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VIGIL FOR COVINGTON TEEN
If you missed last night's coverage by The River City News of the heartbreaking candlelight vigil for the 13-year old boy who killed himself following what his family calls bullying online and at school, click the link.
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COVINGTON GIRL'S LETTER TO OBAMA TO BE PART OF BOOK
She was the darling of local media last summer when President Obama, while speaking before the National Urban Leage, read part of a letter from Covington's Na'Dreya Lattimore. Now the entire letter is part of a new book that's getting lots of critical praise, called Ten Letters: Stories Americans Tell Their President. The Covington Independent Schools student's story for the President was on education. From the President's speech:
In addition to the book honor, Na'Dreya, a student now at Holmes Middle School, was recently recognized as a "Kid of Character" by the Character Council of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. I doubt that this is the last we'll hear from this rising young leader. (She's only 11!)I got a letter recently postmarked Covington, Kentucky. It was from Na'Dreya Lattimore, 10 years old -- about the same age as Sasha. And she told me about how her school had closed, so she had enrolled in another. Then she had bumped up against other barriers to what she felt was her potential. So Na'Dreya was explaining to me how we need to improve our education system. She closed by saying this: "One more thing," she said. (Laughter.) It was a long letter. (Laughter.) "You need to look at us differently. We are not black, we're not white, biracial, Hispanic, Asian, or any other nationality." No, she wrote -– "We are the future." (Applause.)Na'Dreya, you are right. And that's why I will keep fighting to lead us out of this storm.
Recent interview with Na'Dreya here: FOX 19
Original story from last summer here: WCPO
New profile of Na'Dreya here: Good Things Going Around
Get book here: Amazon
Interview with the author: WBUR/NPR
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COVINGTON DOG CATCHER MAY BE SENT TO COUNTY
City Manager Larry Klein told Kenton County's mayors that Covington wants to use the county for animal control services. 1 animal control officer remains on the city's staff following the layoff of another this past summer.
Cincinnati Enquirer/Mike Rutledge
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ONLY IN KENTUCKY: 'COAL & CORN TOUR'
The 2 GOP statewide candidates who actually have a slim chance of winning in a few weeks are ditching the rest of the ticket and going on tour together. NKY will be snubbed by the Coal & Corn Tour. Guess we'll have to settle for Paul Simon's tour at the Bank of Kentucky Center in November.
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WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THE OPTOMETRISTS GIVING MONEY IN POLITICS?
$150,000 just between Governor Beshear and his opponent Senator David Williams! Seems there was a new law enacted this year allowing optometrists to perform a procedure traditionally reserved for ophthamalogists. See? There really is a lobby for everything.
WKYT
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MEET THE DEMS AT BIG BOY TOMORROW
Former Louisville Mayor and current Lt. Governor candidate Jerry Abramson will be there with down-ticket candidates. See them at 8:45AM at the Covington Frisch's Big Boy on 5th & Philadelphia. Then at 10:00AM join them at NKY Democratic Headquarters at 515 Monmouth Street in Newport.
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THE INTRIGUING STORY OF FRISCH'S PUMPKIN PIE
Hands down the best pumpkin pie around is at Frisch's Big Boy. A CityBeat reporter gets a little scoop from the Covington location on how the restaurant's dessert menu works and why the pie isn't on the menu year-round. Pretty interesting read!
CityBeat
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HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW VIDEO FROM THE KENTON COUNTY LIBRARY?
Learn all about parking while the library is under construction. (We really have a top notch library in Kenton County, and the Covington location is full of awesome people.)
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