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Erlanger breaks ground on 1,000 acre ‘forever’ park

By Nathan Granger

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can confidently say this park is one of the biggest and best projects that we’ve embarked on to date,” said Erlanger Mayor Jessica Fette.

Fette’s words presaged the Oct. 23 groundbreaking of a massive parks project slated for Erlanger. The event included an overview of the project’s scope and goals and featured speeches from local and state elected officials and business leaders.

Newly dubbed the Eons Adventure Park, the project will feature over 1,000 acres of urban woodland, 20 miles of mountain biking trails, a network of tree canopy trails and other amenities.

“This park will set a new standard for what a community space can be, and I cannot wait to see the impact it will have on Erlanger and Northern Kentucky as a whole,” Fette said.

Although this is the first time the project has received so much fanfare, it’s not the first time the city has talked about it. The Continues on page 3

Taking part in the Oct. 23 groundbreaking were, from left, Erlanger Councilmember Tyson Hermes, Erlanger Mayor Jessica Fette, Corporex Chairman Bill Butler, SD1 Executive Director Adam Chaney, CORA Board President Brian Bozeman, Boone County Judge-Executive Gary Moore, and Erlanger Councilmembers Jennifer Jasper-Lucas (and her dog), Diana Niceley, Renee Wilson, Rebecca Reckers and Vicki Kyle. Photo by Nathan Granger | LINK nky

Hawkins’ story of protest, change to become TV show

By Kenton Hornbeck

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ne of the seminal moments in John Hawkins’ life is being adapted into a series for Max.

In the early 1980s, Hawkins was a student at the University of Mississippi, the flagship university of his home state. He was also the first African-American cheerleader in the history of Ole Miss – a position he’d use to spark positive change at the school.

John Hawkins has gone on to business success in Northern Kentucky. Provided | NKY Chamber

At the time, the Confederate battle flag was a prominent symbol associated with the university and state. It was longstanding tradition for cheerleaders to carry the rebel flag onto the field before home foot-

ball games at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Before the 1982 football season, the 19-year-old Hawkins announced in an interview with local press that he would not carry the Confederate flag.

“I think what you ultimately settle into is to try to do the right thing, and, if you are focused on doing the right thing, then you’re prepared to let the chips fall where they may,” Hawkins told LINK nky. He now sits on the board of the NKY Chamber of Commerce.

The decision sparked protests, both in favor of and against the flag’s use at Ole Miss.

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city held a public workshop in July for the residents of the Cherry Hill neighborhood, which abuts the park, to go over preliminary plans for the project and how it will affect the subdivision.

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The event served as a groundbreaking for only the first part of the project. The first phase includes a dog park, traffic construction aimed at curtailing semitruck incursion into Cherry Hill, the addition of multiuse paths into the neighborhood and the general revitalization of Old Erlanger Road, which will serve as a kind of spine along which the park will run.

The city has $900,000 set aside this fiscal year to finance the early parts of the project. The money comes from the property tax-funded city parks fund. Additionally, the city has secured $250,000 in grants from the National Parks Service to aid in the first phase of construction.

The city has secured partnerships with several public and private interests to get the project moving and to market it: Corporex, SD1, meetNKY, and Boone and Kenton counties. In addition, SD1 and Corporex are working with the city to donate land for the project, but those have not yet been finalized. Erlanger Economic Development Director Mark Collier said those donations should be completed over the next year.

A map of the plan for Eons Adventure Park in Erlanger. Provided | Erlanger

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The city’s community partners were broadly optimistic about the project and its potential to draw in new businesses and workers to the region.

“This is exactly the kind of thing that’s represented time and again and study and again,” said Kentucky Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-Ryland Heights). “We see, particularly in the modern generation, that workforce will move to a place because of amenities like trails and parks and nature and things like that.”

The images and amenities showcased on Wednesday represent what the project is aiming for once completed. Key amenities include a large network of mountain biking and walking trails, public artworks, trails on wooden bridges through the tree canopy, a nature playground, a hidden coffee shop that bikers can find when riding the trails, and scenic overlooks. Fette also said the city will be working with local schools and universities to provide nature-focused learning activities for students.

The nonprofit Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance, CORA for short, is advising on the park’s mountain biking trail networks. CORA’s president, Brian Bozeman, and Fette said they were inspired by a mountain biking trail network in Bentonville, Arkansas, famous as the birthplace of Walmart.

“In 2007 Walmart had a huge problem,” Bozeman said, “and that problem was that nobody wanted to live in the dumpy little town of Bentonville, Arkansas. So the grandsons of Sam Walton, Tom and Stewart, had a vision to reinvent Bentonville

Location of the Eons project as a component of other major parks and trails in the region. Provided | Erlanger

in an effort to attract talent to the region, which resulted in now what is known as the mountain bike capital of the world.”

Bentonville saw a 53% increase in population between 2010 and 2020, according to the U.S. Census. The goal is to replicate something like that for Erlanger, bringing in more people and businesses.

“The talent that we are so desperately trying to attract to our region is choosing locations with access to nature, parks and outdoor recreation,” Bozeman said. “Our growth organizations are recruiting companies to our region without the talent

pipeline to fill those jobs. This talented workforce that we are seeking is choosing their home based on lifestyle and livability, not solely on a career.”

