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Pirate volleyball edged by O-G in 5-set district epic

Posted by Staff on October 25, 2024 - 7:50am

By Cort Reynolds

MILLER CITY – The Bluffton High School volleyball team lost a five-set thriller to Ottawa-Glandorf in Northwest 2 Div. V district final tournament play on Thursday, October 24, at Miller City to end their strong season in heartbreaking fashion.

The top-seeded Pirates won two of the first three sets to seize the lead, but were not quite able to close O-G out.

The Titan girls rallied to win 23-25, 25-23, 12-25, 25-22, 15-10 and snap Bluffton’s seven-match win streak.

The loss ended the Pirate season with a fine record of 20-4.

Second-seeded Ottawa-Glandorf improved to 18-7 after the comeback to win their first district crown since 2020. The Western Buckeye League champs went 9-0 in league play, but only 9-7 in non-league action. ▶︎

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Pirate girls soccer falls to Columbus Grove in district final

Posted by Staff on October 25, 2024 - 7:46am

By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School girls soccer team lost 4-2 to Northwest Conference rival Columbus Grove on a pair of late goals in Div. V district final action at Steinmetz Field on Thursday, October 24.  

Grove senior ace Lauryn Auchmuty netted three second-half goals, including two in the 73rd minute, to break a 2-2 tie and lead the Bulldogs to the victory.

Bluffton beat top-seeded Riverdale 3-0 in the semis Tuesday after losing to the Falcons in the last two district finals. The Pirates hoped to continue their revenge tour Thursday by avenging their late September loss at CG which cost them the league title, but Auchmuty and Grove intervened.

The Pirates end their season with a 12-6-1 record after the defeat. It was the third year in a row they advanced to the district finals but lost at home. ▶︎

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The Road Not Taken: Do OTC supplements help lower cholesterol?

Posted by Staff on October 24, 2024 - 8:21am

By Alli Meinert, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

Robert Frost’s 20-line narrative poem The Road Not Taken was published in the August 1915 issue of Atlantic Monthly. He released a collection of his poetry in 1916 titled Mountain Interval. In the poem, there are two equal paths covered in leaves and one must decide their path.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has two paths for approving an over the counter (OTC) supplement. Is there a difference? ▶︎

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Health Services
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Manford ‘Manny’ E. Robinson, Jr. was an entrepreneur

Posted by Staff on October 24, 2024 - 6:00am

Manford ‘Manny’ E. Robinson, Jr., 96, of Granger, IN and formerly of Bluffton, Ohio passed away on October 19, 2024 at Village of Arbor Wood in Granger. He was born in Marshall, IL to the late Manford E. and Sadie Jane (Darkis) Robinson. He attended school at Terre Haute, Indiana. Went from Terre Haute, Indiana to South Bend, Indiana. In Jan. 1949 he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He married Alice Hittle on October 2, 1949.

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Pandora- Gilboa Schools crown homecoming king and queen

Posted by Paula Scott on October 24, 2024 - 6:00am

P--G Homecoming king and queen, Andrew Miller and Luciana Hovest

On Friday, October 18, the Pandora-Gilboa schools crowned Andrew Miller and Luciana Hovest as 2024 Homecoming King and Queen. The homecoming court is pictured below.

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Regional news
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Summary of October 2024 Bluffton School Board meeting

Posted by Staff on October 24, 2024 - 6:00am

Olympian Bassitt visits students, emergency repair made on boiler

By Betsi Werling

The October 21 meeting of the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board of Education followed the attached agenda.

PERSONNEL
After close to 15 years of driving for the district, Jay Stratton will retire as a school bus driver. With this change, Dan Lee will take over Stratton’s route. 

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Public Meetings
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