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PHOTOS Heritage Center progress report

Posted by Paula Scott on April 23, 2024 - 9:10am

An April 18 visit to the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd., shows progress on details including windows, floors and fundraising. The Swiss Community Historical Society broke ground on the project on August 1, 2023.

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PHOTO Incoming call service restored at Bluffton Schools, April 23

Posted by Paula Scott on April 23, 2024 - 8:35am

UPDATE Incoming call service has been restored at Bluffton schools, according to a 9:12 notice.

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Steven C. Bruskotter taught and coached at Bluffton High School

Posted by Staff on April 23, 2024 - 7:48am

OTTAWA __ Steven C. Bruskotter, 73, of Ottawa, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024 at his residence. He was born August 9, 1950, to Charles and Marilyn (Gulker) Bruskotter. On July 28, 1979, he married Mary Van Pelt who survives in Ottawa.

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Pirate baseball loss at Leipsic

Posted by Staff on April 23, 2024 - 7:14am

By Cort Reynolds

LEIPSIC__ The visiting Bluffton High School baseball team out-hit Leipsic but lost 8-6 in a Northwest Conference game Monday night, April 22.

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Pirate boys tennis blanks Ada

Posted by Staff on April 23, 2024 - 7:09am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School boys tennis team blanked winless visitor Ada 5-0 Monday evening, April 22.

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When we remember despite dementia

Posted by Staff on April 23, 2024 - 6:00am

Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.  

By Bill Herr

When a person develops dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), some of the wiring in the brain gets out of alignment.  The result is difficulty verbalizing, having memory issues and possibly posing behavioral changes.  It is believed that everything we ever learned or experienced in our lives is recorded somewhere in our brain.  

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