Fette also touted the project’s potential benefit to public health, the city’s property values and overall quality of life.

“This is Erlanger’s forever adventure park and preserve,” Fette said. “We are using the term, as well because what we want to make sure – and what this name means–is that we’re preserving this space for eons and eons to come.”

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town Oxford where they marched in support of the flag, according to the Ole Miss Department of African-American Studies.

“That inflection point sparked the discussion around the future of the flag and its presence on campus and ultimately in the state of Mississippi,” Hawkins said.

Ole Miss has since disassociated itself with the Confederate flag. In 2015, interim Chancellor Morris Stocks ordered that the former state flag of Mississippi, which contained the Confederate flag, be removed from campus. In many ways, Hawkins’ fateful decision in 1982 helped bring about these changes.

“It was an important decision because, by virtue of eliminating that negative symbol, it really did create a more welcoming, inclusive environment on the university campus,” Hawkins said.

Getting off the sidelines Over the years, Hawkins said he had been approached by media companies inquiring about the rights to produce films or documentaries about the story. In the wake of the 2017 Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and then the George Floyd protests through the summer of 2020, Hawkins said he felt it was time to get off the sidelines.

“If that symbolism was creating this much pain and suffering, and motivating and inspiring people to do such terrible things, then I felt the responsibility, based on my history, to be able to speak out,” Hawkins said.

consultant. No release date has been announced.

Giannakopoulos told LINK that SmartAngel Entertainment wants the series to be written in an objective way. “It will be more like reporting on the things that happen and how his life was able to pull forth this incident that kind of has defined him as a human being and as a man and as an American citizen,” she said.

“Obviously, he’s just an extraordinary human and that’s another reason we wanted to work with him.”

So far, Hawkins said the process has been “fascinating.” Despite the learning curve, he’s enjoyed learning the ins and outs of a new industry.

“I think it’s going to be a great story as they’re approaching it as a series, because there’s too much to try and capture in one movie, so to speak,” Hawkins said.

While Hawkins’ decision at Ole Miss was one of the most crucial events of his life, he’s since put together an impressive resume in the corporate world. Hawkins is president and CEO of consulting firm Management Performance International. He’s also traveled the globe working for Fortune 500 companies like Procter & Gamble and Kellogg’s.

From his perspective, he said, all the events in his past helped guide him on his career-long trek through the business world.

“All of those lessons learned really started as a 19-year-old going through some of those defining moments.”

It was during this time that Jean Smart with SmartAngel Entertainment contacted Hawkins to inquire about his story. From there, they hit the ground running. In July, Deadline announced Hawkins’ story would be the basis of a new drama series currently under development. Upon completion, it’s set to be released on Max. Kristen SaBerre is writing the show in partnership with Smart, an Emmy Award-winning actress. Smart and Angeliki Giannakopoulos are the series producers, while Hawkins is a co-executive producer and

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Dementia care facility seeks Fort Mitchell zoning change

The first reading of the proposed zoning change was in October. Photo provided | Sages of All Ages

A sign letting residents know about the prosed zoning change and a hearing scheduled for September.

Photo provided | Sages of All Ages

By Kathleen Bryant

“In addition,” Shatz said, “activity variety rather than social contacts also associates with better cognition.”

“I consider this a small change,” Edwin King, Fort Mitchell city administrator, said.

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orthern Kentucky dementia patients may be able to stay closer to home if a proposed new facility is approved.

A local, residential assisted-living company, Sages of All Ages, is asking Fort Mitchell for a zoning change that would allow it to build residential assisted living for dementia patients in the city. The Kenton County Planning Commission recommended approving the change in September and now needs the OK from Fort Mitchell.

At Fort Mitchell City Council’s Oct. 14 meeting, Crystal Wilmhoff and Marky Kennedy, who own Sages of All Ages, presented their business plan, and council heard a first reading of the proposed zoning change.

The land, on General Drive, is zoned for a business park. Sages of All Ages is requesting a change to community commercial.

That zoning may include an “architecturally unified development [...] at a small scale,” according to Planning and Development Services of Kenton County.

“Our home will be licensed for dementia care,” Wilmhoff said. “The residents will be of varying stages [of dementia] and have varying abilities to participate [in planned activities].”

Planned activities and consistent social interactions are a significant part of the philosophy at Sages of All Ages. “Instead of focusing on the end project – a completed cookie, painting or craft – the focus is on participation in whatever capacity they can,” Wilmhoff said. “Often physical activities will trigger memory and activate parts of the brain that are locked otherwise.”

Dr. Rhonna Shatz, division director for behavioral neurology at the University of Cincinnati, said, “There are studies showing benefits to cognition and activities of daily living with combined physical and cognitive tasks.” Shatz focuses on studying dementia. She said she was speaking generally, not specifically about the Fort Mitchell project.

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At the October council meeting, Wilmhoff said that Sages of All Ages would serve to keep money in Kentucky. “Currently, Kentucky families are sending their seniors over to northern Cincinnati for residential assisted living homes,” she said. “Ours would be one of the first of its kind here in Northern Kentucky.”

This is one reason the county planning commission favored the zoning change.

