The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 1

Picture-perfect pears In season through early winter, V1 1 1 they're great in salads, desserts GOTTA TRY IT A healthy, fizzy fruit drink TiH nrv CINCINNATI.COM iBKli FINAL NEWS 50 CENTS INSIDE TODAY nTT0TTlXT A MM rops in, nets $1.71 Upfront Must reads inside today's Enquirer He says he loves it here, and no wonder President Bush waves to the crowd Tuesday after getting out of Air Force One at the CincinnatiNorthern Kentucky International Airport. He dropped in for a fund-raising event at the Indian Hill home of Carl Lindner III. 4 Poetrle By Cindi Andrews The Cincinnati Enquirer INDIAN HILL-Cincinnati's Republican elite gathered to cheer President Bush on Tuesday and hand the 43rd president $1.7 million to remember them by. Bush attended a late-afternoon fund-raiser at the Indian Hill estate of Carl Lindner III, son of Reds owner Carl Lindner, one of the most generous campaign contributors in the country. It was Bush's second fund- The president spoke for a half-hour on topics ranging from the AIDS crisis in Africa to his "No Child Left Behind" initiative, in addition to the rebuilding in Iraq and the economy.

The event was closed to the press. "The president gave a great speech, and the people of Hamilton County proved their commitment to him and desire to see Bedgood College i $2,000 each to sample an open bar and fancy appetizers such as artichoke truffles from Elegant Fare catering under shelter of a giant party tent. They were entertained by Encore, a choir from Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy. Guests in business attire didn't get to peek inside the Lindners' 16-room, home or even have a chair to sit in during Bush's speech. raising stop of the day.

Earlier, he raised $3.5 million at a luncheon in Chicago. The one-day total of $5.2 million ties a fund-raising achievement he set in California in June, according to Kevin Madden, a spokesman for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. Bush has raised an estimated $50 million in the past three months. In Indian Hill, guests paid Bed ofC Hilt of The Cincinnati EnquirerSteven M. Herppich See BUSH, PageA8 Preserving Rookwood Gidding work under way 1 S.

V-W 1 11 1 1 I 0 11 i. A JS iHi Ivory has its first new baby in nearly 30 years There's a new Ivory Baby for the first time in nearly 30 years and Poetrie Bed-good of College Hill, 13 months old, was close to winning the honor. Procter Gamble Co. chose a Portland, child to star in advertisements for Ivory Moisturizing Body Wash. BUSINESS Dl Bearcats' Hall ranked in top 20 University of Cincinnati running back Richard Hall is showing the form that gained him the fourth-most yards in Ohio high school history during his years at Wyoming High.

His 107-yard-per-game average now has him ranked 20th in the nation. SPORTS Bl Sound off about comics We're thinking of changing our comics, but we want to consult you first Take our comics poll to help us select comics that reflect our readership. TEMPO Fl Also The FBI began a criminal investigation Tuesday into whether White House officials illegally leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer. NATION A2 -rf The Cincinnati EnquirerGARY LANDERS Funding up 19 from last year's Wyndell Rogers grinds cracks for preparation of a sealant as he works Tuesday on the decorative Rookwood terra cotta tiles on the facade of the Gidding Building, now occupied by T.J. Maxx on Fourth Street downtown.

Below A detail from the facade shows the flamboyant style of the pottery. Cost of repairs: Priceless Where it's spent Some examples of the kinds of research going on at the University of Cincinnati. A8 By Cliff Radel Tlie Cincinnati Enquirer The great wall of Rookwood has been saved. By the end of October, craftsmen from Zeiser Construction should fin ground in June. Scaffolding was erected to protect passersby.

An initial inspection of the 1907 work found that time, weather, dated installation methods and poor maintenance had taken their toll. Many tiles were loose, cracked and in danger of falling to piec By Tim Bonfield The Cincinnati Enquirer The Greater Cincinnati economy and the future health of its residents got a $49 million boost in the past year from a nearly 19 percent jump in research funding for the University of Cincinnati. UC officials reported Tuesday that funding grew from $260 million in the year ended June 2002 to $309 million through June 2003. During the recently tough economic times, hundreds of millions of dollars coming to one of the city's largest employers adds up to welcome news. But the ultimate impact goes much further than dollar signs.

