National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW), April 22 to 28, is a time to honor the more than 280,000 medical laboratory professionals across the nation who perform and interpret laboratory tests that save lives and keep people healthy. Fisher-Titus Medical Center's laboratory professionals are among the many unsung heroes of medical healthcare. Using state-of-the-art technology and instrumentation, laboratory professionals help to prevent disease by detecting unknown health problems and by aiding in the diagnosis and treatment of existing conditions by giving accurate, timely test results. The laboratory tests results comprise an estimated 70 percent of the patient's medical records and are vital to the diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease.

Abigail Pregnancy Ministries will have a fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Balduff's Carpet Cleaning and Domino's Pizza will donate their services so people can get the carpets of their cars cleaned. The event will take place in the St. Paul parking lot between the church and Domino's.

Asparagus, Greek for "stalk" or "shoot" is a spring favorite first cultivated in Greece about 2,500 years ago. It is a nutritious addition to many menus. Selection of good quality products and proper preparation will ensure maximum enjoyment for asparagus lovers. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...

St. Paul was the victor Wednesday in a triangular meet with Tiffin Calvert and Mansfield St. Peter. The Flyers scored 72 points while Calvert had 35 and St. Peter scored 30.

APRIL 25, 1951 The top stories in the Norwalk Reflector-Herald on this date 56 years ago:

Yes, it's true. Sunday was another Earth Day. Time once again to tell ourselves how much we love the Earth. In fact, a recent Gallup Poll shows that 52 percent of Americans think they are doing a good job trying to protect the environment. But I have a feeling these are the same people who take their children to the Toledo Zoo in an SUV that will cost them $79 in gas for a round trip. They probably hit the Web sit EcoFabulous (upscale, name dropping eco-friendly items) and buy organic Ketchup.

If you could do something that didn't cause you any pain, would save you $50 and reduce your chances of dying, wouldn't you do it? Of course you would. Now, if we told you that meant wearing your seat belt, does that change your mind? It must change some folks' mind, because in 2004, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that, of all drivers and passengers killed or severely injured in traffic accidents, 64 percent were not wearing their seat belts. In Ohio, that figure is an even more staggering 71 percent.

NORWALK - The following cases recently went through Huron County Common Pleas Court: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Morgan Stanley ABS Trust in care of Countrywide Home Loan Service, Dallas, Texas, vs. Janet M. Cowan and Glen M. Cowan, 8 Mill St., Norwalk; Creditors: Pittsburgh National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa.; United States of America in care of U.S. Attorney, Toledo; United States Attorney General, Washington, D.C.; Department of Taxation State of Ohio, Columbus; Treasurer of Huron County, 16 E. Main St., Norwalk; defendant United State of America dismissed from action; plaintiff's notice of dismissal of complaint without prejudice; plaintiff's costs.

WILLARD - Paramedics took a New Jersey man to a Toledo mental facility after he was accused of making threatening comments about President Bush. Willard police officers responded to a Conwell Avenue business at 10:15 p.m. Saturday after a complainant accused Keith Born, 55, of threatening someone in a vehicle and brandishing a handgun.