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HOMETOI THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003 B3 Allen Share of airport bill declined. West Chester Township says it can't afford it on the county commissioners." Combs said West Chester's action means the county and possibly the other participating communities will have to shoulder a bigger financial burden for the airport. The glide-slope a radio signal that helps approaching planes descend at an appropriate angle on a specific glide path will permit planes to land in bad weather. E-mail from Hamilton and Fairfield for $115,000 each to airport improvements and from Fairfield Township to pay $30,000. The county will contribute $125,000.

Butler County Commissioner Courtney Combs called West Chester's decision "very disappointing." This is the first time anybody has broken ranks on funding airport improvements," he said. "With West Chester attracting so many businesses, it's getting more benefit from the airport than anybody. The airport is a solid economic development tool." Hamilton Councilman Richard Holzberger disputed Stoker's comments about Hamilton. He said that Hamilton receives some financial benefits from the airport that West Chester doesn't because it's a city. "She full well knows that," he said.

"She chooses to keep West Chester a township so she can keep being a suckling uting to improvements, while Trustee Dave Tacosik supported it. "We've cut back on our spending on our parks, busing and so many other things," Stoker said. "Ifs my belief that West Chester has contributed enough to the development of the City of Hamilton." Butler County officials have received commitments By Steve Kemme The Cincinnati Enquirer HAMILTON West Chester Township, citing a budget crunch, has decided not to contribute $115,000 toward a glide-slope instrument and landing system and lighting at the Butler County Regional Airport Hogan Field. "Like everybody else, we're on a tight budget," Trustee Catherine Stoker said. "So we have to prioritize what we spend our money on." She said Hamilton benefits from the airport far more than West Chester and should contribute "the lion's share" of the cost of improvements.

The county-owned airport straddles Hamilton and Fairfield. Stoker and Trustee Jose Alvarez had opposed contrib Comet Savings Loan A place for learning Kerosene tank contained gas; buyers sought with cash and the gas station has been unable to find them. Chief Deimling said using unleaded gasoline in an appliance that uses kerosene could damage the appliance and cause a fire. The chief along with Speedway officials are asking anyone who may have purchased what they thought was kerosene at that location to discontinue use of the appliance and return the kerosene immediately. If an appliance has already been filled, bring the appliance to the gas station, officials said, adding that the purchase price and the cost of any damaged appliance will be repaid.

For more information please contact the following: Tracy Alldaffer, Speedway Safety Manager, (937) 863-7141, or Kathy Boulton, Speedway Customer Service, (800) 643-1948, or Speedway Gasoline Station, 621 Cincinnati-Batavia Pike, (513) 528-9157, or Union Township (Clermont County) Fire Department (513) 528-4446. Officials warn of potential fires, damage By Marie McCain The Cincinnati Enquirer UNION officials in this western Clermont County township are asking people who purchased what they thought was kerosene at a local gas station here to return the product. The underground kerosene tank at the Speedway, 621 Cincinnati-Batavia Pike, was mistakenly filled with unleaded gasoline on Sunday. The mistake was discovered early Monday, Union Township Fire Chief Stan Deimling said, adding that eight customers purchased what they believed was kerosene prior to the discovery. So far only one of those customers has been located, he said.

That customer used a credit card. The other seven paid inn ni iiliii'-niifnViTiri-iiiiiitiiTiiliiiiiirii)iirA-' -v---ufimi 'II mn The Cincinnati EnquirerMICHAEL SNYDER Mason seniors Morgan Moore (foreground, left) and Christina Grice review some literature at the reception desk at Comet Savings Loan. The is in Mason High School, and is part of First Financial Bank. Experience to bank on Two high school seniors land teller jobs y- surnet you Benefit for homeless children The 12th Annual Mardi Gras for Homeless Children, from p.m., March 3, sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Restaurant Association, may be the biggest celebration of the year. It involves more than 40 restaurants providing food tastings, a variety of beverages, live New Orleans jazz and a live and silent auction.

But even bigger than the fun and food is that this fund-raiser has put $350,000 into four agencies that assist needy families. This year's goal is $60,000. The event will be at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington. It is hosted by the Mardi Gras Queen and King: Marge Schott, former Cincinnati Reds' owner, and WLW radio talk show host Bill Cunningham. This event was started when we learned from a study about the number of homeless children in Cincinnati," said Gordy Snyder, event chairman.

