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MAY 23 MEDIA RELEASE__This summer, unlock a world of adventure with the Bluffton Public Library’s 2025 Summer Reading Program, “Color Our World” starting June 2! Summer Read is open to all ages. By joining in on the summer fun, you’ll earn tickets for prize drawings and have opportunities to connect with others in the community! Reading logs will be available for children and teens when they register, and adults can enter to win prizes with every 3 books read. So come on in and get the whole family registered and involved!
Coming soon: Bluffton Icon coverage of the 144th annual Bluffton High School Commencement from Saturday, May 24 and the 2025 Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony celebrated at Maple Grove Cemetery on Monday, May 26, which was sponsored by the Bluffton American Legion Post 382.
By Thomas Kindl, MD
Pain Management, Blanchard Valley Pain Management
To manage musculoskeletal conditions, joint and soft tissue injections are widely used in pain management, primary care, orthopedic and rheumatologic settings. These procedures provide diagnostic clarity and therapeutic relief, offering patients a non-surgical option for pain management and inflammation control. For individuals with arthritis, bursitis, tendinitis or localized soft tissue injuries, injections can offer targeted relief and improve function, especially when conservative measures like rest, physical therapy and oral medications have not provided sufficient benefit.
Bluffton High School sophomores Nathan Speicher and Blayne Hill earned second team All-Northwest Conference honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Speicher batted .339 with 12 runs batted in and eight doubles. He scored a team-high 23 runs. He also drew a team-best 22 walks to post a .528 on-base pct.
Hill hit .344 with nine RBI, five doubles and one triple.
Pirate senior Landen Worcester was named honorable mention All-NWC. He batted .309 with 20 RBI, six doubles and two triples.
