Boone County Recorder 05/20/21

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YOU’LL BE Delighted

‘It’s almost a liberation.’ CVG getting more traffi c, fl ights and airlines Randy Tucker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The outdoor stage which is slated to fi t 7,000 guests at the new PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation music venue in Newport, Ky., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER

See inside: PromoWest’s Pavilion at Ovation Scott Wartman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

NEWPORT – The music venue on Newport’s riverfont is completed. Now the only thing left to add for PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation is a band and an audience. The fi rst shows will be in September, said Scott Stienecker, CEO of Columbus-based PromoWest, which developed and will manage the music venue. “It’s a wide variety, country rock, rap, and urban, and jam band, a little bit of everything and really strong names,” Stienecker told The Enquirer. The indoor/outdoor venue seats See OVATION, Page 2A

Guests fi ll the fi rst floor bar area at the new PromoWest Pavilion.

Elsmere police save infant’s life Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

An Elsmere police offi cer saved an infant's life and it was all caught on camera. Brian Evans had only been with the Elsmere Police Department for eight days when he and his partner, Alexis Day, were dispatched to a report of a three-month-old baby not breathing. The offi cers arrived at the residence in less than a minute and found a mother holding an unresponsive infant in her arms. “As soon as we arrived, we were told the child was not breathing,” said Offi -

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cer Evans, in a press release. “At that point, your training kicks in.” He placed the child face down and began calmly slapping her back.

After the fi fth slap, Evans made sure the child’s airway was clear. “At that point, the child began to breath and cry,” Evans said in a press release. “It was defi nitely nerve wracking, but at that point the gear kicks in that you have to do something. We’ve been through CPR training, so we knew what we had to do.” Evans is a four-year law enforcement who recently joined the Elsmere Police Department after working in Lexington. By the time the child was breathing, an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) squad arrived and transported the child to the hospital, where she was ultimately treated and released.

HEBRON, Ky. — The ribbon-cutting Friday for Sun Country Airline’s new service to Minneapolis from Cincinnati could be considered a coming-out party for the entire airline industry, according to airport CEO Candace McGraw. “It’s almost a liberation,” McGraw said, referring to the robust start to the summer travel season at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). “Leisure travel is defi nitely back.” As the pandemic wanes, vaccinations increase and some restrictions are lifted, consumers are rushing out to eat, drink, shop - and, yes, vacation. The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport expects to recover 80% of pre-pandemic passenger volumes this summer as a result of the surge in leisure travel, McGaw told The Enquirer at the airport Friday. In response, the airport so far this year has added eight new routes and two new carriers: Alaska Airlines and Sun Country, which Friday began it’s twice-weekly nonstop service to Minneapolis. The fi rst passengers cheered against a backdrop of balloons and other party favors at the ribbon-cutting. Alaska is next in line for takeoff , scheduled to launch its new daily nonstop service from CVG to Seattle on Thursday. “We know Cincinnati is a big destination (for travelers) from the Twin Cities, and we want to be an option for them,” said Grant Whitney, Sun Country’s chief revenue offi cer. “So many people are excited to start traveling again.” Last Saturday, 1.7 million passengers moved through security check See CVG, Page 4A

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport CEO Candice McGraw delivers remarks prior to the fi rst flight out of the airport by Sun Country Airlines, Friday, May 14, 2021. KAREEM ELGAZZAR/THE ENQUIRER

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