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We are recommending that everyone wear a mask…..
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, North Baltimore, Sunday Worship, August 1, 2021, in person and live on Facebook @ 10:15 am @ Facebook.com/stlukesnb/.
Due to new information from the CDC we are recommending that everyone wear a mask. Communion will be shared using safe handling protocols. All are welcome!
Plan now to join us on August 8, when we will welcome guest preacher Tammie Showalter, who will share her experiences working with deaf children in Haiti.
WeekendColumn…..
According to the CDC, over 32 million people suffer from osteoarthritis. Arthritis is inflammation and soreness in your joints. Chronic pain caused by arthritis affects approximately one in four adults. This equates to over 15 million people. Spinal arthritis is a specific type of arthritis that focuses on inflammation of the facet joints that can be located throughout the whole spine.
The most common form of spinal arthritis is osteoarthritis. This is a non-inflammatory or degenerative type of arthritis caused by wear in tear. It is usually more pronounced with bending or twisting and affects the facet joints. Facet joints are located on the top and bottom of each vertebra that connects the vertebrae to each other and permits motion. The facet joints are located in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. When these joints become inflamed and cause pain, it is known as facet joint syndrome or spondyloarthritis. Symptoms of facet syndrome include back and neck pain, stiffness, loss of flexibility of the spine, the feeling of grinding with movement, fatigue, weakness and pain.
Treatment options may include over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medications, physical therapy, lifestyle modification and injection therapy. Patients who have long-term pain should consider seeing a pain management specialist.
Thomas Kindl, MD
Pain Management
Blanchard Valley Pain Management
Media regulations, Board of Directors, academic requirements and divisional breakdowns also covered….
COLUMBUS, Ohio – With practices for all fall sports beginning this Sunday, August 1 and the season kicking off later that month, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has sent updates and reminders to it 817 member high schools and 747 member 7th and 8th grade schools.
In addition to the items in this release, the OHSAA’s memo to member schools on July 23 included information about upcoming meetings and other reminders. The July 23 memo is posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.
Key dates for all 26 OHSAA sanctioned sports are posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Calendar
Heat Precautions
School administrators and coaches are asked to review the heat acclimatization and exertional heat illness prevention section in the OHSAA Handbook prior to any interscholastic practices. The section is on pages 81 and 82 and can be found at https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.
COVID-19 Update
The Ohio Department of Health released newly revised guidance for K-12 schools on Tuesday, July 27, with some information related to interscholastic sports. Although Ohio lifted most statewide pandemic-related health orders on June 2, 2021, the risk is still there for illness from COVID-19. The OHSAA and ODH urge the membership to continue to follow safe protocols to protect everyone, especially those individuals who are not fully vaccinated. There are currently no mandates regarding vaccinations and social distancing, and the only mandate on masks is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requirement that masks be worn while using public transportation, which includes school busses. It is highly recommended that coaches and student-athletes who are eligible for vaccinations to be vaccinated and it is highly recommended that those who are unvaccinated maintain social distancing and wear masks in indoor facilities and in outdoor facilities where there are crowded situations.
The OHSAA’s complete school memo from July 27 is posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.
2021-22 Media Regulations
The 2021-22 OHSAA Media Regulations have been approved by the Board of Directors. Similar to last year, for all regular-season events, including all sports and all days of the week, the host school controls all media access and broadcasting permissions, including live video. The OHSAA asks host schools to accommodate the broadcast requests for the visiting school.
For OHSAA postseason tournament contests, Spectrum has exclusive access for live video (TV and streaming) at selected football playoff games, along with the girls and boys basketball state tournaments. The NFHS Network also has exclusive access for live video streaming at selected tournament contests in several sports. If the NFHS Network is covering a contest, delayed video is still permitted with payment of a rights fee. If neither Spectrum nor the NFHS Network is covering a contest, live video is permitted for some contests with payment of a rights fee. The Board will approve the postseason broadcast rates in August. Media shall contact Tim Stried for details.
