Children from different neighborhoods will participate in an American Indian Sacred Unity Run from 3:30-6 p.m. April 26, starting at different points and ending at Eden Park.

        Each child will carry a feather as a torch and pass it to the next runner through each neighborhood. The feather is a Indian symbol of honor.

        “Right now we are recruiting in neighborhoods for participants,” said Linda Wihl, executive director of the Winton Place Youth Center, host of the run. “At this center we have children ages 5 to 18 who will participate. In some neighborhoods, they range from infants to college age children.”

        After a three-year absence, the Unity Run is being revived this year through a $2,000 Mayerson Grant given to a sociology class at Northern Kentucky University.

        The class donated the money to a nonprofit group.

        Ms. Wihl said children from several neighborhoods have signed up for the Unity Run, including Winton Place, Kennedy Heights, Sedamsville, Lower Price Hill, Price Hill, Winton Hills, Pleasant Ridge, Northside, the West End, Over-the-Rhine and Walnut Hills High School.

        “We still need others to participate,” Ms. Wihl said.

        Dottie Schwartz of Silverton, who volunteers at the Caring Place in Kennedy Heights, is recruiting in that area.

        “We are looking for children, mothers, grandmothers and baby sitters to participate,” Mrs. Schwartz said. “I think this is a positive movement. It simply says that we can do more together than we can alone.”

        Ms. Wihl said the idea of the Sacred Unity Run started through a cultural exchange program between the Winton Place Youth Center and the Ogibee Tribe in Bad River, Wis.

        “They told us about the Sacred Run where they cover eight miles in one hour, We didn't think that was possible. Then they explained how they divide the eight miles up with each child going the distance between telephone poles, passing off the feather from one child to another as a torch in a relay run. Each neighborhood will decide on how far each child should run,” Ms. Wihl said.

        She said the Winton Place Youth Center hosted the Run from 1993 to 1999.

        “It became too expensive for a small center like ours to host,” she said.

        At the end of the run in Eden Park, there will be a multicultural program with music and dancing by African-American, Appalachian and Spanish groups.

        A ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Kilgour Fountain, Hyde Park Square, to initiate a campaign to restore the fountain.

        Cost to restore the fountain is estimated at $330,000.

        Allen Howard's “Some Good News” column runs Sunday-Friday. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements, or people who are uplifting to the Tristate, let him know at 768-8362, at ahoward@enquirer.com or by fax at 768-8340.
       

Accused robber had look of success
What were they thinking?
Goodbye, Cinci Freedom
Justice's new code: kinder, gentler
Search was labor of love
$1 million spread among eight city arts projects
Appeals filed on gun ruling
Indian Hill buys 'Wharf'
Little is likeable but volatile, many say
Police searching for four other suspects in assault case
Tristate A.M. Report
AMOS: A key lesson
BRONSON: Forget France
HOWARD: Some Good News
Athlete-scholar made mark at Ross
Bipolar counselor sentenced
Court rules for Fenwick
Justice weighs in on Lakota
No renaming of airport, Butler says
Springboro stands by new chief
Two drug arrests made in Hamilton
West Chester considering radio station at VOA site
Ohio student drug use drops
Opponents of new Ohio lottery claim study committee biased
Traficant convicted of corruption charges
Big-name pub on way to Landing
Budget must be done his way, Patton says
Burlington tries to save downtown
Feds give $1.9M to study Spence bridge
Murgatroyd duels with Dems
Turfway reports attendance down
Two plead guilty in killing of Dixie Heights graduates