D. Joanne Overmyer, 92, passed away February 28, 2024 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Joanne was born June 5, 1931 in Antwerp, Ohio to the late Chester and Caroline (Snook) Hawkins. On November 22, 1951 she married Don Overmyer who survives.
The construction of a new Pedestrian Pathway along the Co. Line Rd. between College Avenue and S.R. 103 will begin on Monday, March 4. Portions of the northbound lane of Co. Line Road, between College Ave and S.R. 103, will be
closed during the hours of 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday-Thursday.
Bluffton Family YMCA is offering day camps this spring on March 29, April 1, and April 8. Registration for all camps is due one week before their start date.
By John Aziz, MD
Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio
Bipolar disorder is a chronic mood disorder that affects about 1% of the U.S. population. Although bipolar disorder is highly genetic, there is no specific mode of inheritance of the disorder from an affected parent to their children. That means if the father or the mother has bipolar disorder, the children might have a higher risk of having bipolar disorder, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that any of them will definitely have the disorder at some point in their lives.
As the name “bipolar” implies, there are two ends of the “pole”: the higher end and the lower end.
Francis Paul Misch passed away 2/26/2024 at the age of 76
We were married for 38 years. Bluffton, thank for your love, kindness, and support for the last two years where we have been living with my step daughter’s family.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA®) of Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio held a Volunteer Swearing-In Ceremony on Thursday, February 22 at the Allen County Juvenile Court. Three new CASA volunteers were sworn in as officers of the court by Allen County Juvenile Court Judge Todd Kohlrieser.
CASA, a program of Crime Victim Services, trains community volunteers to act as Guardians ad Litem for children who are in the juvenile court system due to dependency, neglect, or abuse.
Spring U6 soccer is around the corner at Bluffton Family YMCA. Play will be from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting April 2 and ending May 2. The program is open to all children ages 4-6.
Blanchard Valley Health System has announced a reduced need for performing traditional open-heart surgical procedures due to advances in medications, cardiovascular stenting and minimally invasive procedures.
The following media release was issued on Facebook on February 28.
The Pandora Police Department has taken a scam report from the Pandora Family Physicians located in Pandora. The caller ID will come up as Pandora Family Physicians.
The caller is impersonating the staff of the Pandora Family Physicians telling them they need to change or confirm an appointment they will then tell them thay have lost all the patients personal information.
The staff at the Pandora Family Physicians will never ask you to provide your personal information over the telephone. If you or a family member receives a phone call from the Pandora Family Physicians and they ask for personal information please hang up and contact the Pandora Family Physicians and ask the staff if they had called them.
