Jessica Dailey of Bluffton, Ohio, graduated in September from Saint Joseph's College of Maine with a Master of Science in Nursing.

Dailey works at Lima Memorial Hospital and is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine offers traditional, 4-year bachelor’s degrees to students at its southern Maine campus on Sebago Lake and online undergraduate and graduate programs to working adults throughout the country. www.sjcme.edu

Everett Collier of Bluffton plays the lead character Hoke Colburn in the Van Wert Civic Theatre's production of "Driving Miss Daisy."

Performances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-18. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m. Sunday's performance is at 2 p.m.

Contact the VWCT Box office at 419-238-9689 for tickets.

The performance is directed by George Dunster. Jan Miller plays Miss Daisy Werthan and Joe Warnement plays Boolie Werthan.

Bluffton High School's drama club presents "Born to be Wild," Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bluffton middle school cafetorium.

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Ever wonder why your cat acts like he’s king of the world?

Or why flamingos stand on one leg?

Have you ever imagined what a spider would have to say to a fly just before devouring him, or what “small talk” sounds like when a cannibalistic female praying mantis goes on a date with a naïve male praying mantis?

Landon Cluts, Bluffton High School junior, is the October student of the month at BHS. He is the son of Kevin and Shelby Cluts, 252 S. Lawn Ave.,  and carries a 4.0 grade point average.

He is a member of Latin Club, National Honor Society, math club, orchestra, marching band, jazz band, show choir, pep band, men's chorus and academic team.  He is also a member of his church youth group. He participates in soccer, tennis and summer swim team.  He has recieved an award in Biology.

Brandon Huber is the winner of the Icon Week 2 College NLF football contest, according to Corey Greer, contest judge. 

Huber, Duane Bollenbacher and John Clevidence all picked 11 games correctly.  Bollenbacher was eliminated in Tie-Breaker 1 by picking Northwestern to lose 1-3 while the other two correctly picked Northwestern to lose 4-10.  In Tie-Breaker 2 Clevidence picked Cincinnati to lose by 11 or more while Huber picked the Bengals to win by 1-3 (closer to the actual win of 18 points).

Blanchard Valley Health System OB/GYNs Dr. Allison Westcott and Dr. Kimberlee Perkins are now offering obstetrics and gynecology care in Bluffton. They are seeing patients at Bluffton Women’s Care, 559 Harmon Road, Bluffton, alongside Dr. Jacob Dagani and Certified Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Ulrich.

Dr. Westcott received her medical degree from The University of Toledo and completed an OB/GYN residency at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, South Carolina.

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