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Strike a balance

Posted by Staff on Thursday, June 1, 2023

By Katie Prater and Ling-Su Chiu, Student Pharmacists with Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

"Strike a balance" is an idiom used to find middle ground between two parts or two opinions. It is a way to equally proportion conflicts with accepting demands on both sides. The balance of exercise and diet are one of these continuing disagreements as individuals try to lose weight.  

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What's that banner over Main Street?

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, June 1, 2023

An online guide to walking tours of Ada at www.theclio.com includes this intriguing photo of Main St. Is it a parade? A protest? The date is November 1919 and the banner appears to read "Help Vote Ohio Dry." For more historical photos of Main St., visit https://theclio.com/tour/1694/1

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Kenton-Hardin Health Department warns of Benadryl TikTok challenge

Posted by Staff on Thursday, June 1, 2023

It has come to the attention of the Kenton-Hardin Health Department that the Benadryl TikTok challenge is recirculating on social media. In 2020 the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) issued a warning pertaining to the dangers of this challenge. We want to make the public aware of what this challenge consists of so that parents and other individuals are aware of the dangers and what to watch for. The challenge consists of an individual filming themselves while ingesting anywhere between 12 -14 pills of the over - the - counter drug Benadryl. It is believed that individuals are doing this to experience the toxicities of the side effects of the drug which include hallucinations.

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Letter: BVHS President-CEO asks community members to write to legislators

Posted by Staff on Thursday, June 1, 2023

We at Blanchard Valley Health System are grateful to each and every one of you who showed your support for us during National Healthcare Week. We are honored to be entrusted with your care and to be so deeply woven into this community, which means so much to all of us. 

Moving forward, we continue to ask for your support. As we emerge out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as health care nationwide faces significant challenges, we urge community members to support local hospitals – and to let their legislators know that they offer that support. 

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2023 Memorial Day program: Honoring those who died serving our country

Posted by Staff on Thursday, June 1, 2023

By Paula Scott

Memorial Day 2023 was a sunny, breezy day in Ada and ceremonies at Woodlawn Cemetery, 5134 State Route 235, featured bright blue skies and briskly snapping flags. The event was co-sponsored by Foss-Agin-Meyer Post 195 of the American Legion and Ream-McElroy Post 9381 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

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Advertisers of the Week: Steiner & Granger Insurance and Financial Services and Twisted Whisk Cafe

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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

Steiner & Granger Insurance and Financial Services, 141 N Main St, Bluffton, OH 45817; 419-358-0689

Twisted Whisk Café, 101 S Main St, Bluffton, OH 45817, 419-358-9622

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