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By Douglas Yoder, MD
Surgical Associates of Northwest Ohio
The American Cancer Society estimates approximately 145,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer in 2019, and both men and women have an approximately 1 chance in 20 of being diagnosed with this cancer at some point in their lifetime.

Statistically and depending on the year, it is either the second or third leading cause of cancer death among Americans. This disease has unnecessarily impacted and shortened many lives.  

Daniel Raymond Zimmerly, 66, died March 29, 2019, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home.  Dan was born April 1, 1952, in Lima to the late Clayton and Barbara (Montgomery) Zimmerly.  On May 16, 1983, he married Cheryl Skelly Zimmerly who survives.

Wedding and event venue northeast of Ada opened last fall

Crimson Lane, 4600 County Road 1, Ada, will hold a spring open house from 3 to 7 p.m., Sunday, March 31.

The wedding and event venue northeast of Ada was opened in the fall by owners Mike and Jodi Willeke.

The venue has proved popular with over 60 weddings already booked. Crimson Lane also hosts events such as weddings, anniversaries, reunions, birthday parties, graduation parties, showers and business conferences and meetings. It is be open year round.

Sandy Carpenter returns a serve in a recent pickleball four-some at Bluffton Family Recreation. Her partner is Ron Headings. Across the net is Jerry Weaver (left) and Justin Basinger. The next photo shows a one-second later reaction. Pickleball is played Tuesdays at 8:30 to 10 a.m. and again from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Thursdays from 8:30 to 10 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.

At the Bluffton Hospital Founding Mothers Dedication Wall

Butterflies fill up a wall just outside the maternity area at Bluffton Hospital. The wall is all about honoring mothers.

The Founding Mothers Wall provides an opportunity for area residents to honor or remember their mother or someone else’s mother, says Sophie Miller, development associate of the Blanchard Valley Health Foundation.

Bluffton Middle School third quarter honor roll is here

Here's the Bluffton Middle School honor roll  for the third quarter fo the 2018-19 school year.

All “A” Honor Roll

6th Grade:  Asa Clingerman, Kaleigh Coffman, Faith Combs, Marek Donaldson, June Essinger, Miona Gardner, Karlee Geesaman, Emma Green, Carter Hohenbrink, Sophia Kauffman, Grace Lemley, Reece Little, Ava McCamery, Gabriel Meza, Ethan Nickel, Jordyn O’Connell, Matthew Piehl, Zoe Shank, Alliyah Shisler, Avery Smith, Logan Smith, Kara Snyder, Blake Sommers, Evan Speicher, Avery Talavinia, Mackay Tuttle, Gracie Yarnell

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