Legacy project committee volunteers are reconstructing the story of Hazelwood by gathering photographs; names; taped sessions of oral and public histories; maps; and census reports, said Alma Giles.

"We want to give Hazelwood a voice," Giles said. "Hazelwood started as an all-black community. It had to struggle to stay alive. Now it has been incorporated with the city of Blue Ash and is more like a melting pot of diversity."

Alma Giles, a resident of the Hazelwood neighborhood of Blue Ash since 1948, stands with Joel Corneli, reference librarian at the Blue Ash Library, near a display Giles and other neighborhood members assembled celebrating Hazelwood in the library lobby. (Craig Ruttle photo)

Along with Giles, others on the committee are Curtis Battle; Arian Best; Virginia Clark; Christina Giles; Naomi True; Andrea Byrd; Michael H. Washington Sr.; Mittie Wiley; Lymernel Power; Oloye Adeyemon; Elvira Coaston and her daughter, Tracey; Rachel Woods; Rodney Daniels; and Bradley Epstein, an intern from Miami University.

The first exhibition will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. today at the Blue Ash Library, 4911 Cooper Road. A panel of residents will discuss Hazelwood history. Exhibits, photographs and antiques will be displayed in the lobby.

"The exhibits will be displayed between 6:30-8:30 p.m., each Tuesday in February," Giles said.

The legacy project is sponsored by the Hazelwood Community Association and is backed by the Blue Ash Revitalization Inc., Blue Ash Historical Society and the University of Cincinnati's Raymond Walters Branch.

Authors at book fair

Sharon Draper, the 1997 National Teacher of the Year, will head a list of authors at the Mark L. Pastor Black Book Fair, Feb. 13-15, at Harmony School 1580 Summit Road, Roselawn.

Draper will discuss her latest book, The Battle of Jericho. Also, artist and author Annie Ruth and Ovie H. Mitchell III, author of Power: A Youth's Guide Out of the Justice System and Into Life, will conduct workshops.

Verneida Britton, will premiere his self-help book, I Was Lost, Now I am Found; and CityBeat columnist Kathy Y. Wilson will discuss her compilation of columns, Your Negro Tour Guide: Truths in Black and White.

Support network

Parents of children with serious emotional disorders, a diagnosed mental illness or symptoms of either will have a network to turn to for support.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Hamilton County is forming a support group. Its first meeting is 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday at Children's Hospital College Hill Campus, 5642 Hamilton Ave.

The group will offer support to parents, grandparents, foster parents or anyone caring for a child with a neurobiological disorder.

For information, call 948-3094.

Positively kids: Eagle Scout award

Alex Dennig, of Troop 281 sponsored by Anderson Hills United Methodist Church, has attained the highest rank of the Boy Scouts of America: the Eagle Scout award. For his community service program, he planned and built a meditation garden at First Christian Church in Middletown to honor the memory of his grandfather, Don Perkins.

The Anderson High School senior plans to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the son of DeDe and Chip Dennig of Anderson Township.

South Korea visit

Junior Sung Hyun Lee traveled to Pusan, South Korea, in January as part of a "Share Your World" interterm trip offered through Sterling College, Sterling, Kan. He and other Sterling students taught English as a second language at the Mission Language School of Sooyoungro Presbyterian Church and lived with host families for the three-week term.

Sung is the son of Chang Sik Lee and Myung Hwa Lee of Forest Park.

Two receive scholarships

The Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. Scholarship Foundation, located in Erlanger, Ky., has awarded scholarships to two students:

Laura Nelson received a Community Service Award based on her scholastic achievements and outstanding community service. She was also the recipient of a Toyota/Youth for Understanding Scholarship to Japan. The Ross High School graduate is a freshman at Bowling Green State University.

Nick Warner was awarded a scholarship based on scholastic achievements and extracurricular activities. A Boone County High School graduate, he is a sophomore majoring in telecommunications, with a minor in video art, at the University of Kentucky.

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