COLUMBUS__The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is seeking reports of gray foxes, river otters, black bears, and other furbearers. Reports can be submitted to the Wildlife Reporting System at www.wildohio.gov and on the HuntFish OH mobile app. Wildlife biologists use public reports to monitor populations of these secretive species.
By Thomas Kindl, MD
Pain Management, Blanchard Valley Pain Management
Frequent knee pain affects approximately 25% of adults. While living an active lifestyle is one of the best things you can do for your joints, it can commonly result in injury. Common problems related to knee pain include sprained ligaments, meniscus tears, tendinitis, runner’s knee, bursitis, osteoarthritis, and excess weight.
Common symptoms of knee pain include:
Pain when using the stairs
Swelling in one or more joints
Difficulty bearing weight on the knee
Recurring pain or tenderness
Inability to move a joint normally
Over 32 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, a form of “wear and tear” arthritis that is the leading cause of knee pain in individuals over the age of 50.
Ohio Northern University named Andy Fries as its head football coach on Tuesday, December 12.
Fries (pronounced FREEZE) is the 29th head coach in the 129-year history of Ohio Northern football and is just the school's fourth head coach in the past 38 years.
By Glen Arnold
OSU Extension-Manure Nutrient Management Field Specialist
Edited by Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension-Hardin County
HARDIN COUNTY__Most producers have had the needed dry weather this fall to get livestock manure applied to fields. However, a wetter than normal corn crop and full elevators, did delay corn harvest longer than normal in some areas. For livestock producers waiting on frozen ground to apply manure, here are some things to keep in mind. Frozen ground would be soil that you cannot inject the manure into or cannot conduct tillage within 24 hours to incorporate the manure.
ADA__The Ada high School boys basketball team played its Northwest Conference opener Friday at home vs. an older, more physical Columbus Grove squad and lost 53-31.
A recent visit to the Ada Public Library by a NOP adult day care group had an exciting itinerary: a Christmas party with food from Viva Maria as well as trivia and word games with Ada Police officer Penny Keller-Clark.
But Officer Penny also had a surprise up her sleeve: one of the group is an artist who has been creating drawings of Ada Police officers providing safety tips. What Keller-Clark revealed is that the drawings have been turned into a “Safety First” coloring book.
With the assistance of ONU professor Melissa Eddings-Mancuso and students Allayna Reiff and Jay Meyers, Dunlap’s drawings have been turned into a 22-page coloring book with tips including water safety, what to do if someone makes you feel scared, knowing your address and phone number, and the importance of paying attention to traffic signs and signals.
Railroad crossing impact tool available HERE, Eleven rural and urban crossings are listed for Ada, Ohio. Visis Rail.Ohio.gov/
The Ohio Rail Development Commission (Rail Commission) has released a free, publicly accessible tool to measure the impact of blocked rail/roadway at-grade crossings in Ohio. The Rail Crossing Community Impact Index (RCCII) is an interactive tool that allows users to find crossings within their own community and creates weighted scores for motorized, non-motorized, and truck-specific traffic.
COLUMBUS GROVE__The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team was outscored 31-9 over the middle quarters at Columbus Grove and lost 63-22 in Northwest Conference action Thursday night, December 14.
Ada trailed 24-7 after the first period and never recovered.
CG guard Lauryn Auchmuty bombed in four triples and tallied 14 of her game-high 26 points in the opening stanza as the hosts built a big early lead and cruised to victory.
Auchmuty added nine more points in the second period to extend the lead to 36-15 at intermission.
By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team
Help! was the fifth album for the Beatles and included the song by the same name. John Lennon wrote the song and was quoted as indicating he needed help at the time he wrote it. The Beatles were the first rock band to be recognized in the category of Album of the Year at the Grammys in 1966.
A recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania about the tripledemic of RSV, COVID-19, and flu indicates we need help when it comes to information!
According to the survey, only one-third of American adults fear they or a loved one will get the flu, COVID-19, or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this winter. Recent CDC data from July 2023 indicates approximately 79% of Americans have had COVID-19 since the epidemic started.
Results for the 2022 Quality of Life survy were released on October 12 and are attached HERE.
Hardin County residents are being asked to complete a Quality of Life Survey as part of a community health improvement plan process. The quality-of-life survey results will be presented at the 3rd CHIP meeting in January 2024.
