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Three years after mergingtheir operations, the HighlandHeights and Southgate policedepartments may become sep-arate entities again.

The Highland Heights CityCouncil Tuesday night had a firstreading to withdraw the cityfrom the Highland HeightsSouthgate Police Authority.

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Schools holdreverse trick ortreat

Visitors to the the soup kitch-en in Newport’s Henry HoseaHouse will soon be getting asweet little something extra withtheir dinner thanks to studentsfrom Fort Thomas’s elementaryschools.

For the first time, studentsfrom Moyer, Johnson and Wood-fill elementary school are hold-ing a reverse trick or treat,where they bring in extra orunwanted candy to donate tothe Hosea House.

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FORT THOMAS — The Carrico/FortThomas Branch of the Campbell CountyPublic Library will soon be closing for re-modeling.

The remodel, which will last from Mon-day, Nov. 28, to Monday, Jan. 2, will in-clude updating the front lobby and rest-rooms, installing new carpet through thebuilding, painting, reupholstering furni-ture, adding two new study rooms and re-locating some things like the children’sarea and computers.

“We’re all very excited and enthusias-tic about this renovation,” said SandyPrell, manger of the Fort Thomas branch.“It will provide improvements for allareas of the library and help us offer amore enriching experience.”

This is the first major renovation of thebuilding, which was built in 1995 and ex-panded in 2002.

JC Morgan, director of the library, saidwith all the use the branch has seen overthe years, the approximately $150,000renovation project is needed.

“Fort Thomas is the busiest branch interms of foot traffic,” Morgan said. “Inthe past five years there has been almost amillion visitors to that branch, which real-ly wears down the carpet.”

Replacing the carpeting makes up a big

chunk of the expense, and is also the rea-son the library has to close for the reno-vation since everything will have to bemoved around.

Morgan said a lot of the renovationsand relocation were decided through les-sons learned about what works best at thelibrary’s other two branches in Newportand Cold Spring.

With some patrons complaining aboutnoise due to high foot traffic at all thebranches, the addition of the two studyrooms was included in the Fort Thomasbranch renovations.

“This way people can have a very pri-

Branch closes Nov. 28By Amanda Joering Alleyajoering@nky.com

The Carrico/Fort Thomas branch of theCampbell County Public Library will beclosed for renovations from Monday, Nov.28, until Monday, Jan. 2. AMANDA JOERING

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FORT THOMAS — The upcom-ing fourth annual Salute to Veter-ans program will feature evenmore exhibits and re-enactmentsthan past events.

The event, put on by the FortThomas Renaissance and Mu-seum, is an annual celebration ofveterans, featuring military dis-plays, war re-enactors and per-formances by local students.

“We started this event to cele-brate veterans as well as our her-itage as a fort,” said DebbieBuckley, the city’s renaissancemanager. “The event has grown,but our goal has stayed thesame.”

Buckley said some of thehighlights of this year’s event in-clude re-enactors from variouseras in history including the CivilWar, Revolutionary War, andWorld War II as well as an Abra-

ham Lincoln collector showingthe artifacts he’s collected.

Other features include aWorld War II weaponry demon-stration and a large diorama ofthe 1940 Battle of France pre-sented by the Sixth Scale Collec-tors Club.

Dick Schuarte, president of

the club, who has been involvedin the event since the beginning,said the group has worked overthe years to not only put togetherinteresting displays from theircollection, but also to coordinateother exhibits at the event fromother organizations.

“We participate in the Saluteto Veterans event as a way of sa-luting those people who haveserved and because we feel peo-ple need to learn this history,”Schuarte said.

Along with the 1940 Battle ofFrance display, the group willalso be showing a Civil War dis-play in honor of the war’s 150thanniversary this year.

At this year’s event, morethan 100 second-grade choralstudents from Moyer, Woodfilland Johnson elementary schoolswill perform patriotic songs forvisitors.

Fort Thomas music teacherMary Scaggs said through recenttravels, she has started to have agreater appreciation for theUnited States and the privileges

citizens here have, which shecredits to military personnel, in-cluding some that she knows per-sonally from the community.

“By having the second gradesing their Veterans Day show forthe Fort Thomas community, Ihope to give the students a senseof pride in themselves and theircountry,” Scaggs said. “It is alsomy way, as a music teacher, touse my talents to ‘pay forward’my gift of music to the communi-ty and the military personnel.”

Student Matthew Grimmesaid he is nervous about theshow, but excited to perform inhonor of the veterans.

“We’ve been practicing a longtime, and I think we’re ready,”Grimme said.

