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As an adult, brushing your teeth is something you could probably do with your eyes closed. But for kids, this twice-daily task isn't so simple.
Children don't automatically know how to brush their teeth or how long or how often to do so. Fortunately, you can help your kids understand exactly how to keep their teeth in mint condition. For information on teaching and motivating children to brush their teeth and common mistakes to avoid, keep reading.
By Julie Russell, RD, LD, CDE Outpatient Dietitian/ Diabetes Educator
Blanchard Valley Diabetes Center
The holidays are a busy time of year, and it can be easy to get off track with your eating habits. Even though you get busy, don’t forget to take the time to eat throughout the day. When you skip a meal, it can lead to overeating at the next meal. Try to plan out your meals for each day or even better, the week. When you plan a meal, keep each food group in mind to ensure you get a balanced diet.
Arliss Dale Plaugher, 84, died Dec. 27, 2019, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born Jan. 15, 1935 in Lafayette to the late Odie and Dortha (Kettimon) Plaugher. On Oct. 26, 1956, he married Barbara Hall Plaugher who survives.
Arliss graduated from Harrod High School. He worked at various jobs including for the Allen County Farm Bureau, Contris Stockyards, had been a foreman at Bluffton Septic Company, Ex-Cello Corp., Warner-Swasey, Clark Equipment, was a heavy equipment operator and was a lifetime farmer. He later owned and operated Arliss D. Plaugher Builders from which he retired.
Ada High School cheerleaders are busy on the basketball sidelines this month. Here they are ast the varsity game versus Bluffton, Barrette Jones (forefront), then, from left to right, Madison Park, Nora Dellifield, Kylie Lucas and Madison Deatharage. Not pictured, Coco McLaughlin and Molly Zimmerman.
Ada senior citizens have three January meetings on their 2020 calendar.
• Wednesday, Jan. 1 - noon at
Community Health Professionals Community Room
New Year's Day Lunch: Pork, mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. You may bring something to share if you would like. Enjoy food, fellowship, euchre and/or board games. Ada area residents over 60 are invited and encouraged to attend.
By Cort Reynolds
McGUFFEY - Ada defeated Waynesfield-Goshen 43-36 at McGuffey in the semifinals of the third annual girls basketball Border Battle tournament Thursday evening.
The Bulldog girls improved to 3-6 overall and advanced to the finals Saturday afternoon with the win. Meanwhile, the Lady Tigers fell to 1-8 after the defeat.
Ada led 4-2 after a low-scoring first period, and the Lady Bulldogs owned a slight 16-15 edge at halftime. The purple and gold opened up the advantage to 30-24 after three quarters, and won the final stanza 13-12 to post a seven-point victory.
