KENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

January 2026- All members are now receiving the bulletin via email. Make sure if you did not receive your copy that you have sent us your most recent email to kchsboard@gmail.com. We have had our most recent meeting this past week. We will be starting our Essay Contest in the next week. 

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The treasurer's report was reviewed and approved. President Joe stated that the database is up to date. Elaine advised that the magazine is going out and and that some good articles have been submitted for the next issue. The Editor advised that the next Bulletin was mostly ready but since we were no longer restricted to 12 pages additional contributions could still be accepted.

The reference in the website to a $8 charge for History Day needs to be removed. History Day is scheduled for May 16th 2026. Lean is preparing the next writing contest focusing on Kentucky parks.

A word of warning to those submitting bulletins:

When Microsoft announced that in the near future it would no longer support Publisher, the program used for the last several years to format the Bulletin, the Editor looked for a substitute. Scribus was determined to be the best substitute, especially because it is free. It does have its peculiarities, however. An article created with Word and containing embedded photos/graphics (hereinafter "photos") could be copied over to Publisher and the photos would usually come along. That does not work with Scribus; copying and pasting the text works, but the photos will not automatically come along, because Scribus requires a separate step for each.

To insert text in Scribus, one must create a "text frame", to which the text of the article can then be moved, but. Scribus also requires the creation of an "image frame" for the insertion of photos. So what's the issue? Well, unlike text, embedded photos will not be easily extracted from the article for insertion in an image frame. The Editor has spent a great deal of time dealing with the problem, so please be advised of the following requirements.

Any article submitted for the Bulletin may have photos embedded, as that may be a handy means of indicating where the author wants a particular photo placed. But submitted articles must be accompanied by each photo in jpg form, separate from all other photos, and identifying the subject matter of each ("1940 Ford", "Cousin John"). Failure to do so will at the very least delay publication, and if anyone has a better solution, let the Editor know

Behringer-Crawford Museum

Behringer Crawford is closed until February 13th to do maintenance and clean up from the Christmas Holiday Season