Mental Health America of Licking County would like to thank Coach Jeff Quackenbush and all of his volunteers for their overwhelming support of the 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament in memory of Lou Mitchell on Saturday, July 18. Coach Quackenbush’s…
NEWARK – Some Newark fifth-graders found themselves surrounded by the tall timbers of the eighth-graders Saturday morning. That was just fine, as far as Andre Crockwell was concerned. His son, Andre, who just turned 12, was playing in the 3-on-3…
NEWARK – When the Licking County Solar Cooperative and Licking County Concerned Citizens for Public Health and Environment launched a fundraiser two months ago to install solar panels on the roof of the YES Club, Jeremy King, one of the…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mental health first aid training is now available for those who work with youth. Organized by Mental Health America and Mental Health and Recovery, the program is for ages 11 to 22. It is available free of charge…
NEWARK – Mental Health America of Licking County and the family of Lou Mitchell are holding the third annual Lou Mitchell Memorial Golf Outing for Suicide Prevention at noon on June 29, at the Moundbuilders Country Club. There will be…
NEWARK – An estimated 16 million Americans, nearly 7 percent of the population, experience major depressive disorder annually, and yet it’s an illness many people do not understand. Drs. Elizabeth and Grant Yoder, psychiatrists with Licking Memorial Outpatient Psychiatric Services,…
There’s always more to say about mental health in general and behavioral health care options in the community. Last week I was talking about pastors in particular, and more to all of us about being willing to discuss, to recommend,…
In this space some years back, I mentioned that I’ve had a few colonoscopies. Yeah, I’m sure you were waiting for me to get back to that subject. No details, right? Right. But it was a necessary subject because, among…
NEWARK – Many people in the community right now are faced with an impossible question: Why would a pastor, husband and father of three take his own life? Seth Oiler, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Newark, died…
The words that follow these might upset some of you. But a significant part of our community has been grieving since Friday and it would be wrong to not acknowledge the death of a community leader. The Rev. Seth Oiler,…
