NEWS ROUND-UP -- WEDNESDAY MORNING 14 DEC

by Michael Monks 

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SHOP LOCAL ARGUMENT TAKES HOLD NATIONALLY

This is how communities like Covington rebuild themselves:

So what are the roots, the origins of this New American Localism? Perhaps you can trace it to earlier demonstrations, such as the 1999 anti-globalization protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle. Or maybe you can look further back to small-town values migrating into larger urban centers. Or you can argue that Americans have always been more community-minded and, in many ways, more neighborly than nationally or internationally inclined. Regardless, the resurgent instinct just might provide another new slogan for a bumper sticker: "Think Locally, Act Locally."

NPR 
Hat tip: James Heller-Jackson
SEE ALSO: Louisville's Farm to Table program aims to expand WFPL
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SEE ALSO:
While you're out shopping local, Renaissance Covington has put together this helpful map to lead you to the businesses that participated in the holiday storefront decorating contest. Downtown, Pike Street, and Mainstrasse all look beautiful thanks to these businesses that deserve your patronage:

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'THE PROTESTER' IS TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR
The honor is bestowed upon the government-changing crowds in the Middle East & North Africa as well as to those "dirty hippies" of Occupy Wall Street. 
TIME
SEE ALSO: 10 times that TIME's person of the year was not a person Mental Floss
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FUNNY: Stephen Colbert via Twitter: "The latest challenge for members of the Occupy movement? Keeping their parents from finding out what they mean by 'working on Wall Street'."
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CRASH CLOSES ROEBLING BRIDGE OVERNIGHT
And the Brent Spence was all like, 'now what you gonna say, Roebling?'
Cincinnati Enquirer
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TIME FOR KENTON COUNTY POLICE TO MERGE WITH SHERIFF?
The topic is a hot one again thanks to the Chief's retirement:

As Butler announced his retirement, Kenton County Commissioner Jon Draud said that now is the time to consider whether to study merging the county’s police department with the sheriff’s office and/or other local police departments in the county. During last year’s campaign for county office, Draud said that he had pledged to look into a possible merger - as Boone County previously did - to improve efficiency and save tax dollars.

Cincinnati Enquirer/Cindy Schroeder 
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BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS FROM GOV. BESHEAR'S SECOND INAUGURATION
To see the First Lady's ball gown is worth the click.
Kentucky Press 
SEE ALSO: Beshear sees charter schools on discussion table too WBKO
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HOLMES STUDENTS CREATE ORNAMENTS, SMALL BUSINESS
This story was covered in the Enquirer earlier in the week, and now Channel 9 takes a crack with video:

The students from Holmes High School Chapman Career and Technical Education Center wanted to buy T-shirts for students in the welding program, but didn't have the funds. Their teacher came up with the idea to make and then sell Christmas ornaments. "We have a four-and-half to five foot angel and it's $30. It's wrapped in all white lights and the halo is in gold. We have the four-and-half foot stars that come in white lights or multiple lights and they're $25," said Welding teacher Terry Buckler.
The word started getting out to the community about the project and the orders started pouring in.

WCPO via "The Kentucky Post" 

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DALTON STREET POST OFFICE PROCESSING CENTER CLOSURE DELAYED
At least five months:

Closing the Cincinnati center would put nearly 400 people out of work. More than 100,000 jobs would be lost across the country.

Local 12 
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CLOONEY'S FILM SHOT IN COVINGTON/CINCINNATI SNUBBED BY SAG AWARDS
Not a single nomination for "Ides of March", though Clooney's "The Descendants" did get a few nods:

Clooney was nominated as best actor in “The Descendants,” and in the ”Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture” category, SAG’s equivalent of best picture. Six times in the last 10 years, SAG’s best movie also won the Academy Award for best picture.

Cincinnati Enquirer/John Kiesewetter 
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BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND AT NEWPORT ON THE LEVEE
Always a beautiful place to be during the holidays. Click the link for all the details.
Levee press release via FOX 19
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COVINGTON'S BOUQUET RESTAURANT GETS NICE WRITE-UP IN METROMIX
If you have not yet been to this wonderful addition to Mainstrasse, make it a point. Bouquet and Otto's have helped raise the bar in the Village.

When we arrived to the full bar, we were joyfully greeted by my friend’s co-worker and he bought us our first drink – score! After some small talk and a short wait we snagged to seats at the bar and camped out. The look: Bouquet reminds me of a restaurant in New York City – an old rowhome transformed into a unique space. It is quaint with teeny-tiny-two-top-tables, a 10-seat bar and a patio when the weather permits. It is perfect for date night, to entertain a client or dine with good friends.

Metromix 
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DID YOU MISS LAST NIGHT'S LATE EDITION OF THE RIVER CITY NEWS?
After weeks of construction that reduced it to one lane, a Covington street will CLOSE completely this weekend; One bill, two KY Congressman - which to believe?; A Kentucky family in town for their daughter's bone marrow transplant find out their home is burglarized; Those stories, plus beautiful photos of Covington - and links to all the news from throughout the day - at the link!

News Round-Up -- Tuesday Evening

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|HOLMES, HOLY CROSS POST BIG WINS ON THE HARDWOOD
The Bulldogs put up more than a hundred points in a rout of poor Newport. Cincinnati Enquirer
Meanwhile, my beloved Scott Eagles got the smackdown at the hands of Holy Cross. Cincinnati Enquirer
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CROSSTOWN SHOOTOUT BRAWL 'LEAST VIOLENT DAY OF 2011 IN NORWOOD'
LOL:

“A couple dozen punches and a little blood,” laughed Jonathon Frye of the Norwood Public Safety Department. “We usually see ten times that much violence before the sun comes up. In fact, if there isn’t at least a knife involved, we’re reluctant to even call it violence.”

Derf Magazine