Van Damme It’s Friday Links

-The Mark vs. Food video is complete. Kudos to Zeke the Intern. It’s a little long, but bear with us while we figure out what works and what doesn’t. The next few videos will be much shorter so when you watch it at work, your boss probably won’t bust you.

Here’s the video: Mark vs. Food – Izzy’s 110 Challenge vs the Cincinnati Rollergirls.

– Mio’s is going to name a pizza special the Collier Mama (call-yer-mama). So, yeah. I guess my life is pretty much complete at the moment and in no way is that depressing to me.

–Tower Park is in the running for “Best Park in the Nation” – in a contest being put on by Coca-Cola. First place wins a $100,000 grant for the park. It’s important to vote early and often as the contest ends Sunday. As an ancillary benefit, maybe we can rehire the two Fort Thomas employees who were let go to due to “future financial hardships.” Here’s how to vote:

THE EASIEST WAY TO VOTE FOR TOWER PARK, FOLLOW THIS INFORMATION SO IT DOESN’T GET MIXED UP:
Log on:www.LivePositively.Com
Click: “Get Involved”

Click: “Vote for your favorite park”
Click: “Leaderboard”

enter search: “Fort Thomas Tower Park”

Click on Fort Thomas Tower Park & vote.

You can double click the name again and vote a 2nd, 3rd, 4th time etc without going to the beginning again.

We need people with smart phones voting via foursquare at the park. Not only is it 100 votes, but in the case of a tie, the park with the most votes this way will be the winner.

We have over 400 votes now and that is after just starting at around 7:00 last night. We are currently ranked in the 500’s but getting better with every vote. We still have a long way to go and a short time to get there. Only 2 1/2 days left.

– Cobblestone Cafe is celebrating their 7th anniversary. Congrats to them! Grab a soup and sandwich and tell them congrats in person

– Back in April, 2008 Highlands High School graduate, Brandon Pickering died from enemy fire as he was serving our country in Iraq. To honor him, River Road will be forever be know as the Brandon T.Pickering Memorial Highway.

I’ve seen other communities do this for veterans killed in action, and am glad to see this take place for one of our own. Details below:

A local soldier who died while serving in Iraq will be honored with a Memorial Highway along KY445 River Road in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky. Stateand local officials will recognize Private First Class Brandon T. Pickering.

Pickering, 21, died April 10, 2011 of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire and a rocker propelled grenade in Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 8. Pickering was a member of the 2^nd Battalion, 4^th Infantry Regiment, 4^th Brigade Combat Team, 10^th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La. He was a 2008 graduate of Highlands High School.

Pickering’s memorial highway will be from the intersection of KY 8 to the intersection KY 1120 on KY 445 (River Road) in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.