Monday, March 01, 1999
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Husband, wife struck by van near Eastgate
UNION TOWNSHIP — A husband and wife were seriously injured Sunday evening when they were struck by a van while walking along Eastgate South Boulevard in Clermont County.
The pedestrians were struck about 7:45 p.m. and were taken to University Hospital in Cincinnati, where they were both listed in serious condition, police said. Their names were being withheld late Sunday pending notification of relatives.
Some judges wary of proposals for courts
TOLEDO — Some local judges think proposals to change the state's court system would put too much control in Columbus.
The proposals come from the Futures Commission, established to look at how Ohio's courts might be structured in 2025. Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer appointed 52 members in 1997.
Some of the suggestions could require constitutional amendments.
The commission issued a report recently and is planning public hearings through April.
One suggestion would eliminate county court clerks and place court administrators in charge under guidelines the Ohio Supreme Court establishes.
The Supreme Court would appoint a justice advisory board to oversee administrative functions. The board would review court operations, compliance with state policy and propose annual budgets.
Judge James Barber of Fulton County Common Pleas Court said the proposals would mean citizens would lose their right to choose their clerks.
Free fitness event opens Senior Olympics
The Southwest Ohio Senior Olympics will host its first Sports and Fitness Fair on March 13 at the Cincinnati Recreation Commission's Bond Hill facility, 1501 Elizabeth Place.
The public is invited to participate in the free expo, to run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will kick off the 1999 Senior Olympic Games in Cincinnati.
Activities will include blood-pressure screening, body-fat testing and stretching, an indoor rowing demonstration, natural health through chiropractic care, tai-chi demonstration and table tennis, volleyball and weight-training clinics.
The Southwest Ohio Senior Olympic Games run between April 17 and June 17. For information, call Gary Vaught at 352-4026.
United Way seeks teen-agers for council
The United Way's Youth Action Council is recruiting members ages 14-18 for the 1999-2000 school year.
Interested students should be friendly, responsible, energetic and have a desire to give something back to their community.
For an application, call Phaedra Jeffries, 762-7109, by April 1.
Study: Catheters cause blood clots in children
One-third of seriously ill children who need venous catheters known as “central lines” develop potentially dangerous blood clots around the line, according to a study by Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Central lines are used to carry medication and nutrition into major blood vessels in the chest. Of 60 children under 2 years old tested, 21 had developed blood clots. Yet most patients who had the clots showed no symptoms. The clots were found using ultrasound tests.
The long-term health risk of these clots remains to be seen, but the findings suggest a need for more clot-prevention research, said Dr. Brian Jacobs, the study's main author.
The study was discussed at a recent meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and was published last week in Physician's Weekly, a trade journal for doctors.
Bad guy puts cops on the spot
A bicentennial honor for 'Little Gib'
State scouts bicentennial barns
Slain girl's gifts continue 5 years after death
E-check to be a bit kinder on cars today
March brings a weather roller coaster
Westons' gift makes new CAC a reality
Cincinnati's Century of Change
Victim: If anything happens, don't cry
Bureaucracy delays WWII medal
In yoga's embrace
Warren Co. church lost to fire, but congregation didn't lose God
Remember to watch 'Any Day Now'
'A Mighty Spirit' fills theater with joy
Argument leaves 1 man shot
Curriculum review under way
Defendant calls off mail fraud plea deal
Lottery hopes daytime drawings will spark interest
Police chief job won't be filled soon
Ross going to 4-period school days
Students help break ground
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