Nominations sought for diversity awards

        NEWPORT — The Northern Kentucky Human Resource Diversity Committee and the Northern Kentucky Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities are seeking nominations for their 2001 EmployAbility Awards.

        The awards will recognize individuals, members of the media and employers who have focused on and impacted the empowerment and inclusion of people with disabilities in the work force. Employers who have recruited, integrated, advanced and supported employment opportunities for people with disabilities will be highlighted. Contact Cheryl Martinez at the Kentucky Department of Vocational Rehabilitation at (859) 371-9450 ext. 311 or e-mail cherlya.martinez@mail.state.ky.us. The nomination deadline is Dec. 7.

Toys will be prizes for bingo winners

        LUDLOW — St. Mary's Altar Society of SS. Boniface and James Church will sponsor a toy bingo on Dec. 7 at the SS. Boniface and James Parish Center, 318 Oak St.

        Instead of money, new toys will be awarded to bingo winners.

        The doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is $3.

Edgewood council cancels meeting

        EDGEWOOD — City council has canceled its regular meeting set for Monday because of a light agenda.

        The next regular meeting will be Dec. 10.

New city building on council's agenda

        INDEPENDENCE — City council may take action on a site for a new municipal building at a special meeting Monday.

        The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Kenton County Extension Center, 10990 Marshall Rd., Covington.

        Council will discuss potential municipal center sites and possibly take action. There also will be discussion on building schemes, a design and financing and building options for a potential municipal center.

        Council also is slated to approve a Community Development Block Grant payment for the soon-to-be-completed senior center.

Tree-lighting event Sunday in Edgewood

        EDGEWOOD — The city's annual tree-lighting ceremony will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday at President's Park.

        Scheduled activities include pictures with Santa, a chili cook-off contest, face-painting and balloon animals, Christmas carols and refreshments.

Toy trains exhibited at Behringer-Crawford

        COVINGTON — The 10th annual Holiday Toy Trains exhibit at the Behringer-Crawford Museum opens today and runs through Jan. 6.

        The layout features trains from the 1930s to the present. Children can operate 14 stations, and patrons can operate two of the trains.

        The playroom also will feature a sneak preview of train cars from the collection of Ray Faragher, which will soon be on display in the museum's new addition.

        Operating hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed Mondays, except for New Year's Eve, when it's open from noon to 4 p.m.

        Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for children and seniors and $8 for a family of two children and two adults.

        One grandparent will be admitted free on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with each paying grandchild.

Gala surrounds lighting of tree

        CRESTVIEW HILLS — The holiday tree-lighting ceremony and city building open house will be from 4:30-7 p.m. Nov. 30.

        Activities include pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus, caricatures, a choir performance, and “heavy appetizers,” such as finger sandwiches, beef barbecue, baked beans, cole slaw, mild chicken wings, cocktail meatballs and more. Promotional items also will be given to residents.
       

Country star to sing in benefit concert

        NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Country singer John Michael Montgomery and Lexington band Exile will perform a benefit concert next week to assist the families of three Jessamine County deputy sheriffs who were killed or injured in a Nov. 13 shootout.

        Mr. Montgomery, a resident of Jessamine County, has agreed to sing in the “Back the Badge Rally” to show support for police officers, said MistiDawn Covey, director of promotions for Clear Channel Radio, which has six stations in Lexington.

        The free outdoor concert is set for 3-7 p.m. Monday at the Wal-Mart parking lot in Nicholasville.

        Donations collected at the concert will be divided equally among the families of Billy Ray Walls, Sammy Brown and Capt. Chuck Morgan.

        The three deputies went to the Phillip Walker residence in southeastern Jessamine County on Nov. 13 to serve a misdemeanor warrant for terroristic threatening. The 75-year-old Mr. Walker opened fire on the deputies with a .30-caliber semiautomatic rifle and the deputies returned fire.
       

County clerk turns himself in

        RICHMOND, Ky. — Jackson County Clerk Jerry W. Dean turned himself in to authorities Thursday morning at the Kentucky State Police post in Richmond.

        State police had been searching for Mr. Dean after an indictment was returned against him Wednesday on charges of murder, tampering with evidence and intimidating a witness. Mr. Dean, 58, of Tyner, is accused of killing former employee Audrey Marcum, 32, who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him.

        Several police officers, including a special response unit with the Kentucky State Police, stayed at Mr. Dean's home for several hours Wednesday to serve an arrest warrant after the indictment but didn't find him.

        Police said Mr. Dean was arrested at 5:43 p.m. Sunday and was free on a $100,000 surety bond by 8 p.m. The surety bond meant Mr. Dean and the people who signed it didn't have to post property or cash for him to get out of jail.

        The search for Mr. Dean raised questions — especially from Ms. Marcum's family — about whether he should have been released without a cash bond after his arrest Sunday.

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