Bethel Journal 11/20/19

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Forest Hills sued over Anderson High project Jeanne Houck Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The laws require at least two doctors certify a patient has six months or less to live and is mentally competent to make the decision. The patient must take the lethal drugs without help. The ONA statement mirrors the agenda of a Cleveland nonprofi t advocacy group, Ohio End of Life Options, which has pushed for the legislation since 2014. No other statewide medical-professional groups have said anything out loud about medical aid in dying. Ohio End of Life Options has recruited a volunteer cadre to staff an education table to Ohio medical-group meetings to talk to doctors and nurses about the desire for such relief. Vikki Miller of Milford and her father Don Richardson of Maineville told their story in September about joining the cause after the March death of Betty Richardson, Vikki’s mother and Don’s wife of half a century. In October, they worked at the ONA convention. Nurses and doctors are ethically prohibited from providing drugs with the purpose of ending life. But in June, the American Nurses Association issued guidance for 1 million nurses in the ten jurisdictions with aid-in-dying options. “Nurses have an ethical duty to be knowledgeable about this evolving issue and have the right to conscientiously object to being involved in the aid-

The company fi red as general contractor of a construction project at Anderson High School and then rehired to fi nish the job has sued Forest Hills Local Schools offi cials and others for more than $8 million. Performance Construction of North Bend is claiming breach of contract, fraud and some unpaid bills in a lawsuit fi led in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. Performance says in its suit that it was the victim of a conspiracy to make Performance take the fall for project delays at Anderson caused by others and to terminate its nearly $23 million contract (plus change orders) with Forest Hills so the school district could hire another company. But a Forest Hills school offi cial says Performance is to blame for the construction debacle and that the school district stands squarely behind its decision to fi re the company. Mike Broadwater, assistant superintendent Prebles of business operations and human resources, said the district worked "diligently and in good faith" to ensure safety during construction; and deliver on what they promised on the project. He said after repeated and fl agrant issues, Performance could not deliver on either issue. Defendants in the lawsuit fi led by Performance include the Forest Hills Board of Education, Superintendent Scot Prebles; and Construction Process Solutions of Fairfax, which Forest Hills hired in April 2017 for construction oversight and consulting services for the Anderson High School project. Also: Kohls Services Inc. of Anderson Township, which Performance Construction believes Forest Hills hired in January 2018 to replace Con-

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Vikki Miller of Milford says her mother, in photo, urged her to push for an Ohio law that would allow the terminally ill to get medical help in dying. Her father, Don Richardson, is at right. THE ENQUIRER/ANNE SAKER

Ohio nurses say: Let’s talk about aid in dying Anne Saker Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

For the fi rst time, an Ohio organization of medical professionals has decided to support letting terminal patients in the state get medical help in dying. The Ohio Nurses Association, the largest nurses’ union in the state with 11,000 members, convened in Cincinnati last month and approved sweeping language calling for legislation and more education for nurses to help patients at life’s end. ONA President Deborah Arms said the proposal recommends “educating the public about medical aid in dying, supporting legislation to protect the rights of dying patients to control the circumstances and conditions of their death and providing resources and education to nurses about the nurse’s role in caring for patients regarding MAID or any form of treatment limitation.” “These recommendations are an extension of what nurses are ethically obligated to do, which is to protect and advocate for the rights, needs and wants of their patients.” Oregon became the fi rst state to enact a medically assisted suicide law in 1997. The movement has spread to California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Montana, Maine, New Jersey, Vermont and Washington state.

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