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Have a favorite place to go sledding in Boone County? The Recorder is compiling a list and we’d like to hear from you. When snow has fallen and school is cancelled, what spots do kids enjoy the most for sledding? Send us a note describing the location and why this site is so good for sledding. Include your name and the community where you live, along with your phone number in case we have questions. E-mail your response to ndaly@nky.com, call us at 5781059, or mail your note to: Sledding, Community Recorder, 228 Grandview Drive, Fort Mitchell KY 41017.
Boone County girls in ‘Nutcracker’
Visions of sugarplums are beginning to dance in the imaginations of five girls from Boone County who will perform in the Cincinnati Ballet’s 2010 rendition of “The Nutcracker” beginning on Dec. 16 LIFE, B1
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Hebron open house benefits children’s home By Patricia A. Scheyer
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When Rich and Wrenda Magoteauz of Hebron thought about how they would like to give back to the community at Christmas, they narrowed the causes down to one because they realized that Christmas is for children. So last year they lavishly decorated their spacious house and invited people to come and visit and at the same time donate to the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky. This year the open house will be 2 p.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Magoteaux house at 2033 Brantwood Drive in Hebron. “We are getting everything together and the place looks terrific, despite the fact that I fell and broke my leg,” said Rich
Magoteaux. “Last year we raised $1,000 to buy presents for all the children, and we hope to do that again this year. Suggested donations are $10 per family, and $4 per person.” The house becomes transformed each year with two enormous village scenes, one on the first floor and one in the basement. The first one is an entire North Pole village, bigger than last year, with more than 150 houses. The second is an alpine village with more than 50 buildings. “We have 10 Christmas trees thoughout the house,” said Magoteauz. “Two of them are 6foot trees, and the sizes go up until our grand 12-foot tree which is decorated with beautiful, hand-
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Rich and Wrenda Magoteauz of Hebron are hosting an open house Dec. 4 to benefit Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky. Their Christmas decorations, including large village scenes and 10 Christmas trees, will be on display to guests.
Burlington to host Christmas festival By Paul McKibben pmckibben@nky.com
The Historic Burlington Business Association is hosting a Christmas festival. A Burlington Christmas is Dec. 3-5 in downtown Burlington and at the Dinsmore Homestead, 5656 Burlington Pike, 6.5 miles west from the actual town. Restaurants and shops will have special operating hours that are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 3, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Dec. 4, and noon-4 p.m. Dec. 5. Santa Claus visits downtown Burlington at 6:30 p.m. for a tree lighting on the festival’s first day. The tree is at the gazebo next to the Boone County Administration Building.
Also on that day, gingerbread houses will be on display at the Old Boone County Courthouse. The purpose of the event is to get people to downtown Burlington, see there is more to town than government offices and maybe get some more small businesses back into town, according to Mike Crane, the association’s president. The 19th-century Dinsmore Homestead will be adorn with traditional holiday decorations. It is open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 4, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 4 and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 5. Afternoon activities are Christmas tours, music, a family scavenger hunt and refreshments. Candlelight tours are during the evening of Dec. 4. Historic
dancers will perform too. The homestead has a holiday shop at Cabin Arts cabinette during the entire three days. Cabin Arts is located at 5878 N. Jefferson St., Burlington. Crane’s Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance office at 2965 Washington St. will have an operating Lionel train display 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3-4. The Boone County Historical Society Museum has a holiday open house 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Local authors will be selling their autographed books. Authors invited are Don Clare, Boone/Gallatin Circuit Judge Anthony Frohlich, Bob Schrage, Bridget Striker, Melinda Sartwell, Tim Moore and Michael Rouse.
Also inside the museum, residents will be able to see a vintage toy train, share memories about past Christmas holidays and listen to old-time Christmas music. The museum is located in the Old Boone County Clerk’s Building located behind the Boone County Administration Building. Two other festival events during the weekend are: • Central House Diner, corner of Washington and Jefferson streets, offers lunch with Santa 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 4-5. • 1 p.m. Dec. 4, a “Santa Paws Parade” takes place. The parade starts on Garrard Street, right onto Washington Street, right onto Nicholas Street, right onto Nicholson Avenue and back to Garrard Street.
Gun law approved by Boone County Fiscal Court By Paul McKibben pmckibben@nky.com
The Boone County Fiscal Court on Nov. 23 unanimously approved an ordinance that allows citizens properly licensed under Kentucky law to carry concealed weapons into most county buildings. No one spoke against the measure, including outgoing Boone County Clerk Rena Ping, who had expressed concern about the safety of her employees if the
law was approved. The clerk’s main office is in the Boone County Administration Building in Burlington. “Many of you have contacted us and we appreciate all of your support,” Judge-executive Gary Moore told the audience that was remaining at the meeting after the room cleared following a long discussion about a zoning matter. It was the third meeting this fall where the Fiscal Court talked about concealed carry.
No one publicly ever spoke against it at any of the meetings. The county was approached by Florence resident Joe Kalil about the conceal carry issue. Kalil, a Republican, was elected to a Boone County constable post in the Nov. 2 general election. He has his own gun safety and training business. Under the ordinance, a person with a concealed carry permit can bring a deadly weapon onto property the county owns or leases. Exceptions are the Boone
County commonwealth attorney’s office, the county attorney’s office and the county child support program. Kentucky law already bans concealed carry weapons in sheriff’s departments, jails and “any meeting of the governing body of a county.” There are other places where state law does not permit concealed carry weapons. Boone County Clerk-elect Kenny Brown has basically voiced support for concealed carry.
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