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Saturday, May 5, 2012

PHOTOS: A SATURDAY FULL OF EVENTS IN COVINGTON

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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
by Michael Monks 
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The groundbreaking for the Licking River Greenway & Trails, the Latonia Children's Festival, and the opening day of the Covington Farmers Market all on the same day? Yep. Photos from each event, as well as a special art show on Friday night in Mainstrasse, below. 
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PAUL FIEHRER'S SHOWING AT NOAH'S ART SALON & GALLERY




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GROUNDBREAKING AT LICKING RIVER GREENWAY & TRAILS
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MANY MORE PHOTOS BELOW -- JUST CLICK THE LINK!

NEWS ROUND-UP -- SATURDAY 5 MAY

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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
by Michael Monks 
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$100 MILLION IN NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD BOOST NKY RIVER CITIES
What could $100 million worth of new real estate developments look like in Covington and the river cities? The RC News talks with Jeanne Schroer who, along with Mayor Scheper, will lead this ambitious effort to transform the region. Details at the link. 
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COVINGTON CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA FOR TUESDAY
The main event for Tuesday night's caucus meeting of the Covington City Commission is the public unveiling of the Center City Action Plan by Denver-based Progressive Urban Management Associates. The River City News has full coverage of the plan and what it could do revitalize Covington's Downtown and urban neighborhoods at the links below: 
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PART ONE
The River City News has obtained a copy of the Center City Action Plan. At the link, find part one of three upcoming reports. Suggestions include parking meters for Mainstrasse, zoning changes, and a database of vacant, available spaces for new businesses. Click it.
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PART TWO
The second part of the plan to revitalize Downtown Covington focuses on creating open and green spaces for the community with recommendations that include a trail system through the town and dramatic lighting displays on historic industrial infrastructure. Details at the link. 
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PART THREE
How would you feel about a 90-day code enforcement blitz? At the link, details from the Center City Action Plan's goals for "an inviting public realm", including the role of social service agencies and which neighborhood Covington should prioritize for residential development. Click it. 
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OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TUESDAY: 
  • An emergency contract awarded to Aladdin Pools for the concrete resurfacing of Randolph Park Pool (a vital step to keep this pool open and possibly part of the generous $50,000 donation from the Housing Authority of Covington)
  • An amendment of the agreement between the City of Covington and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in regards to the Madison Avenue streetscape
  • Approval of the Home Consortium's annual action plan
As always, the most comprehensive coverage of City Hall will be right here at The River City News
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BRENT SPENCE PLAN HEMMED IN BY HISTORY
Could the historic designation of the Lewisburg neighborhood be a problem for Covington's desired changes to the Brent Spence Bridge plans? 
There are federal laws that dictate how new or expanded highways must be kind to the environment and to surrounding cultural and historic areas.
“Especially,” Hans added, “when you are impacting parks that have been funded with federal funds,” such as Goebel Park, located immediately east of I-71/75 and south of Covington’s Fifth Street.
In the current plan, 40 homes – all in Kentucky and most in Covington – are targeted for purchases. So are 14 businesses, including six in Kentucky.
Adding a “last chance exit” would “impact more property, it takes more historic district, several more homes (in the district), it causes the closure of Crescent Avenue (where two cul-de-sacs would be created near the center of Crescent),” Hans said. 
A very good and thorough report is at the link. 
Cincinnati Enquirer/Mike Rutledge   
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NOTE: Business leaders and Kentucky's Lt. Governor will announce a possible path forward for a new bridge on Monday at noon at the Banks in Cincinnati. 
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ANTI-"HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA" MAYORAL CANDIDATE WILL DROP THE ISSUE
Dara McDowell, who is running for Covington Mayor this year and who started a Facebook firestorm with her position on gays in the city, announced today that she will stop talking about the issue: 
When I entered this race, I had no idea about the new gay rights movement going on. If I had known, I don't think I would have gotten involved. But once I found out, being a former gay and living in a gay town that wasn't family friendly ... I felt like I had to do something to prevent the movement. However, I wasn't sure if I would be doing the right thing or not. I tried my best to figure it out. Michael messaged me a couple of weeks ago for an interview. And honestly, I did not know if I should continue in the race ... I was so concerned about the new "gay movement". I do want people to feel protected. However, I also feared... well, simply those things that I saw happening in other "gay cities". This really took me by surprise. I had great economic plans for the city, but I couldn't see past the possible threat to morality (such as what I see in gay cities across the U.S. and across the globe, right now... such as what I have been posting - for your information). I'm not against gays... I just have a lot of fear that children's rights to grow up in wholesome environment will disappear (thinking of the open-sex gay pride parades, and the "fisting" lessons given to highschool kids in other cities). I want a family safe place for my children, their friends and all children to grow up innocently, unlike I did. I was a victim of molestation by a neighbor, as a child (he was straight). Anyway, for a moment, or two, I thought, that maybe I could shed some light, and Covington, will consider the importance of putting family first. I never meant to be hurtful to you in any way shape or form. I kind of felt that my back was against the wall, and I couldn't just ignore what I knew in my heart to be true... and that I couldn't remain silent about it either. Honestly, this is just too much for me. I am officially bowing out of this topic from here on out. Please accept my apologies. I had my eyes on the "sins" of other cities and was forgetting about how great *this* city is doing.
Read the lengthy Facebook thread by clicking here.
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A COUPLE OF BACK-TO-BACK POLICE EVENTS IN MAINSTRASSE
First, police, fire, and ambulance crews responded to West 8th Street between Bakewell and Philadelphia after a man crashed his moped into a pickup truck. That man was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is expected to be OK. 

