A four-alarm fire in Roselawn destroyed a former nightclub and apartment building Sunday evening.

        Cincinnati fire officials have not determined the cause of the fire, which caused an estimated $200,000 in damage but injured no one.

        The fire at 7601 Reading Road at what used to be Ron's Hunt Club and Apartments was reported about 7:15 p.m. Sunday and brought more than 80 firefighters to the two-story structure.
       

Ohio State raises amount to little

               Ohio State University has announced a $395 pay raise for the coming year for each full-time employee, an amount that adds virtually nothing to take-home pay because of increased costs in health care, insurance and parking.

        President William Kirwan blamed the General Assembly, saying it provided little or no new money for faculty or staff.

        Part-time faculty and staff will get about $270.

        The University of Cincinnati is under similar financial strictures. It begins negotiations with its faculty next month on a new three-year contract.
       

Xavier University offers soccer clinic

               Xavier University will offer a free soccer clinic for girls and boys ages 8-12 at noon June 16 after the official opening of Victory Parkway Fields that day.

        The fields, consisting of a playfield, tennis courts and bike path, are behind Ledgewood and Hopkins avenues in North Avondale.

        Jack Hermans, men's soccer coach at Xavier, will run the clinic. Participants will receive a coupon to attend a Xavier men's or women's soccer game during the 2001 season. To register, call 745-2860.
       

Information offered on adoption issues

               Lutheran Social Services of the Miami Valley invites people interested in adopting a child to attend a free informational meeting June 12.

        Topics include the adoption process, home study services, fees and requirements, and the risks and rewards of open adoption.

        The meeting is 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Lutheran Social Services, 11370 Springfield Pike. Information: 326-5430.

Man dies after sailboat capsizes

               CLEVELAND — A man died on the way to the hospital after his sailboat capsized during a Lake Erie regatta.

        Crede Calhoun, 77, a Cleveland Heights lawyer, died Sunday en route to MetroHealth Medical Center from the Edgewater Yacht Club regatta.

        He and two shipmates ended up in the 56-degree water when wind flipped their boat, the Coast Guard said.

        They clung to the capsized boat and were rescued within minutes by a regatta chase boat and a Coast Guard patrol boat.

        The Cuyahoga County coroner's office will determine the cause of death.

Bishops of three faiths sign cooperative pact

               NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — The bishops of three faiths have signed a cooperative agreement involving Episcopalians, Catholics and Lutherans in northeast Ohio.

        Bishops J. Clark Grew of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, Anthony M. Pilla of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland and Marcus J. Miller of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America signed the agreement Sunday at St. Richard Roman Catholic Church.

        “We in our time, in our turn, are reinventing our institutional forms” to tell the story of Christianity to the world, Bishop Grew said.

        The agreement, which avoids disputed issues such as sharing communion, declares that the churches share belief in fundamental areas of faith.

        The bishops pledged to invite observers from other churches to leadership meetings, work together on education and training and cooperate in social service, advocacy and community development programs.
       

Woman sentenced
in death of son

               ZANESVILLE, Ohio — A woman whose 11-month-old son died of dehydration after he was left alone for about a day and a half was sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison.

        Tara Pollock of Zanesville had told police she had been out with friends and found her son, Zane Gossett, dead on Jan. 1 when she returned home, police said.

        She had previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangering.

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