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On vacation
On this week’s Life section cover, readers share their summer vacation photos with the Recorder. Although summer is coming to a close, the travels dont have to end. Send us any of your upcoming vacation photos. LIFE, B1
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40 Galileos
Campbell County High School science teacher Rachel Page has scoped out a way to get both her students and the community to looking into the sky. Page was one of 40 essay winners in the Cincinnati Observatory’s 40 Galileos project that awards telescopes to people including librarians, teachers and students with the intent of furthering astronomy education. The program also celebrated the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s scientific use of a telescope, and the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. SCHOOLS, A6
Spooky sailing
The USS Nightmare returns to Newport Sept. 25 to scare the sea sickness out of its guests. What is today called the USS Nightmare was originally a steamboat named the William S. Mitchell. Learn more inside. NEWS, A4
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Cleaning up
Fort Thomas firefighter/paramedic Mike Watson (front) and Lt. Jeff Parker wash an ambulance at the Fort Thomas Fire Department.
Festival to feature member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame By Amanda Joering Alley ajoering@nky.com Organizers in Fort Thomas are busy planning the 2009 Merchants & Music event. The event, which is from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, is hosted by the Fort Thomas Renaissance as a way to celebrate local businesses. “The event is important for the community because it makes people stop and think about what they have right here at home,” said Ken Bowman, chairman of Fort Thomas Renaissance board. “It has become the biggest thing ever to happen in this town, and it is not every day that you can bring the family to something so spectacular.” The event, which brings in about 6,000 people yearly, will feature live music by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Dave Mason, G. Miles & the Hitmen, Bluebirds, and Gary Burbank & Blue Run. Fort Thomas businesses will have informational booths set-up around the stage, in front of the Stables Building near the corner of South Fort Thomas Avenue and River Road. “This event is basically a way to show off the merchants in Fort Thomas and give them a chance to show people what they have to offer,” said Debbie Buckley, the
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The Little River Band performs at a past Merchants & Music festival in Fort Thomas.
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Representatives from Best Furniture Gallery pose for a picture during Merchants & Music. city’s Renaissance Manager. Last year, the event moved to the Stables Building from its former location on North Fort Thomas Avenue.
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“In the new Midway district location it is a much safer and easier to manage venues that worked very well last year,” Bowman said.
Mary Claire Schnier of Fort Thomas isn’t letting diabetes get the best of her. The 13-year-old, who was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes in May 2008, has made it her mission to help herself and others like her. “I think God gave me this disease because he wants me to do something about it,” Mary Claire said. After her diagnosis, Mary Claire spent three days in the Diabetes Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where she learned about her disease and the care it requires. “The whole time she was in the hospital, she never complained,” said Kim Schnier, Mary Claire’s mother. “She has really accepted it and become responsible of her care.” About a year after being diagnosed, Mary Claire decided she wanted to give something back to Children’s for the help they gave her. Through a wine tasting at the Party Source in Bellevue, she raised $800 for the hospital’s diabetes center, said Lou Schnier, Mary Claire’s father. Since then, the Schniers have made and sold T-shirts, raising more than $1,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to help them find a cure for diabetes. “We really believe that within Mary Claire’s lifetime, there will be a cure for diabetes,” Lou said. The family is currently raising money for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes Saturday, Sept. 19 at the World Peace Bell in Newport. Money can be donated to Mary Claire’s team at www.walk.jdrf.org. For information or to buy a Tshirt, contact Lou at Louschnier@ hotmail.com.
Mary Claire Schnier, of Fort Thomas, holds a poster she uses to raise money for diabetes.
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