LaSalle High School's Truck Full of Love project begins Thursday. The students plan to collect 50,000 canned goods and donate them to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Vincent de Paul societies in Oxford, St. Ann's in Groesbeck and the Haven House in Hamilton.

        The drive will continue through Nov. 16.

        The 895 students at the all-male college preparatory Catholic school will go door to door through neighborhoods, collecting canned goods. Donors may place cans in the bins outside the main entrance at the school, 3091 North Bend Road, Monfort Heights.

        Sharon Folzenlogen, director of communication for the school, said the bins will be placed outside the school on Friday.

        “We are putting them there in case someone is missed during the door-to-door collection,” she said. “This is the third year the students have done the Truck Full of Love Project. The first year they collected 51,000 canned goods and collected 53,000 last year.”

        Six local students will compete in the World Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York City the weekend of Nov. 10 at 1:30 p.m.

        The six are:

        • Cameron R. Logan, 15, North Bend. He was a Gold Medal Winner in Level 10 Concerto and Level 11 Solo, and Grand Prize winner Levels 9-!2 Solo of the 2001 World Piano Competition in July. He will perform Toccata by composer Claude Debussy.

        • Janet Pettit, 15, Anderson Township, Gold Medal Winner in Level 8. She will perform Etude-Allegro by composer Yoshinao Nakada. She is studying piano with Irina Melnik.

        • P. Connor Chee, 13, Westwood, Bronze Medal winner in Level 9 Solo. He will perform Impromptu #4 by composer Franz Schubert. He is studying piano with Anna Weinstein.

        • James Pogue, 13, Mount Washington, honorable mention in Level 8. He will perform Sonatina in G Minor by composer Muszio Clementi.

        • Andrew Mason, 11, Independence, Ky., honorable mention in Level 4. He will perform Sonatina Op. 36 #3 by composer Muzio Clementi. He is studying piano with Betty Lukashuk.

        • Samantha Locey, 10, Anderson Township, honorable mention, Level 8. She will perform Polanaise G. Minor by John Sabastian Bach.

        Cameron, James and Samantha study piano with Simon Goykhman.

        Ralf Ehrhardt, assistant administrator with the American Music Scholarship Association, said the competition will go on as scheduled despite the terrorist attack of Sept. 11.

        The young artists, ages 5 to 17 will represent China, Canada, Iceland, India, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and the United States.

        Allen Howard's “Some Good News” column runs Monday-Friday and Sundays. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements, or people who are committing random acts of kindness that are uplifting to the Tristate, let him know at (513) 768-8362; at ahoward@enquirer.com; or by fax at (513) 768-8340.

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