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What is anxiety disorder?

Someone with anxiety has intense feelings of fear and distress preventing them from being able to do everyday tasks

By Amelia Alexander
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness. You have probably heard of anxiety or know somebody that has anxiety. Everyone feels anxious, especially during stressful situations, but what is the distinction between having anxiety and not having anxiety?  

Somebody with anxiety has intense feelings of fear and distress preventing them from being able to do everyday tasks. People without anxiety only feel this way when they are in a particularly stressful situation.  

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Free mobile clinic at library Friday AM

Service provided by ONU HealthWise Pharmacy

Ohio Northern University’s Healthwise free mobile clinic returns to the Bluffton Public Library from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday. The mobile clinic will also return here on Friday,  March 26, at the same time.

All services are provided by staff members with the Ohio Northern University Healthwise program. The Mobile Health Clinic bus is usually parked in front of the library on Main Street during visits.

University basketball seasons end

Women's and men's teams lose in close tournament matches

Bluffton University’s men’s and women’s basketball season ended in squeakers last night. Game recaps follow:

Women’s game
The Bluffton University women's basketball team put their season on the line as they hosted the Anderson University Ravens in the quarter-final round of the HCAC postseason tournament on Wednesday, March 3.

Committee called to order

After wintering anywhere from Louisiana to Central America, Bluffton turkey vultures returned right on time this year on March 3. This group – we counted 26 birds – is called a committee, when roosting in trees. This committee stayed overnight in the Little Riley Creek woods  between Campus Drive and the old college baseball diamond. When circling in the air stream above Bluffton, they are called a kettle.

Jacob and Barbara Wahli Moser

Our Swiss connection - part 16 • Special focus on Rev. John and Anna Lehmann Moser

This is the 16th installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.
This column features the Jacob and Barbara Wahli Moser family, with a special emphasis on one of their sons, who became Rev. John Moser.

Jacob Moser was born Nov. 24, 1793, in Rudersvil, Switzerland, to Peter and Barbara Ramseyer Moser. He married Barbara Wahli born Aug. 31, 1802, in Bolligen, Switzerland, on March 6, 1819, in Bevillard, Canton Bern, Switzerland.

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So, you think you know Bluffton? The answer

So, you think you know Bluffton? The answer is the sign on Bluffton Family Recreation.

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