In that time, the Winton Terrace Boxing Club has won titles including five championships at the Ohio State Fair boxing competition Aug. 4-7.

The club took seven boxers to the state fair. They were Dominick Lackey, 12, Steve Roddy, 13, Rashaun Bland, 23, Samuel Gatewood, 18, Mel Crossty, 18, Donald Cornell, 14, and Marcus Bush, 14, Bush's grandson.

Five of the boxers won their age category, and Crossty also earned the outstanding boxer trophy, said Bush, 67, a retiree.

More than 100 boxers competed at the state fair, Bush said.

"I'm very proud of these kids," Bush said. "I'm trying to make something out of them."

Bush said the idea for the boxing gym evolved from earlier projects. He said he used to host block parties for kids, and then he suggested that the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority build a basketball court in an open area at Winton Terrace.

After seeing the basketball court come to fruition, he thought a boxing gym also would be a good idea.

Bush said the housing authority provided space in the basement of a building on Craft Street, and he and several others cleaned it up and set up a boxing gym.

The gym has 20 to 25 regulars who train there, and he is helped by other coaches that include his sons, Branden Bush and Arnold Bush Jr., and Larry Donaldson Sr.

Bush said Donald Troendle, executive director of the housing authority, and restaurateur Buddy LaRosa help support the boxing club, which relies on donations to pay expenses and travel costs.

Domestic violence walk

Betsy Besl was working in a downtown office building near where Cheryl Dawson of Hebron was stabbed to death on Fourth Street in March 2002.

Now Besl is honoring Dawson's memory and trying to raise awareness about domestic violence through the "One Voice: Cheryl Dawson Memorial 3K Family Fitness Walk" at Sawyer Point on Sept. 26.

Besl hopes the event brings people together to celebrate families and also foster education about signs of abuse and the services available in Greater Cincinnati to help abuse victims.

"It is my vision to make domestic violence more open," Besl said.

Dawson, 37, had sought protection from her estranged husband several times in courts in Boone County and Hamilton County.

"I think that if the shame associated with this issue can be lifted by awareness, then the families involved in it will be more likely to seek help - for the victims as well as the ones committing the violence," Besl said.

Robin Dawson pleaded guilty to the stabbing death in August 2002 and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

Several Greater Cincinnati organizations will be providing information at the event, including the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, the Women's Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky, the Rape Crisis & Abuse Center of Hamilton County and Life Success Seminars near West Chester.

To register, go online to www.signmeup.com/27612 or call Mike Crane at (513)231-4734. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children 10 and younger and includes a T-shirt while supplies last.

Registration also will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the event. The walk begins at 11 a.m. on the Kroger Promenade.

After the event, there will be music by the band Richie and the Students, as well as food and drinks and 10-minute massages.

Golf tournament

The Robert L. Williams Memorial Golf Tournament is looking for players to help support the scholarship fund at Butlerville Masonic Lodge.

The event will take place at Hickory Woods Golf Course in Loveland at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The cost is $300 per team and includes golf, cart, dinner and of prizes.

Information: Marie Williams at (513)877-2334 or Angela Williams at (513)899-3150.

Academic All-Stars: Moore magna cum laude

Jill Marie Moore graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's in early childhood education from Miami University. She is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and Golden Key International.

The Oak Hills High graduate is the daughter of Bev and Terry Moore of Delhi Township.

Gibbons brothers graduate

Thomas Gibbons graduated summa cum laude in geography from George Washington University in Washington. He received the Muriel Parry Geography Department award and was accepted into Phi Beta Kappa. He is a Walnut Hills High School graduate.

Stephen Gibbons graduated summa cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law, and was elected into the Heuisler Honor Society. The Purcell Marian High School graduate holds an undergraduate degree with honors from American University in Washington.

Thomas and Stephen are the sons of Kathryn and Christopher Gibbons of Hyde Park.

Spurlock now a lawyer

Alyson Rae Spurlock graduated cum laude from the School of Law at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. The editor of the Law Review has accepted a position at a law firm in Charlotte, N.C.

The Hamilton High School graduate earned her bachelor's at the University of Kentucky. She is the daughter of Connie Spurlock of Hamilton and Ron Spurlock of West Chester Township.

Koebbe outstanding grad

Bret Koebbe graduate summa cum laude from the University of Cincinnati College of Business. He was recognized as the outstanding undergraduate student in both aviation and operations management.

The Roger Bacon High School graduate is employed at Sportsman's Market Inc. and Eastern Cincinnati Aviation. He is the son of Pat and Thomas Koebbe of Springfield Township.

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