What parents need to know and when to seek treatment
By Navneet Patti, MD
Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio at Caughman Health Center
Anxiety is a normal emotion essential for survival and functions as our brain’s inherent response to perceived danger. It facilitates the avoidance of danger in many scenarios, meaning it is adaptive and not necessarily pathological.
BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School softball team fell behind big early yet rallied, only to come up just short 16-14 to visiting Columbus Grove in a Northwest Conference battle Thursday evening, May 2.
Ready to feel the sand in your toes? Bluffton Family YMCA and Southgate Lanes have opened registration for Adult Coed Sand Volleyball competition with two games per week in two sessions.
There will be 6v6 coed play (3 females on court) for ages 18 years+. Games are on Tuesdays or Thursdays
SESSION 1: June 6, July 11
Double elimination tournament July 9 and 11 (no games July 4)
Registration deadline: May 19
SESSION 2: July 16, August 15, August 13 and 15
Double elimination tournament
Deadline: June 30
The cost is $300/team. Teams will play 2 games on Tuesday or 2 games on Thursday each week. The tournament will be split between both Tuesday and Thursday
Bluffton Public Library May 2024 programs and services
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR
Friends Book Sale on May 16-18
The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held at the library May 16-18 in the library’s lower level. Sale proceeds benefit library services, materials, and programs. Your purchase at this sale goes to enriching Bluffton and the surrounding community. Book sale schedule:
Treva J. Kinsinger, 99, of Pandora passed away on May 1, 2024 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Treva was born on March 28, 1925 in Lima to Floyd and Mildred (Cheney) Stauffer.