NEWS ROUND-UP #2 -- TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER

Compiled by Michael Monks

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TONIGHT AT COVINGTON CITY HALL

Lots on tonight's agenda for the city commission meeting. City Hall will get a facelift; 5th St parking lot in Mainstrasse gets a redo; 5 firefighters will be promoted; More repairs for the RiverCenter garage; BioLogic is up for a $100,000 loan for improvements to its Russell Street space; and more. Read it at the link (PDF).

City of Covington

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SOMETHING IS BREWING IN KENTON COUNTY

I'm looking forward to details being hashed out. A new division of Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission called Direction 2030 has been very busy today on the social networking sites. From the website:

"Direction 2030: Your Voice, Your Choice" is a community planning initiative centered on public input – your ideas and your opinions. It will help create a new comprehensive plan for Kenton County for the next 20 years, and is aimed at making Kenton County the perfect place to live. All residents of Kenton County are encouraged to participate.

So it's a plan to work toward a more comprehensive plan to shape the county over the next twenty years. Pay attention, folks. The first public engagement meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Dixie Heights High School in Crestview Hills from 5:30 p.m. to  7:30 p.m.
Direction 2030
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A STORM THAT LOOKS LIKE WINTER WILL BE HERE TOMORROW
Wait, didn't autumn just start? Why is winter nine months long in this area?
Weather BlogInKy
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BUT...MAYBE THIS WILL WARM THINGS UP...
In conjucntion with The Carnegie, CincyChic will present "In The Next Room Expo", featuring what they call the area’s top purveyors of passion and intimacy, including Pure Romance by Tisa, Erotic Time Parties, and Votre Vu with Julena Bingaman. The expo is paired with the theatrical production of the Tony-nominated play, "In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play" by Sara Ruhl. Friday, November 4, 2011 - Sunday November 6, 2011. Click link for details.
Cincy Chic
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COVINGTON COMPANY EXPANDS TO MUMBAI, INDIA
Ashland, our last Fortune 500 company once Omnicare bails for its section-8 office space in Cincinnati, is opening up shop in India. Governor Beshear spent a lot of time in that country this year working on collaborations between their government and ours.
Cincinnati Enquirer
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STATE PATROL NOTES:
11 people died in crashes across Kentucky KSP
Operation Safe Driver underway KSP
Turn in your old Rx drugs KSP
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REALLY SWEET PHOTOS FROM INSIDE AND AROUND HOLMES

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Art By Covington's Future says this about themselves:

"We are a group of talented middle school and high school students that love creating art! Our goal is to make money by making art, so we are learning basic business skills and financial responsibility through the Center for Great Neighborhoods. We are currently focused on event photography, website development and videography.

 

Check out their work and see what these talented kids are up to. It's also another example of the great things the Center for Great Neighborhoods does for Covington.

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SPEAKING OF CENTER FOR GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS...
What have they done for you lately? Well, CGN is celebrating its 35th anniversary this fall and is counting down on Facebook 35 highlights from their work over the years. You can celebrate with CGN on November 16th from 5:30 - 7:30PM at the Grand at 501 Madison Avenue. Follow the countdown on CGN's Facebook page.
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KY IN 2-WAY RACE FOR WORST STATE IN AMERICA FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Ouch.

The University of Kentucky is 2-4 and has not yet beaten a team from a BCS automatic-qualifying conference. The University of Louisville is 2-4 and has not yet beaten a team from outside Kentucky. Western Kentucky University is 2-4 and has not yet beaten a team worth a darn.

Thank God For Basketball.