COLDWATER The Branch County board will have their last meeting for 2006 this afternoon, and are expected to give final approval to the $12.5 million budget for 2007.

Dental hygienists may open clinics 
Dental hygienists could be running their own cleaning clinics by next year and helping the underserviced in long-term care homes, small towns and aboriginal reserves if a bill before the Ontario legislature becomes law.

Bucks briefs - 12/21/06 
His Work In Progress, a Middletown-based organization that has helped refugees in Bosnia, is planning to take a medical team to Lima, Peru, Feb. 18-24. Doctors and other medical personnel will screen people for diabetes, hypertension, cardiac abnormalities, breast tumors and dental problems.

Patterson acquires two companies 
Patterson Cos. Inc. has acquired two dealers of rehabilitation equipment and related supplies.