For some students, like SarahThurnauer, whose grandfather isa veteran, the performancemeans even more.

The event is from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sun-day, Nov. 13, in Tower Park.

The students will be perform-ing at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.

‘Salute’ program to feature new exhibitsBy Amanda Joering Alleyajoering@nky.com

Tim Ledford poses for a picture by a diorama of World War II by the Six Scale Collectors at the Salute toVeterans event in 2008. PROVIDED

Shirley Bowman sings with the Swingtime Band at Fort ThomasRenaissance and Museum Committee's Salute to Veterans in 2008.PROVIDED

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Fort Thomas police officer Emily Leising trainswith Highlands High School sophomore LaurenDaly during the department's Rape AggressionDefense (RAD) class Thursday, Nov. 3. AMANDA

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vate, quiet space that theycan reserve and use,” Mor-gan said.

To increase the life ofthe carpet, the renovationincludes adding rubber-ized flooring on top of the

carpet in high-trafficareas, similar to what theyuse at the other branches,Morgan said.

Kiki Dreyer Burke, di-rector of public relations,said they decided to keepthe back lobby of the FortThomas branch open from11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday during therenovation for basic circu-lation needs only. Patronswill be able to pick up bookson hold, return books andpay fees at the branch, butthe branch’s entire collec-tion of books, CDs andDVDs will be closed to thepublic.

Prell said some of thebranch’s patrons, whilesupportive, were con-cerned about having to goto the other branches andwere grateful when the de-cision was made to still of-fer limited circulation inFort Thomas.

Morgan said the FortThomas branch staff mem-bers who aren’t workingthe back lobby will be help-ing with the renovationsand filling in gaps left fromvacations and sick leave atthe other branches.

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ALEXANDRIA — Work isscheduled to begin beforethe end of the year on an ex-pansion of the CampbellCounty Animal Shelter, andfuture private donationswill be earmarked to pickup some of the project’scost.

Campbell County FiscalCourt approved a total of$195,151 in constructionbids at the Nov. 2 meetingin Alexandria for theplanned animal shelter ex-pansion. The animal shel-ter, located at Poplar RidgeRoad and Four Mile Road inCamp Springs, opened in1986.

Campbell County Ad-ministrator Robert Horinesaid the project’s total esti-mated cost is $234,000. Theconstruction will add eightnew indoor dog kennelsand five larger indoor/out-door dog kennels, Horinesaid. Also included in thedesign is an extra exam

room, extra area for cats, arestroom and shower facil-ity, he said. The construc-tion will also free up one ex-isting dog kennel currentlyblocked by a generator thatwill be moved to a storagearea in the new building.

The county will use$133,000 in state grantmoney and about $71,000 inprivate donations alreadygiven to the shelter to payfor a majority of the costs,Horine said.

Judge-executive StevePendery said the countyalso went through a seriesof deletions and changes tothe project design to getthe best design and cost fig-ures possible.

Among the moves madewas going with a four-inchdeep concrete slab for thebase of the new additionrather than a five-inch slab,Pendery said. That changesaved $500, he said.

The county will be shyof the total project costanywhere between $14,000and $25,000, said Melissa

Williams, director of ad-ministration.

Williams said she bud-geted an additional 5 per-cent of the project cost, orabout $10,480 as contingen-cy money in case anychanges are needed,though it is hoped the mon-ey won’t be needed. The fis-cal court has also previous-ly approved a constructiondesign fee of $20,900 toCentury Construction, and$2,800 for geotechnical en-gineering service, Wil-liams said. Additional costsfor the project includeabout $2,000 for expandingthe existing camera sys-tem in the shelter to thenew area, $1,500 for inspec-tion work, and about $1,200for extending the smokedetector system.

Donation drives arehelping pay for a planned$800 tub, and $500 exam ta-ble for the animals, shesaid.

Williams said she wasgoing to begin organizing awork schedule immediate-

ly with the contractors andwork could start before theend of the year.

“I think we’re going tohope to get started now,”she said.

Williams said in the pastsome donations have beenused to pay for things in-cluding the cost of thebuilding’s utilities, andhasn’t always gone into athe donation savings fund.

“I recommend that do-nations in the coming yearsbe earmarked to pay thecounty back for thesefunds,” said CommissionerKen Rechtin at the meet-ing.

Pendery and the othertwo commissioners agreedto earmark the future do-nations.

Rechtin said people, ifthey want to support ani-mals, can help finish pay-ing for the cost.

“If your heart goes outto animals, especially dogsand cats, then make a dona-tion,” he said.

