http://highlandcountypress.com en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:49 GMT Daily feed of articles http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18211 By October 2014, we are expected to be using the new updated ICD-10 code book of diagnoses, adding new digits, numbers, and minutia to our recording of what ailments or injuries befall our patients. Our current EMRs will need to be completely revamped if we want them to accommodate these new codes, and the cost to do this might be impossible for a solo practitioner to afford. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 21:54:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18200 To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 13:02:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18199 If Benghazi represents abuse or misuse of power, the IRS stands in direct violation of the First Amendment – targeting American citizens for their political beliefs. The more we learn about this controversy, the clearer it becomes that anyone who dared to talk about spending, debt or anything related to our current state of government affairs from a conservative perspective was a target. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 12:44:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18192 Eight months after our own ambassador was murdered and we were told the cause was a YouTube video, we still can’t get a straight answer out of the Obama Administration. Opinions Mon, 20 May 2013 17:28:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18189 Greg opened his hand over mine. Something cold and slightly scratchy fell into my palm, and I pulled my hand back in surprise. This was not what I had expected. I looked down and saw the littlest turtle I had ever seen. It was not even as big as a quarter and was so perfectly formed. Opinions Mon, 20 May 2013 12:16:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18186 When Van Williams met a young man – we’ll refer to him as J.H. – at the Good Shepherd Baptist Church in East Cleveland, it seemed like a nice story. J.H. had no contact with his natural father and lived with his grandmother, so Williams became a mentor to him, and would often buy him gifts and pay him to do odd jobs at his home. Opinions Mon, 20 May 2013 05:29:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18187 Have fun, but be careful. Did you ever have one of those days that made you pause and think: That's pretty good unsolicited advice? Me, neither. That is, until this weekend. Opinions Sun, 19 May 2013 23:50:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18181 Ladies and gentlemen, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but a major soft drink giant is allegedly killing all the birds. At least that’s what Greenpeace seems to be accusing a soda company of doing in a new ad. The 45-second ad shows some youngsters drinking some pop, then dead birds start falling from the sky. Opinions Sun, 19 May 2013 13:56:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18175 The IRS was not the only government department overstepping its authority. News reports indicate that Kathleen Sebelius, the head of Health and Human Services, solicited donations from companies that HHS oversees to fund enrollment efforts related to the health care insurance exchanges established by ObamaCare. At best, this appears to be an inherent conflict of interest. At worst, it is a potentially illegal augmentation of the appropriations process established by the Constitution. Opinions Sat, 18 May 2013 00:04:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18155 I am sure glad the president never makes these decisions and that he hears about them in the newspapers about the same time we do. It does worry me, though, that all these low-level employees have such a free hand. Oh, Harry, can you please return and bring adult supervision to Washington, D.C.? Opinions Fri, 17 May 2013 07:57:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18149 Alva Martin’s “History of Clay Township of Highland County Ohio” says that Jacob Fender built his brick house in 1852. In this same book, Alva writes the following about Israel Rice: “Israel Rice moved to Clay Township in 1838 and settled near Buford. Opinions Fri, 17 May 2013 05:24:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18148 I have to hand it to the Obama administration and their band of merry Constitution crushers: Three scandals hitting the boiling point in less than a week is pretty impressive. Opinions Thu, 16 May 2013 15:20:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18139 A longstanding American ethos was breached during the terrorist attack in Benghazi. As a nation, we have always held the notion that no American will be left behind and that we will respond when Americans are threatened. Opinions Wed, 15 May 2013 23:45:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18132 We think it’s time Congress stopped serving as a middle man and streamlined this system. The current process requires businesses to arrange meetings with members of Congress and their staffs and this, in turn, often requires the help of lobbyists — a luxury that many small businesses can’t afford. Opinions Wed, 15 May 2013 17:56:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18124 Wayne Allyn Root, the executive vice chairman of the Conservative Caucus, has released details of two separate alleged attacks on him by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the first dating back to 2011, and the second coming within five days after he had been exonerated in the first. Opinions Tue, 14 May 2013 22:56:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18110 The guilty charge of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, dethroned ruler of 'Gosnell's House of Horrors' may spark justice for more women and babies across America. Justice is served with this verdict, but injustice will continue unless we end abortion in this country. Opinions Tue, 14 May 2013 13:03:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18096 There is a new effort afoot to try to deal with all the issues of foster care. It is a faith-based initiative, so far active only in Oklahoma and Georgia. It is called the 111 Project (you can easily find it on the web). Why 111? The idea is to have one family in each church take in one foster child – one church, one family, one child. Opinions Mon, 13 May 2013 16:25:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18090 As the flag goes back up on Memorial Day, the torch is passed from those who gave their lives to those who continue the fight. Our treatment of the men and women who serve reflects our values as a nation, which is why it is time to hold the VA accountable for their shortcomings. I assure you that I go to work every day with this mission in mind. Opinions Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:00 GMT http://highlandcountypress.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=18084 The question before us was this: Does the trial court abuse its discretion by taxing an opposing party attorney’s fees that are strictly related to the claims for which the trier of fact determined that the employee was ineligible to participate in the workers’ compensation fund? Opinions Mon, 13 May 2013 10:44:00 GMT