Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Headwaters Junction
A possible collaboration between the city and the Fort Wayne Historical Train Society,
http://www.lynchpinpictures.com/headwaters/home.html
If the city was looking for something to anchor the North River project...this is it!
http://www.lynchpinpictures.com/headwaters/home.html
If the city was looking for something to anchor the North River project...this is it!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Dwenger teacher to run for state representative for 81st district | The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN
Dwenger teacher to run for state representative for 81st district | The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN
Mr. Obergfell was my high school American History teacher, and football coach. He also is a member of my parish Saint Jude. He is a honest hard working man, and I know he is going to give the dems a run for their money.
Mr. Obergfell was my high school American History teacher, and football coach. He also is a member of my parish Saint Jude. He is a honest hard working man, and I know he is going to give the dems a run for their money.
Still on the move, and making history....
JG
Published: January 16, 2010 3:00 a.m.
Marian University to open medical school
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS – Marian University announced plans Friday to open what would be Indiana’s second medical school, which would train osteopathic physicians and help provide primary care doctors.
Marian officials and the Indiana Osteopathic Association hope the new school opens in 2012 with its first class of up to 150 students. The university said it had a $30 million pledge from an anonymous donor toward the $75 million it needs to raise to start the school.
Marian President Daniel Elsener said the medical school fits with the nursing programs now at the 2,300-student Catholic school.
“We think we have a chance to really add something in terms of physicians to the medical community,” Elsener said.
Osteopathic doctors have similar training to traditional physicians, but also are trained in diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal problems.
The Indiana University School of Medicine had been aware of the osteopathic association’s efforts to open an Indiana school, Dean D. Craig Brater said.
“We have always assumed it’s just a question of time,” he said. “We agonize every year that we have to say no to a number of students that we know will make good doctors. This means that there are going to be more opportunities for more of our kids to get into medical school.”
The IU medical school admits about 320 students a year, but has had to drop plans to add 40 more students because of state funding cutbacks, Brater said.
Indiana has about 12,000 medical doctors, but that is 3,500 short of what is needed, according to a 2006 study by the IU medical school. One of the biggest areas of need is for family and general practitioners – particularly in rural areas of the state.
Sixty-two percent of the 855 doctors of osteopathy in Indiana are primary care physicians. By contrast, 44 percent of IU’s most recent medical school graduates went into primary care.
“The IU med school is an excellent institution, but their graduates are not going in to primary care medicine,” said Mike Claphan, executive director of the Indiana Osteopathic Association.
Some Indiana health care leaders say the two medical schools could complement each other.
“Indiana is unique inasmuch as we only have one medical school,” said Vince Caponi, CEO of St. Vincent Health, which runs 17 hospitals around the state. “That’s a lot of pressure on IU. IU produces wonderful physicians, but quite frankly, I think they could double their capacity and they still wouldn’t meet the need.”
Elsener said Marian officials know much needs to be done to open the medical school and that it could spend $30 million on its facility.
Copyright © 2010 The Journal Gazette. All rights reserved. News service copy is used with permission. The information contained in the report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Journal Gazette or granting news service.
Published: January 16, 2010 3:00 a.m.
Marian University to open medical school
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS – Marian University announced plans Friday to open what would be Indiana’s second medical school, which would train osteopathic physicians and help provide primary care doctors.
Marian officials and the Indiana Osteopathic Association hope the new school opens in 2012 with its first class of up to 150 students. The university said it had a $30 million pledge from an anonymous donor toward the $75 million it needs to raise to start the school.
Marian President Daniel Elsener said the medical school fits with the nursing programs now at the 2,300-student Catholic school.
“We think we have a chance to really add something in terms of physicians to the medical community,” Elsener said.
Osteopathic doctors have similar training to traditional physicians, but also are trained in diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal problems.
The Indiana University School of Medicine had been aware of the osteopathic association’s efforts to open an Indiana school, Dean D. Craig Brater said.
“We have always assumed it’s just a question of time,” he said. “We agonize every year that we have to say no to a number of students that we know will make good doctors. This means that there are going to be more opportunities for more of our kids to get into medical school.”
The IU medical school admits about 320 students a year, but has had to drop plans to add 40 more students because of state funding cutbacks, Brater said.
