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Baldy BUCYRUS: Philip T. Belanger, 73, of Bucyrus, died Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the Bucyrus Community Hospital. His arrangements are pending and have been entrusted to the staff of Wise Funeral Service. Philip T. Belanger, Sr.

HEATH: James L. Kreim, age 91, resident of Heath, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at the Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio. Secor Funeral Home is assisting the family. James L. Kreim 60ofBucyruspassedawayon inGaliontothelateJamesand Lori(Pyles)Lookerwhosurvives.

Inadditiontohisparentshewas precededindeathbybrother amesA.LookerJr.andfather andmotherinlawHowardand NeysaPyles. Davidisalsosurvivedby daughterTara(Justin)Bellof (Amber)LookerandJames A.LookerIII;andbrotherin lawSteven(Ginger)Pylesof Granville. DavidattendedGalionHigh SchoolandretiredonMay1 fromGeneralElectricafter34 years.Helovedworkinginthe garageandhiscars.Hismost recentpridewashiscustom golfcartandhewasstartingto buildhisowncar. benopublicservices.The Munz-PirnstillFuneralHomeis assistingwitharrangements. DavidA.Looker Obituariesandphotographs submittedtotheBucyrus TelegraphForummaybe repurposedandotherwise othermediaplatforms.

OBITUARIES News Flash News Flash BUCYRUS FARMERS MARKET Sat. July 8, Across From Timken Peaches, Produce, Bkd Goods Hurst Auto Body Repair, Rental Cars and Detailing Call us at 419-562-2223 THURSDAY MIDDAY Pick 3: 9-2-8 Pick 4: 6-8-2-0 Pick 5: 6-4-2-8-6 WEDNESDAY NIGHT Classic Lotto: 11-21-27-42-46-47 Kicker: 1-6-3-0-2-5 Rolling Cash 5: 6-8-15-27-39 Pick 3 9-3-6 Pick 4: 2-3-4-5 Pick 5: 5-1-7-8-2 Powerball: 4-9-16-54-68 Red Ball: 21 Powerplay: 2 LOTTERIES NEW YORK Tick populations are exploding? Tick-borne diseases are on the rise? Some recent headlines suggest Americans are facing a particularly bad year for tick bites and illnesses, but the evidence is patchy and the science complicated. What may be true in one part of the country or even one part of a county may not be true in another. And there are signs that the most common tick- borne illness Lyme disease may be occurring at roughly usual levels. a look at the tick situation: The hazard Ticks are small, bloodsucking parasites that feed on animals but will bite people, too.

Some are infected with germs that can cause illness, and they spread those germs when they bite. For people, the main worry is blacklegged ticks, which can spread Lyme disease and other illnesses. Nearly 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the federal government each year, but experts think underreported and the actual number may be more like 300,000. Blacklegged ticks also called deer ticks were once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, but in recent years have been seen over a wider range. When infected ticks bite, a rash can appear a few days later.

It can be followed by severe headaches, neck stiffness and pain in the joints or other parts of the body. People usually recover quickly and completely when treated with antibiotics in the early stages. Not all blacklegged ticks are infected. Typically about half of the adult ticks that come in for testing at a University of Massachusetts lab carry the bacteria, and about what the lab is seeing again this year, said Stephen Rich. He runs a project that tests around 10,000 ticks each year sent in by people who were bitten.

The outlook U.S. health officials decline to make predictions about ticks and tick diseases, and say hard to even know how bad things are. There are monitoring projects in some states, or some parts of states, but not any comprehensive data to give a clear picture of happening nationally, noted Rebecca Eisen, a tick expert at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Concern about blacklegged ticks recently increased, largely because of a prediction made by Richard Ostfeld of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, north of New York City.

Ostfeld, a respected tick researcher, says blacklegged tick populations can explode based on a boom-and-bust cycle of acorns and white-footed mice, which ticks like to feed on. He says conditions over the past two years bode for a boom this year in the Northeast. But he acknowledges too early to tell just how bad a year it Thomas Mather, a University of Rhode Island researcher, seen a jump in the blacklegged variety. Even if blacklegged ticks are up this year, a change in conditions like a dry heat wave could knock the population way down, he added. Other ticks Other kinds of ticks can cause other diseases and health problems.