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Then, not long after the moped crash, Covington Police respond to a call that a possibly naked woman is locked out of her home on Main Street between 9th & Pike. The woman was never located. 
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CONVICTED: WEEKLY MUGSHOT ROUND-UP
34 people are either on their way to prison or probation. Your weekly mugshot round-up from Kenton County Court is at the link. 

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THESE COVINGTONIANS ARE STILL MISSING
Covington Police want you to remember that some of our neighbors are still missing, one since as far back as the mid-1980s:
From the Police: 
Geoff was last seen in the vicinity of the 600 block of Main St. in Covington. An accident occurred on westbound I-275 at the bridge heading to Indiana at approximately 3:20am. When the police arrived, his vehicle was located but Geoff's whereabouts remain unknown.  
See the other missing people by clicking here.
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QUICKIES
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George Clooney's fundraiser for President Obama expected to set a record Cincinnati Enquirer 
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Four Judges-Executive back Boone Co's Gary Moore in GOP Congressional primary Cincinnati Enquirer  
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Richie Farmer's home is now in foreclosure LEX 18  
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Must Read: In defense of Richie Farmer:
I feel sorry for him.
Not pity but actual empathy. I don’t excuse his actions but celebrating them won’t gain anyone anything. Richie is already destroyed for now. He could rise again and I’d like to see that, reformed, redemptive, a little hope for all of us regardless of conviction.
And I feel sorry for him because he’s living in a state full of folks who would likely have done much the same and is surrounded by a political class that already does. 
Barefoot & Progressive   
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Nation's first federal hate crime ends with guilty pleas in Kentucky Joe.My.God. 
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Company donates T-shirts for gay pride fest after Lexington company refused to produce them Herald-Leader 
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Attorney General Jack Conway's monthly newsletter (PDF) Jack Conway 
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Consultants to newly formed KY tax commission to suggest a new approach WFPL 
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Will Kentucky Speedway draw more fans? Cincinnati Enquirer 
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Gospel star to pen song for World Choir Games Cincinnati Enquirer 
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THIS IS ONE BUSY SATURDAY IN COVINGTON!
Not to mention the fact that it's also Derby Day! 
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FARMERS MARKET KICKS OFF NEW SEASON
Check out the Market's new location for the year in Roebling Point at Court Street in Park Place. New this year is the ability to accept credit cards and WIC/food stamps.
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GROUNDBREAKING AT THE LICKING RIVER GREENWAY & TRAILS
Join the ceremony this morning at Holmes High School (in the rear parking lot) as ground is formally broken on the Licking River Greenway & Trails. The event starts at 10:30AM with the short program at 11:00AM. Check out photos from a recent trip to the trails at the link below. 
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LATONIA CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
From a press release: 
Come to the Latonia Children's Festival on Saturday, May 5th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The free festival, for young children and their families, is designed to promote summer activities, to provide safety and wellness information and to bring together families in the Latonia area. The festival will take place ½ blocks from Ritte's Corner at 38th and Church Street. 
For more information, click here.

