Bluffton resident featured in lead story about K&M Tire in national trade publication

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Bluffton resident Greg Ring, director of training and development at K&M Tire, Delphos, was recently featured in a front page story about K&M in "Tire Business," the bi-weekly tire dealer trade newspaper.

Ring addressed tire dealers during the Delphos wholesale distributor’s 2019 dealer conference held in Dallas, Texas. His photo was the feature photo of the issue accompanying the story.

Over 1,000 persons representing 500 different dealer locations plus 45 vendors attended K&M’s dealer conference.

Ashley Eachus wants to pursue early childhood education

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Ashley Eachus, a senior, is the Bluffton High School February student of the month.

She is a member of the Symphonic Choir, Show Choir, Chamber Choir, Drama club, Renaissance and National Honor Society. 

Ashley is a member of the BHS volleyball, basketball and soccer teams. She received an all-conference honorable mention from the NWC in volleyball her junior year. She is also an academic letter winner, and served as senior captain on the girls' basketball team that won the Northwest Conference title.

And, here's a sample of her work

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Alivia Koenig, a Bluffton High School senior, is this month's Icon artist of the month.

She has taken Art 1, Design 1, Mural, and Arts and Crafts.

After high school, she plan to attend Urbana University to play basketball and golf, and major in sports management or physical therapy. 

This piece of art won first place in the category painting at the Artspace Lima Kewpee high school invitational.

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Prime Timers will feature a St. Patrick’s Day theme at its luncheon on Tuesday, March 5.  The festivities begin at noon at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora. 

The menu will feature corned beef and cabbage with red potatoes, green beans, mixed green salad with maple dressing, rolls and dessert.  Rachael Lewis, orchestra director for Bluffton Schools, will entertain with Irish fiddle tunes and hymns.

"Fences" performances are March 1 to March 10

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Everett Collier will perform with the Toledo Repertoire Theatre in August Wilson’s “Fences,” given March 1 through 10, in Toledo.

The Bluffton actor portrays Troy Maxson, the leading character in the drama.

“It’s a taxing role,” said Collier. “I’m on stage most of the time and there’s a lot of dialogue.”

Collier joins other actors from Toledo in this performance.

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Dr.Ignacio Sarmina, M.D., will join Dr. Craig Nicholson at Mercy Health–St. Rita’s Urology at 770 West High St., Suite 350 Lima.

Dr. Sarmina received his Doctor of Medicine from the Medical University of Ohio in Toledo. He completed his urology residency, surgery residency and research fellow at the University Hospitals of Cleveland in Cleveland.

He is accepting new patients and one can make an appointment at 419-228-8950.

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