Kenton County Public Library and First Watch are pairing up again for the fifth annual Pancake Contest.  The contest is being held to promote the Library Foundation’s tenth annual 5k Run and Walk. The pancake eating contest is on Tuesday, June 4th at 10 a.m. at First Watch in Covington.

The community is invited to watch the pancake eating contest.

The Library’s run, which benefits early childhood literacy is on Saturday, June 8th. It starts at 9.a.m in front of the library in Covington. Participants in the race get a t-shirt and a pancake breakfast provided by First Watch in the parking lot of Gateway.  Registration is only $20 if you do it ahead of time and $25 if registered the day off.

There will be kid activities such as circus performers there as well. 

FLORENCE, KY (FOX19) — Students and parents attending the Advanced Manufacturing Expo at Gateway Community and Technical College April 30 can learn firsthand from local manufacturers about the bright job outlook for manufacturing careers.

Six local employers are scheduled to attend the education expo at Gateway’s Boone Campus in Florence April 30. They include DHL, Mubea, Mazak, Ellison Group, the Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics, and Virtual Manufacturing Services.

The expo is open to the public and begins at 5 p.m. Participants can tour Gateway’s high-tech Integrated Manufacturing Center, Computerized Manufacturing and Machining Lab, and Welding Lab between 5 and 6 p.m., and meet with local employers between 6 and 7 p.m. Gateway will conduct an information session on college credit that can be earned in high school from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Apprenticeship information will be shared from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

KENTON COUNTY, KY (FOX19) - Celebrations this week at kenton County Library branches and three e-readers arwe being given away courtesy of the Friends, in honor of National Library Week.