The home nursing care business may be down, but the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky still managed to increase its net revenue through several cost-cutting moves in 2000. The agency's 400-plus nurses and health care workers conducted more than 135,000 home visits in 2000, down 9.5 percent from 1999. However, the Visiting Nurse Association cut its overall expenses by 11.2 percent, including a 9.5 percent cut in personnel expenses, a 39 percent cut in office and medical supply expenses, and a 15 percent reduction in travel. In the long term, the declining use of home nursing care services is not likely to continue. The purpose of the Web site is to keep residents updated on the progress, activities and upcoming events for the planning process.
Residents can also share their ideas.
An additional riverboat race has been added to Kentucky Derby events. The chase between the two diesel-powered riverboats will run from the Clark Memorial Bridge upriver to Six Mile Island. The first Great Steamboat Race was in 1963. The Belle of Louisville, which won last year, holds an 18-16 edge. A pair of peregrine falcons, named Athena and Buckeye by watchers, has nested under the bridge over the Rocky River for three years.