Here's a report from the Ohio Department of Transportation concerning area road care this winter. This winter's figures are lower than last winter's.
The following is an update regarding snow and ice operations on state highways within Hardin County from November to the present. (Last year at this time figures in parentheses)
Salt used: 2,827 tons (4,181)
Liquid de-icer: 27,600 gallons (30,095)
Miles driven for snow and ice: 73,101 (80,826)
Total cost: $590,772 (720,907)
The powerful painkiller Oxycontin, widely blamed for kickstarting the nation’s opioid crisis, will no longer be newly prescribed for injured workers in the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation’s system starting July 1.
Following a recommendation from BWC Chief Medical Officer Terry Welsh, the agency’s Board of Directors voted today to drop the drug from the BWC formulary and replace it with what Welsh calls “an equally effective but harder-to-abuse drug” named Xtampza ER.
Ohio Northern senior All-American Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) was named First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference in Men's Basketball for the 2018-19 season in voting conducted by the league's 10 head coaches.
Bruns is now a three-time All-OAC honoree, earning First Team honors in 2018 and Second Team honors as a sophomore in 2017.
The 2018 OAC Player of the Year, Bruns concludes his outstanding collegiate career with 1,686 career points, which ranks fourth all-time in program history.
Mark S. Garver, 63, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at 5:32 a.m. at Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.
He was born on June 29, 1955, in Lima to the late Albert “Bud” and Mae Ann (Evans) Garver. On July 6, 2007, Mark married Mary Fox who survives in Ada.
Mark worked as a machinist at BPR Manufacturing in Lima. He was an avid New England Patriots fan. Mark loved to go to garage sales and to collect antiques. He enjoyed history and doing genealogy. The family would especially like to thank the caretakers at St. Rita’s on 4A, 7E, and 5K.
A Veterans Resource and Health Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday March 21, at the Hardin County District Library, 325 E. Columbus St., Kenton.
There will be VA representatives from the VA Hospital, the local County Veteran Service OfficerSteven Gossard, Vet Center counselor,
and representatives from Ohio Northern University, including the College of Pharmacy, the Department of Nursing, 4 Paws for Ability and ONU Healthwise.
• The Department of Nursing will provide BP, BMI, and vision screenings, along with wellness education.
