The Blanchard River Watershed Partnership has a new cell phone app opportunity for area river watchers. Using the Survey123 app you can share photos and report conditions for area waterways. Use the link https://arcg.is/1v8TK1 from within the app to make a report. The very dry Little Riley was muddy but without trash at this location on this day.
In our periodic series of content swaps, we sent Ada Icon readers an update on expanded 401(k), IRA opportunities from Edward Jones advisor Ryan DeMarco and bring you these holiday weekend events in Ada.
PATRIOTIC POPS ON JULY 2
The Lima Symphony Orchestra will return with their popular annual Patriotic Pops program on Saturday, July 2 at 7 p.m. on the campus of Ohio Northern University, 525 S Main St. The performance will take place on the lawn in front of the McIntosh Center.
WAPAKONETA, Ohio⎯More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Wapakoneta on July 8-9, 2022 for the 40th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) League Championship. League swimmers are ages 4-18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.
The Wapakoneta Community Swimming Pool is the host site for the 2022 Swim Champs. The facility will host eight teams: Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2022 league title.
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
Scurvy is often a slang term used for someone who is mean or despicable. The Scurvy Song also known as We’ve Got Scurvy is performed by the artist Pink as a bonus track on the album Spongebob’s Greatest Hits as part of the television series Spongebob Square Pants. The song is written as a sea shanty and was released in 2009. Scurvy is usually associated with pirates since sailors were susceptible to scurvy In a January 10, 2022 article published in the Military Health System news (health.mil), author Janet A. Aker reports 2 million sailors died of scurvy between the 16th and 18th centuries. Historians have documented that scurvy has caused the most suffering throughout history related to vitamin deficiencies.
The Bluffton University Board of Trustees met in June for their annual spring meeting. The board continued its year-long efforts on implementing best practices for engaged boards, met with the university’s new co-source fiscal partner, Cliffton, Larson, Allen (CLA) officer and learned about student-retention efforts.
Trustees also took several actions including promoting faculty and recognizing retiring board members.
