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By Fred Steiner
www.BlufftonForever.com

Bluffton’s golden age may well have been the decade of the 1890s. You might call Bluffton a boom town during this decade.  

Consider:

• Oil and natural gas was discovered in Findlay 10 years earlier

• Town hall built in 1887

• Water plant in service in 1896

• Telephone arrived in 1898

• Central Mennonite College opened in 1889

• Population in 1900 was 1,783; 50 years earlier the town has 12 families

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Paul Silas remembered: Durable rebounder/defender stalwart latest in long line of Celtic legends to recently pass

By Professor Parquet for www.celticsblog.com
A.k.a. Cort Reynolds

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County Line Church, 4227 N. Hardin Rd (County Line Road), has moved their VBS program to winter. A free Winter Bible School program will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, starting January 11 for six weeks (through February 15). 

The program is free and open to children 3 years old through 5th grade. 

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The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association has compiled the attached list of local worship schedules for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

These worship services have been incorporated into our list on the Classifieds for the greater Bluffton area, including some Harrod, Pandora and Mt. Cory churches.

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The Area Agency on Aging 3 has issued its December 2022 newsletter including articles on

Using local resources and connections

How to manage holiday stress

Adult Protective Services coverage including the recent addition of Hardin County

Staffers providing specialized assistance

Calendar of awareness and events

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By Pamela Kathrens, RN, BSN, Wound and Ostomy Nurse Blanchard Valley Hospital

An ostomy is a surgically created opening in the abdomen for the discharge of body waste. The United Ostomy Association of America (UOAA) notes the term “stoma” is used interchangeably, which refers to the actual end of the ureter, small or large bowel that can be seen protruding through the abdominal wall.

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