Saturday, May 06, 2000
AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH
Inmate accused of leaving work detail
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The Cincinnati Enquirer
Justin Englemon, 20, of Elsmere, was arrested Thursday and charged with escape for allegedly walking away from a Kenton County Jail work detail in the county building on April 25.
Mr. Englemon was working under minimal supervision on the fifth floor of the building, which houses the jail, when he left his work crew. He had been in jail for probation violations stemming from a first-degree assault conviction.
The Kenton County Sheriff's Department and Newport Police issued a search warrant and arrested him at a Newport residence.
Program adds spring plants to city streets The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — More than 20 young green thumbs from the Kenton County Court Designated Worker Program, Covington Police Department PAL Program and the Covington Community Center will add some spring color to city streets today. From 8:30 a.m. to noon, the youths will plant more than 250 plants along Madison Avenue and along Pike Street.
Student journalists win state honors The Cincinnati Enquirer
FORT THOMAS — Highlands High School won two awards, including first place in the Kentucky High School Journalism Association's 2000 State Competition.
The Fort Thomas school's yearbook came in first in the Yearbook Division among schools of 800 students less.
Highlands took second place in the Newspaper General Excellence category among schools of 800 students or less.
Highlands was the only school from Northern Kentucky to win an award.
Caregiver convicted of raping girl, 7 The Associated Press
LONDON, Ky. — A Laurel County day-care operator could face life in prison after he was convicted of raping a 7-year-old girl.
John Daniel Hammons, 65, has been convicted on three counts of rape, one of sodomy and one of sexual abuse. Formal sentencing is scheduled for June 26.
Mr. Hammons operated the day-care business out of two mobile homes with his wife, Shelia. He was accused of attacking a girl he was watching on five Saturdays from July through September 1999. The victim testified.
Cancer survivors honored at ceremony The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ted Kennedy Jr., who lost a leg to bone cancer at age 12, was among about 700 cancer survivors honored at a ceremony at the University of Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center.
Mr. Kennedy, the son of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, is now an advocate for people with disabilities.
Mr. Kennedy thanked the health-care professionals who help cancer victims and tried to encourage the victims.
“They can get through it,” he said.
Gov. Paul Patton also attended the event. He expressed appreciation “for the great work being done” by the cancer center and the Kentucky Cancer Program in promoting prevention and research. The cancer program is a state-funded effort that promotes cancer awareness and prevention and supports victims.
Later, the Pegasus Parade included a float sponsored by the program and the Brown Center promoting prevention and awareness of the disease.
Many of the ceremony's participants were children.
Pilot who crashed didn't have license The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE — The pilot of a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan did not have a license to fly the multi-engine craft, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Kenneth Asher, 32, of Prospect, Ky., was flying the twin-engine Cessna 340A when it crashed on takeoff from Chicago's Meigs Field on Aug. 1, 1998. One of the passengers, Dr. Debra Zukof, a psychiatrist, died.
Mr. Asher, his wife, Barbara, and Dr. Zukof's husband, Barry Willett, were rescued and treated for injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration revoked Mr. Asher's pilot's license in March 1999 for flying without a multi-engine rating. His insurer also sued to void his coverage.
According to the report, Mr. Asher should have pushed the engines to full throttle on takeoff. Instead, the report said, he briefly applied the brake and pulled back on the throttle. Then, with only 900 feet of runway left, he pushed the engines to full throttle and tried to switch auxiliary fuel pumps from low to high but instead, inadvertently turned them off.
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Independence: Tuesday's caucus meeting of Kenton Fiscal Court has been rescheduled for 10 a.m.
The meeting will be in the conference room of Kenton Judge-executive Dick Murgatroyd's office in the old Independence firehouse next to Kenton County courthouse on Ky. 17.
Fort Mitchell: Kentucky U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Louisville Republican, is scheduled to appear Sunday on CNN Late Edition with host Wolf Blitzer, at noon to discuss the upcoming meeting between GOP presidential contender George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain. Mr. McConnell is the chairman of Mr. Bush's Kentucky campaign.
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