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From: The
Cincinnati Enquirer
November 11, 2005
Sub's parking spot funded
BY MIKE RUTLEDGE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis has won $100,000 in federal funding to plan
Newport's
Riverfront Commons area, which is to be home of the USS Narwhal, a
314-foot
deactivated nuclear submarine, he announced Thursday.
He also captured $100,000 to plan Licking River flood control for
Cynthiana
and Nicholas County, and $150,000 for methamphetamine enforcement and
cleanup
for Boyd and Greenup counties.
"I am very pleased to be able to bring funding back to the 4th District
for
these valuable projects," he said in a news release announcing local
funds in
the energy and water appropriations bill, and the science, state,
justice and
commerce appropriations bill.
"I was able to secure funding for Riverfront Commons because of the hard
work
by Sen. Jim Bunning in securing the USS Narwhal," he added. "I am
grateful
for his work and look forward to the educational, economic development
and
tourism opportunities that could result from locating this deactivated
submarine
on the Ohio River."
The submarine operated from 1969 to 1999, and was one of the world's
quietest
when commissioned.
Locally, educators already are using submarines to teach students such
subjects as science; but when the submarine arrives, it will make that
experience
even more real to children, predicts Newport City Commissioner Beth
Fennell.
"When you have( an actual submarine here, it's going to be something
kids can
get excited about," Fennell said.
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