator Alison Gambrel started the market. A candlemaker herself, she is involved with local farmers and artisans markets.

Gambrel said that, before COVID, Verona Vineyards had something similar, and so, when she was looking for a venue, she found it to be just the right location.

“I was looking for something that was right in the middle of everything,” said Gembrel.

“Verona Vineyards is the perfect venue because you’re in the country, you’re off the beaten path, but you’re not too far out.”

She said she lives just six miles from the vineyard, and “I just walked in and said, ‘Hey do you want to have a market?’ And then one thing led to another.”

The market is held on the first and third Sundays of the month from May through September. There are also spring, summer and fall craft shows, plus Christmas markets during the holiday season. Gambrel said they get 500 to 600 visitors at each market.

While it is not a paid position, she organizes the events and ensures all goes smoothly. “I wouldn’t say it’s a hobby, but it’s enough to drive me nuts,” said Gambrel.

Right now, Gambrel said there are 32 vendors at the market, selling everything from candles to quilts to honey, hot sauce, fresh vegetables and more. Some vendors travel significant distances to the market, she said, like the maple syrup and popcorn vendors, who come from Indianapolis.

“I try to bring something different to each one,” said Gambrel.

During the Aug. 3 market, Gambrel had Luci Slawnyk and her Wanderlust Book Bazaar, a romance and fantasy-focused mobile bookstore, for Slawnyk’s first official event.

“She really brought people in,” Gambrel told LINK. “She was new, and everybody flocked to her.”

Slawnyk, who returned for the Aug. 17 market, said she was surprised and humbled by the support she’s felt. “People who are not even readers, they think it’s cool, and they want to see it.”

granddaughter. Due to a disability, she quit her job and started crocheting more. Blankets started to get boring, and so she was looking for something new.

“Somebody said, ‘Have you thought about doing animals?’” said Jewell. “And I said, ‘No, but I love kids, and I like to see them smile,’ And I love it. It’s so fun making all of the different crocheted animals.”

She said she enjoys making all types of animals, from hedgehogs to octopi. She finds her patterns on Etsy mostly, and she picks what she makes based on what strikes her in the moment.

“I’m just a kid at heart – 63 years old, and I’m still a kid at heart,” said Jewell. “And if it tickles my fancy, I make it.”

While she buys the patterns, she said she almost always tweaks them. One of the things she almost always adds is beads.

Jewell said beads make her stuffed animals into sensory and fidget toys.

“So not only are you giving something that makes them smile, you’re going to give them something that calms their anxiety, maybe makes them sit for a couple of minutes,” said Jewell.

Vendors set up at the June 15 Verona Vineyards Farmers & Artisan Market. Photos provided | Verona Vineyards Farmers & Artisan Market on Facebook

After just making her toys on her own for a while, Jewell was looking for a way to start selling them. “I decided I had a whole lot of buildup of things. Now, I thought, ‘What am I going to do with them?’”

She got connected with Gambrel and began selling from there. Jewell said that, if she’s doing a market other than Verona, it’s because Gambrel is coordinating.

“She always treats everybody fairly,” Jewell said. “She always tries to make sure that we are all going to be able to make money.”

Jewell said the Verona Vineyards Farmers & Artisan Market offers a great community of people who look out for each other and just create for the love of it.

Wanderlust Book Bazaar chose the Aug. 3 Verona market for its first full event.

“People just need to know that this is a labor of love,” said Jewell. “This is our heart’s blood. You know, it’s not like buying a stuffed animal in the store that came from China that was made for two or three dollars and then sold for $20. You know, we put our hearts and souls into what we do out there.”

Verona Vineyards is at 13815 Walton-Verona Road in Verona. The next farmers and artisan market is set for Sept. 7.

Another unique vendor, Tammy Jewell, owner of Granny Grunt Designs, has been with the market from the start. Jewell makes crochet stuffed animals that are often adorned with beads.

She had been crocheting for 40 years, originally making sweaters, caps and blankets.

Then, during COVID, Jewell said she was trying to work from home and raise her

The Granny Grunt Designs tent at the Aug. 17 market.

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Take trip to Korea without leaving Covington

By Beth McDaniel Meet Beth McDaniel, one of LINK nky’s new food writers. Beth writes about her search for the perfect … anything about food in NKY.

