The city of Madeira wants to expand the state's Megan's Law to require that more people are notified of sexual predators who move into a neighborhood.

        The law requires adult sex offenders to register with the state and requires that next-door neighbors be notified if a sexual predator moves into the neighborhood.

        Megan's Law, named after 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender who lived across the street, was passed in 1994.

        The city of Montgomery adopted an ordinance in March that extended Megan's Law. Its ordinance requires that police notify, in person or by mail, residents within a quarter mile or three blocks of the sexual predator's new home, whichever is smaller in area.

        Madeira City Manager Thomas Moeller said the village has not been faced with the problem, yet. “We just want to be prepared in case,” he said.

        The law and safety committee is studying the law.

        Locations of sexual predators throughout the county are available on the Hamilton County Sheriff's Web site: www.hcso.org.

        Former Cincinnatian Nicole Mullen sang and wrote her way to four awards at the recent Gospel Music Association Annual Dove Awards presentation in Nashville, Tenn.

        Mrs. Mullen won the Song of the Year award for her song, “Redeemer.”

        She also won Song Writer of the Year, the Pop Contemporary Song of the Year, and the Artist and Writer award.

        Mrs. Mullen is the daughter of Napoleon and Mary Jane Coleman of Kennedy Heights. She attended Walnut Hills High School and graduated from the New Life Christian Academy, Madisonville, in 1984.

        The Gospel Music Association Dove Award ceremony was held last month at the Grand Ole Opera.

        MARIEMONT — The annual house tour, conducted by Kindervelt 54, a fund-raising group for Children's Hospital, will be from 1-5 p.m. May 20.

        The tour will include five historic houses:

        • The Beach House, 3922 Pocahontas Ave., a two-story custom-built home with coastal colors and beach-style furniture.

        • The York House, 6767 Wooster Pike, a 1929 Georgian Colonial-style home, once used as a doctor's office. “It has been renovated and updated without compromising the integrity of the home,” said Windy Long, head of publicity for Kindervelt 54.

        • The Wood-Jevic House, 3609 Center St., highlighted by a screened porch that overlooks a pond and waterfall - a symbol of the Arts and Crafts movement.

        • The O'Brien House, 6715 Hammerstone Way, a 50-year-old brick colonial. It is a combination of French antiques mixed with traditional English reproductions.

        • The Zepf House, 3600 Flintpoint Way, a two-story colonial revival, with crown molding, built-in workspace and a limestone fireplace.

        Kathy Deadrick, president of Kindervelt 54, said all proceeds of the tour will benefit the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital.

        “This is a fund-raising group that consists of about 1,600 women in Greater Cincinnati,” Mrs. Deadrick said.

        Allen Howard's column runs Saturdays. Call: (513) 768-8362. Mail: The Cincinnati Enquirer, 312 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202.

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