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Edward Jones Financial Advisor Ryan P. DeMarco, ABFP™, CRPC™ of Bluffton recently qualified for the firm's Impact conference, which celebrates the contributions and achievements of 489 top financial advisors from among the firm's more than 20,000. The conference, which includes financial advisors from both the U.S. and Canada, will be held May 12-15 in Scottsdale, AZ.

"It's a real honor to be included in this conference. I'm always looking for ways to bring greater value into my practice," DeMarco said. "Given the time I'll have learning from and working with our firm's leaders and peers throughout North America, I have no doubt I'll come back with fresh ideas and new knowledge."

Achieving the level of success that qualifies for Impact involves the collective effort of the entire branch team. In addition to the May conference for financial advisors, a conference specifically designed for the Impact branches' client support teams is scheduled for September 2025.

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David "Dave" M.  Garrison Jr., 78, passed away March 2, 2025, at Mennonite Memorial Home. 

Dave was born November 15, 1946 in Knoxville, TN, to David Garrison Sr. and Theda (Fritz) Garrison-Arn who preceded him in death. He married Judith “Judy” (Burt) Garrison who survives. 

Lewis E. Bassett, 101, passed away March 5, 2025, at Willow Ridge - Frieda House in Bluffton. 

Lewis was born May 3, 1923 in Spencerville on Glen Oak Farm to Howard and Doris (Giffin) Bassett, who preceded him in death. On May 4, 1947 he married Imogene (Anderson) Bassett, who preceded him in death on November 3, 2017. 

From the Hardin County Sheriff's Office on 03/05/2025  
RE: Michael Bolen Homicide  

On 03/05/2025 Dustin Ray Bolen, a McGuffey man has plead guilty to the following charges:  

Count #1 Murder (F1)  
Count #2 Gross abuse of a corpse (F5)  
Count #3 Tampering with evidence (F3)  

Sentencing for the above charges is scheduled for April 2, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Hardin County  Common Pleas Court.  

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By Scott Daley, Student Pharmacist and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

On March 1, 1972, Mac Davis recorded Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me and the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Easy Listening Hot 100. The song was part of an episode on The Muppet Show hosted by Davis. Many may not realize how successful Mac Davis was as a songwriter before he became a performer in his own right.  He is famous for writing songs for Elvis such as Memories, In the Ghetto and A Little Less Conversation. 

You can get hooked on caffeine and the latest research is not good for our youth.

Prime, Bang, C4, Fast Twitch, Alani, Celcius, Dunkin and Starbucks are just a few of the popular drink brands giving teens and young adults too much caffeine. As these brands market to a younger audience and grow profits every year, the research surrounding their consumption has some pretty serious consequences. To understand why we should not be giving our children these drinks, we need to look at the effect caffeine has on the brain and how that affects our day to day behavior. READ MORE

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