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save gorilla habitats. He’s nearly halfway to his goal, and has 445 phones ready for donation. While Brady was working on a school project about endangered animals, he decided to make donation boxes, set up around Alexandria, to make it easy for people to drop off their phones. “I realized there was a way I could help the gorillas easily. All I had to do is make the posters and fliers and boxes, and we collect the phones,” Brady said. “I thought only birds made nests, but gorillas make nests in trees. They’re pretty big. I like how they carry their babies on their back. They look a lot like humans.” Boxes are located at: » The County Heart, 1519 Pete Neiser Drive; » Brady’s school, Reiley Elementary, 10631 Alexandria Pike, in Alexandria; » Lovely Nails, 350 Cross Roads Blvd., Cold Spring; and » Sts. Peter and Paul School and Church, 2160 and 2162 California Crossroads in California. “Recycling cell phones reduces mining for coltan, an ore used in cell phones, in gorilla habitat and raises money for the zoo’s Conservation Fund,” according to the Cincinnati Zoo’s website, www.cincinnatizoo.org. “By recycling your cell phone you are preventing the large number of hazardous substances from entering our environment. Metals such as anti-
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plete a 5K or have the confidence knowing you could if you wanted to.” Participants can join one of two groups that will meet 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, March 10, at St. Elizabeth Edgewood Medical Office Building, 20 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood and Running Spot, 317 Monmouth St., Newport. Sessions are designed for beginners, but experienced runners and walkers are welcome, Roncker said. Sessions are limited to 50 participants and the program costs $50. This is the second year for the program. Roncker said Sit to Fit
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Fourth-grader Brady Delaney made these posters as part of his school project, but posted them around Alexandria to encourage others to participate in the cell phone recycling program. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Brady Delaney fills in the 445th square on his chart counting up to his goal of 1,000 cell phones recycled to benefit gorillas through a Cincinnati Zoo program. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
mony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, copper and lead, which can linger in the environment for a long time and have adverse effects on human health can be recycled or disposed of properly. In addition, by recycling coltan, a mineral mined in gorilla habitat, you are helping gorillas maintain a future in the wild.” The zoo website also includes information about
clearing personal information from phones before recycling. Brady’s mom, Elizabeth, said he likes to ask the zookeepers a lot of questions, and that’s how they found out about the recycling program. “Most people just throw old cell phones away or put them in a drawer and forget about them,” she said. “Brady is going to save the world,
was started to reach those who want to start exercising, walking or running from scratch. “This is the need or void that we wanted to fill,” he said. “We feel that there is a great need for programs like this. Many people lack fitness. The desire may be there to become more fit, but often times an individual may not know to whom to go to or where to go to. We feel that offering a sound and enjoyable training program will help the community become more fit.” Roncker said the Sit to Fit program has been very successful. “I cannot tell you the number of wonderful letters that we have received from participants who have participated in the program,” he
said. “To be able to hardly make it to the end of the block without huffing and puffing and then to be able to complete a 5K is quite an achievement,” he said. “Not only does this reduce health risks, but it creates a strong sense of empowerment. After one realizes that they can achieve this, the question comes up, ‘What else can I do?’ That is very exciting to me.” St. Elizabeth public relations manager Guy Karrick agreed that seeing participants reach their fitness goal is rewarding. “What’s most enjoyable is to see the expression on the faces of people who cross the finish line of their very first 5K. Once achieved, it’s theirs
the gorillas, at least. I really believe that.” The family is going to participate in the Gorilla Run on Sunday, March 30, as Team Brady, sponsored by Gorilla Imprints, a screenprinting company. “It will help raise awareness of what I’m doing,” said Brady. “It’s cool to run in a sweaty gorilla suit.” He also dressed as a gorilla for Halloween, but opted to star as himself when he made a YouTube video, “Brady saves the Gorillas!” to encourage more donations. “It’s been very interesting, to say the least,” said Bill Delaney, Brady’s dad. “Every time we bring it up to someone, they say they’ve got two or three and will give them to us.”
to keep. Better health can last a lifetime,” he said. “St. Elizabeth is a strong proponent of better health and wellness and we wanted to team up with a partner who held a similar belief and desire to improve the overall health in our community. This program succeeds where others fail because of the benefits of joining and training with a group of other like-minded individuals.” Karrick said the hospital and the Running Spot want to explore starting a group in Fort Thomas. For more information or to register, visit www.runningspot.com or call 513-321-3006.
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said. Ensuring the safety of staff and students is the job, Branham said. To do the job, building positive relationships is the key. “If they don’t feel like they can trust me then they’re not going to come tell me when they see something or they hear something that might be out of the ordinary like a fight or drugs or weapons,” Branham said.
WATCH HIM SHOOT School Resource Officer Makr Branham challenges the Campbell County Middle School girls basketball team to a free throw shooting contest. Go to http://cin.ci/1gzBAUx.
Campbell County Middle School eighth-grade basketball players Briena Kincaid, left, and Karigan Chitwood, both of Alexandria, dish ice cream they won by outscoring Alexandria Police Department School Resource Officer Mark Branham, left, in a free throw shooting contest. With Branham is Scott Pahren, the team’s assistant coach.CHRIS MAYHEW/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
As Branham said he needed more warm-up shots after he missed all eight of his attempted shots at practice Feb. 11. Briena Kincaid of Alexandria said Branham shows students throughout the school he cares by
showing he respects them, and students give the respect back to the police officer. “He’s a great mentor for all the school’s students, and they really look up to him,” Kincaid said.