The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON - According to Columbia County Health System clinic manager Cheryl Skiffington, more than 350 patients at the two clinics run by CCHS - the Columbia Family Clinic in Dayton and the Waitsburg Clinic - have been diagnosed with diabetes. The health system is highlighting that disease in November.

As part of Diabetes Awareness Month, CCHS will mail each of those patients a "Dots for Diabetes" card. The card includes a "tic-tac-toe" board with medical checks patients need to complete to help control the disease. A Diabetes Fair will also be held at Elk Drug on November 14, which is Nation...