Shelter work gets wag of approvalBy Chris Mayhewcmayhew@nky.com

COLD SPRING —Police captured and arrest-ed a man suspected of tak-

ing copper wire from aDuke Energy facility earlyWednesday morning aftera brief foot chase, and arenow searching for two ad-ditional suspects.

For Cold Spring PoliceDepartment officer Jere-my Enzweiler it was his

second arrest in twomonths of a person in con-nection with reportedthefts of copper from theDuke facility at 1122 Indus-trial Road.

There have been fivethefts reported at Duke’sIndustrial Road facility in

the past two years, saidChief Ed Burk.

It’s thought the man ar-rested Wednesday morn-ing might be one of the peo-ple who had taken itemsfrom the Duke facility inthe past, Burk said.

Enzweiler responded tothe facility at approximate-ly 12:15 a.m. Wednesday,Nov. 2, after a report thattwo suspects cut throughthe fence, went inside andstarted cutting wire, ac-cording to a news releasefrom the department. Enz-weiler arrived and arrest-ed one of the suspects aftera brief chase, according tothe news release.

George Eblan, 41, of 12130th St., Covington, was ar-rested and charged withthird degree criminal tres-passing, third degree crim-inal mischief, theft by un-lawful taking over $500,and fleeing and evading apolice officer.

Officers from NewportPolice Department used acanine unit, and trackedthe second suspect for 1.5miles. Officers from theCampbell County PoliceDepartment, HighlandHeights Southgate PoliceAuthority, and Fort Thom-as also assisted.

An interrogation ofEblan revealed the identi-ties of the other suspectwho evaded capture, andthe driver of a vehicle thatdropped them off withplans to pick them up later,according to the news re-lease.Policeareseekingar-rest warrants for the re-maining two suspects.

On Sept.1, Enzweiler ar-rested Eric Collins, 39, of902 3rd St., unit 3, Dayton,at the same Duke facilityon Industrial Road. Collinswas arrested on the samelist of charges as Eblan wascharged with Nov. 2. Col-lins confessed to takingitems from the IndustrialRoad facility in June, Burksaid.

The department alsohad reports of two theftsfrom the Industrial Roadfacility in the fall of 2010,he said. Tthere was also atheft of copper reportedfrom a cell phone tower inthe city earlier this year,Burk said.

Police make copper theft arrestBy Chris Mayhewcmayhew@nky.com

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Each day, more than 160Northern Kentucky Health De-

partment em-ployees serveour communi-ties. They in-spect restau-rants for foodsafety. They pro-vide childhoodimmunizations.They investigatedisease out-breaks. Theywork to makechanges to com-

bat obesity and lung cancer.They place dental sealants onchildrens' teeth to prevent cav-

ities. They work behind thescenes, preparing for disastersor making sure the Health De-partment operates smoothly.

It would take me a long timeto describe all the services thehealth department provides topromote health, prevent dis-eases, death, and disability, andprotect all of us from healthhazards in the environment.

Our staff is dedicated to thismission, even in the challeng-ing times in which we live andwork. Like many public organi-zations, the Health Departmenthas experienced decliningfunding. At the same time, theneed for the Health Depart-

ment has increased, as localfamilies also struggle with dif-ficult economic times.

The landscape of publichealth itself is also shifting. Na-tional health care reform aimsto refine the roles that publichealth plays in our community.We’ll be working more closelywith existing partners andbuilding relationships with newones as we navigate new terri-tory in improving the health ofNorthern Kentuckians.

Even as all these changes areoccurring, we continue to moveforward with our goal of be-coming nationally accredited.The public health accreditation

system, launched in September,demonstrates the capacity ofhealth departments to deliverall of the public health servicesessential for a healthy commu-nity. We would like to be one ofthe first in the nation to achievethis recognition.

Monday, Nov. 21, is PublicHealth Thank You Day, andwith Thanksgiving just aroundthe corner, please join me inthanking our public healthworkers for the incrediblework they do to improve ourcommunity’s health. Theircommitment to service and tomake a difference is an inspira-tion, reminding us that we are

all linked together. To all 160public health workers at theHealth Department and thoseacross the nation—a heartfeltthank you.

If you would like to sharehow public health has impactedyou in a positive way, please vis-it our Web site, www.nkyhealth-.org. On Nov. 21, follow @nky-health on Twitter for morethoughts on why public healthis valuable.

Lynne Saddler, MD, MPH is theDistrict Director of Health for the

Northern Kentucky HealthDepartment.

Thankful for public health

LynneSaddlerGUESTCOLUMNIST

IN THE L.E.A.D.

