The Bluffton Athletic Boosters invite you to join them on Friday, March 15 at Southgate Lanes for a Ticket Pick Up Night. Try your luck at some games and raffles even if you don’t have a Reverse Raffle Ticket. "You can still come out and have some fun AND support the Bluffton Athletic Boosters!!"
By Grace Eberly, DO
Pediatrician, Caughman Health Center, Pediatric Associates of Northwest Ohio
It is a well-studied but often-forgotten phenomenon that each year during the winter months, up to 10 million Americans will experience symptoms of depression. As its name implies, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a mood disturbance thought to be caused by the effect of shorter days and decreasing amounts of sunlight on the brain.
BLUFFTON__The Bluffton High School boys basketball team led for the first three quarters, but got outscored 20-8 in the final period to lose 70-66 to Paulding in their non-conference regular season finale Friday, February 23.
Registration: Allen SWCD | 419-222-0846
Program & Credits: OSUE Hardin Co. | 419-674-2297
HARDIN COUNTY__The Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference (CTC) will be held in-person on March 12-13 at Ohio Northern University in Ada.
The first day of this year’s conference will feature Alex Harrell, Soybean Yield Champion from southwest Georgia with a yield of 206 bushels per acre. His presentation has been made possible by sponsor Brandt Professional Agriculture.
Shawn Conley, Extension Soybean Specialist, University of Wisconsin, will return and be paired with Alex Harrell and Laura Lindsey, OSU Extension, during the Agronomic Crop Management session after lunch, Tuesday. Shawn Conley is always one of the conference’s most popular speakers.
BLUFFTON__Sharpshooting Bluffton junior guard Marek Donaldson was voted first team All-District 8 for Divisions I-II-III by the district boys basketball coaches association recently.
On Wednesday, February 28, Pastor Samuel Johnson from Abiding Word Lutheran Church, Bowling Green, will be the guest pastor at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera.
James E. Johnson, 80, of Lakeview, passed away at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at Lakeland Good Sheperd Hospice, in Lakeland, Florida. He was born June 6, 1943, in Bluffton Ohio, to the late Ruth Hartman.
Richard ‘Dick’ Ray Warren went to his heavenly home on Friday, February 9, 2024 from his residence in Punta Gorda, Fl. He was born in Anderson, Indiana on September 5, 1934 to Westley and Elizabeth (Parks) Warren. Dick was the youngest of eight siblings. All have preceded him in death.
By Megan Gushrowski, Pharmacist and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team
Due to COVID-19, Elton John suspended his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in 2020. During the pandemic, he formed collaborations with other artists including Dua Lipa. They did an upbeat remix titled Cold Heart, which hit number 1 in 12 countries.
Elizabeth Ann Raid, 79, of Newton, Kansas passed away on February 21, 2024, in her home. She was born on June 19, 1944, in central Missouri to Howard and Pauline Krehbiel Raid.
