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By Monty Siekerman
Members of the Hardin County Health Department and Hardin Memorial Hospital held a training session on how to properly administer Naloxone in the event of an opioid overdose. The program, held earlier this month at the Ada Public Library, is a cooperative effort of the county prosecutor’s office, sheriff’s office, coroner, health department, and hospital.

The training included a kit containing two doses of Naloxone, a face shield, and a reference guide.

Holding a Naloxone kit are Cindy Keller and Kelsey Ralston of the health department and Tammy Shepherd and Kim Reisinger of the hospital.

By Monty Siekerman
How did a physics instructor come to play the bagpipes? The Ada Icon caught up with  Todd McAlpine last week when he performed a special song at the beginning of the Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony at Ohio Northern.

McAlpine said he first heard someone play the Highland pipes when he was six years old and loved the sound, so he learned to play the bulky instrument. He’s also of Scottish heritage.

McAlpine, who teaches physics part-time, is primarily a stay-at-home dad since his wife, Perrine Trilisa, teaches chemistry at ONU. They are parents of two sons, Callum, 5, and Rory, 3.