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Free screening from ONU Healthwise Mobile clinic

Posted by LizGH on July 19, 2019 - 6:00am

Bluffton Public Library hosts the ONU Healthwise Mobile Health Clinic on Friday, July 26 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The clinic offers free screenings for blood pressure, osteoporosis, and blood sugar and cholesterol, but please note, you must fast from 12 hours to do blood sugar and cholesterol screenings.

The Mobile clinic bus will be parked outside the library.

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Bluffton Public Library
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"Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas"

Ebenezer Drama Ensemble production Aug. 9-10-11; tickets on sale Sunday
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2019 - 3:44pm

Kevin Gratz said he never gets the chance to produce a Christmas show at Christmas. So, he’s doing one in August.

 “Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas” billed as a funny, poignant collection of stories, songs, and vignettes by Robert Fulghum, is the biennial Dinner Theatre presented by the Ebenezer Drama Ensemble in the Crossroads Ministry Center, 8905 Columbus Grove Road, Bluffton.

Performances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9, 10, 11.

Tickets are $10 and include dinner at 6 p.m. and the show at 7 p.m. each evening.

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Events
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She brings life into the world

Laura Selvidio, nurse midwife, joins the staff of Blanchard Valley Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bluffton
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2019 - 3:27pm

“I enjoy bringing life into the world. It’s amazing,” Laura Selvidio, nurse midwife, says about her profession.

Earlier this month she became the second nurse midwife to join the staff of Blanchard Valley Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bluffton.

Selvidio, a certified nurse midwife (CNM), practiced in Georgia and Alaska since 2015 prior to coming to Bluffton. She joins another nurse midwife, Missy Moore, on the staff. Selvidio is in the Bluffton office four days each week.

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Blanchard Valley Health System
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I'll have a carrot, please

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2019 - 2:19pm

Autumn Steiner has a nice chat with some of the animals on exhibit at Tommy Tire's customer appreciation day. The event included several exotic animals plus free ice cream and a free lunch. (The animals like carrots.)

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Robert Millager was a former Bluffton pharmacist

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2019 - 2:02pm

Former Bluffton pharmacist Robert W. Millager, 84, died July 11, 2019, at The Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.

Bob was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 17, 1934, to the late Robert and Margaret (Gelhar) Millager. Bob married Beverly Pingle on Dec. 31, 1957, who survives him in Bluffton.

Bob graduated from Howe Military School and Ohio Northern School of Pharmacy. After serving as an army medic during the Korean War, Bob enjoyed a successful career as a pharmacist, retiring in 2011.

Bob was a member of the Bluffton American Legion and Pandora Missionary Church.

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Obituaries
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Roland Knoop memorial service Thursday

Posted by Fred Steiner on July 18, 2019 - 12:55pm

Roland Moore Knoop, 91, died July 5, 2019 at 3 p.m. at Willow Ridge, Bluffton, Ohio.

He was born on March 14, 1928, in Troy, Ohio to J. Ross and Ethel Mae (Moore) Knoop and they preceded him in death.  In 1958 he married Eloise Crawford and they are divorced.

Roland retired from Schmidlapp Equipment in Covington, Ohio, where he had been a parts man. He previously worked at the Soil Conservation Service in Hardin County for 5 years and was owner of the John Deere Dealership in Kenton from 1965 to 1969. 

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