According to the CDC, over 32 million people suffer from osteoarthritis. Arthritis is inflammation and soreness in your joints. Chronic pain caused by arthritis affects approximately one in four adults. This equates to over 15 million people. Spinal arthritis is a specific type of arthritis that focuses on inflammation of the facet joints that can be located throughout the whole spine.
Siefker Real Estate and Auction. Co., Ottawa, will hold a public auction at 4 p.m., Thursday, August 19, on site at 10666 Thayer Rd., Columbus Grove. Preview is day of auction from 2 p.m. until the start of the auction.
Ryan DeMarco of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Bluffton, OH recently received the firm's Ted Jones Entrepreneurial Award for his exceptional achievement in building client relationships.
DeMarco was one of 1,099 financial advisors to receive the Ted Jones Entrepreneurial Achievement Award.
I recently discovered an author with a huge body of work, and a style that satisfies the soul which is searching for something, somehow, more than plain pop fiction. Chris Bohjalian has written twenty-two books, all based upon specific issues that are relatable to present times and circumstances. I read the first three that came to me through the library lending service.
A celebration of the life of Jean Ann Szabo will be held Saturday, August 7, at 11:00 a.m. at Bluffton First United Methodist Church, Dr. James Sargent officiating. Visitation with family beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Here's the August update on events planned at the Bluffton Public Library.
COSI Learning Lunchboxes: Starting July 31, pick up a learning "lunchbox" to feed your mind - and explore space right from home! Pick-up continues while supplies last - one kit per family, for students going into grades K-8th. These kits are generously donated by The Center of Science and Industry (COSI) through a partnership with the Ohio Library Council.
Local farmer Chad Burkholder recently directed a $2,500 Bayer Fund America's Farmers Grow Communities donation to Bluffton Soccer Club.
Since 2010, the America's Farmers programs have awarded more than $59 million to community nonprofits, aspiring ag students and public schools across rural America. Farmers are leaders in their communities, which is why America's Farmers programs rely on them to help identify the most worthy causes.
In August, Joyce Badertscher and Richard Boehr will both turn 90 years old. Their birthdays will be celebrated with a Red Rose and a Life Membership at the Monthly Dinner Meeting.
Naomi Basinger, 102, passed away August 1, 2021 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Naomi was born April 16, 1919 in Lafayette to the late Harry and Chloe (Williams) Shrider. On July 13, 1940 she married Orville Basinger who preceded her in death on January 25, 1998.
Naomi graduated from Bluffton High School. She retired from Triplett Corporation, Bluffton. Naomi was an active member of the English Lutheran Church in Bluffton and the Bluffton Senior Citizens. She enjoyed canning, cooking, animals, playing cards and most of all spending time with her grandchildren.
American gymnast Alec Yoder came close to earning an Olympic medal after being a late addition to the United States trials competition just over a week before.
Yoder is the grandson of a retired Bluffton optometrist.
Originally left off the national teams, he finished fourth in the Olympic trials pommel horse event July 24 at St. Louis, Missouri to qualify as an individual representative of the American team.
