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Bulldog boys swim team 2-1 at quad meet

Posted by Staff on Friday, February 2, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

OTTAWA__The Ada High School swim teams competed in a four-team meet at the Putnam County YMCA on Thursday, February 1 to conclude their regular season.

The Bulldog boys team defeated Elida and McComb, but lost to Bluffton.

The Bulldog girls defeated McComb head-to-head, but lost to the Pirates and Elida.

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Bulldog girls basketball play hard in loss to Crestview

Posted by Staff on Friday, February 2, 2024

By Cort Reynolds

CONVOY__The visiting Ada High School girls basketball team lost 66-18 at league power Crestview in a Northwest Conference contest on February 1.

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UPDATED Allen County Sheriff assists in investigation of stolen vehicles

Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 1, 2024

If anyone has any information related to this case, they are asked to contact Lt. Brett Rider with the Allen County Sheriff’s Office 419-227-3535. Anonymous calls can be made to Crime Stoppers at 419-229-STOP (7867).

UPDATED on February 1.

On 1-30-2024 at approximately 11:39 a.m. the Allen County Sheriff's Office received a complaint from a Columbus area car dealership regarding a 2016 Dodge Challenger that was stolen overnight from one of their lots. The vehicle in question was outfitted with tracking devices that showed it at the property of 525 S. Kemp Rd. Elida, Ohio 45806.

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Stahler promoted to CAO at Quest Federal Credit Union.

Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 1, 2024

KENTON__Krane Stahler of Kenton, Ohio has recently been promoted to the Chief Accounting Officer position of Quest Federal Credit Union. Krane began his career after graduating from Ohio Northern University in 2008 as a public accountant for an area audit and tax accounting firm and after five years in that role, started his Quest career in 2014.

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Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group issues recommendations

Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 1, 2024

Group finds districts have "unique needs," does not mandate seat belts

COLUMBUS__On January 31, more than two dozen recommendations were issued by the Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group to enhance the safety of school bus travel in Ohio.

Governor DeWine created the working group in August, following the death of a Northwestern Local School District student who was killed in Clark County after another vehicle collided with his school bus. 

The report lists a total of 17 recommendations related to bus driver recruitment and retention; training and education; school bus safety features; road and traffic safety; emergency response; and commercial bus services. 

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Be Our Guest: Errors with spoons and medications

Posted by Staff on Thursday, February 1, 2024

By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

Be Our Guest was a song from the 1991 Disney film Beauty and the Beast. The song was performed by Mrs. Potts (Angela Lansbury) and Lemière (Jerry Orbach). During the song’s animation, we see spoons dancing and diving into a punch bowl. In the movie, the Beast struggles to eat with a spoon and Belle puts down her spoon and drinks out of the bowl. 

Why talk about spoons? Many medications for infants and children come in liquid dosage forms requiring measuring. Spoons are used to give medications to children. 

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