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Bluffton Post 382 celebrates 100th anniversary of National American Legion

Ohio Legion commander is dinner speaker on March 16
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2019 - 4:17pm

Bluffton American Legion Post 382 will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National American Legion, with a gathering and dinner on Saturday, March 16.

Robert “Bob” Schmitt, Department Commander Ohio American Legion is the speaker.

 Bluffton's World War I veterans applied to the American Legion in 1919 and received their charter on March 20, 1920. 

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Big 75 - this year's number 1 trout

In honor of Bluffton Sportsmen's Club 75th anniversary
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2019 - 3:30pm

The number one trout for this year's Trout Derby is named "Big 75" - not in reference to the nearby Interstate, but in honor of the 75th year of the Bluffton Sportmen Club's trout derby.

This year's derby is Sunday, May 5, at the Buckeye quarry.

Derby details
Trout number one is worth thousands in cash if caught during derby hours. The jackpot is built up with $5 donations to a 50/50 drawing.

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BWC drops painkiller Oxycontin from formulary

Safer alternative cited in agency’s latest move in opioid battle
Posted by Icon K on February 28, 2019 - 6:00am

The powerful painkiller Oxycontin, widely blamed for kickstarting the nation’s opioid crisis, will no longer be newly prescribed for injured workers in the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation’s system starting July 1.

Following a recommendation from BWC Chief Medical Officer Terry Welsh, the agency’s Board of Directors voted today to drop the drug from the BWC formulary and replace it with what Welsh calls “an equally effective but harder-to-abuse drug” named Xtampza ER.

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What's for lunch?

March's Bluffton school menu
Posted by LizGH on February 28, 2019 - 6:00am

The Bluffton school menu for March is now posted on the school website. CLICK HERE for the menu

 

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West Elm Street project starts Friday

Project slated for completion by mid-June
Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2019 - 3:39pm

Work on the West Elm Street improvement project begins on Friday, according to the village.

Hohenbrink Excavating is the project contractor. Some work was completed in the fall and the entire project is slated to be finished by mid-June.

The street may be closed during the day, but will be open after working hours.

The following notice went to property owners in the work project zone:

The Village of Bluffton understands it has been a long winter and the condition of West Elm Street continued to deteriorate, but the end is in sight.

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Will March come in like a lion or lamb?

Posted by Icon K on February 26, 2019 - 9:11pm

As February moves toward March we will await to see if the next month moves in like a lion or lamb. Here’s the daily high and low readings for the past seven days.

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