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MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton Exempted Village Schools has announced the following honor roll for Middle School students for 2026-2027 first quarter.

MEDIA RELEASE__ Bluffton University alumni working as pastors and faith leaders will share their vocational journeys during a NetVUE Discernment Panel at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Yoder Recital Hall.

Farms, Barns & Rural Heritage is a free event from 1-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14 at Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Rd.

By Amanda Wischmeyer
West Central Ohio Land Conservancy Board President

Reflecting on the past 20 years of preserving land in West Central Ohio brings to mind several traditional farmer proverbs that stem from the wisdom of those with a deep connection to the land. As the journey to form the WCOLC began…

MEDIA RELEASE__Dr. Jacob Buchanan, professor of environmental science and M'Della Moon Chair in Botany and Environmental Science at Bluffton University, will present “The How and Why of Prairie Restorations” at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall. 

Faculty colloquia at Bluffton University highlight scholarly and creative work by faculty members and provide opportunities for campus and community dialogue.  

This event is free and open to the public. 

MEDIA RELEASE__Lion Mitch Kingsley, a longtime Bluffton community leader, will be the featured speaker at the Bluffton Lions Club noon meeting on November 17. His presentation will focus on humanitarian and disaster relief, one of Lions Clubs International's global causes.

By Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist 
On behalf of the ONU Healthwise Team 

The idiom “separating the wheat from the chaff” comes from an ancient farming method that threshed grain from the outer husks (chaff). John the Baptist used this to describe the separating of the righteous from the unrighteous in Mathew 3:12 and Luke 3:17.

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