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Unbeaten Pirate football blasts Jefferson in NWC opener

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School football team blasted winless Delphos Jefferson 63-0 in the Northwest Conference opener at Harmon Field Friday night, September 8, to stay undefeated.

The lopsided victory lifted the Pirate record to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in NWC action, while Delphos Jefferson fell to 0-4 and 0-1 in league play with the loss.

Landen Worcester started the scoring spree with a two-yard touchdown run. Kyle Basil booted the first of nine straight extra point kicks to make it 7-0.

Hayden Dearth then hauled in a 54-yard scoring aerial from Garret Bogart to double the lead to 14-0.

Gavin Bogart found paydirt on a five-yard TD run to extend the advantage to 21-0.

Worcester found the end zone from 15 yards out to put the Pirates on top, 28-0.

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August 1947: A sound foreign to Bluffton’s ears

The first-ever diesel locomotive passed through town on a test run

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Remember seeing your first-ever electric-driven vehicle in Bluffton? Compare that to the following image: It passed through Bluffton in an unusual color scheme (reddish-orange) blasting a very foreign sound (a “hoarse” whistle).

ODOT road construction update for Sept 11

Highway construction updates for parts of Allen, Hancock and Putnam counties (weather permitting):

ALLEN

  • U.S. 30 westbound between State Route 65 and State Route 696 will have lane closures for pavement repairs.

HANCOCK

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Weekend Doctor: Annual OBGYN exams

By George Abate, DO
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology

A woman’s annual exam with her OBGYN remains vitally important.

As Pap smear guidelines have changed, women assume they don’t need to see their OB/GYN every year. But, your preventive visit is about much more than periodically screening for cervical cancer with a Pap smear.

Below are just a few of the benefits of seeing your OBGYN each year:

Counseling you about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and minimizing health risks. Experts agree there is substantial individual and system-wide cost-savings in prevention. Nutrition and fitness remain the foundation of weight management, prevention of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.

Screening for sexually transmitted disease (STD) which can lead to sterility or life-long pelvic pain.

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Jack L. Steiner worked for the Lima Ford Engine Plant

UPDATED September 9, 2023.

BEAVERDAM--Jack L. Steiner, 76, passed away September 7, 2023 at his residence.  Jack was born November 22, 1946 in Bluffton to the late Harold and Lucille (Shafer) Steiner.  On April 21, 1979 he married Angela Hartman Steiner and she survives.

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Judge Rodabaugh to speak on Constitutional limits

  • 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 19

Judge David A. Rodabaugh, Lima Municipal Court, will present the Forum “Constitutional Limits on State and Federal Governments Regarding the Rights of Private Citizens,” at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

During this Forum, Rodabaugh will examine recent Supreme Court decisions concerning federal and state restrictions of free speech, property rights and religious liberty.

This presentation also serves as Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum. All educational institutions which receive federal funds are required to offer an instructional program each year on or near Sept. 17, the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787.

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