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AROUND THE BLUEGRASS -
June '98 LOUISVILLE Commercial Aircraft Services, a Cincinnati-based company that provides repair and maintenance for jet aircraft, has announced that it will be moving its entire operation to Louisville. The company is planning to lease and develop a 22-acre site at Louisville International Airport, where it will construct a 120,000-square-foot hangar and office complex. The project, estimated at $19 million, is expected to be complete by the second quarter of next year. Although Commercial Aircraft Services considered relocating to other cities in Ohio, Louisville was ultimately selected after the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority approved tax credits of up to $20 million over a 10-year time span, said company president Michael Fricker. The company expects to hire some 350 workers during its first year, with the overall starting pay averaging $32,600.
DANVILLE
"We really want to reach the women who, for whatever reason, find it difficult to schedule a mammogram, said Mary Begley, director of marketing at Ephraim McDowell Health. Begley noted that initial studies and surveys indicated that 60 percent of people who had used mobile services were first-time users of a mammography service. "These are extremely heartening statistics," she added. The mobile unit, which is only the second of its kind in Kentucky (the other is operated by Brown Cancer Center in Louisville), is licensed for use in an 18country area surrounding Boyle County. The unit is staffed by two registered technologists and is equipped with a waiting area, changing room mammography suite and a processing area. Results of the tests will be read by radiologists at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. The mobile unit brings "a crucial service to our patients rather than taking a passive stance and waiting for them to come to us," Begley emphasized. "This process could save lives."
GEORGETOWN
The center offers a full-service dining room and meeting facilities that include six meeting rooms for groups of up to 40, two large meeting rooms with seating up to 70, two banquet rooms with capacity ranging from 150-400, and a conference room that will accommodate up to 140. Rental of media and audio/visual equipment can be arranged through the center as well. The facility also includes a residence complex of 32 four-bedroom/two-bath apartments (available May-July) and six executive suites (available September-June) for those requiring overnight accommodations.
NORTHERN KENTUCKY With COMAIR, Inc.'s move to provide jet service on all its routes out of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the facility becomes the first hub in North America to offer jet service to every destination it serves. COMAIR recently accepted delivery of its 60th jet, giving it the largest fleet of regional jets in the world. "This is just another achievement in the development of this facility as a world-class airport," said David Anderson, regional director of civic and promotional affairs for Delta Air Lines. Delta operates its second largest hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport. As a Delta Connection carrier, COMAIR is a partner in Delta's worldwide network. Combined, the two airlines offer 475 daily departures out of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently rated the facility as the "most convenient hub" in the U.S. for the second consecutive year.
Bluegrass Briefs ASHLAND • RAM Technologies, a regional wireless communications company offering paging, answering services and Internet access, has acquired American Answering Services of Charleston, West Virginia. RAM is headquartered in Ashland and has offices in Lexington, Louisville, and Prestonsburg, Kentucky and Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia. COVINGTON • COMAIR, Inc. will begin jet service effective June 1 between Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, New York and its hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The airline recently embarked on a $25 million expansion program at its Cincinnati hub to accommodate its growing fleet of regional jets. • Delta Air Lines has announced that it will begin one-stop service from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Tokyo, Japan effective October 28, 1998. The flight will stop in Portland, Oregon for two hours before continuing on to Tokyo. DANVILLE • Centre College has concluded a five-year comprehensive financial campaign, raising more than $76 million for endowment, scholarships and capital improvement projects. The Front and Centre Campaign surpassed its original goal by more than $16 million. FLORENCE • Jim Beam Brands Co. has announced that it is ending its 17-year corporate sponsorship of the Jim Beam Stakes horse race at Turfway Park. The decision was made in conjunction with the company’s plan to refocus their marketing efforts. GEORGETOWN • Farmers Bank and Trust Company, Georgetown has selected Critt Murphy as president and chief executive officer, succeeding G. Anthony Busseni, who will assume the presidency of Farmers Bank and Capital Trust Company, Frankfort later this year. Vivian M. House has been elected as a director of the bank. • Toyota Tsusho America is consolidating its operations and administrative functions into a campus-style setting in Georgetown that will include a 100,000-square-foot logistics and operations center and a 202,000-square-foot warehousing facility. Construction is expected to be completed by next March. The expansion will add approximately 85 new jobs to the company’s existing 240-member Georgetown staff. LOUISVILLE • James C. DeLong has been selected as the new general manager of the Regional Airport Authority of Louisville and Jefferson County. DeLong comes to the position from Denver International Airport, where he was director of aviation. He succeeds Robert S. Michael, who is retiring effective July 1.
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A sparkling
new conference and training center is the newest addition to Georgetown College. The
facility is the centerpiece of a $15 million athletic complex that opened last July
featuring a 5,000-seat stadium, baseball and soccer fields, a tennis complex, guest
townhouses and apartment-style student housing.