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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Early lines for H1N1 vaccine in Greene County
XENIA - A long line snaked along the building at the Greene County Fairgrounds where H1N1 vaccines were available for the first time for the general public Tuesday, Dec. 15.
Suesie Strider, of Wilmington, said she waited about 45 minutes to get inside the pavilion where the shots were being administered. She had hoped for a shorter wait, but wanted to get the vaccine. “I’m around a lot of people and you never know what germs they’re carrying and I want to protect myself,” she said.
Sara Pappa, spokeswoman for the Greene County Combined Health District, said they expect to vaccinate 3,000 people Tuesday during the clinic’s hours of 2 to 7 p.m. Another clinic is set for the same time Wednesday.
Health officials set up a “Kings Island style” line inside the pavilion to get as many people out of the cold as quickly as possible, Pappa said. Crowds were expected to fall off and then increase after people get off work.
Anyone six months or older is now eligible to get the vaccine and Greene County has several thousand of both the shot and the nasal mist. Health officials are encouraging everyone to get vaccinated, especially as the holiday traveling season approaches.
“Think about what you might be exposed to when you are traveling,” Pappa said. She added that the clinics were the perfect time for children under 10 to get the second dose they need to develop resistance to the so-called swine flu.
How to go: Flu clinics are 2 . to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 and Wednesday, Dec. 16, at the Greene County Fairgrounds, 120 Fairground Road in Xenia.
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XENIA - The former assistant city prosecutor who admitted stealing from two clients of his private law practice received the maximum sentence of 18 months in prison on Monday, Dec. 14.
Craig Saunders, who pleaded to two counts of felony theft in September, doesn’t have to report to serve his sentence until Dec. 28.
A special prosecutor and judge were brought in to handle Saunders’ case because of his notoriety in Greene County where he served on the local fair board, Bar Association and Republican Party leader. He lost a primary bid for state representative in 2008.
Xenia police said money problems led to Saunders stealing nearly $50,000 from two clients of his law practice. Both times Saunders pocketed money clients had sent him for estate taxes, police said.
In exchange for his guilty pleas, prosecutors agreed not to proceed with charges from a third case that Saunders had repaid to the client.
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