More than 80 percent of the grants are paying for health-related work at the new Genomics Research Institute in Reading, at the curvy-walled Vontz Center for 'You can't put a dollar amount on thatfacade. The Gidding-Jenny building is one of the preeminent Rookwood installations in the country. Riley Humler, Cincinnati Art Galleries Molecular Studies, at re search towers attached to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and at other medical laboratories scattered about UC's campus. Some of the biggest grants are paying for stroke research ($28.5 million over five years) and lung cancer ($12.9 million over five years). Both diseases rank among the Tristate's top causes of death.

More than 40 researchers won grants exceeding $1 million each. Their projects range from seeking ways to block cancer cell growth, to improving surgical techniques, even to understanding the causes of male sexual ish repairing the vividly colored, three-dimensional 96-year-old tile facade of the former Gidding building now part of the downtown TJ. Maxx store. The storefront's Rookwood terra cotta trim is one-of-a-kind. It represents one of the largest and most ornate works created by Cincinnati's late, legendary pottery maker.

The loss of the tiles with their garland-trimmed flowers, es. For the next two months, said building owner Norm Was-serman, "we tried to find the right people to make the proper repairs." In August, he contacted Christopher Cain, the Cincinnati Preservation Association executive director. Cain remembers Wasserman venting his frustrations about the faulty facade by saying, "I'm about ready to take a hammer to it" Iff ll IP 11 IMIIMII II TT fl There was nothing stopping him. The building is not on the National Register of Historic Places. Nor does it hold COMING FRIDAY Our seventh annual high school theater guide offers a list of plays and musicals you can see this school year at high schools throughout the Tristate.

WEEKEND fruit and faces would have left an irreparable hole on Fourth Street's smile. Cincinnati came close to suffering that loss. A golf-ball sized chunk of tile fell to the See UC, Page A8 See ROOKWOOD, PageA8 tt liii i -i Don't like yellow? Maybe it will fade WEATHER Homework only takes hour or so High 61s Low 34 rs ouiiiiy BUI mm Ciiy. COMPLETE FORECAST: C8 INDEX 7 sections, 163rd year, No. 175 ...01 Abby Business Lotteries C2 Movies F7 Obituaries C4 Sports Bl TV F8 Comics F6 Editorial C6 Kids' Comer C8 yes, that yellow will be the permanent color," cabinet spokeswoman Nancy Wood said.

"We apologize for the miscommunication but what else should the Big Mac Bridge be painted?" Kentucky officials are in the midst of a $3.7 million repainting project on the bridge, formally known as the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which carries Interstate 471 between downtown Cincinnati and Newport Wood said the color would come close to matching the original hue of the bridge, which got its nickname because of its similarity to McDonald's golden arches. She said the original paint had faded to its current golden hue. E-mail jpilcherenquirer.com By James Pitcher The Cincinnati Enquirer Better get used to that bright yellow stripe on the bottom of the Big Mac Bridge. Kentucky highway officials now say the same color will soon cover the entire structure. After saying last week that the color was a temporary primer, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials Tuesday corrected themselves.

They say the canary yellow color, which contrasts with the purple on the old Bridge nearby that is used for pedestrians walking to and from Newport, will be permanent. The contractors were a lot further along than we thought, and By Fredreka Schouten Gannett News Service WASHINGTON If you think your kids are buried under increasing piles of homework, think again, researchers say. Two new reports show that students typically do no more than an hour of homework a day and spend less time on take-home assignments than do their international peers. Even high school seniors headed into the world of work and college have a fairly light load: Only about a third spend an hour or more of each school day on homework, far less time than they typically Too much homework? Take our survey and tell us how much is enough. Keyword: Homework.

spend playing sports or hanging out with friends. "The homework load is not heavy, and it's never been very heavy," said Tom Loveless with me Brookings Institution, which released one of the reports. The other came from the Rand Corporation. The only significant spike Classified Gl-20 First Run Classified B6 Copyright, 2003, The Cincinnati Enquirer i twitt'i fmjurtf MnpdniMni The Cincinnati EnqulrerLEIGH PATTON The bright yellow along the bottom of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, as seen through the Bridge, is here to stay. See HOMEWORK, Page A8.