The Bluffton Swim Team wo a quad meet with Lima Central Catholic, Bath and Marion Local on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Lima YMCA.
And, on Jan. 28, Bluffton won a dual meet with Lima Senior. Results of that meet are at the bottom of this story.
Quad meet on Jan. 22
The Bluffton girls 200 meter medley relay team took second place which consisted of Olivia Barnes, Ella Armstrong, Allison Diller, and Andrea Bourassa.
Does RR 1 or RR 2 mean anything to you? How about initials RFD?
Those last three initials stand for “rural free delivery.” And, prior to 1901 there was no rural delivery available of any type for persons living outside of the Bluffton village.
Here’s the story, of how rural free delivery arrived in Bluffton and the eventual creation of RR 1 and RR 2, Bluffton – what are those anyway?
Much of the details are from “The Town at the Fork of the Riley’s.”
Bluffton Area Ministerial Association is moving ahead with a Frontline Worker Outreach Project this winter, according to Rev. Karol Farris Schilling, pastor of Bluffton Presbyterian Church.
“Due to the stress and chaos resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, BAMA recognizes that many of our local frontline workers have felt overwhelmed and underappreciated,” she said, speaking for BAMA.
By Dr. Leah Eiden, Family Medicine
Bluffton Primary Care
“You’re getting the presidential treatment,” I told my professor friend who had COVID19. He was one of the first in this area to receive bamlanivimab, another weapon in our fight against COVID.
This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.
Traveling to the United States just got a little trickier.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that all air passengers who hope to enter the US will have to get a negative COVID-19 test first. This new rule starts on Jan. 26.
This requirement comes as the nation is in another surge of cases and potentially more contagious variants of the virus are emerging around the world, the CDC noted.
Bluffton Family Recreation will host fourth, fifth and sixth grade boys' and girls' youth basketball tournaments this winter, according to Amy Byers, BFR sports coordinator.
Unlike past years, BFR is unable to rent the school for additional courts, so the tournaments are reformatted with all games at BFR.
The tournament will have a two-game guarantee. There will be two 10-minute halves with the clock stopping in the last minute of each half. Shooting fouls will be a point and a shot.
