Health Foundation gives eight grants

        The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati has awarded eight grants, totalling $300,000, to area health and social service agencies, including one to promote establishing a mental health court in Hamilton County.

        The mental health court concept is a proposed response to studies last year that reported as many as 40 percent of women in local jails and as many as 16 percent of all federal and state prisoners suffer undertreated mental illnesses. The Hamilton County Community Mental Health Board will use a $65,000 grant to develop plans.

        Among the other grants:

        • $77,500 to Norcen Behavioral Health Systems to launch behavioral health programs at six Hamilton County medical clinics.

        • $51,000 to the Church of Our Saviour Community Development Corp. to develop a residential support program for men being released from prison.

        • $74,000 to Northern Kentucky Family Health to study primary care services in Bracken, Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties.

LOOKING OVER THE DAMAGE: A Cincinnati firefighter peers over the roof edge at damage caused by a fire Friday at 1967 Rhode Island Ave. in Bond Hill. The original call said a person was inside, but that turned out to be incorrect. There were no injuries reported at the scene. (Michael Snyder photo) | ZOOM |

        • $15,570 to the Center for Chemical Addiction and Treatment and Cincinnati Area Senior Services to develop a substance abuse treatment program focusing on elderly people.
       

Escapee turns himself in

        An escaped mental patient turned himself in Friday morning and was taken into custody.

        Stephon J. Johnson of North Fairmount was arrested in a Price Hill home off Saffer Street at 8:40 a.m. Friday, Cincinnati Police officials said.

        Mr. Johnson did not resist arrest. Police said a family member called and told police that Mr. Johnson would surrender to police at that address.

        The 25-year-old man escaped from Roselawn's Summit Behavioral Healthcare center Thursday afternoon.

        Mr. Johnson was ordered to the facility in March after a judge deemed him mentally incompetent. He was in custody at the time for shooting at police and wounding a 78-year-old minister in January in Over-the-Rhine.Police said he was considered a dangerous escapee.
       

Mother arraigned on attempted murder

        A Madisonville mother accused of trying to kill her three daughters was arraigned Friday morning in Hamilton County Court and is being held on $300,000 bond.

        Thurmell Maley, 32, of the 5300 block of Tompkins Avenue, was charged Thursday with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of child endangerment.

        Police say she tried to kill her three daughters and herself June 6 by closing all the windows in the family home and turning on the gas stove.

PANEGYRI PAGEANTRY: Dancers dressed in traditional Greek costumes perform on Fountain Square on Friday as the Panegyri Festival gets under way at Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Finneytown. The festival runs through this weekend (Ernest Coleman photo) | ZOOM |

        Ms. Maley's case next will be presented to a Hamilton County grand jury July 2. The children have been placed with relatives and were not injured.
       

Carwash to benefit burned-out family

        FAIRFIELD — When neighbors heard that Harry and Jan Jensen's home burned in a fire June 14, they decided to take up a collection.

        Lisa Oravec, who lives across the street, said her 7-year-old daughter Madison decided to hold a carwash. The carwash will be 3 to 6 p.m. today at the Oravecs' home in Fairfield, 539 St. Thomas Ct. All proceeds will go to the Jensens.
       

Event to dedicate new airport terminal

        TURTLECREEK TWP. — Johnny Bench, parachutists and refreshments will greet visitors to Sunday's dedication of the Warren County Airport's new terminal building.

        The grand opening of the 30,000-square-foot building will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Greentree Road, northwest of Lebanon.

        It houses airport offices and Miami Valley Hospital's emergency helicopter CareFlight 2.

        The aircraft is one of two in the Dayton hospital's CareFlight program. Crew members will be on standby in the hangar from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. every day, hospital officials said.

        For more information, call (513) 932-7966.
       

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