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Joke Fest theme of next Senior Center meeting on March 9

Bring your favorite joke to share
Posted by LizGH on March 1, 2020 - 2:00pm

Bluffton Senior Citizens Center is holding a Joke Fest as the program for their monthly meeting at noon, Monday, March 9. Bring your favorite joke to share, laugh at everyone else's jokes, and finish with a video of American humorist Jeanne Robertson.

The centre will provide shredded chicken sandwiches for the potluck meal, but  bring a side dish and your own table service to share in the meal.

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Regional news
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Flu activity is high across the US

Posted by LizGH on March 1, 2020 - 6:00am

Note: this article is provided by Ohio Northern University's HealthWise Pharmacy.
Across the United States, flu activity is high. And it's expected to continue for weeks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that flu activity remains high in the U.S. The agency estimated that there had so far been at least 26 million flu illnesses, resulting in 250,000 hospitalizations and 14,000 deaths, this season.

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Health Services
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Weekend doctor: Seeing a psychiatrist

Posted by LizGH on February 29, 2020 - 6:00am

By Christian Steiner, MD
Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio
“Who sees a psychiatrist anyway?” This is a common question I have been asked by many different people outside of my office. Many times, this question is brought up to me in social situations where the topic of mental health arises in passing. I often forget that psychiatry has a stigma as every day I encounter people from all walks of life who are seeking professional help for an array of different issues.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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Blowing out the candles on the 29th

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2020 - 5:24pm

Evan Frideger is one of two Bluffton students born on Feb. 29. Evan, a second grader, and Reagan Mittendorf, a BHS sophomore, talk about their leap year birthdays in a story on the home page. Click here to read that story.

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They will blow out birthday candles on Feb. 29

Reagan Mittendorf, BHS sophomore, and Evan Frideger, second grader
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2020 - 5:09pm

Happy leap year. The Icon talked with two Bluffton school students, Reagan Mittendorf, a Bluffton HS sophomore, and Evan Frideger, a second grader, who celebrate Feb. 29 birthdays. Those interviews follow:

Reagan
• Click here to read her 2016 interview
Reagan Mittendorf will blow out either 4 or 16 candles on her birthday tomorrow.

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People
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Five Bluffton HS artists have works in Kewpee Exhibit

Nickolas Markowski • Danielle Novak • Sophie Bricker • Seth Gladwell • Kaitlyn Montgomery
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2020 - 1:41pm

Five Bluffton High School artists had works accepted in this winter’s Kewpee High School Invitational Exhibit. Two were award-winners in the show, which closes on Friday at ArtSpace/Lima, according to Vickie Garmon, high school art teacher.

Bluffton award winners follow:
• 3rd place painting awards, Danielle Novak, “Untitled
• 3rd place drawing awards, Nickolas Markowski, “Broken God”

Three other Bluffton art students had works accepted into the show. They are Seth Gladwell, Sophie Bricker and Kaitlyn Montgomery.

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