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To the 1950 OSU-Michigan snow bowl football game 70 years ago about this time of year

FROM BLUFFTON ICON - There is no Ohio State-Michigan football game this year. So, for Buckeye fans the Icon provides this Bluffton account of the famous 1950 snow bowl game.

The is an abridged version of the story, published in greater detail in "Bluffton Anthology, Essays on a small Ohio town," collected by Fred Steiner. The book is available from the author and in Bluffton downtown businessees. It will soon be available at The Inn at ONU.

FDA approves first test to detect neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19

This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.

(RxWiki News) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new test that can detect neutralizing antibodies from a past SARS-CoV-2 infection. It's the first test of its kind.

The FDA has granted more than 50 antibody (serology) tests an emergency use authorization (EUA). This newly approved test, called cPass SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit, was one of them. But this test is different.

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Dr. Jessica Lafyatis
Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology

Annual appropriations expected for passage on Dec. 21

As 2020 winds down, Ada council has set in motion several actions to prepare for 2021.

In recent council meetings, the village body approved the following affecting 2021 operations:

• Passage of 2021 annual appropriations – third and final reading scheduled for Dec. 15

• Preparing to advertise for bids and contract for supplies, services and equipment – including pebble quicklime, asphalt concrete pavement, gasoline and diesel fuel, lime sludge removal, sewage sludge removal

• Resolution authorizing the fiscal officer to issue payments for utility and payroll expenses

Ada's Megan Light (11), Mariah King (15) and Olivia Burkhart (5) vie for a foul shot rebound against Bluffton in an Northwest Conference contest. The Pirates won. (Marvin Foster photo)

Retired farmer celebrated his 100th birthday in May

Joe Dwight Rose, Sr., 100, passed away on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at 3:52 a.m. at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.  

He was born May 19, 1920 in Alger, Ohio, to the late Arnett and Eula (Houchin) Rose. Joe first married Mary Louise Losey on Nov. 24, 1940, and she died on Nov. 8, 1986. Joe then married Dorothy J. Rose on Aug. 19, 1988 and she died Jan. 11, 2018.  

Joe was a farmer.  He was a member of the Lima Baptist Temple before moving to Florida. He was a 1938 graduate of Alger High School.

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