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Weekend Doctor: On the playground

Posted by Staff on June 3, 2023 - 7:04am

By Emilee Shoemaker, MOT, OTR/L, CLT-LANA 
Occupational Therapist, Julie A. Cole Rehab and Sports Medicine Clinic

Warmer weather is here and parents all over the county are excited to break their kids loose from the house. The past few years, the COVID-19 social guidelines limited kid activities, including comfort levels and social distancing at the playground. Kids are starting to fill up the playgrounds again, which means it is a good time to revisit the benefits of playground play with your children.

The playground offers a unique environment for building skills. There is a lot of development and therapeutic growth that can happen in an environment like a playground. Other than the obvious areas of development, such as strength and gross motor skills, children also learn body awareness, sensory regulation, executive functioning skills and self-esteem.

The following lists a few ways to use basic playground equipment to help your child develop and grow this summer.

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BHS 1968 reunion

Posted by Staff on June 3, 2023 - 6:54am

The Bluffton High School graduating class of 1968 will hold its 55th class reunion Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Buckeye Park pavilion.

A social hour is from 4 to 5 p.m. and a meal will be served at 5 p.m. with a program to follow.

Class members may RSVP to Carol Koontz Heath at [email protected] for details. 

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Apollo Career Center honor roll

Posted by Staff on June 3, 2023 - 6:53am

The following Apollo students from Bluffton are on the Honor Roll for the fourth quarter of 2022-2023

A Honor Roll

  • Anna Edwards
  • Elijah Evans

A/B Honor Roll

  • Angelia Brown
  • Jayln Glasscox
  • Megan Gunnett
  • Skyler Hicks
  • Trevin Hirsch
  • Rylee Setzer
  • Steven Sprague
  • Braden Wingfield
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Roadway fatalities increase over Memorial Day weekend

Posted by Staff on June 3, 2023 - 6:50am

COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 22 crashes resulting in 23 deaths on Ohio’s roadways during the 2023 Memorial Day weekend according to provisional statistics. This is the highest number of traffic fatalities in Ohio since 2020 when 20 individuals were killed. The four-day reporting period began Friday, May 26 and ran through Monday, May 29.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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Pirates at DIII state meet: boys win 3200 relay title; Taber 4th in pole vault  

Posted by Staff on June 3, 2023 - 6:47am

By Cort Reynolds, photos by Marvin Foster

COLUMBUS--Several members of the Bluffton High School track and field teams competed on the first day of the Div. III state meet Friday at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Bluffton’s strong, experienced middle and long distance boys program from cross country and track represented itself well at the meet.

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June 6 event by Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area

Posted by Paula Scott on June 2, 2023 - 1:11pm

The Gardeners of the Bluffton Pandora Area will host a presentation at 6:00 p.m.on June 6 at the Bluffton Community Garden, 9900 S. Main St., Bluffton.

Free and open to the public, the program will feature Master Gardener Victoria Goddard and a discussion about why native plants are not only beneficial to pollinator insects and hummingbirds, but how to incorporate them into your existing flower beds, and landscape.

After the talk, guests may stick around and talk to other gardeners, and wander around the Community Garden Plots and Monarch Waystation.

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