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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

NEWS ROUND-UP -- WEDNESDAY EVENING 29 AUGUST


THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks 
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ERLANGER SCOFFS AT MERGED DISPATCH CENTER
The City of Erlanger is not anxious to join the City of Covington and other in the new consolidated Kenton County 911 emergency dispatch center:
“The bottom line is this, this is Erlanger’s position on dispatch. Erlanger will continue to dispatch its emergency services, and those who are partner cities that choose to remain for as long as it is economically possible,” (Erlanger Mayor Tom) Rouse said. “If and when the new system becomes as good as our system and as efficient with the money, we will consider joining. And that’s been our position all along.”
Full story: Cincinnati Enquirer/Libby Cunningham 
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WHAT'S UP WITH THIS SINKHOLE ON RUSSELL STREET?
A reader emailed The River City News and said that this apparent sinkhole has just been all sinkin' and holin' on Russell Street between Fifth & Sixth since March:

Anyone know why this hasn't been attended to?
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DON'T MISS WEDNESDAY MORNING'S NEWS!
Should Covington Schools drug-test its students? A public meeting tonight discusses the issue; Whoa... how much did you pay for gas this morning?; Plus, a fall fashion show tonight in Downtown Covington. Those stories and much more at the link.
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QUICKIES
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KY homeowners are benefiting from foreclosure settlement Jack Conway 
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Tropical storm Isaac could affect Kentucky agriculture, livestock Lane Report 
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KY electrical line workers head to Gulf Coast to help out WKYT 
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81-year old KY man charged in shooting death AP 
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Sec. of State Grimes makes Nov. 6 official date for special election to fill Geoff Davis's Congressional seat press release
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Sen. McConnell downplays Ron Paul rift in GOP WFPL 
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Anti-tax pundit Grover Norquist previews what a US Senate would like with Sen. McConnell as majority leader WFPL 
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Gov. Beshear names a new chief of staff Bluegrass Politics 
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Governor creates task force to tackle substance abuse, mental health issues among veterans press release 
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White House puts Hardin County in drug initiative Herald-Leader 
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Kenton Co. Library creates scary video Cincinnati Enquirer 
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Assistant attorney general urges students to fight bullying WKYT 
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Cincinnati Port Authority begins landbanking effort Cincinnati Enquirer 
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Grant will help NKU retain STEM students NKU 
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KY State Fair attendance down slightly State-Journal 
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Thoroughbred leaders: KY drug rules being held hostage Herald-Leader 
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State taking orders for fifty kinds of trees Herald-Leader 
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MAN CHARGED IN KIDNAPPING WANTS TO DUMP COVINGTON LAWYER
A guy accused of abducting a shopper at the Crestview Hills Town Center last year says he can't get along with his attorney:
Joseph Weir interrupted his own competency hearing Tuesday in federal court by raising his left hand, showing off a blue-colored cast decorated with a UK logo, and asked that lawyer F. Dennis Alerding be removed.
“Trying to have a conversation with Mr. Alerding just doesn’t seem possible,” Weir said. “I don’t feel like I’m being represented in a serious manner.”
Weir gave U.S. Magistrate Judge Candace Smith a list of grievances that included allegations Alerding cursed and told him, “If you don’t like me, why don’t you just fire me.”
Full story: Cincinnati Enquirer/Jim Hannah
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MEETING SET FOR NEXT WEEK ABOUT FUTURE FOOD TRUCK EVENTS
Via C'est Cheese mobile food truck:

 ...the plan is to do them monthly. The team that puts them on and the participating trucks are supposed to be meeting next week to discuss future logistics. I'll be sure to publicize dates as soon as they're set! 
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WORK ON MAINSTRASSE POPEYE'S MOVING ALONG
The folks opening the new Popeye's at Fifth & Main Streets are wasting no time in getting the former Skyline Chili location in order...


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HISTORICAL MARKER TO HONOR BLACK SETTLEMENT OF STONETOWN
A new historical marker will go up in Scott County:
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) will dedicate a historical marker to honor the African-American settlement of Stonetown at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at 176 Stonetown Road in Stamping Ground.

In the 1780s, slaves were brought to Scott County with their white owners as part of the “traveling church,” a Baptist exodus from Virginia. After the Civil War, they purchased land and settled in Stonetown. The community had a school and two churches, one of which, the First Baptist Church, is still open today. In 1877, many former slaves moved farther west to newly formed Nicodemus, Kan.

