By Thomas Kindl, MD
Pain Management, Blanchard Valley Pain Management
To manage musculoskeletal conditions, joint and soft tissue injections are widely used in pain management, primary care, orthopedic and rheumatologic settings. These procedures provide diagnostic clarity and therapeutic relief, offering patients a non-surgical option for pain management and inflammation control. For individuals with arthritis, bursitis, tendinitis or localized soft tissue injuries, injections can offer targeted relief and improve function, especially when conservative measures like rest, physical therapy and oral medications have not provided sufficient benefit.
Bluffton High School sophomores Nathan Speicher and Blayne Hill earned second team All-Northwest Conference honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Speicher batted .339 with 12 runs batted in and eight doubles. He scored a team-high 23 runs. He also drew a team-best 22 walks to post a .528 on-base pct.
Hill hit .344 with nine RBI, five doubles and one triple.
Pirate senior Landen Worcester was named honorable mention All-NWC. He batted .309 with 20 RBI, six doubles and two triples.
FINDLAY - The visiting Bluffton High School baseball team lost 10-0 at powerhouse Liberty-Benton in Div. V northwest 2 sectional final action Saturday, May 24.
The fourth-seeded Eagles clinched the win in the bottom of the sixth inning by inducing the 10-run mercy rule.
The fifth seed Pirates ended their season 12-13 after the defeat.
The Blanchard Valley Conference champion Eagles improved to 20-4 with the win.
Bluffton Ohio Historical Society wants to save Rudolf Althaus general store
By Paula Pyzik Scott
On May 21, Bluffton historian and Icon founder Fred Steiner returned to his hometown to provide a program on the Althaus-Amstutz-Hahn-Steiner family, drawing a full house to the Bluffton Public Library lower level. The presentation was conversational and pictorial: he provided dozens of images of the people, places and artifacts in his story.
Bluffton Elementary School has released the following Honor Roll for the 4th quarter of the 2024-2025 academic year. This Honor Roll is for students in grades 4-5.
Bluffton University will host the following events in June 2025. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
June 2
Admissions event: First-year Orientation, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Marbeck Center
June 13
Admissions event: First-year Orientation, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Marbeck Center
June 20
Anabaptism at 500 Event: Choir performance, “One Hundred Years of Mennonite Women through Story and Song,” 7-8:30 p.m., First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, Ohio
WWW.BLUFFTON.EDU/ART ANNOUNCEMENT__Are you mesmerized watching works of art being formed out of a mound of clay on a spinning wheel? Here’s your chance to get your hands dirty and try it for yourself.
All are welcome to expand their skills during Summer Mud. Participants should be at least 14 years old (in ninth grade.)
