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Science fair
About 70 Campbell County Middle School students are preparing to prove science is a hands-on word with the third annual school-wide science fair Feb. 10. The science experiments will be on display during an open house at the school, 8000 Alexandria Pike, Alexandria, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10. SCHOOLS, A6
Northern Kentucky women recognized
Every year five women are recognized for their leadership and impact on the Northern Kentucky region. Since 1984 the honorees of The Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Awards have been nominated by people in the community. The deadline for the 26th annual awards is Feb. 12. NEWS, A2
Project Grad returns
The supervised after prom party for Campbell County High School students has been dropped in favor of the after graduation party. Both functions are geared toward giving students a safe after party alternative and businesses, community groups and parent volunteers participate with donations of time and products used as prizes during the event. SCHOOLS, A6 For the Postmaster
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Tea time
Amy Ast of Columbus, and formerly of Fort Thomas, pours a cup of hot tea during a visit to the Kentucky Haus Artisan Center in Newport while visiting family Saturday, Jan. 30. For more see B1.
Meet the judge-executive contenders By Chris Mayhew cmayhew@nky.com
The race for Campbell County Judge-executive in 2010 starts with a Republican primary Tuesday, May 18. There are two Republicans, Steve Pendery, the incumbent since 1999, and challenger Kevin Sell. Andrea Janovic, the Democrat challenger, is also vying for the top office in county government. Pendery of Fort Thomas is the co-owner of Pendery Insurance and Risk Management Group. Pendery said the county has had 12 years of balanced budgets, and of the three counties, Campbell has by far the lowest spending rate in Northern Kentucky. Pendery is chairman of the board of the Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic Development Corporation (Tri-Ed). During the worst economy since the Great Depression, the county has a budget surplus that is protecting the county, Pendery said. While in office, hundreds of millions of private investment and public infrastructure have been completed with more on the way, he said. Republican challenger Kevin Sell of Alexandria resigned as chairman of the Fourth Congressional District of the Republican Party to challenge Pendery. He retired in 2005 as a shift commander for the fire department at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
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Sell said he wants less taxes, less government spending, and more growth with the county being more aggressive with economic development initia- Pendery tives. “We cannot continue to spend money as usual, and on things such as a county administration building and a clock tower,” Sell said. Sell said the county has had 11 straight years of property tax increases, and that he will look at each department and service for spending cuts and will look at areas including the sheriff’s office and county police, housing authorities and other areas for potential consolidation. Janovic, the Democrats challenger, an attorney, was first elected to the Newport Independent Schools board in 2004. Janovic said the county needs a different leadership vision for the next decade. The direction of the county seems to be in courting millionaires, Janovic said. Living in Newport, Janovic said she has seen two of the least realistic developments along the river front, including the Ovation project, stall. “I can’t afford those condos and I don’t think most of the people in Campbell County can afford them either,” she said.
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Government needs to make sure it’s doing what it can to make sure small and family businesses don’t have to jump through hoops to stay open, but that doesn’t mean just tax breaks, Janovic said. “In my opinion people like that are the meat and potatoes of the community,” she said. “A lot of these businesses are very close to closure.”
Candidate Web sites:
Here is a list of campaign Web sites the candidates for Campbell County Judge-executive are preparing. Pendery said his Facebook page and Web site stevependery.com will be active by Thursday, Feb. 4. Sell’s Web site www.kevinsell.com, includes links to his Facebook and Twitter pages. Janovic said her Web site janovicforjudgeexecutive.com, is under development. To see full campaign statements and Web sites for Fiscal Court candidates visit the Campbell County Connects blog news.nky.com/ campbellconnects and check out the “FiscalCourt” tag.
Local resident Gary Anthonissen knows the long and short of the restaurant business. After being successful with his first restaurant and bar, Longnecks Sports Grill in Wilder, Shortnecks, a Anthonissen is now opensmaller, more ing another intimate business at 830 Monversion of mouth St. Longnecks S h o r t with the same necks, a smaller, more orange and intimate verblack color sion of Longscheme, is necks with the same orange scheduled to and black open. color scheme, is scheduled to open as early as this weekend. After spending years in sales and marketing in the corporate world, Anthonissen said he decided he wanted to venture out and do something on his own. After opening two liquor stores in the Northern Kentucky, Anthonissen opened Longnecks in August 2007. “We didn’t really know what we were doing, but we did it anyway,” Anthonissen said, Since its opening, Anthonissen said Longnecks has been very successful, leading him to fulfilling another one his dreams. “I’ve always wanted a little shotgun bar and burger joint,” Anthonissen said. “This is a small place with really great burgers, which is something this area doesn’t really have.” After the Monmouth Street location opened up, Anthonissen said he went for it. “We’ve put a lot of work into this place, and we’re very happy with how it turned out,” Anthonissen said. The complete revamp of the interior of the building, completed by Shane Harrison Contracting, took about five months to complete, and there are only a few final touches left to do before it opens, Anthonissen said. Once open, Shortnecks will offer special-recipe, handmade burgers at a reasonable price along with some of the Longnecks favorites including wings, pretzels and beer cheese, and the pot roast sandwich, he said. “While Longnecks is more of a sports bar, this is more of a lunch and happy hour place,” Anthonissen said. Shortnecks, which also features plenty of 58-inch, hi-definition plasma televisions, will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. For more information about Shortnecks, call 360-7451.
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