Judge Jones, who will attend a dedication of the new, three-story building on Oct. 22, was born in Youngstown.

“I am happy for myself and my family and also for the city of Youngstown,” Judge Jones said. “I hope naming the building after a native son and an African-American will help dispel the negative image of Youngstown.”

Judge Jones said he was born five minutes from the corner where the new courthouse building is located.

“I used to walk past the site on Wick Avenue where the building is now, going to college and law school,” he said.

Judge Jones finished his judicial career in Cincinnati as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati.

Good grades and a good attitude could win a computer through an innovative program devised by Sherrie Bluester, program manager for the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority.

Ms. Bluester said 15 students who attend CMHA learning sites in English Woods, Millvale, Lincoln/Laurel and Findlater Gardens made the honor roll four consecutive times and qualified for free personal computers.

The idea of the plan is to level the educational playing field by closing the technological gap between the haves and the have-nots, Ms. Bluester said.

Beatrice Burse-Wooten, 11, who attends the CMHA's Findlater Gardens learning site at the Winton Hills Academy, 4750 Winton Road, has her own personal computer through the plan.

“I plan to use it to help me with reading and math,” Beatrice said.

About 20 students at the academy share two computers in each classroom.

An account specialist with Tri-Health got $10,000 richer Thursday when she became the 110th caller in WUBE-FM's B-105 Song of the Day, part of the Infinity's Multi-City contest.

Vickie Brown of Moores Hill, Ind., made the call at 1:41 p.m. after the song “Cowboy Take Me Away,” by the Dixie Chicks was played.

Ms. Brown said she will share the money with co-workers Stephanie Grace, of Westwood, and

Kathy Ramstetter, of Dent, also account specialists.

“I have never won anything like that in my life,” Ms. Brown said. “We agreed when we started that whoever won would share it with the others.”

Ron James, promotion director for the station, said on weekdays at 7:10 a.m. it announces the song of the day and when it will be heard. The song is played five times between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. The 110th caller wins the jackpot.

Tim Closson, program director, said when the station participated in the contest in January and February this year, $67,000 was awarded to Tristate listeners.

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.

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