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Ault Park Advisory Council hosts World War I memorial Laura A. Hobson
Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
HYDE PARK – Ault Park Advisory Council is sponsoring a memorial honoring World War I veterans of Greater Cincinnati 100 years after the war's end. The memorial event will take place 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Nov. 11, on Heekin Avenue located in Hyde Park. Parking is available on Heekin, Principio and nearby streets. The occasion will recognize those who have served as well as rededicate a bench and plant trees. Created in 1920, the bench’s inscription says, “In memory of the citizens of Hamilton County who gave their lives in the country’s service 1917-1918. Cherry trees were planted by the Garden Club of Cincinnati 1920.” The date is the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending World War I and approved by the Allies and Germany at Compiegne, France. The program includes: Bugle Call – Douglas Pfingstag, member, Bugles Across America. This organization has over 4,000 bugler volunteers located in all 50 states and growing numbers overseas. Honor Guard Entrance – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard posting the colors; Cincinnati Police Honor Guard presenting the colors. Singing of the National Anthem – The Schilling
Rudy Siegel, member of Ault Park Advisory Council, sits on the World War I memorial bench. LAURA A. HOBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
School Singers, elective choir for Upper School students of the Schilling School for Gifted Children founded in 1997 and located at 8100 Cornell Road, Sycamore Township.
Master of Ceremonies - Lt. Col. Louis M. Sand, retired, U.S. Army Reserve. He is manager, Riverfront Parks Events and Education, city of Cincinnati. Sand served in Haiti, Bosnia and Afghanistan. Invocation – Deacon Don Murphy, St. Veronica Parish. Keynote Speaker – Col. Brad Wenstrup, U.S. Army Reserve, member of U.S. House of Representatives. Ceremonial Tree Planting – Wenstrup; State Rep. Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr.; Wade Walcutt, director, Cincinnati Parks; Jennifer Hafner Spieser, executive director, Cincinnati Parks Foundation; and Michelle Baxter, president, Ault Park Advisory Council. Singing of Period Songs – The Schilling School Singers. Reading of "In Flanders Field" – Bruno Lanman, U.S. Navy, retired. He is a retired local business owner and heart transplant recipient. Ceremonial 21 Gun Salute – Hamilton County Police Association Honor Guard, which has 26 members from 21 jurisdictions. Playing of Taps – Douglas Pfingstag, Bugles Across America Honorary Fly-Over – To be determined The Ault Park Advisory Council Memorial Committee included Bizzy Driscoll, Hyde Park; Dr. Stanley Hedeen, Hyde Park; and Rudolph Siegel, Mariemont.
Police found kilos of drugs in these Columbia Tusculum homes with street value of approximately $500,000 Kevin Grasha and Max Londberg Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
A drug ring that court documents say had a "stash house" in Columbia Tusculum was connected to a Mexican drug cartel and was responsible for shipping at least 10 kilograms of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and meth into the Cincinnati area, officials said. Cincinnati police announced the arrests of 11 people they say were involved in the drug ring. Two more people face charges in the case but were not in custody at that time. Lt. Steve Saunders called it a major bust that will save lives by getting drugs – including the highly potent synthetic opiate, fentanyl – off the streets. As little as 2 milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill someone. Investigators found approximately 3 kilos of heroin mixed with fentanyl, 3 kilos of cocaine and 4 kilos of methamphetamine. The street value is estimated to be half a million dollars. In addition to the drugs, investigators seized drug packaging tools, four vehicles, four guns and about $140,000 in cash. The first of two rounds of raids took place on Sept. 17. When police searched the alleged stash house, which was on Hoge Street, they found approximately 1 kilo of a heroin-fentanyl mixture as well as several empty kilogram-sized “plastic wrappings,” according to court documents. Officials believe the plastic previously contained a heroin-fentanyl mix. A kilogram is equal to approximately 2.2 pounds. Police arrested 29-year-old Cesar Diaz-Gomez at the home. Diaz-Gomez told officers, documents say, that he was in the U.S. illegally and had only been in Cincinnati a few months. Although he is unemployed, the documents say he had more than $2,200, which he said he brought with him from Chicago. The same day as the raid on Hoge Street, officers
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Clockwise from upper left: Laquintee Bloodworth, Savalas Mills, Roy Jackson, Michael Stallworth and Enya Kirksey
Clockwise from upper left: James Carter, Jan Carlos Murrell, Cesar Diaz-Gomez, Anthony Phillips and Charles Oden
also raided another Columbia Tusculum house, about a block away, in the 600 block of Rushton Road. A search of that house uncovered $15,000 in cash and a hydraulic kilogram press machine, court documents say. A kilogram-sized brick, the documents say, gives “the appearance that it contains a higher purity level” – meaning it has not been mixed with a cutting agent. Laquintee Bloodworth, 40, was arrested at the home. He had keys to the front door of the Hoge Street house, court documents say. The documents also describe a third raid on Sept. 17, in the 1400 block of Beaverton Avenue in Roselawn. There, investigators seized about 3.75 kilos of “methamphetamine mixtures,” about 13 grams of “cocaine mixture” and more than 2 kilos of various mixtures containing fentanyl. The Roselawn home was known as the "clubhouse," court documents say. One of the 13 charged, 42-year-
old Charles Oden allegedly directed 61-year-old Roy Jackson to make several deliveries to the clubhouse over a four-day period beginning Sept. 11. Investigators tracked members' movements and phone conversations, details of which tell of a booming enterprise. Also charged in the case are: Oden's girlfriend, Enya Kirksey, 41; James Carter, 50; Savalas Mills, 42; Gregory Moore, 27; Jan Carlos Murrell, 49; Roy Jackson, 61; Anthony Phillips, 45; and Michael Stallworth, 46. All face drug charges in federal court in Cincinnati. Oden and Kirksey are charged with maintaining a drug-involved premises in the 2100 block of Clara Street in South Fairmount. Documents say Phillips possessed powdered sugar, used as a cutting agent, press plates, masks, gloves and plastic packaging. In addition to Cincinnati police, the investigation included the DEA, Ohio State Highway Patrol and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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