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Judy Bloom-Miracle was a Bluffton school bus driver

Judith A. Bloom-Miracle, 75, of Findlay and formerly of Bluffton died Dec. 6, 2020, at her residence. 

Judy was born Aug. 4, 1945, in Columbus, Ohio, to the late Raymond and Cathryn (Barry) Minnig. On April 27, 1963, she married Richard Bloom and he preceded her in death on Dec. 1, 2010.  She later married Benjamin Miracle on April 20, 2013. and he survives.

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15 minutes with Brother Matthias

Former Bluffton resident and Trappist Monk at Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky

15 minutes with Brother Matthias, (Matt Meyer), brother of Tonya Meyer, director of the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center and son of Basil Meyer of Bluffton.

Where did you graduate from high school?
I attended school in the Northeastern Local school district and graduated in 1981. Our family moved to Bluffton in 1984 and my younger brother and sisters attended Bluffton schools.

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Bluffton Anthology now available in downtown stores

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A new book, “Bluffton Anthology – a creek runs through it,” with dozens of short essays about Bluffton, collected by Fred Steiner, is now on sale in several Bluffton  businesses:
• Roots by Strattons
• The Food Store
• The Black Lab
• Bluffton Senior Citizens Center
• Polished

“This collection brings together more than a dozen engaging writers whose own Bluffton experiences deserve retelling,” said Steiner.

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That Christmas feeling

The Black Lab Trading Co., 121 N. Main St., provides two holiday-decorated windows that evoke the Christmas feeling. These photos are part of the Icon's holiday sidewalk window shopping series of Main Street businesses. Two additional photo show the complete windows from Main Street.

Forgotten Bluffton: the post office mural

Depicts the first log cabin in Shannon • Painted by Sante Graziani

Have you ever stood in line for stamps at the Bluffton post office and wondered why there is a mural on the lobby’s north wall?

Who was the artist and what does the mural portray? And, who paid for the mural?

In 1935, the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts sponsored an artist juried contest to help find artists for federal jobs. The Section of Fine Arts was all a part of the Work Progress Administration, better known as the WPA.

The Bluffton post office mural artist’s name is Sante Graziani. He painted the mural in 1941. It is an oil on canvas painting.

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Approved: New Device for Nightmares

FDA approves Nightware for sleep problems linked to nightmares

This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.

(RxWiki News) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a device for sleep problems related to nightmares.

This device is called Nightware. The FDA approved it to temporarily reduce sleep disturbances tied to nightmares.

Nightware is approved for adults who are at least 22 years old and have been diagnosed with nightmare disorder or have nightmares related to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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