2021-22 OHSAA Board of Directors
The OHSAA would like to thank all school administrators who are serving on District Athletic Boards. The following administrators will serve as the 2021-22 OHSAA Board of Directors:
Scott Kaufman, Board President; Athletic Director/Assistant Principal, Lakota West High School (Class AAA Representative-Board of Directors thru 2022)
Steve Watkins, Board Vice President; Principal, Dalton Middle School (7th-8th Grade Representative-Board of Directors thru 2022)
Bo Arnett, Dean of Students/Athletic Director, Waverly High School (Class AAA Representative-Board of Directors thru 2024)
Ryan Fitzgerald, Athletic Director, Hamilton Twp High School (Class AA Representative-Board of Directors thru 2022)
Gina Franks, Director of Student Services, Dover High School (Female Representative-Board of Directors thru 2024)
Gary Kreinbrink, Athletic Director, Leipsic High School (Class A Representative-Board of Directors thru 2022)
Dr. William R. Nye, Jr., Superintendent, Grand Valley Local Schools (Class A Representative-Board of Directors thru 2024)
Jeff Wheeler, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director, Meadowbrook High School/Middle School (Class AA Representative-Board of Directors thru 2024)
TBA – Ethic Minority Representative-Board of Directors thru 2022)
Glen Gillespie, (ex-officio, Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association)
Dr. John Richard, Deputy State Superintendent, Ohio Department of Education (ex-officio, State Department of Education Representative)
Academic Eligibility Reminder
A reminder that for the first grading period of the 2021-22 school year, the OHSAA has suspended the academic requirement that student-athletes must have passed five one-credit courses (or four classes at the 7th/8th grade level) in the final grading period of the 2020-21 school year. Therefore, all student-athletes are eligible with respect to their OHSAA scholarship eligibility, for the first grading period of the 2021-22, unless a school chooses to enforce its own scholarship standard.
However, the OHSAA’s academic requirement will be back in use for the second grading period. That means that fall and winter student-athletes need to be certain they pass at least five one-credit courses at the high school level or four classes at the 7th-8th grade level.
Divisional Breakdowns Remain the Same for 2021-22
Per action by the OHSAA Board of Directors, the 2020-21 enrollment data and tournament divisions will be utilized again in the 2021-22 school year. With some schools not offering sports along with many students transferring to non- traditional learning modules last fall due to COVID-19, the Executive Director’s Office deliberated on how to handle enrollment data, since October 2020 is when the OHSAA traditionally would have received that data (EMIS) from the Ohio Department of Education for use in tournament representation, tournament division breakdowns and classifications for OHSAA District Athletic Board elections. While understanding many schools had various unique enrollment situations this year, it was determined that utilizing the same data for a third and final year was the fairest for all OHSAA member schools since any new data collected would likely be severely skewed and/or an unreliable representation. Constitution Article 6-1-9 allowed the Executive Director’s Office to make this change, and it was subsequently approved by the Board.
Fall Sports (Official Practice Begins August 1)
The starting date for coaching for all 2021 OHSAA fall sports is Sunday, August 1. Each school/school district shall determine if they choose to start on that date or later. As a reminder, at the January 14, 2021, OHSAA Board of Directors Meeting, a recommendation was approved that permits schools to complete the first two days of the football acclimatization period in July. During that time, a helmet is the only equipment that may be worn.
Golf: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/
Girls Tennis: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/
Field Hockey: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/
Cross Country: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/
Volleyball: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/
Soccer: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/
Football: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/
Late fees will resume on all outstanding balances as of August 16, 2021.
We have implemented a new utility billing software effective with this August 1, 2021 utility bill. The new software will allow you to do a number of things:
1. You can now pay your bill electronically from your bank account with No Fee! We encourage you to sign up for auto-pay and your bill will automatically be paid from your bank account each month!
2. Your bills can be delivered via email to your inbox monthly!
3. Payments can be made with credit cards and the fee has been reduced from a $2.95 service fee down to a $2.30 service fee.
3. There is a link to the utility billing software, where you can set up and make electronic payments on our website. The link is: https://nbwater.authoritypay.com.
Water Shutoffs and Late Fee
Late fees will resume on all outstanding balances as of August 16, 2021. Payments not received by end of day; August 25, 2021 will result in the water being shut off! There is an additional fee of $25.00 to turn your water back on!
If you cannot pay your account in full, contact the office, 419-257-2394, prior to August 25, 2021 and we will try to accommodate a payment plan that will allow your water to remain on.
