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Bluffton public meetings scheduled for Oct. 28-Nov. 19

The Village of Bluffton has scheduled the following meetings at Bluffton Town Hall with dates from October 28-November 19.

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Bluffton Beavers sports roundup, Oct. 9-15

The following results are from October 9-15 of the Bluffton University Fall 2024 athletics season:

Football against Manchester, 42-10 victory

Women's golf results at day one of HCAC Preview

Women's golf results at day two of HCAC Preview

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Letter: Lifesaving work by Bluffton Safety Services

A letter in support of the proposed Municipal Income Tax for the Village of Bluffton for raising revenue for the capital needs and operations of the Safety Services Departments.

Mother’s Day 2023 was a beautiful day. We were just returning from spending time with my mother and I asked Dan to drop me off at Bluffton University’s football field.  My cousin’s son was playing soccer there (yes, on Mother’s Day!), and I was determined not to miss a game that was so close to our home.  After the game, my cousin’s husband offered to drop me off at home. I refused as it was a short walk and sunny. As I walked up our road, I could see our neighbor Dan Gray sitting outside. Their white home seemed to highlight his red shirt to me. ▶︎

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Trevor Bassitt mural featured at Harmon Field

Olympic athlete and Bluffton native Trevor Bassitt is now featured in a mural on a Harmon Field building facing College Avenue. Last week Bassitt visited Bluffton and met artist Shaina Phillips, who depicts the 400m hurdler in action.

Happy accident: Yogurt every day helps keep diabetes away?

By Lily Shadle, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

“Happy accident” is an idiom meaning something good happens unexpectedly when it otherwise could have been a problem. Around 5,000 BC when milk was exposed to warm temperatures and bacteria, yogurt was the happy accident.  

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Bluffton remembers Elbert Dubenion with honorary roadway

Above) Dubenion Drive sign at Bentley and Augsburger roads, Dubenion family and friends; Gene Long, Carolyn Dubenion, Jim "Spike Berry and Ron Lora.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

Some 80 friends, family members, teammates and fans of Elbert Dubenion–who was a collegiate athlete at Bluffton College in the 1950s and a professional football player for nine seasons with the Buffalo Bills—attended an October 4 ceremony dedicating a portion of Bentley Rd. as Dubenion Drive.

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