Union and Aultman hospitals to offer weight management program
The struggle to lose weight and keep the pounds off is a common experience. You desperately want to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol to be healthier, but find its easier said than done. Union Hospital at Dover is teaming with Aultman Hospital in Canton to bring the popular weight management program to UH facilities at the Oxford Medical Building, 340 Oxford St., in Dover. Carey...
Pomerene Hospital receives statewide hospital safety award
Pomerene Hospital is being recognized for receiving a group award in Ohio Hospital Associations 2011 Statewide Hospital Safety campaign. This award puts Pomerene Hospital in good company as having one of the best workplace safety records among hospitals and health systems in 2010. In order to better hospital safety, Pomerene Hospital utilized two initial strategies, which included an updated...
Local doctor saddened by inequalities in health care
Most of the time, you can find local physician Dr. Eric Miller M.D. in his Holmes County office, treating his patients and practicing great health care. However, that was not the case earlier this summer. Miller and his family decided to take the gift of health care to the small country of Kenya and were there for three months, sharing their medical knowledge and help. I went with my wife,...
Leadership Holmes County accepting applications
Holmes County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau is accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Leadership Holmes County Class. Leadership Holmes County is a dynamic, yearly program that seeks to increase the number of leaders in Holmes County through leadership training and skills development. Every business or organization needs leaders to help them grow and meet the demands of the...
Dover Public Library annual discard book sale to take place August 19 and 20
A large number of books (more than 150 linear feet) of all varieties have been pulled from library shelves in recent months to make room for new purchases and are now made available at this years sale. The books will be on display on shelves and tables in the community room located in the basement (elevator available) of the library. The sale will start Friday, August 19, from 9 a.m. until 6...
Jack Marsh YMCA golf outing
The Tuscarawas County YMCA will host the 10th annual Jack Marsh – YMCA Golf Outing sponsored by Black, McCuskey, Hanhart, Deeds, & Bauer and the First National Bank of Dennison on Wednesday, August 17, at Oak Shadows Golf Club to help provide financial assistance to area youth through the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign. Defending champions of the Jack Marsh – YMCA Golf Outing is Benchmark...Fredericksburg man gets three years for meth sale
A Fredericksburg man was sentenced to prison Thursday, August 4 on trafficking charges. Chester D. Deringer, 32, of 9029 Carr Road, was sentenced in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to three years in prison on one count of aggravated trafficking in methamphetamine within the vicinity of a school. The charge stems from Jan. 28, when Deringer sold meth for $300 to a confidential informant working...Millersburg Police Report, 08/06/11
Possible intoxicated driver reported on W. Jackson. Alarm activation reported at a Glen Dr. business. Disabled vehicle reported on Wooster Rd.
Record setting golfer stays blazing hot through record setting temperatures
Back on July 18, Monday Night Ladies Golf League veteran Jan Fuchs carded a 34 at Fire Ridge Golf Course, to tie Betty McNutt -- a Monday Nighter since 1969 -- for the A Flight Low Gross total.But that was through only seven holes, as the women were whistled back into the clubhouse because of bad weather.Two weeks later, on Monday, August 1, Fuchs tied McNutt again...this time for the all-time...