FLORENCE
RECORDER
Your Community Recorder newspaper serving Florence and Union
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014
ON THE MAT A5 Ryle ready for tourney
75¢
BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Boone County library challenging you to read
Burlington, Dinsmore get their markers
Goal is to read at least 12 books throughout the year
Society OK’s signs highlighting history
By Stephanie Salmons
By Stephanie Salmons
ssalmons@nky.com
ssalmons@nky.com
Start the new year with a bang, or rather a book. The Boone County Public Library is hosting its first year-long book challenge this year. “What it is we’re challenging people in Boone County to read 12 books in a year and asking them to stretch a little bit out of their comfort zone,” the library’s public service coordinator Carrie Herrmann said. Each month is assigned a different genre: best books of 2013; romance or sports; science fiction or fantasy; graphic novel; mystery or true crime; history or historical fiction; beach read; classic or modern classic; biography or autobiography; horror, thriller or paranormal; foodie or food fiction; and inspirational, holiday or feel-good book. Those wanting to participate can get a reading log bookmark online at bcpl.org or at any library location. The reading logs must be returned by Dec. 31 and participants will be entered to win a tablet. A winner will be announced Jan. 7, 2015. The challenge is designed for readers of all ages, said Herrmann. “We were very deliberate in how we picked our categories so kids in elementary school on up could participate,” she explained. Herrmann says she read a 2012 Pew Internet Study about reading habits in different communities that found some 22 percent of Americans hadn’t read a single book in the previous 12 months. See READ, Page A2
Boone County Public Library public service coordinator Carrie Herrmann has organized the library’s first year-long book challenge. THANKS TO BECKY KEMPF
BURLINGTON — Boone County is marking more of its history. Two new roadside historical markers – one highlighting Craig’s Camp, as Burlington was once known as, the other Dinsmore Homestead on Ky. 18, about six mile west of downtown Burlington – were approved by the Kentucky Historical Society. According to the “Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky,” Burlington, under its earliest name, Craig’s Camp, was originally planned as a capital city and has been the seat of Boone County government since 1799. The town was also known as Wilmington and was renamed Burlington in 1816 at the request of the U.S. Post Office, according to the encyclopedia. Burlington was incorporated in 1824, but the corporation was annulled in 1923. It’s now one of the few unincorporated county seats within the state. According to dinsmorefarm.org, the Dinsmore Homestead is a unique historic site where visitors can learn what rural life was like in the19th and early 20th centuries. James Dinsmore purchased about 700 acres in1839, where he and his family settled, growing grapes, raising sheep and growing willows for a basket-making
See MARKERS, Page A2
Search for overflow cold shelter heats up By Amy Scalf ascalf@nky.com
Northern Kentucky’s homeless won’t be left out in the cold when temperatures dip again. After extremely low temperatures filled the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky in Covington past its capacity, Executive Director Rachael Winters urged county governments to come up with a plan to keep homeless people warm. They did.
Emergency Management representatives from Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties met with Winters, American Red Cross officials, and representatives from the city of Covington, Thursday, Jan. 9, at the Kenton County Fiscal Court building at 303 Court St. in Covington. According to Carol Hitch, director of Active Day, 725 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, 10 men were sent to her shelter from Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky in Coving-
Horine
Arlinghaus
ton to help provide extra bed space. “We’re looking for an overflow shelter area,” said Kenton County Judge-executive Steve
MUSICAL SOUNDS
RITA’S KITCHEN
Hills are alive at Carnegie See story, A3
Good soup for the cold See story, B3
Arlinghaus. “We suggested that area should be in Campbell County, in the Newport area, so it would be more easily accessible to the homeless in both counties, but we tentatively agreed that if the temperature dips into the single digits, we would provide space in the Kenton County building on one of the upper floors which is vacant.” Although the urban centers of Covington and Newport contain most of the region’s homeless population, Boone County lead-
ers were also involved. “While not an active participant, we were part of the brainstorming to see how we can work together as a team to address the issue,” said Mark Ihrig, Boone County’s director of emergency management. “Some of our churches out here were working to assist the overflow. We were pleased to hear that and other ways our community can participate.” See SHELTER, Page A2
Contact us
Vol. 19 No. 21 © 2014 The Community Recorder ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
News ........................283-0404 Retail advertising ......513-768-8404 Classified advertising .......283-7290 Delivery ......................781-4421 See page A2 for additional information
THE!WR 8UD*, 4!D.* /Y-[ J <*W*FAH=!D% [' N*HA? C( 4*A9!.*
>;R @ T;ADH.* 2;D*J1B TCA Z['K 5*.*!9* HD @< 2;D*J1B !D =#* 4BA!D% TCA 8DWR Z/YI-[& Schedule Your Tune-Up Now And Receive: 3 /GGX 4H=!?(H.=!CD S;HAHD=** CA NC; :CD6= 7HR&
M['YL "'"J/$-' CECE-0000579627 E--0 E-0 00 00 005 05 057962 057 57 7962 7 79 796 962 96 9 62 627 27
M'/+L [-)J[''G
www.SchnellerAir.com S h ll ll Ai
3 $ PCD=# O8 >5V@Q:80O S;HAHD=**&
S*= Z[' =CUHA,? (;=;A* A*BH!A (CA T5VV /:?= ,455 2;=>;% 0 +4&? 6# 9B$B;8B 7!B$;45
.-#= 4A15;4=B" )* 3%#$>B5'4%% 7B@8;$B <(!B@=?
Kris Knochelmann*