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The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health Wellness is working with area physicians, hospitals and government agencies to guard against and prevent the potential spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus. So far, there have been no confirmed cases or suspected cases in Louisville.
Communicable disease monitoring, outbreak response planning, and working with community partners to respond to community health threats is something that’s core to our daily operations. Our team, led by our medical director, Dr. Lori Caloia, is working closely with our partners at the Kentucky Department for Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to stay up to date on the novel coronavirus. We’ve been sharing guidance to healthcare providers, local colleges and universities and local businesses with international operations. We maintain detailed plans on how to respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as the 2018 hepatitis A outbreak, as well as other community public health emergencies.
I want to put the outbreak in perspective. While there are no cases of novel coronavirus in Jefferson County or Kentucky, there have been more than 11,000 cases of the flu statewide, almost 6,000 here with 5 deaths. There have been more than 15 million cases of flu nationwide. To date only 11 cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed in the US.
We have helpful information on our website which we are updating regularly. It includes a link to some informative videos about what people need to know and frequent questions we’re getting about the novel coronavirus.
If our monitoring determines that the novel coronavirus is a threat to Louisville, we will immediately activate our emergency response structure, as we did for Hepatitis A, and coordinate a thorough community response.
Best,
Sarah Moyer, MD, MPH
Please join me at Heine Brothers' this Saturday (TOMORROW!) to hear the latest update on Metro Council and the fun things being planned for District 7. See you there!!!
Runway for the Roses 2020
SAVE THE DATE for our annual Runway for the Roses on Thursday, March 19th, hosted by Bliss Home!
Experience this year’s hottest Derby and Spring fashion on the runway!
5:00pm: Cocktail Hour with hors d’oeuvres from Steak & Bourbon
6:00pm: Derby Fashion Show
7:00pm: Shop the Looks with exclusive deals
Purchase Tickets Here
About the Venue: Voted best furniture store, Bliss Home offers casual contemporary furniture for the entire home.
HEALTHY LIVING CHALLENGES
Throughout the year, we encourage you to complete different fitness challenges to improve your well-being while also having fun!
COAST TO COAST CYCLE CHALLENGE
(FEBRUARY 17-MARCH 29)
Take a ride along a real Southern Tier bike trek across the USA. During this 6-week challenge, you will travel from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL, all from the comfort at the YMCA or your own outdoor mileage. Cycling instructors will help motivate and guide you along this 3000+ mile route. You will cycle from city to city, stopping at 6 major milestones for photos and prizes along the way. A more fit you is waiting at the finish line! Each mile ridden equals 10 miles on the map.
Drawings will be held each week to recognize milestones, and all participants will earn a commemorative magnet at the end of the challenge.
What: Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge
When: February 17-March 29
Rates: Facility Members: $5
QUESTIONS?
For more information or for assistance with registration, please contact Brent Wallace at bwallace@ymcalouisville.org or at 502.425.1271.
Northeast Family YMCA
9400 Mill Brook Road, Louisville, KY 40223 502 425 1271
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Monday — Friday 5:00AM - 10:00PM
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Friends of the St. Matthews Library Book Sale!
The St. Matthews Friends of the Louisville Free Public Library will have a mini-book sale in the small community room at the St. Matthews Library, 3940 Grandview Ave., February 7-9. We have a wonderful large collection of science fiction and fantasy books. We also have some gorgeous large coffee table books. This is a cash and carry sale with exact change appreciated. Hours are Friday, February 7, 1-5 p.m.; Saturday, February 8, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, February 9, 1-4 p.m.
 
 "The History of Women's Fashion 1775-1800 by a Partial, Prejudiced, and Ignorant Historian" by Carrie Wright
February 9, 2020
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Locust Grove - 561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, KY 40207
The Audubon Room
Film and stage adaptations of Jane Austen's novels costume characters in the neoclassical and Regency styles of the early 19th century. But what did women wear during the first quarter century of Jane's life when she was growing up and writing her Juvenilia? Come join us as Carrie Wright shares what she has learned in the past year of costuming in this era. We'll explore the late eighteenth century changes (often dramatic!) in women's gowns, hats, jewelry and more, and enjoy a fashion show with members of the Indiana Historical Costuming Society in their own eighteenth-century creations!
