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October 29, 2009
BRIEFLY Trick-or-treat times
Trick-or-treating is 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in Boone County, Florence, Union and Walton. For times in additional locations in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, visit http://is.gd/4jDha.
Candy for troops
Smith & Elliott Dental Associates will be participating in the Candy Buy Back program from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2. Trick-or-treaters will earn $1 for every pound of candy the office is given. The candy
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will then be given to troops abroad through programs like Clermont Yellow Ribbon and Operation: Thank You. The office is located at 265 Main St. in Florence.
Chorus at library
The Florence Community Chorus performs at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Boone County Public Library’s Scheben Branch, 8899 U.S. 42, Union.
Military items needed
The Boone County Historical Society Museum in Burlington is open 1-3 p.m. Nov. 7-8 with a special exhibit honoring Boone County veterans. The historical society is asking people to loan its museum any memorabilia from Boone County veterans involved in any military conflicts. The items will be shown at the museum on Saturday and Sunday during the time the museum is open. Donated
items can be picked up at the museum at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. To temporarily loan items, call Virginia Lainhart at 6897240, Betsy Conrad at 3715882 or Ann Leake at 4851063. The museum is located in the old Boone County clerk’s building at 2965 Gallatin St. behind the Boone County Administration Building in Burlington.
Yoga at library
Yoga is offered at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 at the Boone County Public Library’s Main Library, 1786 Burlington Pike, Burlington. Bring a yoga mat. The fee is $25 for the month. Call Boone County Parks at 334-2117 to register.
Poetry contest
Kentucky State Parks has a poetry contest to celebrate its 85th anniversary. Categories are based on ages (11
and under, 12-18 and 19 and older). Any style is allowed but poets are asked to use a theme in some way that relates to natural, historical or cultural aspects of state parks. The deadline is Monday, Nov. 2. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place in each category. Also all honorable mentions and winners 18 and under will get a free admission coupon to a state park fort, historic site or museum of their choice. Poems should be mailed to Kentucky Department of Parks, c/o Poetry Contest 500 Mero St. -10th Floor, Frankfort, KY, 40601. For more information, including rules, visit www.parks.ky.gov.
Family law forum
Florence family law attorney Greta Hoffman speaks about recent changes in family law 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Boone County Public Library’s Florence
Branch, 7425 U.S. 42. Free consultations will be offered.
Library hosts trivia
Trivia for Boone County singles is 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Boone County Public Library’s Main Library, 1786 Burlington Pike, Burlington. You must be 18 years old or older. Call 342-2665 to register or go to www.bcpl.org.
Delta cutting at CVG
Delta Air Lines will cut another 10 percent of flights at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in January, resulting in its fewest flights here in at least 15 years. The Atlanta-based company said Oct. 23 it is cutting 25 flights from its daily schedule and eliminating service entirely to Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Ga., Tulsa, Okla., and Huntsville, Ala. The cuts will leave 190 daily Delta departures at CVG. The moves come after the airline slashed 13 percent of its
local flying in early September. Overall, total local flying and passenger counts are down by more than half in the past three years. Delta said the cuts are being made to preserve profitability at its CVG hub. Kentucky News Service
Schickel appearances
State Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, will visit branches of the Boone and Gallatin county libraries next month to meet with constituents. He will visit the Gallatin County Library at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, and the Hebron branch of the Boone County Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. The Hebron library is at 3215 Cougar Path. Schickel will also be at the North Pointe Elementary PTA meeting to answer questions about school funding at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2. Kentucky News Service
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Boone trail debate might linger into 2010 campaign
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Long after the Boone County Planning Commission completes its work on a trails and greenways study, the debate could still be happening. The study is one of the issues where rhetoric has
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“She votes to fund this study and now for political purposes she’s opposing the study. ... We’re dealing with two people here. There’s Commissioner Cathy Flaig and there’s candidate Cathy Flaig and this is just another example of that,” Moore said. At the June 19, 2007, Fiscal Court meeting, Flaig voted with Moore and commissioners Charlie Kenner and Terri Moore to approve the Fiscal Court’s fiscal year 2008 budget that contained money for the planning commission. The planning commission’s final budget mentions “(assisting) the county in the preparation of a greenways study.” In an e-mail to the
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Recorder, Flaig said she does not regret the vote “because I voted for what I trusted would be an unbiased study. I am outraged to now find that taxpayers have funded what appears to be nothing more than a one-sided marketing plan promoting a project and not studying the true cost, funding issues or impact.” Judge-Executive Moore has previously said the study is not a trail project but a plan for the future for protecting greenbelts. Earlier in the week, when asked if she will talk about the trails study in the campaign, Flaig said “it depends on where this thing goes.” When asked later in the week if she will use the greenways study as an issue in next year’s campaign against Moore, Flaig said in the e-mail “taxpayers already know the differences between Judge Moore and me.” Flaig said if she were judge executive the trails study would never have happened. She said Moore could stop the study now.
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“Do you think that the planning commission just drew this up all on their own, that they look for projects to do?” she said. Moore noted that the Fiscal Court appoints six people to the 15-member panel. The others are appointed by Florence, Walton and Union. The planning commission isn’t a department such as parks that reports directly to the judge-executive. “If you controlled all six of the county appointments, which I do not, they’re appointed by the Fiscal Court, that’s still not a majority to overturn or stop an action of the planning commission,” he said. “She knows that and again politics are getting in the way of the truth.” The planning commission will vote on the plan. But the Fiscal Court, the Florence City Council, the Union City Commission and the Walton City Council will not. Flaig acknowledged the Fiscal Court votes on board appointments.
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