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Bluffton EMS provided the following report for calls for service in March 2025. The total number of calls to date for 2025 is 197.

75 EMS calls 

45 Medical

14 Non emergency transports

2 Motor Vehicle Accidents

13 Fire Calls

1 Mutual Aid Call

50 Patients transported

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON – The Bluffton High School boys varsity tennis squad defeated visiting Celina 4-1 Wednesday evening.

The Pirate team improved to 6-1 with their third victory in as many days. Bluffton won eight of 10 sets in the match.

Junior Hudson Phillips rolled to victory at second singles by a 6-2, 6-2 score.

Junior Nick Lovett also cruised to victory at second singles by a 6-2, 6-1 count.

Senior Levi Antrim won his match at third singles 6-0, 6-1.

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School girls softball team defeated visiting Emmanuel Christian handily 13-5 Wednesday, April 16.

The Pirate girls improved to 2-4 overall with the win. The hosts overcame an early 3-0 deficit to win going away. 

Bluffton tallied one run in the third, then plated four in the fourth to take the lead for good, 5-3.

Three more Pirates crossed home in the fifth to make it 8-3. EC tacked on two runs in the top of the sixth.

Sergeant Tyler Hochstetler brought Bluffton Police Department K-9 Kato for a final visit to council before the dog is retired. Hochstetler explained that Kato is trained to locate marijuana, making him ineligible to search for other drugs now that marijuana has been legalized. 

By Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of ONU Healthwise Pharmacy 

On August 25, 1939, the Wizard of Oz movie was released in the United States based on the novel written by L. Frank Baum. One of the more iconic scenes in the movie was when Dorothy, Toto and the Cowardly Lion were lulled to sleep by a field of poppies. Poppies are a bright and beautiful red flower and are often used as a symbol of remembrance. You can see them worn on Memorial Day and Veterans Day to honor the sacrifice of our military.  

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Bluffton Council tackled several infrastructure issues at its April 14 regular meeting. Resident assessment for Elm St. curb replacements, pedestrian accommodations on Riley St. and urgent municipal pool repairs featured in reports and discussions at the meeting. (Meeting packet is attached HERE.)

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