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By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School golf squad split a three-team Northwest Conference match Monday at the Bluffton Golf Course.

Leipsic captured first with 172 strokes, followed closely by Bluffton (176); Ada was a distant third (264).

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Greenhorn restaurant with co-host Eikenbary Landscape Company will host a block party beginning at 3 p.m. and continuing through the evening on Saturday, August 20. Vine Street will be closed to traffic and parking from Main St. to the alley.

The event will feature Detroit legend Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale. Organizers describe Hale as "the godmother of house music." Local DJ Jon Humphrey will open the musical presentation.

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Janet Blank, 79, of Bluffton, OH went home to be with the Lord on Saturday evening, August 6, 2022 at home with family by her side. 

Janet was born April 6, 1943 to Jesse and Lillian (Kennel) Yoakam, who preceded her in death. On June 16, 1962 she married David M. Blank, who survives in Bluffton. 

She was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry (Rachel) Yoakam. 

Survivors include a brother, Roger (Shirley) Yoakam of Pickerington, OH; a son, Randall (Kaylene) Blank of Ottawa; a grandson Levi Blank of Pandora, and a granddaughter Michaela Blank of Columbus. 

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Review by Robert McCool

If you have read Tony Hillerman you know the legends and folktales about immortal beings living in the Sacred Mountains that surround the Dine'tah (the Navajo reservation). Those same mountains protected the parched desert that is now the Dine'tah when the apocalypse drowned most of the world with the “Big Water.” And, after the Energy Wars there wasn't enough fuel to maintain the lifestyle we enjoy now. The world lay fallow and empty without an apology from anyone. These are dystopian tales.

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The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce has issued this reminder for the first of three Discovery Days highlighting businesses in Bluffton.

PLEASE RESPOND BY AUGUST 9
For inclusion on August 27 posters and other printed material, chamber members should sign up by August 9. After this date, your business or organization may not be listed on the posters and participation fliers for the August event

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The West Central Ohio Land Conservancy (WCOLC) invites the public to attend an event celebrating the farm community with a program highlighting farmland.

  •  6:00-8:00 p.m.
  • August 11
  • Lauer Historical Farm
  • 800 Roush Rd, Lima

The speaker for the evening will be radio and TV personality, Dan Wilson. The host of “In Ohio Country Today,” Wilson is an advocate for farmland preservation and is dedicated to preserving Ohio country.

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