| Volunteers to fix homes in Summit
Almost like magic, 15 homeowners' properties will be on the receiving end of some major, tender loving care when volunteers with Rebuilding Together Summit show up with power tools, paint and more. Those free blessings will rain down on selected homes across Summit County, courtesy of an application process, on Saturday, April 26. Rebuilding Together Summit County, in its 13th year, has as its noble goal keeping low-income elderly and disabled homeowners safe, warm and dry. Paul Holm, the local Rebuilding Together's executive director, is excited about the dramatic changes planned for the homes and the homeowners. Leo and Doris Mann of Akron, who were ripped off to the tune of $12,000 by a contractor charged with repairing their house after hail-storm damage, will be helped.
Keeping your pets from getting bugged
If your pet has been scratching a lot lately, the poor creature might have fleas or be suffering from a tick bite. Dr. Timothy Donovan of Kindred Spirits Mobile Veterinary Services in Mattapoisett says that dog and cat owners need to be constantly on the lookout for these pesky parasites. .
Belo's got a new man
MANILA, Philippines--Dr. Vicki Belo has a new man in her life. And he's her boss. Meet Enrique M. Soriano III, who took over the reins of the Belo Medical Group Inc., owner of seven Belo clinics in the metropolis, as group CEO. His entry was quite for a group owned by a celebrity, but Soriano's plans are not at all quiet. These include a possible public offering at the Singapore Stock Exchange where a couple of other Filipino firms are listed. In a one-on-one with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Soriano says he has been affected by "proceduritis" the past months--creating systems and matrices for the 18-year-old Belo group which, despite its size, has remained in some ways a "mom-and-pop" type of operation because of Belo's hands-on management style.
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