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Cars & Coffee wraps up season on Saturday

Posted by Staff on October 26, 2023 - 8:41am

Bluffton Cars & Coffee--an informal gathering for enthusiasts and their cars--invites all for their 2023 season finale, the last car show of the year (flyer).

Saturday October 28 from 8:00-11:00 a.m.
902 N Main St, Bluffton (Masterpiece Signs & Graphics)

  • Coffee, donuts, and more from Twisted Whisk Cafe
  • Door prizes from our generous local businesses
  • 50/50 drawing

All makes of autos and bikes are welcome. The event is free and there is something for everyone.

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Events
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Tonight's the night for tricks and treats, October 26

Posted by Staff on October 26, 2023 - 7:46am

Village of Bluffton Trick or Treat will be on Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Bluffton University students will also be participating in a "Trick or Can" drive benefitting the Bluffton food pantry.

Village Trick-or-Treat tips for homeowwners: 

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Ohio sheep producers visit Michigan

Posted by Staff on October 26, 2023 - 7:31am

By Mark Badertscher
OSU Extension Educator, Hardin County

Fourteen Ohio sheep producers, industry representatives, and an OSU Extension Educator visited five different Michigan Lamb Marketing and Dry Lot/Confinement Sheep Operations the weekend of Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1, 2023. This year’s tour was jointly sponsored by the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association and Hardin County OSU Extension. In addition to enjoying the fall color of the trees, producers were able to ask questions of the operators and see these farms as part of this tour in the state of Michigan. Topics included facilities, production, management, and marketing of lamb.

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Business
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Head Out on the Highway: Driving and medications

Posted by Staff on October 26, 2023 - 6:00am

Zachary Lenz, student pharmacist
With Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team

In 1967, Steppenwolf wrote their hit Born to Be Wild. The song begins by telling listeners to “Get your motor runnin’/Head out on the highway/Lookin' for adventure” and we have an image in our head; cruising down an open road in our dream car, radio playing our favorite tune and feeling the freedom of adventure. We even go back to the excitement of passing our driving test, obtaining that coveted driver’s license and gaining the independence of exploration. For some of us, it opens a conversation if it is safer to leave the car in the garage and take a ride in the passenger seat due to the use of some medications.

In September, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released a study focusing on medications that alter road test performances among healthy older adults with good cognitive function. Based on previous literature, older adults are at a greater risk of being involved in an automotive accident compared to middle-aged adults. There could be multiple factors contributing to this claim, including being frail and having more cognitive impairment.

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Health Services
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Recap of October 2023 Bluffton School Board meeting

Posted by Paula Scott on October 26, 2023 - 6:00am

By Paula Scott

On Monday, October 23, the Bluffton Board of Education meeting included visitors who addressed the board and an agenda that included approving coaching and advising contracts, recognising donations, and a tax levy renewal resolution.

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Public Meetings
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Martha Ellen Lemley was a Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary president

Posted by Staff on October 25, 2023 - 11:37am

Martha "Marty" Ellen Lemley, 79, passed away October 24, 2023 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Marty was born July 4, 1944 in Leipsic to the late Manford and Imo (Kagy) Varner. On November 13, 1971 she married James Lemley who survives.

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Obituaries
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