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ne of my first meals in Korea nearly sneaked out of the pot and onto my plate.

My employers had taken me to an upscale seafood restaurant, and imagine my surprise to find the octopus – which was being cooked in the middle of our table – lifting the lid of the pot in an attempt to escape.

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Thurman in “Kill Bill,” struggling to get the tiniest morsel of food to my lips.

People told me I’d get used to eating spicy food, and they were right. One of my enduring favorites is a spicy seafood stew with creamy soft tofu (sundubu jjiggae). Luckily it’s on the menu at Riverside Korean (here transcribed as Soon Du Bu Zhi Gae), and it’s absolutely everything I remember it to be.

Fortunately, nothing will arrive alive at Riverside Korean, yet the experience remains as authentic as any Korean restaurant I’ve been to since being back in the States.

While I was in Korea, I also learned that there’s a slightly more “easily” palatable side to Korean food, which includes bulgogi (grilled meats often served with lettuce to make a wrap), pajeon (savory pancakes with vegetables and meat), dumplings and kimbap (a little like a sushi roll but with crab stick, daikon radish, cucumber and spam!).

When I arrived in Korea in August 2005, I had ever eaten only one Korean meal, at a restaurant in Indianapolis. That meal left me slightly skeptical of Korean food, especially that beloved staple of the Korean diet – kimchi.

Korean “Chinese” also includes some of my favorite dishes, like japchae bap (sweet and savory glass noodles with veggies and beef, often also served with rice) and jjajangmyeon (springy, chewy noodles with a sauce made of fermented soybeans).

During my initial days and weeks in Korea, I really did think I might go hungry. So much of what I found to eat was far too spicy for my then-delicate palate. There was another unexpected obstacle, too – thin metal chopsticks that made me feel like Uma

All of these options are available at Riverside, too – and they’re excellent choices for anyone new to Korean food.

Vegetarians (and vegans) will also delight in one of Korea’s most famous dishes, bi-

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An important note: If you’re strictly gluten free, don’t eat the gochujang, which is typically made with wheat. Luckily, Riverside has gluten free gochujang – just ask!

When I was in Korea, I lived in Jeonju, the country’s bibimbap capital, and I can honestly say that the bibimbap at Riverside is every bit as good as I remember it being in Korea.

Anyone who has never been to a Korean restaurant before will also be pleasantly surprised by the diverse, rotating array of banchan (Korean side dishes), which arrive in advance of your meal.

During my time in Korea, I remember my friends and I being truly amazed at this offering, likely because we were recent college graduates accustomed to poverty and saw this array of little starters as free food (score!).

After a long hike, we’d rock up at a local restaurant and devour every bite of these little delicacies, which always include traditional cabbage kimchi but can also feature sweet bites of potato, sesame seasoned spinach, radish or cucumber kimchi, mar-

inated bean sprouts, tofu with chili sauce and even little bowls of shellfish.

The key to Riverside Korean’s authenticity is its owners, Bruce and Yujin Kim, who continue longstanding family traditions and have a passionate commitment to bringing Korean flavors to Northern Kentucky. Bruce Kim says he makes everything to his own mother’s standards, and it shows.

Riverside Korean has been named the most authentic Korean in the city since 2010.

Today Riverside offers a more traditional eating experience on one side, with floor seating and “temple” décor that features hand-painted walls and tables, tapestries and colorful decorative drums. On the other side, there’s a modern bar and café style seating with painted tigers climbing the walls. You can also choose to eat outside on the patio.

Riverside’s sign incorporates the building’s vintage original.

One thing you won’t find at Riverside are those thin, somewhat mettlesome chopsticks. Instead, you can ask for wooden chopsticks or opt for regular western silverware. The latter could just be the better option so there’s no delay getting this delicious and addictive fare right into your mouth.

Riverside Korean, 512 Madison Ave., Covington; riversidekoreanrestaurant.com; 859291-1484.

Riverside Korean, at 512 Madison Ave. in Covington, Served hot or cold, bibimbap is the perfect choice has been a staple of the Kentucky food scene since for anyone new to Korean food.

