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Area residents report receiving calls seeking donations for Find A Ride Program 

Lima, OH–Area residents have reported receiving calls from individuals claiming to be from the Find A Ride Program and soliciting donations.

The Find A Ride Program and Area Agency on Aging 3 does not contact via phone to solicit donations. Please do not give bank or credit card information to anyone over the phone that claims to seek donations on behalf of Find A Ride or the Area Agency on Aging 3.

By Ethan Stearns, sports information intern

NORTH MANCHESTER, Indiana–The Bluffton University women's basketball team fought hard on the way to a 74-64 win at Manchester University on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The Beavers improved to 12-4 overall and 5-3 in conference play. Manchester fell to 6-9 and 2-6 in the conference.

Cory-Rawson Local Schools will hold kindergarten screening on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 for families with children who will be 5 years old on or by August 1, 2023. Families can complete an online registration form and schedule their screening time by visiting the school website, www.cory-rawson.org

Questions regarding any part of the Kindergarten Registration process can be directed to CRES secretary Susan Lambert at [email protected] or by telephone at (419) 963-7017, option 1.

Gayle M. Marshall, 71, passed away January 19, 2023 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Gayle was born November 7, 1951 in Norwalk, Ohio to the late Don and Marie (Green) Todd. On September 14, 1985, she married John Marshall III and he survives.  

Kenneth Dwaine Amstutz, 73, died unexpectedly on December 23, 2022, in Cypress, Texas. Ken was the second of seven children born to Dwaine and Ruth (Jones) Amstutz. He is survived by his loving spouse Doris; his daughter Mary (Robert) Reiter, and his six siblings.

By Cort Reynolds

The visiting Bluffton High School girls basketball team led at the half but lost 45-37 at Lincolnview in a Northwest Conference contest Thursday evening, January 19.

The Lancers rallied with a 32-18 second half to complete their comeback from a six-point halftime deficit.

Bluffton fell to 11-6 overall and 1-4 in the NWC with the road defeat that dropped them into a tie for seventh place in the league. 

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