Sunday, November 07, 1999
TRISTATE DIGEST
Program to spur new houses in city
Cincinnati is one of 14 cities chosen for a federal pilot program to build homes in urban areas over the next decade.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program is geared to revitalizing neighborhoods and attracting residents to cities. The national goal is to build 1 million housing units in 10 years. The pilot cities will work as models for the entire project.
Under the pilot program, each of the cities selected — Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton in Ohio and Louisville in Kentucky — will receive technical assistance in the form of trained staff from HUD.
In Cincinnati, city leaders will work to reduce barriers to new construction, said Mayor Roxanne Qualls. One objective is to work with home builders to increase the number, quality and affordability of new housing.
Other cities selected for the pilot program include Buffalo, Chicago, Houston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Sacramento, Tampa, San Antonio, St. Louis and Washington.
Apartment building fire displaces resident
One resident was left homeless after a one-alarm fire early Saturday at an apartment building in Over-the-Rhine.
Firefighters were called to the 13th Street blaze shortly before 1 a.m. and found smoke and flames shooting from the second floor of the four-story building, said District 1 Fire Chief Will Jones.
The building was evacuated, and no injuries were reported. Officials think the blaze started in the living room of an apartment.
Damage was estimated at about $10,000. A cause had not been determined.
Twenty-five firefighters extinguished the blaze in about two hours, Chief Jones said. The resident who was displaced is being assisted by the Red Cross.
Cop who pulled gun on groom gets jail
MEDINA, Ohio — A suspended Cleveland police officer accused of holding a gun to a groom's throat during a wedding reception has been sentenced to jail.
Michael Herrin, 31, was sentenced Friday to six months in Medina County Jail, with all but 30 days suspended. He also will be on probation for two years.
Medina County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Collier ignored the prosecutor's recommendation for house arrest and denied Mr. Herrin's claim that he would be held to a different standard.
“I asked myself, "What would I do to a citizen who was in the Moose Lodge drunk with a gun, pointing it in a threatening manner,'” the judge said. “I would send that citizen to jail. And I think as a police officer, if you made the arrest, you would expect me to do that.”
Mr. Herrin pleaded guilty last month to having a weapon while intoxicated, assault and aggravated menacing, all misdemeanors.
Mr. Herrin was a guest of the bride at the June 13 reception when he got into fight with another guest. When the groom, Jason Ashworth, 23, tried to break up the fight, Mr. Herrin held a gun to his throat, witnesses said.
Mr. Herrin denied pointing the gun at anyone. He said he was only trying to retrieve his weapon, which had fallen to the floor during the scuffle.
He has been on suspension since the incident.
Ceremony to honor nation's veterans
The public is invited to attend a memorial Saturday honoring the nation's veterans in Anderson Township's Hillcrest Cemetery.
Rep. Rob Portman, R-Terrace Park, will be the guest speaker at the 1 p.m. ceremony, which will also feature: Anderson Township Trustee Russell Jackson laying a wreath in honor of the veterans; the Hamilton County Sheriff's Pipe & Bugle Corps; a 21-gun salute by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a fly-over by the Cincinnati Warbirds.
Also participating in the ceremony will be the Civil Air Patrol, 147th Army National Guard, McNicholas High School and American Legion Post 318.
Info cards designed to help diabetics
The Health Alliance is offering free information cards this month to help diabetics monitor their disease.
The pocket-size cards show diabetics how frequently they should measure their blood sugar levels, and what their levels should be at each measurement. The cards are being provided as part of a national American Diabetes Month campaign.
Diabetes affects nearly 16 million Americans and about 180,000 in the Tristate. Yet nearly a third aren't aware they have the disease.
For more information about diabetes or to receive the free card, call 585-2273.
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