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Volume 15, Number 8 © 2011 The Community Recorder ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Despite repeal businesses go smoke-free By Amanda Joering Alley and Chris Mayhew
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Terry Bond and Carl D. Fox, owners of the Crazy Fox Saloon in Newport, pose for a picture near a sign explaining how their establishment will go smoke-free starting Friday, April 15. Smoking will still be allowed in the bar’s back patio.
While the county-wide smoking ban was repealed, some Campbell County businesses are taking smoking out of their establishments anyway and others have been smoke-free for years. Starting Friday, April 15, the Crazy Fox Saloon in Newport will be going smoke-free. “This is a huge change for us, but for us, it’s about the health and well-being of our employees” said Carl D. Fox, one of the owners. Owner Terry Bond said they have tried to go about the change, which has been in the works for months, in a proactive way, by talking to their employees and
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St. E to open new women’s health center By Amanda Joering Alley
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customers, answering questions and listening to what they had to say. Fox, a non-smoker since he developed asthma in August, said he can see the point-of-view from both sides. Instead of making it a smoking “ban,” Fox said they have just relocated smoking to the outside patio in an effort to accommodate both their smoking and nonsmoking patrons. In the winter, the patio will be enclosed and have space heaters running to keep smoking patrons comfortable. “We don’t want smokers to feel like they can’t come here and enjoy themselves anymore,” Bond said. “We’re trying to make this
St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas will soon be a one-stop shop for women’s health with the opening of its new Women’s Wellness Center later this month. The center, which is located in the former labor and delivery unit of the hospital, will be run by experts in a variety of women’s health fields including breast cancer, osteoporosis, heart health and holistic health. Toni Carle, manager of the center, said while the hospital already offers these services in various departments, the goal of the center is to move them all to one centralized location. “This center offers state-of-theart technology and is extremely convenient for our patients,” Carle said. Services that will be offered at the center, which is meant to be a welcoming, relaxing place for
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An artist rendering of what the registration desk at the new Women’s Wellness Center will look like. women, include education, diagnostic services and consultations involving several types of women’s health issues. The center also includes a resource library with books and computers and a Women’s Wellness Boutique, which will include items like bras, breast prosthetics and wigs.
“The center really offers a spalike setting that is conducive to a healing environment,” said Guy Karrick, public relations manager for the hospital. The center also includes a section of timeshare offices that different physicians involved in women’s health can use, bringing
even more specialized services to the center. Carle said some of the offices may be used by physicians like dermatologists and cardiologists. “We feel that having all these different types of women’s health physicians all in one place will make it easier for them to work together,” Karrick said. While the other St. Elizabeth campuses will continue to offer these women’s health services, the Fort Thomas center is the largest and most consolidated, Karrick said. “I think this really shows our commitment to this campus and better serving our patients,” Karrick said. The center, which will start seeing patients Thursday, April 28, is hosting an open house from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, to give the community a chance to tour the facility. For more about your community, visit www.nky.com/campbellcounty
Museum prepares for new exhibits By Amanda Joering Alley ajoering@nky.com
The Fort Thomas Military and Community Museum is busting at the seams with one new exhibit set to open this month and one in the works for early next year. On Saturday, April 16, a new exhibit about the Beverly Hills Supper Club will be opening, complete with survivor’s stories and artifacts from the club. The exhibit is being put together by the museum exhibits class at Northern Kentucky University, that has been working on the project since January. “The exhibit is going to cover everything from when the club first opened to after the tragic fire,” said Cierra Earl, a student in the class. Richard Challis, another student in the class who went to the supper club when it was still open, said there was so much to the club besides the fire that closed it. “There were so many big
names and big events at that club,” Challis said. “Before Vegas was the showplace of the country, this was.” In January, the museum is hosting the Smithsonian Institutes’s Journey Stories exhibit, a traveling exhibit that is making five stops in Kentucky throughout the year. Debbie Buckley, the city’s Renaissance manager, said she is thrilled to have the exhibit coming to Fort Thomas. “The Smithsonian is the ultimate in museums, so to be able to host one of their exhibits really gives credence to what we’re trying to do here,” Buckley said. The exhibit, which is being brought to the city with the help of the Kentucky Humanities Council, is a large interactive exhibit featuring information about the migration of people throughout the country. Buckley said for the city’s part of the exhibit, they are collecting stories from community members about how their families ended up
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Dr. Brian Hackett helps students Tiffany Best and Aleia Brown work on part of the Beverly Hills exhibit. in this area. Buckley said other new happenings at the museum include a native garden surrounding the museum that is being planted by
the Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy. The museum is also now open six days a week from noon to 4 p.m. and closed Mondays.
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