Sunday, August 2, 1998
LOCKLAND -- Police were searching Saturday night for a man who injured an officer while resisting arrest.
Officer Carl Watts had pulled over a vehicle on a routine traffic stop about 1:40 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of North Wayne Avenue when the altercation took place, said Lockland Officer Darin Lunsford. The driver apparently could not produce valid identification.
As Officer Watts was attempting to arrest the driver, the man started to scuffle and managed to run away. Officer Watts suffered a slight injury to his right hand, Officer Lunsford said.
The scuffle was caught on videotape from the dashboard of Officer Watts' cruiser.
Police were searching for a black male, in his early 20s, wearing a pair of shorts. The suspect had cornrows in his hair. Anyone with information should call Lockland police at 761-1699.
Pickup sought after teens struck
CRITTENDEN -- Grant County police are looking for a full-size, red Ford pickup truck with a green or blue cab after two teen-agers were injured in a hit-and-run accident Friday night.
The truck should be missing its right-side mirror and have damage to the its right side, the windshield or the passenger side window.
The pickup truck was going south on U.S. 25 near the Grant County Fairgrounds when it ran off the road and struck two pedestrians about 9:15 p.m. Friday. Tracie Mullins, 18, was flown to University Hospital in Cincinnati; she was listed in serious condition Saturday evening. The other victim, a minor, was taken to Children's Hospital, where she was listed in fair condition Saturday.
Anyone with information on the pickup truck should call Chief Deputy Chuck Dills at (513) 639-7805 or (606) 824-3333.
Computer sessions for blind slated
The Cincinnati Association for the Blind will hold computer workshops from Aug. 10-14 for teens who are blind or visually impaired. The workshops will focus on the use of large print, speech and Braille access technology.
The workshop is aimed at giving youths 14-19 an early introduction to available computer access technology and a head start on computer skills. Parents and teachers will attend some sessions, too.
Established in 1911, the private, not-for-profit organization offers counseling, rehabilitation and employment services to people in Greater Cincinnati.
Hospital to open Anderson facility
Children's Hospital will open an outpatient treatment and testing facility in the new Mercy Center for Health and Wellness in Anderson. The outpatient center, which will open Aug. 10, is at 7495 State Road, across from Anderson Mercy Hospital.
The new Anderson facility will accommodate patients for visits before and after surgery, visits with specialists, X-rays, and other laboratory services.
For scheduling information at the new Anderson facility, call 636-6100, after Aug. 10.
Support group for young moms
University Hospital has started a teen support group to clear up misconceptions about breast-feeding and to encourage young mothers to breast-feed.
The pilot program is being sponsored by University Hospital's Teen Pregnancy Center, the Lactation Education Resource Center and the Adolescent Center at Children's Hospital Medical Center. Heath-care providers will be able to answer teens' questions. For more information or to participate in the support group, call 558-1130.
Local research holds hope against diabetes
Researchers say a new diabetes treatment that is being studied in Cincinnati could stop the progression of the disease in at-risk individuals.
The study, conducted at Children's Hospital Medical Center, tests the effectiveness of giving low doses of insulin to people who have a better-than-average chance of developing diabetes. Other prevention trials are being conducted nationally.
Insulin-injection trials began in 1994 and were created for direct relatives of diabetes patients. People who are likely to develop type 1 diabetes can be enrolled in one of the two clinical trials.
Almost 1,000 people have participated in the study since its inception.
For more information, call 636-8555.
Advocate of death penalty dies at 72
Mom who supported death penalty dies
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- Wanda Vallandingham, a housewife who fought for prison safety and enforcement of the death penalty after her son was killed in a 1993 inmate riot, has died. She was 72.
Mrs. Vallandingham died Friday at the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth. Cause of death was not released.
Mrs. Vallandingham's son, prison guard Robert, was slain by inmates during a standoff at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Afterward, she testified before the state legislature and met with Gov. George Voinovich to urge enforcement of the death penalty. Although 186 men are on death row, no one has been executed in Ohio since 1963.
