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Bluffton letter carriers ask you to help stamp out hunger on May 14

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2016 - 9:07pm

Letter carriers in Bluffton and Beaverdam will participate in the Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 14.

The nationwide food drive is the largest one day food collection in the country, filling food pantries and food banks.

It is easy to help and participate. Just collect and bag non-perishable food items or paper products and or toiletries and place by your mailbox (early Saturday morning) or bring them to the Bluffton post office.

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Teen immunization clinic May 11 at health department

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2016 - 9:02pm

Allen County Public Health will hold a Teen Immunization Clinic for students entering grades seven and 12th.

This will be held at Allen County Public Health on Wednesday, May 11, from 2 until 5  p.m.  Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins will be accommodated.  To schedule an appointment for the clinic, call Allen County Public Health at 419-228-4457.

Incoming 7th graders for the 2016-17 school year are required to have a Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccination prior to the start of the school year. 

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Deborah Bish wins Lions Club shopping spree

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2016 - 8:53pm

Deborah Bish from Ada, shown with the Bluffton Community Market manager, Mike Love, was the Shopping Spree winner at the Market on May 7. 

The Bluffton Lions Club sponsored the shopping spree as a way to gain proceeds for their scholarship program.  Winnings from this spree and other projects conducted by the Lions Club make it able to again give six scholarships for seniors in the area schools of Bluffton, Pandora-Gilboa and Cory-Rawson. 

These scholarship winners will be announced at the school’s annual awards session this week.

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Transy takes series opener 5-4 over Beavers

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 6, 2016 - 10:20pm

May 6, 2016

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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Bluffton University baseball team knotted the score at 4-4 with three runs in the top of the eighth, but Transylvania took the series opener with a walkoff sacrifice fly to center an inning later for a 5-4 victory on a beautiful Friday, May 6, 2016. Transylvania upped its mark to 20-16 overall and 16-8 in the Heartland Conference, while Bluffton fell to 15-23 and 8-17 in the HCAC.

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Bluffton University
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Retiring chamber director's talk: How to succeed in Bluffton by really trying

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2016 - 9:04pm

“How to succeed in Bluffton by really trying,” is a presentation that Fred Steiner, retiring director of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, will give during the Friday, May 13, chamber breakfast.

The breakfast, open to the public, is in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall. The Dough Hook will cater the breakfast. Breakfast is served from 7 to 7:30 a.m. The program is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

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Reese and Gonzalez earn First Team All-HCAC

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2016 - 7:03pm

May 5, 2016

BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University track and field team hosted the 2016 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships last weekend and Coach Brandt's efforts culminated in a highly successful showing for the Beavers. The campus and community came together in force and staged a once-a-decade meet while making it look like a weekly occurrence at the Sears Complex!

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