http://thebuzz.bloginky.com People, businesses and other interesting stuff Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:16:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jason Sheer is a hands-on businessman in the truest sense. "I’ve got the hammer in my hand and we are going at it," the co-owner of the Tin Roof said Tuesday in a telephone interview. Sheer was working at South Limestone and Maxwell streets where the live-music restaurant chain is about to ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2009/01/02/the-owners-drive-the-nails-as-the-tin-roof-prepares-to-open/ The first baby of the new year gets the headlines, but the last baby of the old year puts bucks in daddy’s and mommy’s pockets real fast. "Mere minutes can mean major tax savings," says Lezlie Shivar, district manager for H&R Block in Lexington. Babies born on Dec. 31 bring a retroactive ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2009/01/02/headlines-or-cash-what-a-difference-a-day-makes/ Alltech is having so much fun as the first-ever title sponsor of the World Equestrian Games that the Nicholasville biotech company is doing it again — in Europe. The international group that oversees equestrian sports, the Fédération Equestre Internationale, even combined a couple of championships to create the first-ever Alltech FEI ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2009/01/02/saddle-up-alltech-is-sponsoring-european-championships/ "Norman" might have been Lexington’s earliest winter casualty. During the city’s first significant snowstorm a couple of weeks ago, a car jumped the curb in front of 203 South Limestone Street "and just hit him and killed him stone dead," said Liza Hendley Betz. "Everybody was just heart-broken." You see, Norman is ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2008/12/26/norman-is-here-today-gnome-tomorrow/ Pittsburgh Steelers fans should get to know Royce Pulliam. He’s about to get connected with the best seats in Heinz Field, where the Steelers play their home games. Here’s how it works. Pulliam is the founder and chief executive of the Lexington-based Urban Active Fitness chain. Urban Active is partially owned by Laurel ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2008/12/26/steelers-new-owners-have-a-lexington-connection/ Got a letter from my bank the other day. It said I had written a check that bounced, but my bank’s overdraft-protection program had covered it. The amount was $800,085. My brain swelled as I tried to figure how long it would take to repay this debt on a journalist’s wages. I stopped counting ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2008/12/22/bank-gives-check-a-little-bounce-by-adding-some-zeroes/ The problem is in the name. They are "Christmas tree farms" so naturally we think they are in rural areas. Actually, three of the 22 Christmas tree farms in Kentucky are in Lexington and one is in Louisville, according to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. These farms are a mile or two from ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2008/12/12/lexington-horse-capital-of-the-world-and-christmas-tree-capital-of-kentucky/ Toyota or Chevy. Japanese or American. Rock or hard place. Ask Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard. He recently bought 85 Toyota Camry Hybrids, instead of Chevrolet Malibu Hybrids, for the Indianapolis police. Good move? Kentuckians think so. The Toyotas are made in Georgetown. Indianapolis auto workers are mad and Ballard’s political foes want an investigation. He faced a tough ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2008/12/11/think-a-hybrid-is-a-hybrid-not-in-indianapolis/ Imagine not having to leave your seat and stand in line to get food and drink during University of Kentucky games at Rupp Arena. The Cats always make a big play when your back is turned and if you wait for halftime, the crowds are huge. Collin Wallace and David Ward have ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2008/12/09/fans-can-get-fed-without-taking-a-hike-at-rupp-arena/ Some people know him as C.M. "Bill" Gatton. Others as Carol Martin Gatton. Either way, they take note when he speaks. The Kentucky native has made millions from cars, banks, real estate and other businesses -- enough to endow UK’s Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics with $14 million ... http://thebuzz.bloginky.com/2008/12/05/you-can-bet-on-saturn-bill-gatton-did/