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‘Suit up’ for ‘80s rock concert By Regan Coomer rcoomer@nky.com
Kids get inventive
Children received the chance to flex their imagination and creativity this summer as they participated in a special camp held at R.C. Hinsdale Elementary in Edgewood. An annual event, Camp Invention, allowed participants to apply creative problem solving to situations. SCHOOLS, A6
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To the dogs
The Kenton County Paw Park and the Kenton County Animal Shelter just celebrated a successful first Beastbash. Dogs of every shade and their owners enjoyed a day of fun and games. See photos from the event. NEWS, A4
Summer time
Pools are hopping as temperatures stay high and the sun blazes down. See various images of kids having fun, enjoy summer break at local gathering places. LIFE, B1
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These 37 rockers may suit up by day, but when it comes time for the Suits That Rock show at Covington’s Carnegie, the suits come off and the rock turns on. The Third Annual Suits That Rock event, Suits Aid 2010, will take place at 7:30 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 7 at the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center. The show is made up of music inspired by famous concerts (this year is Live Aid/Farm Aid) performed by local community and business leaders who will perform not just one, but two, different gigs this year, due to high demand for tickets. Afterward, the suits will perform “unplugged” at each concert’s after party. “Playing music is something I don’t think you can substitute,” said Greg Shumate, a Florence attorney. “It certainly doesn’t compare with what most of us do on a day-to-day basis. I’m a corporate lawyer and when I write a great contract nobody cheers me on.” Selling out past shows was “tremendous,” said Paul Bromwell, the Chief Information Office for Frost Brown Todd LLC. “It was a bunch of people who were acting differently than I know they do during the day and having a really good time. It was nice to play in front of those folks,” he said. Ten people could be on-stage at any one time performing hits by artists such as Elton John, Billy Idol and Elvis Costello. In addition to Bromwell and Shumate, who play guitar and sing, performers will also play drums, bass, brass instruments, piano and more. And if people are hoping to hear a gritty, rock ‘n roll sound, Suit Aid 2010 is the spot. “Every year we rehearse maybe six times. This is a bit of a high-wire act. There’s always a potential to crash and burn,” Bromwell laughed. Concert-goers dress up in whichever decade happens to be highlighted that year, Bromwell said. Last year, Woodstock was the inspiration, so there were plenty of hippies in the audience.
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Tim Ryan (far right), the vice president of North American Key Account Management for GFK Custom Research, sings “Pink Houses” during a Suits Aid 2010 rehearsal July 7. Suits Aid is the Third Annual Suits that Rock concert. Each concert features more than 30 local business and community leaders performing live for just two nights. The proceeds of the event benefit The Carnegie in Covington.
If you go: Suits That Rock’s Third Annual Suits Aid 2010 will take place at 7:30 p.m. July 31 with another show Aug. 7 at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Blvd. Tickets are $75 each for one concert. Valet services, heavy hors d’oeuvres and a commemorative Suits That Rock mug are included. The Avenue Lounge and Cork ‘n Bottle will provide a cash bar. An unplugged performance will follow the concert in the Carnegie Galleries. Tickets can be purchased by calling 859-957-1940 or visiting thecarnegie.com. “We try to get the crowd to sing along on a lot of the songs,” Shumate said. And while the suits and their
audience are having a great time, they’re also supporting the Carnegie, which uses the about $85,000 in proceeds to help fund
programs like educational outreach to Covington Independent Schools. The Carnegie hires local teaching artists to go into schools and teach an art class to students who on average only have two art experiences a year, said Katie Brass, director of the Carnegie. “This will provide unrestricted operating support for our programs,” she said. “It’s a wonderful event. You can come out and see a rock concert by a bunch of people you’d never think would be on stage singing and dancing.”
Second cell phone tower proposed By Regan Coomer rcoomer@nky.com
For the second time this year, a cell tower could be coming to Independence. Cincinnati Bell is petitioning the Kenton County Planning Commission to build a 195-foot cell phone tower at 6433 Taylor Mill Road behind the Cherokee Shopping Plaza. According to the proposal, the tower would be located approximately 300 feet west of Taylor Mill Road and 390 feet south of Cox Road.
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In May, a tie-vote approved the installation of a 190-foot cell tower at 5255 Madison Pike in Independence’s downtown. Some residents, most city officials included, were opposed to the tower’s location, which will be near resident homes as well as the downtown, which the city hopes one day to revitalize. Residents near the second proposed cell tower on Taylor Mill Road will have a chance to speak at a public hearing at 6:15 p.m. Thursday Aug. 5 at the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, 2332 Royal Drive in Fort
Mitchell. The proposed tower was briefly discussed at the Independence City Council meeting July 12. Independence Mayor Chris Moriconi was surprised at another cell tower application. “We just went through it and here we go again,” he said. Moriconi said he was “concerned” about the cell tower’s possible location near the Cherokee Plaza, explaining that while the shopping center is in a commercial zone, most of the surrounding area is residential. “It’s right around a residential
area. We can oppose it, but ultimately it’s up to the Kenton County Planning Commission,” he said. Moriconi called the situation “ironic.” “I’ve never seen a cell tower add to the beauty of a city. How many are needed in a certain mile radius? We just went through it,” he said. However, Council Member Jim Bushong said he doesn’t have a problem with the Taylor Mill Road location. “I objected to the other one because it was in a historical area well in view of the main road,” he said.
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