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Community VBS begins Sunday, July 18 at St. Mary's Catholic Church

Posted by admin on July 11, 2021 - 11:30am

This summer's Bluffton Community Vacation Bible School is hosted by St. Mary's Catholic Church, 160 N. Spring St, and it takes place Sunday, July 18, through Thursday, July 22.

The VBS theme is Rocky Railroad - Jesus' power pulls us through.

Due to the unknowns that Covid-19 continues to share, VBS will be delivered in a hybrid format.

All children and their families are invited to participate in outdoor activity stations on Sunday and Thursday nights.

Families are asked to attend in a staggered format to ensure social distancing.

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Worship
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The red barns are back

Posted by admin on July 10, 2021 - 6:00am

The area's favorite red barns are back. Bluffton's Suter's Produce barn is now open on State Route 103.

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Results from Day 1 of the WOAL Championship Meet

Posted by admin on July 10, 2021 - 6:00am

Swimmers from around the area aged 4-18 kicked off the 39th annual Elks Invitational Swim Meet and Western Ohio Aquatics League (WOAL) Championship yesterday in Kenton.

Events started at 9 a.m. on Friday and concluded around 2 p.m. Day two of champs will begin today at 9 a.m. and will conclude around 3 p.m. at the Kenton Municipal Swimming pool.

To see results from Friday, view the attachment below.

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Regional news
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COVID-19: Hit Me With the Next Shot

Posted by admin on July 10, 2021 - 6:00am

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

As our nation celebrates its independence, so we are celebrating an opening of live events within the United States! Unfortunately this week, the country showed an increase in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant and there is some concern about its rapid spread.

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Health Services
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Icon book review: Dark Sky

Posted by admin on July 10, 2021 - 6:00am

Review by Robert McCool

With the release of 2021's New York Time's best-selling novel, "Dark Sky" (G.P. Putnam ISBN-13-978-1-4328-8563-2) C.J. Box ("Open Season", "Long Range") increases his count of "Joe Pickett" books to a truly binge-worthy twenty-one.

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Columnists
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Tracy Hosler was a 1984 Bluffton HS graduate

Posted by admin on July 9, 2021 - 6:00am

Tracy D. Hosler, 54, passed away on July 7, 2021, at 6:29 am, at Findlay Care Center, surrounded by her loving family.

Tracy was born July 11, 1966 in Bluffton, OH, to Diana (Mathewson) Reichenbach and the late Glen Amstutz. She was later adopted by Sam Reichenbach who also survives.  

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Obituaries
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