The inaugural program was June 7-11. The students were exposed to P&G's beauty care business, including cosmetics, hair and skin care products and antiperspirants, as well as technology development for oral care.

The program is designed to give the students a snapshot of work in research and development through hands-on experience with volunteers.

The students were able to learn how P&G builds a consumer product, works cooperatively and conducts applied research.

Nicole plans to enter Wittenberg University this fall to study chemistry and business. Matthew plans to go to Tennessee State University and study engineering.

Over-the-Rhine painting

A 4-by-5-foot painting will hang on the wall at the Emanuel Community Center, 1308 Race St., as part of a promotion to show positive images in Over-the-Rhine.

The painting, done by artist Charles Brown of Newport, will be unveiled Aug 20 in a benefit for the center.

Brown said it is time for residents of Over-the-Rhine to focus on the positive to help change the concept they have of themselves and to see what they are capable of doing.

"In this painting, I show positive images through people. I show a businessman in a suit, a successful athlete, a family and a woman in a business attire,'' Brown said. "I think this can give them a new vision as to what they can be and what they can do rather than looking at the negative images they see all the time.''

Brown helped establish an artists' co-operative in Newport.

He refers to the work as a multicultural street painting. The painting will be unveiled at the Bankers Club.

"This painting focuses on the future of the people, rather than the problems as they are now,'' Brown said.

Norwood education

The Children's Home of Cincinnati will use a $300,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Education to implement the Norwood Community Learning Center project in partnership with the Norwood City Schools, Norwood Recreation Center, the Richard E. Lindner YMCA, Family & Children First Council and the TriState Education and Technology Foundation.

The purpose of the program is to eliminate barriers to learning and assist lower-achieving students in meeting state standards for academic achievement.

SALUTING OUR SOLDIERS: Decorated with Bronze Star

Army Staff Sgt. Jody Volz was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal for supporting the mission of Iraqi Freedom and participating in Operation Northern Delay in Iraq.

He also was promoted to Sgt. 1st Class.

The Oak Hills High School graduate is a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy.

Gets his silver wings

Air Force 2nd Lt. Nathan Loucks has received silver pilot's wings after graduating from pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas.

The Lakota West High School and U.S. Air Force Academy graduate is the son of Christine and David Loucks of West Chester Township.

Complete basic training

These armed forces personnel have graduated from basic combat military training:

• From Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.: Mark Yasbeck, Sycamore High School graduate and son of Rex Yasbeck of Blue Ash; James Gregory, the son of Linda Gregory of St. Bernard; and Christopher Schwierking, the son of Diane Noel of Price Hill.

• From Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.: Timothy Horn of Anderson Township, a McNicholas High School and Wittenberg University graduate; and Jonathon Timberlake, Mason High School graduate and son of Sandra and James Timberlake of Mason.

• From Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.: Eric Shields and Derrell Shields, Taft High School graduates and sons of Deborah Shields of Northside; Clinton Ferguson, Aiken High School graduate and son of Marian Ferguson of College Hill; Joshua Brown, the son of Becky Brown of Springfield Township; and Randolph Wells, Mason High School graduate.

• From Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas: Ernest Washington, Hughes Center High School graduate and son of Jennifer Foster of Price Hill; Brian Milner, Winton Woods High School graduate and son of Kathleen Milner of Springfield Township; Sally Harmon, Mount Healthy High School graduate; Wanda Strunk, Anderson High School graduate and daughter of Barry Evers of Batavia; Erik Elmendorf, Finneytown High School graduate and son of Lisa and Peter Elmendorf of Finneytown; and Lee Langston III, Sycamore High School graduate and son of Lee and Wendy Langston of Montgomery.

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