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Smart technology or smart parenting?

Posted by LizGH on March 4, 2020 - 2:00pm

By Liz Gordon-Hancock
How much “screen time” should parents allow?
When do you give your child their own cell phone?
Do you allow cell phones at the dinner table?

We all rely on technology: we’re more likely to leave the house without our wallet than our cell phone. We take it for granted that we can, at a glance, know the exact time, the weather, traffic, or who’s texted, emailed, phoned or posted on Facebook, and so on, simply by glancing at our smart phone.

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Summer Discovery Grant presentation March 10

Posted by Icon K on March 4, 2020 - 6:00am

Rowena Zuercher ’20, a social work and Spanish double major from Apple Creek, Ohio, will share about her Summer Discovery Grant internship experience at Lighthouse Ministries in Canton, Ohio, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 10, in Musselman Library’s Reading Room.

During her presentation, Zuercher will explore the ethics of social work across the life cycle. She will describe social work as a profession, including its history and code of ethics, and then relate this to her summer internship, as well as her current social work internship.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton schools at 5 cancellation days

3 out 5 occurred in February
Posted by LizGH on March 4, 2020 - 6:00am

Parents don't need reminded that Bluffton schools cancelled three out of four Thursdays in February. That makes a current total of five calamity days thus far for this school year.

One more cancellation and Bluffton schools will have a make-up day on Thursday, April 9. Further cancellations will tack on additional school days at the end of May, according to Teresa Marquart, Bluffton Elementary school secretary.  

February skies dumped a total of 11.2 inches of snow throughout the month, with 4.2 inches falling in one day, on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

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Quarry Farm hope to provide public hiking trails for Putnam County

Posted by LizGH on March 4, 2020 - 6:00am

The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm hope to provide public hiking trails for Putnam County, according to their spring newsletter.

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Justin Kauffman HCAC male field athlete of the week

Posted by LizGH on March 4, 2020 - 6:00am

Senior Justin Kauffman (Smithville) cleared 4.40 meters in the pole vault at the Fred Wilt Invitational, taking top honors on Saturday, Feb. 29. For his efforts, Kauffman was named the Heartland Conference Male Field Athlete of the Week. 

Bluffton will compete at Ohio Northern for the Polar Bear Final Qualifier on Friday and Saturday, March 6-7, as a handful of Beavers are working to qualify for the NCAA Division III Indoor Nationals at Winston-Salem, NC, starting Friday, March 13.

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Bluffton University
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Bluffton second at wrestling sectionals

Tayton Kleman, Kaden Basil win titles as 5 advance to district meet
Posted by Fred Steiner on March 3, 2020 - 3:59pm

By Cort Reynolds
VAN BUREN - The Bluffton wrestling team finished a strong second out of 13 teams at the Van Buren Div. III sectional meet Friday and Saturday.
 
Carey won the tournament with 178.5 points while the Pirates tied with Elmwood for second, scoring 146 points. They nosed out host VB in fourth with 145 points.

A top-four finish at sectionals qualifies any wrestler to the district event in Napoleon March 6-7. 

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