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NEW PIECE OF ART FROM TAFT MUSEUM ON DISPLAY IN MAINSTRASSE
Check it out at 6th & Main Streets: 
Just in time for the City of Covington's First Friday Gallery Hop, MainStrasse Village is happy to help the Taft Museum of Art celebrate their 80th anniversary by displaying "A Gray Day in Holland" in The Village! Thanks to Cock & Bull for providing the perfect red backdrop. 
From the Taft Museum
ART FOR ALL is a public arts program celebrating the Taft Museum of Art’s 80th anniversary. The program commemorates Charles and Anna Taft’s gift of their home and art to the people of the region in 1932. As the Tafts stated in their deed of gift, “We desire to devote our collection of pictures, porcelains, and other works of art to the people of Cincinnati in such a manner that they may be readily available to all.” Modeled after successful programs launched by the Tate Gallery in London and the Detroit Institute of Arts, ART FOR ALL strives to give back to the community that has generously supported the Taft over the past 80 years, as well as to make some new friends. 
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JACOB PRICE MEMORIAL GARDEN MEETING TUESDAY
The former site of the Jacob Price housing project where the new River's Edge at Eastside Pointe is being developed will still retain a tribute to its history. A meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, at 5:00PM at the Housing Authority of Covington. Call (859) 655-7304 with any questions. 
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FROM THE KENTON CO LIBRARY: 
Free Comic Book Day today at the Durr Branch (for teens) and the Covington library (for teens and children). Libraries open at 10 today. 

CONGRATULATIONS, GATEWAY COLLEGE!
The Gateway Community and Technical College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the nation’s largest academic honor society for two-year colleges, received national recognition at the organization’s annual convention in Nashville April 12. 
For more on the honor: Gateway 
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               HAPPY DERBY DAY!
Some perspective on today's race...
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Derby was sublime but now it's ridiculous Kentucky Forward 
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Kentucky author Hunter S. Thompson's epic piece "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent & Depraved" Click Here 
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Legendary southern writer William Faulkner's take on the Derby written for Sports Illustrated Click Here 
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Which Derby horse has been the best investment? Herald-Leader 
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"Believe You Can" wins the Kentucky Oaks Business First 
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       WILDCATS GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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Photo gallery from the White House visit State-Journal 
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Calipari, staff get new contracts, raises Herald-Leader 
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UK, UofL, and IU are top 3 next season Card Chronicle 
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$100 MILLION COULD BOOST NKY'S RIVER CITIES

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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
by Michael Monks 
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The Catalytic Development Funding Corporation of Northern Kentucky has secured its goal of $10 million for investors that will be used to leverage up to $100 million in real estate development across the NKY river cities, including Covington. The River City News spoke with the Fund's director, Jeanne Schroer, on Friday. "The purpose of the Fund is to create more market rate housing, either single family home ownership or market rate rental," Shroer said, "so it might be a developer wanting to acquire a property and rehab it, and if it's a single family, sell it, or if it's a larger building, that they could adapt for a multifamily or retail site."
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The Fund was created four years ago and Schroer said that the criteria placed on it was that it must raise $10 million from private investors in order to move forward. That money will be available to potential developers who meet all the requirements set forth by the Fund. "These aren't small business loans," she said.
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"Having a pool of investment capital that can be used to provide financing for real estate projects in the five urban cities of Northern Kentucky, that's the main focus, but then other activities are to provide technical assistance for real estate development or to finance developers who want to develop properties in this location or to the cities as needed if there's a special transaction they are working on and may need some help with financial restructuring of it. Another activity is providing research and a comprehensive database of resources that you have all in one place, all the information you might need to know about incentives to develop properties, or what properties might be available, and market data."
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The Fund will soon have a proper website available for more information. As for the future impact it may have on the region, Schroer suggests that the possible real estate developments will create a positive ripple effect across the river cities. "When you have additional residents living in the urban areas then that starts supporting amenities that our resident would like to have, (such as) access to retail, types of things that serve neighborhoods," she said. "It would be a way to create a lot of economic development opportunities for the existing residents of cities. It's a huge amount of potential."
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Schroer is not working alone on the Fund. Covington Mayor Chuck Scheper is Vice Chairman, a position he held before being appointed mayor late last year. "He was one of the people who initiated or thought of the concept for the catalytic fund," she said. "The mayor thing, we never anticipated that when all this was being created, so (the Fund) was something he always intended to be actively involved in."
Mayor Chuck Scheper
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When and where the potential projects take place is yet to be determined. "We've been studying different locations and I know I have certain areas that have high a degree of potential but that will be driven by developers," Schroer said. 

