Great day for neighborhood history

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Ann Olliges, who initiated the historical marker project, unveiled it.

Thanks to everyone who helped make today’s Mentelle Neighborhood historical marker dedication and history program a great success.

And thanks to our special guests: Vice Mayor Steve Kay; Council Member Jake Gibbs; Bettie Kerr, the city’s director of historic preservation; Becky Riddle and Rick Adams of the Kentucky Historical Society; Mentelle descendant Randy Runyon and his wife, Elizabeth; Maureen Peters, president of the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation; and longtime Mentelle Neighborhood resident Martha Jane Stone.

A working narrative of the neighborhood’s history is at this link.

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Tom Eblen talks about the history of Mentelle and Bell Court neighborhoods.
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Tom Eblen interviews Martha Jane Stone, who has lived on Cramer Avenue since 1933, about her memories of the neighborhood.
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Mentelle descendant Randy Runyon, a professor at Miami University in Ohio and author of an upcoming book about the Mentelles, talks about his ancestors’ role in history.

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(Photos by Maureen Peters, Caryn Huber and Tom Eblen)