The painting was done by artist Eric Franke of Colerain Township. Franke gave the painting to U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot to give to Bush.

Chabot carried out the task when Bush was in Cincinnati last week for a fund raiser.

"I saw the panel lying in a Dumpster and decided to retrieve it,'' said Franke, who works as a plumbing contractor. "The Dumpster was near a remodel site in Clifton."

Franke said he spent time thinking about a painting after 9-11.

"I guess I was like most Americans over the 9-11 incident,'' Franke said. "I finally decided I wanted to do something to commemorate that incident, but the subject was sensitive.''

He first painted a flag across the panel without stars. He said the missing stars represent lives lost. But the stars appear at the end of the borders of the panel, representing the heavens, Franke said.

He then painted the portrayal of every president, from George Washington to Bush.

Images on the paintings include crashes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the field at Shanksville, Pa., and a night scene in New York City with memorial lights in the sky.

Other images include a scene at Ground Zero, flight numbers, steel beams, empty stretchers, patriotic symbols, Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty and a bald eagle.

"After I finished it, I didn't know what to do with it. I decided giving it to the president was the best thing,'' Franke said.

QB tosses $25,000 pass

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer has already scored a touchdown with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati.

Palmer presented a $25,000 check to the organization at his Carson Palmer Passing & Receiving Camp, sponsored by Allstate Insurance and 700 WLW Radio last week at Princeton High School.

The three-day camp drew more than 150 youngsters. Thirty Tristate Allstate Insurance agents provided scholarships for 50 of the youths to attend the inaugural camp.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati has five facilities with core programs.

Help for kin of mentally ill

Registrations for Family-to-Family courses, designed to foster learning, healing and empowerment among relatives of persons diagnosed with mental or neurobiological disorders, are being accepted by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Hamilton County.

Classes will start in August and September.

The 12-week course is free and offers information about illnesses of the brain and their treatment, coping skills and advocacy.

Information: 948-3094 or www.nami-hc.org