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State-of-the-Art Robotic Surgery Now Offered in Wooster

  • October 9, 2012
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Cut, clamp, suture—it sounds like any other routine surgery in the OR. But there’s something different about this particular surgery. The spider-like arms working inside the patient are attached to a robot, and the surgeon appears to be playing a video game at a separate console, controlling the robotic arms while viewing a 3D image of the surgical site. This state-of-the-art procedure is known...

Medicine Goes Space Age at Wooster Community Hospital

  • October 9, 2012
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Medicine has come a long way since the days of leeches and laudanum, and many of today’s technologies look like something straight out of Star Trek. Wooster Community Hospital’s new Da Vinci Surgical System is a case in point. Intricate surgeries can now be performed by four spider-like robotic arms while the surgeon views a 3D image and manipulates the arms at a separate console. This is known...

10/9/12 Sentencing, restitution hearing set in bridge theft case

  • October 9, 2012
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Restitution owed by a Millersburg man who illegally removed two bridges from the rails to trails right of way will be determined in a Nov. 7 hearing. Kenneth E. Taylor, 58, of 4627 Township Road 55, is scheduled for sentencing Nov. 7 in Holmes County Common Pleas Court on charges of theft and vandalism. Prior to sentencing on the same day, a hearing will be held to determine the value of the...

Fall fundraiser for local ALS Family Support Group scheduled

  • October 9, 2012
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Summary: Local family support group hopes to raise funds for continued assistance to families of patients with ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease. The ALS Family Support Group of Ohio, Inc. invites the public to join them for a rigatoni dinner fall fundraiser Oct. 28 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at J.I.M.’s place at 228 W. High Ave. at New Philadelphia. The event will include a Blue Brothers...

Winter is a great time to remodel

  • October 9, 2012
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Summary: Winter is the ideal time to take on indoor home improvement projects that you never tackled over the summer. When it comes to remodeling projects in your home consider winter an ideal time to make improvements. Contractors are busier in the warmer months of the year with larger outdoor projects. Scheduling indoor work is easier in the winter when workers have time for drywall repair,...

Nelson moves on from Districts to defend State Title

  • October 10, 2012
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Summary: Senior super Knight, Rachel Nelson, flies through the OHSAA District Tournament for a chance to defend her State title. Want to see senior superpower Rachel Nelson play some of her best tennis? Fire her up; which is exactly what happened on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at OHSAA District play held at Ohio University in Athens. Coming into Districts with the number one seed and an undefeated...

Knights duo ends high school career at District Tournament

  • October 10, 2012
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Summary: Frank and Black end their West Holmes career with a trip to the OHSAA District Tennis Tournamnet. Coming into their senior year, Chelsea Black and Hannah Frank teamed up for one common goal getting to the Ohio High School Athletic Association girl's tennis District Tournament, held on Wednesday Oct. 10 at Ohio University, in Athens. Black and Frank spent the entire season preparing for...

Knights duo ends high school career at District Tournament

  • October 10, 2012
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Summary: Frank and Black end their West Holmes career with a trip to the OHSAA District Tennis Tournamnet. Coming into their senior year, Chelsea Black and Hannah Frank teamed up for one common goal getting to the Ohio High School Athletic Association girl's tennis District Tournament, held on Wednesday Oct. 10 at Ohio University, in Athens. Black and Frank spent the entire season preparing for...

Rare Franklin's Gull makes an appearance at Pleasant Hill Lake

  • October 10, 2012
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Rare Franklin's Gull makes an appearance at Pleasant Hill LakeColumnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. Right now the fall migration is in full swing. Find out more in the "Gone Birding" column. Last week I made another trip to Pleasant Hill Lake and was delighted to find a Franklin's Gull on the beach with 100 other gulls, mainly Ring-billed Gulls, but including...

10/10/12 Health board expands epidemiologist position to full time

  • October 10, 2012
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SUMMARY: Position motivated by need to report data on programs to state, health commissioner says A new, full time position that will involving tracking data in the Holmes County Health District’s numerous programs is necessary as the state requires more self-reporting, according to Health Commissioner Dr. D.J. McFadden. The health board Friday Sept. 28 approved the creation of a Tier II...