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22 January 2019 News
State Assembly Considers Preexisting Conditions Bill
The State Assembly will take up a bill today addressing preexisting conditions and health care insurance. Particularly providing protections in case ObamaCare is declared unconstitutional. State Representative Joan Ballweg of Markesan says the bill would affect a certain segment of people. She says the vast majority of people already are covered because they have continuing insurance coverage. “This is something that would be in effect if the Affordable Care Act lawsuit goes through to the point where it is found to be unconstitutional.” She says the provision would protect those who don’t always have coverage when they do go into an insurance program. She’s hoping the State Senate will concur with the bill.
Sour Grapes Perception
State Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling says Republicans didn’t do well in the court of public opining when they tried to curb the power of Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul before they took office. She says Evers had talked about accepting Medicaid dollars for health insurance and Kaul was it favor of having Wisconsin removed from the lawsuit trying to overturn the Affordable Care Act. She says the effort to curtail the governor and attorney general’s powers didn’t play well with some longtime GOP supporters. “Many people, conservatives and those who have voted for Republicans in the past expressed their disappointment and dismay of looking like it was sower grapes.”
Message About Vaping Misunderstood
The Fond du Lac County Health Department’s Tobacco Control Coordinator urges parents to talk with their kids about vaping or using electronic cigarettes. Sandy Bernier says kids perceive vaping as being safer than using cigarettes when in fact they may contain more nicotine depending on the level of use. “This talk needs to be consistent and the message should be safer than a cigarette is not safe especially for kids and their developing brains.” She says vaping contains carcinogens and heavy metals. She says one pod for vaping contains as much nicotine as an entire pack of cigarettes. For more information about vaping go to the tobacco is changing website.
Grothman Town Hall Focuses On The Wall
More than a hundred people attended Congressman Glenn Grothman’s Town Hall meeting in Manitowoc Sunday. He talked about his support for the wall at the U.S./Mexico border. Many attending the meeting agreed with his views on the wall. Most of the discussion at the meeting focused on “the wall.” Grothman told the gathering “the wall” would be a solution to border security. The Congressman also held Town Hall meetings in Dalton and Cambria last Friday.
Students Spread The Word About The Dangers Of Substance Abuse
Students Taking Action Against Negative Decisions groups in Fond du Lac and Ripon are participating in “National Drug Facts Week” to spread awareness about substance abuse. Use of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs among youth have declined, but vaping or electronic cigarette use has increased. STAAND members are putting more focus now on vaping awareness. Fond du Lac STAAND member Saray Cortes says, “People do not realize the amount of nicotine in a vaping pod and the damage it can do to your body.” The week is organized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Oshkosh Police Non Emergency Phone Number Options Changing
Oshkosh Police are making changers to their non-emergency phone service. Beginning February 1st those calling in will be prompted to make a selection for the service they want. Options will include requesting copies of reports, open records, scheduling appointments on other matters or to speak with an officer. The changes are expected to decrease wait time and improve efficiency. The non-emergency number is (920) 236-5700.
Teen Court Mock Trial
The public is invited to a Mock Trial that will be put on by the Fond du Lac County Teen Court Program. It will on Wednesday, February 13th at 6:15 pm in courtroom #1 at the City-County Government Center in Fond du Lac. Teen Court is a diversion program for first time juvenile offenders between the ages of 12-16. Offenders must be willing to let a jury of their peers determine their sentence. Sentences always include community service and coming back to serve the Teen Court Program alongside volunteers. Sentences are designed to benefit the youth in learning from their mistake while building confidence and helping them to become successful.
WRPN Long Distance Listeners
Occasionally WRPN gets emails from listeners from other countries saying they had picked up our signal. In the past week we got emails from Finland and Germany. Dr. Jari Korhonen picked up our signal in Lapland the most northern part of Finland last October 4th. The 63-year-old was listening late that night and picked us up for about a half hour including a segment of our community calendar. Andree Bolin is 62-years-old and was listening in Wolfsburg, Germany and picked up our signal earlier this month. By the way Bolin works at a VW plant in Wolfsburg. A number of our employees drive yellow-colored VW Bugs, which also is included in the logo for our sister station The Bug.
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