Thursday, May 06, 1999
TRISTATE DIGEST
Bond set for student accused of spiking drink
An 18-year-old Colerain High School student charged Tuesday with drugging his teacher's soft drink was in jail Wednesday in lieu of $50,000 bond.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department charged Jarod Maier of the 3500 block of West Galbraith Road, Groesbeck, with contaminating a substance for human consumption, a first-degree felony.
He is accused of putting a liquid gel capsule of LSD in teacher Timothy Hicks' soft-drink can. Mr. Hicks became ill and had to leave school to seek medical attention. He was treated by his personal physician.
Cincinnati police catch
suspected serial rapist
Cincinnati police arrest serial rape suspect
Cincinnati police have arrested a man officers described as a serial rapist.
Rape investigators say Arthur Crumpley Jr., 28, of Springfield Township is a smooth-talking man who picks up women and turns violent.
He has been indicted in three cases involving four young women, ranging in age from 13 to 19.
Until this week, police did not know where he was living. But the Violent Crimes Task Force found him and arrested him on three counts each of rape, gross sexual imposition and attempted rape.
Baldwin president named to OSU board
COLUMBUS — Gov. Bob Taft appointed a Mason business executive Tuesday to serve on the Ohio State University Board of Trustees.
Karen Lafferty Hendricks, presi
dent, chief executive officer and chairman of Baldwin Piano & Organ Co., is the second woman appointed to the prestigious OSU board in recent years.
Ms. Hendricks' nine-year term begins May 14. She replaces Theodore S. Celeste of Columbus, whose term expired.
Ms. Hendricks, a 1971 graduate of OSU, previously worked for 21 years at Procter & Gamble.
Former Gov. George Voinovich was criticized for not naming more minorities and women to university boards.
With Ms. Hendricks' appointment, Mr. Taft already has tabbed a woman or minority for two high-profile university posts. The new governor previously appointed Phillip R. Cox, an African-American businessman from Lebanon, to the University of Cincinnati board.
Mail carriers will pick up food for area needy
Residents are asked to place nonperishable food near their mailboxes on or before their regular mail delivery Saturday for the annual food drive by the Queen City Branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers.
The FreeStore/FoodBank will distribute the food to people in need throughout the Tristate. Especially needed are canned tuna or meats, peanut butter and canned vegetables. During the first six years, 755,092 pounds of food was collected, including more than 90,000 pounds last year.
Partners in the food drive include the U.S. Postal Service, AFL- CIO, Saturn and the United Way.
Central State shows off its lack of red ink
WILBERFORCE, Ohio — Central State University, rocked by financial problems in the past, has a positive budget balance for the first time in 14 years, the school announced Wednesday.
According to an audit by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Central State had a carryover balance of more than $500,000 on June 30, the end of the fiscal year. That compared with a deficit of $3 million the previous year.
Central State spokesman Jim Cleveland said the money is not a surplus, but rather funds that were held to cover any holdover debts.
“It shows that the efforts we've made toward financial stability have paid off,” said President John Garland. “The cash balance is gratifying, and we have demonstrated that we have a strong foundation for growth.”
Central State also said the number of people applying for fall-quarter admission as freshmen has more than doubled from last year.
Convicted escapee tries to hang himself
COLUMBUS — An inmate convicted of escaping to Nevada remained on suicide watch Wednesday after trying to kill himself the day after sentencing, a prison spokeswoman said.
Ransom Staley, 51, was found hanging in his cell early Tuesday at Corrections Medical Center in Columbus, said Andrea Dean, spokeswoman for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. She declined to release further details.
Mr. Staley was resuscitated and taken to Ohio State University Medical Center. He has since been released and returned to the Corrections Medical Center, she said.
Mr. Staley, formerly of Rockbridge in southeast Ohio, had been sentenced to eight years in prison for escape.
Coast Guard fishes pilot out of Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — Authorities pulled a pilot out of Lake Erie after his single-engine plane crashed into the water Wednesday, the Coast Guard said.
David Whitehead, 30, suffered from hypothermia and was listed in stable condition at MetroHealth Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was the only person on the plane, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Chris Grooms.
The Coast Guard searched the lake about 45 minutes after receiving a report that a Piper Cherokee plane was experiencing power problems and had crashed into the 52-degree lake.
Jim Ware, an air traffic manager at Burke Lakefront Airport, said the pilot radioed the tower just before 2 p.m. and quickly called back to say he was going down.
32 Skylines to go smoke-free for one day
May 13 has been designated “Eat, Breathe and Dine Smoke-Free Day” in Ohio by the state health department. All 32 company-owned Skyline restaurants in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus will go smoke-free that day.
Studies have found that 84 percent of registered voters in Ohio favor smoking bans in public places, according to the American Cancer Society. Also, workers exposed to secondhand smoke are 34 percent more likely to develop lung cancer.
IU computers to help students avoid lines
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — An upgraded computer system will save Indiana University students long hours spent in line registering and paying fees, administrators promised this week.
Under a project whose cost will approach $25 million over five years, IU will phase out its main-frame central business system and replace it with IBM hardware and new software, officials said.
The system will eventually enable students to accomplish online all of their administrative business such as registration, financial aid and paying fees.
Police, public vent anger in City Hall
Amateur chef discovers true joy of cooking
Fountain's fixing is uncertain
UC drops controversial psychoses tests
Warren church rift behind sabotage?
7 firefighters injured
Family finds home taken by tornado
Mayor 2001: The race is on
Communications levy's defeat dismays officials
Parking bargains may be cut
Safe haven for children affected by AIDS
Water-taxi wait will take a year
Just 'one question' away from 'Jeopardy' fame
Miami students try to avoid trouble
Vaccine requirement stays
Registry would track cancer trends
School board considers four to fill vacant seat
School board objects to new spending
Nun helps disabled mesh lives
GET TO IT
Area congressmen ask for smog level upgrade
Bell's just the thing for new millennium, city decides
Boone planners to consider two housing developments
Casino is bait; center is hook
Cincinnati council dumps beauty-school plan
County debates budget
Defeat crushes school officials
Error forces Ohio Lottery offline briefly
Foundry site is likely for Butler jail
House OKs $18.2B for schools
Madeira allows fitness center
Madison hails win, polishes plan
Plea agreement reached with white separatist
Police and schools plan together to avoid crises like Littleton's
Police pick off pot patch early
Reward rises for leads in Mason rapes
Rooftop hop ends with return to jail
SWAT teams sharpen skills
top school jobs open
TRISTATE DIGEST
