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Blueberry orders extended to July 1 by Ada Music Boosters

The Ada Music Boosters has extended its blueberry sale until July 1.

The blueberries come from Hartford Michigan and are available on the same day they are picked up for delivery

Each box is 10 pounds of blueberries that can be eaten fresh or frozen for later. Organizers note, "At $35 dollars per box they are cheaper than anything we are finding in the stores."

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Blueberries are set for delivery at Ada War Memorial Park around the 3rd week of July.

ONU pharmacy dean reflects on care-centered career

ONU Pharmacy Dean Steve Martin retires June 30

What does the future hold for pharmacists? Steve Martin, Pharm.D., foresees transformative changes that more closely align the field of pharmacy with physicians and psychiatrists for enhanced health and wellbeing. His predictions are based on both a lifetime of observation and practice along with academic insight into the ever-evolving and expanding pharmaceutical field.
 
On the eve of Martin’s retirement, he said he is optimistic about the direction of pharmacy, in large part because of the caliber of ONU’s pharmacy students and alumni. He recently took time to consider his career trajectory and what it has meant to him to be a Polar Bear (video located at the end of this story).
 
From family to faculty 
For Martin, who became Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy dean and professor nine years ago, practicing pharmacy has been a family tradition. While growing up, he and his two brothers; along with his mother, a nurse who served as the neighborhood fixer upper when it came to physical mishaps; and a cousin; all worked at the family pharmacy where Martin’s dad was an owner and pharmacist, thereby ensuring the profession “was always part of the conversation” within their household and engrained in their service-focused philosophy. Inevitably, Martin followed in his father’s footsteps.
 
Transitioning his career into education also came naturally, he said.
 
“I think the number one thing that I enjoy about what I do, either in my role as a pharmacist taking care of patients or in my role as a faculty member working with students, is helping people,” Martin said.

Quilt symbolizes a law enforcement career

A dramatic quilt depicting the silhouette of a police officer was part of the decorations at the recent retirement party for Ada Police Chief Michael Harnishfeger. The quilt artist is Harnishfeger's daughter, Lori Elling.

Holidays impacted by 2022 Ohio fireworks law change

Want to know when you or your neighbors can discharge fireworks? Ohio law regarding fireworks changed on July 1, 2022. It is now legal to discharge 1.4G consumer fireworks on specified dates. A white paper from the state fire marshal is summarized below. The full document is HERE.

Discharge is permitted on specific days and at specific times if not banned or further restricted by a local political subdivision. Ohioans may discharge 1.4G consumer fireworks only from 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. (with specified variations) on the following dates: 

Obituary for Lorrene Waddle

Lorrene Waddle, age 88, of Roundhead, passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at 4:18 a.m. at her daughter’s home surrounded by her family.    

She was born on November 26 ,1934, in Kentucky to the late Beecher and Katie Shepherd. On May 7, 1951, Lorrene married Ronald Waddle and he preceded her in death on August 8, 2006.  

Honigford named to Women's Academic All-America at-large second team

Ohio Northern junior Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) was named to the 2022-23 NCAA Division III Women's Academic All-America At-Large Second Team by College Sports Communicators.

The honor comes after Honigford earned Academic All-District honors from CSC in May. She is one of 45 NCAA Division III student-athletes divided among First, Second and Third teams. The mechanical engineering major is one of 22 Division III honorees to boast a 4.0 GPA.

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