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Head Out on the Highway: Driving and medications

Posted by Staff on October 26, 2023 - 6:00am

Zachary Lenz, student pharmacist
With Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team

In 1967, Steppenwolf wrote their hit Born to Be Wild. The song begins by telling listeners to “Get your motor runnin’/Head out on the highway/Lookin' for adventure” and we have an image in our head; cruising down an open road in our dream car, radio playing our favorite tune and feeling the freedom of adventure. We even go back to the excitement of passing our driving test, obtaining that coveted driver’s license and gaining the independence of exploration. For some of us, it opens a conversation if it is safer to leave the car in the garage and take a ride in the passenger seat due to the use of some medications.

In September, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released a study focusing on medications that alter road test performances among healthy older adults with good cognitive function. Based on previous literature, older adults are at a greater risk of being involved in an automotive accident compared to middle-aged adults. There could be multiple factors contributing to this claim, including being frail and having more cognitive impairment.

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Health Services
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Martha Ellen Lemley was a Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary president

Posted by Staff on October 25, 2023 - 11:37am

Martha "Marty" Ellen Lemley, 79, passed away October 24, 2023 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Marty was born July 4, 1944 in Leipsic to the late Manford and Imo (Kagy) Varner. On November 13, 1971 she married James Lemley who survives.

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Obituaries
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November 2023 Community Calendar items requested

Posted by Paula Scott on October 25, 2023 - 9:07am

October 2023 is flying by! Send November items of general public interest to [email protected] to be included in the Icon's Community Calendar. Have items not quite within the Bluffton school district? We'll consider them for "Events of Interest" on the classifieds page.

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Bluffton University November 2023 arts and events

Posted by Staff on October 25, 2023 - 7:55am

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted

Oct. 30-Dec. 8 Art Exhibit: “The Artistic Jungle Series” by Georgio Sabino III, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Grace Albrecht Gallery, Sauder Visual Arts Center.

Nov. 7 Forum: “Living in Mental Wellness” with Rick Skilliter, Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall.

Nov. 7 Forum: “My Summer Internship with Global Life” with Damian Davis ’24, business administration and marketing major, 11 a.m., Reading Room, Musselman Library.

Nov. 9-12 Theatre: “Paragon Springs” play by Steven Dietz based on “An Enemy of the People” by Henrik Ibsen, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9-11 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Ramseyer Auditorium, College Hall. Tickets required at www.bluffton.edu/tickets $8 adults; $6 senior citizens, Bluffton University faculty/staff and non-Bluffton University students; free for Bluffton University students.

Nov. 10 Colloquium: “Conversion: Menno’s Spiritual Awakening to Biblical Faith 1526-37” with Dr. Gerald Mast, 4 p.m. Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall.

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Bluffton University
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Mental health theme continues at Bluffton University Forum

Posted by Staff on October 25, 2023 - 7:36am

Rick Skilliter, Ohio certified prevention specialist, will present the Forum, “Living in Mental Wellness,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7 in Yoder Recital Hall.

During this Forum, the former Bluffton police chief will discuss the importance of reducing stigma for those living with or supporting someone living with mental health and substance abuse challenges.

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Bluffton University
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Rural Bluffton man to serve jail time for assault

Posted by Staff on October 25, 2023 - 7:33am

In an October 24 article, The Lima News reported that a rural Bluffton man was sentenced for felonious assault following a May 14 incident in Putnam County. Derek Butcher pled no contest to the charges and received a 60-day jail sentence and five years probation.

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Regional news
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