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Bluffton University, Ohio State Lima announce engineering partnership 

LIMA__Dr. Jane Wood, Bluffton University president, and Dr. Margaret Young, interim dean and director at The Ohio State University at Lima, signed a partnership agreement today at the Ohio State Lima Engineering Education and Manufacturing Center (EEMC). The partnership establishes a new pathway for incoming Bluffton students to study engineering using the resources of both universities. 

Help!: Flu, COVID-19 and RSV

By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

Help! was the fifth album for the Beatles and included the song by the same name. John Lennon wrote the song and was quoted as indicating he needed help at the time he wrote it. The Beatles were the first rock band to be recognized in the category of Album of the Year at the Grammys in 1966. 

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December 2023 worship services schedule

The following December 2023 worship services have been announced by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association:

Bluffton First Methodist Church

Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service 6:30 p.m.

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December 12 field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife Officers 

Anyone observing illegal activity can call the TIP hotline at 1-800-POACHER (1-800-762-2437) and make an anonymous report. 

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two 

In October, State Wildlife Officer Ryan Burke, assigned to Hancock County, and State Wildlife Officer Matt D. Smith, assigned to Huron County, patrolled Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area during the early white-tailed deer gun hunting season. The officers noticed a parked vehicle with gun cases in the cab. They contacted the hunter, who had harvested a doe, and discovered the hunter had purchased a deer management permit after the harvest. The hunter was issued a summons for attaching or using a tag on a deer that was taken before the permit was purchased. The defendant paid $170 in fines and court costs in Upper Sandusky Municipal Court. 

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First novel published by local author Taylor Starnes

Taylor Starnes is a Bluffton area stay at home mom with two daughters and 10 years of experience as a short story writer. In November 2023 she released the novel Hard Chargin' Love on Amazon.com. 

Starnes plans to make this the first installment in a 3-part series. Amazon says that the author “takes classic romance and gives it her own unique zing.”

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Letter from the family of Elijah Jones

From the family of Elijah Jones:

On May 29, 2007, our family received the most wonderful gift in Eli, but that gift wasn’t ours to keep. We are certain that on December 5, 2023, Eli went home to be with God. We believe that Eli’s great faith is being used for great things in Heaven. His light will be missed, and he will live forever in our hearts.

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