Our Beaverdam Bunch 4-h group has been busy these past couple weeks! Many of our meetings consisted of demonstrations by all members in our group, booth ideas for the up coming fair, and finalizing projects as we all get ready to be judged.
With judging this past week, that concludes our meetings for the year. We have a few members that will be attending the state fair later this week to continue further judging.
A big thank you to all leaders and members who participated this year, and feel free to come visit the Beaverdam Bunch 4-H booth at the Allen county fair this year!
Bluffton Soccer Club hosted a FREE community watch party to kick off the Women's World Cup on Friday, July 21 at Steinmetz Field (high school soccer field). The USA vs Vietnam match was streamed on a big screen. Viewers brought blankets, chairs, and snacks--and bug spray. The U.S. women won 3-0.
The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Hancock County during the week of July 24. All outlined work is weather permitting.
Interstate 75 southbound between the village of Bluffton and the U.S. 68/SR 15 interchange in the city of Findlay will be restricted to the left (passing) lane on Wednesday, July 26, for pavement repairs.
U.S. 30 between State Route 235 and U.S. 68 will be restricted to the right (driving) lane for resurfacing. Work zone speed limits are in effect.
State Route 103 just east of State Route 698 may have temporary lane restrictions for culvert work.
By Jami Koziel, RRT, CPFT
Pulmonary Services, Blanchard Valley Health System
Asthma is a heterogeneous respiratory disease–meaning it presents in many different ways–that affects an estimated 25 million Americans, with six million being children. The financial cost of asthma exceeds $81 billion every year and despite all the resources invested, asthma is responsible for over 3,500 deaths annually in the United States. The prevalence of asthma is proven to be higher among individuals of low socioeconomic status than among those with higher socioeconomic status.
Generally, there has been a lack of priority in the effects and differences in asthma prevalence among populations as well as the response to therapies among racial and ethnic minorities. To illustrate, African American patients respond differently to corticosteroids in contrast with White patients. One study suggests Hispanic and non-Hispanic White children exhibit better responses to increasing therapy with Long-Acting Beta Agonist (LABA), rather than higher doses of Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS), whereas African American children were less likely to respond to adding leukotriene receptor antagonists, and more likely to respond to increasing dosing of ICS.
The Allen County Health Department will be offering a vaccine clinic for students in grades 7-12 at Bluffton Middle School, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 9.
- Incoming 7th graders need Tdap and Meningococcal vaccines
- Incoming 12th graders need the Meningococcal vaccine.
In addition, the Allen County Health Dept. will have clinics in Lima at 219 E. Market St., on July 31, August 2 and August 3, from 8-11:30 a.m. and from 1:30-5:00 p.m. each day.
