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The Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) announced that Karen Kier, R.Ph., M.S., Ph.D. of Ada, Ohio, is the 2022 recipient of the Pharmacist Public Relations Award. This award, which recognizes a member pharmacist of the Ohio Pharmacists Association who has made major contributions to the public through continuous service to the community in public relations activities for the profession of pharmacy, was presented at the OPA 144th Annual Conference held April 1-3.

On the morning of April 8, an estimated 2,000 mourners came to pay their respects to Dominic M. “Dom” Francis, 42, a Bluffton police officer who was killed in the line of duty on March 31. Family, friends, colleagues and Cory-Rawson students gathered at Bluffton University’s Sommer Center to remember and mourn Francis, while the larger community of first responders from Ohio and beyond paid tribute to one who made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting the public.

Prior to the service, Allen County Sheriff Matthew Treglia held a press conference on questions regarding the day’s events. The investigation of Francis’s death was not addressed. News teams from across the state were present and the service was livestreamed at https://boxcast.tv/channel/jgei2o5q5rjqiprrxqm3.