As summer ends, trash piles up. And one of the biggest places it accumulates is the annual end-of-summer bash, Riverfest. Half a million people gather on both sides of the river. Litter is a big problem.

        “Most of the time when the Riverfest is over, Sawyer Point looks more like a landfill than a park,” said Heather Harlow, communications manager for Keep Cincinnati Beautiful. “This year we are asking people to help change that image.”

        KCB recognizes that during Riverfest, trash cans are always bursting at the seams while wrappers and cups miss a lot of the cans.

        This year, KCB is asking people to bring a trash bag from home or pick one up from the Cincinnati Fire and Safety tent in the tunnel at Yeatman's Cove from 1-8 p.m.

        “You may also pick up a pocket ashtray,” Ms. Harlow said. “Cigarette butts are litter, too, so dispose of them properly. After you have packed your trash bag, just set it next to one of the Riverfest waste containers.”

        A special memorial will be held from 11:50 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

        Sept. 11 on the Central Plaza at the Northern Kentucky University campus.

        The university is partnering with the Disabled American Veterans, Delta Airlines, Pepsi Cola General Bottlers in Boone County and the North Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to sponsor the service.

        “We are hoping to do a good job and make this occasion memorial and meaningful,” said Kent Kelso, dean of students at NKU. “We are planning to have a military flight over the campus during the ceremony.”

        About 3,000 attended a similar service last year after the attacks.

        “We will again honor those who died in this attack and recognize the military, firemen, police, civil servants and civilians who served our communities and our country in response to this tragic event,” Mr. Kelso said.

        Special parking will be available on campus. Those attending are asked to enter the campus along Nunn Drive off U.S. 27 or the Three Mile Road exit off I-275 east and follow the signs for parking.

        For more information, call 859-572-6376.

        While the Taft Museum of Art is closed for its $19 million renovation, more than 26,000 people have attended the museum's offsite programs and events.

        That is just 11,000 fewer than the attendance during the same period last year when the museum was open.

        “It has been a great success,” said Tamera Lenz Muente, communications officer for the museum. “Especially successful is our Galleries on the Go, an outreach program that brings the museum's educational message to preschool through eighth-grade classrooms, and community centers.”

        The program reached 1,256 students from January through May and an additional 570 during the summer.

        Sessions scheduled for September through June will reach 1,534 students, she said.

        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 ahowardenquirer.com or by fax at 768-8340.

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