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Bassitt advances to finals at Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships

Posted by Staff on June 26, 2022 - 7:53am

Bluffton High School grad Trevor Bassitt advances to the June 26 finals in the 400m hurdles at the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, running a time of 48.38 seconds.

Bassitt will run at 4:14 p.m. on Sunday, June 26 on NBC. The top three finishers at this event will run at the World Outdoor Championships in July in Eugene, Oregon.

 

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Sports
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Myers receives grant to study neutrons

Posted by Staff on June 26, 2022 - 6:58am

Dr. Luke Myers, associate professor of physics at Bluffton University, will expand on his Ph.D. work involving the use of intense light rays to study neutrons.

Select faculty receive a Bluffton University Research Center grants, which provide $2,000 and up to $300 for research-related expenses.

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Bluffton University
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BFR day camp theme: Spread kindness

Posted by Staff on June 26, 2022 - 6:55am

Day campers at Bluffton Family Recreation will spend the week of Jun 27-July 1 spreading kindness: they will learn how to make friendship bracelets, service projects, community trash clean up, positive self talk, and many more activities. The theme is called "Kindness makes the world go round!"

Bluffton Family Recreation • 215 Snider Road • 419-358-4150

Monday - Friday
5:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

 

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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Book Review: Aurora, when the lights went out

Posted by Staff on June 26, 2022 - 5:34am

By Robert McCool

When a monster solar coronal mass ejection (CME) strikes the Earth it destroys all of the power grids in the world, leaving our Earth in the literal dark as the electricity disappears worldwide. This is what  occurs in David Koepp's second book titled Aurora (ISBN 978-0-06-291647-1). Koepp is the screenwriter of many popular movies, including the first two Jurassic Park releases, Mission: Impossible, and War of the Worlds,  plus many more, some of which he also directed.

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Columnists
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1893 Chicago World's Fair drew from far and near

Posted by Staff on June 26, 2022 - 5:20am

By Fred Steiner

In 1893 the village of Bluffton (population under 1,700) had no running water, no electric plant, no telephones, no rural mail delivery, and Central Mennonite College (Bluffton University) did not yet exist.

Despite this, it is reported that 109 residents of Bluffton traveled to the 1893 Columbian Exposition, known as the World’s Fair in Chicago. The actual number may have been higher.

For the record, from Beaverdam there were 16 attendees, Rockport 28, Pandora 7, and Mt. Cory 10.

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Historical Bluffton
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Mental Health & Recovery Services Board provides LBGTQ+ resources and information

Posted by Staff on June 26, 2022 - 5:18am

The Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties has resources for the LGBTQ+ community and information for those who would like to better understand and use the correct terms to support LBGTQ+ mental health.

In a recent email newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/eff7efa15cdf/lgbtqmentalhealth2022?e=a23966d2e4

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Regional news
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