'The Work Out' offers
chance to, well, work out
How lucky we are on Russell Street to have a fitness center nearby, perhaps the only on one in the old Covington area. [ Info link ]
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Not the right thing
Decking the fences along the burnt-out building, just seems inappropriate. Putting up celebratory garland and bows just doesn't feel right, given that a person died, and all the heartache that has been caused.
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Now, I've done it!
One of the elderly ladies here in my Florida building asked me last week if I would take her car and fill it up with gasoline. No problem, was happy to do it.
Now, the word has spread and I'm getting requests from others to do the same. OK, fine. I'll fill your tanks up. Because, that's what being a real neighbor is all about. This is a no blowhards zone.
Joe Meyer gets
cabinet appointment
Governor Steve Beshear just named Joe Meyer the acting Secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
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State hopes to donate
$5000 for building stabilization
The state grant will likely be $5,000 but the exact amount still awaits approval, said Mark Dennen, executive director and state historic preservation officer for the Kentucky Heritage Council. Dennen toured the site Monday. [ Article Link]
>> Unfortunately, prior to last night's event at Otto's, there was great fear that there would be a poor turnout by neighbors. Not many would be willing to donate money (it was only $65) compared to the amount of yapping that has occurred in the neighborhood.
>> Kudos to the tireless Beth who is using her position with the city to get things done.
UPDATE >> Early word is, residents failed to show up at last night's event en masse, lending credence that we're a neighborhood of yappers and blowhards, and not much more.
Really? Seriously? They couldn't come up with $65? Then, they're in bad shape -- or very selfish.
UPDATE #2 >> Got an email from a neighbor, begging that I not use the name: "Let the owners pay for it, why should we?"
EARLIER
Stewart Iron Works probably made decorative wrought-iron
 Covington's own Stewart Iron Works, still in operation, probably played a role in making the wrought-iron fences and front gates in front of many of the homes on Russell Street.
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FLORIDA LIFE
Could not be nicer!
Temps in the 70s, cool nights. Perfect weather down here in South Florida. That's a live cam above, hit refresh for the latest image.
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Russell and 11th Street
This is the apartment building on the northwest corner of Russell and Eleventh Streets, as it looked in 1980. The building was completely renovated in 2008. Looking closely at the photo, there are signs that it suffered some fire damage.
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I'll drink to that
A photo taken in front of August Huerkamp's Saloon,
1008 Lee St in Covington, in 1908.
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Russell and Tenth Streets
This is how the northeast corner of Russell and 10th Streets looked in the early 1980s. The house on the corner has since been painted all-gray.
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