Cartoonish TV ads spark local ire and shopper confusion
A reader blasts Buddy's Carpet and Regency Windows ads as intrusive and misleading. He recalls visiting Buddy's store twice with little crowd and convoluted pricing while praising Firelands Carpet One and Old Towne Windows and Doors as less irritating options. He notes Buddy sold out years ago and mocks Mikey's over the top money saving shtick.
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Buddy
Mikey
Regency Windows
Firelands
Buddyscarper.com
South Abbe Road
Elyria
Regencywindows
Sunderland
England
Regency-Windows
Ohio Women Earn Far Less Than Men in Census Report
The Plain Dealer notes Ohio women had a median 2000 income of 17873, far below men at 31280 and below the national female median. Experts cite social forces, life cycles, and concentration in low wage clerical and service jobs.
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Cleveland
Ohio
America
the Plain Dealer
Marcy Joyce Green
Cleveland State University
Green
U.S
Himmelman
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Qohio
Toby Parcel
Ohio State University
U S Army engineers study Ohio River locks and dams
U S Army engineers examine aging locks and 19 dams along the 981 mile Ohio River as traffic climbs. Delays rise while a $43.5 million study weighs renovations or replacements and potential ecosystem fixes. Coal shipments dominate, and residents fear cost to taxpayers.
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Neville
Ohio River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tom Swor
Corps
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Snor
Ohio
Meldahl Dam
Cincinnati
Bush
Ohio Valley
John Hageman
Thomas More College
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Aging inmates drive higher medical costs in Ohio prisons
The Blade reports Ohio, one of 16 states with a separate aging inmate facility, pays about 3,850 dollars per year per elderly inmate at Hocking Correctional Institution, with average inmate age near 62. About 4,500 of Ohio's 45,000 inmates are over 50, while nationwide 103,000 surpass that age.
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Toledo
Ohio
Hocking
The
Blade
Bob Hershberger
Dover
Parole Board
Miller
Cincinnati
Corrections
Criminal Justice Institute
Ronald Aday
Middle Tennessee State
Kay Northrup
Montgomery
Dayton
American Corrections Association
Herbert Rosefield
Ohio ranks below national average for smoke free workplaces
Ohio is seventh worst for smoke free workplaces, with 63 percent of workers in smoke free environments in 1999, below the national 69 percent. Utah leads at 84 percent while Nevada sits at 49 percent. The study covered over 270000 employees from 1992 to 1999, in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Census Bureau
National Cancer Institute
Utah
Nevada
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
University Campus
Shea Bainbridge
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Gittler
George Zeller
Council For Economic Opportunities
Greater Cleveland
Julie Himmelman
Leroy Township
Lake County
U.S. Army Engineers
Lisha
Ed Nasipak
Elywood Park
Ford
Brenden Lipley
Alliance
American Legion
State Street
Carnation City
Chris Alioto
Max & Erma’s
Gahanna
Blue Danube
Ohio State
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