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Why Does Winter Worsen Arthritis Symptoms?

Rheumatoid arthritis pain can feel worse during the winter months
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, December 30, 2020

This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.

If you feel your arthritis symptoms getting worse when winter comes, you are not alone. But what causes this issue?

Colder weather may worsen arthritis pain for a variety of reasons. We discuss those reasons and what you can do about them below.

Why does cold weather cause more pain or stiffness?

Although there has been some research on this question, none of the studies have provided a conclusive answer. Still, many individuals report feeling worse arthritis symptoms during the winter, and a few theories have been suggested:

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Your invitation to a Dec. 30 community meal

St. Mark Lutheran Church serves drive up/walk up meal
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

St. Mark Lutheran Church will hold its "Last Wednesday Community Meal"  Wednesday Dec. 30. 

The meal will be served drive up/walk up only and is free to the community.  The meal is not fully planned yet, but will involve some sort of ham. 

The meal runs 5  to 6:30 pm. Current safety protocols will be observed.

"In October we served over 80 meals and ran out," Tom Lehman told the Icon. "We would like to see that turn out again - without the running out part."

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ONU stadium is tasty this time of year

Created by two brothers, both engineering majors, for holiday eating
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

This stadium looks familiar, but can I eat it?

Between Christmas and New Year's the Icon floats around with some fun stories and this one is ripe for fun.

It's a Tweet from Dean Paul, ONU football coach.

Here' what it says: "Check out the@ONUsports gingerbread stadium. The Morgan brothers are obviously continuing to use their engineering skills over the break."

@JettMorgan3 is a sophomore civil engineering major. His brother, Steele, a freshman, is a mechanical engineering major. The brothers are from Wooster.

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State award to Amanda Raines

For work in 4-H youth development educational programming
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Amanda Raines of Ada, 4-H Educator of the Hardin County office of Ohio State University Extension, has been recognized by the Ohio Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi for her work in 4-H youth development educational programming.

Raines received the award on Dec. 9 during the virtual OSU Extension annual conference. Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) is the national honorary for Extension professionals.

She is an Ada High School and Ohio Northern University graduate.

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Christmas greetings from Bluffton to Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Here's the third in a series of Ada-Bluffton Icon Christmas picture exchanges.

Each day until Dec. 31 on Ada Icon we'll post a holiday lights photo from our neighbor community of Bluffton. And, as a small inset, you'll see the photo from Ada that is posted on Bluffton Icon.

Here's the third installment. The larger photos shows the holiday lights from the Faith Investment Services window, 101 N. Main St., Bluffton. The inset shows The Mercantile on Main, 117 S. Main St., Ada, now posted on the Bluffton Icon.

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Ada's miniature winter charm

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

There's a charm about miniature winter villages at Christmas that make you want to stop and take a closer look. Your find this village and more of it in the window of Whatever Cards and Games on 113 N. Main St., Ada.

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