After seven months of searching and interviewing the Muskingum County Center for Seniors has a new executive director. Kate Paul grew up in Guernsey County and has been a resident of Muskingum County for over 15 years. She has a masters in Allied Healthcare Administration and an undergraduate degree in Community Health Education. She said […]
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The Muskingum County Center for Seniors will remain closed this week due to staffing issues related to Covid-19. The Center was supposed to reopen Tuesday after it closed last week due to Covid. They will now re-open on Monday, December 27. Home delivery meal program recipients are being asked to use their emergency meals.
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio–The Center for Seniors in Muskingum County will be closed through Monday, December 20th, due to several employees testing positive for COVID-19. Interim Director Dave Boyer said they spoke with the local health department and it was decided that it would be safest to close the facility. Boyer said they plan to reopen on […]
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ZANESVILLE – The community can thank a Columbus – based Farmers to Families organization for the remarkable event. A gentleman from the organization saw a Facebook post from a local food drive and contacted Zanesville Assistant Fire Chief Doug Hobson asking if there was a need for $35,000 worth of perishable food boxes. “I kind […]
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ZANESVILLE – The perishable food boxes were donated through a grant from a USDA Farmers to Families program based in Columbus. “What you see going behind us today is all of our senior citizens that are homebound; all 700 of them. We made a big call and plea to the community (and) you see what’s […]
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ZANESVILLE – Governor DeWine announced that both adult day care centers and senior centers can re-open on September 21st. The County Center for Seniors is choosing to stay closed for a longer period of time because of how vulnerable seniors can be to the Corona Virus. “In order to keep the Seniors of Muskingum County […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio – With a fourth case of coronavirus in Ohio announced Wednesday, local agencies are taking precautions. Around 3:30 p.m., the Muskingum County Health Department and the Muskingum County Center for Seniors held a press conference in response to the virus. The health department is urging people to avoid large social gatherings and practice […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio – The Muskingum County Center for Seniors has seen a drastic increase in the number of seniors served each month as the Baby Boomer generation ages into the senior citizen population. With more seniors to serve comes the need to spend more money; and as a result funding challenges for the Center for […]
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