Sharon Montgomery Reports On DWT

Sharon Montgomery writes:

No news at the statehouse: HB 99 is still below the line on the House calendar, in the list of bills recommended by their committees but not scheduled for a vote. SB 35 & SB154 have not been scheduled for hearings.


Today is the beginning of the National Safety Council's Safety Month. The theme for the week of June 26 is "On the Road, Off the Phone." This would be a good time for us to write letters to the editor of our papers and address our city councils alerting the public to this safety week and the reason for it, and maybe urging our local governments to conduct or step up education and enforcement actions, like the recently-concluded "Click it or Ticket" campaign.


Even the cities without specific texting laws are likely to have some sort of generic "inattention" law that could be made more effective with more education and enforcement. You can get some good talking points for the need for this focus at www.nsc.org/Pages/JuneisNationalSafetyMonth.aspx and of course can also use the reasons you personally are involved in this advocacy.


Council members and law enforcement personnel on this list: I hope we can count on you to try to make something happen in your city. Thanks.


I said in my last message I would share some other news when I got one other piece of information about it. I have that information now. Two court cases on DWT were pending at the time in which the prosecutor was trying to go beyond vehicular manslaughter to vehicular homicide. In one of them, news reports said the defense lawyer was apparently trying to discount the texting issue by saying the offender hadn't been texting at the actual moment of the crash. I sent that prosecutor the summaries of two studies showing that the distraction lasts after the "phone call" has ended. The mother of the victim in the other case asked me to send that research to their prosecutor, which I did.


That other case has now concluded and sadly--as I understand it--the prosecutor did not feel the judge would be influenced by that research so did not use it. To my knowledge, the first case I referred to above has not yet gone to trial.


I am deeply disturbed that we have missed a chance to make this point within the legal system. Judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and drivers desperately need to know of this residual distraction. If we are limited to appropriate charges & penalties for only those crashes where the offender was actually in the act of texting (e-mailing, phoning, etc.) at the moment of impact, far too many offenders will not be held sufficiently accountable for the harm they cause, *and* the deterring benefit of stiff penalties will be lost.

To end on a good note: I attended a day-long seminar for records managers recently. The topic was records management implications of electronic communications. One of the two speakers, who is a nationally-recognized expert and leader in this subject, said this subject cannot be separated from the use of mobile communication devices. One of her "best practices" topics is effective employer policies for acceptable employee use of e-communication tools. She devoted a fair amount of time to the dangers of using MCDs while driving and the need not only for employer policies against it but laws against it! She is in much demand as a speaker nation-wide and also is often hired as an expert witness in lawsuits involving employer liability. So, the word is getting spread in this way, also. And, we have another area of expertise to add to our list when we tell legislators of all the supporters of laws against this behavior. Needless to say, I spoke to her at the break, briefly gave her my background, and thanked her profusely.

Sharon Montgomery.

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Ohio Public Media Cooperative meeting set for July 1, 2011.

Ohio Public Media Cooperative meeting.

3:30 p.m. Friday July 1, 2011.

The location will be announced Friday July 1, 2011 to individuals who have RSVP'ed by Thursday June 30, 2011.

Community residents are welcome.

Admission is $5.00 per person.

Cash, check, money order and ID.

Please RSVP to wcrxlp@yahoo.com or voice mail to (614) 235-2929 no later than Thursday June 30, 2011.

Ohio Public Media Cooperative
c/o Bexley Public Radio Foundation
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Columbus, OH 43209

BCWG meeting set for July 1, 2011

Bexley Comedy Writers Guild meeting for Bexley Public Radio.

4:00 p.m. Friday July 1, 2011.

The location will be announced Friday July 1, 2011 to individuals who have RSVP'ed by Thursday June 30, 2011.

Community residents are welcome.

Admission is $35.00 per person.

Cash, check, money order and ID.

Please RSVP to wcrxlp@yahoo.com or voice mail to (614) 235-2929 no later than Thursday June 30, 2011.

Bexley Comedy Writers Guild
Bexley Public Radio Foundation
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Columbus, OH 43209

CPAC meeting set for July 1, 2011

Community Programming Advisory Committee meeting for Bexley Public Radio.

4:30 p.m. Friday July 1, 2011.

The location will be announced Friday July 1, 2011 to individuals who have RSVP'ed by Thursday June 30, 2011.

