Monday, May 10, 1999
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Fountain campaign to kick off on square
The group working to raise $3 million to maintain and repair Cincinnati's Tyler Davidson Fountain will kick off its fund drive Tuesday — where else? — on Fountain Square.
The Tyler Davidson Committee wants to raise the money by August so repairs to the damaged fountain can begin soon. This past week, city crews turned off the fountain's water and boarded it up.
The event will start at noon on the square at Fifth and Vine streets.
Meeting to update Mill Creek flood plan
An update on Mill Creek flood control will be 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Elmwood Place Town Hall at Vine Street and Maple Avenue.
The Army Corps of Engineers, which is considering ways to complete the project, is looking for public comment at the meeting, activist Jerald Robertson said Sunday.
“I've been getting an earful,” he said, from residents who resent high flood insurance premiums. Mr. Robertson said Elmwood Place is one of the streamside communities with a high proportion of homes in the flood plain.
The meeting is one of many in communities the corps is sponsoring along the creek where it suspended an earlier flood control project as costs and criticism soared.
Physician group offers "service guarantee'
In response to consumer complaints about declining quality of health care services, the Group Health Associates physician group claims to be the first in the Tristate to offer a “service guarantee.”
“Group Health Associates pledges that if patients are not completely satisfied with the service they receive at any of their 10 practice locations, they will address the patient's concerns and give then the value of an average office visit ($50).”
GHA, which has about 600,000 patient visits a year, predicts its pledge won't cost much money. Its complaint rate is less than 0.1 percent.
Walking relays help research into cancer
The American Cancer Society of Southwest Ohio hopes to raise $75,000 in three, 12-hour “Relay for Life” walk-a-thons scheduled for May.
The Hamilton County relay is set for 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday at Winton Woods High School. The Clermont County relay also begins at 7 p.m. Friday at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville.
The Butler County relay begins at 7 p.m. May 21 at Smith Park in Middletown.
For information on how to participate, call 891-1600 or 965-0026.
Medicare adds benefit for diabetes care
Good news for diabetics covered by Medicare: The federal health plan for seniors and people with disabilities now covers 80 percent of the cost for glucose monitors, test strips and lancets used to monitor blood sugar levels.
Previously, Medicare covered the costs of monitoring supplies only for insulin-dependent diabetics. Now the program will pay those costs for non-insulin-dependent diabetics.
An estimated 16 million Americans have diabetes. For information about the expanded coverage, call the National Diabetes Education Program at (800) 438-5383.
Stroke awareness is goal of event
The Drake Center in Hartwell will hold a Stroke Awareness Fair beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The event, co-sponsored by the National Stroke Association, includes teaching people how to check their own pulses for signs of atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat that causes about 15 percent of all strokes. For information, call 948-2539.
Red Cross offering defibrillator training
The American Red Cross plans to offer training classes May 19 as part of an effort to expand the workplace use of portable automated defibrillators.
After using the equipment to revive Procter & Gamble executive Steve Donovan after he suffered a heart attack, Mark Grainger, a certified EMT who works for P&G's corporate security, said companies should “do whatever it takes to supply AED training and equipment to their employees.”
The defibrillator seminar starts at 11:30 a.m. May 19 at the Best Western-Blue Ash Hotel and Conference Center, near Interstate 71 and Pfeiffer Road. For more information, call 579-3000.
Miami's study-abroad program 6th in U.S.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Miami University in Oxford sends more students abroad to study than any other school in Ohio, ranking the school among the country's leaders.
Miami ranked sixth nationally in study-abroad programs and first among nonresearch universities in a survey conducted of students during the 1996-97 academic year, according to a report from the Institute of International Education.
The numbers were reported Sunday by the Columbus Dispatch.
Miami had 975 students — 6.1 percent of the student body — who received academic credit for international study programs. Tops in the country was the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with 1,212 students.
Among other Ohio colleges, Ohio State University had 693 students in study-abroad programs, followed by the University of Dayton with 263, Oberlin College with 233 and Bowling Green State University with 171, according to the report.
Many of Miami's students study at the school's campus in Luxembourg, although others studied in 30 other countries.
Forum to discuss school safety issues
CARLISLE — Parents will have the chance to discuss school safety with school leaders and police and fire officials today at 7 p.m. in the Carlisle High School commons.
The forum evolved after an April 22 lockdown at all Carlisle school buildings after a call was placed on a school help line reporting a rumor of one or more students going to the middle school to assault teachers.
School officials, who are hosting the forum, hope to get input on the district's emergency intervention plan, officials have said.
Fallen female officer honored at last
Police Memorial Week observances
$6M radio system is in works
Ky. hotels compete as occupancy dips
Ohio couple 'kidnapping' Justin, lawyer contends
Hearts, home open to son of tornado victims
Sun hazard: Drivers blinded by the light
Voinovich becomes a voice in Capitol
Westwood boy, 13, shot, critical
All ages come together at Jammin' on Main
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Two Hamilton clinics closing
Gifts inflate Mitch relief effort
Hawkins honored as trustee emeritus of Freedom Center
6 killed as plane crashes in Ohio
LaSalle names new principal
Oxford to start pay-as-you-throw
Principal's trial starts today
Train takes journey into happy times
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