Letters to the Editor 05-10-2001
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Police Chases - Vanlaningham Scholarship - Senior ESP
Police Chases
Editor, Times-Union:After reading the article in Monday's paper about the police chase and subsequent crash, I thought it painfully ironic that it has been 10 years to the month that my son was killed in a similar police chase. Fortunately in Monday's accident, the unsuspecting residents only lost a house and the officer sustained only minor injuries.
I am not condoning what the cyclist or my son did, fleeing police. But with all of the modern technology (computers, video cameras, etc.) that police departments have at their disposal, shouldn't they consider changing their chase procedures? I question if these chases are really necessary ... just food for thought.
Don Ransome
Warsaw
via e-mail
Vanlaningham Scholarship
Editor, Times-Union:Amy Vanlaningham of Milford died from a Haitian bullet on May 22, 1984. Twenty-five years of age, she was completing her nurse's degree at Goshen College and had been assigned to Haiti for her study-service trimester. She was returning to her Haitian guest home after having attended an evening Goshen College student meeting when she was shot.
Amy was a committed Christian planning to nurse and assist the poor. She was the type of young lady that every community and church would be proud to claim.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Vanlaningham, Milford, established a scholarship in Amy's memory at Goshen College for nursing students. It is given annually to at least one and sometimes two older students who are returning to college to complete their nursing studies and who could not qualify for other types of financial aid. A contribution to this scholarship fund is but one small way to remember Amy and the things she was planning to do in her life.
Berniece H. Dwyer
Milford
Senior ESP
Editor, Times-Union:Every citizen has a stake in the future of Medicare and we all need to be better educated consumers. Senior ESP (Seniors Examine Services Provided) was launched in Indiana on May 4. The consumer education project is one of 43 in the country.
The project is funded with a grant from the Administration on Aging through a program called Operation Restore Trust. The Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging Education Institute received the grant.
An estimated 1,200 Hoosiers will be trained as volunteers to detect Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The consumer education project has shown positive results in other states. More than 12,000 complaints have been referred for possible investigation and $187 million has been collected in fines, recoveries and settlements. The investment in the communities has returned $23 for every $1 spent.
Some of the volunteers are retired professionals, such as physicians, nurses and teachers. Other trainees are ombudsman, Senior Health Insurance Information Program volunteers and case managers who work for the Area Agencies on Aging.
Important components of the training are to teach volunteers how to read a Medicare Summary Notice and the steps to take when they see problems. Once volunteers are trained, they will then go into their home communities to train others how to detect Medicare fraud.
Some of the volunteer partners in the Senior ESP project are the Indiana State Medical Association and the Senior Health Insurance Information Program of the Indiana Department of Insurance.
This massive education effort is the key to helping curb Medicare fraud and abuse.
Carolyn S. Hiatt
Project Coordinator, Senior ESP
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- Police Chases - Vanlaningham Scholarship - Senior ESP
Police Chases
Editor, Times-Union:After reading the article in Monday's paper about the police chase and subsequent crash, I thought it painfully ironic that it has been 10 years to the month that my son was killed in a similar police chase. Fortunately in Monday's accident, the unsuspecting residents only lost a house and the officer sustained only minor injuries.
I am not condoning what the cyclist or my son did, fleeing police. But with all of the modern technology (computers, video cameras, etc.) that police departments have at their disposal, shouldn't they consider changing their chase procedures? I question if these chases are really necessary ... just food for thought.
Don Ransome
Warsaw
via e-mail
Vanlaningham Scholarship
Editor, Times-Union:Amy Vanlaningham of Milford died from a Haitian bullet on May 22, 1984. Twenty-five years of age, she was completing her nurse's degree at Goshen College and had been assigned to Haiti for her study-service trimester. She was returning to her Haitian guest home after having attended an evening Goshen College student meeting when she was shot.
Amy was a committed Christian planning to nurse and assist the poor. She was the type of young lady that every community and church would be proud to claim.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Vanlaningham, Milford, established a scholarship in Amy's memory at Goshen College for nursing students. It is given annually to at least one and sometimes two older students who are returning to college to complete their nursing studies and who could not qualify for other types of financial aid. A contribution to this scholarship fund is but one small way to remember Amy and the things she was planning to do in her life.
Berniece H. Dwyer
Milford
Senior ESP
Editor, Times-Union:Every citizen has a stake in the future of Medicare and we all need to be better educated consumers. Senior ESP (Seniors Examine Services Provided) was launched in Indiana on May 4. The consumer education project is one of 43 in the country.
The project is funded with a grant from the Administration on Aging through a program called Operation Restore Trust. The Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging Education Institute received the grant.
An estimated 1,200 Hoosiers will be trained as volunteers to detect Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The consumer education project has shown positive results in other states. More than 12,000 complaints have been referred for possible investigation and $187 million has been collected in fines, recoveries and settlements. The investment in the communities has returned $23 for every $1 spent.
Some of the volunteers are retired professionals, such as physicians, nurses and teachers. Other trainees are ombudsman, Senior Health Insurance Information Program volunteers and case managers who work for the Area Agencies on Aging.
Important components of the training are to teach volunteers how to read a Medicare Summary Notice and the steps to take when they see problems. Once volunteers are trained, they will then go into their home communities to train others how to detect Medicare fraud.
Some of the volunteer partners in the Senior ESP project are the Indiana State Medical Association and the Senior Health Insurance Information Program of the Indiana Department of Insurance.
This massive education effort is the key to helping curb Medicare fraud and abuse.
Carolyn S. Hiatt
Project Coordinator, Senior ESP
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