Families of patients from Northern Kentucky would have the opportunity to visit their loved ones more often. Shatz said this can have a positive influence on both patients and family dynamics.

“A key reason for independent living is to restore the normal relationships among family members and individuals with dementia that have been overshadowed by caregiving duties,” Shatz said. “Regular visits by family members also help the staff know more intimately about the individuals in their care and provide more person-

alized interactions.”

Wilmhoff also told the council some specifics about the proposed facility. The campus would include “as much green space as possible,” she said. There would be two buildings, each with 16 bedrooms, allowing residents their own private bedrooms and bathrooms. Staff chefs will prepare dietician-approved meals.

“In milder [dementia] stages, when awareness of the environment is still maintained, the preference for privacy may be desired and safe,” Shatz said.

Wilmhoff also explained what stages their facility will serve.

“Our residents will need varying help with their activities of daily living,” Wilmhoff said. “[This] will enable them to age in place and have hospice services at the end. The only reason they would have to leave would be if they become so medically involved that they need skilled nursing.”

Council will hear the second reading of the zoning proposal at its Nov. 11 meeting.

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OneNKY Alliance touts ‘region in motion’

Former WCPO anchor Evan Millard moderates the seventh OneNKY Alliance Summit. Photo by Kenton Hornbeck | LINK nky

By Kenton Hornbeck

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challenge has been issued – one that involves not only everyone in attendance at the seventh annual OneNKY Alliance Summit, but everyone across Northern Kentucky.

The summit was held Oct. 23 in Erlanger.

The OneNKY Alliance, a nonprofit advocating for a unified and connected Northern Kentucky, encouraged business and community leaders to participate in one of the organization’s initiatives to promote systemic change in the region. These initiatives include Breathe Easy NKY, EducateNKY and the OneNKY Center among others.

“This initiative speaks more about alignment, strategic alignment, and the OneNKY Challenge is meant to create that opportunity for strategic alignment as we look across our community and create a culture, a mindset, of working together for top priorities and goals that are developed on behalf of our community,” said Karen Finan, the alliance’s executive director.

To advance this challenge, Finan touted Building CommUNITY, a marketing effort focusing on strategic outreach and engagement tactics to promote OneNKY. This campaign includes placing billboards throughout Kenton, Campbell and Boone counties, and advertisements in print and digital publications.

“What we were really trying to do here is make sure that we’re continuing the dialogue – getting people talking about this,” said Sylvia Buxton, OneNKY board member and CEO of Perfetti Van Melle North America. “We intend to extend this campaign into more media, into more areas, and to add additional taglines.”

A core theme of the OneNKY Summit was branding, specifically crafting a regional identity and narrative for Northern Kentucky. Due to its location, Northern Kentucky is often categorized as “not quite Cincinnati, not quite Kentucky.” This can make creating a region-specific identity difficult.

“We’re not identified outside the region,” said Jeremie Feinblatt, vice president of strategy at Resonance, a New York City-

based consulting firm. “Northern Kentucky, outside a 100-mile radius, is not really a brand. It feels like an artificial construct.”

Resonance was hired to help create this region-specific identity. Feinblatt said Northern Kentucky must focus on crafting an identity apart from Cincinnati and Kentucky. He mentioned that Cincinnati and Kentucky have had hundreds of years to build brand equity, while Northern Kentucky has not.

However, this isn’t inherently negative.

“What we’re here to do is not change the reputation of Northern Kentucky, but create something that people want to adhere to,” Feinblatt said.

Feinblatt said Northern Kentucky should focus on touting its assets: high quality of life, logistics industry and access to large companies such as Amazon and DHL. Encapsulating movement is a significant focus of the branding effort. This can come through using the region’s logistics sector as a branding tool – a region in motion.

“This is movement. This is motion,” Feinblatt said. “We’re a region in motion, and we strongly believe here, in Northern Kentucky, in progress. We look to the future.

And what do we think fuels progress? Motion. Movement.”

One of the final announcements made at the summit was the unveiling of the OneNKY Connector Trail – a 31-mile trail featuring both paved and natural surfaces across Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties.

Jason Reser, trail development coordinator at the Cincinnati Off-Road Alliance, said the project is about building a legacy for the community to enjoy.

“Northern Kentucky and the OneNKY region is ready to connect with on-road trails, off-road, paved and natural surface, to new and exciting destinations like Eons Park and Fox Run, as well as our landmark destinations like Devou Park and the Purple People Bridge, weaving through our communities for maximum fun and impact,” Reser said.

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Income-aligned housing key to continued economic growth In my role at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, I often find myself talking to colleagues in other parts of the country and even around the world.

One challenge every community seems to share right now is dealing with a lack of availability of housing at various income levels.

A 2023 report by the Northern Kentucky Area Development District showed that the eight-county Northern Kentucky area will need more than 6,600 housing units in the next five years – beyond those currently planned or under development – to support our economic growth.

At CVG, the only thing that will hold our growth back in the coming years is a lack of qualified workers to fill jobs, and things like income-aligned housing and quality, affordable child care are basic needs for our workforce.

