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Beware the risks

We have spoken a number of times about the dangers, the high risks, involved with substances bought off the streets and the dealers that some people trust with their lives. Actually, the dealers don’t care. If they cared they wouldn’t deal to you. A couple of weeks ago, the Ohio Narcotics ...

Diet can ease suffering of difficulty swallowing

Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the local Visiting Angels ...

Giving thanks

We have just celebrated Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I think my favorite holiday in my adult life has been Thanksgiving. My family, including my brothers, their wives and children, gathered at Mom and Dad’s house, later at my husband’s and my house, and now at my brother and ...

Honoring our military veterans

“Thank you for your service.” We hear and say those words frequently, throughout the year to express gratitude for the man or woman who has paused in civilian life to step into the military and protect our great nation, our people. Saturday is Veterans Day. Originally it was called ...

Angels: Celebrating holidays with seniors

Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the local Visiting Angels ...

Embracing change

Things change. People change. Faces change. I have heard that change is the only thing that is consistent in life. Changes may be bad, risky, negative. But they also can become good, healthy and positive again. I do not know how my supervisor at FRC is going to feel about this column, but being ...

Social media: May change your kid’s brain

In 2019, WHO (the World Health Organization) published strict guidelines about children’s screen time. Why? Because intensive digital media use is thought to reduce working memory capacity, cause psychological problems from depression to anxiety and sleep disorders, and affects comprehension ...

Halloween can be scary for those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease

Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the Salem Visiting Angels ...

The hill was alive with the sound of music

The Idabelle Firestone Fall Concert Series ended on Sunday, Oct. 15 with the sound of harps and a bagpipe ….. and a 100-plus audience. Held at Grace Church, Harvey Firestone’s Church, because of a turn in the weather, the “Hired Hands,” Allison Miller and Sairey Miller Williams, filled ...

What’s up at the ELCC

The month of October wound up with a “Bang.” The East Liverpool and the Calcutta Rotary clubs participate in the largest International Student Exchange Program in the world. The program is for high school students that sends and receives students from countries around the world. On the ...