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Ride this way

Posted by Paula Scott on July 7, 2022 - 10:23am

Make way for the stencil painters: Ride to Remember volunteers Travis Music and Jim Walter have a BIG job: stenciling direction arrows for the July 16 cycling event. You can join in the fun as a cyclist (and as a volunteer). Visit www.ridetoremember.net for details.

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Magic mushrooms

Posted by Staff on July 7, 2022 - 7:20am

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

In the 1960s, social upheaval related to wars and political issues about race and gender fueled political activism. This decade also brought about a psychedelic drug-using counterculture that believed there was better living through chemistry. These psychedelic drugs included lysergic acid diethylamide commonly referred to as LSD and magic mushrooms containing psilocybin.  

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Health Services
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Bike Rodeo is back on July 23

Posted by Paula Scott on July 7, 2022 - 7:17am

Bluffton’s bike rodeo is back with Officer Hope Hannah and Bike Crazy LLC providing the expertise necessary to teach riders in grades K-5 bicycling rules of the road and skills, and to check participants’ bikes for the “ABCs” of safety: Air, Brakes and Chains.

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Events
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St. Mary Catholic Church to host Catholicism classes

Posted by Staff on July 7, 2022 - 5:09am

Fr. Luyen Dau, will be offering a class on Catholicism beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 and continuing each Wednesday for six weeks.

Classes will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church, 160 N. Spring St.

During this class there will be a DVD series by Bishop Robert Barron shown each week with a question and answer period following. A half-hour social time with refreshments will follow.

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Worship
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Lawrence Howard Templin taught English at Bluffton College

Posted by Staff on July 6, 2022 - 3:01pm

Lawrence Howard Templin, age 100, of Bluffton died July 5, 2022 at home. Lawrence was born April 4, 1922, in East Weymouth, MA to Ralph and Lila Horton Templin. On June 4, 1947, he married Orletta Warkentin, who preceded him in death on May 13, 2015, following nearly 68 years of marriage.

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Obituaries
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Bluffton Presbyterian holds Bike to Church Sunday on July 17

Posted by Staff on July 6, 2022 - 7:12am

Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main, is having Bike to Church Sunday on July 17, when you are invited to pedal from your home to worship at 10:15 a.m.

Following the regular worship service in the sanctuary, a special "blessing of the bikes" will be held on the church lawn.

Organizers note, "By biking to church, you will get to worship, stay active, save on gas money, and lower your carbon footprint! Bikes may be placed in the bike rack in the alley or in the yard during worship. See you then, and don't forget your helmet!"

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Worship
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