Afternoon Tea (iced tea) and treats will be served after the presentation.
February 9 is National Pizza Day!
The vast majority of people, in America and around the world, love pizza and eat it on a regular basis. It is very versatile, with a huge assortment of things you can put on it, including meats, vegetables and fruits. And, don't forget the fish.. Anchovies! With all this variety, there is a pizza for just about everybody.
Here is some interesting trivia on the ever popular pizza:
- Pepperoni is the most popular, preferred by 36% of the people.
- Over 3 Billion pizzas are sold n the U.S. each year.
- More pizzas are sold on Super Bowl Sunday, than any other day of the year.
- Halloween is the second most popular day for eating pizzas.
- Over 17% of restaurants are pizzerias, or serve pizza.
- The first pizza was sold in Naples Italy in 1738.
- Pizzas most likely evolved as a variation of flatbreads.
- Americans consume over 23 pounds of pizza per year.
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Date When Observed: February 12th.is Abraham Lincoln's actual birth date. However, in modern times President Lincoln and all of the U.S. Presidents, are celebrated on President's Day.
Every American knows President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. "Honest Abe", as he was commonly known, was born in the wilderness country of Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809.
Abraham Lincoln became president in 1861. Although he hated war, he was drawn into it as he believed it was the only was to save the nation, after the southern states declared their secession from the Union.
In addition to serving as president during the civil war and saving the Union, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery in the U.S. forever.He also wrote and gave The Gettysburg Address, memorializing the bloodiest and most important battle of the Civil War. Gettysburg proved to be the turning point of the war.
Shortly after the war ended, Abraham Lincoln became the first U.S. President to be assassinated. He was shot and mortally wounded on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre.
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Presidents Day for the year 2020 is celebrated/ observed on Monday, February 17th.
President's Day, also known as Washington's Birthday, is on the third Monday of February each year and is a federal holiday in the United States. The day not only honors George Washington (born February 22), the first President of the United States, and Abraham Lincoln (born February 12) whose birthdays are both in February, but honors all the presidents who have served in the United States.
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For the week of Sunday January 26th to Saturday February 1st
Theft from Automobile - There were a total of fourteen thefts from autos, which was a decrease from the previous week (15). In three of the thefts, force was used, six were by unknown means and five were unlocked. Please remember to lock your vehicles and take your valuables out of your car. See attached maps for more detail.
Auto Theft - There were five reported auto thefts for the week which was an increase from the previous week (4). In three of the thefts, keys were used and two were by unknown means. See attached maps for more detail.
Burglary - There were two reported burglaries this reporting period which was a decrease from the previous week (6). Both of the burglaries were residential. Entry was made by the following: One was unlocked, and one was by unknown means. See attached maps for more details.
There was one reported Rape for the reporting period
On 1/26/2020 between the hours of 1:00am and 5:43am in the 600 block of Barret Ave. the victim reports being sexually assaulted. Sex Crimes is investigating. No suspect information at this time.
There was one reported Robbery for the reporting period
On 1/30/2020 at 9:45pm in the 1200 block of block of Bardstown Rd. the victim reports that a subject approached him and demanded his wallet. The victim refused and the subject then pushed the victim down and took the wallet. Suspect- Unknown W/M approximately 42 years of age.
The U.S. Constitution has 4,400 words. It is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any major government in the world.
Of the spelling errors in the Constitution, "Pensylvania" above the signers' names is probably the most glaring.
Thomas Jefferson did not sign the Constitution. He was in France during the Convention, where he served as the U.S. minister. John Adams was serving as the U.S. minister to Great Britain during the Constitutional Convention and did not attend either.
The Constitution was "penned" by Jacob Shallus, A Pennsylvania General Assembly clerk, for $30 ($830 today).
Since 1952, the Constitution has been on display in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. Currently, all four pages are displayed behind protective glass framed with titanium. To preserve the parchment's quality, the cases contain argon gas and are kept at 67 degrees Fahrenheit with a relative humidity of 40 percent.
