Monday, March 08, 1999
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p8 Irish parade to honor police, firefighters
The annual Cincinnati St. Patrick's Parade, scheduled for Sunday, will pay tribute to Tristate police officers and firefighters.
Cincinnati Police Officer Joe Eichorn and Cincinnati firefighter Lt. Jerrold Ware will represent local“Heroes in Blue” by serving as honorary grand marshals of the parade.
Officer Eichorn, a truant officer in District 5, was honored as The Exchange Club of Cincinnati Patrolman of the Year for 1999. He is credited with instituting procedures that have resulted in decreases in the number of truants on the streets, as well as a drop in juvenile crime committed during school hours.
Lt. Ware continues to recover from burns and other injuries suffered in 1997 during the rescue attempt of a 7-year-old girl in South Fairmount.
The parade — the largest Irish cultural celebration of its kind in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana — starts at 1 p.m. and follows a route that begins on Pete Rose Way, travels north on Broadway, west on Fifth Street and south on Plum.
Canned goods will be collected.
Sweeney's Seafood fire called suspect
READING — An early-morning fire Sunday at Sweeney's Seafood House, 8372 Reading Road, is considered suspect, a Reading fire official said Sunday.
No dollar loss is available on the blaze, but damage is thought to be moderate, the official said. The fire is under investigation by the Reading fire and police departments, he said.
The fire, which started about 5 a.m., was contained to the storage area.
Sunday concert to aid social service agencies
Three social service agencies will get some money and a shot of publicity Sunday at the Thriftway Sounds for Hope at Music Hall in Over-the-Rhine.
The 7 p.m. musical celebration is will raise money and awareness about Jobs Plus Employment Network, CityCURE and City Gospel Mission.
Composer Michael Parks will conduct a 125-voice choir and 60-piece orchestra, and the Lincoln Court Bucket Boyz will perform.
Jobs Plus, created in 1994, provides job opportunities and a support network for low-income residents. City Gospel Mission, which began in 1924, offers daily break fasts and dinners, a shelter for men and a rehabilitation program. CityCURE offers inner-city youths tutoring, choirs, drama groups and mentoring.
For tickets, call 241-7469 or visit the Aronoff Center Box Office, Music Hall Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are $10, $15 and $20, plus a facilities fee of about $1.50.
Program to focus on kindergarten readiness
Is your child ready for kindergarten? A program focusing on kindergarten readiness will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Church of the Savior, 8005 Pfeiffer Road, Montgomery.
The program, presented by school psychologist Terri Land, will address the question of placing children in kindergarten when they have summer birthdays. It also will examine when it is appropriate to place children in kindergarten and when to hold them back.
The event is free to the public. To register, call 489-0405, Ext. 500.
Striking workers seek to expand Tyson protest
CORYDON, Ind. — For organized labor, the picket line outside a Tyson Foods chicken-processing plant here is more than just a contract dispute.
It's the front line in a war against a giant in an industry in which wages are relatively low and union contracts are rare.
“We have drawn a line in the sand,” said Jill Cashen, a spokeswoman for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in Washington. “We intend to organize the poultry industry, and we plan to give poultry workers a voice.”
The 3-month-old strike has prompted the Cincinnati-based union to carry its fight against Tyson to other plants and to organize a nationwide boycott of the world's largest poultry producer.
Cleveland diocese to hike teacher salaries, tuition
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Catholic Diocese has developed a financial plan for its elementary schools that would raise teachers' salaries but also increase the cost of tuition.
The plan replaces the tuition subsidies and multiple-child discounts that members of a parish receive with a financial aid system similar to that used by colleges. Parents who aren't eligible for financial aid would pay the entire cost of tuition.
The diocese had 99 vacancies among its 3,500 teaching positions at the beginning of this school year, a record.
The diocese's 144 elementary schools may each choose individually whether to adopt the plan.
Cleveland's plan is based on one developed by Superintendent Mike McCormick for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati five years ago.
Man's shooting only Dublin's 2nd homicide
DUBLIN — Police in this Columbus suburb said the shooting death of a man early Sunday was the second homicide in the history of the community, which was founded in 1810. The other slaying occurred two years ago at the same site.
Spencer Donahue, 24, of Warsaw, Ohio, was shot to death about 2:15 a.m. at an Amoco station, said police Lt. Mike Epperson. Mr. Donahue entered a convenience store that is part of the station and asked the clerk to call 911, Lt. Epperson said. He said that minutes later, Jason Cass, 21, of Zanesville, Ohio, walked in and fired multiple shots with a .22-caliber handgun.
Mr. Cass was charged with voluntary manslaughter. He was being held Sunday in the Franklin County jail.
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