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BY VIRTUE OF A JUDGMENT RENDERED 11/9/2023 BY THE CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT, IN THE ABOVE CAUSE I SHALL PROCEED TO OFFER FOR SALE AT THE CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE, 330 YORK STREET, NEWPORT, KENTUCKY 41071, OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR.

BY VIRTUE OF A JUDGMENT RENDERED 8/8/2025 BY THE CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT, IN THE ABOVE CAUSE I SHALL PROCEED TO OFFER FOR SALE AT THE CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE, 330 YORK STREET, NEWPORT, KENTUCKY 41071, OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR.

To the highest or best bidder at public auction on 9/16/2025 at 3:00pm, the following property, to-wit:

To the highest or best bidder at public auction on 9/16/2025 at 3:00pm, the following property, to-wit:

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BY VIRTUE OF A JUDGMENT RENDERED 7/18/2025 BY THE CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT, IN THE ABOVE CAUSE I SHALL PROCEED TO OFFER FOR SALE AT THE CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE, 330 YORK STREET, NEWPORT, KENTUCKY 41071, OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR. To the highest or best bidder at public auction on 9/16/2025 at 3:00pm, the following property, to-wit: 11499 Maple Street, California, Kentucky 41007 Group No: 60095/Z PIDN: 999-99-28-666.00

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SAID PROPERTY SHALL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO REAL ESTATE TAXES DUE AND OWING FOR THE YEAR OF SALE AND THEREAFTER PRIOR YEARS UNPAID TAXES SHALL BE PAID FROM THE PROCEEDS IF THE PURCHASER IS NOT THE PLAINTIFF. IF THE PURCHASER IS THE PLAINTIFF, PRIOR YEARS’ UNPAID TAXES SHALL BE PAID BY THE PLAINTIFF, IN FULL OR PRO RATA, PROVIDED THE SALE PURCHASE PRICE EXCEEDS THE COURT COSTS. THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD TO PRODUCE THE SUMS OF MONEY SO ORDERED TO BE MADE IN THE JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF SALE ENTERED IN THE WITHIN CASE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COURT COSTS, AD VALOREM TAXES, IN THE SUM OF $4,271.16; AND OTHER LIENS, INTEREST, ATTORNEY FEES AND/OR OTHER SUMS AND JUDGMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED BY THE COURT. THE SALE SHALL BE MADE TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST BIDDER(S). ANY PURCHASER OTHER THAN PLAINTIFF WHO DOES NOT PAY CASH IN FULL SHALL PAY 10% CASH AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE A BOND AT THE TIME OF SALE, WITH SURETY ACCEPTABLE TO THE MASTER COMMISSIONER AND PRE-APPROVED BY THE MASTER COMMISSIONER AT LEAST BY NOON, TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE SALE DATE, TO SECURE THE UNPAID BALANCE OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, AND SAID BOND SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 12% PER ANNUM FROM THE DATE OF SALE UNTIL PAID, AND SHALL HAVE THE SAME FORCE AND EFFECT AS A JUDGMENT AND SHALL REMAIN AND BE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL PAID THE BOND SURETY MUST BE PRESENT AT THE SALE AND EXECUTE SALE BOND AND THE AFFIDAVIT OF SURETY THE PURCHASER(S) SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PAYING ALL THE BALANCE OF THE PURCHASE PRICE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD. THE DEPOSIT SHALL BE WAIVED IF PLAINTIFF IS THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER. THE MASTER COMMISSIONER SHALL SELL THE REAL ESTATE BY PUBLIC SALE ON A DAY AND TIME TO BE FIXED BY HIM, OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE, 330 YORK STREET, NEWPORT, KENTUCKY. BIDDERS MUST BE PREPARED TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS. THE COSTS OF THE SALE SHALL BE PAID WITHIN FOURTEEN (14) DAYS OF THE SALE. JOSEPH F. GRIMME, MASTER COMMISSIONER 859-291-9075

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sports Holy Cross spoils St. Henry’s 1st game, but not its spirit

Cross, and Crusaders coach Tim Odom sweated so profusely, he had to change shirts.

In the student section, St. Henry senior Paige Von Eye and a few hundred of her closest friends joyfully wore red T-shirts.

“The environment was excited,” she said.

