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Help!: Flu, COVID-19 and RSV

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

Help! was the fifth album for the Beatles and included the song by the same name. John Lennon wrote the song and was quoted as indicating he needed help at the time he wrote it. The Beatles were the first rock band to be recognized in the category of Album of the Year at the Grammys in 1966. 

A recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania about the tripledemic of RSV, COVID-19, and flu indicates we need help when it comes to information!

According to the survey, only one-third of American adults fear they or a loved one will get the flu, COVID-19, or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this winter. Recent CDC data from July 2023 indicates approximately 79% of Americans have had COVID-19 since the epidemic started. 

Hardin County Quality of Life survey for 2023, results for 2022

Results for the 2022 Quality of Life survy were released on October 12 and are attached HERE.

Hardin County residents are being asked to complete a Quality of Life Survey as part of a community health improvement plan process. The quality-of-life survey results will be presented at the 3rd CHIP meeting in January 2024. 

December 12 field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife Officers 

Anyone observing illegal activity can call the TIP hotline at 1-800-POACHER (1-800-762-2437) and make an anonymous report. 

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two 

In October, State Wildlife Officer Ryan Burke, assigned to Hancock County, and State Wildlife Officer Matt D. Smith, assigned to Huron County, patrolled Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area during the early white-tailed deer gun hunting season. The officers noticed a parked vehicle with gun cases in the cab. They contacted the hunter, who had harvested a doe, and discovered the hunter had purchased a deer management permit after the harvest. The hunter was issued a summons for attaching or using a tag on a deer that was taken before the permit was purchased. The defendant paid $170 in fines and court costs in Upper Sandusky Municipal Court. 

Bulldog girls basketball outscored by Falcons

By Cort Reynolds

ADA__The Ada High School girls basketball team built an early lead but eventually lost to hot-shooting guest Riverdale 60-45 on Tuesday, December 12.

Ada raced to a nine-point lead with 4:45 left in the first period. But Riverdale heated up its shooting and could do little wrong offensively in the middle quarters as they outscored the Bulldog girls, 32-16.

The Falcons ended the first half on an 18-5 run, then staved off a late Ada rally with an 11-0 spurt to seal the outcome.

The Bulldogs girls dropped to 3-4 overall with the non-league defeat. The Falcon girls improved to 2-4 after the victory.

Senior point guard Olivia Burkhart returned to the Ada lineup after missing one game due to illness, and led the Bulldogs with 18 points.

2023 ONU Athletic Hall of Fame banquet installs six honorees

Six accomplished alumni were inducted into Ohio Northern University’s 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony and banquet held Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Inductees included Katie (Weininger) Kuhn, BA ’09; Jackie (Mangola) Price, BS ’12; Stu Levine, BS ’65; Kimi Blewett, BS ’12; J.R. Cipra, BS ’01; and Luke Miller, B.S. ’11.

Land Transfers in Ada school district, October-November 2023

By Paula Scott

The following 21 land transfers took place in the Ada Exempted Village School District in October and November 2023 as reported on the website of the Hardin County, Ohio auditor Michael T. Bacon HERE.

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