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August 1947: A sound foreign to Bluffton’s ears

Posted by Staff on September 10, 2023 - 6:00am

The first-ever diesel locomotive passed through town on a test run

By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Remember seeing your first-ever electric-driven vehicle in Bluffton? Compare that to the following image: It passed through Bluffton in an unusual color scheme (reddish-orange) blasting a very foreign sound (a “hoarse” whistle).

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Historical Bluffton
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Weekend Doctor: Annual OBGYN exams

Posted by Staff on September 10, 2023 - 6:00am

By George Abate, DO
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Blanchard Valley Obstetrics & Gynecology

A woman’s annual exam with her OBGYN remains vitally important.

As Pap smear guidelines have changed, women assume they don’t need to see their OB/GYN every year. But, your preventive visit is about much more than periodically screening for cervical cancer with a Pap smear.

Below are just a few of the benefits of seeing your OBGYN each year:

Counseling you about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and minimizing health risks. Experts agree there is substantial individual and system-wide cost-savings in prevention. Nutrition and fitness remain the foundation of weight management, prevention of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.

Screening for sexually transmitted disease (STD) which can lead to sterility or life-long pelvic pain.

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Health Services
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ODOT road construction update for Sept 11

Posted by Staff on September 10, 2023 - 6:00am

Highway construction updates for parts of Allen, Hancock and Putnam counties (weather permitting):

ALLEN

  • U.S. 30 westbound between State Route 65 and State Route 696 will have lane closures for pavement repairs.

HANCOCK

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Regional news
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Jack L. Steiner worked for the Lima Ford Engine Plant

Posted by Staff on September 9, 2023 - 12:31pm

UPDATED September 9, 2023.

BEAVERDAM--Jack L. Steiner, 76, passed away September 7, 2023 at his residence.  Jack was born November 22, 1946 in Bluffton to the late Harold and Lucille (Shafer) Steiner.  On April 21, 1979 he married Angela Hartman Steiner and she survives.

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Obituaries
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September 5 field reports from Ohio Division of Wildlife 

Posted by Staff on September 9, 2023 - 6:00am

Northwest Ohio – Wildlife District Two 
Newcomers to Lake Erie walleye fishing from southern Ohio were contacted by State Wildlife Officer Brian Baker, assigned to Lake Erie, at the Huron boat ramp. The group was checked for license and bag limit compliance and found to have caught three walleye on a day when most anglers returned with their limit of six. Officer Baker shared locations and depths where fish were being caught with the anglers and provided data from the Precision Trolling App so the crankbaits the anglers were using would reach the depths where most walleye were being caught. The anglers were grateful for the officer’s help and were excited to get back on the water to put the information to use.

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Regional news
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Judge Rodabaugh to speak on Constitutional limits

Posted by Staff on September 9, 2023 - 6:00am
  • 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 19

Judge David A. Rodabaugh, Lima Municipal Court, will present the Forum “Constitutional Limits on State and Federal Governments Regarding the Rights of Private Citizens,” at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

During this Forum, Rodabaugh will examine recent Supreme Court decisions concerning federal and state restrictions of free speech, property rights and religious liberty.

This presentation also serves as Bluffton’s Constitution Day Forum. All educational institutions which receive federal funds are required to offer an instructional program each year on or near Sept. 17, the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787.

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Bluffton University
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