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Above) 2025 Chocolate Walk photos by Jamie Nygaard

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Jim Enneking, director of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce provided an update on recent chamber activities at the organization's February breakfast meeting including the following details on board members and the February 6 Chocolate Walk.

The chamber board is currently made up of the following representatives from local businesses.

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By Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist for ONU Healthwise

Let it Go was written for Disney’s Frozen.  The original song was performed by Idina Menzel, but a shorter version was recorded by Demi Lovato for radio. The original Frozen film was inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow Queen.  

Even though we have had some freezing days over the weeks, the weather is not dampening the spread of infections. 

Ohio is one of many states experiencing a quad-demic.  These four viral infections are COVID-19, influenza (flu), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and norovirus.  COVID-19, flu, and RSV are all respiratory viruses, but norovirus is a gut virus. 

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George N. Stultz, 82, passed away February 18, 2025 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.  George was born May 9, 1942 in Findlay to the late George R. and Rosella J. (Montgomery) Stultz.  

George had been a paperboy during high school and was named "Newspaper Boy of the Year" for the Findlay Courier in 1959 and graduated from Findlay High School in 1960. He later graduated from The Ohio State University and worked as a business administrator at First Community Church in Columbus, Ohio and at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.  

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Joyce Carolyn LaRue, 85, of Benton Ridge, peacefully left us to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Monday, February 17, 2025, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Katy, Texas.

Joyce was born on February 11, 1940, in Ada, Ohio, to John and Cecile (Baughman) Collins and on August 9, 1959, married her sweetheart, William “Bill” LaRue.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, her brothers Earl, Edward and John Collins, her sisters Betty Rodabaugh, Ellen Price, Mildred Price, Carol Coons, and Patricia “Miss” Collins.

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The Bluffton High School wrestling team will compete in the OHSAA D3 Sectional Meet on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. at Van Buren High School.

Doors open for spectators at 9:15 a.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.ohsaa.org/tickets/

Prices are $5 for students (K-12) $8 Adults Cash tickets may be purchased at the door, same prices.

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At 7 p.m. on Friday, February 21, the Bluffton High School boys basketball team will host the OHSAA D6 Sectional Tournament Game vs. Wayne Trace.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets/

Prices are $5 for students (K-12) $8 Adults. Cash-only tickets are available at the gate. Season passes and reserved seats are not valid for tournament basketball.

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