"When we started 12 years ago, about 500 people attended. Last year, 2,300 people attended. We learned that the biggest problem of homeless children was providing food. Funds from the Mardi Gras provides food for a year for several agencies." Fund-raiser money has benefited Bethany House Services, 1841 Fairmount Fair-mount; Brighton Center's Homeward Bound Shelter for Youth, 13 and 15 E. 20th Covington; Mercy Franciscan at St John, 1212 Sycamore Over-the-Rhine, and Welcome House of Northern Kentucky, 205 Pike Covington.

Jessica Fair, a second-year student at Art Institute of Cincinnati, won the competition to design the poster for the 2003 Mardi Gras. Tickets are $40 and may be obtained at the Drawbridge Inn, Embassy Suites Rivercenter, Hilton Hotel at the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport and at the Marriott Inn at Rivercenter. For more information, call (859) 291-6572 The Mid-Miami Healthcare Foundation, through its Trauma Care Community Outreach Program, raised more than $200,000 to provide tools, training and technology to all area emergency medical squads and the Middle-town Regional Hospital trauma center. Jessica Woodard, development coordinator for the foundation, said the campaign ran from May 2002 to last week. "We set a goal to raise $150,000," Woodard said.

The amount raised involved the generosity of more than 740 residents, businesses and civic organizations in Warren and Butier counties." She said the funds will be used by the 26 emergency squads in the areas. Michael J. Dicker-son, chairman of the foundation board, said trauma is the No. 1 cause of death among people ages 1 to 44. "By raising the bar on trauma communitywide, we are reducing the impact of traumatic injuries and helping to save many lives in Butler and Warren counties," Dickerson said.

Allen Howard's "Some Good News" column runs Sunday-Friday. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements, or people who are uplifting to the Tri-state, let him know at 768-8362, at or fax 768-8340. the forms that they would use. Roughly 20 students each trimester are involved in all aspects of the bank, from tellers to marketing. The student bank is looking to expand in the future.

There's talk of offering small, instant loans for lunch and school store purchases and even an ATM. And next year, the school will offer an introduction to banking class, Donnelly said. She hopes the continuing program will help other students land positions in the banking industry as well. This got us the job -100 percent," Moore says. E-mail services," said Moore, who starts as a magazine journalism major at Ohio University this fall.

"Now, it's much better than it used to be. I love it." Comet Savings Loan, which opened in October, is among the first student-run banks in the area, said Cindy Donnelly, the bank adviser. They offer a limited number of savings accounts to students and staff. The bank, open four days a week during lunch hours, already has seen more than $100,000 in deposits, Donnelly said. The students spent the first part of the year developing all the policies, operational procedures and even school commons, where she helps staff and students with new accounts.

Grice held the same position last trimester. "It gave us a lot of the background as to what actually goes on in a bank," said Grice, who will major in sports medicine at Eastern Kentucky University next year. For several weeks, the seniors have been working at the First Financial branch two to three days after school. They also work the drive-through window until the branch closes at 7 p.m. "Going into the bank at first was so overwhelming because there's so many By Erica Solvig The Cincinnati Enquirer MASON Two Mason High School seniors have cashed in on what started out as a classroom learning experience.

Christina Grice and Morgan Moore, both 18, were recently hired as tellers at the Landen branch of First Financial Bank. The 18-year-olds were noticed after demonstrating their skills at Comet Savings Loan, the high school's student-run bank sponsored by First Financial. This trimester, Moore is a personal banking specialist at the bank, located off the Agencies receive money to fight teenage drinking Campaigns planned for spring Ohio's campaign Ohio Parents for Drug Free Youth is a nonprofit organization that gets funding from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. For more information, call Ohio Parents for Drug Free Youth at (614) 540-9985 or go to www.ohioparents.org Congrats Physical therapy scholarship won Kristen Smith has been awarded a four-year Presidential Merit Scholarship to attend Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. She has been accepted into the accelerated six-year physical therapy program, culminating in a doctor of physical therapy degree.

The Mount Notre Dame High School senior is the daughter of Lori and Byron Smith of Mason. Research award Virginia Shay, a junior microbiology and medical technology major from Loveland, received an undergraduate Cherry Grove. Adriana Leigh, a senior anthropology major at Washington University, St Louis. The Summit Country Day School graduate is the daughter of Carol and Romelio Leigh of Kenwood. Kassandra Wright, a freshman early childhood education majorat Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C.

