Monthly Archives: August 2009

Ferret Buckeye Bash and Pelotonia This Weekend in Columbus

August 28, 2009
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I’m not kidding. There is a ferret show in Columbus this weekend. Evidently, it’s the biggest ferret show in America. It was on NPR’s All things Considered this afternoon and they interviewed the coordinator of the event. Her name is … wait for it … Scarlett Gray-Saling. I guess it’s kind of like the...

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Mt. Vernon Schools Settle Lawsuit With Student Who’s Arm Was Branded with a Cross

August 27, 2009
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I have posted many times about the Mt. Vernon science teacher who burned a cross into student Zachary Dennis’s arm with a device that clearly stated it should not touch human skin. If you want background, type in Freshwater into the search box. Today the students family accepted a settlement from the Mt. Vernon...

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BREAKING – Franklin County ADAMH Board Cuts Become Real

August 26, 2009
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Recently, I posted here about the cuts to area agencies that the Franklin County ADAMH board was planning. Today those cuts became real. Money to help the mentally ill and to treat and prevent alcohol and drug addiction was slashed by $10.8 million, as the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County...

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Why Haven’t We Ratified CEDAW?

August 24, 2009
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I just found out in an email from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) that there is an international treaty which has been around since 1979 that protects woman’s rights and the United States is the only democratic nation that has not signed it. It’s called the Convention on the Elimination of All...

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Casino Proposal May Hurt Charitable Organizations

August 21, 2009
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The proposal to place casino’s in four Ohio cities may have unintended consequences. At least that’s what Governor Ted Strickland and Attorney General Richard Cordray believe. They say Issue 3 limits casino style gambling to just the four sites in Toledo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland. However, the gambling lobby disagrees. Donald J. McTigue, attorney...

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The House of Hope Celebrates 50 Years of Service

August 18, 2009
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Thursday from 5:30pm to 8:30pm the House of Hope will honor their 50 years of existence with the annual “Celebration of Hope” silent auction and dinner. Former Columbus mayor Greg Lashutka will be the featured speaker. The House of Hope is a six month residential program for men who suffer from addiction and is...

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Franklin County ADAMH Board to Make More Cuts

August 11, 2009
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The Franklin County Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board (ADAMH) is planning to cut funding to providers for the rest of 2009 and in 2010. On August 25, 2009 the ADAMH Board of Trustees will vote to cut 5.6% from providers for 2009 and a 7% reduction in 2010. “It’s a doomsday scenario,”...

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Money Now Flows to Dems in Ohio House

August 9, 2009
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Money Now Flows to Dems in Ohio House

The saying has always been follow the money. For years money has flowed to the republican’s in the Ohio House of Representatives because they had the power. Now that the power belongs to the democrats, donors are switching party allegiance.

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Was Acquittal of 19 Year Old Delayed Due to Issue One

August 6, 2009
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Was Acquittal of 19 Year Old Delayed Due to Issue One

On August 4th, residents of Columbus approved Issue One, a tax increase designed to save city services including hundreds of police. Did the City of Columbus wait to dismiss a racially sensitive case involving a young African American until after the passage of Issue One? Today, 19 year old Derris Lewis was acquitted of...

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A Central Ohio Social Worker striving to bring justice to the City of Columbus and the State of Ohio through respectful conversation.

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  • Police investigate death on the Hilltop
    Police haven’t determined what caused the death of a man who was found by a woman in her Hilltop home this morning, but the investigation will continue. Sgt. Christ Holzhauser, a Columbus police homicide detective, said the man was staying temporarily at the woman’s home at 69 S. Ogden Ave., but she didn’t know him very well. She called police at about 10:30 […]
  • Sheriff's office searches for suspects in Marysville abduction, rape
    The Union County sheriff’s office is searching for two suspects after a woman said she was abducted and sexually assaulted following a fake traffic stop. […]
  • Komen’s reversal on Planned Parenthood irks some
    When the leaders of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation announced yesterday that they were reversing their decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood, some donors who had been angry said all was forgiven. […]
  • Into the crossfire
    Laura Robinson said she no longer will jaywalk across Morse Road. The North Side resident watched a man die Thursday night after he darted across the busy roadway near Kingshill Drive and was struck by three vehicles. […]
  • Police ID pedestrian hit, killed Thursday on North Side
    Police this morning identified a man who was struck and killed Thursday while crossing a busy road on the North Side. Rene Antonio Deras, 44, of El Salvador, was crossing Morse Road near the intersection of Kingshill Drive at about 10:30 p.m. when witnesses said he was hit by at least two vehicles, one of which fled the scene. […]

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