Bristol's owner, husband surrender

        MONROE — The owner of Bristol's Show Club and Revue and her husband surrendered Tuesday to Warren County sheriff's deputies on charges following a police raid on the adult club this month.

        John Burke, head of the Warren County Drug Task Force that raided Bristol's and arrested nearly two dozen employees, said Giselle and Terry Wolfe were accused of state liquor violations.

        Both were charged with 11 counts of illegal sale of alcohol and 11 counts of keeping a liquor establishment at the Monroe club.

        The two were released on bond from the Warren County Jail, Mr. Burke said.

        Pablo Guardiola, son of Ms. Wolfe, will also be charged with the same offenses, he said. Mr. Guardiola is out of state, and according to his attorney will return and surrender to police next week.

        Some of the club's dancers and employees have been charged with prostitution and drug trafficking. The club, however, remains open.

Teacher to meet on phone threats

        HAMILTON — A Hamilton High School teacher will meet with city and school officials todayabout a threat she says she received last month.

        Shirley Acklin filed a police report March 14 after listening to a threatening message left on her voice mail Feb. 22. A female who identified herself as a white student uses racial epithets and makes threats in the message against Ms. Acklin, who is African-American, because Ms. Acklin gave her a failing grade, the teacher said.

        “I am in fear. This is not a game,” said Ms. Acklin, who has not been in the classroom since retrieving the message.

        This is Ms. Acklin's third year in the Hamilton schools, where she teaches African-American history and world studies at the high school.

        Hamilton Sgt. Tom Kilgour said police are investigating and are working with school officials. Hamilton Schools spokeswoman Joni Copas said officials have spoken to students and are trying to identify the caller on the voice message.
       

Fire truck maker sues Cincinnati

        SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Luverne Fire Apparatus is suing the city of Cincinnati for breach of contract after the city would not pay for four firetrucks custom-made for Cincinnati by the Brandon-based firm.

        Cincinnati officials say they refused to pay for the trucks because they were too big for their fire halls and had other deficiencies.

        Jeff Lautt, president of the 100-year-old firetruck manufacturer, denied that the trucks had substantive defects.

        The four firetrucks, valued in excess of $1 million, were recently returned to a dealer in Ohio.

        In its complaint, filed in federal court, Luverne Fire Apparatus is suing for the cost of the trucks, lawyer fees and “any other relief the court finds just and equitable.”

Suspects arrested in burglary of home

       The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office arrested a 24-year-old Price Hill man Tuesday and charged him with one in a string of recent nighttime burglaries in Green Township.

        Jason L. Patchell was charged with aggravated burglary, the sheriff's office said. He was charged in connection with a burglary that occurred Feb. 20 at a residence in the 2000 block of Sandal Lane.

        Mr. Patchell's arrest came as a result of a joint investigation by the sheriff's office and Green Township police into nighttime burglaries, vehicle thefts and thefts from vehicles that have been occurring in the western parts of Green Township, the sheriff's office said.

        Mr. Patchell is wanted by authorities in Polk County, Florida, for probation violations stemming from previous burglary convictions in Florida, the sheriff's office said.
       

Grants to fight teen substance abuse

       Four Tristate agencies will share $1.3 million in grants from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati to prevent and treat teen substance abuse, officials announced Monday.

        Expanded services are needed because recent high school surveys indicate that substance abuse is a growing problem, said Ann Perrin, the foundation's substance abuse program officer.

        The grants include:

        • $349,900 over three years to NorthKey Community Care in Northern Kentucky to launch an intensive outpatient treatment service in Pendleton County.

        • $310,000 for three years to the Butler County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board to expand services for youth facing a move into a residential treatment program.

        • $319,292 for three years to the Community Mental Health Center Inc. for school-based services in five rural Indiana counties.

        • $195,670 for three years to the Brown County Community Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services for a family therapy program.
       

Health group wins award for campaigns

       The Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati has won a national award for efforts to improve community health.

        The agency — a coalition of hospitals, physicians, employers, consumers, insurers and public health departments that formed in 1992 — received the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award from the American Hospital Association.

        The collaborative was honored for campaigns promoting flu shots, depression awareness and diabetes care and to reduce low-birth weight babies.

        For more information about the collaborative's initiatives, visit www.the-Collaborative.org.
       

Job fair scheduled at Scarlet Oaks

        SHARONVILLE — The Third Annual Southwest Ohio Education Job Fair will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Scarlet Oaks Career Campus, 3254 E. Kemper Road, Sharonville.

        More than 50 public school districts, all from Southwest Ohio, will participate along with five local universities and related educational organizations.

        The purpose of the job fair is to showcase job opportunities aimed at recruiting teachers, administrators, counselors and related support personnel. This year, the job fair will also feature a “career changer seminar” for those with a college degree interested in becoming a teacher. This one-hour seminar will be at 10 a.m., repeated at 1 p.m.

        For more information, visit www.effronassociates.com.
       

Bowling Green to pause in memory

       BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Students at Bowling Green State University will pause for six minutes of silence on Friday night to remember six students killed while returning from spring break.

        The memorial will take place at 9:01 p.m. — the same time the accident occurred.

        The students, all 19, were returning from Panama City, Fla., when their minivan spun into oncoming traffic and was struck by a tractor-trailer. The crash happened on Interstate 71 near Verona, about 25 miles south of Cincinnati.

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