“We were buzzing with excitement.”

There was even an American Quarterhorse leading the Crusaders on the field.

Holy Cross, however, wasn’t fazed. The Indians rode quarterback Brian Ferguson’s three touchdowns, including two to Braylon Thornberry, to a 47-0 running clock win at Gumz Family Track & Field at Griffin Stadium.

Caden Kunstek led St. Henry onto the field for the Crusaders’ first varsity football game. Provided | Rob Lux

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“You know, we’re young,” Odom said.

“We’re playing five freshmen on the varsity – starters. We’re going to learn the game at a pace; we’re just trying to be better fundamentally and be better spiritually.”

St. Henry senior Caden Kunstek appreciated how tight the St. Henry community is.

“I wouldn’t expect anything less from anyone here,” Kunstek said. “But seeing them out there, all cheering, even during bad situations of the game,… it really does show that it’s not just this game, it wasn’t just the first game, it wasn’t just all the people here.

It was really the start of something, and that’s what everybody’s looking forward to and motivates all of us.”

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“You know, it’s just crazy that I’m a part of the first varsity game ever,” Dani Odom, a Walton-Verona alumna, said. “I was kinda drug into it.… I can’t wait to get back out on the field. I’ve never had my horse on a football field.”

Injuries kept Ferguson off the field for all but one game last season. He looked plenty poised against St. Henry: Touchdown passes to Thornberry for 16 and 34 yards, a 4-yarder to Max Hunt and a 23-yard run helped the Indians to a 27-0 halftime lead. “(Ferguson) played the first game, got a noncontact injury,” Holy Cross coach Curt Spencer said. “So I was happy with the way he led the team.”

After all the pregame festivities – KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett made the trip from Lexington – Holy Cross (1-0) effectively set things straight when Thomas Maddox took the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown.

Red and navy blue are St. Henry’s colors, while Holy Cross rocks red and black, but yellow penalty flags were the dominant hue much of the night. The Indians racked up 13 for 130 yards; the Crusaders had nine for 57.

“We’ve just got to clean up a lot of mishaps and keep everybody healthy,” Spencer said.

St. Henry’s biggest play was “R Gun D 60,” which calls for outside receivers to run deep routes. It worked – Ryne Ravenscraft found Caden Kunstek, who outwrestled Holy Cross’ Cahlil Johnson for the catch.

“We probably should’ve pressed them like that earlier in the game,” Tim Odom said, “but we were just trying to build a football foundation of knowledge and technique.”

After the game, St. Henry senior Elliot Flick liked what she saw. “It’s just the start of a new tradition,” she said.

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Scott’s Milyn Minor is regarded as one of the state’s top players. Provided | Charles Bolton

Milyn Minor’s athletic career started on the dance floor. It continued on the basketball court and soccer pitch.

Scott’s senior hitter doesn’t do the Griddy, knock down 3-pointers or score goals very much. Instead, she concentrates on kills, assists, digs and blocks, all of which will be needed for the Eagles to defend their 10th Region volleyball championship.

“I’m a very well-rounded athlete, and I think that helps me a lot more, too,” Minor said.

Scott coach Andrea Sullivan is in her 23rd season in Taylor Mill. She’s seen former Eagles Lauren O’Connor, Milyn’s mom, Candi Downs Minor, and Kelly Franxman continue at the University of Kentucky (Franxman transferred from Xavier to UK).

Sullivan needs just a single word to include Milyn Minor in such august company – competitor.

“She competes every second of every game, every practice,” Sullivan said. “She’s not huge (Minor stands 5-10), but I think just her tenacity.… She’s very crafty on the court.”

Minor is part of an athletic family. Her dad, Shannon Minor, played high school basketball at Colerain and North College Hill and collegiately at Northern Kentucky University; brother Marshal scored five goals and served five assists at Scott from 2020-23; and brother Mitchel, a senior on NKU’s men’s basketball team, trains for marathons and plans to run 2,025 miles this year.

In May she was named one of 16 members of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association 2025-26 KHSAA Student Advisory Group.

Shannon Minor believes Milyn learned her work ethic from her brothers and parents.

sports “You know, I think all those things kind of contributed to her … putting all that stuff together,” he said. “Her being the youngest one, she took all that in and applied it.”