CONVICTED: MUGSHOT ROUND-UP 5 MAY

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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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The following people are among a long list from this week's activity in Kenton County Circuit Court. Some are going to prison while others are on probation or in the felony diversion program. A few more are still wanted for failing to appear in court: 
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There are more at the link below with an explanation of charges and recommended sentences from Rob Sanders's Commonwealth Attorney's office. Some have been sent away, some are awaiting sentencing, and others will get probation. Whatever they end up with, let's hope as a community that they return healthy and rehabilitated, otherwise the cycle continues.    

Friday, May 4, 2012

NEWS ROUND-UP -- FRIDAY MORNING 4 MAY

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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
by Michael Monks 
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CATALYTIC FUND MEETS GOAL OF $10 MILLION FOR RIVER CITY INVESTMENTS
Covington and its sister river cities stand to benefit greatly from the $10 million in the coffers of the Catalytic Development Fund of Northern Kentucky. Jeanne Schroer, who oversees the Fund (and who will be helped by Covington Mayor Chuck Scheper), believes the $10 million can be used to leverage as much as $100 million in new developments in Covington, Ludlow, Newport, Bellevue, and Dayton. When contacted by email Thursday, Schroer said she would be available for an interview today. More details to come. 

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     REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN COVINGTON
The so-called "plan of plans" to breathe new life into Downtown Covington and its surrounding urban neighborhoods has arrived full of recommendations on how our city can best capitalize on its strengths and improve upon its weaknesses. The River City News obtained an advance copy of the plan and the details are shared in three separate parts below. This is an important step for a city that "has been planned to death", so check it out and weigh in:
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PART ONE: BUILDING A STRONG ECONOMY
How best to draw in new entrepreneurs and to retain existing businesses? Those issues are explored in part one where other suggestions include parking meters for Mainstrasse, zoning changes, and a database of vacant, available spaces for new businesses. Click it. 
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PART TWO: CREATING AN INVITING PUBLIC REALM
The second part of the plan to revitalize Downtown Covington focuses on creating open and green spaces for the community with recommendations that include a trail system through the town and dramatic lighting displays on historic industrial infrastructure. Details at the link. 
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PART THREE: STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS
How would you feel about a 90-day code enforcement blitz? At the link, details from the Center City Action Plan's goals for "an inviting public realm", including the role of social service agencies and which neighborhood Covington should prioritize for residential development. Click it. 
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NEW(ER) UMBRELLA GROUP SUGGESTED TO LEAD PLAN
If you missed Wednesday's exclusive report on how many aspects of the plan will be implemented, click the link below. A reconstituted Urban Partnership would be the lead organization. See where all the other Downtown-oriented civic organizations fit in and just how much the staff of the UP would be expected to make, at the link. 


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EIGHT START-UP COMPANIES AWARDED UPTECH SUPPORT
In another positive sign of new growth on its way to Northern Kentucky, UpTech, the start-up business incubator named the first eight recipients of its support which includes a $100,000 investment, riverfront office space in Newport, professional support services, and applied research assistance at Northern Kentucky University. The winners: 



  • 7 Moose Games, a software developer offering 3D simulation products geared towards the health, oil and gas, mining, academic, manufacturing and public safety industries. The company specializes in the “gamification” of business and training software.



  • CitiLogics, a developer of real-time data fusion software that helps water utilities lower energy costs, reduce water leakage, improve service reliability and enhance the quality of tap water.



