Despite delays and the rejection of one bidding process, the City

Commission voted to build a new 17,000 square foot police station at the corner of 17th & Greenup.

 

How do we afford this? The bonds on the Town Center Mall mature and expire in January of 2009. This will free $340,000 a year to service the debt on this needed project.

 

Ashland is well prepared for a cold winter ahead. The city commission recently voted to purchase 1,500 tons of rock salt from the Morton Salt Co., at a cost of $99.61 a ton.

 

Think that is expensive? Next low bidder was $208.65 per ton.

 

Generally speaking, road crews start with main streets first and works to neighborhoods.

 

Kentucky
Governor Steve
Beshear
has scheduled a town hall meeting at ACTC on College Drive in Ashland Monday, December 15th, at 6:00.  Come speak out on state issues. 

 

The city commission
 recently voted to purchase two new 24 seat passenger buses to add to the Ashland Bus System.

 

New buses are at a cost of $85,142 each and the funding source is the Federal Transit Administration which is paying 100% of the costs.

 

Ridership continues to increase. Want to know how much it cost you to drive to work? Swing over to this web site to calculate your costs.

 

Kentucky
Department of Transportan is seeking

your input on a possible new route into Ashland from I-64.

 

This long range plan is not yet in the states "six year plan" but may be headed that way soon. The thought is to relieve conjestion on 13th Street and US 60.

 

For details and possible routes they have a dedicated web site here that offers comphresive information and a comment form.

 

Highland
 Museum
and Discovery
Center will have their annual Christmas
Tour of Homes this weekend.

For information on the tour, call Museum at 329-8888. Ashland provides bus service for these tours.

 

Central Park ice rink is set to open this Friday, December 6th, at 6:00. Ice rink is located at 22nd Street entrance of Central Park. Fee is $3.00, which includes skate rental. Train rides are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting at 6:00 and are $3.00 per person.

 

No charge for a Santa visit, which is in a tent near 22nd Street entrance, same times.

 

 For information, park number is 327-2046

 

Ashland Police

Kevin's Web Site

$29 airfare to FLA 

Paramount

The city commission

recently approved $2,500 for

equipment rental to convert

part of the tanery property on 25th Street to a soccer field.

 

The 11 plus acre site is still

for sale but with the concent of the property owner, part of this converts to use as a public soccer field.

 

Looking for a quick getaway

during a cold season break?

Those $29 air fare deals are back at Tri-State Airport. This is on Allegiant Air's non-stop flights to Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, and Tampa Bay.

 

Hurry! As I write this email, these fares are on the Allegiant Air web site. Once you get to the site, click on flight only and book a trip.

 

Tri-State Airport offers low cost parking only steps from the terminal.

 

Bus service now operates between Ironton, Russell, and Ashland as part of a Huntington/Ironton TTA grant.

 

For info and schedules click here.

 

Backstage Players, the youth drama group founded in 1991, will present James & the Giant Peach at the Paramount December 11th & 12th.

 

 

Based on the classic children's novel by Rhoald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach is the story of James Henry Trotter and his incredible journey with his insect friends aboard a giant peach. This wonderful dramatization brings Dahl's story to life with laughter, fantasy and a clever message about the balance between being wicked and being good. 

 

Paramount web site
 

Santa is at the mall nearly everyday but this Sunday, you can have your pet's picture with Santa at Town Center Mall near the Belk's Entrance. Time is from 6:00 - 8:00. For information, hit Mall web site.