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Coping with Winter Allergies

You can fight winter allergies with these 10 steps
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on February 6, 2021 - 6:00am

This story provided by Ohio Northern University HealthWise Pharmacy.

It's winter and, just like clockwork, you’re back sniffling again. But before you write off that stuffy nose as just another cold, you may want to consider that the culprit could actually be winter allergies.

Fortunately, there are steps you can take to tame your bothersome allergies.

What Are Winter Allergies?

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Health Services
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Pirate girls smother Mustangs

Bluffton plays at Miller City Saturday
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2021 - 5:31pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Homestanding Bluffton held local rival Allen East to 15 second-half points to win their annual Northwest Conference girls basketball battle 50-37 Thursday evening.

The Lady Pirates snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory. They outscored the Mustang girls 26-15 after intermission to prevail by 13 points.

The game was tied 10-10 after a tight first quarter of play. Bluffton inched into a 24-22 lead by halftime, then pulled ahead by eight with a 10-4 third stanza.

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Rick Davies was retired from Lima Ford Plant

A 1963 Bluffton HS graduate, his brother Morgan died on Jan. 28
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2021 - 3:56pm

Richard “Rick” M. Davies, 75, died after a brief illness on Feb. 4, 2021, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. He was born April 3, 1945, in Bluffton to the late Richard and Vernice (McElroy) Davies.

Rick was a 1963 graduate of Bluffton High School. He had worked at the Little Red Barn in Bluffton and retired from the Lima Ford Engine Plant.

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Obituaries
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About four hours ago I received the first of two covid-19 vaccinations

It was a Moderna O12M20A, in case you wondered, and here's how it all came together
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2021 - 3:43pm

By Fred Steiner
About 60 years ago, more or less, I received a polio vaccine delivered in a sugar cube.

This was administered twice, on different Sundays after church services, in the multi-purpose room of the Bluffton elementary school.

I recall walking from First Methodist Church to the school to stand in line for the vaccine. I can’t remember who gave me the sugar cubes.

And, about four hours ago, I received the first of two covid-19 vaccinations. Jane Agner, nurse at Bluffton Hospital, gave me the vaccine.

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Masked and proud of it

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2021 - 2:18pm

Once upon a time, "snowmen" smoked pipes, and wore climate-changing coal ornament. Not this year. Here's a modern Bluffton "snow person" in appropriate 2021 garb - wearing a mask.

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Update on Bluffton elementary events

Provided by Tim Closson, elementary princippal
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 5, 2021 - 9:18am

The following column is from the winter issue of the  Bluffton school newsletter, sent to community members in late January.

Bluffton Elementary Review
By Tim Closson, Elementary Principal
The first half of the 2020-2021 school year has gone very well, considering we are in a pandemic. 

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