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Wesley Richard was a former Bluffton University faculty member

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 9, 2020 - 1:48pm

Former Bluffton resident, Wesley D. Richard, 80, of Goshen, Indiana, died from a second brain bleed Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at Elkhart General Hospital.

He was born in 1939 in Washington County, Iowa, to Glen and Margaret (Wenger) Richard and grew up near Wayland, Iowa. His parents preceded him in death.

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Obituaries
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Soybean dust

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 9, 2020 - 1:45pm

It's soybean harvest season outside of Bluffton. Here's a harvest scene along Columbus Grove Road. This can only mean that corn harvest will follow shortly.

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Life Flight helicopters will stock and carry blood on board

Bluffton Airport one of four airbases maintained in the program
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 9, 2020 - 1:35pm

The helicopters in the Mercy Health – Life Flight fleet, including those that use the Bluffton Airport, will now stock and carry blood on board helicopters to give patients in need of lifesaving transfusions.

Mercy Health has invested in storage facilities at each of the four Life Flight locations to house and maintain blood right at the base. This new approach means that our flight crews will bring blood on every patient transport.

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Regional news
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Rev. Katherine Beckett named interim pastor at St. John's UCC

Pastoral leadership is her second career after being a probate court paralegal
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 9, 2020 - 12:06pm

Rev. Katherine Beckett joined the St. John’s United Church of Christ as its interim pastor in September.

This is her second career, after being a probate court paralegal. Rev. Beckett holds a master’s of divinity degree and master of arts in counseling ministry from Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware.

“My ministry focus is in grief counseling,” she said. She has served as a hospital chaplain and was ordained in the ministry in 2010.

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Worship
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Pirate Lovett 12th at district golf meet

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 9, 2020 - 10:21am

By Cort Reynolds
BOWLING GREEN - Bluffton junior Kenny Lovett finished in a four-way tie for 12th place in the Div. III northwest district golf tournament Thursday at Stone Ridge Golf Club.

Lovett shot a 39-42=81 total over the 18-hole course to post a strong showing in the 109-player field and end his season. He finished just three shots off the pace for qualification to the state tournament.

Only the top four teams and top four individual scorers not on a qualifying team made it to the Div. III state event October 16-17.

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Sports
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Pirate girls win 10th straight; stop C-R 2-1

Laykin Garmatter scores twice for BHS
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 9, 2020 - 10:11am

Story by Cort Reynolds 
Photo by Marvin Foster
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton girls soccer team got off to a first half lead and made it stand up in a 2-1 win over local non-league rival Cory-Rawson Thursday night at Steinmetz Field.

Their 10th straight win lifted the Pirate girls record to 11-2-1 overall. C-R dropped to 7-7 with the defeat.

Laykin Garmatter scored both Bluffton goals. She found the back of the net the first time 10:30 into the fray. Garmatter tallied again at the 37:52 mark to give the hosts a 2-0 intermission edge.

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