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Your Community Recorder newspaper serving all of Campbell County THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016
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Cracker Barrel plans signal Guys’ n’ Dolls demise Chris Mayhew cmayhew@communitypress.com
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Cincinnati’s skyline is within sight as construction workers finish 32 isolation cells as part of a $7.5 million expansion of Campbell County’s jail in Newport.
Campbell County jail nearly complete Chris Mayhew cmayhew@communitypress.com
NEWPORT – Campbell County’s jail expansion, which includes a new drug treatment program, will be ready to house inmates in December. A 107-bed jail wing and 32 isolation cells have been added to the Campbell County Detention Center at 601 Central Ave., Newport. At least 30 beds will be used to house inmates in a new substance abuse program. “Once we are completely done we will be at 689 beds suggested capacity,” Jailer James A. Daley said. Campbell County Fiscal Court has converted former district court offices, located adjacent to the detention center, into jail spaces as part of a $7.53 million construction project. New administration offices and a public visitation area were also built. A guided walk-through tour for the public will likely be scheduled soon before inmates are housed in the new wing, Daley said. Inmates could begin using the new wing and isolation cells by early December, he said. Campbell County borrowed the $7.53 million to pay for converting the district court space next to the jail into space for inmates. Campbell County District Court moved to the new judicial
COLD SPRING – Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has submitted plans to build a restaurant in Campbell County on the site of the closed Guys’ n’ Dolls nightclub on U.S. 27. Guys’ n’ Dolls was the last of a string of short-lived restaurants, nightclubs and special events centers to use the 19thcentury livery barn at 4210 U.S. 27 where Cracker Barrel seeks to build. Florence is the only other Northern Kentucky community with a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Cold Spring Planning and Zoning Commission was scheduled to hear from Cracker Barrel representatives and review site development plans at a special meeting Nov. 16. If approved, the former Guys’ n’ Dolls would be demolished. Months of rumors Cracker Barrel is coming to Cold Spring has meant three or four calls from residents every week, Mayor Angelo Penque said. “We’re excited about it,” Penque said. Penque said Cracker Barrel plans to build a wall between the restaurant and lake on the 7.6acre property.
“They’re going to tear Guys’ n’ Dolls down and they’re going to build new from the ground up,” Penque said. Guys’ n’ Dolls owner Steve Chuke sold the property to Cracker Barrel on the contingency it can build a new restaurant, Penque said. Chuke purchased and renovated the building into Guys’ n’ Dolls in 2009. The club closed in 2012 and reopened in 2013 as DeVanna’s on the Lake as a wedding and special events center. The Guys’ n’ Dolls name went back on the building in 2015 while it was up for sale. Property tax records for Campbell County value the Guys’ n’ Dolls property at $1.6 million. The former livery was used as The Plantation Club in the 1920s. In the 1990s Buckskin Bevs ran a restaurant there until it was operated as Cold Spring Roadhouse for eight years until 2007. In 2007, The Stables restaurant opened for eight months until being closed in March 2008 and reopened for less than a year as the Dark Horse Saloon. Cracker Barrel, which offers homestyle cooking, has 640 stores in 43 states. It is based in Lebanon, Tennessee.
A sign points visitors to a new entrance at Campbell County’s jail after a $7.5 million jail expansion project.
center at 330 York St., Newport. Daley said the jail is working to hire more jail deputies before opening the new wing to inmates. The jail has 125 deputies now. “We’d like to hire another 25 or 26 more deputies, but we don’t need that to open,” he said. Campbell County Administrator Matt Elberfeld said the Substance Abuse Disorder (SAD) program has been well researched. “The program is ready to implement and will coincide with the opening of the new section of the jail,” Elberfeld said.
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Cracker Barrel has submitted plans to demolish the closed Guys’ n’ Dolls nightclub on U.S. 27 in Cold Spring to build a new restaurant and store.
It’s time to nominate Neighbors Who Care Staff reports
Every year, around New Year’s, the Community Recorder salutes hometown people who show us what it means to be a good neighbor. We call it “Neighbors Who Care.” And we need your help. If you know someone who regularly embodies the spirit of “Neighbors Who Care” we’d like to hear from you.
Perhaps they organized a Neighborhood Watch in your subdivision, or they went to bat for a new recycling center. Maybe they started a clothing drive for homeless people, or helped out a family after a fire destroyed their house. We want to spotlight the people who don’t seek recognition but who do the work that makes our community a better place to live.
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