Mothers part of wartime effort

Mothers' hearts are the unseen casualties of war. It has been that way as long as there has been war. Young people fight. Mothers wait and worry. On May 9 - Mother's Day - the Enquirer would like to publish examples of the letters that soldiers and sailors have written home to their mothers in wars from the last century - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War and from Iraq, as well as letters mothers have sent to their sons and daughters serving overseas. If you have a letter you are willing to share, contact Enquirer reporter Howard Wilkinson at hwilkinson@enquirer.com or call 786-8388 or write him at The Cincinnati Enquirer, 312 Elm St., Cincinnati OH 45202. (Please send copies of the correspondence, if possible, and include day and night phone numbers.)

Tickets available for Bush visit

LEBANON - About 1,500 free tickets will be distributed starting today to those who want to get closest to the Golden Lamb when President Bush visits Tuesday. The tickets will be distributed sometime today at Henkle Schueler Realtors on Henkle Drive in Lebanon. Call first: 513-932-6010. Lebanon is one of several stops on a four-state bus tour. After Bush speaks from the balcony of the Golden Lamb, he will be heading to Cincinnati. Details of the Cincinnati event have not been announced.

Club Clau appeals to the jet set

OVER-THE-RHINE - Here's where the cool people hang: London. Paris. Milan. Berlin. And Cincinnati. Club Clau, at 12th and Sycamore streets in Over-the-Rhine, has been recognized in Conde Nast Traveler's May issue on the 2004 Hot List. The magazine details 30 bar scenes from Boston to Bejing in no particular order. Noted are Clau's eclectic mix of music, VIP areas, striking models, decor and the flashing images projected above the dance floor. The piece even recognizes that some clubgoers leave with a souvenir - the avant garde artwork that sells right off the walls.

TRAFFIC WATCH

North and southbound Interstate 71 will be closed at the Montgomery Road bridge in Deerfield Township from 11 p.m. today until 5 a.m. Friday. Detours will be posted.