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Millersburg group walks to school to celebrate grant funding promoting safety and health

  • November 5, 2009
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A number of Millersburg students, parents and educators put their best feet forward Thursday, Oct. 29, participating in a National Safe Routes to School walk to celebrate a grant which will help promote safety around Millersburg Elementary.The Walk to School events are part of the National Safe Routes to School program through the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The goals of the program...

Killbuck Halloween Parade costume winners

  • November 5, 2009
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Costume winners at the Killbuck Halloween Parade were as follows: Clowns: first, Regan Wilcox; second, Trenton Baker; third, Liberty McFadden. TV characters: first, Vincent Rowe; second, Quinn Cornwell; third, Samara Gallion. Scariest: first, Hope Powers; second, Noah Hendricks; third, John Palmer. Witches: first, Clara Powers; second, Kylie Remirez; third, Brooklynn McFadden. Prettiest: first,...

Christmas Open House in Historic Roscoe Village

  • November 5, 2009
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Continuing with the 40th anniversary celebration and introducing the holiday season, Historic Roscoe Village will host a Christmas Open House at Dr. Johnson’s House on Friday, Nov. 27, from 1-4 p.m. Admission is free. During this wonderful open house, Dr. Maro Johnson, portrayed by Chris Hart, will share customs he has witnessed on house calls. Eliza Johnson, portrayed by Jewell Terry, welcomes...

Dream rooms, healthy eats and mini quilts on display at Chestnut Ridge contest

  • November 5, 2009
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Close to 100 seventh and eighth-grade girls from Chestnut Ridge, Mount Hope, Wise and Sharp Run elementary schools showcased their creative skills Oct. 29, participating in the annual middle school family and consumer science contest held at Chestnut Ridge Elementary.The girls participated in three categories: dream bedroom, mini-quilt and food pyramid poster.The event was designed to allow the...

Ohio cancer facts and figures for 2009 released

  • November 5, 2009
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According to the Ohio Cancer Facts & Figures 2009 report, an estimated 62,420 Ohioans will be diagnosed with invasive cancer in 2009, with the majority of those cancers being lung cancer (10,690 new cases), followed by female breast cancer (7,340 new cases), prostate cancer (6,510 new cases) and colorectal cancer (6,060 new cases).The American Cancer Society (ACS) releases the report annually...

Preventing cavities and keeping your mouth healthy at any age

  • November 5, 2009
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Regardless of your age, no one wants a cavity. Cavities are expensive, require another trip to the dentist and make for a pretty inconvenient day. Preventing cavities isn’t impossible and some people go their entire life and never have one. Others, however, seem to have more than their fair share, but what’s the best way to avoid cavities and what’s the best plan of action if you get one?A...

Happy hijinks in Post 192's 62nd annual Halloween Parade

  • November 5, 2009
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Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean fame stealthily made his way in and out of the shadows cast by the street lamps of Millersburg on Friday, Oct. 29, and while hundreds of witnesses saw him, none seemed to be too alarmed. Maybe that’s because Sparrow was accompanied by G.I. Joe, a walking pack of Juicy Fruit, a couple of lions and a skateboarding hobo, plus numerous other creepy,...

Cordray warns Ohio consumers to not go phishing

  • November 5, 2009
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In light of National Protect Your Identity Week, Attorney General Richard Cordray issued a strong warning to Ohioans to be wary of e-mail scams soliciting personal information such as account numbers, passwords and Social Security numbers. The scam e-mails, commonly known as “phishing,” often are cleverly designed so that they appear to be from a legitimate company such as a bank or online...

Additional H1N1 flu vaccine to be shipped directly to communities

  • November 5, 2009
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The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) submitted an order for 389,500 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Oct. 30. The vaccine will be shipped directly to 298 local health departments and hospitals in 88 Ohio counties. The order includes 60,800 doses of nasal-spray vaccine and 328,700 shots of H1N1 flu vaccine. The vaccine is intended for high-risk...

Ohio Traffic Safety Grant awarded to Your Human Resource Center

  • November 5, 2009
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Your Human Resource Center is the recipient of a grant from the Ohio Traffic Safety Office in the amount of $23,994.83. This grant will support the efforts of the Holmes County Safe Communities coalition to reduce the number of fatal and serious injury crashes along Holmes County roadways. Safe Communities coalitions in Ohio and across the country work to improve priority traffic safety issues...