Delay of summer hats leaves police sweating

        The uniqueness of Cincinnati police officers' hats has them sweating in the heat.

        The department usually switches to its cooler “summer hat” in mid-May. But they're made, in part, of imported cane — a large shipment of which has been stuck in customs for several months.

        Don Blum, sales manager for Roy Tailors Uniform Co. in the West End, which orders the cane and has the hats made, said the natural cane was chosen decades ago because it holds up better than man-made materials and is cooler in Cincinnati's humidity.

        Until new hats are available for newer officers, the veterans can't wear their summer hats.

        “We want to be uniform in appearance,” said spokesman Lt. Kurt Byrd. “We don't want two policemen looking different.”

Ex-parking attendant named new VP at UC

        A man who started his University of Cincinnati career as a parking lot attendant was named one of the school's vice presidents Wednesday.

        James R. Tucker was appointed vice president for administrative and business services by UC's board of trustees.

        He will oversee 1,066 employees plus 290 contract employees and will be responsible for a budget of $119 million.

        He has three undergraduate degrees and an MBA.

Car collision leaves woman paralyzed

        A Cumminsville woman was paralyzed by an accident Thursday in which police say her boyfriend rammed her car with his.

        Janeen Harrell, 33, suffered a broken leg, shattered knee cap and broken neck in the accident about 1 a.m. on West McMicken Avenue. Police arrested Lendell Edward Smith, 40, of South Fairmount, and charged him with felonious assault.

        The two fought before the wreck, and Ms. Harrell tried to get away from Mr. Smith, the police report said. But he followed and hit her from behind.

Boaters organize blessing of fleet

        NEWPORT — The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Propeller Club and Power Squadron, all groups of commercial and recreational boaters, are sponsoring the Blessing of the Fleet 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Newport dock along Riverboat Row.

        The blessing, which kicks off the start of the boating season on the Ohio River, encourages safe boating.

New medical school named after Al Lerner

        CLEVELAND — MBNA Corp. Chairman Al Lerner and his wife, Norma, have donated $100 million to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Case Western Reserve University will name its new medical college after them.

        The medical school will be named the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. It will enroll its first class of prospective physicians in 2004.

        The Lerner family gift will be used for research and development, clinic officials said. The college will train physicians and scientists in biomedical research and practice and admit an entering class of as many as 40 students. The Cleveland Clinic admitted more than 52,000 patients last year.

        Mr. Lerner, owner of the NFL's Cleveland Browns, runs the second-largest credit-card issuer.

CAN's public service announcements hailed

        Northlich, a downtown-based communications and brand consulting firm, received the 2002 American Scene Award on Wednesday for a series of public service announcements promoting diversity it created for Cincinnati Community Action Now.

        The annual award was presented by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. It recognizes broadcast producers and advertisers who present positive, balanced and realistic depictions of women, people of color, senior and disabled.

        The public service announcements began airing in February. They are a part of Cincinnati CAN's multimedia campaign based on the slogan “Cincinnati can. You can too.”

Study says migraines often go undiagnosed

        Many people who seek medical care for recurring headaches actually have migraine headaches that go undiagnosed and undertreated, according to study results announced Tuesday.

        A study of more than 1,600 headache patients who visited 30 family physician practices scattered nationwide will be presented at the annual scientific meeting of the American Headache Society, which begins today in Seattle. Part of the study involved researchers at the University of Cincinnati.

        The study found that most patient headaches were diagnosed as headaches of non-specific origin. However, upon closer review, nearly 31 percent of those cases turned out to be migraine headaches.

        The finding is important because migraine headaches can be treated effectively once diagnosed, said Dr. Robert Smith, founder and past director of the UC Headache Center. But when migraines are not diagnosed, patients often get treated with less effective general pain relievers.

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