Saturday, September 23, 2000
Tristate A.M. Report
Episcopal gift to help retirees
Ministers of area Episcopal churches will announce Sunday a $2 million gift to the Episcopal Retirement Homes allotted by the Right Rev. Herbert Thompson Jr., bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio.
The gift is the largest of six grants totaling more than $4 million awarded to organizations in celebration of the Jubilee Year and the 125th anniversary of the diocese.
The non-profit Episcopal Retirement Homes owns and operates three area centers. The money will support the Parish Health Ministry, which does health screens; help with residents' housing and health care expenses; and support the chaplaincy program.
Siblings jailed under $100K bond
HILLSBORO — A 14-year-old girl and her 16-year-old brother remained jailed in lieu of $100,000 bonds after their arraignment Friday on charges that they tried to kill their adoptive parents in July.
Sara Smith — who also uses the names Gladys Bocook and Sara Workman — and Justin Smith — who goes by the names Charles Bocook Jr. or Justin Workman — face charges of attempted murder and aggravated arson.
Highland County sheriff's officials said Justin and Sara planned days ahead of the July 18 blaze to burn down the double-wide mobile home on Sicily Road, near Sardinia, in an attempt to kill Gladys and Charles Bocook, the great-aunt and great-uncle who adopted them eight years ago.
Mrs. Bocook, 52, and Mr. Bocook, 67, were sleeping when the fire was set about 1:30 a.m., but managed to crawl through a bedroom window. Mrs. Bocook suffered smoke inhalation and burns and was hospitalized for about a week.
The teens are being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center because the Highland County Jail cannot separate them from adult inmates.
Library reopens in Northside
The Cumminsville Branch Library, 4219 Hamilton Ave., will reopen as the Northside Branch Library at 10 a.m. today with a ribbon cutting and daylong festivities including music, entertainment and refreshments.
The library has undergone extensive renovation. The branch now has four computers, free Internet access, a CD-ROM station with interactive programs for children and a new program space.
Film tells story of greenhouses
DELHI TOWNSHIP — Under Glass: The Greenhouses of Western Hills will premiere 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rapid Run Middle School, 6345 Rapid Run Road.
The video tells the story of the 150-year-old greenhouse industry in Delhi Township. At one time, there were more than 50 greenhouses in the community.
Produced by the Delhi Historical Society, the video is available to all west-side schools as a gift from the society. A 150-page teacher guide is included.
The program is free to the public. Video producer Dan Hurley, guide producer Karen Regina and local growers will answer questions.
Copies of the video, $10, and guide, $15, will be available at the premiere. They may also be purchased noon-3 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays during regular hours at the Delhi Historical Society, 468 Anderson Ferry Road.
Information: 451-4313.
Methodist bishop to be installed
The West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church installs a new bishop Sunday in Columbus.
Bruce Ough, 49, most recently served as a pastor in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was elected in July by clergy and lay representatives to the North-Central Jurisdictional Conference, held in Madison, Wis. The West Ohio Conference has nearly 300,000 members from Columbus to Toledo to Cincinnati to Athens.
Bishop Ough replaces Judy Craig, who retired in July after 16 years as bishop, the last eight leading the West Ohio Conference.
Black group promotes missions
A new Cincinnati organization is holding a conference today to encourage more African-Americans to get involved in foreign missions. The event is hosted by AARON, (African Americans Reaching Out to Nations), which formed this spring. The conference runs from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Heirs Family Worship Center, 10164 Princeton-Glendale Road. Tickets are $35 without lunch, $40 with a box lunch. Information: 513-235-6994.
Obscure candidate has hopes for Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A third-party candidate whose support is so low in Ohio that a new poll could not even measure it said Friday that the state is one of four the party is targeting in the presidential campaign.
Natural Law Party candidate John Hagelin said at a Statehouse news conference that voters in Ohio, especially college students, are not strongly supporting Democrat Al Gore or Republican George Bush because they are fed up with mainstream politics.
“The students here are so plugged in they were not willing to suspend their disbelief” and vote for Mr. Bush or Mr. Gore, Mr. Hagelin said.
Other states where the major parties' support is soft are Washington, California and New York, he said.
He said his campaign is centered on reforming the funding of elections.
Mr. Hagelin, a physicist from Fairfield, Iowa, is one of seven presidential candidates on the Ohio ballot.
In an Ohio Poll released Wednesday, Mr. Hagelin received no support.
Fatal bar fight leads to charges
A Price Hill man was indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide Friday in connection with the death of a Green Township bar patron.
William C. Poole, 38, could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of killing Ted Singler Jr., 67.
Mr. Poole allegedly struck Mr. Singler in the head in Pal's Lounge, 4321 Harrison Ave., March 28 during a fight.
Mr. Singler fell to the floor and remained there for two hours before emergency personnel were alerted.
Officials said patrons stepped over Mr. Singler's body and one jokingly removed plastic flowers from a vase and laid them on the prone man's chest.
“The image of an injured person left unattended on a barroom floor while people literally stepped over him is about as insensitive as it gets,” said Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen.
An autopsy revealed that Mr. Singler suffered a fractured skull, believed to have been caused by blunt force.
Pair found dead; man being sought
UNION, Ohio — Authorities want to question a man in connection with the slayings of a couple whose bodies were found in their apartment.
A relative found the elderly couple Thursday, Montgomery County Sheriff Dave Vore said. They were not identified pending notification of relatives.
Sheriff Vore said the two appeared to have been beaten to death.
He said the bodies had been there for less than a day.
Authorities want to question Scott A. Mink, 36, Sheriff Vore said. Neighbors said Mr. Mink was the couple's son.
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Clintons' overnight guests
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Man gets 30 years for shaking baby
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Ted Celeste falling further behind
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