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Princeton may sell naming rights By Kelly McBride kmcbride@communitypress.com
Princeton City Schools has announced its guidelines for those who want to apply for naming rights of various facilities of the new school campus on Chester Road. “We constantly are getting chatter of potential naming rights,” Superintendent Gary Pack said. “The only thing they’ve named (so far) is Matthews Auditorium, because
that family donated property where the schools are located. “They wanted to make sure they kept that name to acknowledge the Matthews family,” Pack said of school board members. According to board policy, applications must meet several criteria: » Commemoration should be reserved only for those people or places who have made a significant contribution to the enhancement of education, or
to the well-being of the district, community, state or nation. » A business, industry or organization must be willing to provide a substantial contribution to the school district, and approval of the contribution must be made by the board before naming rights are awarded. » Any person who is nominated must be deceased, or if that person is an employee, no longer employed by the school
district for at least five years before being selected. The middle school is on schedule to open in August this year, with the high school set for completion by August 2014. The common area, which will be open to the public outside of school hours, will be completed in 2015. “Naming rights will be considered by the board, but there is a substantial contribution that has to take place,” Pack
said, “Not just because they were great people who did great things.” Pack encouraged local businesses and community members to apply for naming rights. “This is a grand opportunity for them,” he said. “It’s going to be a grand place with many people going in and out for years to come.” For more about your community, visit www.Cincinnati.com/local.
UC class propels CACC forward with trail report By Leah Fightmaster lfightmaster@communitypress.com
Lt. Dave LeCompte, left, congratulates Jerry Barnell, who was named Glendale's Officer of the Year. KELLY MCBRIDE/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Barnell named Glendale Officer of the Year By Kelly McBride
kmcbride@communitypress.com
Glendale’s senior patrolman, who continues to lead by example, has been named the Officer of the Year. Jerry Barnell received the Joseph C. Hubbard Police Officer of the Year Award during Village Council’s April 8 meeting. Barnell was also the 2010 recipient of the annual award. “Rather than rest on that laurel, he has continued to expand his knowledge base and improve on every facet of his performance,” Police Chief Dave Warman said of Barnell. “Now, as the
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department’s senior patrolman, he leads through his active example and dedication to his profession.” Barnell has worked as a fulltime officer with the Glendale Police Department for 13 years, becoming a full-time officer in 2000 after working part-time for two years. He’s a certified bicycle officer, certified evidence technician, experienced drug investigator, serves ad the department’s wrecker company liaison and coordinates the department’s data-master activity, in addition to his duties as patrol officer. The Hubbard award, established in 2009, recognizes an of-
ficer whose performance during the previous year best exemplifies the Glendale Police Department’s mission. Performance considered above and beyond an officer’s duties, including professionalism, job activity and commitment to service are criteria used to choose the recipient, Warman said. “This award was unexpected,” Barnell said. “I work with a great bunch of guys.” “He’s a classic guy,” Lt. Dave LeCompte said of the officer. “He goes out and does his job.”
As Connective Active Communities Coalition members prepare plans to present to their respective councils, students in a University of Cincinnati transportation class have done a little of the leg work for them. Students in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning transportation class spent the spring semester working on a report for CACC that not only discussed how to connect trails for bicyclists and pedestrians, but also what effect it will have and how alternative forms of transportation could help. Adam Hartke, a graduate student finishing a masters degree in community planning who presented for the class, said that while bike lanes are preferred methods for bike and pedestrian traffic in CACC’s areas, signs and shared lanes are likely more cost-effective. CACC is comprised of representatives
from Blue Ash, Evendale, Glendale, Montgomery, Reading, Sharonville, Woodlawn and Wyoming. Shared lanes, or sharrows, are street lanes that indicate to drivers, typically with a bike and arrows painted on the ground, that they share the lane with bicyclists and should be on the look out for them. Several places in Cincinnati, including the Hyde Park and Oakley areas, already use sharrows. Signs are another option, Hartke said, that is less costly. The class’s report studied eight potential routes for bike trails throughout the CACC’s areas, which would link those areas, as well as interest points such as parks and schools. Some trails, such as a paths for Chester Road and Greenwood Avenue or Glendale-Milford Road and Chester Road, would likely need to have bike lanes to be safe enough. Other trails, such as along
University of Cincinnati graduate student Adam Hartke gives the presentation on his class' report on bike trail transportation for the Connecting Active Communities Coalition on April 18. THANKS TO MICHELE GOTTSCHLICH
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