SPENCERVILLE–The visiting Ada High School softball team convincingly defeated Spencerville 10-2 in their Northwest Conference season closer on Thursday evening, May 4, accomplishing their best league finish ever.
The win, coupled with a 7-4 Crestview victory at Lincolnview, gave Ada sole possession of second place in the final conference standings.
Ada finished one game behind champion Crestview (8-0) and a game ahead of third-place Lincolnview (6-2) in the nine-team league standings.
After tying for second place twice before, coming in second alone marked the best NWC finish in program history for the Bulldog girls. A Knight loss to the Lancers would have given Ada a three-way tie for first in the league.
May is Bike Helmet Safety Awareness Month. Nearly 10,000 bicycle helmets will be going to children across Ohio this spring thanks to the Put A Lid On It! campaign, a continued partnership between the Ohio Department of Transportation and the American Academy of Pediatrics--Ohio Chapter.
Partners from nearly 160 law enforcement agencies and community organizations, Safe Routes to School programs, and Safe Communities programs traveled to Columbus to pick up their allotment of helmets.
Hardin County native Jessica Weyer-Bentley has published her second book of poetry, Down Below Where the Canary Sings. Issued on May 2, 2023, the colletion was published by Sage Owl Publishing in Massachusetts.
Weyer-Bentley is an author, poet and photographer. Her first collection of poetry, Crimson Sunshine, was published in May 2020 by AlyBlue Media.
By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
The idiom to catch up means to reach a standard or to move faster in order to reach someone or something moving in the same direction. This idiom can mean anything from a competition of catching someone who maybe running a race or it can mean a meeting with a friend to catch up on the latest news.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on April 24 “The Big Catch-Up” program to coincide with World Immunization Week. This new campaign is driven by the decrease in pediatric vaccines prior to and during COVID-19. Routine childhood vaccines declined in over 100 countries during the pandemic. This is the largest sustained decline in 30 years.
The CDC reports a decline in pediatric immunizations during COVID-19 in the United States. The start of the 2022 school year had the lowest vaccine rates for kindergarten children at 93%. Experts believe the disruption of routine physician visits and the misinformation about vaccines contributed to the falling numbers.
KENTON – Family Resource Center is inviting the community to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month by participating in their “Take A Break For Mental Health” event on Thursday, May 11 from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at their campus located at 775 E. Eliza Street in Kenton.
Members of Soroptimist International of Kenton/Hardin County traveled to Ann Arbor Michigan to attend the 115th Midwestern Region spring conference. The theme for the weekend was “Mind the Gap.” It relates to this year’s international convention in Dublin, Ireland and reminds attendees the need to bridge the gaps between members—generations, beliefs, backgrounds and more.
By Horacio Lopez-Nicora, OSU Soybean Disease Specialist; edited by Mark Badertscher-OSU Extension, Hardin County
HARDIN COUNTY– The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most economically important pathogen of soybean in North America and continues to spread throughout Ohio. If SCN levels are above damage threshold, significant yield reduction can often take place without visible symptoms. To know if the nematode is present in a field, soil sample for SCN testing must be properly collected. The presence of SCN in a field, but most importantly, the SCN numbers will determine the best management strategy. Therefore, you need to test your fields to know your SCN numbers.
