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Bluffton University alumni emails end March 21

Posted by Staff on March 13, 2024 - 6:00am

Do you send email to friends or family who have a Bluffton.edu alumni address? It's time to update their contact information.

Due to increasing security concerns and to keep student data safe, Bluffton University is no longer able to offer an “email for life” to its alumni community. The following announcement was made on Facebook:

"Alumni accounts will expire March 21, 2024. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding that our top priority is to protect personal information Bluffton maintains on behalf of our students, faculty and staff.

"If you have any questions, please email [email protected] for assistance."

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Bluffton Ohio Historical Society meets March 13

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2024 - 8:58am

The March monthly meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will be Wednesday evening, March 13 at 7:00 p.m.  The meeting will be held on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St.  

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Heart & Vascular Specialists extend hours in Bluffton

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2024 - 8:05am

Heart & Vascular Specialists of Northwest Ohio, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, is extending its hours at Bluffton Hospital, 139 Garau St., to include full-day clinics twice a month.

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Some S. Main businesses expect planned power outage in a.m. on March 12

Posted by Paula Scott on March 12, 2024 - 7:00am

Businesses from First National Bank to Book Reviews Et Cetera expect a planned AEP power outage on the morning of March 12.

The businesses are on the east side of Main, south of Cherry Street. Businesses are expected to open at 1:00 p.m.

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American Eclipse book discussion with Bob Antibus

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2024 - 6:00am

The Bluffton Public Library will be holding a book discussion with Robert Antibus on Tuesday, March 26 at 6:00 p.m. He will be discussing the book American Eclipse by David Baron. 

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Bluffton Public Library
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Veterans' stories

Posted by Staff on March 12, 2024 - 6:00am

Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.  

By Bill Herr

There was one group of residents in the nursing home that had something in common–the veterans. Each had a story to tell. Here are three stories they told me.    

An Air Force veteran was in charge of the radio on a B-17. On a mission his plane was shot up badly and was flying back to the base. Two enemy planes approached from the opposite direction and passed on the sides. They turned around and came up behind the B-17. The resident said he made his peace with God. It turned out the planes were piloted by friendly Swedish pilots that escorted the B-17 safely back to the base.

An Army veteran was in a body of American soldiers that marched through what appeared to be a deserted German village. At the edge of the village they looked back and saw a German soldier waving a white flag where they had just been. The resident was the only soldier that could speak German so the commanding officer asked him to go back and speak to the German soldier.

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