Dr. George Abate, DO, on the staff of Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology (located in the Neil and Laura Clark Women and Children’s Center), Findlay, says he didn’t go to medical school to join a large city practice.
“I’m all about personal, individualized patient care,” he said, adding that he feels right at home in the Blanchard Valley Health System community.
The Ohio University College of Medicine graduate performed his residency at Cleveland Clinic.
Themes of beauty, truth and the nature of human existence are explored during Bluffton University’s fall play “Helen.” The modern adaptation of the famous Greek myth about Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world, tackles issues that are as common today as they were in the Iron Age.
Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1-3 and 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 in Bluffton University’s Ramseyer Auditorium.
Doris Jean Bollenbacher, 84, died on Oct. 18, 2018, at Blanchard Valley Health System, Hospice Care, Findlay, Ohio.
Doris Jean was born Oct. 6, 1934, in Chattanooga, Ohio (Mercer County), to Homer J. and Leota L. (Baker) Bollenbacher. She was preceded in death by her parents and by an infant brother Lyle in 1932.
Becca Starn ’18 will present “From Kitchen to Corporate: My Internship at One of the Country’s Favorite Restaurants” during an 11 a.m. Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Reading Room of Musselman Library.
Starn, a native of Findlay, Ohio, will graduate in December 2018 from Bluffton University as a food and nutrition and psychology double major. During the presentation she will share about experiences during her eight-week internship in Tennessee at Cracker Barrel’s corporate headquarters.
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
Congratulations to the following boys soccer players for being honored by Northwest Conference coaches in voting for league teams:
First Team
Luke Young
Jesse Montel
Dakota Clymer
Jonathan Schriner
Second Team
Isaiah Schwab
Matt Daws
Jackson Steinmetz
Honorable Mention
Simon Derstine
Andrew Bertka
Colin Oglesbee
Jayden Mays
Tayton Kleman
Teachers seeking to advance their careers can fast-track their plans by enrolling in Bluffton University’s summer reading endorsement program.
Licensed teachers, who took a phonics class during their undergraduate studies, can add the reading endorsement to their teaching license by taking as few as four classes from Bluffton University during the summer of 2019.
The four mandatory classes will be offered primarily during the months of June and July. The first set of online classes will take place from June 10-July 5 and the second set from July 8-Aug. 2.
Arthur E. Gratz, 84, died Oct. 22, 2018, at Hilty Memorial Home in Pandora. Art was born Jan. 3, 1934, in Bluffton to the late Omer and Wanda (Lora) Gratz. On Jan. 28, 1986, he married Nancy Kline Gratz who preceded him in death on May 25, 2008.
Art was a 1952 graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School. He had been a truck driver for North American Van Lines and member of St. John Mennonite Church in Pandora.
Survivors include a brother, Alan (Sue) Gratz of Pandora and his many nieces, nephews, extended family and dear friends.
