COLUMN: Being a world traveler on a dime
COLUMN SUMMARY: Afraid you can't travel for lack of funds? Never fear, just get in your car and go. With careful research you can get by on a dime. I will forever be glad that we werent afraid to travel – even when the money wasnt there. Money should never affect the ability to get in a car and get lost down a road somewhere. When people tell me they just cant afford to get away I...
Information about the mumps
What is mumps? Mumps is a viral illness that can cause fever, body aches, headaches, fatigue, swelling of the salivary glands or pain with chewing or swallowing. About a third of people who contract the mumps virus do not develop any symptoms. How does the mumps virus spread? Mumps is most commonly spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes and a non-infected person inhales respiratory...Catholic group presents program about end of life issues
The Healthcare Trojan Horse conference will address and clarify common misunderstandings associated with living wills, healthcare agents, DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) documents, etc. It will raise awareness of processes in place within the healthcare system which intend to persuade individuals to limit their choices based on economics rather than individual wishes. The conference is meant for...
Flight plan in fatal plane crash shows bad weather over crash area
A Millersburg couple who died in a private airplane accident were about halfway through their flight when their 1978 Piper aircraft went down in West Virginia.Lazarus Enoch Sommers, 50, and Maryann Sommers, 56, were killed in the crash, which occurred Friday, April 11 near Glasgow, W.Va.No one else was aboard the plane.According to their flight plan, tracked by the aviation website...MUMPS
Holmes County health officials have identified a case of mumps in the county, with a second suspected case identified. While nowhere near the recent epidemic that began on the Ohio State University campus that has led to at least 111 confirmed cases, the countys low vaccination rate makes a similar outbreak possible, Holmes County Health Commissioner Dr. D.J. McFadden said. If it gets into...
Mumps identified in Holmes County
Holmes County health officials have identified a case of mumps in the county, with a second suspected case identified. While nowhere near the recent epidemic that began on the Ohio State University campus that has led to at least 111 confirmed cases, the countys low vaccination rate makes a similar outbreak possible, Holmes County Health Commissioner Dr. D.J. McFadden said. If it gets into...