Marietta Memorial Hospital announced today that it is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM. This distinction places Marietta Memorial Hospital among the top 5% of all short-term, acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, ...
Marshall University’s Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) is partnering with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at The Ohio State University’s South Centers in Piketon to be a service provider for manufacturers and other businesses in southeast Ohio. The organizations share similar ...
In celebration of its 100th anniversary, Williamstown Bank will host a community event and donation drive on June 14. The event will be held in Tomlinson Park in Williamstown from 5:30-8 p.m. Donations will be accepted for The Children’s Home Society of West Virginia, The Humane Society ...
The house where I grew up in Malaga was probably built in the late 1880s. When replacing a floor in an addition to the house, we found newspapers from the early 1920s. The house was built without an indoor bathroom and a ramshackle outhouse still stood behind the barn. Eventually, years before ...
Copper Leaf Interior Design Studio announces their most recent intern, Allison Krouse, of Ohio University. Originally from Fort Wayne, IN and then Toledo, OH, Allison recently graduated from the interior design program at nearby Ohio University. During her time there, Allison was involved in ...
Glenwood Community has been recognized as a 2019 recipient of the Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for its commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care. The distinction is ...
Employee motivation is complex. One description of why employee motivation is so difficult for leaders is called Equity Theory. Equity Theory deals with one’s perception of how fair his/her efforts and rewards are in comparison to those efforts and rewards of certain others. As we go through ...
Washington Electric Cooperative members celebrated the completion of the South Olive substation and learned about additional efforts to improve reliability at their 79th annual meeting May 16 at the Marietta Shrine Club in Marietta. Trustee election results revealed that Brian Carter of ...
A while back as I was driving to a client’s site, I heard an interesting clip on WOUB’s Family Health. Dr. Harold C. Thompson, an osteopathic family physician and an Ohio University employee, talked about a research project at Baylor University on the effects of incivility or disrespect on ...
Selby General Hospital announces being recognized for two distinctions in quality excellence from Healthgrades: the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award† and the Healthgrades 2019 Outstanding Patient Experience Award†. Released annually by Healthgrades, the leading online ...
Becky Hennen, manager of the Belpre Senior Center, is retiring after more than 10 years with the organization. Hennen is known among the seniors for her warm, inviting personality and talented cooking skills. The Belpre Senior Center has served more than 1,000 adults in the past 10 years and ...
Roanoke, Va. - On May 30, Kroger launched its online-shopping service Pickup at its Marietta store, located at 40 Acme Street. Pickup, formerly known as ClickList, offers customers the opportunity to shop online and pick up their groceries without ever entering the store. “Many of our ...
Morrison, Inc. has been recognized by the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) as being one of the group’s top recyclers of mercury-containing thermostats in the nation. Mercury thermostats have been used to control heating and cooling systems for decades, and if improperly ...
On our little farm at Malaga, Ohio where my brothers and I grew up, the soil was rich. Plants of many species vied for the opportunity to draw the nutrients from the light brown loam. Nightcrawlers were also fond of this area. Early in the morning during the summer months, there were times when ...
Noble Correctional Institution names top officer CALDWELL — Noble Correctional Institution (NCI) is pleased to announce the selection of their Correctional Officer and Employee of the Year. NCI is pleased to announce the Correctional Officer (CO) of the Year for 2019 is CO Sonny ...
The “what” question identifies the core of the goal and must be answered in relationship to the customer in mind. A review of the organizational vision and key strategies is important. Team leaders should give their team members the top seven or eight parameters that drive the business and ...
When I bought my home 28 years ago, I was pleased to find a butternut, also called a white walnut tree, on the property a few feet from the edge of the Little Hocking River. In addition to being a rare tree, it served as the anchor point where I chained my canoe. Each year, it was a treat to ...
Ten years ago, I traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah for a day-long session on Respectful Communication with a group of engineers. I don’t think I have ever had a trip with quite so many mishaps. It started at the Columbus Airport when I set off the alarm walking through the screening machine. ...
In August 2011, Carol and I spent the night in Scranton, PA. We were on our way home after a wonderful week in Maine and a short trip to see my daughter’s family in Massachusetts. As is our habit, we surveyed the available local tourist material and found an old anthracite mine, which is now ...
Early the second morning of our 2011 trip to Bar Harbor, Maine, my wife Carol and I drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the highest summit on the North Atlantic seaboard rising over 1,500 feet. Cadillac Mountain is a pink granite dome that has been planed by repeated glaciers. It is one of ...