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Bluffton Elementary Honor Roll for the 3rd quarter of 2023-2024

Bluffton Elementary has issued the following 3rd Quarter Honor Roll for the 2023-2024 academic year.

ALL A Honor Roll

4th Grade: Abel Diffin, Isla Gordon-Hancock, Julia Knowlton, Makenna Lieb, Josephine Myers

5th Grade: Morgan Basinger, Natalie Basinger, Rose Burkholder, Emily Byers, Quinn Cupples, William Dailey, Claire Dukes, Kendall Emans, Malia Fought, Elijah Fry, Jonathan Gallant, Grant Gesler, Megan Goldsberry, Lydia Gratz, Gabriella Gremling, Gabriella Holmes, Henrietta Kaiser, Kinley Kill, Milena King, Zachary Lehmkuhle, Julianna Lewis, Averie Marquart, Mikah Miller, Kayla Mueller, Sage Music, Simon Phillips, Samuel Rinaldi, Bryce Sehlhorst, McKenna Stoner, Caroline Stratton, Cooper Tuttle, Isabella Whitta, Ellia Zink

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Whoop-de-do: Updated Vaccine Information

By Karen L. Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team

As I was grocery shopping this week, an announcement came overhead about the new updated guidelines for the COVID-19 vaccines. After the announcement, a lady in the same aisle rolled her eyes and said, with obvious disdain, “Whoop-de-do.” 

I refrained from going into a pharmacist educational mode in the dairy aisle, but I wondered if she really understood what she was whoop-de-doing about.

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FNB Home ownership event on April 25

This month First National Bank of Pandora is hosting an event for first-time home buyers and realtors, Your Path to Homeownership-Unlocking the Doors to Your First Home.

WHEN: Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: Bluffton Town Hall, 154 North Main Street – 3rd Floor.

The program will provide tips on purchasing a home and about potential roadblocks that may hinder the process. Snacks and drinks will be provided. It is designed for anyone looking to learn more about purchasing a home or realtors looking for information for prospective homebuyers.

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Climate activism was topic of Keeney Peace Lecture  

In 1961, humanity was consuming 74 percent of earth’s biocapacity. By 2012, the number had risen to 156 percent. During the annual Keeney Peace Lecture at Bluffton University, Sarah Augustine discussed how overconsumption has brought us to the brink of global disaster while inviting a consideration of indigenous wisdom as the path toward faithful ecological solutions instead of the dominant economic and cultural systems responsible for the current crisis. 

GRAPHIC Bluffton EMS report for March 2024

EMS Chief Jan Basinger reports that the squad had 75 calls in March, which included 59 medical calls, 6 no emergency transports, 7 fire calls, and 3 mutual aid calls. That included transportation of 51 patients. So far in 2024, the have been 213 calls for EMS service.

Information sought on missing person from McGuffey, Michael Bolen

Announcement issued 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 3.

The Hardin County Sheriff's Office is actively seeking to determine the whereabouts of Michael Bolen age 66, of 304 Hunsicker St., McGuffey.  Mr Bolen was reported missing on Sunday evening by a family member who stated that Mr. Bolen was last heard from on Friday March 29. 

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