Community residents are welcome.

Admission is $10.00 per person.

Cash, check, money order and ID.

Please RSVP to wcrxlp@yahoo.com or voice mail to (614) 235-2929 no later than Thursday June 30, 2011.

Community Programming Advisory Committee
Bexley Public Radio Foundation
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Columbus, OH 43209

The Green Dignity Movement.

The Green Dignity Movement.

One bag at a time, saved and recycled is all that it takes.

Each bag alone seems insignificant; a mere drop in the bucket. But the action of saving each bag is what it takes to turn around the piles of waste that modernity throws our way.

The Green Dignity Movement recognizes the individuals who take the time to recycle plastic grocery bags and awards cash prizes to those people who are outstanding in their recycling efforts.


Saving plastic grocery bags is an important part of saving the earth.

If you know someone who deserves recognition for his recycling of plastic grocery bags (either white or brown), nominate him for a cash award. Give us his name, address and telephone number and tell us why you think he should be rewarded for his grocery bag recycling efforts.


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The Green Radio Choice. Bexley Public Radio.

Green. The public radio green choice is still WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM. Celebrate the lower energy requirements for LPFM.

Big power blasters like WOSU and WCBE consume lots of energy. These big stations have gluttonous appetites for anthracite.

WOSU alone engorges itself on almost a shovel full of coal every eighteen minutes of broadcast.

Think WOSU. Think coal. Think pollution.

Reflect on WCRX-LP. Visualize low energy use. Know that Bexley Public Radio means responsible stewardship of energy resources.

To know green, think Bexley Public Radio.

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Shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico. A taste test.

Sometimes curiosity is the reason for a purchase. I was at a grocery store and in the frozen seafood section “Gulf Shrimp” was on display. “Raw-Peeled and Deveined.”

The packaging stood out. It caught my eye.

Bright poster red; American flag red. The packaging text was eye-catching for anyone spending any time in a Army barracks. The text was printed in a U.S. Army footlocker stencil-lettering font. Big black letters shouting: MADE IN THE U.S.A.

I saw this package almost to the precise day of the first year anniversary of the BP oil rig disaster. Since that tragedy, I have been curious about shellfish from the Gulf.

Had Gulf shellfish really been affected? Would it really take two generations of Louisiana fishermen before Gulf seafood recovered from the oil spill?






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Fourteen dollars seemed a bit steep for a pound of frozen shrimp, but sometimes it is satisfying to indulge a curiosity.
The bright red package offered some more information. The shrimp was distributed by National Fish and Seafood, 11-15 Parker Street, Glousester, MA 01930. Why a Massachusetts distributor? I looked at the other seafood and shellfish displayed in the freezer. The other frozen shrimp were from Asia farms and wild-caught.

Nothing else in the freezer from the Gulf. Nor is there an answer to the little riddle of why Gulf shrimp is distributed by a Massachusetts company.

Would the Gulf shrimp have an oily taste? I purchased a package and took it home.

I opened the reseal-able package, took a dozen shrimp out, followed the package directions and let the shrimp thaw for ten minutes in a small bowl of tap water.

I steamed the dozen for two minutes, let them cool off for two minutes and then put them in a serving dish on a bed of ice .
I put an eighth of a cup of Heinz Chile Sauce in the center of the serving dish, transferred everything to the refrigerator and let the refrigerator and the ice chill the shrimp.

I sampled the first four of the shrimp without the sauce. For me, the tasting issue was whether I detected any oily residue or unusual flavor that might be oil.

There was nothing unusual in the flavor or texture. In fact, the flavor of these Gulf shrimp was sweet and more robust than the Asian-sourced shrimp I’ve eaten recently.

Conclusion: Don’t hesitate to purchase Gulf shrimp. Gulf shrimp is more expensive than its Asian cousins, but you also get a more flavorful product for the extra money.

From the web-site of National Fish and Seafood: The business was begun in 1979. It works with forty suppliers from around the world. The webs-site also lists the principles of sustainability for the shrimp industry. The principles suggests how complicated is the business life of a modern commercial fisherman. The principles are Socio-political: Obey the law. Environmental: Conserve the habitat. Productions/Economics: Use resources efficiently. Environmental economics: Prevent impact on environment. Socio-economic: Aqauculturists should be responsible neighbors.

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