June 2020

LSO pops concert moved to Labor Day

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FROM ADA ICON - Ada Area Chamber of Commerce announced this morning that it will cancel two summer festivals:

•  Made in Ada Football Festival, 
originally set for Saturday, Aug. 22

• Harvest and Herb Festival, 
originally set for Saturday, Sept. 26

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Bluffton College women's softball team during the 1978 season.

Front from left, Audrey Ervin, Kit Byal, Judy Stutzman, Barb Fiely, Bev Whitaker, Jan Althaus, Sue Cramer andKathy Schroer.

Standing from left, Sherry King, coach, Chris Fraber, Julie Dworetsky, Denise Miller, Pris Funk, Sherry Breilmaier, Linda Heimann, Jean Chamberlin and Matt Creamer, student assistant. Missing, Lori Gratz, manager.

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Greyden Jack Wells, 2 1/2 died Thursday, June 11, after battle with pediatric cancer.
He is survived by his mothers, Beth and Jackie Wells; siblings, B. and Noah Taylor; host brother and best friend, Niladri Aich; grandparents, Jack and Kathy Wells, Scott and Kim Helberg, Randall and Deborah Gross; great-grandparents, Jerry and Barbara Johnston, as well numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

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Here's a tip from the Icons and the Ohio News Media Association.

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Here are the poll results concerning viewers' comfort level attending Sunday church services at the moment.

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The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference presidential and athletic leadership groups remain optimistic that the HCAC will be able to safely conduct fall athletic competition.  

HCAC institutions are finalizing plans and protocols regarding students returning to campuses for the fall term.  

Following those announcements, the HCAC plans to provide updates to the public on athletic activities at regular 15-day intervals until the start of the fall seasons.

It's the football with a brain

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FROM ADA ICON - Check out the newest Wilson football.

It’s the ball with the brain. Wilson calls it the world’s first and only comprehensive connected football system. Watch the video with this story. (The footballs are made in Ada.)

Described in the video below this way:

Built for today's up-tempo RPO offenses, the GST Prime slows down the game so you can play faster. Easier to prep, see and pass, hear why coaches love the new GST Prime Football and its innovative technology. 

Lots of community announcements on the video

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If you missed Friday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce meeting, no problem. A video of the virtual meeting is attached below. This is the final meeting of the summer. The next meeting is in September.

Here's what you'll discover by watching the video:

Program: Staycationing panel disussion: -
    Chris Fetzer, Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District  
Ron Headings, Ride to Remember (Bluffton Lions) 
Raymond Harner, Bike Crazy LLC - Bike fun and safety
Jesse Blackburn, Village of Bluffton - Village parks and community pool

Moderna issues early information about its potential coronavirus vaccine

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This column is provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.

With the coronavirus pandemic raging on, several pharmaceutical companies are in the race to produce a vaccine, including the company Moderna.

And early information suggests that the Massachusetts biotechnology company is on track to get a COVID-19 vaccine to market.

Over the last several months, the company said it has taken steps to get its vaccine, mRNA-1273, studied.

Who is at risk? How can it be prevented?

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By Leah Eiden, MD
Family Medicine
Bluffton Primary Care
If anyone has ever told you to “Go out there and break a leg,” hopefully you didn’t think they were advising you to fall and fracture, but realized they were using an idiom to wish you good luck during a performance.

Your family doctor does not want you to break a leg, hip or any of your bones. In fact, we would like to help you prevent fractures if at all possible. Thus, our interest in osteoporosis.

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