BUFORD — A Hillsboro man died early Sunday in a single-car crash, one mile east of this village in Highland County.

        The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Courtney McClellan, 24, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

        The victim was westbound on Ohio 138 when the 1994 Chevrolet Tracker went off the right side of the road, striking an embankment. The vehicle overturned; the driver was ejected.

        Mr. McClellan was not wearing his seat belt, the highway patrol said. The crash remains under investigation.
       

Police say hit-skip
was attempted murder
               An 18-year-old will appear in court this morning to face charges of hitting a pedestrian early Saturday.

        Ray V. Enfinger of Sycamore Township was arrested late Saturday and charged with vehicular assault and leaving the scene of an accident. Investigators for the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office say he was driving the Camaro that hit and seriously injured Timothy E. Mills, 38, of Hamilton.

        Late Sunday, the sheriff's office said its investigation had revealed that Mr. Enfinger had intentionally struck Mr. Mills. Mr. Enfinger was charged with attempted murder.

        Mr. Mills was walking along First Avenue in Sycamore Township a little after 5 a.m. when he was hit. He was taken to University Hospital, where he remained in critical condition late Sunday.
       

Anti-gay activist
burned flag, police say

               COLUMBUS — A man with a history of desecrating the gay-pride flag is one of two people charged with burning the banner during a parade.

        Police on Saturday charged Charles Spingola, 45, and Thomas Meyer, 47, both of Newark, with open burning, a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by as much as six months in jail.

        A state appeals court last week upheld Mr. Spingola's conviction on criminal damaging charges for tearing down a gay-pride flag flying at the Statehouse two years ago at a similar parade.

        Police said Mr. Spingola and Mr. Meyer set fire to a rainbow-colored flag they had been carrying as the last marchers in the Columbus Pride Parade passed the Statehouse Saturday.
       

Golf tournament
set for July 16

               The ninth annual Anthony Munoz Million Dollar Shootout golf tournament is July 16 at the Beckett Ridge Country Club. The event includes an open bar, awards and auctions.

        Lunch will be provided by Skyline Chili and dinner by Outback Steakhouse.

        Format for the tournament is two best balls of the foursome.

        Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. and the tournament begins at noon.

        For information call event chairman Tom Kneer at (513) 339-9879.
       

XU professor named
Teacher of the Year

               Irene Hodgson, professor of modern languages at Xavier, was given Xavier's Teacher of the Year Award.

        Ms. Hodgson has been a member of Xavier's faculty for 15 years. She teaches several Spanish classes including some that examine the U.S. role in Latin America through history, politics, literature, music and popular culture.
       

Deputy facing charges
of forgery, theft

               RICHMOND, Ind. — A Wayne County sheriff's deputy has been charged with forgery and theft for allegedly tampering with promotion exams and misusing public funds.

        The charges against Michael N. Bossert arose from activity that allegedly took place while he served as chief deputy, the department's second-in-command position.

        Mr. Bossert, a 17-year veteran, resigned as chief deputy March 24 and since has been on paid sick and administrative leaves.

        Charges filed Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court include four counts of forgery and four counts of theft. The allegations stem from an investigation by Indiana State Police.

        The forgery charges allege Mr. Bossert tampered with examinations that help determine police promotions.

        The theft charges accuse him of using sheriff's department funds to obtain parts for his personal car and purchase two video cameras that were delivered to his home.

        Mr. Bossert did not return immediately a telephone message left Saturday by The Associated Press at his residence in Centerville.

        An initial court hearing is set for Wednesday.

        Sheriff Jerry Williams said he plans to file charges with the sheriff's merit board and ask that Bossert be fired.
       

NKU steps up effort
to aid Latino students

               COVINGTON — Northern Kentucky University has hired its first coordinator of Latino student affairs.

        Leo Calderon will coordinate efforts to recruit and retain Latino students at the university with an enrollment of about 11,500 students.

        “Latinos are the fastest growth ethnic group in this region, and NKU is committed to serving the needs of this metropolitan region,” said Greg Stewart, associate vice president for enrollment at NKU.

        “I think it's important for Latinos and non-Latinos who are interested in the culture to have a center for them to come together with planned activities, whether for students, faculty, staff or the community,” he said.

        The number of people who identified themselves as Hispanic — 4,136 — in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties tripled from 1990 to 2000.

        In Greater Cincinnati, the number of local Hispanic people increased by 44 percent to 13,468, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

        According to NKU statistics,56 students have Hispanic surnames.

        Mr. Calderon wants to work with university statisticians to get a better count of those who identify themselves as Latino, he said.
       

Northern Kentuckian
will head UK alumni

               FRANKFORT — A Fort Thomas woman has been elected president of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, which has 32,000 dues-paying members nationally.

        Sandy Bugie Patterson was elected Saturday president for2001-02 at the association's annual summer workshop, which this year was in Frankfort

        Ms. Patterson, who received her bachelor's degree from UK in 1968 is president of the Robert W. Bugie Sales Co. in Cincinnati.

        She has served several terms on the UK Alumni Association's board ofdirectors and is a past president of the Northern Kentucky UK Alumni Club.

        The UK Alumni Association uses member dues to support member activities and academic excellence at UK through student scholarships and faculty recognition awards.

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