Like swirling leaves in autumn, such has been the last few months with many rumors about the future of a local hospital. Most are not entirely true, but all seem to have some basis in reality. A grim picture was painted, but with hope, at the Community Memorial Hospital meeting that took place with the…
Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio will be celebrating the 65th year of serving the community on Wednesday, August 8th. A family centered community event will be held on the CMH campus located at 208 Columbus Street in Hicksville from 4 to 7:30 pm. CMH will be offering free food, including hot dogs, popcorn and snow cones,…
Community Memorial Hospital of Hicksville, OH, is proud to announce that Betty Clevinger has been selected for the Chief Nursing Officer position. Betty will be assuming the role when the current CNO, Jane Zachrich, retires at the end of March. Betty started at CMH in the dietary department in 1991. Soon she moved on to…
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District Two is now displaying a safety memorial at the ODOT Lucas County garage. The memorial is to raise awareness of work zone safety for drivers, specifically to represent the 28 people who were killed in Ohio work zone crashes in 2016. 27 of the 28 were motorists. “The…
By: Stan Jordan In a couple of days it will be July 20th, 2017. It has been 10 years on the 20th of July about 7:00 in the evening that three of our EMS squad were fatalities of an accident while on duty, along with two patients. They were transporting two people to the Paulding…
Antwerp, OH Larry D. Mansfield, 55, of Antwerp passed away at home Thursday, July 6, 2017. Larry was born in Paulding on April 21, 1962 He served in the U.S. Marines and was a ASE Certified Mechanic at Heckley Automotive, Woodburn. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Antwerp Larry loved working on…
In recent issues of the West Bend News, it was reported that there is a new monument to the fallen heroes and the veterans of the United States of America Military. On Sunday, July 2, a ceremony took place honoring those serving the country. “For God and Country” started the ceremony with the prayer by…
It is the honor and duty, that we (the North Scipio Memorial Committee) feel the Lord lead us to establish the memorial for the purposes of prayers, healing and remembrance of those who have served God and country, and to preserve our basic freedoms, especially the right to worship and proudly wave our American flag.…
Why do you dig a hole 36’ deep and fill it with concrete in the middle of the North Scipio United Methodist Church yard, make it hard to mow around and cost time and money . . . if it isn’t a worthy project and God isn’t in it? To honor all veterans who have…
On Saturday, November 12, 2016, starting at 11:00 a.m., at the corner of Bryan and West Arthur Streets, The Hicksville Veterans Memorial dedication, honoring all veterans will take place in Hicksville, Ohio. This memorial honors veterans from all five branches of our armed forces and includes large memorial tablets to each of those branches with…
Veterans and/or descendants of Veterans who would like to be included on the granite tablets at the Vets Memorial in Riverside Park can fill out the application below and return it by October 1, 2016, to either Keith West, P.O. Box 636, Antwerp, Ohio or to Nancy Lichty, P.O. Box 538, Antwerp, Ohio 45813.
Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) attended the 9/11 First Responders Last Call Memorial Dedication this morning at Toledo Memorial Park in Sylvania. A beam that was removed from the wreckage of the World Trade Center was unveiled and will become a permanent part of the park in remembrance of the first responders that gave their…
If you are a patient with hard to find veins, the last thing you want to hear when getting your blood taken is that the medical professional missed the vein and you have to be stuck again. Due to an anonymous donor, Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, now has an ingenious device that can take…