Perhaps the most un- usual is caused by the Lone Star tick, which despite its Texas-sounding name, is found mainly in the Southeast. Several years ago, doctors began noticing a sudden increase in meat allergies in people bitten by Lone Star ticks. Researchers concluded that the bloodsuckers are carrying a sugar humans have, which can trigger the bizarre immune system reaction that makes them react to red meat. Blacklegged ticks also spread other infections including the rare Powassan virus. Only 75 cases were reported across the nation in the past decade, but more doctors are looking for it and other tick illnesses and that may affect future counts, experts said.

To protect against ticks, learn what kinds are common where you live. Avoid high grass. Use EPA-registered repellent. And check yourself and your children for ticks daily. only takes one tick to make you Rich said.

too early for forecast on Lyme disease ticks MIKE STOBBE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAMES VIA AP Abite from a Lone Star tick mostly found in the Southeast cause an allergic reaction to red meat. WASHINGTON North newly demonstrated missile muscle puts Alaska within range of potential attack and stresses the missile defenses like never before. Even more worrisome, it may be only a matter of time before North Korea makes an even longer- range ICBM with a nuclear warhead, putting all of the United States at risk. The Pentagon has spent tens of billions of dollars to develop what it calls a limited defense against missiles capable of reaching U.S. soil.

The system has never faced combat or been fully tested. The system succeeded May30 in its first attempted intercept of a mock ICBM, but it faced more realistic conditions. Although Russia and China have long been capable of targeting the U.S. with a nuclear weapon, North Korea is seen as the bigger, more troubling threat. Its opaque, unpredictable government often confounds U.S.

intelligence assessments. And North leader, Kim Jong Un, has openly threatened to strike the U.S., while showing no interest in nuclear or missile negotiations. should be said Philip E. Coyle III, a former head of the test and evaluation office. North latest success, he said, that time is not on our U.S.

officials believe North Korea is still short of being able to miniaturize a nuclear warhead to fit atop an intercontinental missile. And unclear whether it has developed the technology and expertise to sufficiently shield such a warhead from the extreme heat experienced when it re-enters atmosphere en route to a target. Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said Wednesday: still not seen a number of things that would indicate a full-up threat, but clearly they are working on it. Clearly they seek to do it.

This is an aggressive research and development program on their Davis said the U.S. defensive system is limited but effective. do have confidence in he said. why developed The Trump administration, like its recent predecessors, has put its money on finding a diplomatic path to reversing North nuclear program. While the Pentagon has highly developed plans if military force is ordered, the approach is seen as untenable because it would put millions of South Korean civilians at risk.

But diplomacy has failed so far. why U.S. missile defenses may soon come into play. The Pentagon has a total of 36 missile interceptors in underground silos on military bases in Alaska and California, due to increase to 44 by end. These interceptors can be launched upon notice of a missile headed toward the U.S.

An interceptor soars toward its target based on tracking data from radar and other electronic sensors, and is supposed to destroy the target by sheer force of impact outside the atmosphere. Sometimes likened to hitting a bullet with a bullet, the collision is meant to incinerate the targeted warhead, neutralizing its nuclear explosive power. This so-called hit-to- kill technology has been in development for decades. For all its advances, the Pentagon is not satisfied that the current defensive system is adequate for North accelerating missile advances. pace of the threat is advancing faster than I think was considered when we did the first ballistic missile defense review back in Rob Soofer, who is helping review missile defenses, told a Senate armed services subcommittee last month.

Beyond what U.S. officials have said publicly about the North Korean nuclear threat, he said the classified picture even more Soofer provide details. The escalating danger has led the administration to consider alternative concepts for missile defense, including what is known as defense. This approach involves destroying a hostile missile shortly after its launch, before the warhead separates from the missile body and decoys can be deployed. One proposed tactic would be to develop a drone capable of long-endurance flight and armed with a laser to destroy or disable a missile in flight.

These and other possible new approaches would add to budget strains already felt in the missile defense program. President Donald proposed 2018 budget would cut $340million from missile defense programs intended to deter a potential strike by North Korea, Iran or other countries. The Republican-led Congress has taken the first steps in rejecting the reduction. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R- Texas, the House Armed Services Committee chairman, declared last month that he was Trump would propose trimming missile defense.

committee voted last week to provide about lion for missile defense in the 2018 fiscal year that begins in October, nearly more than request. The Senate Armed Services Committee also called for millions more than Trump requested. The full House and Senate are expected to consider the legislation, and the boost in missile defense money, later this month. N. Korean missile advances put new stress on US defenses ROBERT BURNS ASSOCIATED PRESS LEE Aman walks by a TV screen Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea, showing a news report about North Korea test-firing a long-range missile..