This marker dedication is part of a weekend-long celebration of the 135th anniversary of that migration from Kentucky to Kansas. Descendants of those early settlers; Angela Bates, executive director of the Nicodemus Historical Society; and Kent Whitworth, executive director of the Kentucky Historical Society, will be in attendance.
Via press release.
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HOT DOG! CINCINNATI IS NUMBER ONE!
Eat it, Chicago!
Crain’s Chicago Business and Food Genius, a Chicago-based food data analytics company, paired up to see where Chicago ranked in terms of hot dog availability. Chicago ranked as the 28th Top Hot Dog City, with only 1.2 percent of menus containing hot dog items, according to Food Genius’s database of restaurant menus. The Queen City, and we should all be proud of this, ranked No. 1. Nearly 7.3 percent of our restaurant menus contain hot dog items.
Full story: Business Courier/Tom Demeropolis 
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

NEWS ROUND-UP -- THURSDAY EVENING 23 AUGUST

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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks 
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"I HEREBY WITHDRAW MY RESIGNATION" SAYS EX-SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
EXCLUSIVE
Her resignation from the Covington School Board on August 2 set in motion a chain of legal and electoral events like no other in recent memory in this town and now Denise Varney has thrown another wrench into the effort to replace her by saying that she wants to replace herself. Varney sent this email message to the school board, the superintendent, the board attorney, and the Kentucky Commissioner of Education:
Please accept this correspondence as my announcement that I am withdrawing my resignation as a Covington Independent School Board member effective immediately. It has come to my attention that legal counsel for the Covington school board did not advise the Superintendent of the school district that my resignation must be voted on and accepted by my fellow board members. I hereby withdraw my resignation.
So, if you are keeping score, here is how it has all played out (so far): Varney resigned, the public was told that the Kentucky Commissioner of Education would make an appointment, advertisements promoting the vacancy ran in the Cincinnati Enquirer as mandated by law, on the day of the filing deadline to run for three other school board seats (but not Varney's because she had two years left in her term) Mark Young attempted to file to run for Varney's seat but the County Clerk's office was unaware of any vacancy and so his request was denied, Young had an attorney threaten to sue the Clerk's office after citing a state statute that indicated an election to fill Varney's seat was likely necessary, the County Clerk added Young to the ballot as the sole candidate running for Varney's seat, a complaint was filed against Young's candidacy in Frankfort, Young's name was removed from the ballot on the grounds that the Commissioner of Education had not accepted Varney's resignation, Varney wants her seat back. Got it?
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CONVICTION ACHIEVED IN CASE OF MURDERED COVINGTON TEEN
The body of 16-year old Dre'Shawn Hammon was found in a wooded area behind City Heights in June of last year and today, fourteen months after Covington Police made the tragic discovery, one of his killers is headed to prison. Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders reports via Twitter:
GUILTY! 1st Asst Comm Atty Jim Redwine just convicted Mikel Crumes of Murder in killing of DreShawn Hammond! ... Wow! Big win in a very difficult case! So proud of Jim Redwine! ... Jury sentences Mikel Crumes to 30 years for Murder of DreShawn Hammond. Great work by 1st Asst Comm Atty Jim Redwine!
Crumes was one of two teens arrested in the murder case, but the second one, Tromonte Rice, pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Crumes.
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WATERFRONT OWNER JEFF RUBY BOOTED FROM ILLINOIS COURTROOM
Ever the showman, local restaurateur Jeff Ruby, who has taken a great personal interest in the murder trial of suspected wife-killer Drew Peterson, was booted from the Joliet, Illinois courtroom today:
“There’s been something I’ve been meaning to tell him for seven years,” Ruby said, standing outside his luxury bus, parked across the street from the courthouse, with a cigar. “So I did this,” and mouthed the words “F--- you.”
A sheriff’s department spokesman said Ruby is banned from the rest of the trial.
The confrontation happened after Ruby said Peterson started staring at him during the break. Ruby said he started to stare back. When Peterson wouldn’t break eye contact, Ruby sent his message. Peterson immediately turned to his attorney, Joel Brodsky, and told him what happened. Brodsky asked a bailiff to throw Ruby out.
Full story: Chicago Sun-Times 
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ABANDONED COVINGTON HOME CAUSING PROBLEMS
Trouble started with this Latonia home when its owner died last December:
The city of Covington describes the house as being in legal limbo. One owner died and a co-owner abandoned the place. It's in foreclosure but still in that co-owner's name. He won't transfer the title to the bank. So while it sits and rots no one can do much but sit back and watch. A skim coat to seal the top part of the chimney had fallen off. The damage to Ted Polonczyk's cars looks minor but the estimates to fix total more than two-thousand dollars.
More, including a video report, here: WKRC 
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FOOD TRUCK EVENT IN COVINGTON
Life returned to Covington Landing Thursday afternoon as the food trucks came back to Covington... and all of them sold out. Pics of the event -- at the link!
More photos: The River City News 
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SHOULD CITIES REGULATE WHERE AND WHEN FOOD TRUCKS OPERATE?
Interesting timing that this debate column would cross Twitter today. It offers two varying viewpoints on a debate familiar to Covingtonians recently:
Pia Lopez: Yes, within reason
And just as conventional restaurants can't open just anywhere, cities should be able to license food trucks and set some limits on the time and place of mobile food sales – as cities do in limiting liquor licenses or keeping chemical plants zoned away from schools.
