When Delaware police officers knocked on their door two months ago, Roy and Mary Gariepy’s hearts sank. They had a hunch it was the horrible news they suspected might come — they had been discussing for a few months the likelihood that their 23-year-old daughter, Chelsea Gariepy, would end up dead soon.
PHOENIX — Bil Keane’s “Family Circus” comics entertained readers with a simple but sublime mix of humor and traditional family values for more than a half century. The appeal endured, the author thought, because the American public needed the consistency.
WASHINGTON — Dermatologists will soon get some high-tech help deciding which suspicious-looking moles should be removed and checked for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a first-of-its-kind device, called MelaFind, that makes detailed, digital images of skin growths and uses a computer to analyze them for signs of cancer, offering a sort of second opinion to doctors. The device is approved only for dermatologists and only for use on growths that don’t have obvious signs of cancer but still have one or two worrisome traits.
When Delaware resident Tom Kingery, 35, was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, he thought his athletic career was over.
WASHINGTON — Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Black Death, one of history’s worst plagues, and found that its modern day bacterial descendants haven’t changed much over 600 years. Luckily, we have. The evolution of society and medicine — and our own bodies — has far outpaced the evolution of that deadly bacterium, scientists said.
As a preventative maintenance measure, the Liberty Township Fire Department’s generators will be maintained through a new agreement with a Hilliard-based company. Liberty Township Trustees on Monday approved a maintenance agreement with Cummins Bridgeway LLC of Hilliard for its three fire department generators.
Bed bugs have been in the national news lately. Infestations are up 5,000 percent and the critters, the Cimicidae parasite, can spread from hospitals, businesses, buses, apartments and hotels and enter our homes. Ohio has four cities in the top 20 identified in the recent bed bug epidemic – Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton.
The office has been busy taking in 4-H entry forms for the Delaware County Fair. Our Fair will open on September 17th, which is just three weeks away. We have been gearing up for a few weeks now. The weather is feeling more “fall like” and it reminds us that fall is clearly around the corner. Forecasters are calling for near normal temperatures and below normal rainfall for these next two weeks.