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By Ryan DeMarco, CRPC ®, Edward Jones Financial Advisor, 111 N. Main St., Bluffton, 567-226-4506

We all hope for long, healthy lives. But there’s a serious “side effect” of longevity – the possibility of outliving our money. How can you help prevent this?

It’s useful to know the seriousness of the threat. Consider this: About 41% of all U.S. homes in which the head of the household is between 35 and 64 are projected to run short of money in retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

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Apollo Career Center, 3325 Shawnee Road, Lima, has announced that the following students from the Bluffton school district have been named to the third quarter honor roll:

A Honor Roll

Anna Edwards, Micha Minnig

A/B Honor Roll

Levi Augsburger, Rylee Setzer, Jacob Szabo

Apollo Career Center has more than 20 programs to prepare students for whatever is next after high school. Associate schools are Ada, Allen East, Bath, Bluffton, Columbus Grove, Elida, Hardin Northern, Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Wapakoneta.

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Here is an addition to old friend and classmate Bill Herr's article on longest home runs at Harmon Field diamond. I witnessed two legitimate homers, including the Brad Komminsk blast over trees, Riley Creek and onto the Triplett parking lot.

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In March 2022, Bluffton EMS has 35 calls for service including:

26 Medical Calls

5 Fire calls

2 Motor Vehicle Crashes

2 Mutual Aid Motor Vehicle crashes

The service transported 19 patients in March.

The Bluffton EMS is an all volunteer (on-call) agency. The EMS Chief is Jan Basinger, [email protected].

Led Bluffton to 21-win dream season, 1st NWC title since 2000

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By Cort Reynolds

After guiding the Bluffton boys varsity basketball team to a surprise championship season, veteran Pirate mentor Todd Boblitt swept league, district and even state coaching honors.

On the heels of their record-setting campaign, Boblitt was recently voted by the state sportswriters as Ohio Div. III Coach of the Year to cap the award season with a flourish. Before that honor was bestowed, he was also named Northwest district and Northwest Conference Coach of the Year by his peers after leading the Pirates to a 7-1 league mark, a co-league title and a 21-3 overall record.

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By Melinda Williams, LPCC, NCC, M.Ed, Psychiatric Center of Northwest Ohio

The past two years have been extremely difficult for most of us. First responders, healthcare workers and mental health professionals have been affected greatly, some in similar ways as the general population, yet, for some, more impacted. We are seeing significant compassion fatigue in these fields.

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