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Family Ties

Posted by Staff on March 30, 2023 - 7:03am

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

The television show Family Ties was a breakout series for Michael Andrew Fox, professionally known as Michael J. Fox. He played Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom from 1982 until the finale in 1989. This series led to his success in the trilogy of Back to the Future movies. While on the Florida set of his 1991 movie Doc Hollywood, Michael J. Fox noted a slight tremor in his little finger. This was his first symptom of early-onset Parkinson’s disease.

Several years after Michael J. Fox’s diagnosis, he went public with his disease and his fight to find treatments. In 2000, he established the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.  This organization has become a global leader and innovator in finding therapies.

He has authored three books including No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality. Michael shares personal stories about his illness and his family. I was fortunate enough to see him at a conference where he was the keynote speaker. It was one of the most amazing speeches I have ever heard. He spoke for one hour without any notes and he held nothing back. 

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Summary of March 27 Bluffton Council Meeting

Posted by Staff on March 30, 2023 - 6:00am

After the Pledge of Allegiance, Mayor Richard Johnson opened the March 27 Bluffton council meeting by leading a moment of silence in recognition of the school shooting that occurred earlier in the day, killing three children and three adults at a Christian school in Nashville. After a minute, and without comment, the Mayor moved on to the first item, approving the prior meeting's minutes.

A packet of meeting documents supplied by the Village of Bluffton can be accessed HERE.

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Public Meetings
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Advertisers of the Week: Doty's Auto Repair and Quest Federal Credit Union

Posted by Paula Scott on March 29, 2023 - 2:07pm

Meet the BlufftonIcon.com and www.AdaIcon.com advertisers of the week: 

Doty's Auto Repair and Alignment, 180 E Jefferson St, Bluffton, Phone: 419-358-8915.

Quest Federal Credit Union, 232 N Main St, Ada, 419-634-0031. 

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S'mores, wildflowers, fools and fun at Johnny Appleseed parks

Posted by Staff on March 29, 2023 - 8:38am

NATURE FOOLS
At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District will offer Nature Fools at the McElroy Environmental Education Center, 2355 Ada Rd. Lima.

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Apollo honor roll announcement

Posted by Staff on March 29, 2023 - 8:31am

Apollo Career Center has announced the following list of Bluffton students on the Honor Roll for the third nine weeks of the 2022-2023 school year:

A/B Honor Roll

Angelia Brown, Mason Davis, Anna Edwards, Elijah Evans, Jayln Glasscox, Skyler Hicks, Andrew Lackey, Rylee Setzer, Elijah Staton, Hunter Sturgeon

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Boyd on the waxing and waning of direct seed sowing

Posted by Paula Scott on March 29, 2023 - 7:56am

GARDEN CLUB LECTURE
6:00 p.m. - Tuesday, April 4

The Gardeners of the Bluffton/Pandora Area (GBPA) invite the public to a lecture  by Ann Boyd (Herbalist and Owner of My Own Backyard) on “the Waxing and Waning of direct seed sowing.” 

Boyd will talk about which herbs, flowers and veggies grow best from sowing directly into the ground, plus much more.

The event at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main, is free and open to the public. Organizers note, "PLEASE bring a friend!"

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