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July 18 native plants program at Kendrick Woods

Posted by Staff on July 6, 2023 - 9:08am

Join Ohio State University Extension Allen County for a free morning program to learn about native plants at the Kiracofe Prairie at Kendrick Woods, 971 North Defiance Trail, Spencerville, OH 45887.

The program will be held on Saturday, July 15, 2023, from 8:30-9:30 AM. The speaker and guide and will be recent high school graduate, Cadence. Cadence has done extensive work with native plants with the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District as well as at her own home.

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JAMPD in July: ventriloquism, Irish music and bee houses

Posted by Staff on July 6, 2023 - 8:45am

Check out these early July programs with Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District:

MIKE HEMMELGARN - OTTAWA METRO PARK AMPHITHEATER
July 8 - 7:00-8:00 p.m.
2632 Ada Rd., Lima 

Mike has been fascinated with the art of ventriloquism since the age of eight and juggling since the age of sixteen. His love of entertaining developed into a full-blown career that allows him to travel across the Tri-State area performing for audiences of all ages.

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103 Bluffton Sardines to compete at WOAL Championships

Posted by Paula Scott on July 6, 2023 - 7:00am

CORRECTION: Bluffton Community Pool will close at 6:00 p.m. on Friday July 7 due to lifeguard involvement at the swim meet. Saturday hours will be as usual.

The Bluffton Sardines will swim their last event for the summer of 2023 at the 40th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and WOAL League Championship in Kenton on July 7-8. Of the 148 swimmers on the Sardines team, 104 will be competing at Champs and will be the largest team there.

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The same, but different

Posted by Staff on July 6, 2023 - 6:54am

By Dylan McWilliams, Student Pharmacist
With Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

The idiom known as “the same, but different” is a saying commonly used in Southeast Asian countries and especially in Thai culture. The meaning indicates there is a fundamental difference, but with the slightest similarity.

Generic drug medications are actually the opposite of this idiom, being fundamentally similar with some slight differences. These differences could be in the inactive ingredients or the color or shape of the pills, which do not alter the therapeutic effect of the drug. Generic drugs are considered small molecule entities, but new biosimilar drugs entering the market are very large molecules in comparison. 

The United States is full of competition and this is something that does not stop with drug manufacturers. When the first large molecule drugs were approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), drug companies wanted to duplicate this process similar to a generic drug.

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Hand and Foot card games at Senior Center

Posted by Staff on July 5, 2023 - 12:00pm

The Senior Center is now hosting a weekly Hand and Foot card game on Fridays at 9:30 a.m.

The game is played with multiple decks of cards and the players make “sets” with the cards in their hand. When they deplete their hand, they play the cards in their foot (a second hand of cards).

Come and learn this fun card game at the center, 132 N. Main St. 

See the July 2023 Golden Age News for more events.

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The growing season

Posted by Paula Scott on July 5, 2023 - 6:00am

Following skimpy rainfall in June, July crops are a welcome sight to the Icon's eye. For a report on local weather, see Guy Verhoff's June observations from Pandora HERE.

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