Tuesday, October 05, 1999
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Evanston rector named bishop in Michigan
The Rev. Wendell Gibbs, rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Evanston, will be the next bishop of the Diocese of Michigan.
Father Gibbs, 45, was elected Saturday as bishop coadjutor of the diocese, which covers southeast Michigan. He will succeed the Right Rev. R. Stewart Wood Jr., who is scheduled to retire in a year.
Father Gibbs has led St. Andrew's for six years — a period that has included a successful capital campaign and renovations to the church. He will leave by the end of the year and be consecrated as the bishop coadjutor Feb. 5.
“It's a very humbling but also a very joy-filled time, a time of great excitement and hope,” Father Gibbs said.
St. Andrew's has teamed with area churches for outreach in Evanston, including a day camp for youth and a Habitat for Humanity house.
Father Gibbs will be the first African-American priest elected to lead an Episcopal diocese in Michigan. The diocese includes 35,000 members and 97 churches.
Ex-bookie indicted on assault, escape charges
LEBANON — Ron Peters, the ex-bookie central to the gambling probe of Pete Rose, was indicted Monday on charges of assaulting a police officer and escape.
The felony charges stem from an incident Aug. 31 after a Springboro officer stopped Mr. Peters, 42, of Franklin for driving erratically. Authorities allege Mr. Peters became belligerent and scuffled with Officer Kelly Denlinger when he tried to handcuff Mr. Peters.
Officer Denlinger said Mr. Peters elbowed him in the face, knocking him to the ground, then fled on foot. A Warren County sheriff's deputy on patrol apprehended Mr. Peters hours later walking on a road near the village.
Mr. Peters says he was manhandled by Officer Denlinger and was only trying to get away. Jailed on a $50,000 bond since his arrest, Mr. Peters is scheduled to appear for arraignment Oct. 15 in Warren County Common Pleas Court.
2 strikers admit they attacked hospital visitor Two striking truck drivers pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a man who was on his way to visit his daughter at Children's Hospital Medical Center.
James Matheson, 64, of Fort Wright and John Stockman, 47, of Milan, Ind., each pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor assault. They will face up to six months in jail when they return to Hamilton County Common Pleas Court for sentencing on Nov. 1.
They entered the pleas after prosecutors agreed to drop a felonious assault charge.
The incident occurred earlier this year when Steven Callen drove past the picket line for Teamsters Local 100, which was striking Hilltop Basic Resources Inc. The Teamsters were picketing a construction site at the hospital.
As Mr. Callen drove past, prosecutors say, he and Mr. Stockman had a verbal confrontation that escalated to a fistfight.
During the fight, they say, Mr. Matheson struck Mr. Callen in the head with a piece of concrete.
Quilt project educates about mastocytosis
Few people — even doctors — know much about a disease called mastocytosis. But organizers of a traveling quilt project, on display until Friday at University Hospital, hope to change that.
Mastocytosis is caused when the body produces too many mast cells, a red blood cell involved in allergic reactions, insect bites and burns.
People with the disease tend to have extreme allergic-like reactions to relatively minor problems, such as temperature changes or certain smells. Symptoms range from severe flushing and hives to abdominal cramps to difficulty breathing and sudden drops in blood pressure.
Fewer than 200,000 Americans, including about 20 Tristate residents, have been diagnosed with mastocytosis, said Linda Buchheit, a Hamilton resident who founded the Mastocytosis Society.
A key goal of the quilt display is to educate doctors about the disease because sufferers often get misdiagnosed, Ms. Buchheit said.
Norwood man guilty in green card scheme
A Norwood resident pleaded guilty Monday to his role in counterfeiting U.S. alien cards (“green cards”) and Social Security cards.
Jose Rayon-Flores, 20, of Alvina Avenue, admitted possessing at least five false identification documents with the intent to transfer them to someone else.
Authorities said Mr. Rayon-Flores obtained bogus blank cards and filled them in with names, Social Security numbers and photos.
Mr. Rayon-Flores is in custody until he is sentenced.
Preservation group brings author to town
The Cincinnati Preservation Association will feature urban critic and journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz at its Fall Forum benefit Friday.
Ms. Gratz, author of Cities Back from the Edge: New Life of Downtown, will speak at a noon luncheon at the Omni Netherland downtown.
The event will also celebrate the 35th anniversary of the association's founding as the Miami Purchase Association for Historic Preservation. Reservations are $30 for supporters and $50 for patrons.
For reservations, call 721-4506.
Bethel-Tate residents can hear about bond
BETHEL — Residents of the Bethel-Tate Local School District are invited to an information session 10 a.m. Thursdayon the tax issues on the November ballot.
Brent Zuch, with the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission, will answer questions about the $20 million in state money the district is receiving to build a high school and renovate three schools. The state is paying 80 percent of the $25 million total cost, and Bethel-Tate residents will vote in November on a bond issue to provide the rest.
The session will be at William Bick Elementary School, 101 Fossyl, Bethel.
Man pleads guilty to having child porn
A Norwood man pleaded guilty Monday to storing pornographic images of children on his computer.
William Stroup, 57, pleaded to six counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor. Each charge carries a possible sentence of up to one year in prison.
Mr. Stroup entered the plea after prosecutors agreed to drop charges that could have sent him to prison for nearly 50 years.
The case against Mr. Stroup, who lives across from an elementary school, began when a technician discovered the pornography while repairing Mr. Stroup's computer.
Prosecutors said the material was downloaded from the Internet.
He will be sentenced Nov. 8.
Safe, equipment taken from state BMV office FOREST PARK — The Bureau of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Office on Kemper Road was broken into over the weekend, state police say, and a small safe containing about $100 was taken.
Intruders also cut down one of the office's security cameras and took the recording equipment, said Lt. Kelley Hale of the state Highway Patrol's investigative section.
An employee showed up for work Monday morning to find the office, at 1236 West Kemper Road, had been ransacked.
Anyone with information is asked to call the state highway patrol at 489-6742.
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