Morning News - 01/06/14

CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

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[1] Kaitlyn Bach holding Hayden Joseph and Dr. Gerald Harpel, HMH OB/GYN

Photo via Harrison Memorial Hospital[2] on Facebook.[/caption]

1: https://www.facebook.com/163143847064829/photos/a.169092956469918.33867.163143847064829/822508624461678/?type=1&permPage=1

2: https://www.facebook.com/163143847064829/photos/a.169092956469918.33867.163143847064829/822508624461678/?type=1&permPage=1

Hayden Joseph Bach son of Kaitlyn Bach, of Carlisle, is the first baby born at Harrison Memorial Hospital in 2015. He arrived January 2, 2015, at 7:07 p.m. Hayden weighed 7 pounds and 2 ounces, was 18.5 inches long and was delivered by Dr. Gerald Harpel. He was presented with gifts from HMH, the HMH OB department and Project Linus.

Featured in the photo is Kaitlyn Bach holding Hayden Joseph and Dr. Gerald Harpel, HMH OB/GYN. ---###---

KENTUCKY

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Former state senator Walter Blevins

Photo via: The Lexington Herald-Leader[3][/caption]

3: http://www.kentucky.com

Gov. Steve Beshear set a special election for March 3 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Walter Blevins Jr.[4] (Dem.) of Morehead from the Kentucky Senate. Blevins resigned Sunday from his seat as State Senator for District 27[5] to become Rowan County judge-executive, a position he won in the Nov. 4 election. District 27 includes the counties of Bourbon, Fleming, Harrison, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Robertson and Rowan. Potential Democratic candidates have been listed as: banker Scott McCauley of Harrison County, Maysville attorney Kelly Caudill, James Bodie Stevens of Rowan County, Paris Mayor Mike Thornton and Paige Short of Paris. The State Democratic Party is scheduled to select a candidate at a special meeting in Morehead, this Saturday. The State Republican Party has not revealed any potential candidates as of yet.

4: http://web.archive.org/web/20141220195238/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S027.htm

5: https://web.archive.org/web/20131220113650/http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/S027.htm

http://www.kentucky.com/2015/01/05/3625045_democratic-state-sen-walter-blevins.html[6] http://wuky.org/post/beshear-sets-special-election-state-senate-seat[7] http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b48995C37-CA91-4D93-9338-03AB01036AEF%7d&activityType=PressRelease[8] ---###---

6: https://web.archive.org/web/20150511115630/http://www.kentucky.com:80/2015/01/05/3625045_democratic-state-sen-walter-blevins.html?

7: http://wuky.org/post/beshear-sets-special-election-state-senate-seat

8: http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b48995C37-CA91-4D93-9338-03AB01036AEF%7d&activityType=PressRelease

For the second year, Whitaker Bank, as part of its continuing title sponsorship of the Boys’ Sweet 16®, and the KHSAA will be presenting four one-time $1,500 scholarships. The scholarships are open to high school seniors that participate in KHSAA sanctioned sports and sport-activities.

Deadline for the information to be received by the KHSAA is Feb. 25. There is no limit to the number of applicants from a school.

Winners will be recognized during the 2015 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys’ State Basketball Tournament, March 18-22 in Lexington.

Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Sweet 16® Scholarship Application Form: http://khsaa.org/forms/bk148.pdf[9] http://khsaa.org/010515-whitaker-bankkhsaa-sweet-16-scholarship-application/[10] ---###---

9: https://web.archive.org/web/20150317045024/http://khsaa.org/forms/bk148.pdf

10: http://khsaa.org/010515-whitaker-bankkhsaa-sweet-16-scholarship-application/

According to recently published numbers, only 1/4 of Kentuckians have taken advantage of their eligibility to purchase insurance through the Kynect[11] system. State officials had previously estimated that 340,000 people would be able to select and purchase subsidized plans through the state's insurance exchange; in reality, only some 86,000 have done so.

