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Closing of Hilty Preschool & Child Care announced

Posted by Staff on January 4, 2024 - 6:00am

The Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio (MHCO) Board of Directors has announced that "after much thoughtful consideration, discussion, and prayer," it plans to close the Hilty Preschool and Child Care Center in Pandora, Ohio at the end of January 2024.

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Cole Bowers is BHS December 2023 student of the month

Posted by Staff on January 4, 2024 - 6:00am

The December student of the month at Bluffton High School is Cole Bowers, a senior with a 4.000 GPA. Cole is the son of John and Amanda Bowers of Bluffton.

Cole is very active at school, participating in drama club, choir (symphonic, chamber and show choirs), band (concert, marching and jazz bands), string orchestra, Academic Team, National Honor Society, the Four Guys and a Gal quartet and the BHS Gaming club.

He received multiple awards in Esports for: Smash Bros. MVP 2023, Smash Bros. Playmaker 2022, Valorant Most Improved in 2023 and Smash Bros. Coaches choice in 2022.

Cole is also a member of the Boy Scouts of America Troop #256 where he received an Eagle Scout award. 

He currently takes CCP courses through Rhodes State College for Algebra and Trigonometry and at Findlay University he is in College Writing (via Bluffton High School),  General Psychology, and Healthcare Ethics. 

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People
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GRAPHIC December 2023 Bluffton EMS calls for service

Posted by Paula Scott on January 4, 2024 - 6:00am

Jan Basinger, Chief of Bluffton Emergency Medical Services, has reported the following call for service statistics for December 2023: 31 Medical, 9 Transports, 10 Fire Calls, 1 Mutual Aid; 51 total calls for services. 2023 totals: 782 calls and 525 patients transported.

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Peggy Ann Ruggley worked at Marbeck Center

Posted by Staff on January 3, 2024 - 6:00pm

Peggy Ann Ruggley, 74, passed away December 31, 2023 at the Meadows of Delphos. Peggy was born May 13, 1949 in Bluffton to the late Harold and Mildred (Grismore) Ruggley.  

Peggy was a graduate of Bluffton High School and worked at Marbeck Center in the food service department at Bluffton College for many years. She enjoyed gardening and needlework.

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Obituaries
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Blanchard Valley Health System facility acquires new MRI

Posted by Staff on January 3, 2024 - 2:25pm

EasternWoods Outpatient Center, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, has acquired a new Siemens Sola 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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New Year's holiday crash fatalities report

Posted by Staff on January 3, 2024 - 7:58am

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting six fatal crashes resulting in seven fatalities on Ohio’s roadways during the 2023-2024 New Year’s holiday according to provisional statistics. Of the seven fatalities, five of those killed were not wearing an available safety belt.

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Police/Fire/EMS
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