An indefinite curfew, imposed in Cincinnati on Thursday by Mayor Charlie Luken, frustrated some community council presidents and YMCA directors who had to shuffle and change their schedules to be off the streets by 8 p.m.

        Some didn't believe they should be made to suffer because of the rioting in some city neighborhoods.

        “This is frustrating,” said Joe Morgan, president of the East Westwood Improvement Association.

        The association meets on the second Thursday of the month at Church of Christ on President Drive in Westwood.

        “I had to call people and tell them the meeting was canceled ... because we had a lot of items on the agenda and I couldn't guarantee that the meeting would be over by 8 p.m,'' Mr. Morgan said.

        Donna Kamp, president of the Hartwell Improvement Association, thought it was ridiculous that her neighborhood had to observe a curfew, which she thought should only be for neighborhoods where the rioting is.

        “I have 17 people coming to my house on Easter Sunday. What am I supposed to tell them when it gets close to 8 p.m.? Get out?” Mrs. Kamp said.

        Another neighborhood president, Tony Giglio of the Mount Lookout Civic Club, thought the curfew should be citywide. He plans to cancel the club's meeting Monday — but he doesn't plan to abide by the curfew.

        ""This is Holy Week. I will just take my chances of being out after 8 p.m. I wouldn't advise anybody else to do it,” Mr. Giglio said.

        “I understand the curfew is necessary, but it is hard explaining it to the kids,” said Kim Harrison, membership director at the Gamble Nippert YMCA Branch, 3159 Montana Ave., Westwood. “They are angry.”

        Eileen Gallagher, president of the Lower Price Hill Community Council, thinks it is necessary for the entire city to be involved.

        “This is not punishment for us (even though) we are not in the areas affected,” Mrs. Gallagher said. “As responsible citizens, we must appreciate that the bureaucrats finally took a stand and did the right thing.”

        Ernie Robinson, chairman of Inner City Health Care, canceled a meeting Thursday night because many of the board's members live in outlying communities.

        “We probably would have canceled even without the curfew because the building where we meet is on Peebles Corner,” Mr. Robinson said.

        Several businesses were broken into Wednesday on Peebles Corner in Walnut Hills.

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