Three students put their knowledge of good citizenship to work and were honored for their efforts.

Kevin Ferguson, 12, and brothers; Ryan Owens, 11, and Tyler Owens, 8, students at Jane Hoop Elementary School, Mount Healthy, took their minds off selling candy to help a woman in trouble.

Hoop Elementary students (from left) Ryan Owens, 11, Kevin Ferguson, 12, and Tyler Owens, 10, were honored for helping a woman who had fallen at home. (Steven M. Herppich photo) | ZOOM |

When they knocked on a door in the Lake of Woods Apartment Complex, they heard a woman crying. She had fallen.

They called 911.

"We stayed with her and comforted her until the firemen came,'' said Ryan.

Lt. Steve Lawson and assistant fire chief Tim Harris of the Mount Healthy Fire Department presented the youths with plaques this week for being good citizens.

Janice Thall, the woman they helped, is recuperating at home.

Courage rewarded

Tracie Metzger is a model for courage and perseverance.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer, she went through chemotherapy and breast reconstructive surgery.

Today Metzger will be honored with the "Patients of Courage: Triumph Over Adversity," award by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in San Diego, Calif.

Metzger was nominated for the award by plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Williams of the Plastic Surgery Group.

Williams said Metzger was honored for her strength and willingness to give back to the community.

"Clearly, Tracie is one of those unique individuals able to tackle not only the physical, but emotional aspects of her disease and turn it into a positive force in her life,'' Williams said.

Metzger and several other young women started Pink Ribbon Girls, a support group for breast cancer patients.

Coach of the year

Ron Russo, counselor and cross country coach at Colerain High School, has been selected the Greater Metropolitan Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year for 2003.

ACADEMIC ALL-STARS

Makes dean's list

Junior government major David Greenberg was named to the spring semester dean's list at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He is spending fall semester in Washington, D.C. at an internship with the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.

The Cincinnati Country Day School graduate is the son of Pamela Meyers and Gerald Greenberg of Evendale.

Golf scholarship

Andrea Breitenbach, a graduate of McAuley High School, was awarded an academic scholarship by the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association Foundation. She also received the Raymond H. Fuller, P.E., Memorial Scholarship through the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers.

She is the daughter of Kathleen and James Breitenbach of Harrison.

D.C. program

Stephanie Wilks, a senior at Ursuline Academy from Hamilton, participated in the Presidential Classroom Scholars Program last summer in Washington, D.C. She and others spent a week discussing political issues and observing the American political process on Capitol Hill.

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OUR KIDS

Cameron Logan, of North Bend, mixes his music with weight-lifting, basketball and practical jokes.

The 17-year-old senior at the School for Creative and Performing Arts was a recent winner of the 2003 Overture Awards for instrumental music.

The pianist performs occasionally with the Blue Ash Symphony. And he has won first prize in the Blue Ash Young Artist Competition.

Cameron will perform "Prelude" and "Etude" by Scriabin for the From the Top show's taping on Nov 11. The program airs on WGUC (90.9FM) at 9 a.m. Saturdays.

Cameron studies with Simon Goykhman at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Prep Department.

He is the son of Dane and Karen Logan.