What’s Happening in Fort Thomas (Guest Post by Beth Nyman)

Hi everyone –
my name is Beth Nyman and I’ve lived in Fort
Thomas for 11 years. I’ve been reading Fort Thomas
Matters for about six months, and I’m delighted to have found a blog that
specifically addresses Fort Thomas
issues and keeps me in the loop with community news and events. 

I have 2
children, one at Johnson and another at Highlands.
Over the years I have missed, forgotten, or never heard of many, many Fort Thomas events, both
child-centric and not. I’ve seen photos in the local paper of fun events that
had happened 2 months earlier (I’d never heard of them).

I’ve suffered
the horrifying realization that I’d missed Touch-a-Truck for the second year in
a row (nothing is more demoralizing for the mother of a truck-obsessed son to
have to admit to that son that she missed Touch-a-Truck. Again.) 

I’ve often
wished there was a one-stop calendar for all things Fort Thomas, a place where event information
has been consolidated and where I could check in periodically and keep track of
upcoming local events.  When Darrin
Murriner posted a request for “a female voice”, I decided that it was
a sign, and I volunteered to create and maintain that calendar. 

This Fort Thomas event
calendar appears here on FTM at the bottom of the webpage or by clicking the ‘Calendar’
link at the top of every page.  I will
update it every Thursday by noon.  You
can also see the events coming up in the coming week on the right-hand side of
the page – just below the ‘Recent Comments’ section.

It will
include any news and information I can dig up, and of course, I enthusiastically invite all suggestions
from readers. If you have an event coming up or wish to have something
entered on the calendar, please email me at fortthomasbeth@gmail.com.
Through the magic of the internet I hope you’ll help me fill in the squares for
2012.  Happy New Year and see you at Touch-a-Truck!