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Pirate girls soccer ties at end with Wapak / 2023 team roster

Posted by Staff on August 23, 2023 - 12:40pm

Pirates host Bath Saturday at 11:45 a.m. / TEAM ROSTER

By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School girls soccer team played to a gut-wrenching 1-1 tie with visiting Wapakoneta in a non-league match Tuesday night, August 22, at Steinmetz Field. (Game on YouTube.)

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Beavers men's soccer primed to continue success

Posted by Staff on August 23, 2023 - 7:16am

For more Bluffton University athletic news, visit www.blufftonbeavers.com

The Bluffton University men's soccer team heads north to Albion College to open the 2023 season on Friday, Sept. 1, the first of four straight road matches before UC-Clermont travels to the Sears Complex for the Beaver home opener on Wednesday, Sept. 13. The HCAC lidlifter is slated for Wednesday, Sept. 27, when Transylvania makes the trek up Interstate 75 for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. Rival Defiance College will be in the house on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The regular season wraps up with road trips to Rose-Hulman and Manchester.

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June Legion Golf Outing results in August donations to local organizations

Posted by Staff on August 23, 2023 - 6:00am

Bluffton Scrap Artist Quilters detail impact of quilts for veterans

By Paula Scott

For sixteen years, Bluffton American Legion Post 382 has hosted a fun charitable golf outing with a serious purpose. The event raises funds for local nonprofits and charitable organizations, including those that support area veterans.

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Regional news
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Educational grant opportunity for 2024 Solar Eclipse

Posted by Staff on August 23, 2023 - 6:00am

FINDLAY—The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation is seeking proposals for  grants for the upcoming Solar Eclipse in 2024. Potential projects should be focused on education  and educational activities related to the eclipse, which will take place on April 8, 2024. 

“Two of the priorities the community identified through Community Conversations 2022 were  affordable, family-friendly community activities and education,” said Brian Treece, President & CEO  of the Foundation. “With those two things in mind, coupled with this rare event, we want to make  sure as much of the community can benefit from these grants as possible to experience this  phenomenon together.” 

Nonprofit organizations, including government entities, providing services to residents of Findlay  and Hancock County, Ohio are invited to complete a short application requesting funding for their  projects. Priority will be given to educational opportunities leading up to and related to this  meteorological phenomenon. 

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Pool reopens as cooling opportunity

Posted by Paula Scott on August 22, 2023 - 9:32pm

The Bluffton Community Pool will be reopening on Wednesday, August 23 from 12:00-3:00 and Thursday from 12:00 to 4:00 to provide residents with a way to cool off. The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch in effect from Thursday morning-Thursday Evening. Heat index values up to 110 are possible.

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Mehta named as BVHS Chief Digital and Information Officer

Posted by Staff on August 22, 2023 - 9:21am

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has named Gulshan Mehta as the organization’s chief digital and information officer (CDIO).

Before joining BVHS, Mehta, on behalf of the Oracle Corporation, was the head of the Bear Institute for Health Innovation at Children’s National Health System (Washington, D.C.).

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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