Our airport is a job creator, generating more than $9.3 billion in economic impact to this region each year, as well as about 49,000 direct and indirect jobs. I often tell our team that our job is about more than filling planes with people and goods; the value of this economic impact is creating

jobs so more people in our community can put a roof over their heads and braces on their kids’ teeth. Increasingly, those roofs are harder to find and cost a lot more than they used to.

Aviation offers people a world of opportunities, and our plan at CVG is to attract investments to create new economic development opportunities for our region.

Earlier this year, I was proud to help FEAM Aero open a new, $45 million aircraft maintenance hangar at CVG, which is the company’s second facility on our campus.

Because of the continued investment by DHL and Amazon Air, for instance, companies like FEAM are growing here to fill a need in aircraft maintenance. Such careers are in high demand, and starting salaries for aviation maintenance professionals can begin around $60,000 a year. Our community has access to these careers, which require an 18- to 24-month licensure, the academic program for which is now offered directly on the CVG campus through Epic Flight Academy or Cincinnati State.

These jobs are great opportunities, but people can’t get access to them if they don’t have good options for where to live. If you have limited places to live – or the options from which you can choose to live are not what you need or are too expensive – our

Income-aligned housing is key to the region’s future. Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash

collective success will be hindered.

Housing costs continue to rise for a variety of reasons. There are building supply shortages; people are staying put longer with the current interest rate environment; as we age, people want to age in place in their current home.

To be successful, our community – including employers – must step up to find creative solutions. Addressing a shortage of income-aligned housing in our region will look different for each community. In some places, it may be better to have more density. In other areas, maybe new housing developments that mix single-family and multifamily units might be the right solution. Manufactured housing can play a role.

this thinking to our business at the airport: If we do not fill up airplanes with people or goods, our competitor airports up or down the road will gladly eat our lunch. Our mission to create jobs will be threatened.

We must find ways to achieve economic growth and address housing challenges in a way that respects the preferences of all who currently live here. But we must have a greater supply of income-aligned housing.

We must be a place where everyone can afford to live in the way they choose. I am heartened by efforts of community leaders to look at options and ideas to solve this problem.

To continue enjoying the kind of community we have, we must grow, or other communities will win at our expense, endangering us to a cycle of decline. We must address income-aligned housing as a key part to our growth. I am confident we can overcome any turbulence and chart a course for well-balanced solutions as we strive to continue to be a great place to live, work, play, learn and give back.

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By virtue of an Agreed Order of Sale entered OCTOBER 3, 2024 the above case, I shall proceed to offer for sale at the Justice Center Building in Burlington, Kentucky, to the highest bidder, at public auction on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or thereabouts, the following described property to-wit: ADDRESS: 10260 BIG BONE ROAD UNION, KY 41091 PVA PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 041.00-00-024.00

By virtue of an Agreed Order of Sale entered OCTOBER 3, 2024 the above case, I shall proceed to offer for sale at the Justice Center Building in Burlington, Kentucky, to the highest bidder, at public auction on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or thereabouts, the following described property to-wit: ADDRESS: CROUCH ROAD WALTON, KY 41094 PVA PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 054.00-00-071.03

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kenton county briefs Carmelo’s in Covington celebrates family legacy with Italian cuisine

Food offerings at Carmelo’s Restaurant. Provided | Carmelo’s Restaurant on Facebook

Restaurateur Billy Grise essentially grew up in an Italian eatery.

His great-grandfather, Carmelo Caserta, immigrated to Piqua, Ohio, from Sicily in the early 1900s. In 1915, he opened his namesake tavern and grocery store, Caserta’s, which served traditional and family-style Italian cuisine. It was in his great-grandfather’s restaurant that Grise learned the ins and outs of the hospitality business.

“I worked there,” Grise said. “It was also where I went before school started. It’s where I went after school started. I had a single mom, so that became my everyday day care. I grew up in a restaurant.”

“We knew we wanted to be different,” Arens said. “We knew we wanted to have fun with it, so we landed on American Italian, focusing on nostalgic food that everybody is familiar with. There are a lot of great Italian restaurants in the area – Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati – but I think they all focus on more ‘authentic,’ and we thought it would be neat to do something a little more approachable.”

Carmelo’s is in a historic office building at the corner of Madison Avenue and East Fifth Street in Covington. The building’s owner, real estate developer Tony Milburn, told LINK nky that now was the right time to put a restaurant in the space.

“Twenty-some years ago, we pictured a restaurant at that corner,” Milburn said.

“We just think that, with that corner being such a busy corner, such an important corner in Covington – it’s one of the main entrances into the central business district.

We always saw a restaurant there.”

Transforming from offices to a restaurant required extensive renovations, including installing new kitchen equipment, polished concrete and tile flooring, and cabinetry. With those renovations complete, Milburn will finally get his wish.

Grise said Caserta’s closed around five years ago. Fortunately, he and his business partner Mitch Arens will have a chance to continue his family’s tradition through their new venture, Carmelo’s, named after his ancestor.

Arens and Grise had known each other for over 15 years when they worked together at Nada in Cincinnati. Arens said they became fast friends, trading ideas for different restaurant concepts. They envisioned opening their own restaurant one day, and Carmelo’s is the culmination of that dream.