Five Continental Structural Plastics Professionals Recognized…
Auburn Hills, Michigan – July 28, 2021 — Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), a Teijin Group Company, today announced that five of its female employees have been recognized by Plastics News in the publication’s annual “Women Breaking the Mold” edition. This special issue features women who have made significant contributions to their organizations within the plastics industry.
The CSP 2021 honorees are:
“We are beyond thrilled that these women from CSP were selected to be recognized by Plastics News,” said Steve Rooney, CEO of Continental Structural Plastics and General Manager, Teijin Composites Business Unit. “As an organization that values diversity in its workforce, we truly appreciate the skills, dedication and unique perspectives each of these women bring to the company.”
Those recognized were selected from hundreds of applications submitted for consideration. Profiles and photographs of each honoree were included in the July 26, 2021, issue of Plastics News.
Big plans for the scouts for GOST and the rest of the summer!
Bring spending money for 2 meals and souvenirs. Tent, Sleeping bag, Water shoes or grubbys to get wet, They do have a shower house and swimming pool.Thursday9:00am Meet as scouthouse and pack trailers9:30am Depart to Pennsylvania12:00pm lunch in travel3 – 4pm arrive at Benners campsitewe will set up camp, cook supper, swim and settle in for the eveningFriday8:00am Go to Cantina for breakfast9:00am Rafting on Middle Yough , Lunch on the river3:00pm return to base and sight see till supper6:00pm supper at Cantina7:00pm Back to campSaturday8:00am Breakfast at cantina9:00am breakdown camp at Benners and depart12:00pm lunch in travel4:30ish should be back to N.B.
Pemberville Free fair August 12- 15. We are in charge of trash detail, on tractors and emptying cans throughout the day. If I missed your sign up email. Refresh my memory,. Thanks, We will need some parents to drive tractors during the eventThursday 5 pm to 8pmFriday 5pm to 9pmSat 12 – 4pm / 5pm – 9pm
D & D Amusement’s and Putting … coming to GOST for many years now!
Breakfast served 730 to 1030 am.
Local Boy Scout Troop #315 and Troop #337 will have a FOOD STAND at the Good Ole Summertime fest in front of the Fire Station.
Stop by and support your local troops. Thank You.
Breakfast will be served from 730am to 1030 am. Breakfast Sandwich and Biscuits and Gravy are on the menu.
With Burgers, Hotdogs and Shredded Chicken sndwiches after that…
G.O.S.T. Bingo (1:00 pm to 6:00 pm) Prizes include:
Please remember to stop by the Virginia theater this weekend.
North Baltimore Garden Club Flower Show
NB Public Library Community Room
Saturday, July 31, 2021
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Specimen drop off: July 30, 5pm-7pm and July 31, 9am-10am
The North Baltimore Garden Club in conjunction with the Good ‘Ole Summertime Festival is pleased to announce that their annual Flower Show will be returning for 2021. It will be held on July 31, 2021 at the North Baltimore Public Library Community Room. Doors will be open from 12pm-5pm.
All gardeners are invited to enter specimens into the competition.
Specimens will be collected at the Community Room on Friday, July 30th, 5pm-7pm and again on Saturday, July 31st, 9am-10am. The Community Room will be closed from 10am-12pm for judging. Entries must be picked up between 5pm-6pm after the show unless arrangements are made at the time of drop-off.
This year’s categories are as follows:
Houseplants Outside planters and hanging baskets Fairy gardens
Floral arrangements: miniature < 6 inches, large > 6 inches Cacti and Succulent Garden
Specimen flowers, foliage, and plants: annual, perennial, rose Terrarium
Entry blanks along with official category specifications and requirements are available by contacting Tracy Cotterman at tcotterman@gmail.com or can be picked up at the following locations: NB Public Library and NB Nutrition.
Show Requirements:
All flower and foliage specimens must be in a clear vase or jar. There will be vases available to borrow at the time of drop off. Please remove all spent flowers prior to judging. Please have the required number of blooms for category specific entries. Roses will need to be labeled with their sub-category at time of drop off. The North Baltimore Garden Club in conjunction with the judge reserves the right to add or subtract categories based on entries.
