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Photo-story: Ada boys nip Stingray swimmers

The Icon is catching up on Ada Gators swim news. Stay tuned for June 30 results.

By Cort Reynolds

Photos by Teri Salyer and Cort Reynolds

The Ada boys summer swim team won their dual meet, but the Alligators narrowly dropped the overall bout at county rival Kenton in a West Ohio Aquatic League contest Monday night, June 27.

Ada beat the Stingray boys 267-228, but lost the combined boys/girls competition by a 534-490 score.

The Alligator girls fell to Kenton, 306-223.

Content-swap: New limits expand 401(k), IRA opportunities

It's a content swap: We're sending stories on the Patriotic Pops and Pride of Ada Fireworks to the Bluffton Icon and sharing this 401K and IRA update from Bluffton.

By Ryan DeMarco, CRPC™
Edward Jones Financial Advisor, 111 N. Main St., Bluffton, 567-226-4506

You could spend two, or even three, decades in retirement. So, to pay for all those years, you’ll probably need to take full advantage of your retirement accounts. And in 2022, you may have expanded opportunities to deduct retirement plan contributions on your tax return.

Before looking at what’s changed this year, let’s review the key benefits of these accounts:

Safe Haven purse bingo tickets are sold out

Safe Haven of Hardin County has announced:

"We are SOLD OUT for the 2022 Purse Bingo, there will NOT be any tickets available at the door. If you have made arrangements to pick up your tickets don't panic, we still have them.

"THANK YOU to everyone who has purchased or arranged to pick up tickets, we truly appreciate your support!"

The purse bingo event is July 23 at the Kenton Moose Lodge.

NSF awards $748,839 to ONU for scholarships, workshops

WASHINGTON, D.C.–U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $748,839 grant to Ohio Northern University to support 15 low-income students who intend to pursue careers in civil engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering. The funding will go towards four-year scholarships and academic success workshops for the selected students.

40th Annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet-WOAL League Champs

WAPAKONETA, Ohio⎯More than 500 swimmers and their families will descend on Wapakoneta on July 8-9, 2022 for the 40th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) League Championship.  League swimmers are ages 4-18 who are members of one of the league’s teams.

The Wapakoneta Community Swimming Pool is the host site for the 2022 Swim Champs. The facility will host eight teams: Ada, Bluffton, Findlay, Kenton, Shawnee Country Club, Wapakoneta, Westside and Van Wert. Teams will compete for the 2022 league title.

Scurvy and vitamins

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

Scurvy is often a slang term used for someone who is mean or despicable. The Scurvy Song also known as We’ve Got Scurvy is performed by the artist Pink as a bonus track on the album Spongebob’s Greatest Hits as part of the television series Spongebob Square Pants. The song is written as a sea shanty and was released in 2009. Scurvy is usually associated with pirates since sailors were susceptible to scurvy  In a January 10, 2022 article published in the Military Health System news (health.mil), author Janet A. Aker reports 2 million sailors died of scurvy between the 16th and 18th centuries. Historians have documented that scurvy has caused the most suffering throughout history related to vitamin deficiencies.

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