| Ex-girlfriend testifies about assault
When Demetrius Lamont Reynolds went on a violent rampage a few days before Christmas 2005, prosecutors argued Wednesday in Mobile County Circuit Court, he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and then later one of his friends. And although originally charged with reckless endangerment and menacing, Reynolds went on trial before Judge John Lockett facing two counts of attempted murder, along with a third count of second-degree domestic violence. But did Reynolds, 25, intend to kill his ex-girlfriend Trena Moffett and, later on the morning of Dec. 21, his friend Michael Francis? Witnesses said Wednesday that on each occasion that day, Reynolds pulled a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol from his clothes during a struggle with the victims, pointed the barrel at them and pulled the trigger.
Residential care findings draw mixed reactions
ELDERLY people living in residential care think they have poor health compared to those in private homes. The admission is a key finding released by the Ministry of Health last week in a health chart book of the nation’s elderly. Information in the book published by Public Health Intelligence (PHI) will be used by government agencies and district health boards to support the Health of Older People Strategy released by the government in2002. Other key findings include higher mortality and hospitalisation rates for chronic disease; higher infectious disease related to mortality; and higher rates of unintentional injury mortality and hospitalisation rates in people aged 65 and older compared to those aged 50 to 64 years. Local rest homes and retirement villages contacted by the Times have mixed opinions on the health rating by residents.
In tough job market, state offers help to give vets a fighting chance
After spending most of the past quarter-century dodging sniper bullets, stepping over land mines and sleeping with one eye open, 45-year-old Tom Davis of Lansing retired from the Air Force in March and, for the first time in his life, began looking for a job. Once he returned from Iraq with the 107th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron based at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Davis applied for a few jobs and considered teaching, but his passion for writing won out. He started his own magazine about everyday heroes with the help of a state-run program aimed at assisting entrepreneurs. Hundreds of Michigan veterans like Davis have returned from tours of duty in Iraq to face the often grim prospects of finding a job. "When they leave the service, if they went in without a job, they come out without a job," said John Bierbusse, executive director of the Macomb-St.
Oakview Heights introduces new administrator
Oakview Heights Continuous Care and Rehab Center announces that, as of Monday, Feb. 12, Roy J. Biggerstaff will be its new administrator.He's replacing Scott Cole, who worked in numerous positions for the facility since 1994 (when it was General Baptist Nursing Home Inc.) before assuming administrator responsibilities in May 2001."This has been a change in the making for the past few months," Cole said in a news conference Thursday afternoon.Biggerstaff said he is excited about taking over the leadership of "one of the best, if not the best" facilities of its kind in southern Illinois, pointing out the good history reports from the State. If Biggerstaff has a motto, it's this: "Resident care centered." Oakview is about caring for not only residents' physical well-being, but their spiritual and mental well-being as well."It's a ministry," Biggerstaff said.
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