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| HEALTH IN MOTION IN VENICE TODAY |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY担 FORTY FOOT MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, HEALTH IN MOTION, WILL BE VISITING TWO LOCATIONS IN VENICE TODAY. THE BIG BUS WILL BE AT THE GOODWILL CENTER RIALTO, AT 650 SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, THIS MORNING FROM 9:30AM-NOON. THEN THE BUS WILL HEAD OVER TO GROVE TERRACE, AT 201 GROVE STREET NORTH, THIS AFTERNOON FROM 1-3PM. HEALTH IN MOTION STAFF PROVIDES BASIC HEALTH SERVICES TO RESIDENTS WITH MEDICAID, WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, OR WHO DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION. NO APPOINTMENT IS NEEDED, BUT PATIENCE IS, AS MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES OFFERED DURING THIS DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY. SOME OF THE SERVICES OFFERED WITH HEALTH IN MOTION INCLUDE BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES SCREENING, AS WELL AS HIV, PREGANCY, AND TUBERCULOSIS SKIN TESTING, AND ADULT IMMUNIZATIONS. SOME SERVICES WILL BE FREE, WHILE OTHERS WILL BE OFFERED ON A SLIDING FEE SCALE BASED ON INCOME. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SCHEDULE OF DATES, ROUTES, AND SERVICES OFFERED, YOU CAN CALL 861-5000."
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Posted on Feb 26, 2008 06:25am.
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| TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY DOWN |
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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF JOHN DAVENPORT RELEASED STATISTICS ON MONDAY THAT SHOWED THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS COUNTYWIDE HAS DECREASED FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR. ALSO, FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES ALSO DECREASED. THERE WERE 3146 ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR, INVOLVING 5795 VEHICLES, KILLING 33. THAT担 COMPARED TO 3750 WRECKS IN 2006, INVOLVING 7052 VEHICLES, KILLING 35. THE WORST YEAR FOR ACCIDENTS WAS 2004, WITH 4271 CRASHES INVOLVING 8220 VEHICLES. AS FAR AS FATALITIES GO, THE WORST YEAR WAS 2005, WHEN 48 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES ON CHARLOTTE COUNTY ROADWAYS. DAVENPORT SAID HE IS PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SHERIFF担 OFFICE, PARTICULARLY THE TRAFFIC UNIT, WHO ARE OUT ON OUR STREETS ENFORCING OUR TRAFFIC LAWS AND MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER FOR OUR CITIZENS. DAVENPORT ANNOUNCED LATE LAST YEAR THAT HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. "
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Posted on Feb 26, 2008 06:16am.
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| TEACHERS UNION TO REPRESENT O誰EILL |
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WENGNews writes, "THE SARASOTA COUNTY TEACHERS UNION HAS DECIDED TO REPRESENT DIANA O誰EILL, THE VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER WHO WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK ON CHARGES SHE ABUSED FOUR OF HER SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, THE UNION DOES NOT HAVE TO REPRESENT O誰EILL, BUT THEY FEEL HER SPOTLESS RECORD OVER HER EIGHTEEN YEARS IN VENICE PLUS THE SUPPORT OF SOME OF HER CO-WORKERS WAS REASON ENOUGH TO PAY HER LEGAL FEES FOR NOW. O誰EILL SURRENDERED LAST THURSDAY AFTER A MONTH LONG INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TWO OF HER AIDES SAID SHE HIT, KICKED, AND PUSHED STUDENTS. O誰EILL TEACHES STUDENTS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES, AND HER ATTORNEY, CATHERINE SLOAN, TOLD A COURT LAST WEEK THAT O誰EILL DID NOT ABUSE ANYONE, SAYING SHE WAS USING TECHNIQUES THAT THE AIDES MISTOOK FOR ABUSE. O誰EILL HAS BEEN ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE SINCE LATE JANUARY, AND SHE IS STILL BEING PAID HER $71,000 SALARY UNTIL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FINISHES THEIR INVESTIGATION. "
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Posted on Feb 26, 2008 05:46am.
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