  • Crowdspark, an on-demand content platform that allows users to create online contests.



  • InstrumentLife, an Internet-based business application with a social media interface that connects musical instruments with owners, retailers, repair shops and schools.



  • MakeupHaulic, a website dedicated to aggregating beauty-related vlogs into a searchable interface.



  • OneMorePallet, a website that provides small shippers the ability to purchase excess capacity from Less-Than-a-Truckload carriers at a significant discount.



  • Student Designed, an online tool that allows businesses and universities to connect through a marketplace where businesses outsource projects for university professors to review and assign to their students as class assignments.



  • Text and the City, a mobile marketing company that combines text messaging, a conventional website and mobile website to connect users on a hyper-local basis. 

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        KENTUCKY, OHIO GOVERNORS BREAK GROUND ON NEW BRIDGE
    In a sign that it is in fact possible to build a new bridge between Kentucky and Ohio, Governors Steve Beshear and John Kasich broke ground on an $81 million bridge that will span the Ohio River and connect Ironton, Ohio to Russell, Kentucky. 
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          LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS MOBILIZE A STRATEGY TO BUILD 
                     A NEW BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE
    At a joint board meeting of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber and the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, business leaders will announce necessary steps the region will take to fund and build a new bridge to augment the Brent Spence Bridge. Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jerry Abramson will speak alongside the business leaders, including Brent Cooper, owner of Covington-based C-Forward. The event is Monday at noon at the new Christian Moerlein Lager House at the Banks in Cincinnati. 
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    SEE ALSO: NKY Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Steve Stevens is named "Chamber Executive of the Year" in Kentucky Cincinnati Enquirer 
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    TRAFFIC TROUBLE THIS WEEKEND...
    If you travel east on I-275, be advised that the exit ramp to I-471 north will be closed starting tonight at 8:00PM until Monday, May 14. From a press release: 
    Traffic will be detoured to continue on I-275 EB to Exit 72, (Kellogg Ave.) and back onto I-275 WB to I-471 NB. MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND USE ALTERNATE ROUTES such as : I-75 NB, KY 9, I-471 SB to US 27 N, I-275 EB to Kellogg Ave. to I-275 WB. Traffic heading on I-75/I-71 to North of Cincinnati should use I-275 WB to bypass the city. Throughout the duration of this project, traffic may be reduced to a single lane during night time periods between 10:00 PM and 5:00 AM . 
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    QUICKIES

    Gov. Beshear to enact key part of the Affordable Care Act if it is upheld by the US Supreme Court WFPL 
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    How scary is Kentucky's pension system? cn|2 
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    Fort Thomas woman sentenced in fraud scheme Cincinnati Enquirer 
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    Unemployment claims decline Business First 
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    Kentucky lags in lowering teen birth rate Courier-Journal 
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    EDITORIAL: States pick own death penalty poison Chicago Tribune 
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    Senator Rand Paul moves to end the TSA The Hill 
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    US Airways adds direct flight from CVG to DC Cincinnati Enquirer 
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    Work halted on chemical weapon destruction at Lexington airport Herald-Leader 
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    Kentucky Educational Television (KET) says its ratings increase is due to younger people and men WFPL 
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    Kentucky city stops paying for indigent funerals Herald-Leader 
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    Governor promotes outdoor activities for kids press release 
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    Students injured in dry ice experiment WKYT 
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    COVINGTON BUSINESS COUNCIL DIRECTOR MAKES PITCH FOR COVINGTON
    On a "career happiness" blog, Pat Frew, executive director of the Covington Business Council makes a pitch for Covington: 
    There has never been a better time to locate a business in Covington. We are hungry to attract appropriate retailers and other prospective enterprises. There are large numbers of available storefronts at very affordable rates. The City has a number of incentive programs available to startups and established businesses. Many of these spaces are ready to be leased immediately. The overall vibrancy of the urban core is being enhanced by the expanding urban campus on Scott Street by Gateway Community and Technical College and the expansion of the adjacent Kenton County Library branch. I think increased interest and excitement has been evidenced at our monthly Covington Business Council luncheons which have been averaging about 125 attendees per month (double from two years ago). Entrepreneurs of all types are being courted through a partnership between the City, Duke Energy and life science accelerator bioLOGIC. And I believe the business improvement district services we are planning to provide (continuance of cleanup work described earlier, beautification downtown such as benches, planters and banners and economic development support liaision efforts between business owners and the City) will create and sustain growth. 
    Read the whole thing at the link (Frew probably had a good chuckle at the headline):
    The Bauke Group  
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    KENTUCKY'S SPIRIT SHINES THROUGH IN TORNADO RELIEF EFFORT
    Rick Robinson for NKY Magazine: 
    It’s not that the government didn’t assist. It did. But no one in Northern Kentucky took it for granted that the government would be there. We took it on ourselves. As horrible as the tornadoes were, the community’s response to them defined who we are. Northern Kentuckians supported each other in a way that only neighbors can — with dignity, empathy and a whole lot of elbow grease. 
    NKY Magazine  
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    CHECK OUT SOME PHOTOS OF FIRST GRADERS FROM COVINGTON SCHOOLS RAISING MONEY FOR THE SHRINERS Click Here 
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    HOLMES MARCHING BAND IN THE KY DERBY PEGASUS PARADE
    This photo was sent to The River City News by band director Jared Murray: 
     