While Carmelo’s menu is still being fleshed out, its core is family-style Italian dishes such as lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, and other pasta dishes. It also includes an extensive wine selection boasting options imported from Italy.

this nomadic existence and those poorly equipped buildings have interfered with our ability to provide the top notch quality of service to the residents.”

The building site is in the 600 block of Scott Street at the former site of the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky and a small park.

The land sits between the Kenton County Public Library’s main library to the north and the post office to the south. The city in October released conceptual renderings from firms Brandstetter Carroll Inc. and Elevar Design Group. Pepper Construction will build the facility. The city hopes to open the building some time in the summer of 2026.

The project has been in the works for years, and the city convened a citizen task force in 2018 to brainstorm what the new building should accomplish.

“The task force said that Covington needed a new city hall that, among other things, was in a visible, accessible, central and prominent location that is both symbolically and physically important to Covington, and that it be not a single-purpose fortress dedicated only to government offices but one with regular community events and programming and a true civic commons with a place for community voice, debate and demonstrations,” Meyer said.

“Well, today, some six years later, we break ground on a building that our people will be proud to call home for a long time and that will help Covington create a bigger, better, more exciting future.”

Elected officials break ground at the site of the new Covington City Hall. Photo by Nathan Granger | LINK nky

After years of planning, Covington breaks ground on new city hall building Covington broke ground on its new city hall building in late October.

“In the last 54 years, our city government has called five different locations home, five city halls in 54 years,” said Mayor Joe Meyer at the Oct. 29 groundbreaking. “And it’s been very difficult to describe how

Crescent Springs hopes to win additional grant to fund park renovation Plans for renovations to Lou Hartfiel Memorial Park in Crescent Springs have been underway for about a year, but work is on hold as the city waits for grant funding.

In the early phases of the renovations, there was some fear that the city may not be chosen to receive grant funding from the National Park Services. As a backup, City Clerk April Robinson researched other grants for which the city could apply.

Lou Hartfiel Memorial Park sits empty awaiting renovations after old equipment was removed.

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Crescent Springs was awarded the National Park Services money, but, as the approval process is not yet complete, the city decided to apply for another grant – this one with the state Cabinet for Economic Development. If approved, it would pay for 85% of what the city needs to match for the federal grant.

“This is more funds to help the city,” said Mayor Mike Daugherty during a city council meeting on Oct. 28. “It doesn’t slow down the process at all. We’re still waiting on the federal government; this will be done before that.”

The city has already budgeted its portion of the renovation costs, so winning the state grant would leave room for additions to the plans.

The original renovation plan left an area unused. Before plans started to change, the Public Works Department planned to put extra seating in the space. Council discussed various ideas as to what the city could do with the space in the future – sand volleyball or pickleball courts – but hadn’t made a final decision.

Additional funding would make those ideas more attainable. Councilmember Brian Barclay also mentioned the idea of a veteran-inspired nature trail.

The council approved the city’s application for the state grant at its Oct. 28 meeting.

Federal approval is set to be complete early in 2025, with construction starting shortly after. A finish date has not yet been set.

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his Streetscapes we head to Mall Road for all-Asian cuisines. Three spots offer an array of options and a vibe for every occasion. Join us as we visit Thai Tea House, Chin, and Yamato Hibachi Grill and Sushi.

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Thai iced tea from Thai Tea House on Mall Road can include boba for extra flavor. Photo by Maria Hehman | LINK nky contributor

Thai Tea House offers traditional Thai food and a variety of Thai drinks, including fruit sodas, yogurt drinks called lassi, milk tea, fruit teas and coffee.

Chin Fusion Restaurant and Sushi is the newest addition to Mall Road’s many eateries. Photo by Maria Hehman | LINK nky contributor

The newest Asian restaurant on Mall Road provides guests with top of the line food and a pleasing modern aesthetic to match.

Choices include pho, ramen and dumplings along with items that may be new to some guests. Chin Fusion Restaurant and Sushi also has over 10 traditional Chin and Burmese meals that can’t be found at just any Asian restaurant and are great choices to try something new. (Chin is a state in western Myanmar, also known as Burma.)

flavor of the drinks with little bursts of flavor that tone down the sweetness. Brown sugar milk tea with classic boba or Thai iced coffee with brown sugar boba are two options that are perfect for a novice Thai drinker.

The drink choices here may seem familiar, but many differ from their American cousins. Thai coffee and tea traditionally are made with sweetened condensed milk and are served cold over ice. These will be much sweeter than what guests may typically order from a coffee chain, but they make for a perfect midday treat. Drinks come with the option to add in boba, chewy tapioca balls that come in a variety of flavors to enhance the already-delicious drink.

Boba, or bubble, tea can also break up the

This Japanese restaurant primarily serves sushi and hibachi. This restaurant isn’t for the faint of heart – or for small stomachs.

It’s best known for its all-you-can-eat menu, which includes choices of appetizers, hibachi and sushi – yes, including delicious crab rangoons. All you crab rangoon fans can really test the limits to see exactly how many is too many.

There are ample options to sample everything on the menu. Gyoza, chicken hibachi, spicy tuna roll, you name it, it’s on there.

As if endless food for a great price weren’t already enough, the food is brought out to guests by a robot. This is a cool addition for any families to keep kids entertained or, heck, even some fun-loving adults.

