Ada First United Methodist Church is hosting a Christmas concert in partnership with the ONU chapel on Friday, December 12 at 7:00 p.m.
The concert is open to the community. There's no cost, but organizers are asking for donations of non-perishable food items to benefit Beatitudes and the ONU Polar Cupboard.
By Ryan McGuire, Student Pharmacist and Karen Kier, Pharmacist
ONU Healthwise Pharmacy
The R&B Band Soul II Soul released their song "Keep on Movin’" on March 6, 1989. The song lyrics included to “keep on moving” and “finding your own way to stay.” Based on health-related research, keep on moving is good advice. As we approach 2026, this could be sound advice as we make New Year's resolutions.
In today’s world, where comfort and entertainment are just a click away, many people are becoming more inactive. Inactivity can occur in many places, including at home while watching television, looking at our phones, or playing games. Another common environment for inactivity is the workplace, where we find ourselves sitting more often.
FROM BSC HAPPENINGS__The current Tai Chi class at the Bluffton Senior Center will end January 8. The next Tai Chi class will start on February 10 and run for six months.
Sign-up for the new session will be on January 14 for members and January 28 for non-members.
Expanding patient-centered, harm-reduction services through OneOhio funding
MEDIA RELEASE__The Mental Health & Recovery Services Board (MHRSB) of Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties is inviting eligible organizations to complete a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a one-time funding opportunity that supports substance use treatment services in Allen and/or Auglaize County. Eligible providers may submit proposals at wecarepeople.org/oneohio. Written questions are due by 5:00 p.m. on December 19, 2025, and all proposals must be submitted by 11:59 PM on January 9, 2026.
The following ten land transfers took place in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District for the month of November 2025 as reported on the websites of Allen County Auditor Rachael S. Gilroy and Hancock County Auditor Charity A. Rauschenberg.
Address – Sale Date – Sale Price – Owner – from/to
LAND
2.5 Acres On Rockport Rd – 11/19/2025 – $62,000 – Residential Unplatted – From Jonnathan & April Bonifas to Melinda Kaufman
33 Acres On Lincoln Highway – 11/26/2025 – $331,700 – Agricultural Vacant Land – From Marjorie Montgomery to CSBA Farms LLC
MEDIA RELEASE__The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) reports 11 deaths in eight fatal crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday reporting period, which began at midnight on Wednesday, November 26 and concluded at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 30.
According to preliminary Patrol statistics, at least two of the eight fatal crashes recorded during the reporting period were OVI-related. In a continued effort to lower that number to zero, troopers made 281 arrests for impaired driving and 38 for drug-related charges.
Bluffton hosts Ottawa-Glandorf (2-0) on Friday, December 5
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON__In their season opener, the Bluffton High School boys basketball team lost 61-51 to visiting Miller City on Tuesday, December 2.
The Pirates led 30-25 at halftime after fashioning a 15-9 second quarter. But MC seized the momentum with an 18-8 third-period turnaround. The Wildcats outscored the Pirates 36-21 after intermission to win by 10.
Bluffton begins 0-1, while MC improved to 2-0 with the non-league road victory.
MEDIA RELEASE__Fred Steiner formerly of Bluffton and now of Cincinnati [and the founder of the Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon], presented a program in early November 2025 in a club member meeting held in the Cincinnati Union Terminal. Steiner has presented the program several times; it is now available on YouTube.
The presentation titled “The life of my small town changed forever when the railroad arrived” is a narrative of the three railroads that once passed through Bluffton. Those include:
The abandoned Western Ohio Railway, an electric interurban, whose rails are still embedded in concrete under Main Street
The abandoned Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad, whose station remains today as a business on North Main Street near the community swimming pool
Norfolk Southern Railroad, which today has one local round-trip freight pass through town