That said, many cities have regulations on food trucks that are far too restrictive.
In Sacramento, for example, outdated ordinances ban food trucks from parking longer than 30 minutes in any place. They have to close at 6 p.m. in winter and 8 p.m. in summer. In Elk Grove, it's worse – food trucks can't stay in one place longer than 15 minutes or sell past 2 p.m.
Ben Boychuk: Yes, but as little as possible
Flagrant restraint of trade may be illegal, but regulators have a vast toolbox at the ready.
The City of Angels came back with an ordinance the City Council drafted in consultation with the county health department. The new law, which took effect in January 2011, imposed an A-B-C grading system similar to the one restaurants have operated under for years.
The law also requires that trucks have access to a restroom within 200 feet of their location, and mandates health inspections twice yearly.
Sounds perfectly reasonable, doesn't it? Food truck owners actually welcomed the rules.
In practice, however, city and county regulators have enforced the law with draconian zeal. Instead of two health-and-safety reviews a year, truck owners complain it's not uncommon for health inspectors to show up twice a month. Tiny violations – such as parking 201 feet from a restroom – beget hefty fines and low grades. It's absurd.
Read more from both: Sacramento Bee 
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DON'T MISS THURSDAY MORNING'S NEWS!
The heart-wrenching story of a KY man killed in a logging accident, who made one last call to his mom as he lay dying; The drought forces a KY farmer to feed his cattle candy; Plus, the Cash Mob crew is coming to Covington...
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QUICKIES
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Attorney from Kenton Co disbarred for "appalling conduct" WXIX 
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Unemployment rate falls in 97 Kentucky counties State-Journal 
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Benefits fair planned for 2,000 laid off workers in eastern Kentucky Herald-Leader 
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KY's tobacco crop withstands worst of drought Herald-Leader 
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Gov. Beshear calls on Congress to pass farm bill cn|2 
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Kentucky officials ramp up support for legalized industrial hemp Herald-Leader & cn|2 
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Beshear to name new chief of staff soon WFPL 
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GOP unity appears to be strained State-Journal 
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FOX News is negative towards President Obama, MSNBC is negative toward Mitt Romney Poynter 
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Children's Home of NKY interviewed on WKRC 
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Newport citizens raise funds for dog park Soapbox Cincinnati 
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UK Basketball: Nerlens Noel is not Anthony Davis and he is okay with that Coach Cal 
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"WHY I MOVED BACK TO THE SUBURBS"
A writer shares his story from London:
Still, I don’t regret moving on from my old hip, up-and-coming inner London neighborhood one bit. I’m not glad to have moved on because I need space for my kids (I don’t have any) or because I need to save money (though I do). I’m pleased to be gone because, despite all the hype about their supposed edginess and creative ferment, I find fashionable inner city neighborhoods increasingly as banal, antisocial and plain dull as any suburb. For all their reputation as hives of individuality, neighborhoods like my own city’s Broadway Market offer almost identical businesses to those you’d find in currently hip city neighborhoods anywhere. While the base materials (streets and houses) may be different in, say, NYC’s Greenpoint, Berlin’s Neukölln, or Madrid’s Malasaña, the trappings of gentrification – expensive coffee and bike shops, junk sold at a premium as “vintage” and, soon after, bitterly resented chain outlets – make these places seem increasingly homogenous. 
Full story: The Atlantic Cities 
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THE CARNEGIE'S PRODUCTION OF XANADU IS A HIT!
Check out this review:
As Clio/Kira, Margaret-Ellen Jeffreys is perfect. She exudes an effervescent cuteness and has some wonderfully theatrical facial expressions. Ms. Jeffreys' signing is excellent and her acting is natural and nuanced. CCM junior Blaine Krauss does a great job of conveying Sonny's deadpan cluelessness and shows off a splendid singing voice on several numbers. Rick Kramer is known to Cincinnati audiences as a leading actor in many community theater productions over the years. For Xanadu, he plays both Danny Maguire and Zeus. He sings well and has just the right balance of humor and pathos for the roles. Eileen Earnest and Miranda McGee get plenty of laughs as the evil sisters plotting to destroy Clio. The remaining ensemble members each display multi-faceted talents: Blair Bowman, Aubrey Ireland, McKynleigh Abraham (who theatergoers might remember from season one of "The Glee Project"), and Brian Wylie.
There is one more weekend left! Full review: Talkin' Broadway 
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AREA MAN REGRETS INVESTING IN FACEBOOK
LOL. "Area man"...
Saying that he thought it was a “safe bet” at first, local man Mark Zuckerberg, 28, told reporters Tuesday that—after going what he called “all in” on the business—he now regrets staking so much of his financial future on the Internet company Facebook. “It seemed like a slam dunk—popular company, kids love it, and my financial advisors were telling me this stock was going to be a monster,” said Zuckerberg, who works in computers, and has lost nearly $600 million since Facebook went public in May.
Full story: The Onion (satire)
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DOG MAKE YOU ANGRY? SHAME HIM!
Here's how I wasted about seven hours today:
Many, many, many more here: Dog Shaming
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COVINGTON LANDING COMES BACK TO LIFE DURING FOOD TRUCK EVENT

THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks 
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Covington Landing sprung back to life Thursday afternoon as several mobile food vendors and street food stand operators encircled the mostly dormant spot on the Ohio River. The street eats event, sponsored by Renaissance Covington and the BLDG, was very well attended and all the vendors sold out. Food trucks won approval from the City Commission earlier this month to operate on privately owned property during lunchtime hours, though this particular event was held with special permission. Lots of workers from nearby buildings, particularly the IRS, seemed to enjoy eating outside along the river, taking in the view of Cincinnati and the Ohio River murals. It was a great time! Nice to see some life on the Landing - what a terrific location.
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NEWS ROUND-UP -- THURSDAY MORNING 23 AUGUST

THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks 
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THE MIKE FINK MAY OPEN BY OPENING DAY NEXT SPRING
A partnership that once led to the opening of the old TGI Fridays at Covington Landing is together again, this time to reopen the Mike Fink floating restaurant. "We just want to serve great food. We want to be your neighborhood restaurant."
Full story: The River City News 
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SPEAKING OF COVINGTON LANDING...
Today at the Landing, come down and enjoy the food trucks and street food for lunch. It's a beautiful day for it!
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TALL STACKS TO RETURN TO THE RIVERFRONT IN 2014
It was supposed to be next year, but it will be welcomed whenever it does come back:
“We’re 12-plus months away. And, we’re only one-quarter of the way along with our fund-raising,” Craig said. “So, rather than risk losing money or putting on an event that is not up to meeting the expectations of the community, we’ll shoot instead for 2014.” The 2014 edition will be the seventh installment of the Tall Stacks Music, Arts & Heritage Festival. First held in 1988 to celebrate Cincinnati’s bicentennial, Tall Stacks honors the city’s historic links with steamboats and music. During the 19th century, Cincinnati was the steamboat-building capital of the world. All forms of American music traveled on those boats and passed through this inland, Midwestern port.
Full story: Cincinnati Enquirer/Cliff Radel 
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HOLMES LAGS WAY BEHIND IN JUST RELEASED ACT SCORES 
The results of last year's ACT scores place Holmes High School near the very bottom, though there was a modest increase over 2011's results. Holmes ranked 225 out of 230 schools in overall composite ACT scores. The results, along with those of surrounding schools, at the link.
Full story: The River City News 
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SEE ALSO: Teach For America teacher assigned to Holmes Middle School Cincinnati Enquirer 
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SEE ALSO: Photos from the first day of school Wednesday for Covington Independent Public Schools Facebook 
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SEE ALSO: Does America have too many college graduates? The Atlantic 
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DON'T MISS WEDNESDAY'S JAM-PACKED NEWS DAY...
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CITY COMMISSION RECAP: PART ONE
"The commission is not authorized to consider this." A reporter from the Cincinnati Enquirer took exception to an item on Tuesday night's city commission agenda and took his case to the podium. One commissioner threatened to have him removed from the meeting. What went down, and what the agenda item was about, at the link.
Full story: The River City News 
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CITY COMMISSION RECAP: PART TWO
The community development department will lose its second top manager in the past two months; All the dollars set aside for rehabbing upper floors of Downtown buildings are claimed; Your full Covington Commission recap -- at the link.
Full story: The River City News 
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WEDNESDAY HEADLINES
A second food truck invasion is scheduled for Thursday; What is the Covington Police Department's new D-Team?; Plus, "Covington is really stepping out to improve economic development in the region." Those stories and tons more at the link!
Full story: The River City News 
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KY MAN KILLED WHILE LOGGING, MAKES FINAL CALL TO MOTHER
Oh my God, this story. A man working on a logging project in Rowan County was killed, one month before his wedding:
It's being called a freak accident, "As he was cutting the timber, the tree that he cut fell against another tree, caught the top of that tree and basically lifted the bottom of that tree up. It pushed him over and caught him between the dozer blade and the tree, itself," described Sgt. Jim Bowling of the Kentucky State Police.
Full story: WKYT via WKRC 
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Just before he passed away, a friend was able to call the victim's mother so that she could speak to her son one last time:
"My cell phone rang and I didn't recognize the number. Normally I wouldn't pick it up, but I think the Lord just said 'You need to answer that phone'," she said.
The mother and son talked one last time for several minutes.
"He told me he loved me and his Nanny, that's my mom, and that he loved Tiphanie and he wanted me to call and tell her that.I said 'Hang in there son, Mommy loves you. Pray...fight...help is on the way'," said Tackitt.
More with video: WKYT 
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QUICKIES
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One of the attackers of a Louisville teen says the victim ruined his life by tweeting out his identity Courier-Journal 
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The victim, Savannah Dietrich, meanwhile, says she will not be silenced KPHO 
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Louisville Slugger to pay $14.5 million for boy's brain injury Herald-Leader 
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Attorney General Jack Conway says he won't run for Senator in 2014 but Auditor Adam Edelen won't rule it out WFPL 
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Senators McConnell & Paul like some parts of Obamacare, if you can imagine! WFPL 
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Centre College in Danville prepares for Vice Presidential debate WDRB 
