Part II of the healthy-lunch series will showcase FTM’s interview with Gina Sawma. Sawma is the Food and Nutrition Director at Fort Thomas Independent Schools. Her degree is in clinical nutrition and food service management. She worked in the health care industry for 23 years before switching to schools. She’s been in the school/food business for 6 […]
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Calorie-Capped School Lunches: Helping or Hurting Students? (Part I)
Been on vacation for the last week. You’ll have to excuse me if this article sounds like it’s written by Charlie Sheen. Thanks to the FTM braintrust for stepping up. Tiger blood. Fort Thomas Independent Schools are unique. They are constantly progressing, pushing the bar higher and higher academically, athletically and providing students with the […]
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Best Furniture Square Footage Winner
Shannon Hewins stopped by Best Furniture last week to pick up her $200 gift certificate. Carolynn Reis, owner of Best, presented her the prize. Her guess of 12,900 square feet was closest to the actual square footage of Best Furniture, which is 12,848. If that is just a number to you, let me put it […]
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FTM Straw Poll (Circuit Clerk, Sheriff, Library Tax)
The three races that have the most localized interest for Fort Thomas voters were covered by Ben, Jessica and Stephanie this morning. Circuit Court Clerk, Sheriff and the Library Tax races all deal with Campbell County specifically, so as opposed to being all over the map – these were the three races we dealt with […]
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Van Damme It’s Halloween (Bellevue Kroger, Trick-or-Treat, Best Furniture, Fighting Moms, DEPs)
– The Bellevue Kroger opened a few weeks back, after closing for renovations in May. The 37-year-old store was last renovated in 1997 and the latest renovation had me wondering if the remodel made sense since the opening of the Kroger Marketplace at Newport Pavilion. I ran into the Chief Financial Officer of Kroger last […]
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Best Furniture Galley has 12,848 Square feet. With a guess of 12,900 feet, the winner of the $200 gift certificate is …………. Shannon Glascock Hewins. Contact me via my email or message us at our Facebook page to figure out how we can get it to you. Thanks everyone who participated, and remember to Like Best […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday (Jeff Ruby, Fort Thomas Jr. Football, Taunya Nolan Jack)
– We’re announcing the winner of the Best Furniture giveaway this afternoon at noon. The person who was closest to guessing the amount of square footage throughout their entire store will win a $200 gift certificate. We did a video that showed just how big the store is. It’s humongous. I grew up in Fort […]
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I Know it’s Monday but… (HHS Nation-wide, FTPD blood drive, Citizens Police Academy)
– Highlands’ 28-game winning streak and 44-game home winning streak was snapped Friday, as they bowed out to Elder, but that didn’t stop NBC’s Sunday Night Football from highlighting the Bluebirds during their Bengals/Steelers broadcast Sunday night. Even though (former Reds broadcaster) Al Michaels called HHS “Highland High” – it was still really cool to see […]
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Campbell Co. Does Not Need a 4th Library
In an attempt to represent both sides of an issue getting a lot of local attention, the proposed library tax, the writers of Fort Thomas Matters have decided to do a point/counterpoint summarizing the arguments both for and against. It is worth noting, the articles do not necessarily represent the opinions of FTM nor the […]
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Library a Value to Entire Community
In an attempt to represent both sides of an issue getting a lot of local attention, the proposed library tax, the writers of Fort Thomas Matters have decided to do a point/counterpoint summarizing the arguments both for and against. It is worth noting, the articles do not necessarily represent the opinions of FTM nor the […]
