BURKETTSVILLE - The Center for Neurological Development officials are nearing their fundraising campaign goal of $1.1 million after recently receiving a $100,000 windfall.

With $870,00 either donated or committed by local corporations and individuals, officials say they have enough money to begin soliciting construction bids and hope to break ground in August on a major renovation that includes a new 6,000-square-foot wing. [More]

CELINA - The life expectancy for children with hemophilia was about five years when Ron Klosterman was born in 1948.

Now at 68, Klosterman is one of the oldest living hemophiliacs in the country.

"My goal in life is to reach 100 years of age," he said. "I want to be the oldest living hemophiliac. Right now I'm one of the older ones living but not the oldest."

Still, making it to the age of 68 is a feat. Most people of his generation with hemophilia didn't make it past middle age, he said. [More]