A new sculpture will remember 15 Butler County firefighters who have died in the line of duty since 1912.

        Several of them died that year from injuries suffered when the Butler County Courthouse burned.

        Their names and others will appear on a life-size bronze statue designed by George Danhires of Kent.

        He has fashioned a firefighter holding a child. The sculpture will sit in the park next to the Memorial Building on Monument Avenue.

        The Fallen Firefighters Memorial will list the fallen by name.

        The $35,000 sculpture will be paid for by Butler County, Hamilton and the firefighters' unions in Hamilton and West Chester.

        “We originally budgeted $37,000, but (Shumacher Dugan) donated some work, and that saves us $2,000,” said Lt. Kelly Mayer of West Chester Fire. “But we still need $8,000.”

        The sculpture will join a number of others around Hamilton. They prompted the city to adopt the name City of Sculptures last year.

        “It's a beautiful work,” Lt. Mayer said of the new sculpture. “George's work is greatly detailed, and hands-down it's the best of any we looked at.”

        The sculpture will arrive in two weeks and be stored until the weather breaks. It will be dedicated in March.

        Donations may be sent to the Butler County Fire Chiefs Association, 101 E. High St., Oxford, 45056.

        SPRINGBORO — With the popularity of television programs such as Antiques Roadshow, the Lebanon Antiques Show should get a boost next weekend.

        That's because organizers will offer something new this year: free appraisals (limit two items) with show admission. Senior appraiser Claudia Miller will be available 2-5 p.m. Jan. 20-21.

        The show will be held at Springboro Junior High 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 20 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 21.

        Admission is $5.

        For more information, call Sue Hall, 933-0111.

       Randy McNutt's column runs on Saturday. Contact him at 860-7118 or at the Enquirer, 4820 Business Center Way, Cincinnati 45246.

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