Ohio Northern University men’s basketball season hopes to get back on schedule with home and away games next weekend versus Capital. This weekend’s games with John Carroll were canceled due to COVID-19 protocol issues at JCU. (ONU photo)
Daniel A. DiBiasio, Ohio Northern University president, annoucement that he will retire June 30, 2022. The announcement was made this weekend.
DiBiasio, 71, was hired in August, 2011, as Ohio Northern’s 11th president. His announcement to the campus community was in a letter, which stated that his stewardship here “has been – and for the next year and a half will continue to be – a great privilege and tremendous honor.”
Most of us are familiar with Benjamin Franklin's quote from 1789; "nothing is certain except death and taxes." To the men reading this column, we will add a third certainty: PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT! As men grow older and wiser, the prostate tends to follow. That doesn't mean that every man will develop voiding symptoms.
The prostate is a small gland located at the bottom of the bladder. It makes up the beginning of the tube that drains the bladder (urethra). Its primary function is to produce fluids important for the viability of the sperm.
FROM BLUFFTON ICON - GROB, Bluffton, is searching for its next class of apprentices. Over the past years, several persons in the program are Ada High School graduates.
The application deadline for the 2021 class is Wednesday, March 31.
The apprenticeship program at GROB Systems has been in place at the Bluffton production plant for 30 years. The goal of the program is to build the company’s future workforce with employees who are trained in a highly technical way that matches the growing needs of their customers and products.
To date, GROB Bluffton has hired and trained over 375 apprentices.
The boil water advisory issued yesterday to two Ada neighbors is now lifted, according to the village.
The advisory was a result of a water main break on Ream Street. The boil alert affected the 300 block of Ream and 300 to 557 blocks of East University.
An e-mail message stated:
"We are pleased to report that the problem has been corrected and that it is no longer necessary to boil drinking water. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience."
Karen Lee Kiene, 60, died Feb. 10, 2021, at her residence in Bluffton. Karen was born March 28, 1960 in Bluffton to the late Laverne and Sarah (Wenger) Moser. On Aug. 5, 2002, she married Gregory Kiene who preceded her in death on March 9, 2018.
Karen graduated from Bluffton High School. She had worked at Metakote in Lima for 13 years. She was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ - Bluffton.
