Cincinnati earns AFL-CIO's 'union city'

        The AFL—CIO has named Cincinnati a “union city,” one of 13 American cities to achieve the ranking.

        The labor federation will bestow the ranking at its biennial convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday. “Cincinnati is one of the best places in the nation to be if you're a working man or woman,” proclaimed AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

        Cincinnati joins Atlanta, Houston, Iowa's Quad Cities, Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, New York City, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, Syracuse and Washington, D.C., in receiving the title.

Man says police hit him in cruiser

        GREENHILLS — Christopher J. Parmer, a disabled Springfield Township man with steel rods in his legs, claims police officers in Greenhills and Springfield Township used excessive force when they arrested him Saturday night for a traffic violation.

        Mr. Parmer said he was hit excessively while in the back seat of a Greenhills police cruiser.

CITY SLICKER NEEDED: A bright yellow raincoat keeps Jonathan Gibson, 5, from getting wet Friday as he strides down the sidewalk at Fifth and Vine streets. This area has become used to balmy days and an extended Indian summer — but that appears to be over. Daytime temperatures in the 40s and 50s are forecast next week. (Glenn Hartong photo) | ZOOM |

        Police officers defended their actions.

        Springfield Township Police Chief David Heimpold said township Officer Chris Niehaus was driving on Sarbrook Drive at 11 p.m. when he saw the Greenhills cruiser on the side of the road.

        Mr. Parmer was resisting arrest in the back seat, causing Officer Niehaus to Mace him, Chief Heimpold said.

        “What I know so far is the police officers followed all the required procedures,” Greenhills Municipal Manager David Moore said.
       

Mt. St. Joseph event honors major donors

        The College of Mount St. Joseph in Delhi will honor major benefactors Monday by inducting them into the new Cornerstone Society, and naming a new science endowment for George and Ellen Rieveschl.

        College President Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill said 83 individuals will be honored by the society at a dinner celebration. Each gave at least $100,000 and together, they donated $22,551,315.

        Dr. Rieveschl and his wife created the endowment last year with a $250,000 gift. Others added more than $750,000.
       

Grieving families will light candles

        The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting ceremony in memory of deceased children begins at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Schott Amphitheater, Sawyer Point.

        The Cincinnati chapter of the organization is sponsoring the memorial service that helps families grieve the death of a child.

        The event begins with readings and music at 6:30 p.m. followed by the candle lighting and reading aloud of children's names at 7 p.m. Candles can be obtained for a small donation, or people may bring their own. Those wishing to register a child's name for the reading are advised to arrive at about 6 p.m.

        The candle lighting ceremony is a worldwide event held annually on National Children's Memorial Day. It begins in New Zealand when participants light the first candles at 7 p.m. local time and let them burn for an hour. The lighting is repeated in each time zone across the globe.

        Everyone is welcome and the event will proceed regardless of weather conditions.

        For information, call Karen Pinsky at (513) 336-8959 or Kim Mercier at (513) 851-1348.

        For information about the national organization, call (877) 969-0010 or visit the Web site at www.compassionatefriends.org.
       

Local cardiologists testing new system

        Cardiologists at the Christ Hospital and the Lindner Clinical Trial Center have begun testing another filtration system designed to catch debris during balloon angioplasty procedures.

        Thousands of Tristate residents per year get balloon angioplasty treatments to clear clogged cardiac arteries, many of whom also get stents to prop open the vessels. However, during the treatment, debris can break loose and possibly cause a heart attack.

        The FilterWire filtration system, made by Embolic Protection Inc., a unit of Boston Scientific Corp., is one of several products under development to catch debris that could break loose during the procedure and possibly cause a heart attack.

        Christ Hospital patients who agree to participate will be treated with either the FilterWire or the recently approved PercuSurge Guardwire system, made by a unit of Medtronic AVE, which was tested by the Lindner Center earlier this year.
       

OU student dies from alcohol consumption

        COLUMBUS, Ohio — Preliminary test results indicate an Ohio University student who died after drinking with friends to celebrate his 21st birthday consumed a lethal amount of alcohol, the coroner said.

        Nathan Roberts of Findlay had a blood-alcohol level of 0.36 percent, said Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis. Mr. Roberts was found unconscious in an apartment Monday morning.

        Criminal charges are not expected to be filed against any drinking establishment or Mr. Roberts' friends, said homicide detective Mike McCann.

        Mr. Roberts was a telecommunications major at Ohio University in Athens.

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