11: http://kynect.ky.gov

“People earning between 138 and 400 percent of the poverty level — between about $16,000 and $47,000 for a single person — can get subsidies to help with the cost,” explains New York Times reporter Abby Goodnough, who has been chronicling Obamacare and Kentucky's lead in the use and enrollment under the Affordable Care Act. According to Goodnough's article, part of the reason behind so few enrolling in healthcare still lies in the views of healthcare being too expensive--despite the ability to pay a subsidized premium.

http://www.kyforward.com/only-a-fourth-of-those-eligible-have-bought-subsidized-health-coverage-through-kynect/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/us/kentucky-health-plan-is-flooded-with-the-poorest-and-sickest.html?_r=0[12] Personal note: I am among one of the 86,000 to have enrolled. Due to my low-income, I was able to qualify for Medicaid and have now been insured for over a year--the first time that I have had medical insurance since I was 21, when I was no longer eligible under my parent's plans. I am very grateful for the ACA, as I have now been able to pay better attention to my health. Had it not been for the ACA, I would likely have HMH breathing down my neck for that gall-bladder surgery that I had this past summer. ---###---

12: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/us/kentucky-health-plan-is-flooded-with-the-poorest-and-sickest.html?_r=0

ENTERTAINMENT

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A streaming cable/satellite-like viewing experience for as little as $20 per month is what Dish Network[13] aims to deliver with the forthcoming launch of a product called Sling TV. Dish unveiled details about the service at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, yesterday. Among some of the top points mentioned in the announcement are that Sling TV will carry channels like ABC Family, Cartoon Network, CNN, Disney Channel, ESPN and ESPN 2, the Food Network, HGTV, TBS, TNT, The Travel Channel and Adult Swim. Sling TV will be available on many devices and platforms including Windows and Macintosh OSes, Andriod and iOS devices, Roku, Xbox One, and certain LG televisions. Sling TV is set to launch in the first quarter of 2015.

13: http://www.dish.com/

http://about.dish.com/press-release/products-and-services/sling-tv-launch-live-over-top-service-20-month-watch-tvs-tablets[14] http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2015/01/05/dish-new-sling-tv-streaming-service/21236795/[15] http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/15/01/05/2115219/dish-introduces-20-a-month-streaming-tv-service?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed[16] ---###---

14: http://about.dish.com/press-release/products-and-services/sling-tv-launch-live-over-top-service-20-month-watch-tvs-tablets

15: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2015/01/05/dish-new-sling-tv-streaming-service/21236795/

16: http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/15/01/05/2115219/dish-introduces-20-a-month-streaming-tv-service?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed

WEATHER

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[17]An Arctic front will bring the coldest air of the season to the region beginning Wednesday. After a mild December, this Arctic blast will be some of the coldest air to affect the area since last January. Now is the time to make precautions for the cold. ---###---

17: http://kg4vma.duckdns.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/404.jpg

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1838 – Alfred Vail[18] demonstrates a telegraph[19] system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code[20]).
1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce[21] and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce's 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash.
1907 – Maria Montessori[22] opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
1912 – New Mexico[23] is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
1912 – German geophysicist Alfred Wegener[24] first presents his theory of continental drift[25].
1929 – Mother Teresa[26] arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930 – The first diesel-engined[27] automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
1931 – Thomas Edison[28] submits his last patent application.
1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt[29] delivers his Four Freedoms[30] speech in the State of the Union address.
1947 – Pan American Airlines[31] becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China[32]. The Republic of China[33] severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951 – Korean War[34]: An estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre[35].
1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511[36] is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami, Florida.
1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis[37], daylight saving time[38] commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1994 – Nancy Kerrigan[39] is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships[40] in Detroit, Michigan.
1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka[41], a mass-terrorist attack.
2000 – Celia, the last Pyrenean Ibex[42] was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
2005 – American Civil Rights Movement[43]: Edgar Ray Killen[44] is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers[45].