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Alexandria Recorder
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January 13, 2011
BRIEFLY Senate Bill 9
The Kentucky Senate passed a bill Jan. 6, that requires a woman seeking an abortion to be shown an ultrasound image of her fetus before the procedure takes place. Senate Bill 9, which also requires that information about abortion be given to the woman at a face-to-face meeting the day before the procedure, passed on a 32-5 vote. The measure now goes to the House, where an identical bill was defeated in committee last year.
Smoking poll
A majority of Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban in public places such as
restaurants, stores and offices, according to a poll released Thursday by antismoking activists. The poll shows that 59 percent of Kentucky voters favor a ban on smoking in public places with 39 percent opposed. Among supporters, 44 percent strongly favored the ban and 15 percent somewhat favored it. The support carried across party lines – with 60 percent of Republicans and 59 percent of Democrats supporting the statewide ban. The poll was based on a telephone survey of 500 people who said they are registered voters likely to vote and has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points, according to the poll. It was conducted
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between Dec. 12 and 14. It was released Thursday by the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, founding members of the Smoke-Free Kentucky coalition.
Ice skating
Ice skating continues daily through Feb. 20 at the U.S. Bank Ice Rink on Fountain Square, Fifth and Vine streets, downtown. Hours are noon-6 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday, noon-8 p.m. Thursday and noon-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 16) and noon-9 p.m. Valentine's Day (Feb. 14). Special programs include Radio Skates, 6-10 p.m. Fridays with MOJO-FM (100.3) providing music, admission is $1; the free DJ Skates are 610 p.m. Saturdays and Family Skates, noon-6 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 20, free for ages 12 and under. Regular admission is $3; $1 for college and university students, Downtown Residents Council members, military, police and fire department employees with ID and U.S. Bank customers paying with a U.S. Bank card. Skate rental is $3 per person. www.myfountainsquare.com.
Keene’s committees
Also appointed to Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation Rep. Dennis Keene’s (DWilder) was re-appointed chair of the Licensing and Occupations Committee and appointed as liaison to the Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation. Keene has served in the Kentucky General Assembly
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since 2005 representing Campbell County. Keene plans to again pursue his interlock ignition bill to curtail convicted drunk drivers from driving an automobile. This will be Keene’s third attempt at making this legislation law. It has passed out of the House of Representatives, only to die in the Senate. “House Bill 58 is scheduled to be the first bill heard in the House Judiciary Committee when we reconvene in February and I believe that this shows increased support for this legislation,” said Keene. Keene has also been appointed vice chair of the House Economic Development Committee and as a member of the Banking and Insurance Committee. “These assignments will be of great value to my constituents and business community in Northern Kentucky as we strive to keep taxes under control and grow our economy even in these tough times,” said Keene. “I call myself Campbell County’s Tax Relief Watchdog and I will continue to take that role very seriously.”
McKee’s committees
State Rep. Tom McKee, who serves the people of Harrison, Pendleton, Robertson and Campbell counties in the Kentucky House of Representatives, was named by House leaders today to a fourth twoyear term leading the chamber’s Agriculture and Small Business Committee. “Overseeing this committee for the last six years has been a tremendous honor, and I’m glad I will have the chance to lead it for another two years,” said Rep. McKee, D-Cynthiana. “It has given me a chance to be a strong voice for our farmers and the entire agricultural community, not to mention those small businesses that make up the backbone of our entire economy. These two groups will be among the leaders to help us move beyond the toughest recession of my lifetime.” In addition to chairing that committee, Rep McKee will continue serving on the Tourism Development & Energy and Local Government committees and be part of an Appropriations and Revenue subcommittee: General Government, Finance and Public Protection.
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Tom Murphy of Cold Spring speaks out against the smoking ban from a podium during the Jan. 5 Campbell County Fiscal Court meeting in Alexandria. In the far left of the background, Campbell County Police Department Chief Keith Hill stationed himself at the entrance to the meeting room in the Campbell County Courthouse to ensure the room’s fire code occupancy limit was not exceeded as another 10 or so people waited outside the room to come inside.
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the dangers of smoking to non-smokers. Jason Cox of Bellevue said he is for keeping the ban to protect people’s health. “The issue is to protect the individual health of the people who work in those environments,” Cox said. Cox said there is no effective way to segregate the smoke in a room using technology to protect nonsmokers who happen to be there. Dr. Jeremy Engle of Cincinnati, who runs a practice out of Bellevue, said he sees Campbell County residents when they are sick, and that secondhand smoke is hurting people and creating a sicker workforce in the county. The attitude that it’s acceptable to promote and permit something that’s destructive to people’s health isn’t right, Engle said. Even if a majority of
Mayor From A1 inviting local business owners to council meetings to introduce themselves to residents to promote buying locally. “If you can do business in town with someone local, I’d love for you to do that,” he said. Other objectives include providing consistent enforcement of the city’s code of ordinances and for
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Voting procedures
The next Fiscal Court meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at the county administration building in Newport. If there is a first reading of a repeal ordinance at the Jan. 19 meeting, it will pave the way for a possible vote at the 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2 meeting in Alexandria. people in the county don’t approve of smoking indoors, they don’t come down to Brooker’s Pond Creek Haus & Grill, said Tyler Tipton, a resident of the Pond Creek area of southern Campbell County. Tipton said it’s not just a bar, but a community hub, and most of the people who go there do smoke. “It’s our choice to go there,” Tipton said. “We don’t ask you to come down to the Pond Creek Haus and blow smoke in your face.” For more about your community, visit www. nky.com/campbellcounty the city to continue to stay within its five-year comprehensive plan for growth to keep the city’s slogan “Where the city meets the country” a reality. Rachford said he will have a prayer meeting and invite all the ministers and pastors in the city to come and meet with the city’s elected officials and appointed city employees. In closing, Rachford said beautification of the city will be a priority, and he asked people not to litter. Rachford said if things happen like the state doesn’t cut the grass and lets it grow long, the city will cut it. “Because this is where we live, this is our home, we want it to look nice,” he said. For more about your community, visit www. nky.com/alexandria
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