    Looking good, Bulldogs! 
    SPORTS
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    The Kentucky Oaks will be raced today -- and you can expect a fast paced one Courier-Journal 
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    Horse from NKY running in tomorrow's Derby WKRC 
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    Derby owners vary wildly Herald-Leader 
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    Legendary Calumet Farms sells for $36 million Herald-Leader 
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        WAIT, WHAT? NO UK/IU GAME NEXT YEAR?
    Looks like we're all going to have to redirect more of our collective hatred towards Vanderbilt. For the first time since 1969, there will be no Kentucky-Indiana match-up in men's college basketball.
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    Indiana, which has played UK every year since the 1969-70 season, ended the series because the programs could not agree on where to play future games. UK wanted neutral sites. IU wanted to play in Bloomington and Lexington in alternating years.
    CoachCal.com:
    “We were willing to play them both in the state of Indiana and they said no to that,” Calipari said. “That means they don’t want to play us.”
    UK officials weren’t aware Indiana was terminating the series until shortly before a news conference to announce a contract extension for women’s basketball coach Matthew Mitchell. The sudden “change of heart” was disappointing for Barnhart, who was under the impression that a deal could be struck. 
    Mark Story :

    When it comes to who killed the Indiana-Kentucky border war, I'm not interested in the blame game. UK and IU have merit in their positions.
    By playing on campus, Indiana makes the valid point that each school's students get to be part of the game. Most who were there say they have never seen a more charged atmosphere than in Assembly Hall when UK visited on Dec. 10.
    Yet Kentucky has a viable claim in saying that, by playing at neutral sites, especially if one of the venues is massive Lucas Oil Field in Indy, lots of fans of both schools who cannot get season tickets would have a chance to see a big game. 
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    SEE ALSO: Anthony Davis is a finalist for US men's basketball national team Herald-Leader  
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    UK's women's coach is now the highest paid in the SEC Herald-Leader 
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                                THIS WEEKEND IN COVINGTON
    LATONIA CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL: 
    Come to the Latonia Children's Festival on Saturday, May 5th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The free festival, for young children and their families, is designed to promote summer activities, to provide safety and wellness information and to bring together families in the Latonia area. The festival will take place ½ blocks from Ritte's Corner at 38th and Church Street. 
    For more information, click here.

    FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY HOP: 
    Its the First week of the Month and that means its First Friday this weekend! Come out to Covington from 6pm to 9pm for our Gallery Hop. its going to be a hoppin happenin time. 

    PAUL'S ART SHOW AT NOAH'S ART SALON IN MAINSTRASSE
    It's tonight from 6 - 10 at 613 Main Street. 
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    COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET RETURNS SATURDAY
    For information, click here
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    LUDLOW COMEDIAN ON JIMMY FALLON SHOW LAST NIGHT
    Suggestive language warning: 


    Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/05/03/2174384/indiana-says-it-will-not-play.html#storylink=rss#storyli