He just had a last-minute complication. It's a 12-hour drive round-trip and that was asking a great deal. He was hoping to be able to do it, but another situation necessitated other circumstances.

It has to be more sophisticated than hoping or praying it doesn't happen.

With hundreds of workers that we have in the building working daily almost around the clock, we'll have the building ready for public experience come the weekend of the 19.

It's cross-cultural, it's very spiritual, ... It reflects the gift that Muhammad (Ali) speaks of often -- that we all have within us to be able to give something to another in order for that person to meet his or her potential.

You have to be prepared for the unthinkable and, in this case, we were not prepared. Every community in America should use this as a wake-up call.

It appears that the county was the object of a grand scheme and a con.

This isn't something that is going to go away by next week. We are going to have these families in our community for some time to come.

It comes down to this principle: No one takes better care of your community than those who live in it.

We believe it's a valuable organization to have in Butler County.