By Savanna Dodd, Student Pharmacist and Karen L. Kier, Pharmacist
On behalf of ONU Healthwise Pharmacy
On December 21, 1967, the movie The Graduate was released. Dustin Hoffman starred in the movie as Benjamin Braddock, who just graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree and has moved home to Pasadena, California. The actor Walter Brooke, who played Mr. McGuire, gives Benjamin his advice for the future. He tells him one word—plastics! “There’s a great future in plastics.”
PORT CLINTON – Three tennis players from Bluffton High School competed in the Div. II boys district tournament indoors at the Tennis One complex in Sandusky on Wednesday, May 21.
Slated to be held outdoors at Port Clinton, the tournament was moved inside due to inclement weather.
Pirate senior Branson Hilty lost his first round match to Bryan senior Landen Bassett 6-2, 6-1 to be eliminated from the tournament.
MAY 20 MEDIA RELEASE__Bluffton University students Trevor King ’28 of Wauseon, Ohio and Logan Daugherty ’27 of Bradford, Ohio are the 2025 recipients of the Summer Discovery Grant. This grant awards two first year or sophomore students $1,500 each for a 4-6 week unpaid vocational experience. Utilizing the summer months, students explore the relationship between vocation and faith through internships, job shadowing or other career related opportunities.
MAY 21 MEDIA RELEASE__On May 16, 2025, at approximately 10:02 p.m., Allen County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 5900 block of North Napoleon Road in reference to a shooting.
Deputies located the victim, Brandon Jones, (37) of Lima, at the Pilot Travel Center in Beaverdam. Mr. Jones was transported to a local hospital by Beaverdam EMS with non-life threatening injuries.
We regret to inform you that the scheduled opening of the Bluffton Community Pool will be delayed. The delay is due to a variety of conditions, that include limitations presented by spring weather, while performing over $120,000 of renovations to the pool bottom and piping infrastructure that were started over 5 weeks ago.