Three time Olympic medalist, Margaret Hoelzer, poses for a photo with event coordinators for the YoungWomen Lead Conference held at Northern Kentucky University Tuesday, Oct. 18. THANKS TO KIMBERLY TANEY

The city hosted severalevents this year in celebrationofSilverGrove’s100thCenten-nial.

It has been a big year forthis small town. We kicked offthe year with a New Year’s Eve

dance at St.Philip ParishCenter. Oldblack and whitephotosoftrains,the corner drugstore, a 55 Che-vy police cruis-er and muchmore adornedthe tables.

On ArborDay we distrib-uted 300 tree

saplings to residents, varietiesincluded: pin oak, flowing dog-wood and eastern red bud. InMay, we hosted a Health Fairin the school gym. This eventincluded a bike giveaway, in-formation on butterfly gar-dening, freebies from theHeath Dept., a large bouncyfor young kids and muchmore.

Duringthedogdaysofsum-mer, the city hosted “watergames” in the city park. Thiswas a well attended event be-cause there was a fire truck,bubble blowers, a huge slipand slide, kiddy pools and themost loved water balloonlauncher.

The city’s main event was

the Founders Day parade andpig roast in the city park. Ser-vattii’s provided a large Cen-tennial cake beautifully deco-rated with our centennial logo.

During the month of Octo-ber – things got even better –with a live music, a chili cook-off and pumpkin walk in thewoods. I was truly amazed athow it all came together.

Many thanks go to the Cen-tennial planning committee,our Mayor, public works andthe city council for hostingthese celebratory events. Itbrought together our localbusinesses, the fire depart-ment, members of the schoolstaff, representatives fromseveral churches, friends andneighbors.

Our last event of the yearwill be the lighting of our cityChristmastree,avisitwithMr.and Mrs. Santa, hot chocolateand cookies plus a toasty bon-fire.

This place is not Mayberry,but a similar spirit of a smalltown community exists. Whatwill it be like around here inthe next 100 years? I hope thesame sense of community stillthrives. Perhaps a speedy bul-let train will replace the coaltrains passing through town.Time will tell.

Jill Fessler is member ofthe Silver Grove city counciland the city Centennial plan-ning committee.

SilverGrove hasbig year

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Bob Beatrice is a benefits consultantin Fort Mitchell.

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When I first served in Con-gress, in the 1960s and 1970s, I

would often sit onthe floor of theHouse and listencarefully tomembers fromboth sides.

I was trying tofigure out the dif-ferences be-tween the liber-als and the con-servatives, and toperceive howthosedifferences

could be narrowed or bridged.They broke over how to answerthe overriding question of

American government – theproper role of government –with liberals seeing an expan-sive role and conservatives alimited one. At the time, therewas plenty of gray area wherethe two could find commonground.

In recent years, the attitudesof liberals and conservatives to-ward government’s role havebecome more complex. In gen-eral, conservatives want just asmall role when it comes to tax-es, the economy, and social wel-fare. But they are more suppor-tive of an expansive national-se-curity apparatus and an activegovernment role in regulating

such social issues as abortionand gay marriage. They gener-ally like Edmund Burke’s defini-tion of a statesman as a personwith “a disposition to preserveand an ability to improve.”

Liberals generally accept theflip side: They’d prefer a personwith the disposition to improveand an ability to preserve. Theyare more open to an expansiverole for government on socialwelfare policy, job creation, andtheeconomy,butgenerallywantthe government to give Ameri-cans a free hand on such issuesas abortion and gay marriage.

The result of this tension isourmixedeconomy–neitheren-

tirely free-market nor ownedand controlled by the state – andour pendulum-swing politics.

My experience is that apartfrom the ideologically commit-ted, most Americans don’t wor-ry a lot about whether a givenpolicy is “liberal” or “conserva-tive.” They worry about wheth-er or not it works.

Yet these ideological battlesare engrained in the dialogue ofour democracy. The argumentbetween a smaller and a greaterrole for government has beenwith us since the very beginningof our nation; in some ways it de-fines our political history.

Our challenge today, as it has

always been, is to balance thepassions of those who find them-selves firmly on one side or theother against the common senseof the great mass of Americans,who are most concerned aboutmaking progress on the prob-lems that beset them. As thecommonphrasehasit, theywantnot big government or smallgovernment, but smart govern-ment. They want our politicalleaders to set ideological purityaside, and just get things done.

Lee Hamilton is director of the Centeron Congress at Indiana University.He was a member of the U.S. Houseof Representatives for 34 years.

Put ideology aside, get things done

LeeHamiltonCOLUMNIST

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