By Kevin Aldridge
The Cincinnati Enquirer

SAYLER PARK - The Preservation Association of Sayler Park will ask Cincinnati City Council today for money to hire a consultant to study historical properties for the National Register.

Sayler Park residents have been fighting for the past two years to stop Lone Star Industries from building a cement distribution plant in the neighborhood. A study is under way to determine the effects of the proposed plant on historic properties.

Betty Kamuf, president of the preservation association, said residents don't feel that the city's Historical Conservation Board has adequately represented them during proceedings to determine what would qualify as historic landmarks.

"We're not getting support from the city on this issue," Kamuf said. "They say they are behind us and that we should fight (the cement plant), but their history department doesn't back council's words up very well."

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