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Betty J. Main worked for Triplett Corporation

Posted by Staff on January 19, 2024 - 1:52pm

Betty J. Main, 103, passed away January 18, 2024 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Betty was born January 31, 1920 in Hancock County to the late Fred and Edith (Mitsch) Livingston.  She married Charles Main who preceded her in death.

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Letter: Urge Congress to keep VOCA funded at current levels

Posted by Staff on January 19, 2024 - 9:10am

Each year Crime Victim Services provides advocacy and services to over 4,500 individuals affected by crime and victimization in Allen and Putnam Counties through a range of programs. Our services rely heavily on federal, state and local funding to ensure victims receive quality services at no cost. Continued cuts to federal funding, however, are putting these services at risk, and we need our community’s support to keep necessary funding secure.  

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Letters
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Pirate girls basketball falls at Vikings

Posted by Staff on January 19, 2024 - 8:59am

By Cort Reynolds

LEIPSIC__The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team fell victim to a hot-shooting Leipsic in the first half and lost 51-39 on Thursday evening, January 18.

Viking senior Leah Kirkendall scored all 13 of her points in the first half, sinking three triples, to shoot Leipsic into a 12-point intermission cushion.

Junior post Ayla Grandey drained two triples in the first period to keep Bluffton within 16-13. But a 16-7 second stanza behind four trifectas lifted Leipsic to a 32-20 halftime lead. 

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Sports
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Missing teen from North Carolina intercepted by Bluffton Police officers

Posted by Staff on January 19, 2024 - 6:00am

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On December 24, 2023, Bluffton police officers Tyler Hochstetler and Austin Probst received a 911 dispatch to Bluffton Town Hall with little information about what or who they were looking for. Their response led to the discovery of a teen reported missing the day earlier in North Carolina.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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December 2023 local weather summary

Posted by Paula Scott on January 18, 2024 - 8:24am

Have weather on your mind? In December 2023 the area saw a high of 62 degrees F. Highlights of National Weather Service observations at the Lima Municipal Airport are below. A complete table of observations is HERE.

Climatological Data for LIMA WWTP, OH - December 2023

Temperature

High - 62 degrees F on December 9

Low- 24 degrees F on Dec. 13-14-19-20

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Regional news
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If I Didn’t Have You: Off-label use of medications

Posted by Staff on January 18, 2024 - 7:36am

By Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

In 2001, If I Didn’t Have You won the Academy Award for Best Original Song from the Disney movie Monsters, Inc. The song was written by Randy Newman and performed by Billy Crystal and John Goodman.   

Randy Newman became a Disney Legend in 2007 for his songwriting on 9 different Disney-Pixar movies. He has won 7 Grammy Awards and 3 Emmys.  

What if we didn’t have new drugs?

The FDA approves an average of 3-4 novel medications every month.  In 2023, the agency approved 55 novel drugs exceeding 37 in 2022.  This number reflects novel drugs approved and not the total number.  

What makes something novel?  According to the FDA, it is a medication with an active ingredient never before available in the US.  It is a drug working differently than anything else.  In the past 2 years, 92 unique drugs entered the market to help manage a diverse set of conditions.  Approximately 35% of these approvals are for the treatment and management of cancer.  

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Health Services
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