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Hancock Historical Museum’s historic barn tour

The Hancock Historical Museum will host its fifth historic barn tour on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The self-guided tour will showcase five historic barns around the community of Mt. Blanchard, dating from the 1840s to the early 1900s.

Guests on the tour will learn the history of the barns and the farms they occupy. Many of the farms have been passed down in the same families for several generations. The barns display a wide array of timber-framing techniques and styles and have come to serve a variety of purposes.

Men’s team
The tradition has been built and the standard set for what it's expected out of Ohio Northern's men's cross-country team. Three Ohio Athletic Conference titles in the last four years and two straight NCAA Championship appearances have made the Polar Bears an exemplary program in not only the conference but regionally and nationally, as well. 

It was a perfect Saturday for a festival in Ada. The Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival offered lots of activites. Here's the Wilson football as it hung at the ONU football stadium. Later in the day it moved the the Depot where at 10 p.m. it official dropped.

Gary Wallberg joins bank as VP of financial planning and investment representative

Gary A. Wallberg, has joined Liberty National Bank as vice president of financial planning for Liberty Financial Services, LLC, and investment representative of Infinex Investments, Inc.

Wallberg comes to Liberty National Bank with over 25 years in the financial services industry.

"He joined the bank to run and build our Liberty Financial Services program, located at Liberty National Bank," said Ronald L. Zimmerly., Jr., president and CEO of the bank.

"Liberty Financial Services was started to provide bank customers with access to quality, local financial planning, investment planning and insurance planning," said Zimmerly.

From Cardinal Health Foundation to help improve prescribing practices for pain management

The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy, in partnership with the Ohio Pharmacists Association, has received a $119,286 grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation through the foundation’s new Optimal Prescribing in Pain Management (OPPM) initiative.

The funded project is designed to improve pain management and pain medication prescribing by engaging community pharmacists to partner with prescribers and establish a relationship focused on improving pain management.

Everything you need to know about your child's risk for rotavirus

Note: this article is provided by ONU Healthwise Pharmacy. 
Rotavirus spreads easily among infants and young children. Is your child at risk?

The virus rotavirus causes gastroenteritis, which is inflammation of the lining of the intestine. Symptoms include severe diarrhea and vomiting — both of which can lead to dehydration. Some children may also experience fever and stomach pain.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), rotavirus is the world's most common cause of diarrhea in infants and children.

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