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Bluffton High School boys' soccer team is ranked 6th in the Northwest Ohio Soccer Coaches Association weekly poll for week 3 of the season. 

The attachment shows the standings for all divisions this week.

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Judith (Judy) K. Kingery, 70, died on Sept. 6, 2015 at Brookhaven Rehabilitation Center in Brookville, Ohio.
 
Judy was born in Bluffton and was the daughter of Kenneth and Pauline (Eikenbary) Chidester, who preceded her in death.  Judy was a 1963 Bluffton High School graduate. Judy was married to Ronald Kingery.

Survivors include a daughter Jodi (Kevin) Brooks of Sevierville, Tenn., and son Scott Stelzer of Findlay; two stepdaughters Loretta and Katie; 10 grandchildren Tyler (and wife Amanda), Brett, Brandon, Dylan, Chad, Grace, Lily, Meghan, Kaley, and Koby. 

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Dr. Timothy Jost, the Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law in the Washington and Lee University School of Law, will examine “The Constitution and Health Care for the Uninsured” at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Founders Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Jost will address why it is difficult to reform health care financing in the U.S. constitutional system. He is a widely cited expert on the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s health care law.

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Wava J. Taylor, 89, died 4:05 a.m. Sept. 10, 2015, at Richland Manor, Bluffton.  Wava was born April 4,1926, in Bluffton to the late Roy and Ethel Geiger Lehman.

Wava was a cook and worked at area restaurants. 

Survivors include a daughter, Donna Deitrick of North Baltimore, three sons, Bob Deitrick, Ed (Linda) Deitrick, and Fred Deitrick all of Findlay, nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Ortha Lehman of Alta Loma, CA.  She was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Lehman. 

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The Bluffton High School Super Fans are in shape for the football season. Each time the Pirates score someone becomes the "push up" guy. This photo is from last Friday. This week the Pirates are on the road facing Ft. Loramie for the first-time ever.

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Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, hosts Beth Huffman, local author is a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, according to Dr. Christina Walton, store manager.

Huffman is a retired English teacher from Columbus Grove. She will sign copies of her new book “Dance, Belle, Dance!”

It is the story of a girl, Belle, born with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Her inability to focus in the classroom creates many obstacles and her immaturity results in social miscues that her peers don’t understand.

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