Guests without an endless appetite can order Yamato’s signature dishes, bento boxes and poke bowls while still getting a great value.

For beverages, they have traditional sake, wine, and both American and Asian beers.

From the all-you-can-eat options to drink offerings, there are countless reasons to visit, even if it is just for the robots.

The house special, sabuti, is essentially a soup consisting mainly of corn and beef.

Another specialty, Burmese wat thar dote htoe, are pork intestines on skewers served with chili sauce and veggies. Guests looking for more familiar flavors still have the likes of orange chicken, bulgogi beef and pad thai. Whether you stick with tried-andtrue fried rice or branch out for tteokbokki, Korean rice cake and authentic tea leaf salad, guests are sure to get a filling and appetizing meal.

What to Know If You Go Chin Fusion Restaurant and Sushi Location: 7657 Mall Road, Florence Hours: Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

Phone: 859-630-2554

Thai Tea House Location: 7563 Mall Road, Florence Hours: Monday, closed; Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 4:30-8:30 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4:30-9 p.m., Saturday, noon-9 p.m.; Sunday, noon-8 p.m.

Website: thaiteahouseky.com Phone: 859-869-4114

Yamato Hibachi Grill and Sushi Location: 8197 Mall Road, Florence Hours: Monday, closed; Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Website: yamatoflorence.m988.com Phone: 859-869-2016

Yamato offers all you can eat sushi and hibachi grill. Photo provided | Yamato Facebook page

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Alexander, a 1995 Boone County graduate, is a former Seattle Seahawks running back (2000 to 2007). He finished his NFL career with Washington in 2008. He is the uncle of Cooper High School star tight end-defensive end Austin Alexander (University of North Carolina verbal commit).

Candidates in this modern-era category could have last appeared in a professional football game in the 2019 season.

Highlands’ Marissa Green was voted as the top player in Northern Kentucky. Provided | Jenna Richey

The northern Kentucky girls basketball coaches have voted on their top 10 teams and players leading into the 2024-25 season. The regular season gets underway Dec. 2.

Preseason Top 10 teams Notre Dame Cooper Highlands Simon Kenton Ryle Campbell County Holy Cross Dixie Heights Conner Bishop Brossart Preseason Top 10 players: Marissa Green, Highlands Caroline Eaglin, Newport Central Catholic Sophia Gibson, Notre Dame Brynli Pernell, Simon Kenton Haylee Noel, Cooper Jaelyn Jones, Ryle Aumani Nelson, Holy Cross Isabella Jayasuria, Campbell County Catherine Buddenberg, Dixie Heights Braylin Terrell, Walton-Verona

Boone alum in running to join Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2025 Shaun Alexander is among 50 modern-era players being considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.

Each member of the modern-era players screening committee cast a ballot for 50 individuals from a list of 167 nominees. The names of 25 semifinalists (plus any ties) will be announced in about four weeks.

Eventually, 20 finalists will be presented at the selection committee’s annual meeting next year in advance of Super Bowl LIX: 15 modern-era players, three seniors, one coach and one contributor. Between four and eight new members will be selected.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 will be announced at “NFL Honors” in New Orleans in February and enshrined in August in Canton, Ohio.

Individual qualifiers were Hill, who finished fourth, Cayden Evans and Joel Bryant of Dayton, and Williamstown’s Aaron Reynolds and Owen Taylor.

Ryle girls, Cooper boys defend cross country 3A Region 5 team titles Villa Madonna claimed the Class A Region 4 title on Oct. 26. Ray Schaefer | LINK nky contributor

42 win over Villa Madonna at Williamstown High School.

As is usually the case, Parke won the race by nearly two minutes over Villa’s Ryan Bennett. Fellow Tiger Annie Harris was third, Isabel Ginter was eighth, Charlie Gerrein was ninth and Nora Willke was 14th.

St. Henry placed third with 64 points, Bishop Brossart was fourth with 74, and Walton-Verona was fifth 151. All five teams advance to the state tournament.

Three St. Henry runners finished in the top 15: Jordyn Brockman in seventh place, Molly Francis in 12th and Mackenzie McMain in 13th.

Five individual qualifiers made it to Lexington: Emma Squibb and Meseret Freking of Holy Cross, Mary Kennedy of Newport Central Catholic, Lucy Juelg of Covington Latin and Annabelle Brooks of Williamstown.

The region meet looked a lot like a Villa Madonna training run.

Shaun Alexander at Boone County High School.

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Class A Region 4 cross country: Parke, Antrobus notch wins; Beechwood, Villa claim trophies Lily Parke was No. 1 with a bullet, and so were her Beechwood cross country teammates.

The two-time defending Class A state champion Tigers don’t have any songs zooming up the charts, but they rose to the top of the table: They claimed their third straight Class A Region 4 trophy with a 34-

The Vikings went 1-2-3 and placed five in the top 20 in a 29-55 win over St. Henry.

It was Mark Antrobus’ first individual win this season. He finished about 14 seconds over fellow Viking Ethan Martin, and Brendan Ramdass was third. Alex Chadwick was sixth, and Ethan Barker was 17th.

