Pioneers In Kentucky

NKADA announces hall of fame inductees

(From Bishop Brossart)

The Northern Kentucky Athletic Director’s Association today announced the organization’s 29th Hall of Fame Class. It is a stellar group that includes four female selections (Jaime Walz, Christi Osborne, Katie Schwegmann and Brenda Ryan) who combined for 12,353 points in basketball alone.

A total of 7 women and 6 men will be inducted on November 5th. In addition Joan Mitchell, a true pioneer for Girls Sports Equity in Kentucky, and long time Highlands’ official scorer and announcer Ron Siry will receive the prestigious Tom Potter ”Distinguished Service Award” for their years of service. That will bring the total number of inductees in this prestigious club to 346.

The Induction ceremony will be Saturday November 5th at Receptions in Erlanger, Kentucky. The event will begin at 12 Noon. New this year will be a special visual presentation of the former members. Tickets will be on sale starting in August for $40 per person. Contact Mel Webster at mwebster@bishopbrossart.org for information.

The 2011 Inductees: Lenny Bays (Bellevue) Four year performer in basketball and baseball for the Tigers and was a state tourney qualifier in cross country as a senior. Led Northern Ky in scoring senior year and Player of the Year. Bellevue’s All-Time leading scorer. Lenny was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in baseball and played 8 years of professional baseball.

Kim Bina Benkner (Ryle) Kim was a superb softball, volleyball and basketball performer for the Lady Raiders especially in softball where her team was 75-13 her final three seasons. She posted ERA’s of 1.92, 1.83, and 1.50 pitching her team to State Runnerup spot as a junior and back to back State berths in both ’96 and ’97. Three time “Player of the Year.” Four year starter in volleyball as well. Played four years at NKY appearing in 101 games.

Ronny Dawn (Newport Central Catholic) Ronny Dawn was a four year letterman at both Newport Central Catholic and Marshall University. Graduated from NCC holding state 3-point record with 328. Is Breds’ all-time leading scorer with 2,124 points. Holds NCC single game scoring record of 54 points. Touchstone All A State MVP and 9th Region Tourney MVP in 2000. named to the Kentucky Post All-Century Team. Two Time NKAC Player of the Year.

Dave Faust (NCC, St. Henry) Dave was an outstanding athlete at Newport Central Catholic and is now Head Basketball Coach at St. Henry High School. Dave has enjoyed an outstanding coaching career at St. Henry following a great high school and college playing career at both Newport Central Catholic and thomas More College.

NYPD pioneers new dirty bomb detection system - WAVE 3 News ...

By TOM HAYS
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Police Department is testing ground-breaking counterterror technology expected to dramatically increase its ability to detect and thwart a potential radiation attack, officials said Thursday.

The technology will allow a command center in lower Manhattan to monitor 2,000 mobile radiation detectors carried by officers each day around the city. The detectors will send a wireless, real-time alert if there's a reading signaling a dirty bomb threat.

The system already is being tested under the watch of federal authorities in hopes it can be perfected and used elsewhere.

"This is the first and only place you'll see it," said Jessica Tisch, an NYPD counterterrorism official. "It's been tested in the field. It works, and we're hoping to get (the wireless detectors) deployed in a few months."

A dirty bomb - intended to spread panic by using a small explosive to create a radioactive cloud in urban settings - has never been discovered or detonated in a U.S. terror plot. But law enforcement considers dirty bombs a serious threat because they're easy to build and because of intelligence that foreign terrorists want to use them against American cities.

The radiation detection system is being developed as part of a $200 million lower Manhattan security initiative. Police say the overall plan was inspired by the so-called "ring of steel" encircling the business district in London but is broader in scope and sophistication.

The initiative will rely largely on 3,000 closed-circuit security cameras carpeting the roughly 1.7 square miles south of Canal Street, the subway system and parts of midtown Manhattan. So far, about 1,800 cameras are up and running, with the rest expected to come on line by the end of the year.

In 2008, police began monitoring live feeds from the cameras round-the-clock at a high-tech command center in lower Manhattan, home to Wall Street, the new development at ground zero, and other sites needing heightened protection.

"We're talking about some of the most significant targets anywhere in the world," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday.

The NYPD is using a single, high-bandwidth fiber optic network to connect all its cameras to a central computer system. It's also pioneering "video analytic" computer software designed to detect threats, like unattended bags, and retrieve stored images based on descriptions of terror or other criminal suspects.

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