Monday, March 22, 1999
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OEPA to hold hearing on Scouts' dam plans
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will have a public meeting today on water-quality issues related to a proposed dam at the Dan Beard Scout Reservation in Miami Township, Clermont County.
The project, which includes construction of a 13-story, earthen dam for a 20-acre lake, needs state and federal construction permits.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office wants the area Boy Scouts of America council to submit to an archaeological survey before they redevelop the 500-acre Dan Beard Scout Reservation.
The hearing follows criticism from the Sierra Club and Little Miami Inc. Both groups are concerned about the potential damage to fauna, flora and animal habitats.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Milford Junior High, 5735 Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill Road, Miami Township.
Westwood apartment building catches fire
Heavy smoke forced evacuation of an eight-unit apartment building in Westwood on Sunday.
Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the basement when they responded to a 5:50 p.m. alarm at the apartment building in the 3100 block of McHenry Avenue. No injuries were reported in the one-alarm blaze.
A Cincinnati Fire Division arson investigator was called to the scene to determine the cause of the blaze. Damage was estimated at $60,000.
Highway will narrow to 1 lane for 2 days
Eastbound Fort Washington Way will be down to one lane at the Lytle Tunnel from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday for nearby demolition work.
Exit ramps to Pete Rose Way and eastbound U.S. 50 will stay open.
Clermont man accused of scuffling with cop
A Clermont County man was charged with felonious assault and five other offenses after he allegedly struggled with an Ohio trooper during a traffic stop, then fled, leading police on a three-hour manhunt Saturday.
Mark D. Radcliff, 38, of the Hilltop Estates trailer park in Ohio Township, just north of New Richmond, was being held without bond in the Clermont County Jail on Sunday. He also is charged with failure to comply, resisting arrest, driving while under suspension, not wearing a seat belt and having a faulty taillight.
Mr. Radcliff was pulled over at 8:30 p.m. on Ohio 132 on suspicion of a traffic violation. He was apprehended at 11:40 p.m.
Easter Seals seeks extra-wide wheelchairs
The Easter Seals of Southwestern Ohio needs more wheelchairs, especially for larger people.
The Easter Seals runs a medical equipment loan and repair program for needy people recovering from injuries, surgeries and illnesses. It has a stock of about 70 wheelchairs that it rents out for $25 for as long as people need them.
The nonprofit agency still has about 25 adult-sized and 13 child-sized wheelchairs on hand, but it has begun a waiting list for extra-wide wheelchairs.
Those willing to donate a wheelchair can call the Easter Seals at 821-9890.
Children's services seeks public's input
HAMILTON — Butler County Children Services is holding three meetings this week to seek the public's suggestions on how the agency can better serve the needs of children at risk.
As it begins a two-year strategic planning process, the agency wants people to voice their concerns, issues and priorities.
Today, meetings will be 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Wilks Conference Center at Miami University's Hamilton campus, 1601 Peck Blvd., and 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Middletown Senior Citizens Inc., 140 N. Verity Parkway.
On Tuesday, a meeting will be held 9 a.m.-noon at the Union Township Building, 9113 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, West Chester.
If you plan to attend one of the meetings, call 887-4017.
District judge rejects appeal from death row
U.S. District Judge Sandra S. Beckwith last week rejected all of Jerome Campbell's challenges to his conviction and death sentence.
Mr. Campbell, however, still has years of appeals ahead of him, including at least one at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati and one to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, his state public defender will have to win a new stay of execution; Judge Beckwith canceled the stay granted during her review of his claims.
He was convicted of Henry Turner's stabbing during a 1988 burglary of Mr. Turner's West End apartment.
Massacre survivor: Avoid park in Uganda
COLUMBUS — A survivor of a massacre that left eight tourists dead in Uganda said tourists hoping to view rare mountain gorillas should avoid the area, for now.
Elizabeth Garland spoke Saturday at the Columbus Zoo, where she once worked as a keeper.
Her father, James Garland, is president of Miami University in Oxford.
“I want to know how people in Africa have come to see our value in the gorillas, given how little value is placed on human life in that region,” Ms. Garland said.
Ms. Garland, 29, a University of Chicago anthropology researcher, was overlooked in the March 1 attack in Bwindi National Park. About 150 Hutu rebels from Rwanda burned and looted the park campgrounds, killed four park rangers, then kidnapped 14 tourists and forced them into the jungle.
The eight who could not keep up the pace of the march were killed.
Ms. Garland said that in comparison to the gorillas, the people living in the same part of the world are strikingly unprotected.
“They are extremely vulnerable to dangers and have so little to overcome poverty,” she said.
Crashes prompt Ind. to look into trucking
HAMMOND, Ind. — A pair of tragic accidents has left the trucking industry in Indiana wrestling with safety issues — concerns that experts say have been brought on by a booming economy, deregulation and a proliferation of companies jumping into the business.
Tens of thousands of trucks carrying cargo ranging from teddy bears to toxic waste crisscross Indiana and the nation daily, mostly without mishap.
But last week an Amtrak train smashed into a truck outside Bourbonnais, Ill., killing 11 train passengers. Truck driver John Stokes, 58, had a conditional Illinois commercial driver's license after speeding convictions in Indiana.
And in Indiana, charges have been filed against a Chicago trucker in connection with a March 4 crash on the Indiana Toll Road that killed three people, including an Indiana state trooper.
Shed a tear for a sneezer and his beezer
Fort Washington Way to narrow
Dad gets OK to be at prison birth
Fernald finishes 'safe shutdown' phase
Fight over tobacco money begins
Cincinnati schools might ask 6-mill levy
Walnut Hills cracks down on prom wear
Cincinnati may approve charter school policy tonight
Kasich tries to drum up support in New Hampshire
Tigerlilies take long road back
Her tires are walking boots
She pieced together quilt of love
Blue note ends season for UK fans
Fort Wright might rein pets
Free parking possible for High Street
Jobless rate just 3.4% in Warren
Kenton County cities that limit pets
Lots of Oscar laughs, surprises
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter
Mason girls get warm homecoming
Silverton now shows a surplus
Students in transition get answers
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