Antrobus also became the second Villa runner to win region; 2015 alumnus Eric Baugh did it 2014 on the way to finishing second in the state.

Beechwood was third with 109 points, Walton-Verona was fourth with 113, and Bellevue was fifth with 140. All five advance to state.

Ryle won its second consecutive team title. Ray Schaefer | LINK nky contributor

Six points.

That was the margin between the top three teams in Saturday’s Class 3A, Region 5 cross country meet at Williamstown High School. Ryle defended its title over Notre Dame, 60-64, and Campbell County was third with 66.

Campbell County’s Olivia Holbrook was second in 19:37.64, and Camel teammate Lila Dunlevy was third in 19:37.96.

Notre Dame’s Maggie Durrett (Pandas coach Joe Durrett’s daughter) was fourth in 19:58.45, and Cooper’s Alexandra Rooney was fifth in 19:58.84.

Conner and Scott will also send teams to the state meet at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Cougars finished fourth with 97 points, and Scott was fifth with 103.

Five runners not on qualifying teams made it to state: Rooney, Faith Foote and Tessa Courtney of Cooper, and Liza and Georgia Zengel of Highlands.

Like Ryle’s girls, Cooper won its second straight team title. The Jaguars defeated Conner, 47-68.

Individually, Cooper junior Paul Van Laningham (Eric and Michele Van Laningham’s son) beat Grant County senior Lincoln Her-

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sports ald by nearly 17 seconds. Campbell County’s Jonathan Christopher was third, Conner’s Nathan Hooper was fourth, and Campbell County’s Grant Holbrook was fifth.

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Campbell County finished third with 76 points, Dixie Heights was fourth with 118, and Ryle placed fifth with 139. All five teams advance to state.

Individual qualifiers were Herald, Isaiah Laughlin and Carson Gollar of Simon Kenton, and Brady Robinson and Jacob Gubser of Highlands.

CovCath cross country edges Bourbon County, takes 2A Region 4 title

Covington Catholic won the Class 2A Region 4 meet. Provided | Covington Catholic High School

While cross country is primarily an individual sport, it took a full team effort from Covington Catholic to take home a region title in Paris.

CovCath won the Class 2A Region 4 meet at the Bourbon County Park in Paris by three points over Bourbon County.

Will Sheets and Joe Mayer took the top two spots with Jackson Germann finishing eighth, Braden Franxman 10th and Jack Salyers 11th. Joel Barczak and Jack Dwyer finished 12th and 13th, respectively.

Sheets took the meet in a time of 15:05, Mayer at 15:30. Germann (16:34), Franxman (16:41), Salyers (16:46), Barczak (16:58) and Dwyer (17:01) followed.

Lloyd Memorial’s boys finished seventh with 177 points. Aden Miller and Landon Marshall qualified for the state meet for the Juggernauts. Miller finished 23rd, Marshall 32nd.

Lloyd’s Savannah Gerding placed 20th in the girls meet and qualified for the state meet for the second time.

Boys soccer coaches release NKY all-area teams, awards Northern Kentucky’s top boys soccer players and award recipients have been announced in the all-region selections.

Awards go to: • Tony Trenkamp (Boone County): John Toebben Coach of the Year • Eli Putnam (Ryle): Scott Christian “More Than A Match” Award: • Holy Cross: Ed Lett Sportsmanship Award • David Tony Lloyd: Official of the Year

Cooper; Eileen Michels, St. Henry; Morgan MacDonald, Holy Cross; Claire Jansen, Ryle; Jayne Knollman, St. Henry; Ruby Fries, Beechwood; Savannah Trout, Boone County; Greta Hansbauaer, Newport Central Catholic; Emma Tupman, Villa Madonna; Bailee Class, Highlands (Keeper).

Covington Catholic’s Tanner Robertson was selected as Northern Kentucky defensive player of the year. Provided | Marc Figgins

Top team honors went to: First team • Forwards: Maddox Pemberton, Cooper; Harrison Gamble, Highlands.

• Midfielders: Parker Byland, Boone County (Offensive Player of the Year); David Do, Covington Catholic; Diego Lakkis, Ryle; Trevor Bolte, Dixie Heights • Defenders: Tanner Robertson, Covington Catholic (Defensive Player of the Year); Donovan Lameier, Dixie Heights; Andrew Lusby, Bishop Brossart; Logan Thoss, St. Henry • Keeper: Sam Lang, Highlands (Keeper of the Year) Second team • Forwards: Salem Mayala, Boone County; Josh Ruwe, Calvary Christian • Midfielders: Alex Runge, Bishop Brossart; Austin Bush, Campbell County; Jonathan Green Newport Central Catholic; Cody Crowder, St. Henry • Defenders: Chris Wessels, Covington Catholic; Logan Trout, Boone County; Liam Haswell, Cooper; Pierce Wilson, Ryle • Keeper: Miles Mullen, Simon Kenton Third team • Forwards: Grady Noble, Conner; Zach Franzen, Campbell County • Midfielders: Cole Garnett, Simon Kenton; Andrew Roland, Covington Catholic; Cooper Neace, Ryle; Jack Reagor, Calvary Christian • Defenders: Ashton Pawlak, Highlands; Carlos Marquez, Campbell County; Braden Thornton, Conner; Noah Klaene, Holy Cross • Keeper: Wyatt Driscoll, Holy Cross Honorable mention • Forwards: Ivan Potapenko, Villa Madonna; Tyler Turnpaugh, Covington Catholic • Midfielders: Luis McVicker, Highlands; Luke Linville, Campbell County; Vinny Petroze, Newport Central Catholic; Dawson Nichols, Pendleton County • Defenders: Austin Twehues, Bishop Brossart; Kellen Faulkner, Conner; Ian Lawrence, Simon Kenton; Jackson Popil, St. Henry • Keeper: Trey Wagner, Conner

