For 13 years, Roscoe Fultz and Delores Carter have been the most dedicated volunteers for the Tony Yates Caring For Kids Foundation Golf Academy.

        They will be at that task again today. Day-long golf sessions will be conducted at Reeves Golf Course at Lunken Airport.

        “We expect well over 300 kids who will be divided into three groups,” Mrs. Carter said.

        Kids range in age from 8-17. Sessions for the 8-9-year-olds will start at 9 a.m., followed by the 10-12s and then the 13-17s.

        “Professionals will teach them the basics. There will be classroom training as well as on-the-course sessions,” Mrs. Carter said.

        They will get lessons in gripping a club, swinging, setting up; how to keep your head down during a swing, how to turn your shoulders, turn hips and how to plant the feet.

        But they will also get something else, said Mr. Fultz.

        “We will give them a good lesson in golf etiquette,” he said. “Golf is a respectable game. To play it properly you must have respect for other players and respect for the course itself.”

        That golf etiquette is basically good manners, Mr. Fultz said. “During the sessions, there is no bad language, no touching or fighting. And we say a blessing before each meal,” Mr. Fultz said.

        What do you think Mr. Fultz and Mrs. Carter get from this?

        “I enjoy seeing kids become familiar with golf. See how they begin to love it and watch them develop in it,” Mrs. Carter said.

        “I like the idea of taking kids at an early age and developing character along with developing talent in a sport,” Mr. Fultz said.

        The academy is free.

NORWOOD — Volunteers are needed to help distribute free smoke alarms to about 200 homes on Cleveland and Lincoln avenues.

        The Red Cross and the Norwood Fire Department are teaming up to deliver the alarms from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 12.

        The purpose is to reduce the number of lives lost in fires, injuries and lost property.

        People interested in receiving a smoke detector or carbon monoxide alarm should call the Norwood Fire Department, or the Red Cross, 513-579-3009.

SILVERTON — The Silverton and Deer Park Joint Fire District will dedicate its building at 7050 Blue Ash Road at 1 p.m. May 28.

        Fire Chief Don Newman said all equipment, firefighters and administration are housed in the building, which was converted from an old Provident Bnak.

        “We run a 24-hour fire service, including paramedics,” Chief Newman said.

        The cities had operated under a mutual response agreement since 1981, but equipment and staff were housed in separate buildings.

        They completed an agreement to operate jointly in 1998 and used a tax levy to finance the joint district. Although the city of Deer Park rejected the levy, it passed overall. Later the Deer Park City Council voted to approve the levy.

        “I think those people who rejected it have since approved it because the joint district has operated smoothly,” said Deer Park Councilwoman Sandra Hall.

        The Zion Temple Radio Choir will celebrate its 30th annual Spring Concert at 5 p.m., Sunday at the Zion Temple First Pentecostal Church, 3771 Reading Road, Avondale.

       Allen Howard's column runs on Saturdays. Call: 768-8362. Mail: The Cincinnati Enquirer, 312 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202.

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