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Wrangling students prepped Kim Banta for politics These locals had Banta as their school principal Julia Fair Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Aaron Hoskins, 25, packs up his camp and his belongings near the banks of the Ohio River in Covington, Ky., on Friday, Nov. 8. Hoskins had been sleeping near the river's edge but was packing his camp and preparing to migrate toward Florence. SAM GREENE/THE ENQUIRER
Jeff Bezos group gives millions to regional homeless shelters Julia Fair Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Jeff Bezos made a new investment in Northern Kentucky and the Greater Cincinnati region. His foundation, The Bezos Day One Fund, gave $1.25 million each to homeless organizations in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Bethany House Services in Cincinnati and Welcome House
in Covington will use the money to improve and expand their services for people experiencing homelessness, according to a release from Welcome House. Welcome House Executive Director Danielle Amrine,40, got the news Wednesday, Nov. 20 when Jeff Bezos emailed her, she said. Bezos launched The Bezos Day One Fund in 2018 to fund existing non-profi ts that help homeless families. The regional shelters were part
of 32 nonprofi ts across the U.S. to receive the grant. Amazon’s presence in the region is growing. In May, the company broke ground on its $1.5 billion Prime Air hub at the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati International Airport (CVG). The new cargo hub is expected to open in 2021 and create more than 2,000 new jobs.
Apparently, chickens can jump up a fl ight of stairs. Kimberly Banta learned that the hard way when she had to round up 12 loose chickens in the halls of Dixie Heights High School. The student responsible is one of many local leaders who had the newly elected Republican state representative as a principalwhen they were students. No matter whether they were honor students or pranksters, Banta’s students helped prepare her to govern, she said. Earlier this month Banta won a special election for the 63rd House District with 63% of the vote. The district includes parts of Boone and Kenton Counties. Before she stepped into the world of politics, she was a principal in Northern Kentucky in the early 2000s. On Friday, she offi cially joined the Kentucky General Assembly at her inauguration. “She was always really respectful,” said Ashley Stewart, who drove the chickens to the school for the senior See BANTA, Page 2A
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Covington woman who announced Matt Bevin’s false victory speaks out Julia Fair Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
She thought it was true, but it wasn’t. Covington resident Alyssa Dara Dowell,50, stormed the stage at a GOP event in Louisville the night of the Kentucky gubernatorial election and falsely announced Gov. Matt Bevin won. Looking back, she said she could have reworded
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what fl ew out of her mouth. Her intent, she said, was to pray for Bevin. “I was a little more riled up about this election than I usually am,” Dowell said. That’s because of her experience with abortion. She had two in the early 90s, she said. Now, she opposes abortion and wants a governor, like Bevin, with the same views. Dowell, her husband and
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eight kids live in Covington. She didn’t have a plan, she told The Enquirer. She just wanted to do everything she could to help Bevin win. To help Bevin, Dowell wore a Wonder Woman t-shirt and waved signs in Kenton County to get people to the polls. She did that until 6 p.m., she See BEVIN, Page 2A
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