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Does this huge coal deal between Kentucky and India make sense? WFPL 
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Free speech fight costs KY Bar Association $191,000 Courier-Journal 
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What is behind the Kentucky Kingdom stalemate? WDRB 
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RECALL: Smoked salmon sold in Kentucky WBKO 
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KY parents accused of selling pot to their teenage son WKYT 
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Uh Oh: Is there trouble with UK's top basketball recruit Nerlens Noel? Sports Illustrated 
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MUST SEE: Angry Kentucky bird takes on biker, neighbor WLWT 
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SEIZED FIREWORKS RETURNING TO COVINGTON
This has been a great story to follow:
A federal judge has demanded the ATF return legal fireworks it seized from a Northern Kentucky dealer and said the only reason he wasn’t fining the agency was because they are protected by their status as a government body.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “engaged in bad-faith conduct,” U.S. District Judge David Bunning wrote in an order issued Tuesday. He first ordered the agency to return the items three years and five months ago.
Full story: Cincinnati Enquirer/Jim Hannah 
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ATTORNEY ERIC DETERS RESIGNS FROM TALK SHOW
He posted to Facebook this morning:
I begin thinking about a back up for me for Court trials (begin before nine) and a much needed vacation. In that process, Rob Williams ignored a series of emails I sent him. I recommended Dr. Kurtzman or Rick Robinson. The next thing I knew, Rob told me who would be my back up: Dean Mucchio. Didn’t know him. Never heard of him. Never discussed. No input from me. I was angry. When I stood up to this, the station said OK, you report to Bob Herrion, not Rob Williams. I was also asked to help sell advertising. I agreed to give leads and I did, but man, I was already doing enough! Sales calls? No way. The Bulldog is a talk show host and lawyer, not a radio salesman.
Yesterday, after my show I had to get to Boone County for Court. Bob asked me if I had a minute going out the door. I said no I had to get to Court. Later I called and texted. Bob texted me he wanted me to know going forward I would take direction from Rob Williams. I refused. I resigned. I hoped the station would reconsider and I would withdraw my resignation. They didn’t. I didn’t. As of ten minutes ago, after hearing Dean, I asked Jon if he was sure about his decision. So my run at Realtalk 1160 is over only because I resigned rather than take direction from Rob Williams a person who professionally I do not believe knows “good radio” more than me, who learned it from Willie. Sorry. That’s how I feel. After listening to the person he chose as my back up I’m proven right.
In complete candor, also after doing the show for over a year on a small station, I believe I took it as far as I could go. I have a great law practice with great clients. I expect a television deal very soon. By the way, my resignation has nothing to do with this. I can’t say more except a contract is being written by “them.” It’s a real big deal.
Remember when I left WLW over a year ago? I said I’d finish a couple books I was writing. Days later I was back on the radio. One station already has called me. I have a meeting Friday. We will see. I love radio superbity.
Full post: Facebook 
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BECAUSE OF CORN SHORTAGE, KY FARMER FEEDS CANDY TO CATTLE
I'd graze with these cattle:
The worst drought in decades has destroyed more than half the U.S. corn crop, pushing prices to record levels and squeezing livestock owners as they struggle to feed their herds.
To cope, one Kentucky cattle farmer has turned to a child-tested way to fatten his 1,400 cows: candy.
"It's so hard to make any money when corn is eight or nine dollars a bushel," said Nick Smith, co-owner of United Livestock Commodities in Mayfield, Ky.
The chocolate and other sweet stuff was rejected by retailers. It makes up 5% to 8% of the cattle's feed ration, Smith said. The rest includes roughage and distillers grain, an ethanol byproduct.
Full story: The Los Angeles Times 
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WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND IN AND AROUND COVINGTON...
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NKY CASH MOB IS COMING TO COVINGTON ON SATURDAY... BUT FOR WHO?
Cash Mob likes to keep its beneficiary a secret, but here are some updated details that may limit the scope:
Hello Cash Mobbers! Our meetup location is now set! We will be meeting in the parking lot at 3rd and Greenup just East of the "Ascent" Building. It is just a few steps North of Third on the West side of the street. Please be there by 10:45. We will be walking to our location at 11 am sharp.
As there are some new additions to our group and expect more interest as we get closer to the weekend, I want to share the concept of a Cash Mob briefly.
Cash Mob offers community members a way to have a positive impact on the local economy through consumerism. We know that money spent at locally owned shops impacts the local economy far greater than money spent at the big box stores. In fact 15% more of the money spent locally, stays local. Participating in mobs is great in that gives the local shop a quick infusion of money and introduces this location to people who may just drive by. It also helps reinforce the "Buy Local" mentality that will hopefully impact your consumerism as a general rule and not just once a month at the Mobs.
Sounds like the Covington Farmers Market may be in for some added traffic this weekend... 
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Speaking of the Farmers Market... Did you know that it is one of the NKY markets that accept WIC? NKY Health Dept 
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HOLMES HIGH SCHOOLS HOSTS CROSS COUNTRY MEET
This is going to be really awesome to see a bunch of high school kids competing in an urban area, so come down and support the Bulldogs or your favorite school. The course includes the Licking River Greenway & Trails which is cool. Also, the team is looking for volunteers, so if you can help out, go to the Holmes Cross Country Facebook page.
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DEMOCRATS HOST PICNIC SUNDAY
From the Kenton County Democratic Club:

Announcing the Guest Speakers this year at The Kenton County Democrat Club Picnic ! Our first speaker will be Lisa Wells, a Covington Attorney and On Air Host and The Only Democrat on WLW RADIO, followed by Colmon Eldridge the National President of The Young Democrats of America! The Picnic will be August 26th from Noon to 4pm with the speakers along with Bill Adkins our Candidate for Congress and Jim Noll our Candidate for Senate. The speakers will start at 1:45. The Fireman's Hall at 23rd and Howell in covington is the location of the Picnic. Plenty of parking is available. Admission is $20. Please make your reservations NOW!!! Call me at 859-750-8883 or Linda Hornsby at 261-3045. The time is NOW to step up and support your Democrats! Our Regular meeting in September will also be our annual visit at The Atwood Hill Winery just south of Independence. See you there!!
State Representative Arnold Simpson has donated a pair of UK basketball tickets for the event -- so go down and get your chance to win them.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

NEWS ROUND-UP -- WEDNESDAY MORNING 22 AUGUST

THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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by Michael Monks 
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CITY COMMISSION RECAP: PART ONE
"The commission is not authorized to consider this." A reporter from the Cincinnati Enquirer took exception to an item on Tuesday night's city commission agenda and took his case to the podium. One commissioner threatened to have him removed from the meeting. What went down, and what the agenda item was about, at the link.
Full story: The River City News 
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CITY COMMISSION RECAP: PART TWO
Twelve Covington dispatchers will be offered employment in the new consolidated dispatch center; The community development department will lose its second top manager in the past two months; All the dollars set aside for rehabbing upper floors of Downtown buildings are claimed; Your full Covington Commission recap -- at the link.
Full story: The River City News 
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GOVERNING BODY OF NEW DISPATCH CENTER HOLDS FIRST MEETING
More on the consolidated dispatch center that will soon begin covering Covington:
“When we’re bringing two different cultures together, two different environments, obviously we’ve got to learn to work together and just get to know each other,” said Ed Butler, who’ll direct the Kenton County Emergency Communications Center. “But from a public safety standpoint, the public shouldn’t notice any differences.”
Butler made his comments after the initial meeting of the Kenton County Emergency Communications Board, which will serve as the governing body for the new dispatch entity.
The switch to the new consolidated dispatch center is planned for Sept. 30, Butler said. Initially, the new entity will dispatch police, fire and emergency medical services for unincorporated Kenton county and the cities of Covington, Taylor Mill, Independence, Ryland Heights, Fairview and Kenton Vale.
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PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROTEST FUNDING FOR DISPATCH CENTER
Local attorney and radio personality Eric Deters shared this note from a woman named Denise Moore via Facebook:
I found out Friday August 17, 2012 this ordinance was passed on August 14, 2012. I am going to the Fiscal Court meeting on August 28, 2012 at 303 Court Street, Old Courthouse, Covington, at 7 PM on the third floor to speak out against the fee “tax.” If you get on kentoncounty.org and click on 911 fee, you can read the entire ordinance.
What this means is that if you have more than one parcel of property, even a vacant lot, you will pay for each one, each year, $85.00. If you own a condo and a garage separate, you will pay $85.00 each year for each of them. However, if you own a rental complex, no matter how many renters in a building and if there are several buildings on one parcel, the owner only pays the $85.00 one time each year.
Only Property Owners are paying the $85.00 fee tax. No one who rents has to pay the fee “tax.”
I want to make it clear that I am not against paying a fee for the 911 service. I just feel that everyone in Kenton County should have to pay and not just the property owners.

