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COVID-19 vaccine and how it will impact flu season

Part of BVHS "State of Our Organization" series • 2 p.m. today on Facebook live

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) will host a Facebook Live titled “Our Response to COVID-19,” a part of the “State of Our Organization” series, today  (Thursday, Oct. 8) from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

BVHS President and CEO Scott Malaney and Dr. William Kose, vice president of special projects, will discuss the COVID-19 situation, a COVID-19 vaccine and how it will impact flu season. The event will be streamed on the health system’s Facebook page:

facebook.com/BlanchardValleyHealthSystem/ 

Don’t (*blindly) trust trusts 

Consult trusted advisers before you take action

By Kathi Dunlap
Faith Investment Services

You open your mailbox and see a glossy invitation for a steak dinner, promising a short presentation on Wills or Trusts.  Promises like “Avoid probate with a Trust” or “Don’t let the nursing home get everything you’ve worked for” seem to make a lot of sense and who can pass up a free steak?!

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Bluffton Presbyterian holds chicken/pork chop dinner fundraiser

Drive-thru dinner Oct. 9; tickets on sale now

Bluffton Presbyterian Church will hold a drive-thru chicken/pork chop fundraiser from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9, behind the church in the municipal parking lot.

Tickets are $8 each with options for: half-chicken, baked potato, applesauce, roll, or pork chop in place of chicken.

All proceeds go to Deacons Aid Fund for local missions.

Order online at blufftonpc.org and click on the word "Give," on the giving page click on the green words "Click Here to Give," fill in quantity of choice, type Deacons Aid Fund, follow instructions, review, click Process. 

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United Way of Greater Lima announces strategic changes

The United Way of Greater Lima has served Allen County for over 100 years.

During that time, it has brought together the community each year to address the needs of our entire county and has invested millions into meeting those needs.

In an effort to continue to impact our community for years to come, the United Way announced today that it will make strategic changes to its internal operations.

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Melina Meza, October's Icon artist

Melina Meza, a Bluffton High School senior, is the October Icon's artist of the month.

She had taken several art classes including Art 1, Design 1,  and currently Photography, Mural and Art Seminar.

Here's what she says about art:
"I enjoy art because I have the liberties and freedoms to express my ideas and thoughts. There are so many ways to put together an art piece, and with different mediums, that it never becomes boring.

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Icon book review: John Grisham's Camino Winds

This is Grisham's 43rd novel, and continues his very earnest genre writing

Review by Robert McCool

Get blown away by the end of hurricane season.

John Grisham scores again.

In Camino Winds (Doubleday ISBN 978-385-5493-8) John Grisham sets his opening during Hurricane Leo, and a questionable death of one of Camino Island's writers.

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