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Sidney Daily News, Saturday, March 31, 2012
Details emerge on health plan BY ANN SANNER Associated Press
AP Photo/The Ohio Art Co.
THIS UNDATED image provided by the Ohio Art Co., makers of Etch A Sketch, shows a detail of one of the ads for a new politics-themed ad campaign. The company is launching the campaign after making headlines nationwide when an aide for Mitt Romney compared his election campaign to the toy. Three ads in the campaign, tagged “Shake it Up, America,” poke fun at politics in general and maintain that the toy, created in 1960, is politically neutral.
Etch A Sketch launches ad campaign BY MAE ANDERSON ball with it,” said Ohio Associated Press Art President Larry Killgallon. “I thought a week NEW YORK (AP) — ago it would have died The 104-year old com- down by now.” pany that makes Etch A The company came up Sketch is launching new with the idea last weekpolitical-themed ads, end and plans to add after the toy made head- yard signs and bumper lines when an aide for stickers soon. hopeful presidential “We tried to look at Mitt Romney compared what’s our appropriate it with Romney’s fall place,” Killgallon said. election strategy. Toys R Us asked Ohio Rivals said the com- Art to make blue verparison with a toy that’s sions of the toy to go fun because of the way it along with the tradierases implied that tional bright-red model Romney would do the — a move that might same — and flip-flop on keep both political parissues once the general ties happy. The blue verelection campaign starts. sions are due out by The toy instantly be- mid-June, along with a came a buzzword. red-and-blue collector’s “I have not written edition with etchings of my public policy pro- an elephant and a donnouncements on an Etch key, Killgallon said. A Sketch,” GOP rival He hopes they’re popRick Santorum said ular at this summer’s while campaigning in Republican and DemoWisconsin, for example. cratic national conven“They are written on my tions. heart.” “We’re kind of the fun The Ohio Art Co. part of the campaign,” (OOTC:OART) said the Killgallon said. “Shake it Up, America” The Ohio Art Co., ads will appear on social based in Bryan, Ohio, media including Face- also makes K’s Kids toys book and Twitter. They for babies and toddlers poke fun at politics in and nanoblock, a buildgeneral, while maintain- ing toy. Through Apple ing that the drawing toy, Inc.’s iTunes website, it first marketed in 1960, also markets an Etch A is politically neutral. Sketch app for the “Etch A Sketch is a lot iPhone and iPod. like politics, there’s a lot Ohio Art’s shares, of gray area,” reads one which had a wild ride ad. after Etch A Sketch be“We have a left knob came a metaphor, spiked and a right knob for each on Thursday to $9.65, political party,” reads an- after trading between $2 other. “(But remember, and $4 since late 2008. when both work to- They closed Friday at gether, we can do loop de $5.95. loops.)” ___ Still other ads encourOn the Web: age viewers to register to www.etch-a-sketch.com vote. The campaign was Associated Press created by the ad agency writer Seewer conTeam Detroit. tributed to this report “We’re just having a from Toledo, Ohio.
COLUMBUS (AP) — The state’s plan to streamline medical care for some of its sickest, most expensive and difficult to treat patients includes changes designed to eliminate unnecessary health tests, prevent medication errors and keep people healthier and out of emergency rooms. The proposal for those enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare could end up being a model for other states, said Ohio officials who drafted the plan. The officials are expected to send the details on Monday to the federal government, which must sign off on the changes. While the final details were still being worked out, state officials told The Associated Press on Friday that people who fall under the three-year pilot program would not see any immediate changes to their providers, though they could later. The target date for the plan to take effect is Jan. 1. There would be a transition period to the new managed care system, said Greg Moody, the director of the gover-
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nor’s Office of Health Transformation. “It’s not so much changing the faces they see — the case worker and others who treat them in their homes — but trying to better coordinate the things they don’t see that may be out of whack,” Moody said in an interview. Beneficiaries are guaranteed the same nursing homes and case managers for the duration of the test run. Patients could keep their same primary care doctors and specialists for at least the first year. Otherwise, they would have to pick new physicians if those doctors weren’t in the new provider network. And highest-risk sick patients could keep their same doctors and visiting nurses for the first 90 days. Moody said the plan would not lock patients in to certain providers but give them a choice within the network. Choice was among the top concerns brought to state officials by those enrolled in the programs, as well as from advocate groups such the Ohio Olmstead Task Force, which monitors long-term care issues for people with disabilities.
COLUMBUS (AP) — Federal officials say marijuana worth more than $1 million has been found welded inside heavy machinery in a vacant Ohio warehouse. WBNS-TV reports five people were arrested Thursday at the warehouse in Columbus. DEA agents told the station they’d have to use a plasma torch to cut into eight machines called rakes, which and used to cut asphalt. State Highway Patrol Lt. Ann Ralston says troopers had earlier pulled over a commercial tractor-trailer for following too closely on Interstate 70 near Madison County. Police dogs indicated they smelled drugs, and an ensuing investigation led authorities to the warehouse. DEA officials say the suspects would be charged with possession and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
Final report released ELYRIA (AP) — The final report on the 2010 mauling death of a caretaker killed at a northeast Ohio exotic animal compound says the victim apparently was feeding the bear outside the cage when he was attacked. According to The (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram, the Lorain County sheriff ’s report was released Thursday in the death of 24-year-old Brent Kandra. The original scenario described by authorities said he was killed after opening the cage for feeding. The death was ruled a workplace accident and the bear later was destroyed. Last year the owner was found dead and chained to his bed. The coroner’s office said he was asphyxiated in an apparent accident in what authorities called sexual role-playing.