Indiana has about 12,000 medical doctors, but that is 3,500 short of what is needed, according to a 2006 study by the IU medical school. One of the biggest areas of need is for family and general practitioners – particularly in rural areas of the state.
Sixty-two percent of the 855 doctors of osteopathy in Indiana are primary care physicians. By contrast, 44 percent of IU’s most recent medical school graduates went into primary care.
“The IU med school is an excellent institution, but their graduates are not going in to primary care medicine,” said Mike Claphan, executive director of the Indiana Osteopathic Association.
Some Indiana health care leaders say the two medical schools could complement each other.
“Indiana is unique inasmuch as we only have one medical school,” said Vince Caponi, CEO of St. Vincent Health, which runs 17 hospitals around the state. “That’s a lot of pressure on IU. IU produces wonderful physicians, but quite frankly, I think they could double their capacity and they still wouldn’t meet the need.”
Elsener said Marian officials know much needs to be done to open the medical school and that it could spend $30 million on its facility.
Copyright © 2010 The Journal Gazette. All rights reserved. News service copy is used with permission. The information contained in the report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Journal Gazette or granting news service.
State offers requirements, errr suggestions?
The state BOE sent suggestions for making cost cuts out to the areas school districts today, see article. From article:
Specific suggestions include:
•Freezing salaries and benefits and examining health insurance plans to determine cost effectiveness.
•Reducing the number of activities or sports, or charging students participation fees. Also, eliminating weekend activities outside the varsity-competition level to save on energy costs and personnel.
•Focusing curriculum on core subjects and narrowing the offering of electives.
•Outsourcing transportation, cafeteria, janitorial and other services.
•Increasing class sizes, reconfiguring buildings to reduce staff and operational costs and not offering summer school beyond what the state reimbursement can cover.
OK, most of the districts are already looking at next years budgets. When we first heard of cuts, these suggestions should have came out. I have been in line with the Governor's office since he started, but when education starts slipping this bad we need a serious reevaluation of our state's priorities. Indiana is already struggling with education, we should have thrown caution into the wind and tried to save our districts from such huge cuts. Does anyone know where else they are cutting money from? Because all I am seeing is the schools getting the cheese cutter here.
Monday, November 16, 2009
New Bishop in FWSB
Article from the New Sentinel
Welcome to Fort Wayne, Bishop Kevin Rhoades from Harrisburg, PA.
More than likely he'll be trading in his philly cheese steaks for some coney dogs. He seems like a very highly qualified bishop, canon law background, former head of a seminary. I can't wait to see what he is going to do to improve our diocese. Seems like a lot of emphasis will be put on catholic identity and education, especially the five colleges.
Welcome to Fort Wayne, Bishop Kevin Rhoades from Harrisburg, PA.
More than likely he'll be trading in his philly cheese steaks for some coney dogs. He seems like a very highly qualified bishop, canon law background, former head of a seminary. I can't wait to see what he is going to do to improve our diocese. Seems like a lot of emphasis will be put on catholic identity and education, especially the five colleges.
Friday, November 13, 2009
$45,000 Letter, what a joke!!!!
From today's JG Letter costs city _45_000 | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.
I can think of a list of things that would have been cheaper and saved city utilities this chunk of revenue.
-Passenger pigeons with note saying "I promise not to screw up the electricity"
- Put it on the Tincaps jumbo screen, it's still a viable billboard since the Harrison has been built......yet
-Call Indiana Newscenter and do a press conference, they always need a good story, emphasis on need good story
- Editorial in the JG or the Sentinel
- Put the letter on the city's website
- Put an extra reindeer on the side of National City bank wearing a t-shirt that says "Viva I&M"
Anyone else have any cheaper ideas???
I can think of a list of things that would have been cheaper and saved city utilities this chunk of revenue.
-Passenger pigeons with note saying "I promise not to screw up the electricity"
- Put it on the Tincaps jumbo screen, it's still a viable billboard since the Harrison has been built......yet
-Call Indiana Newscenter and do a press conference, they always need a good story, emphasis on need good story
- Editorial in the JG or the Sentinel
- Put the letter on the city's website
- Put an extra reindeer on the side of National City bank wearing a t-shirt that says "Viva I&M"
Anyone else have any cheaper ideas???
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