Blanchard Valley Rehab and Sports Medicine will offer a sports injury clinic for area athletes every Saturday from Aug. 25 through Oct. 27 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the BVH Rehab & Sports Medicine Center, 1721 Medical Boulevard, Suite B, Findlay.
Athletes will receive an evaluation by BVH sports medicine physician Dr. Michael Stump. Dr. Stump is sports medicine certified and the only area physician trained in computerized concussion testing.
Officials from the Allen County Health Department are encouraging residents to take precautions and protect themselves against mosquito-borne illness.
The Ohio Department of Health has reported an increase in the number of mosquito pools that have tested positive for West Nile virus in the state. In addition, reports of West Nile Disease in humans are increasing. Three other diseases including La Crosse encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and Eastern equine encephalitis can also be transmitted through the bite of a mosquito.
Marie "Mickey" Ream, 99, died Aug. 20, 2012. She was born in Allen County (Jackson Twp.) Ohioon July 11, 1913, to Dow and Ettie (Hinkle) Scoles. She has resided in the Grand Haven,Mich., area the past 11 years. She was a homemaker most of her life. She also worked many years as a bookkeeper and data entry person at a lumber company.
On July 27, 1934, she married Stanley F. Ream who preceded her six years ago. Mrs. Ream was a member of Cavalry Bible Church.
The Bluffton Lions next meeting will be on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at noon in Maple Crest.
The speaker isDr. Darrell Groman speaking on "Captain James Riley and his connection with the Bluffton/Pandora area.
Do you own a Bluffton Slaw Cutter? Or put another way, how many Bluffton Slaw Cutters do you own?
Bob Flick and Paul King invited the Icon to a photo and video session on Aug. 21, as Flick did a test run of the equipment. He even allowed Fred Steiner to hit the switch to get the pulleys moving.
Here's some of what we captured in this Bluffton "icon" business on North Main Street.
Tobias Buckell, a New York Times best-selling science fiction author and Bluffton University graduate, will be the featured speaker Tuesday, Aug. 28, as Bluffton welcomes the class of 2016 to campus at its annual opening convocation.
With faculty in regalia looking on, about 280 new first-year and transfer students will be introduced during the ceremony, which begins at 10:45 a.m. in Founders Hall.
