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Results from Day 1 of the WOAL Championship Meet

Swimmers from around the area aged 4-18 kicked off the 39th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) Championship yesterday in Kenton.

Events started at 9 a.m. on Friday and concluded around 2 p.m. Day two of champs will begin today at 9 a.m. and will conclude around 3 p.m. at the Kenton Municipal Swimming pool.

To see results from Friday, view the attachment below.

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COVID-19: Hit Me With the Next Shot

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

As our nation celebrates its independence, so we are celebrating an opening of live events within the United States! Unfortunately this week, the country showed an increase in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant and there is some concern about its rapid spread.

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Icon book review: Dark Sky

Review by Robert McCool

With the release of 2021's New York Time's best-selling novel, "Dark Sky" (G.P. Putnam ISBN-13-978-1-4328-8563-2) C.J. Box ("Open Season", "Long Range") increases his count of "Joe Pickett" books to a truly binge-worthy twenty-one.

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George McCune was in the U.S. Navy

George B. McCune, 92, passed away on July 8, 2021, at 4:09 am, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, surrounded by his loving family, which is also the 26th anniversary of his grandson Cory's passing.

George was born August 31, 1928 in McFadden, WY, to H. Burdett and Geneva (Burkholder) McCune who both preceded him in death. On  June 23, 1950 he married Sara (Bracy) McCune who survives in Bluffton, OH.

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Tracy Hosler was a 1984 Bluffton HS graduate

Tracy D. Hosler, 54, passed away on July 7, 2021, at 6:29 am, at Findlay Care Center, surrounded by her loving family.

Tracy was born July 11, 1966 in Bluffton, OH, to Diana (Mathewson) Reichenbach and the late Glen Amstutz. She was later adopted by Sam Reichenbach who also survives.  

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Highway construction update

Week of July 12, 2021

Interstate 75 at the village of Beaverdam will experience lane restrictions and ramp closures for paving and reconstruction. Nighttime lane closures for finish work following resurfacing project may impact traffic.

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