Plant Categories:
Annual or Indoor Hanging Basket House Plants Small Cacti or Succulent Garden
Fairy Garden Orchid Bonsai
Large Floor Plants African Violet Flowering House Plants
Begonia Geranium Terrarium Garden
Annual Specifications:
Marigold: Large = 1 bloom, dwarf = 2 blooms
Petunia: Single = 2 flowers, one color Double = 2 flowers, one color
Zinnia: Dwarf = 2 blooms one color Large = 1 bloom
Snapdragon: 1 stem
Salvia: 1 stem
Sunflower: Small = 2 blooms Large = 1 bloom
Gladiolus: any variety nt to exceed 20 inches
All other annuals, not listed: Small = 2 blooms Large = 1 bloom
Perennial Specifications:
Clematis: any variety, 1 bloom Rudbeckia: any color, 2 blooms
Coreopsis: any variety, 3 blooms Echinacea: any color, 1 stock
Daisy: any variety, 2 blooms Hosta: any variety, 1 leaf
Delphinium: 1 stock Butterfly Bush: 1 stem
Day Lily: 1 scape Oriental/Asiatic Lily: 1 stem
All other perennial, not listed: Small = 2 blooms, Large = 1 bloom
Rose Specifications:
Hybrid Tea: 1 bloom Grandiflora: 1 spray
Floribunda: 1 spray Miniature: 1 spray
Landscape/shrub/Knock-out: 1 spray
Arrangement Specifications:
Large: greater than 6 inches
Small: less than 6 inches
Patriotic Theme: any size
Specimen pick-up: July 31, 5pm-6pm, unless other arrangements are made at time of drop-off
Finding a date that works for everyone may be the biggest hurdle….
(Family Features) Family reunions this summer are sure to take on special meaning as families reunite after months apart. Organizing such a momentous event may feel like a lot of work, but thinking of it in smaller pieces can make it easier to manage.
Finding a date that works for everyone may be the biggest hurdle. Once that essential detail is set, start planning your family get-together with these tips from the travel experts at Vrbo:
Decide on a celebration style. Family reunions come in all shapes and sizes. You might plan a gathering for a single day with a big meal and plenty of time for chatting with relatives, or it may be a multi-day affair filled with activities that get all ages involved.
Pick the place. The location of your reunion depends on many factors. In some cases, families plan for a location that’s easily accessible for the majority, like a midway point or a city where a large branch of the family tree is rooted. Other families build reunions around the head of the family and plan the location around where the eldest members of the family reside. Still other reunions are destination getaways with multiple households in one vacation location.
Choose where you’ll stay. Figuring out what kind of lodging best suits your reunion depends on a variety of considerations, but the larger the group, the more challenging it can be. A vacation rental home may be an option when you’re bringing multiple families together under one roof or plan to stay for several days. Many vacation rentals even offer amenities like pools or hot tubs that can be enjoyed privately rather than shared with the rest of the resort or hotel guests. A tool like Vrbo’s Trip Board of reunion-friendly homes can help you find inspiration for a perfect place.
Plan activities. Depending on your family’s style, planning how everyone will pass the time may be a scheduled itinerary or a loose list of potential things to do. Either way, leave time for casual conversation and simply enjoying a few moments together, as well as lots of entertainment to keep kids occupied while the adults catch up.
Create a menu. From potluck to catering and everything in between, there are numerous options when it comes to feeding a reunion crowd. You might have everyone bring their own food, ask each family take turns serving meals or plan easy bar-style meals like tacos or walking nachos. It’s a good idea to coordinate your menu plans so you don’t waste food or have duplicate ingredients in the refrigerator. Remember to plan for extra snacks and desserts, too. Many homes available through Vrbo include access to refrigerators and fully equipped kitchens, making it easy to store extra food for the gathering.
Incorporate your heritage. What sets a family reunion apart from other types of gatherings is the focus on family. Make your reunion special by incorporating special aspects of your heritage, whether it’s a monogrammed centerpiece for the dining table or photos of multiple generations you scatter around the venue. Another idea for a multi-generational family reunion is a slideshow of photo memories set to music that plays as the precursor to a family movie night under the stars.
Find more inspiration and ideas for organizing your family reunion this summer at vrbo.com/reunion.
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