Colon: Suicide rates among our communities
While we are concluding September’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Month for 2022, the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties is continually working to prevent suicide. The Board funds many local resources and initiatives for suicide prevention.
Prostate cancer: screening and treatment
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. While many prostate cancers grow slowly and remain localized, other types are aggressive and spread quickly. That’s why Dr. Carlos Vargas, a Mayo Clinic radiation oncologist encourages regular screening. He says the goal of screening is to detect prostate cancer early, when it’s still confined to the prostate gland and has the best chance for successful treatment.
Featured events coming up in the Lima region
Manhattan Shorts Film Festival
Bluffton Fall Festival returns after two-year pause
BLUFFTON — The days are becoming noticeably shorter. The leaves are showing signs of fall colors and football is in full swing.
Junior chefs to display skills at Niswonger show
VAN WERT — From the challenge of beating Bobby Flay to the quirkiness of “Guys Grocery Games,” cooking shows are prevalent across the television spectrum.
Reminisce: ‘A tough hombre:’ A look back at railroad detective Ruel Steen
LIMA — Ruel W. Steen was out for a Sunday drive in late August 1939 when he noticed a man along the Pennsylvania Railroad near Elida whose actions he thought “were peculiar.”
Lima Public Library Book Reviews
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Real Life Mama: Off the off-to-school wagon
You guys are never going to believe this. Look, I finally got Maylie going on this back-to-school morning routine and she was starting to feel some normalcy. Therefore, her anxiety was coming down and we were all starting our days with smiles (and not tears).
Living with Children: When it comes to your child’s education, you know better than...
Q: I have home-schooled my seventh-grade daughter on and off through elementary school. This school year, I began home-schooling her, but she’s now telling me she wants to go to “real” school again because she wants to be with other kids her age. She’s very social and has lots of friends, mostly through the church we attend.
Face serums and sunscreen
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: Are face serums really necessary? “Everybody” in the makeup industry says they are a must-have, but are they?