Please come to the Fiscal Court meeting on August 28, 2012 as I will be speaking out against this tax that only the property owners have to pay. Otherwise, you will get the bill for the “fee” sent to you on your October property tax bill.
Read the full note: Facebook 
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WHAT IS THE NEW D-TEAM IN THE COVINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT?
Part of the reorganization plan within the Covington Police Department as presented Tuesday night by Chief Spike Jones is the creation of something called the D-Team. What is it? The D-Team will consist of: 2 federal task force officers (DEA and FBI) that work with federal law enforcement agencies during large scale investigations in the local area; 2 officers assigned to the Housing Authority of Covington who will work during peak hours of activity around Covington housing projects like City Heights; 3 officers assigned as street corner officers, dressed in plain clothes; 2 officers assigned as narcotics/vice investigators; and 2 officers assigned as fusion officers who will serve as a bridge between the patrol shifts, neighborhood associations, block watches, and code enforcement ensuring communication and assisting with quality of life issues.
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COVINGTON SCHOOLS SEEK DRUG TESTING SURVEY PARTICIPATION
From Covington Independent Public Schools:
Many schools have random student drug testing programs in place. These programs randomly test students who participate in extracurricular activities such as sports and clubs, as well as students who drive to school. Court decisions have upheld the test of these categories of students. The purpose of the program is to serve as a detterent. The Covington Board of Education is currently exploring the possibility of implementing a program for students in grades 6-12. Please take a few moments to answer the following questions. Thank you for your participation.
To take the survey, click here.
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DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION APPLAUDS COVINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
"We applaud Covington. This is why you keep getting checks from us, you have such great projects going on," said Rhonda Whitaker, executive director of the Duke Energy Foundation. The organization presented a $10,000 check to the Covington Business Council for its Clean & Safe program at Tuesday night's city commission meeting. "Covington is really stepping out to improve economic development in the region."
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"We appreciate it and look forward to bigger checks in the future," Mayor Chuck Scheper quipped.
Pat Frew of the CBC and Rhonda Whitaker
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IN GLOBAL ECONOMY, ALL JOB CREATION IS LOCAL
Interesting:
About half of the jobs created between 1990 and 2008 (before our current downturn) were created in education, health care, and government. What do those sectors have in common? They're all local. You can't send them to Korea. As Michael Spence has explained, corporations have gotten so good at "creating and managing global supply chains" that large companies no longer grow much in the United States. They expand abroad. As a result, the vast majority (more than 97 percent, Spence says!) of job creation now happens in so-called non-tradable sectors -- those that exist outside of the global supply chain -- that are often low-profit-margin businesses, like a hospital, or else not even businesses at all, like a school or mayor's office.
Full story: The Atlantic Cities 
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FUTURE PLANS FOR THE MIKE FINK MAY BE PRESENTED TONIGHT
At tonight's meeting of the Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association, Jimmy Bernstein will discuss the Mike Fink floating restaurant which has long been dormant on the City's Ohio River shoreline. The meeting starts at 7:00PM and The River City News will have it covered for you.
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SECOND FOOD TRUCK INVASION SLATED FOR THURSDAY
