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Ind. bill would require Alzheimer's lessons for police
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana lawmaker dismayed by a police officer's decision to use a stun gun on a nursing home patient is pushing for police to get training on how to interact with people with Alzheimer's disease. Republican state Rep. Bill...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mental Illness, Weaponry, Nursing, Alzheimer's Disease
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Local lifeguards take it global
When the sun is out and the weather is warm, Orange County residents flock to the beaches to surf, body board and swim in the chill Pacific without a second thought that if something happened, a lifeguard would be there to assist them. But, in some...Tags: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Argentina, Chile, Macedonia
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Lifeguarding around the world
HUNTINGTON BEACH — In some countries, lifeguards aren't a given, and if they are, there isn't always uniform life-saving procedures in place or the equipment and infrastructure needed to save lives. "I think we take it for granted that we have...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Argentina, Chile, Macedonia
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Local nonprofit wins $500K
A Costa Mesa-based nonprofit that supports women in Uganda and Peru recently won $500,000 from the American Giving Awards. Krochet Kids International co-founders Kohl Crecelius and Stewart Ramsey accepted the cash prize and Community Builders award...Tags: Media Industry, NBC (tv network), Uganda
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Museums offer holiday gift options
We all know that the holidays are commercialized. For those looking for an alternative to the mass pandemonium of the malls, gift shops at Chicago museums offer presents with local interest as well as artistic and educational panache. And in many cases,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture, Holidays, Museums, Artists
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Future bride says "I don't" to Pastor-Dad
Dear Amy: I am getting married next summer to a wonderful man. During the planning it has come to my attention that my fiance would very much like his father, a minister, to officiate our wedding. I am opposed to this because I would like his father to be...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Mental Health, Human Interest, Reviews
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Woman outraged after police use taser on husband with Alzheimer's
Several Peru Police Department Officers are under investigation about why they fired a taser multiple times on an advanced stage Alzheimer's patient early Sunday morning. Virginia and James Howard have been together since they were teens. Married for 45...
Tags: Nursing, Nursing Homes, Alzheimer's Disease, Police Investigations, Medical Specialization
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Ancient attractions
An authentic Indiana Jones is alive and well, right here in town. Baltimore, meet Douglas Comer.
Operating rather inconspicuously from his Charles Village-based firm Cultural Site Research and Management, Comer has overseen some of the region's most...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Shirley MacLaine, Camp David, Research, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Peru High School students dismissed early following threat
Peru High School was placed on lockdown before releasing students two hours early due to a threat Thursday afternoon. Students were released from school at 1:30 p.m. due to a non-specific verbal threat made by a student. Police and school...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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I left my heart in Pisco
Well, I've actually never been to the city of Pisco, in the Southern coast of Peru. But I have, many times, been around the grapes and the brandy that take their name from that place. Pisco, in a way, is part of my identity. I wrote a story for the Sun...
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Jeremiah Johnson
An Indiana sports fan in every way...Jeremiah Johnson is fulfilling a life-long dream to broadcast sports in Indianapolis. Growing up in Peru, Indiana, Jeremiah never missed a local sportscast...while his Tigers weren't featured often on Friday nights,...
Tags: Fox Sports (tv network), High School Sports, Indiana High School Athletic Association
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Health Department: Facility where patient was stunned with taser had prior issues
A nursing home resident with advanced Alzheimer's Disease was given a drug which he is allergic to, and which can cause him to become violent. That's according to a police report filed by Peru Police, after an officer stunned the 64-year-old man three...
Tags: Allergies, Nursing, Nursing Homes, Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Specialization
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