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First BHS women to become physicians, take two

Posted by Staff on February 18, 2024 - 6:00am

CORRECTION Missing link at story's end has been added.

By Fred Steiner, Icon founder
www.BlufftonForever.com

Dr. Rosella Louise Biederman Boehm, M.D.
Born: March 12, 1897, Died: Nov. 8, 1955
Bluffton High School class of 1914
Bluffton College class of 1919

Declaring Dr. Mary Alice Howe Thomas as the first female Bluffton High School graduate to become a physician proves that nothing is ever certain.

Last week we stated that Dr. Thomas, BHS 1940, holds this title. Soon after this story was posted, we discovered two earlier female physicians who lived in the Bluffton School district. They are: 

Rosella L. Biederman Boehm, (1897-1955), 1914 Bluffton High School graduate, who became a physician in 1925. 

Ida Eby, (1881-1960), who attended the Diller county school, part of the Bluffton system in Richland Township, who became a physician in 1919. We will focus on Ida in a later feature, as we continue to collect details about her medical career.

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Historical Bluffton
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Bluffton Middle School girls basketball is tops in NWC

Posted by Paula Scott on February 18, 2024 - 6:00am

By Paula Pyzik Scott

This year the Bluffton Middle School 8th grade girls basketball team had a perfect 19-0 season and is the 2023-2024 NWC conference champion. 

Coach Larry Hermiller told the Icon that the team's accomplishment is all the greater following an 11-8 season the prior year.

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Sports
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Pirate boys basketball corrals AE, clinches 2nd in NWC

Posted by Staff on February 17, 2024 - 6:23am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team convincingly defeated visiting backyard rival Allen East 69-47 in a Northwest Conference battle for second place Friday night, February 16.

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Sports
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PHOTO Garret Bogart signs with Defiance College as quarterback

Posted by Paula Scott on February 17, 2024 - 6:00am

On February 15, Bluffton High School quarterback Garret Bogart signed a letter of intent to play Quarterback at Defiance College. Bogart led the Pirates to a 12-2 record in Fall 2023. He is now Bluffton's all time record holder for pass completion percentage at 68.8% of his passes.

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Weekend Doctor: Spinal stenosis treatment

Posted by Staff on February 17, 2024 - 6:00am

By Andrius Giedraitis, MD
Blanchard Valley Pain Management

Spinal stenosis is a debilitating condition that affects many individuals, particularly as we age. Spinal stenosis involves the narrowing of spaces within the spine, causing compression onto the spinal cord and/or nerves coming from the spinal cord that go to muscles throughout your body. This narrowing can occur in most parts of the spine but is most common in the lower back (lumbar spine), where it can significantly impact a person's function and quality of life.

The spine consists of vertebrae (made of bone) stacked upon one another. These vertebrae have a hollow space that holds and protects the spinal cord and nerve roots called the spinal canal. In spinal stenosis, the open spaces between the vertebrae within the spine narrow, placing pressure on the spinal cord and nerves. 

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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“Journey of an Afrofuturist” featured at English Festival Forum

Posted by Staff on February 17, 2024 - 6:00am

Maurice Broaddus, a writer, community organizer and teacher, will share, “Journey of an Afrofuturist,” during Bluffton’s English Festival Forum at 11 a.m. on Feb. 27 in Yoder Recital Hall.

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Bluffton University
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