Taft warns of 3 percent Medicaid cut for nursing homes
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft signals a possible 3 percent reduction in Medicaid funding for nursing homes over two years, Reuters says. Pete Van Runkle of the Ohio Health Care Association warns the cut could force staff layoffs, reduce care quality, and threaten facilities. Taft aims to cap Medicaid growth around 4 percent, while lawmakers resist moving funding formulas to the state human services department.
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Columbus
Bob Taft
Pete van Runkle
Ohio Health Care Association
van Runkle
Taft
Orest Holubec
Holubec
Ohio
State Human Services Department
Folding Ohio flag resolved by Eagle Scout design
Ohio lawmakers settled how to fold the pennant shaped flag into a rectangle. Eagle Scout Alex Weinstock, 19, earned his rank by devising a 17 fold two person method. The flag traces to Civil War cavalry use and bears 17 stars.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Alex Weinstock
Somerset
Weinstock
Larry Householder
Ohio Cavalry
Franklin to seek funds if 0.5 percent budget hit
Franklin could apply for funds if half of 1 percent of its budget is affected by the emergency. The city has spent money in several areas including repairing Trenton Franklin Road from Hobart Avenue to the railroad bridge washed out by flooding. Repairs may take several days as city crews work to restore the road. Franklin Township declared a state of emergency Monday and Carlisle adopted a similar resolution Saturday.
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Westendorf
Trenton- Franklin Road
Hobart Avenue
Franklin Township
Carlisle
Madison considers levy and open enrollment options
Madison school board discusses a February 8 special election on an income tax levy and potential cuts for 2005 2006. If the levy fails more drastic cuts may be needed while alternatives like pay to participate activity fees and open enrollment are explored. A community forum and a committee will study options before any decision. Tinch re elected vice president Macy named president.
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Clements
Madison
Jan Kesselring
Scott Tinch
Kesselring
Tinch
Lisa Macy
Flood Threatens Utility Pole Amid Erosion In Warren County
Gabbard warns erosion endangers a utility pole near the riverbank as flood waters recede. Grandson Daniel Current fears damage to a swing set, barn, and fence. Warren County officials, with state reps, plan debris rules and seek a local emergency resolution to back Taft’s emergency declaration. Local towns Carlisle Franklin Township Franklin vote on resolutions. Bush approval needed for aid. Cox News Service contributed.
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Gabbard
Daniel Current
Cincinnati
Warren County
Representa
Dent Bush
Bob Taft
Carlisle
Franklin Township
Franklin
Young
Bush
Taft
Man Held After Sex Sting Targeting West Chester Junior High
Brown was arrested after arriving for a decoy meeting at Hopewell Junior High in West Chester. He admitted sent explicit images and pornography to a decoy posing as a 13-year-old from Lexington. Bond set at $100,000. case bound over to Butler County grand jury.
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Hopewell Junior High School
West Chester
Brown
Zianno
Lexington
Zianna
Trenton
Middletown
Mark W. Wall
Butler County
Thomas Kidd
Wall
Kidd
Carlisle schools weigh private group option for renovations
Superintendent Tim McLinden cited state policy requiring replacement of any building where renovation costs reach two thirds of replacement. Local businessman Tom Poast proposed forming a private group to upgrade facilities off the district, then deed back ownership for remodeling costs plus a 2 to 5 percent profit. The board plans to consider ideas as enrollment is projected to rise to over 2,300 by 2014 and voter support for any levy remains uncertain with a 2003 1 percent income tax in place.
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Ing
Tim McLinden
Tom Poast
Peast
General Motors
Poast
Jim Allen
Allen
Carlisle
McLinden
District faces 2 million in cuts and May levy plans
School board leader Gray outlined more than 2 million dollars in reductions over the past year to keep operations amid state funding cuts and higher utility costs. He announced February decisions on levy amount and duration, with a formal campaign to begin January 24 led by Ruppert and Chamberlain. Brandon Saylor was reelected president and Raleigh named vice president for 2005, and meetings will continue on the second and fourth Mondays.
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Gray
Ron Ruppert
Rick Chamberlain
Obituary notices from Middletown area reflect multiple deaths
A compilation of obituaries from Middletown and surrounding areas including Chandler of Middletown aged 69, McGraw of Shelbyville and Middletown, Steele of Portsmouth, and Thornton of Middletown. The notices note birthplaces, marriages, extensive family survivors, funeral arrangements, and memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society or Red Cross tsunami relief, with services spread across January 2005.
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Ee 69
Iddletown
Middletown
Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler
Jimmy Anderson
Woodside Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Butler County
McKnight Drive
Ohio
Breitenbachfuneralhome.com
Garden Manor
Shelbyville
Indiana
Robert Leslie McGraw
Margaret
Ford) McGraw
McGraw
Armco
First Church of the Nazarene
Paula Sue Smith
Greenville
South Carolina
Jo Ann Yealey
Indianapolis
Joshua Geeding
Kansas City
Missouri
Ruth Steele
Carlisle
Harold McGraw
Lebanon
Joy Echart
Germantown
Robert Nuxhall
Helen McGraw
Ida McGraw
Bernadine Yenser
Freida Wilson
Roberta Roman
Paul
Irwin
Earl
Eugene McGraw
Wesley Poole
Woodside
South
Sutphin Street
Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Feneral Home
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10.Com
Armbruster
PRO
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EL Rand Ave
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Chandler, Norman
Hump
Gilderland
New York
Mary
Glendale
Laura
James Hendrix
Earnest Lee Bowen
Earnest Lee Bowen Jr
Columbia Park
Thomas Roy Bowen
Earnie
University of Cincinnati
Armco Steel Corp
Mar
Joseph Gallagher
East Greenbush
Albany
Episcopal Church
Alter Guild
Vincent Society
Our Lady of Mercy Life Center
Guilderland
Earnest Lee Bowen, Jr
Gretchen (Holstein
Miami Lake
Florida
Sandra (Henderson
Church of the Ascension
Episcopal
McGee Avenue
American Red Cross
McGraw, Elmer
Phyllis Steele
Largo
Hubert S. Steele
John Paul Steele
Charles Draxler
Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding
Roosevelt Blvd
Bonita Dr
R Douglas Hart
Funeral Home
Salvation Army
N. Clinton Street
P.O
WilsonSchrammSpaulding.com
Robert L. Thornton
Tom
Bob Wiesman
Holy Family Parish
St. John's Church
John Civille
Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding — Funeral Home
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Montgomery
Alzheimer’s Association
Greater Cincinnati
Linn St
Wilson SchrammSpaulding.com
Journalobitsecoxehio.com
Memoriam
Pauline
Martin” Trammell
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