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P-G boys basketball takes sectional vs. Wildcats

Posted by Staff on March 2, 2024 - 8:30am

By Matt M. Stutz

The #2-seed Pandora-Gilboa High School boys basketball team claimed the NW2 Sectional Championship on Friday, March 1.

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Sports
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Weekend Doctor: About bipolar disorder

Posted by Staff on March 2, 2024 - 6:00am

By John Aziz, MD
Psychiatry, Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio

Bipolar disorder is a chronic mood disorder that affects about 1% of the U.S. population. Although bipolar disorder is highly genetic, there is no specific mode of inheritance of the disorder from an affected parent to their children. That means if the father or the mother has bipolar disorder, the children might have a higher risk of having bipolar disorder, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that any of them will definitely have the disorder at some point in their lives.

As the name “bipolar” implies, there are two ends of the “pole”: the higher end and the lower end.

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Health Services
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No School Day Camps at Bluffton Family YMCA

Posted by Paula Scott on March 2, 2024 - 6:00am

Bluffton Family YMCA is offering day camps this spring on March 29, April 1, and April 8. Registration for all camps is due one week before their start date.

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Bluffton Family YMCA
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PHOTO Who can do a toe touch jump?

Posted by Paula Scott on March 1, 2024 - 10:08pm

Did they double dare you? The Bluffton Buccanner yearbook staff challenged athletes and teachers to do toe touch jumps in a Facebook video seen HERE. Thirteen teams and three teachers were great sports and took on the challenge.

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Letter: Thank you from Margaret Misch

Posted by Staff on March 1, 2024 - 9:26am

From Margaret Misch

Francis Paul Misch passed away 2/26/2024 at the age of 76 

We were married for 38 years. Bluffton, thank for your love, kindness, and support for the last two years where we have been living with my step daughter’s family.

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Letters
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Three new CASA volunteers sworn in

Posted by Staff on March 1, 2024 - 7:41am

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA®) of Allen and Putnam Counties, Ohio held a Volunteer Swearing-In Ceremony on Thursday, February 22 at the Allen County Juvenile Court. Three new CASA volunteers were sworn in as officers of the court by Allen County Juvenile Court Judge Todd Kohlrieser.    

CASA, a program  of Crime Victim Services, trains community volunteers to act as Guardians ad Litem for children who are in the juvenile court system due to dependency, neglect, or abuse.

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