Milyn Minor started dancing at age 3. She played basketball until sixth grade and was serious about soccer until about seventh grade.

“My mom played volleyball, and she ended up playing in college,” Milyn said. “And growing up, I kind of just played in the summer, kind of for fun. And then as a seventh-grader, I was able to play for Scott.

Coach Sullivan kind of helped me grow into the sport, and I fell in love with it here at Scott High School. And I loved the competitiveness with it, and I loved the team that I was playing with, and I just really enjoyed playing the sport.”

Sullivan thinks Minor’s the perfect teammate.

“She’s a great captain, she’s a great leader in our program,” Sullivan said. “She helps the younger girls get better, she motivates them. She sees things … because she’s such a student of the game and because she watches so much film, she does a great job just helping us offensively look for things.”

Minor said the dance lessons help her in volleyball.

“You have to be on time with a lot of things;

I think that helps me a lot with being able to play every single position,” she said.

on Sept. 20.

Beechwood’s girls defeated Holy Cross in the semifinals and then St. Henry in the championship. In the title game, Ruby Fries recorded a hat trick, Addyson Justice added two goals and Chloe Kuebel found the back of the net once. Macy Yelton, Peyton Draper and Caroline Nordman had assists. Kara Wells had 11 saves in goal.

It also helps to have Candi in the stands offering constructive criticism.

“She definitely can say a few things that help me out. She’s a really big inspiration for me, so when I always have questions or things like that, sometimes she’s another person that I can go to, and she is really well-knowledged in the volleyball area,” Milyn said. “But she also likes to stay back and she likes to just watch.”

Minor, meanwhile, hopes her legacy is to remind teammates and others that volleyball is still enjoyable.

“Volleyball can still be fun, I think, especially in this generation,” Minor said.

“Sometimes, a lot of our girls and I’ve seen in other girls, they put a lot of pressure on themselves, and I think it’s really important to make sure that it’s just a sport and that we’re all here just having fun.”

St. Henry boys, Beechwood girls win 9th Region titles St. Henry’s boys and Beechwood’s girls won the 9th Region All “A” soccer titles the weekend of Aug. 23-24.

St. Henry took down Holy Cross, 4-0, while

Beechwood’s girls soccer team won the 9th Region All “A” tournament on Saturday. Provided | Beechwood girls soccer Facebook page

Beechwood defeated St. Henry, 6-2.

The Crusaders posted their third shutout in six games so far this season, improving to 5-1 as Brady Aubuchon earned the clean sheet with five saves. Cooper Gastright scored two goals, Finnigan Carran and Max Popil with the others. Leo Bowen and Landon Thoss added assists. The Crusaders are now outscoring opponents 17-4 so far on the year.

Fries, Yelton and Wells were named to the All-Tournament team with Wells taking home MVP honors.

The victory improved Beechwood to 3-1 on the season as they advanced to the All “A” state tournament to face the 10th Region winner at a date to be determined. The winner of that advances to the quarterfinals at Louisville Collegiate the weekend of Sept. 19-21.

All-Tournament team members were Logan Thoss, Aubuchon and Gastright with Logan Thoss winning MVP honors.

Their first round game in the All “A” state tournament will be against the 10th Region winner on a date to be determined.

The winner of that game would then head to Louisville Collegiate for the quarterfinals

DIVISION III COURT CASE NO.: 24-CI-02124 CADENCE BANK VERSUS} JOHNSON TRAINING, LLC, ET AL By virtue of a judgment and order of sale of the Boone Circuit Court rendered AUGUST 11, 2025 the above case, I shall proceed to offer for sale at the Justice Center Building in Burlington, Kentucky, to the highest bidder, at public auction on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or thereabouts, the following described property to-wit:

MASTER COMMISSIONER’S SALE BOONE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

ADDRESS: 3019 KEL COURT UNION, KY 41094 PVA PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 051.00-14-006.00 AMOUNT OF JUDGMENT: $339,578.61 GROUP NO.: 5521

The complete legal description is particularly set out in the Judgment and Order of Sale entered in this case.