The food trucks will return to Covington Thursday (tomorrow) from 11:00AM to 2:00PM, this time at Covington Landing. Mobile food vendors, as they are more formally known, recently won approval for operation in Covington from the city commission. A previous event in July was met with great enthusiasm from attendees and some reservations from local restaurant owners. Thursday's event promises to host even more vendors, not all of which are food trucks, including Covington-based Gomez Salsa, as well as Street Pops, Cafe de Wheels, C'est Cheese, PizzaBomba, EAT! Mobile Dining, and New Orleans To Go. 
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QUICKIES
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Man gets life in prison for killing Ohio woman and dumping parts of her body in Covington WLWT 
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Iraqi men plead guilty in Kentucky terrorism case AP 
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Sens. Paul, McConnell join forces to assail health care reform cn|2 
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At tea party rally, Sen. McConnell viewed with mixed results Bluegrass Politics 
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Sen. Paul promises to repeal Obamacare, but also promises health care for everyone WFPL 
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Lawmakers look for action on Kentucky's pension problems WKYT 
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KY employers, workers groups differ on pension issue Courier-Journal 
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Kentucky Chamber of Commerce offers advice to tax reform commission Chamber 
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Democrat Bill Adkins endorsed by Kentucky Hemp Initiative in race to represent NKY in Congress click here 
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Fifth Third Bank faces class action suit over payday loans Business Courier 
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Why counting every horse in Kentucky is important Herald-Leader 
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Get your whooping cough vaccine! NKY Health Dept 
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Film explores life of Kentucky civil rights leader AP 
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Kentucky cloggers represent USA in Ireland Herald-Leader 
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Anthony Davis's unibrow artwork is for sale KSR 
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THIS WEEKEND, CASH MOB IN COVINGTON!
Cash Mob NKY won't say where yet, but a posting on Facebook indicates an effort to flood a local business or endeavor with money:
It has come to my attention that our post outlining the Cash Mob for this Saturday may not have gone out to everyone. For those that did not receive it, please note that we are planning on meeting in Covington at 10:45 am for an 11:00 mobbing. More info to follow as to the specific meeting location. Once there we will share our beneficiary and walk to the location. Please remember to bring at least $20 in cash to spend. Also bring along family and friends who wish to support local businesses and make a difference in this economy. Please comment on this post if you plan to attend and how many others you will bring along. We will be visiting a locally owned eatery afterward for lunch. I can't wait to meet you all.
Will let you know when more is known, or follow NKY Cash Mob on Facebook. 
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DONNA SALYERS: "WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A FAUX FUR REVOLUTION!"
Donna Salyers, owner of Fabulous Furs and Fabulous Bridal in Downtown Covington (among other things), is profiled in Cincy Chic:
"We're in the midst of a faux fur revolution" says Donna Salyers, founder of Donna Salyers' Fabulous-Furs. As queen of the faux fur fashion industry, Salyers is ready to meet that revolution head on and en vogue.

Salyers didn't just wake up one day at the top of the industry, but fashion has always been a part of her life. "Fashion is in my DNA," Salyers says. "Even at the age of seven, I was compelled to sew clothes that my mother actually let me wear in public." Growing up, she learned the technical side of sewing from a grandmother who worked in alterations in Cincinnati's finest stores. "She taught me a great deal, and at the age of about 29, I wrote a letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer editor advising even I could write a sewing column superior to what they published each week."
Full story: Cincy Chic/Amanda Stout 
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