Constitution Day is celebrated on September 17, the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document.
The Constitution does not set forth requirements for the right to vote. As a result, at the outset of the Union, only male property-owners could vote. African Americans were not considered citizens, and women were excluded from the electoral process. Native Americans were not given the right to vote until 1924.
The 15th Amendment was important because it stated all United States citizens are treated equally with their right to vote. The fifteenth amendment prohibits federal and state governments to deny a citizen of the United States the right to vote based on their race or color or condition of servitude. The Fifteenth Amendment was necessary because the United States was divided between slave states and free states.
Of the forty-two delegates who attended most of the meetings, thirty-nine actually signed the Constitution. Edmund Randolph and George Mason of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts refused to sign due in part due to the lack of a bill of rights.
When it came time for the states to ratify the Constitution, the lack of any bill of rights was the primary sticking point.
The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention, and, probably, the Union. Authored by Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman, it called for proportional representation in the House, and one representative per state in the Senate (this was later changed to two.) The compromise passed 5-to-4, with one state, Massachusetts, "divided."
When it was ratified in 1787, the Constitution enshrined the institution of slavery through the so-called "Three-Fifths Compromise," which called for those "bound to service for a term of years" and "all other Persons" (meaning slaves) to be counted for representation purposes as three-fifths of free people. The word "slavery," however, did not appear in the Constitution until the 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States.
Patrick Henry was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, but declined, because he "smelt a rat."
Because of his poor health, Benjamin Franklin needed help to sign the Constitution. As he did so, tears streamed down his face.
There was initially a question as to how to address the President. The Senate proposed that he be addressed as "His Highness the President of the United States of America and Protector of their Liberties." Both the House of Representatives and the Senate compromised on the use of "President of the United States."
James Wilson originally proposed the President be chosen by popular vote, but the delegates agreed (after 60 ballots) on a system known as the Electoral College. Although there have been 500 proposed amendments to change it, this "indirect" system of electing the president is still intact.
George Washington and James Madison were the only presidents who signed the Constitution.
In November of 1788 the Congress of the Confederation adjourned and left the United States without a central government until April 1789. That is when the first Congress under the new Constitution convened with its first quorum.
James Madison was the only delegate to attend every meeting. He took detailed notes of the various discussions and debates that took place during the convention. The journal that he kept during the Constitutional Convention was kept secret until after he died. It (along with other papers) was purchased by the government in 1837 at a price of $30,000 (that would be $695,000 today). The journal was published in 1840.
Although Benjamin Franklin's mind remained active, his body was deteriorating. He was in constant pain because of gout and having a stone in his bladder, and he could barely walk. He would enter the convention hall in a sedan chair carried by four prisoners from the Walnut Street jail in Philadelphia.
From 1804 to 1865 there were no amendments added to the Constitution until the end of the Civil War when the Thirteenth amendment was added that abolished slavery. This was the longest period in American history in which there were no changes to our Constitution.
John Tyler was the first Vice President to assume the responsibilities of the Presidency upon the death of William Henry Harrison in 1841. There was nothing in the Constitution that provided for the vice president to BECOME the president. Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution states that: "In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President..." The Article did not state that the vice president would BECOME the President! Tyler immediately began to refer to himself as the President with no actual Constitutional authority to do so, and every succeeding vice president in the same position did the same. It was not until the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was passed in 1967 that the vice president technically BECAME the president. This amendment legitimatized Tyler's unconstitutional assumption!
As Benjamin Franklin left the Pennsylvania State House after the final meeting of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, he was approached by the wife of the mayor of Philadelphia. She was curious as to what the new government would be. Franklin replied, "A republic, madam. If you can keep it."
NOTICE: All Metro Council meetings are carried live on Metro TV, Spectrum Cable Channel 184 and U-verse Channel 99. The meetings are also available online at the Metro Council home page at http://louisvilleky.gov/government/metro-council/metro-council-clerk by clicking on the “Watch Meetings Online” button.
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