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO THE MORTGAGE OF MERS, AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS, A/K/A ROCKET MORTGAGE DATED FEBRUARY 19, 2021 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 24, 2021 IN MORTGAGE BOOK 4418, PAGES 750-771 OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF BOONE COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED THROUGH AUGUST 28, 2025 IS $143,698.69, PLUS SUCH OTHER CHARGES ALLOWED BY THE MORTGAGE AND THE PROMISSORY NOTE IT SECURE, AND KENTUCKY LAW. TERMS OF SALE: The property shall be sold as a whole. The purchaser may pay all or part of the purchase price in cash, and may pay the balance of the purchase price on a credit of 30 days after date of sale; said credit shall be granted only upon the execution by the purchaser of bond, with surety thereon, and said surety shall be a lending institution authorized and doing business in Kentucky, or a reputable fidelity or surety company, authorized and doing business in Kentucky, and only if said surety be acceptable to the Commissioner of the Boone Circuit Court; and an authorized officer of the surety must be present at the sale or must have given the Commissioner adequate assurance of its intent to be surety prior to or at the sale; and said Bond shall be, and shall remain, a lien on the property sold as additional security for the payment of the full purchase price, and shall have the full force and effect of a Judgment; and said Bond shall bear interest at the rate provided by the Judgment up to Twelve (12%) Percent per annum until paid. The purchaser shall be required to pay the sum of 10% of the bid amount in cash or certified check on the purchase at the time of sale.

The successful bidder at the sale shall, at bidder’s own expense, carry fire and extended insurance coverage on any improvements from the date of sale until the purchase price is fully paid, with a loss payable clause to the Commissioner of the Boone Circuit Court. Failure of the purchaser to effect such insurance shall not affect the validity of the sale or the purchaser’s liability thereunder, but shall entitle, but not require, a lien holder herein, after giving notice to the Commissioner, to effect said insurance and furnish the policy or evidence thereof to the Commissioner, and the premium thereon or the proper portion thereof shall be charged to the purchaser as purchaser’s cost.

The property shall be sold subject to ad valorem taxes for the year 2025 and all subsequent years thereafter; easements, restrictions and stipulations of record; assessments for public improvements levied against the property, if any; existing zoning ordinances, statutes, laws, or regulations; and any facts which an inspection and accurate survey of the property may disclose. BIDDERS SHALL BE PREPARED TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS. All sales are “as is” and the Plaintiff, the Master Commissioner, and the Court shall not be deemed to have warranted title of the real estate to the purchaser.

FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THESE SALES AND OTHER UPCOMING SALES CAN BE FOUND AT www.boonecountyky.org (Link to Department/Agencies to Master Commissioner) PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ADVISED AND ENCOURAGED TO REFER TO THAT WEBSITE FOR ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS.

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Custom home on half-acre lot Address: 121 Sunset Drive, Fort Mitchell Price: $815,000 Bedrooms: Three Bathrooms: Three (plus two half baths) Square footage: 3,285 School district: Kenton County County: Kenton Special features: Single-owner home with two-story stone fireplace, spacious rooms and a large finished lower level. Includes two bonus rooms that could serve as bedrooms. Primary suite and living room open to a screened porch overlooking the landscaped backyard. Set on a half acre with mature trees, near Crestview Hills Town Center and major interstates.

The exterior of this Fort Mitchell home. Photos provided | Barbara Curtin Cox with Huff Realty

A look at this home’s great room.

A look at this home’s backyard.

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Notice of Alternative Internet Posting Pursuant to KRS 424.145 The City of Fort Mitchell, Kentucky has enacted the following ordinances: • 2025-09, adopting park rate tax of .02 per $100 assessed value for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; • 2025-10, setting the garbage and recycling fee of $222.84 per residential unit for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; • 2025-11, adopting the compensating real property tax rate of .108 per $100 assessed value for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; • 2025-12, closing and vacating part of Royal Dr and part of Grace Avenue with signed consent.; • 2025-13, closing and vacating part of Royal Drive without consent The full text of these ordinances can be viewed on the City of Fort Mitchell’s website at https://fortmitchell. com/ordinances or by contacting the City Clerk’s office at cityclerk@fortmitchell.com , 2355 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky 41017 or at 859-331-1212 from the hours of 7:30 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

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