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July 6-July 12 2016 Volume 9 Number 10
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Coshocton Hospital enters Chapter 11
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COSHOCTON – Coshocton County Memorial Hospital announced today that the organization has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. This action was taken to enable the organization to sell its assets and operations to its proposed new owner, the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public corporation, free of liens and encumbrances. “This brings promise of a strong healthcare system going forward,” said Mary Ellen Given, director of marketing at Coshocton Hospital. “Prime Healthcare Foundation’s signed agreement maintains services, employees and a not-for-profit acute care hospital in our community. Their agreement also includes substantial investment in equipment and infrastructure, which is very positive.” Throughout the Chapter 11 process and through the eventual sale to the new buyer, the hospital, with all of its employees and clinical staff, will remain open, providing full acute care and outpatient services. Over the past several years, Coshocton Hospital has faced increased competition, significant debt and the compounding effects of healthcare reform. In order to combat these challenges and ensure long-term success
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Peggy Bowman, a fifth grade teacher at Coshocton Elementary School is pictured teaching a session of summer school on Wednesday, June 29.
By Andrew Everhart
COSHOCTON – Thanks to the increase in warm weather, Lake Park Campground has seen a steady increase in the number of reservations being made and the number of out-of-town campers as well. Opal Fouse, Carol White, and Barb Stevens, who are from Southeast Ohio, exclaimed that as members of the Good Sam Camping Club, they personally enjoy visiting Lake Park. “We all enjoy camping here because it’s nice and we can walk over to Roscoe Village
to visit the shops,” said Fouse. The Lake Park Campground has had one of its best June’s in recent memory according to Park Director Lori Everhart. “This has been, by far, our best month as the campground has been completely full three out of the four weeks this June,” said Everhart. If the weather holds out, Everhart anticipates that the campground will be experiencing much of the same results that the past month has had to offer.
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Campers flock to Lake Park