The Princeton High School graduate is the daughter of Belinda and Lou Wright of Springdale. Call: 755-4165. Fax: 755-4150. Mail: Congrats, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 7700 Service Center Drive, West Chester, OH 45069. in Price Hill.

He is the son of Lauren and Robert Schroeder of Covedale. On the dean's list The following have been named to the fall semester dean's list at their college or university: Danielle DeBord, a senior communications major at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio. The Landmark Christian School graduate is the daughter of Paula and Westley DeBord of Mason. Lonna Lucas, a junior psychology major at Kent State University. The Archbishop McNicholas High School graduate is the daughter of Becky and Lon Lucas of research award from the National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research at the University of Montana-Missoula.

She is working on the project, "Research on Viral Diseases in Animals and on Methods of Diagnosing and Characterizing Novel Pathogens." Eagle Scout award Martin Schroeder, of Troop 614 at St. Antoninus Church, has achieved the highest rank of the Boy Scouts of America: the Eagle Scout award. For his community service project, he created and built a nature trail at Dunham Recreation Complex By Anna Guido Enquirer contributor The battle against teenage drinking is getting a boost in parts of Greater Cincinnati. Ohio Parents for Drug Free Youth this month awarded $75,000 in grants to agencies in 39 Ohio communities, including in Butler and Hamilton counties. The Alcohol and Chemical Abuse Council in Hamilton received $2,500, and the Northeast Community Challenge Coalition in Blue Ash received $2,000.

The funds are paying for a public awareness campaign on underage drinking called "Parents Who Host, Lose The Most: Don't be a party to teenage drinking." The goal of the campaign is to inform parents that hosting teen drinking parties should not be regarded as a 'rite of but as a health and safety issue with legal ramifications," said Patricia Harmon, executive director of Ohio Parents for Drug Free Youth. The annual campaign is timed to coincide with spring proms and graduations, when underage drinking is more prevalent The Alcohol and Chemical Abuse Council is using its grant to fund a project in March of the area's Drug Free School Consortium. "We will be gathering about 100 middle school students at Camp Campbell Card for a substance abuse summit," said council president Tom Kelechi. "The day will be spent Felton Walker Unknown suspect writing, filming and creating public service announcements for different media." The public service announcements will be offered to local media and schools, Kelechi said. They also will be offered to Los Angeles-based Channel One News, a daily 10-minute newscast beamed via satellite to more than 8 million viewers in 12,000 schools.

The Northeast Community Challenge Coalition -which serves Blue Ash, Montgomery, Sycamore and Symmes townships is using its grant to focus on parents, said Dr. Loretta Novince, developmental psychologist and project director for the coalition. The campaign will begin in April. Plans include a parent summit with speakers, and mailings to parents of students in grades 7-12 in all community schools addressing the health, safety and legal issues of underage drinking. Holly Zweizig, assistant director for Ohio Parents for Drug Free Youth, said grants this year are about "average" compared to past three years.

The program received about $100,000 in 2000, its first year. E-mail annagll29cs.com am Tristate's Most Wanted Each week The Cincinnati Enquirer lists the most dangerous or elusive people sought by local law enforcement agencies. If you have information, call Crime Stoppers. Call: 352-3040. Toll-free (888)-352-3040.

Online: www.crime-stoppers.us Darwin Johnson Richard Eastin AGE: 21 HT: 511" Black hair, brown eyes CRIME: At AGE: Unavailable HT: 61" Brown hair, blue eyes tempted murder, felonious assault, and robbery CRIME: Identity theft 1 Jerry Goodson Penny Cavin AGE: 40 AGE: 35 HT: 6'2" Black hair, brown eyes CRIME: Pa AGE: 24 HT: 6 2" WT: 188 Red hair, blue eyes CRIME: Parole vio AGE: 25 Black hair, brown eyes CRIME: Felonious assault HT: 54" Blond hair, blue eyes CRIME: Theft role violation for theft and possession of drugs Last known address: 100 block of West McMicken, Over-therRhine lation for aggravated burglary Last known address: 6700 block of Rosecrest Avenue, Madeira Last known address: Greenwood Street, Hamilton Last known address: 1800 block of Josephine Street, Mount Auburn.