Day honors Viet vets COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law Friday a proposal designating the day — along with each March 30 — as Vietnam Veterans’ Day. Supporters say the annual day is set aside to honor those who fought, died or are still unaccounted for in the Vietnam War. The date had been in flux as lawmakers wrestled with whether they should use March 29 like other states. Some veterans balked at that proposal. While it’s the anniversary of U.S. forces pulling out of Vietnam, it’s also the date when Lt. William Calley Jr. was convicted in the My Lai massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians. Among those supporting the March 30 designation is retired Air Force Col. Tom Moe, a Vietnam prisoner of war and director of the state’s veterans services. Moe attended the bill’s signing.
Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms Politics part of system BY JOHN FLESHER Associated Press
CITY, TRAVERSE Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration and five states have reached an agreement to speed up approval of offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition. Under the deal, which administration officials disclosed to The Associated Press ahead of an announcement scheduled for Friday, state and federal agencies will craft a blueprint for speeding regulatory review of proposed wind farms without sacrificing environmental and safety standards. The Great Lakes have no offshore wind turbines, although a Cleveland partnership announced plans last year for a demonstration project that would place five to seven turbines in Lake Erie about 7 miles north of the city, generating 2030 megawatts of electricity. Offshore wind projects have been proposed elsewhere in the region, including Michigan and New York, stirring fierce debate. Critics say they would ruin spectacular vistas, lower shoreline property away says lottery games values and harm birds make up 6.3 of the de- and fish. New York Power partment’s total appropri- Authority trustees last September abandoned a ations. plan for private compa-
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COLUMBUS (AP) — State officials are arguing to the Ohio Supreme Court that politics are an inevitable and acceptable part of the process for drawing legislative lines. Officials including Gov. John Kasich and Senate President Thomas Niehaus say nothing in the state Constitution requires absolute neutrality when it comes to creating state House and Senate districts. The officials argued in a filing with the state Supreme Court Friday that Ohio has restrictions against politics being the exclusive force behind legislative lines.
2nd ANNUAL 5K RUN/WALK & 1-MILE FUN RUN Saturday, May 5, 2012 Tawawa Park, Sidney, Ohio Registrations will begin at 7:00 a.m. at the Geib Pavilion. 1-Mile Fun Run will start at 8:00 am. The 5K Run/Walk will start at 8:30 am and feature Speedy Feet. MALE & FEMALE DIVISIONS: 10 & Under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60 and over. Awards will be given to the Top 3 Male and Female runners and to the Top 3 Finishers in each category. 1-Mile Fun Run entrants will receive a participation ribbon upon completion. Trophies for fastest boy and fastest girl in the 10 & under division. ENTRY FEE: Pre-registration fee for either the 1-Mile Fun Run or 5K Run/Walk is $15.00 and includes a T-shirt. Registration fee on the day of the race for either the 5K Run/Walk or the 1-Mile Fun Run is $15 (T-shirts excluded for both races). Additional T-shirts may be available on race day for purchase. For additional registration forms or for more information on Compassionate Care of Shelby County, visit www.ccsccares.org Sponsored by: Hits 105.5, Freshway Foods, Ernst Sporting Goods, Wilson Memorial Hospital, Medicine Shoppe, Dr. Robert & Patricia Miller, John Boedigheimer, DDS, Charles J. Edelen, DDS & Damen Patel, DDS, Steve & Judy Mascho, Kah Nursery, Walt & Carol Bennett, Dr. Eric & Lynda Newman, Midmark , Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Alvetro Orthodontics, Picture Perfect, Sidney Foodtown, Regal Trophy, Premier Health Care Services, MaMa Rosa’s, Rich & Susan Wallace, Dannon, Dale Peterson & Assoc.Inc., and Jason Weigandt Landscape Co.
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In consideration for my being permitted to participate in the Compassionate Care of Shelby County’s 5K Run/Walk, I hereby release, discharge, and agree to hold free and harmless the Compassionate Care of Shelby County and volunteers and each of them together with their successors, assigns, officers, agents, and employees from any and all liability for injuries to property or person suffered by me as a result of my participation in the Compassionate Care of Shelby County’s 5K Run/Walk. By my execution of this waiver, I verify that I am physically fit and have sufficiently trained for the completion of this event and my physical condition has been verified by a licensed medical doctor. This release shall be binding upon my heirs, executors, and administrators.
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COLUMBUS (AP) — The state of Ohio is already winning from the record Mega Millions jackpot. Profits from lottery sales go to a fund for schools in the state. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that since Ohio joined the multistate Mega Millions game, its state revenue rose from $16.5 million to a peak so far of more than $223 million in 2006. Education Department spokesman Patrick Gall-
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