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Bluffton EMS in September 2023 by the numbers

Bluffton EMS Chief Jan Basinger has reported the following calls for service statistics for September 2023: 78  Total Calls For Service / 47 Medical / 12 Hospital to Hospital Transports / 8 Fire Calls / 6 Mutual Aid Calls / 5 Special Events / 56 patients transported. So far in 2023, there have been a total of 584 Total calls for service.

 

Letter: Vaccination reminder

Letter from William Kose, MD, JD, Vice President of Special Projects, Blanchard Valley Health System

As the days get shorter and cooler, community members should be aware that multiple infectious diseases will be more prevalent, including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). If you are someone who always gets vaccinated, here’s a reminder that this is the time of year to do so. And, if you aren’t, now could be a great time to start.

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Bluffton man sentenced for rape

On October 2 The Findlay Courier reported that a Bluffton man has been sentenced in Hancock County Common Pleas Court to 16-18 years in prison for rape and sexual assaults of a child.

The man, Jeffery A. Ludwig, 66, of 451 County Road 33, Bluffton, pleaded guilty to the offenses, which occurred between 2010 and 2015, involving a victim less than ten years old.

The offenses occurred between August 2010 and November 2015. Ludwig is now classified as a Tier III sex offender.

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Cell phone emergency message test on October 4

A Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) test will take place at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4.

FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide test of both Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System. The WEA test alert will be sent to mobile phones nationwide.

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Haunted Hike is a C-R High School-Kaleidoscope Farms collaboration

MT. CORY__Kaleidoscope Farms is partnering with the music department at Cory-Rawson High School for a first-ever haunted trail hike on Oct. 20 and 21 from 6-10 p.m. Students will provide their acting skills as the “ghosts” haunting a couple miles of wooded, spooky trails on the farm, with a portion of the proceeds going to fund the Cory-Rawson Music Boosters.

Visitors will have to find clues along the trails to solve a (fictional) century-old murder with origins in the Clymer Cemetery just down the road from the farm. They’ll have to hike the trails and find the ghosts to determine which natural poison growing on the farm was used to commit the crime and solve the Mystery of Clymers Passed.

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Certified Crop Advisor CEU Credits Available

The Ohio State University Extension Agronomic Crops Team has developed an online, self-paced course for Certified Crop Advisors to earn CEU credits.

The course is designed as a series of eight video, each with a five-question quiz. Up to four CEU credits can be earned upon successful completion of all eight modules and quizzes with a passing score.

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