LOCAL NEWS FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003
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Obesity in kids examined
Keeping kids away from junk food advertising is one way to curb their appetite for sweet cereals, french fries and greasy hamburgers.
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Poet urges teens to 'be wonderful'
Award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni had a message for the teens of Greater Cincinnati: "Give yourself a chance to be wonderful. Give yourself a chance to be beautiful. Give yourself a chance to fly."
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Bronson: One answer to prevent a crime
Tim Wilson says his neighborhood is too uncivilized for most people. The day I met him he was looking for a job so he can move. He wants out of his tiny one-bedroom apartment in a grimy gray building across from the Free Store on Corwine Street, a street shorter than the life expectancy of the crackheads who hang out in the alley below his window like stray cats.
Crowley: Highlands coach doesn't need a medal
If you spend any time around athletics at Highlands High School, you know, or at least know of, Ron Welch. He's officially an assistant football coach, but he does anything that is asked of him.
Holiday display coming early
WALNUT HILLS - Christmas arrives next weekend at the Krohn Conservatory.
Subway tunnel to undergo repair
OVER-THE-RHINE - Maintenance work begins Monday on the subway tunnel under Central Parkway. Lane closures and parking restrictions are possible between Walnut and Draper streets through Feb. 1.
What do kids learn from gun education?
COLUMBUS - Timothy Grendell is adamant about teaching gun safety to kids.
Oxford woman found in Wisc.
OXFORD - A 20-year-old woman from this Butler County community, missing for several days, has been found unharmed in northeastern Wisconsin, officials said Saturday.
New industry: Crafting minds
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - For many years, Ken Kinch envied his wife Jennifer's daily interaction with children, thanks to her teaching position at St. Peter in Chains School in Hamilton.
Delhi may get skate park
DELHI TOWNSHIP - Living in Hamilton County's western suburbs can be boring, said Angelo Pastura, a junior at Oak Hills High School.
Elmwood Place appoints mayor
ELMWOOD PLACE - Leaders in this central Hamilton County suburb have filled several vacancies in the financially strapped village.
Charity seeks donated coats
Rhonda Jackson of Over-the-Rhine has a special interest in the 5 Cares Coats Drive, which runs through Nov. 21.
4 neighborhoods turn 100
Four Cincinnati neighborhoods will reach their centennial over the next four days.
Marker placed at Harrison site
NORTH BEND - The Harrisons are back. The Ohio Bicentennial Commission has placed a historical marker at the corner of Symmes and Washington streets, where President William Henry Harrison's home once stood.
Ohio dedicates second state home for veterans
GEORGETOWN - A veterans' home - the second such home built in Ohio in more than 100 years - was dedicated Saturday in this Brown County community.
Regional Report
HARTWELL - Police say they found the drugs they were looking for in an apartment search Friday night, but they also found two guns, a police scanner and a bullet-resistant vest.
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Priests and Sexual Misconduct
Four priests in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and two priests who formerly served in the Diocese of Covington have been sqspended and/or accused of sexual misconduct in a scandal that has swept across the country. Click here for an archive of Enquirer reports.
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Erpenbeck Investigation
Bill Erpenbeck was one of the Tristate's biggest home builders before his company crumbled in a bank fraud scandal that affected lenders, subcontractors and home owners. Click here for links to all Enquirer reports.
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