Jobs That Are Hiring, Obesity 'Cures' & Veterans Park: Listening To Local Voices

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving.

Now enjoy an extra helping of tips and advice from our local bloggers. But these aren't leftovers; this is a main course.

1. A lot of places hire before and during the holiday season but will those jobs still be there in January?

Kelly Blazek, our Job Search House Mother, has some leads and full- and part-time jobs that won't disappear after Christmas.

They include jobs at the and in Mentor.

Check out .

2. Meanwhile, Dr. Barbara Berkeley talks about the way doctors approach "curing" obesity. (A pertinent topic around Thanksgiving.)

Berkeley, medical director of obesity programs for Lake Health,

"I'm not anti-research, but here is my problem," she writes. "As I see it, obesity is a societally created problem. Let's examine another societal problem with addictive elements: tobacco. Our approach toward tobacco has vastly changed in recent years and as a result, so have our smoking rates. But our way of dealing with smoking never included trying to find research solutions that would allow us to continue to smoke...but without medical consequence."

It's a thought provoking read, even if you're not in the medical field. Give it a look.

3. Lake Metroparks recently talked about its new 10-year strategic plan.

Now, it's getting into the specifics with its plans for .

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