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Poetry slam to bring word art to Covington By Regan Coomer rcoomer@nky.com
Slam sign up
The Covington City Lights Poetry Slam will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday June 24 at The Blue Bar, 266 Pike Street. Tickets are available at The Blue Bar and The Bean Haus in Covington before the event at $5, otherwise tickets can be purchased day of for $6. Rules and other information: Each poet will be given three minutes to present their piece. Each poet should have two pieces prepared to present. Each poem must be of the poet’s own creation. No poet may use props, costumes or musical instruments. To compete in the poetry slam, send your name, number, e-mail, address and 30 words about yourself to covingtoncitylightspoetryslam@gmail.com. Deadline is 5:59 p.m. June 24 at the door.
Sam Phillips is pounding the streets of Covington preaching the word of poetry. The poet, Covington resident and Northern Kentucky University alum is the founder of The Running Word, a twice-monthly open mic held at The Bean Haus in MainStrasse. The more than a year-old poetry night draws crowds ranging from 15 to 30 people, and Phillips feels like it’s time for the next step in his city’s literary scene. Enter Phillips’ first-ever Covington City Lights Poetry Slam, to be held at 5 p.m. June 24 at The Blue Bar in Covington. “I would like the poetry slam to explained. be part of a revolution for this area Each poet will have three minto just rise up in more spoken utes to read. When finished, five word arts other than just poetry,” people will be chosen from the Phillips said. audience to judge and Phillips feels like assign points to the there are plenty of Covington resident best poet. The highest yet-to-be-found and poet Lisa score will win, Phillips poets and “word said. Carbert read her art” smiths out Phillips hopes the there who just need poetry for the first slam becomes an annuan opportunity to in Covington. time at The Running al event step up to the mic. The first year will “It’s important to Word just a few feature a prize of $25 be able to have that weeks ago. Now the for the third place winoutlet. More artists ner, a $50 prize for the 22-year-old is going second place winner are looking to go beyond just writing to be a slammer in and $100 for the first in their journals or Covington City Lights place winner, who will keeping it to themalso have a poem pubPoetry Slam. lished in NKU’s NKUselves,” he said. Getting the expeExpressed. rience of reading The slam’s nameyour words in front of people can sake says it all for Phillips, who is “enhance” your work, Phillips dedicated to promoting not only said, making you aware of how the word, but also the poets. your performance can “attract “The city lights of Covington people more to what you’re trying are the artists,” he said. to say.” Covington resident and poet The poetry slam will feature 15 Lisa Carbert read her poetry for or so poets reciting or reading their the first time at The Running poetry, Phillips said, adding it will Word just a few weeks ago. Now not be in a “battle” format in the 22-year-old is going to be a which poets compete against one slammer in Covington City Lights another on stage at the same time. Poetry Slam. “I always write and to actually “People should come with their own personal style and read how have a place to go and compete they like to read – that’s what against other poets and get my slam poetry is. Using personal poetry out there is really cool,” style to deliver your art,” Phillips she said.
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Covington resident Sam Phillips hopes to cultivate a “written word art” scene in Northern Kentucky with his Covington City Lights Poetry Slam June 24.
Taylor Mill ALS countdown ending By Regan Coomer rcoomer@nky.com
The city of Taylor Mill’s countdown to providing Advanced Life Support to its residents is drawing to a close. Starting July 1, the city will launch ALS service using one new ambulance and using the other as a Basic Life Support backup. One ALS medic will work per shift. “We’re actually moving forward. We’re getting ready for July 1,” said Fire Chief Dennis Halpin. Taylor Mill City Commission had decided to provide ALS after the cost of TransCare tier service increased to an amount close to
First-year costs will be about $136,000, which includes the purchase of drugs and other ALS equipment. Projected second year cost is $61,000. If Taylor Mill had remained with TransCare it would have paid $108,000 for service during the 09-10 fiscal year. that of what it will cost the city to provide the service in-house. First-year costs will be about $136,000, which includes the purchase of drugs and other ALS equipment. Projected second year cost is $61,000. If Taylor Mill had remained with TransCare it would have paid $108,000 for service
during the 09-10 fiscal year. “We all know we made the best move for the residents of the city,” said Mayor Mark Kreimborg at the June 11 meeting. “On July 1 we’ll have a paramedic on board administering the drugs they need to save people’s lives.” Halpin reported to Kreimborg
and commission at the meeting that the city has received the medication, monitors and a defibrillator needed for the ALS ambulance. Two full-time and two volunteer firefighters graduated from paramedic training Monday June 12 to work on the ALS ambulance, Halpin said, while four more will graduate in February 2010. A paramedic has to go through a year of training and memorize about 300 pages of ALS protocol, Halpin said. The city has planned an open house for residents to check out the ALS-equipped ambulance and meet the staff at 2 p.m. June 28. “July 1 we’re ready to party,” Halpin said.
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