He also has worked as a nursing aide and as an administrative assistant for Robert Taft, Jr. (then he a U.S. Senator).

He has won many journalism awards as well as awards from such organizations as the NAACP and the Progress Association for Economic Development.

He now writes the Metro section's Some Good News column six times a week. "I seek out people helping other people, a cause, a community, an organization, special fund raisers for charity, students doing special projects to help the community or people doing volunteer work. Since Sept. 11, 2001, much of the column has been about activities for disaster relief efforts."

E-mail: ahoward@enquirer.com; phone: (513) 768-8362; fax: (513) 768-8340; mail: Allen Howard, Metro, 312 Elm St., Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati OH 45202

N O V E M B E R   2 0 0 4
• Hospital staff picks top doctor
• Saluting our soldiers
• Pupils assemble quilt for patient
• Positively kids
• McAuley events back cancer fight
• Memory of mom in students' hearts
• McElroy honored for driving seniors
• Reds medical director honored by Wittenberg
• $1,000 check grants wish for cancer patient

O C T O B E R   2 0 0 4
• Catwalk's not for cats
• Toys for Tots kicks off Sunday
• Bus driver's horn averted a tragedy
• Seven McAuley seniors named Merit Scholars
• Pillowcases put to Halloween use
• Coat drive helps keep folks warm
• Award honors volunteers' efforts
• High school raises $700 for research on breast cancer
• Relatives relive own school days
• St. William lab dedicated today
• Luncheon raises $52,000 to battle multiple sclerosis
• Language teacher receives award
• Teens thrive on foreign travel
• UC alumna turns 101, is honored
• Cruise comforts after tumor fight
• Leadership gala honors grads
• UC dean teaches art of the grill
• NAACP dinner to honor four
• Kids reach out to Ivan's victims
• Unsung hero remembered at golf outing
• Great Britain great adventure
• Baby gets photo with president
• Couple angling for crappie win
• Three receive awards during Talbert lunch

S E P T E M B E R   2 0 0 4
• Judge to achieve milestone Monday
• Volleyball to aid cancer patients
• Library to hold a day for pets
• Volunteers spiff up break area
• Walkers step up for two charities
• Carvers gathered for exhibition
• Library offers photo contest
• Resident Home seeking support
• Seventh-grader rises in national science contest
• Fifth Third CEO, helpers care
• Vice mayor's stripes showing
• Group's 100 years marked in clothes
• Walks to benefit heart association
• Magic Johnson opens center for tech literacy
• Art exhibition's focus is respect
• Aided strangers become friends
• Party benefits cancer patient
• UC students learn by building homes
• Good things happening
• Quilt of Dreams helps hospital
• Author's book is OK by him
• Psych grad tries hand at business
• Library displays vintage Corvette
• Over-the-Rhine portrait painted
• Sycamore grad still seeking marrow match
• New Office Depot gives backpacks

A U G U S T   2 0 0 4
• Young reader hits 100-book mark in July
• Beatles left their mark on library
• Retired artist donates work to nonprofit group
• Loveland boy hooks giant fish
• Job in Baghdad may delay degree
• Bake sale helps hurricane victims
• Reunion honors Family of Year
• Big-band music still resounds after 72 years
• They don't duck call of the ducks
• Boxers return from state fair with medals
• Kids with asthma get to enjoy camp
• Blue Ash pool's lifeguards 'best'
• Sardinia teen wins pageant
• Scouts' good deed benefits animals
• $28,000 raised to help families of cancer victims
• Boys organize local ALS walk
• Birthday party surprises triplets
• Students learn about P&G work
• Tips on car care offered at library
• Tragedy brings 5 grandchildren into their home
• Grad awarded $1K scholarship
• OSU history major knows war stories
• Rotary Club plans to honor fireworks family
• Fury ballteam wins division with 20-2 record
• Sisters of Charity open new office for peace, justice

J U L Y   2 0 0 4
• Fish sculptures to help cleanse Mill Creek water
• Future teachers honored by UC
• Local grads win business award
• Chalk one up for Patchwork Kids
• Blood donation lands woman dream vacation
• UC students head to Japan to study
• 'Ghettopia' mural helps freshen up Over-the-Rhine
• Tibetan mandala symbolizes peace
• Math students join competition for scholarships
• Resource center building sets for cornhole fest
• St. Thomas alums went on to shine at high schools
• Students' work runs in magazine
• Pianist awarded NAACP medal
• College buddies plan marathon to fight cancer
• Queen City Chorus ready to entertain
• Young composer lauded for score
• Kids Cafe gets $500,000 boost
• Four get lessons in government
• 3 take top spots in karate contest
• 3 take top spots in karate contest
• Pair to pick up pace at 5K walk
• Academic all-stars
• Class ring spent 30 years away from its owner
• Jump rope champ going to Australia
• Furniture sales pay for neuter, spay program
• Students get lessons in golf, volunteering
• Biker raises funds for cancer studies
• Girl Scouts find it's a wide, wide world out there
• Young People's Theatre hopping

J U N E   2 0 0 4
• Federal judge's work rewarded with 'hanging'
• Preschool kids share blessings
• Painter's work a gift for Bush
• Goodwill honors Fairfield couple
• Balloons galore sculpt a winner
• Summer's filled with challenges
• Bank gets artsy with donations
• Students find friends in Africa
• Literacy program educates families
• Former officer to sing Eckstine
• Art professionals to guide amateurs at park gathering
• Library pirates promote reading
• Pitchon Lev helps the poor in Israel
• Neighborhood kids take camp into own hands
• Center focuses on men's health
• A generous deed he couldn't duck
• Singing ministry for kids of all ages
• Artist to paint at Pops concert
• Walk As One chapter honored
• LifeSpan buys new Hamilton HQ
• Flat Stanley's a travelin' man, er, stick figure
• Line forms early for free soul food
• Two pursue ideals of service
• Warren inmates rally to finance puppy's surgery
• Students search cicada tunnels

