By Joshua Ebel, MD Blanchard Valley Urology Associates
The kidneys are vital organs serving many important roles in your body including, filtering your blood and controlling your blood pressure. Unfortunately, they are also prone to developing abnormal cysts and tumors, some of which are cancerous.
Kidney cancer is in the top 10 most common cancers in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that over 70,000 Americans will be diagnosed with kidney cancer this year alone.
By Lorie Thomas, DO Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology
There are many options available for hair removal. People will use chemical depilatories, electrolysis, shaving or wax to remove hair.
A less painful option may be sugaring as well as laser hair removal for a more permanent hair removal option.
Any area where you may have undesired hair is an option for hair removal. A few popular examples for men are shoulders, back, upper arms and nape of the neck.
Drive Time Driving Instruction announces plans to resume in-car instruction in early May, according to Sara and Doug Kisseberth, owners of the Bluffton-based school.
Gov. DeWine has set for an opening of select non-essential businesses for May 1. Drive Time is planning to resume in-car instruction on May 5 and in-person classroom on May 31 (subject to change).
"We are taking Gov. DeWine’s challenge to heart and are preparing for in-person driver’s training in a world where the Coronavirus still exists, and anybody could be a carrier," said Sara.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) men’s and women’s basketball coaches have united in an effort to raise money for COVID-19 relief, donating funds to the Jeremy Lin Foundation.
Along with their donation efforts, the HCAC coaches have challenged the men’s and women’s basketball coaches from the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) to raise money for COVID relief.
Donations to the Jeremy Lin Foundation go directly to “Feeding America” and "Direct Relief”, which are a pair of organizations supported by former NBA player Jeremy Lin.
Here’s area students on the Apollo Career Center third quarter honor roll:
4.0 honor roll
Bluffton
Lillian Campbell, Austin Warren Ada
Colby Kloeppel Allen East
Danielle Blakeley, Kelsie Hubbard, Miranda Kirkkpatrick, Abigail Whitaker
State Route 12 between Township Road 4 and County Road 5, just east of the village of Pandora, will close on May 4 for approximately four days. Work will be performed by the ODOT Putnam County maintenance garage.
The Blanchard and Sandusky River Watersheds announce a photo contest open to residents and amateur photographers in the watersheds.
The contest runs now through June 30 and provides awards of first, second and third place, best of show and people’s choice. Categories are:
• River/water
• Landscapes
• Plants
• Wildlife
• River recreation
Bruno Gerold Maroscher, 90, died April 23, 2020, at Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton where he resided for the last three years.
Bruno was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Lecnitz, Romania, to the late Albert and Mathilde (Laar) Maroscher. On June 21, 1952, he married Martha Jane McNaughten and she died on Feb. 8, 1999. He later married Marilyn Ruth Marquart Brecht on Oct. 14, 2000, and she survives.
