Bluffton Girl Scouts are now selling Girl Scout cookies.
This week you can find them on sale from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, March 5, in front of Reichenbach and Steiner CPA, 140 N. Main St.
On Saturday, March 6, from there will be a booth outside Lulu’s Diner, 114 E. College Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon.
Local troop leaders are Gail Clingerman, high school troop; Kelly Honse, 4th and 7th grade troop; Teresa Brown, 8th grade troop; Whitney Utendorf,1st, 2nd and 4th grade troops.
Bluffton Boy Scout troop 256 will “scout for food” this month, according to Brad Taylor.
On Saturday, March 6, Bluffton scouts will place door hangers on houses announcing the food drive.
Then on Saturday, March 13, Bluffton scouts will canvas the community to pick up donations placed on front porches.
Canned food and non-perishable items may be donated. As in previous years, the scouts are collecting food that will be donated to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program’s food pantry, located in the St. John’s United Church of Christ.
DeAndre Nassar, Bluffton High School grad and outstanding student-athlete, qualified for the Division I NCAA wrestling champions March 18. The Cleveland State wrestler was listed in the first NCAA coaches ranking. He checked in a number 33 in the rankings at 184 pounds. Click here for more information on DeAndre.
By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the
ONU HealthWise team www.onuhealthwisepharmacy.com
419/772-3784
Ohio, like the rest of the nation has seen a recent small spike in the number of COVID-19 cases. While this is disappointing since the numbers had being going down, there is hope with a third COVID-19 vaccine getting Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) this week.
The vaccines are working and more vaccines to the public means more protection from this pandemic.