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Rhodes State College, Lima, announces its dean’s list for the summer semester. Below are the area students on the summer dean's list.

To be eligible for this full-time Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.5 grade point average or higher.

Full-time students:
Bluffton
Braeden T Edwards

Harrod
Jennifer Helen Gardner

To be eligible, a part-time student must be enrolled in at least six but not more than 11 credit hours and earn a 3.5 grade point average or higher.

The Icon spotted SOD IT on a black BMW X5 in the Blufton Veterinary Hospital and Pet Care Center, parking lot on State Route 103.

How to prepare your children for a healthy school year

Note: this article is provided by ONU Healthwise Pharmacy.
Summer is more than halfway over, and that means another school year is approaching. How should you prepare your kids for school?

Here are some important health issues to be aware of as you get your children school-ready.

1991: First-of-kind youth soccer camp held

By Leland Crouse
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September 1991
Thirty-one area children between the ages of 6-17 were taught soccer skills, team tactics, and rules of the game during a three-day camp held at Ohio Northern University.

The camp, first of its kind in this area, was organized by ONU soccer coach Amar Bhattacharya (17th year) and his assistant Mike Varga, ONU law student and assisted by ONU soccer players

Ada Public Library’s adult book discussion group’s focus in Sept. is “The Great Alone" by Kristin Hannah.

The book discussion, open to the public, is at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the library. The monthly discussion group is open to new members. 

Contact the circulation desk for a copy of the coming month's book or more information.

Book synopsis
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.

Grief Support Group sessions begin soon

Bridge Bereavement Services is offering a “Sew Many Memories” grief support program on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Birchaven Village, 15100 Birchaven Lane, Findlay. 

The Sept. 26 session is for planning purposes and the Oct. 6 session will be used for sewing. This program will offer participants the opportunity to turn their loved one’s clothing into a keepsake.

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