It has been seven years since Clay Frink was struck by a car in Fort Thomas, resulting in 78 days at Children’s Hospital in recovery. Clay has recovered and since then the Frink family has been advocating for the BRIDGES Helmet Program. BRIDGES, Inc. is a local brain injury support group that helped and supported […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Fort Thomas Links (Cash Mob Results, Clay Frink, 41075 Network, Vito’s Hot Dog Eating Contest)
Vito’s Cafe held their first annual hot dog eating contest in late July during one of their summer block parties. They featured Eckerlin Meats, which can be found at Findlay Market. I actually “retired” from competitive eating in March, but I had to jump at the chance to try the Eckerlin Hot Dogs. They have […]
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Fort Thomas Junior Football donates funds from season finale to Frink family
Photo by G. Michael Graham/Fort Thomas Matters. Clay Frink, bottom, and his father Neal enjoy the Fort Thomas Junior Football League Eighth Grade Appreciation Game on Monday at David Cecil Memorial Stadium. All the proceeds from the game went toward his recovery. By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter The Fort Thomas Junior […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Links (Over-Scheduling Kids, Win Money for Furniture, Murals)
How awesome is my man’s ink? ‘Merica! – Starting off our VDIF links with a message from director of Spiritual Growth at Highland United Methodist Church, Jennifer Hall. HUMC and Ft. Thomas schools are partnering together to bring you a conversation about over scheduling our children. The event will take place Tuesday, September 18th at […]
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Soccer Team, Community Rally Behind Frink
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter Nothing defines a community more than how it comes together when adversity strikes. The Fort Thomas community has been dealing with that since two Mondays ago. Clay Frink, a junior soccer player at Highlands High School, was hit by a sport utility vehicle at the intersection […]
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Fort Thomas – Weekend News & Notes
It has been an eventful week around the Fort – Andrea Conners was sentenced (here is a CBS News article on the story as well), a new coffee shop opened, and Fort Thomas Schools is planning for new testing standards. I don’t intend to rehash any of that but I did want to focus on […]