Year: 2017

On Monday, August 21, 2017, officers from the West Hempfield Township Police Department were dispatched for a domestic.

The female victim reported that while operating a vehicle in the area of Rt30 and Prospect Road, the defendant, 26 year old, Kyle Anthony States, of the 700 blk of Chestnut Street, Columbia, PA 17512, began poking at the victim’s face, and while the victim was trying to defend herself, he grabbed her head by the hair and repeatedly slammed her head into the steering wheel of the vehicle. The victim reported that once they reached the traffic light at Rt 30 and RT 441, the victim was able to grab the keys to her vehicle and run from the vehicle.

Officers reported that the victim had a significant amount of dried blood on one of her ears.

On August 21, 2017, the West Hempfield Township Police Department filed the following charge against Kyle States at MDJ Miles Bixler’s Office: One count of Simple assault, (Domestic violence related), section 2701 (a)(1), (M-2).

All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Case Number: 2017-WH-01638
Arrest Date: Monday, August 21, 2017

Charges:
One count of Simple assault
(Domestic violence related)
section 2701 (a)(1)
(M-2)

Family First Health’s Center of Excellence provides patients with substance use disorders the support they need to reach, and maintain recovery. The team links patients to community resources and support services, and then walks alongside each patient to ensure that critical needs are met and that the patient remains in care for as long as needed. The goal – to give each patient the supports needed to get, and stay healthy.

The program began in 2016, with Family First Health’s Hanover Center and George Street Center offices. On September 12, 2017, Family First Health will begin offering these services to patients in our Columbia Center office. Services at these three locations include:

Support and medical care coordinated with the primary care provider.

Access to a comprehensive care management team comprised of case managers, recovery support specialists, and a licensed clinical social worker.

Customized support to navigate the care system and get to/maintain recovery.

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) to support sustained recovery.

For more information regarding the Center of Excellence, substance use treatment program, please call the program manager, Erin Cosgrove-Findley at 717-801-4864.

About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health care, dental care and social services at sites in Adams, Lancaster, and York Counties. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

Expecting families within the 17512 zip code now eligible to receive free Baby Box to promote safe sleep practices for infants

Healthy Columbia, a community-driven initiative under the fiscal sponsorship of CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health, is proud to announce the launch of Columbia’s Baby Box Program for expecting parents throughout the Borough. The program provides eligible parents with a safe place for infants to sleep (a cardboard bassinet with a firm mattress and fitted sheet), onesies, bibs, wash cloths, socks, a sleep sack, burp cloths, and parent education about safe sleep.

“The goal of this program is to offer a combination of face-to-face and technology-based parent education and some basic essentials to give the baby a healthy start within the first few weeks of life,” said Philip Goropoulos, president of CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health. “As an organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children, we’re proud to provide access to this program for families in this community.”

The Baby Box concept originally began in the 1930’s in Finland as a way to reduce sleep-related infant deaths. The impact of the Baby Box concept was recently researched by Temple University Hospital. The University’s study was conducted from Jan. 1, 2015 to Nov. 15, 2016, and found that face-to-face sleep education and providing a baby box with a firm mattress and fitted sheet reduced the rate of bed-sharing by 25 percent in the first eight days of the baby’s life. For exclusively breastfed infants, a population at increased risk of bed-sharing, bed-sharing was reduced by 50 percent.

“The most critical part of this program is the educational component,” said Kelsey Miller, a program manager with CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health who works closely on initiatives within the Columbia, PA community. “Baby Boxes provide an opportunity for us to connect with families and share critical information about safe sleep practices with their infant.”

Baby Boxes are now available for expecting families within the 17512 zip code. Families interested in receiving a Baby Box should contact Healthy Columbia at CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health at 717-397-7625 or visit www.healthycolumbiapa.org. The program is limited to one Baby Box per child.

About CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health

A part of Catholic Health Initiatives, CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health is a community-based organization dedicated to the health and well-being of children and families in the Lancaster community. The organization works in collaboration with community partners to assure access to appropriate, quality health services and benefits for every child in the Lancaster community. This mission in children’s health includes multiple efforts, programs and services committed to improving the health of children and families throughout the Lancaster community. To learn more about CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health, visit www.CHIstjosephchildrenshealth.org.

Hannah McDonald of WGAL is doing a series of news segments on service dogs with Ed Mann and Fred Nell.

Ed and Fred have chosen the library as their venue on their latest segment.

Fred will demonstrate a drug search with his dog, Sadie, and Ed will show off his custom Humvee as well as his dog, Rammy

Time is 10 AM and the community is WELCOME!!!!!