All-9th Region girls soccer teams, coaches announced The 9th Region girls soccer teams and awards, highlighting the top talent across Northern Kentucky, have been announced.

Here are the coach of the year awards: • Large School: Mike Hughes, Conner

• First Team: Megan McGraw, Notre Dame; Izelee Kerns, Conner (Defensive Player of the Year); Kamdyn Hamilton, Cooper (Offensive Player of the Year); Reagan Buchert, Conner; Abby Parsons, Dixie Heights; Reese Wilkens, Highlands; Avery Pleiman, St. Henry; Riley Robertson, Notre Dame; Makayla Berger, Beechwood; Kaylee Mills, Highlands; Kendall Graves, Highlands; Ally Welch, Conner (Keeper).

• Honorable Mention: Amanda Collins, Cooper; Cassie Gripshover, Ryle; Rylie Kidman, Beechwood; Hadley Greene, Dixie Heights; Ashton Enginger, Newport Central Catholic; Suzette Klaiss, Holy Cross; Kate Gibbs, Villa Madonna; Chloe Shae, St. Henry.

• Second Team: Franny Smith, Highlands; Ella Folke, Conner; Maya Tully, Notre Dame; Emily Green, Cooper; Macy Gumm, Villa Madonna; Julia Stegman, Notre Dame; McKenna Hughes, Cooper; Kate Riedmiller, Dixie Heights; Ella Hoenderkamp, Ryle; Ella Lehmkuhl, Holy Cross; Macy Yelton, Beechwood; Joelle Hentz, Notre Dame (Keeper).

• Third Team: Keeley Polk, Dixie Heights; Maya Owen, Conner; McKayla Harsley,

Kamdyn Hamilton was voted as 9th Region Offensive Player of the Year. Provided | Charles Bolton

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Please take notice that Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. has applied to the Kentucky Public Service Commission for approval to revise its Demand Side Management (DSM) rate for gas service and electric service for residential and commercial customers. Duke Energy Kentucky’s current monthly DSM rate for residential gas customers is ($0.010030) per hundred cubic feet and for nonresidential gas customers is $0.000000 per hundred cubic feet. Duke Energy Kentucky’s current monthly DSM rate for residential electric customers is $0.001352 per kilowatt-hour and for non-residential customers is $0.003503 per kilowatt-hour for distribution service and $0.000514 per kilowatt-hour for transmission service.

Duke Energy Kentucky seeks approval to revise these rates as follows: Duke Energy Kentucky’s monthly DSM rate for residential gas customers would increase to $0.001249 per hundred cubic feet and for non-residential gas customers would remain at $0.000000 per hundred cubic feet. Duke Energy Kentucky’s monthly DSM rate for residential electric customers would increase to $0.002418 per kilowatthour and for non-residential customers would decrease to $0.003409 per kilowatthour for distribution service and would increase to $0.000674 per kilowatt-hour for transmission service.

The rate contained in this notice is the rate proposed by Duke Energy Kentucky. However, the Public Service Commission may order a rate to be charged that differs from this proposed rate. Such action may result in a rate for consumers other than the rate in this notice. The foregoing rates reflect a proposed increase in electric revenues of approximately $1.45 million or 0.32% over current total electric revenues and an increase in gas revenues of approximately $0.7 million or 0.54% over current total gas revenues.

A typical residential gas customer using 70 ccf in a month will see an increase of $0.79 or 0.8%. A typical residential electric customer using 1000 kWh in a month will see an increase of $1.16 or 0.9%. A typical non-residential electric customer using 40 kilowatts and 14,000 kWh will see a decrease of $1.49 or (0.1%).

A non-residential customer served at transmission voltage using 10,000 kilowatts and 4,000,000 kWh will see an increase of $640.00 or 0.2%. Non-residential gas customers will see no change in their bills from this application.

Any corporation, association, body politic or person may by motion within thirty (30) days after publication or mailing of notice of the proposed rate changes, submit a written request to intervene to the Public Service Commission, 211 Sower Boulevard, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, Kentucky 40602, and shall set forth the grounds for the request including the status and interest of the party. The intervention may be granted beyond the thirty (30) day period for good cause shown. Written comments regarding the proposed rate may be submitted to the Public Service Commission by mail or through the Public Service Commission’s website. A copy of this application filed with the Public Service Commission is available for public inspection at Duke Energy Kentucky’s office at 1262 Cox Road, Erlanger, Kentucky 41018 and on its website at http://www.duke-energy.com. This filing and any other related documents can be found on the Public Service Commission’s website at http://psc.ky.gov.

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