Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay, has purchased a nuclear medicine scanner that provides high-quality images that describe both the nature and precise location of disease. This equipment helps physicians quickly and accurately diagnose conditions such as heart disease and cancerous tumors.
The new nuclear medicine scanner, called the Infinia Hawkeye 4, is an innovative hybrid scanner that provides enhanced images through a quick and painless scan that exposes the patient only to the necessary radiation dose.
A 1 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22, reception is set for the artists in the current art exhibit in The Grace Albrecht Gallery of the Sauder Visual Arts Center, Bluffton University. The artists are Laura Barnhardt-Corle, Marla Brumbaugh, Ruth Balcomb and Janealla Smalley.
The Wall Street Journal headline read: "Kodak Teeters on the Brink." Reading this, my mind did a long, fast reverse. It stopped somewhere in 1970, inside the Bowling Green State University journalism dark room.
There I heard Jim Gordon, our photo professor, tell our Photojournalism 201 class, "There will always be film." Professor Gordon wouldn't lie. He may have even suggested we buy Kodak stock, but I'm not certain about that.
It was a very busy year for Bluffton EMS. Jan Basinger, chief, provided The Icon with the 2011 annual run totals. Here's a summary of the year:
The department responded to 475 calls, transported 343 patients and had 143 no transport runs for a total of 489 runs for the year.
The busiest month was June with 60 calls. The majority of all calls - 376 - were medical related. The department responded to 51 fire calls. Ten of its calls resulted in a Life Flight run.
To view the entire 2011 EMS run list, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Julia Szabo of Bluffton, will perform with the Lima Symphony Orchestra in its Mozart by Candlelight concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Lima, and again at 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22, at St. Mary's Church, Defiance.
Szabo will perform three vocal solos with the orchestra. These include:
* "Non piu di fiori" from La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621
* "Non so piu cosa son, cosa faccio" from Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492
* "Non ho colpa" from Idomeneo
