Saturday, May 27, 2000
KY. BRIEFS
Buses to cut fares during smog season
The Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) and Metro will slash cut fares to 50 cents with no zone or transfer charges once again this summer.
The reduced fares will be in effect through Labor Day as part of the region's efforts to reduce smog during the summer months.
Metro's 50 cent fares will go into effect on June 5 and TANK's will begin June 1.
The program is intended to lure people out of their cars and improve air quality during the smog season, so the 50-cent flat fare will be in effect on every regular route.
For bus schedules and information, call MetroCenter at 621-4455. TANK information is available by calling 331-TANK.
NKU investments rank well in survey
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — Northern Kentucky University reported this week that investments by its foundation placed 10th among the nation's schools with a return of 20.2 percent last year.
It ranked 23rd for 1997-1999 and 68th for 1995-999, NKU Foundation President Jim Alford said.
The 1999 score was the highest in Kentucky, he said.
The survey, by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, polled 437 schools last year. The 1999 average return for all of the schools was 11 percent.
The foundation provides about $700,000 a year in scholarships, Mr. Alford said.
Donations sought for tornado victims
FLORENCE — Boone County Jaycees are collecting canned goods and cash to assist victims of the tornadoes that struck Leitchfield, Ky., on Tuesday.
Jaycees will be at Flick's Foods in Burlington and Kroger on Mall Road in Florence today and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Jaycees are hoping to collect 2,000 canned goods. Cash will also be accepted, but not clothing.
For more information, contact Jaycees President Cassie Evans at 384-4882, or Margaret Metzger at 371-5019.
Bike rodeo planned at VFW grounds
COVINGTON — Children ages 1 to 13 can compete for trophies and other prizes, get their face painted, and enjoy free hot dogs, chips and drinks at a June 3 bike rodeo and safety fair.
The sixth annual bike rodeo will run from noon to 4 p.m. at the VFW grounds on 47th Street. The event is sponsored by Marshall-Schildmeyer Post 6095 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary, with the city of Covington and the Covington Police Department.
Participants can compete for prizes ranging from bicycles and helmets to passes to the Newport Aquarium, Paramount's Kings Island, and the Cincinnati Zoo. Donations from the Cincinnati Reds and Bengals also will be awarded.
Information: 291-6095.
Historic mansion undergoes renovation
LOUISVILLE — One of the city's definitive historic structures is undergoing an extensiverenovation.
The Ferguson Mansion has been home to the Filson Club historical society since 1986. Without the $825,000 preservation, the mansion's exterior stone walls would continue to crumble, jeopardizing the site that houses historic material from the region.
The mansion includes a research library frequented by historians, doctoral and master's degree candidates and genealogy enthusiasts. Most of the 25,000 annual visitors come to see the club's museum or attend lectures and other events.
The adjacent museum houses 1.5 million books, letters, diaries and business ledgers, as well as more than 10,000 artifacts, 50,000 photographs and 400 portraits from throughout the region.
Completed in 1905, the mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places.
But the walls are made of blue stone, a type of sandstone that deteriorates faster than limestone. The stones, as heavy as six tons, are being replaced with the same material — only this time, they'll be installed correctly, said Larry Wright of Johnson Romanowitz Architects, the restoration firm.
Mr. Wright said architects will also clean the outside layer of stone to match the new stone, replace part of the porch roof, repair mosaics and restore ornate front doors.
Habitat group aims for debate tie-in The Associated Press
DANVILLE — Centre College's Habitat for Humanity chapter wants to coordinate the construction of a habitat house with the vice-presidential debate the school is holding this fall.
The chapter and other community volunteers will start work on a habitat house near campus later this summer. And when the Democratic and Republican vice-presidential candidates are in town Oct. 5 for a debate, the group hopes both will participate in a wall- or roof-raising ceremony at the home.
“I think that would show we have vice-presidential candidates who are aware of the issues,” Centre student Chris DeHoag said.
Mr. DeHoag and other students began planning the project long before their school secured the nationally televised debate. They worked with the Boyle County habitat chapter to secure a grant for the project.
An exact location for the house has not been determined, and the owners haven't been chosen.
Killer convicted in shooting of teen The Associated Press
LEXINGTON — Jurors convicted a 20-year-old man in the murder of a 17-year-old that police said was the result of an argument over a compact disc.
Waun Edmonds was charged last October with killing Robbie Huggins, 17, by shooting him in the chest.
Mr. Huggins was killed Oct. 17 as he leaned against a fence near a Lexington street corner. Mr. Edmonds had approached him to ask him about the hip-hop CD by B.G. and another that he thought Mr. Huggins had taken a week earlier.
The pair argued before Mr. Edmonds pulled out a pistol and fired five shots. Mr. Huggins was hit three times and died later at University of Kentucky Hospital.
Jurors also recommended that Mr. Edmonds serve 20 years in prison.
Mr. Edmonds, the father of three small children, said he shot in self-defense, that he believed Mr. Huggins was pulling out a gun and he had no choice but to beat him to the fatal punch. Mr. Huggins, however, was unarmed at the time of the shooting.
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River unsafe on Ky. side
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4th district GOP chairman to step down
Blue Ash dedicates city tower
Bring appetite, umbrella
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Dayton man sought in gas station holdup
Dog taken, owner cited after attack on girl, 5
Fairy tale gets contemporary spin
Get to it
Job fair comes to Lincoln Heights
Ky. horse country to hold Bush fund-raiser
Lockland chief defends officers
Massie student dies on senior-class outing
Police focus on seat-belt use
Police officer not guilty in jogger's death
Prison nursery a step closer
Songs spice up soup kitchen
Queen City's moments to shine reflected in book