M A Y   2 0 0 4
• God's Half Acre not forgotten
• Mr. Whig's creator joins hall of fame
• His wedding wish comes true - twice
• Group to compete in science bowl
• High school sings teacher's praises
• WWII veteran to receive diploma
• Acacia serves as project lesson
• Little red wagon gets her to class
• TV documentary featured on CET
• Golf course marks 90th year
• Doctors honor nurses with food
• 8 women honored for achievement
• United Way honors leaders
• Strings program marks 30 years
• Friendship park wins design award
• Scrapbook approach a keeper - Hands-on activities help students learn
• Lithuanian to get stem-cell help
• Singer releases inaugural album
• Prom dress gifts help Ky. girls
• Their labor of love eases pain of loss
• Elvis pays a visit for woman's 100th
• Newlyweds give $100K to garden
• Step by step, kids get more active
• Spring Art Fling to meld kids' work with professionals'

A P R I L   2 0 0 4
• CD brings back '60s funk sound
• CD brings back '60s funk sound
• Health ministry is church-based
• Church honors veteran teacher
• Music director to receive award
• Red Cross offers ways to prepare for terror attack
• Music project to aid at-risk kids
• Organ recipient keeps giving back
• Charity walkathon helps guide dogs
• 3,166-mile trek to mark his 50th
• Rodeo skills are learned young
• Event to honor donor families
• Idol's grant used to make gifts
• Blind, 48, she's realized a dream
• Gift of Sight to help 500 kids
• Photos get spirit of Appalachia
• Brown to ride for juvenile diabetes
• Golfers qualify for U.S. contest
• Paper cranes symbolize peace
• Allen Temple is part of blood drive
• Retired attorney visits South Africa
• Twins match H.S. success in college
• Kids reading to win Reds tickets
• Fighting crime on Opening Day
• Terrace Park team to race for diabetes

M A R C H   2 0 0 4
• Benefit to raise cash for ill pal
• Cleanup planned for playground
• Imaginative kids ace competition
• Lynch to discuss City of Hope idea
• Social workers get donations for patients at Christ
• 90-year-old finds time to multitask
• Summit continues helping heart fun
• Teen chess aces head to Dallas
• Women attending grass-roots event
• Librarian pays tribute to mentor
• Champions for Children named
• Library receives diversity grant worth $20,000
• 6th-grade artists illuminate center
• Add a chess title to Elder's long list of triumphs
• 'Out of the blue' came a miracle
• Cheering squad heads to Florida
• 'Pig' will tour to fight illness
• Car raffle to help group fight crime
• Kennedy Heights house, age 129, gets artists' touch
• Partnership gets national publicity
• Paper sculptures impress First Lady
• Seuss' birthday sparks reading
• Knitters' clothes fit for a preemie
• Indian Hill pooch wins at dog shows
• Kids craft hats, blankets for needy
• St. Aloysius kids again make top reading score
• Pink Ribbon Girls honor memories with donations
• Stream monitors hit 50-hour mark
• Student painting takes top prize

F E B R U A R Y   2 0 0 4
• 3 at Goshen win speech contest
• National award recognizes firm
• Girl Scouts make, then donate hats
• Airport Marriott named chain's hotel of the year
• Pennies add up for fund-raising Princeton kids
• Runner honors ailing nephew
• Chamber honors inner-city builders
• Lithuanian pair needs money help
• Cancer group seeks 'heroes'
• Crafters' work benefits hospice
• Clough Pike's father-daughter dance a success
• Culinary event to benefit kids
• Princeton aims high for charity
• Card games led to love match
• Kids have hope, gala helps them
• Dance team wins trophies
• Students get look behind scenes at Freedom Center
• Syrian Shrine honors heroism of late firefighter
• Saks campaign helps fight cancer
• A song resulted in a marriage
• Group can't play, sings for Ashcroft
• Mt. Notre Dame plans Sock Hop
• It's Mardi Gras on family night
• Marathon team counts its steps to help disabled
• Volleyball players sew headbands for Children's patients
• Residents collect Hazelwood history
• Harriet Tubman play presented
• Indiana woman to celebrate 106

J A N U A R Y   2 0 0 4
• Project teaches music to kids
• Evanston teens win youth award
• Biological mom unknowingly lived near son for years
• Ohio's largest library applauded
• UC dance team tops in hip-hop
• Buffalo Soldier to tell history
• Quartet wins singing contest
• Seton senior gets venue for her art
• Eighth-graders visit and learn
• Dancers to visit overseas troops
• Crime fighters hold car raffle
• Family chosen by March of Dimes
• Women practice arts of defense
• Kids' drawings become cartoons
• Statt Man at it again at show
• Balloon cars fun physics lesson
• Library to focus on black history
• Car buffs donate $50K to hospital
• Students display memorial quilt
• Students ace geography bee
• Student tracks PGA tour stars
• Friends pitch in to help patient
• Ministry team sings message
• Service academies celebrate students
• Local Red Cross gets some relief
• Veteran to enjoy bit of pampering

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• 2003 columns   • 2002 columns