May 2024

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Compiled by Liz Gordon-Hancock

The following 29 land transfers took place in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District during February, March and April 2024, as reported on the websites of Allen County Auditor Rachael S. Gilroy and Hancock County Auditor Charity A. Rauschenberg.

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Wilbur L. Bracy, 90, passed away May 4, 2024 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

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Join Bluffton University in celebrating 2024 seniors as they walk across the graduation stage today. Not able to come in person? Stream it live at: https://boxcast.tv/channel/jgei2o5q5rjqiprrxqm3

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By Cort Reynolds

BATH __ The Bluffton High School softball team lost 23-0 at Bath in a non-conference game Friday evening, May 3.

The Pirate girls dropped to 1-11 overall after the loss. 

Bath improved to 10-10 overall with the victory. The hosts slugged three home runs and two doubles in the win.

The Wildcats plated 11 runs in the top of the first to take a big early lead.

The hosts added seven runs in the third, and four more in the fourth.

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What parents need to know and when to seek treatment

By Navneet Patti, MD
Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio at Caughman Health Center

Anxiety is a normal emotion essential for survival and functions as our brain’s inherent response to perceived danger. It facilitates the avoidance of danger in many scenarios, meaning it is adaptive and not necessarily pathological. 

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By Cort Reynolds

BLUFFTON __ The Bluffton High School softball team fell behind big early yet rallied, only to come up just short 16-14 to visiting Columbus Grove in a Northwest Conference battle Thursday evening, May 2.

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The Quarry Farm nature preserve, Township Rd 7-L, Pandora, will hold a bird watching hike at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8.

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Ready to feel the sand in your toes? Bluffton Family YMCA and Southgate Lanes have opened registration for Adult Coed Sand Volleyball competition with two games per week in two sessions.

There will be 6v6 coed play (3 females on court) for ages 18 years+. Games are on Tuesdays or Thursdays

SESSION 1: June 6, July 11
Double elimination tournament July 9 and 11 (no games July 4)
Registration deadline: May 19

SESSION 2: July 16, August 15, August 13 and 15
Double elimination tournament
Deadline: June 30

The cost is $300/team. Teams will play 2 games on Tuesday or 2 games on Thursday each week. The tournament will be split between both Tuesday and Thursday

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Bluffton Public Library May 2024 programs and services

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR

Friends Book Sale on May 16-18
The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held at the library May 16-18 in the library’s lower level. Sale proceeds benefit library services, materials, and programs. Your purchase at this sale goes to enriching Bluffton and the surrounding community.  Book sale schedule:

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Treva J. Kinsinger, 99, of Pandora passed away on May 1, 2024 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Treva was born on March 28, 1925 in Lima to Floyd and Mildred (Cheney) Stauffer. 

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